Two Things I Learned About Vim from an Emacs User
Yesterday I was working on a problem with an Emacs wizard, and I saw him do a couple things in Emacs that made me squirm. You see, I badger and belittle him at every...
Category: Development
hc: Hex Color Command-Line Tool for OS X
I’ve been working a lot lately with LESS and Bootstrap, and wanted an easier and quicker way to visualize colors and what the various LESS operations do to them. So, I built hc — Hex...
Giving Firefox Developer Edition a Go
I love that I can run Chrome on my work MacBook Pro, my personal MacBook Pro, and my iPhone 6 Plus and keep my browsing history in sync. I love that I can install...
Clojure, Emacs, and Evil Mode
I work with one of those functional language kooks who end every thought with “Haskell,” use xmonad or Ratpoison while scoffing at GUIs, and edit everything, even selfies, in Emacs. Serendipitously, he just walked by, read...
Recovering My MacVim
Although I usually edit files with (graphical) MacVim, I occasionally launch terminal vim. When I do, I see this: github-issues.vim requires Python support, sorry :c I always smile a bit at my nephew’s use...
The Internet Is Too Small to Be Snarky
Last week, I was frustrated with Oracle SQL Developer (on Mac OS X) for two reasons: When a connection times out (after being left idle too long), the application hangs and I have to...
Setting Up My New MacBook Pro
I just bought a new MacBook Pro to replace my mid-2010 MBP. This is my first retina laptop, and it’s beautiful. I’d been waffling for awhile, but I’m glad I took the plunge. I...
The Node Sessions: The Best of OSCON 2011; O’Reilly Media
Various Node.js gurus explain and explore the power of this server-side framework in this collection of videos. Two years later, the videos age pretty well, considering they cover Node.js 0.4.x and 0.5.x, and today’s...
How to Lock Up Linux Using Sublime Text 3
Steps to Lock Up Linux Using Sublime Text 3: Log in to your Mac OS X machine. Install VirtualBox. Install a Linux virtual machine. Boot that Linux virtual machine. Install Sublime Text 3 on that...
The Imperfect Craft | Bitsplitting.org
The Imperfect Craft | Bitsplitting.org: “I’ve seen what happens to people who cling to outdated standards of craftsmanship: they become self-righteous, bitter, and delusional. Guided only by the hallowed rules of yesteryear’s geniuses, they...