See 5 lines I put in a blank .vimrc for some sensible defaults… my .vimrc is rather a bit longer…
Category Archives: Chatter
Are people with dark personality traits more likely to succeed?
This popped up on Hacker News today: Are people with dark personality traits more likely to succeed? — interesting read. Light forces for life!
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity is an excellent and comprehensive article concerning online privacy considerations.
Command Line Interface Guidelines
Command Line Interface Guidelines looked interesting but I didn’t have time to closely read the whole thing.
Do the work
Productivity advice popped up on lobste.rs today but it got moderated. I managed to get the actual link from #lobsters on IRC. It’s a brief and mildly motivating article, I’m not altogether sure why it got moderated. The article’s main point is that if you want to be productive you just need to do the work!
The Wrong Abstraction
Read a great article today: The Wrong Abstraction. It talks about when it’s better to duplicate code that maintain an abstraction. Other things mentioned include:
Digital Tools I Wish Existed
Today I read (some of) Digital Tools I Wish Existed. I didn’t read the whole thing but I did find myself agreeing with the bits I read. I tried creating a reading database for myself but it quickly got clogged and unmanageable then fell into disuse. I think it’s a good idea but I haven’t found a workable solution to the problem yet… presently my notes and reading are strewn out all over the place.
Readme Driven Development
Readme Driven Development popped up on HN today. Nice thought.
Drug danger and dependence
Single page website
This is great: A JavaScript-free way to easily make dynamic HTML sites.
