http://blogs.bwerp.net Weblog of Adam Backstrom Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:02:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In order to make something a habit, it helps to make that thing easy to do. I was impressed with Google Doctype (both the idea and the execution), but I often forget about it when the time comes to look something up. Enter my new set of Firefox quick searches. ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/07/06/doctype I picked up Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS via online preorder, and I've played quite a bit since it arrived. Pros: Fun. It's a good translation to the handheld platform, no less fun than Guitar Hero III on my PS2. Portable. It fits nicely in my backpack or in ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/07/06/guitar-zero I just configured Thunderbird to edit messages within vim. This gets me somewhere in the vicinity of my old mutt setup, which also used vim for editing. I'm using the following software versions under Mac OS X 10.5.2: External Editor 0.7.4 Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 MacVim 7.1 (28) External Editor's editor is set to: /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim -g ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/06/05/vim May 19, 2008, 11:03 AM. 8 lbs, 8 oz, 20" long. Our healthy baby boy. Named after his great-grandfather, Marshall Turner Moulton. I could say a lot. I will say: I am so proud of my wife for all her hard work, digging deep within herself to find the strength to ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/05/19/baby Today I figured out a simple but non-obvious way of automatically connecting to a remote shell when I create new screen windows. I'm using this in conjunction with a development server that does not have screen installed. Let's start at the beginning. My ~/.ssh/config file has many entries structured like so: Host ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/04/25/screen Friday, April 4 will be my last day at Stonewall Cable, Inc. I've accepted a web development position with the local university, and my first day will be Monday, April 7 assuming there's no dirt to be found in my background check. I've had a great time at Stonewall. There are ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/04/01/moving Python's syntax relies on indentation for statement grouping. The convention is to use spaces, but I've always found tabs to be easier to work with in vim. My largest gripe: if I mis-tabbed, I had to press "delete" four times to erase all the spaces I created. Turns out, that ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/03/22/vim We've taken to using Dirvish to back up files here at work. It's similar to Apple's Time Machine backup mechanism: hard links provide directory snapshots while preserving disk space. This is most effective when most of your files are static, as the hard links can share these files across all ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/03/17/expire First: Paul Ford reviews 763 MP3s in 4,578 words. Second: numerical rating + single space + file name. Useful for command line tomfoolery. Update: while we're on the subject, an interview. http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/03/16/sxsw Charlotte and I just finished watching The Business of Being Born on Netflix. I would highly recommend it to anyone having a baby in this country. The high rate of cesarean sections in the US compared to the rest of the western world (despite the dangers), the sharp decline of ... http://blogs.bwerp.net/archives/2008/03/02/business