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Author Archives: Sharpy
A month of Vim (including Ruby, cron and GeekTool)
The general idea Teach myself Vim by using it exclusively for 1 month Write my first (somewhat) useful Ruby script to show me how long I have left (i.e. how long until the month is complete) Use GeekTool to display the regularly-updated results (via cron) on my desktop But why? I need to learn Vim, [...]
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Installing the Git man pages locally
(NOTE: The following applies to git under Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard). I can’t make any guarantees for other versions, but you still may find the article helpful.) So, today I spent an insane amount of time trying to get my git install completely up-to-date, which meant installing the documentation locally on my machine. [...]
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Kubrick returns
I wrote a little while back that I was trialling a new WordPress them, Wu Wei. After using it for a little while, I’ve decided to return to the WordPress default, Kubrick, for a little while (I have made my own minor modifications). Why? A couple of reasons: widgets such as Archives and Categories didn’t [...]
Blogging from TextMate
And, by way of follow-up to my post yesterday, here is my very first post written entirely in TextMate, and entirely in Markdown. Pretty awesome stuff. So here are a couple of links for you: First, the process of blogging from TextMate. It’s actually pretty easy. Second, a screencast on how to do it. Thirdly, [...]
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PHP Markdown
While watching a video about blogging from TextMate, I went on further to discover this pretty awesome PHP version of Markdown. After then downloading PHP Markdown Extra and installing it on my site, this is my very first attempt at a blog written purely in Markdown syntax, with no HTML at all. Hope it works! [...]
Waxing thematic
So. Whilst visiting imjustcreative.com I read this post about WordPress themes which lead me to this article—a list of some pretty cool minimalist/typographical designs. I couldn’t go past this one: Wu Wei, by Jeff Ngan. There’s just something about the gorgeous, chunky Helvetica (well, actually it’s Helvetica Neue—if you have a Mac you’ll be seeing [...]
Posted in Blogging, Computing, The Web, Typography, WordPress Tagged change, design, mac, typesetting, Typography, wordpress themes, wu wei 1 Comment
Ben Stein’s “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”
Came across this film in the CMI newsletter this morning, and it looks to be worth investigation. From the newsletter: Expelled is a very entertaining yet thought-provoking film that will shock anyone who thinks all scientists are free to follow the evidence wherever it may lead. As you are well aware, evolution as the explanation [...]
Posted in Christianity, Creation Tagged ben stein, cmi, Creation, evolution, expelled, intelligent design 1 Comment
Why you and I are obsessed with Facebook
Note—that’s not a question. I daresay that if you are on Facebook (Twitter, YouTube et al.) you are addicted. Maybe you don’t agree. Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re correct. Now, don’t get me wrong. For those of you who know me (and also those who don’t), I’m not attacking you with this comment. Actually, [...]
Posted in Computing, Miscellaneous, The Web Tagged communication, facebook, The Web, twitter, youtube 4 Comments
Ryan Bates’ TODO List Textmate bundle