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Mercurial and 404

I just started working with Mercurial source control at my new job. So far so good. I moved from developing on my Mac to working on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I installed the default instance of Mercurial and got the out … Continue reading

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Another VI Trick

I was in Ubuntu and every time I was in insert mode and hit one of the arrow keys I’d get a crazy set of control characters. Very frustrating!!!. So looking around I found this trick. Edit your .vimrc file … Continue reading

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Synergy Crash Fixed

Synergy is awesome! I use it to link my XP machine to my Linux machine at work and share a common keyboard and mouse. I love being able to move between my 2 OS’s transparently. So when I broke Synergy … Continue reading

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Installing Perl Modules on 1and1

I was trying to figure out how to install perl modules on my hosting provider 1and1.com. I was doing an old school install where I was unpacking and making the modules myself. Yep… as usual there was a better way. … Continue reading

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Best VIM trick ever

I was using my 1 and 1 account and they default you to using VIM when you’re in shell. It was doing this sill parentheses matching and driving me crazy. I found this handy option and you just place it … Continue reading

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I created a Yahoo Mobile Widget

The widget I created is kinda lame but I wanted to see what the framework was like and get a little feel for mobile application development. Here’s a link to the widget: Click here for the widget Here’s the description: … Continue reading

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