Manage your ToDo list with Vim

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I’m still looking for the perfect tool to manage my ToDo lists. I tried a lot of different things: wiki, spreadsheet, online web2.0 apps, emails, …, I always came back to my plain text file. With the time, I added some Vim shortcuts to make the editing easier. This is not perfect, I know it’s possible to do better things with Vim. Vim experts, comments are welcome :-) Here is my tip:…

Mac keyboards

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I read on Engadget today that the iMac will get a new keyboard based on the current Macbook keyboards. Bad, bad idea Apple ! At least in my experience. In the last 3 months, I broke 4 keys, and the case is also cracked in some places. The plastic used for the MacBook is just a very poor quality. And this is a known defect. I need to get my entire keyboard changed, but the Apple store SF needs 48 hours to change it, and a French Mac retailer asked me two weeks !…

Ack and Vim integration

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I’m a fan of Andy Lester’s App::Ack module. This a is a perl program that you can use as a replacement of grep.

Today I wrote a little Vim plugin that integrate ack with Vim. This is a quick hack, it works for me with vim7/ubuntu and vim6.3/fedora.

Antoine's Law of Printer Fixing

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(adapted from Jean-Yves’ Law of Computing, and successfully experimented this morning) Rule number one: reboot the printer Rule number two: reboot the printer Rule number three: reboot the printer The printer should be working.…

MT Comment Map plugin

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I finally took the time to rewrite this small script as a Movable Type plugin. Here it is: download MT Comment Map You can click on the map on right sidebar to see an example. This plugin uses Geo::IP::PurePerl and HTML::GoogleMaps to display your comments on a google map. To use it, you need to install the two previous perl modules, and to copy paste your Google Map API key in the plugin settings.…