Ferry Boender
Programmer, DevOpper, Open Source enthusiast.
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Vim and PHP: tips
I’ve been using Vim for years now, but there’s still new stuff to learn. Check out this page for the PDF version of the slides of a talk given by Andrei Zmievski on editing PHP with Vim. His configuration files are also available. Here’s my favourite list of tips: Add the following text to your […]
Budget supercomputer
Hey, look! Something to run Vista on.
Did you know? Starwars
Did you know Starwars was actually meant as some kind of Flash Gordon movie? Check out the story. More cool myth debunking on: The Straight Dope. PS: I hate the StarWars movies. Just so you know.
Server uptime geekery
[todsah@zoltar]~$ uptime 22:15:45 up 518 days, 10:02, 3 users, load average: 0.35, 0.10, 0.03 518 days, 10 hours and 2 minutes without rebooting. Pretty good. Of course, this is mostly because of the operating system: Debian GNU/Linux.
No more mosquitos!
For the last year and a half, I’ve been terrorized by mosquitos. At night they even had to queue up and draw a number before they got a chance to drain my blood. I’ve tried everything to get rid of them, all to no avail. I kept the windows closed, burnt essence, air-tightly closed off […]
Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer
Really old blog entry: Signs You’re a Crappy Programmer (and don’t know it). Check out the comments. They’re pretty funny. Especially this one: Alright, so I’m a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and currently studying Software Engineering. This is a very prestigious school (4th in the nation), and they courses dedicated to Design […]
Ubuntu Linux… for your mom.
“This will be the year of Linux on the desktop!“. This has been the topic of tech-predicting articles on the web since at least 2001. It’s been repeated (and proved wrong) so many times, it’s even become an Internet meme. But ladies and gentlemen, rejoice. For the year of Linux on the desktop has arrived! […]
Grindhouse: Deathproof
Deathproof, the new Tarantino movie. A murderous stuntman and a bunch of women. A long conversation and one car chase. The verdict: Awesome. Go see it before it’s out of the theatre.
Joel Spolsky on Vista
I’ve been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system — it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes. Whenever anyone asks, my advice is to stay with Windows XP (and to […]
Vista problems
The battle is on! Microsoft Windows Vista sucks, and here’s the propaganda to prove it: Vista messing with external monitor: flashing screen and moving windows Myelin.co.nz Playing Music Slows Vista Network Performance? Slashdot.org Vista causes an array of problems USAToday The 13 main problems with Vista MediaVidea Vista: Slow and Dangerous Businessweek.com
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