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jtinsky

is using python regular expressions and trying to do it in Vim



I'm doing 23 things
  

How I did it
How to be a better husband
It took me
3 years
It made me
Life is better

How I did it: After some reading and some counseling both casual and formal I've learned that listening, not hearing but actual active listening before reacting keeps things calm and rational. It's very easy to hear one or two things which either hurt or aren't true or both and shut out the rest when the rest is what really matters. The rest of what people are saying is the real substance. The initial issue or reason for the communication is often only… Read how I did it…

Sep 22, 2008, 03:15PM PDT | 1 comment | 5 cheers


Recent entries
Learn jQuery
Like Eating Potato Chips 7 months ago

I’m well on my way and every day that I use jQuery I find something else that keeps me coming back for more. Last night and tonight I wired up some simple AJAX functionality using the keyup function and the load function and a bit of PHP.

This stuff is SO useful and well worth the learning curve. The ability to make your site infinitely more usable is worth every second of your time.

Jun 30, 11:07PM PDT | 0 comments


master Vim
GVIM: Practice Makes Perfect 16 months ago

I’ve been practicing GVIM by using it every day at work but I’m far from perfect. This reminds me of learning to surf. It was SO frustrating. I knew eventually it’d be fun but the learning curve was long and steep.

I truly admire people who are fluent in VIM. Jealous even…

There are tons of options and just figuring out how to set them and then how to make them persist is a challenge. I’m getting there though and my work is only about 5 times slower then when I do it in TextPad – a huge improvement from the 20 times slower of early last week.

Oct 02, 2008, 03:01PM PDT | 1 comment


learn drupal
Instant Drupal project backlog or how I learn by doing 16 months ago

I’ve been wanting to learn a comprehensible content management system ever since I had to start dealing with Plone. Plone looks great on paper and if you need all it has to offer it’s great. But it’s a monster to comprehend and to run. Not the best choice for your average cheap shared hosting situation.

So this summer I interviewed with a big Drupal shop who had done some very nice work using Drupal (didn’t get the job). In the course of preparing for the interview I gave Drupal a look and decided to use it sometime in the future.

Yesterday I met with the San Diego chapter of the Sierra Club and we decided to use Drupal to move their content off the national CMSish infrastructure and I’ll be doing the development.

In addition my co-worker wants to convert http://www.azrarecords.com/ to a CMS and yesterday at the Morley Field dog park one of Bucky’s long time fans said she needs a CMS and wants me to help her.

So Drupal it is for the near future. I took a look last night and learned a lot in a short period. That says a lot for the ease of use.

Stay tuned for more Drupal comprehension updates. And NO this doesn’t mean I’m giving up Django. I’d never do that.

Sep 24, 2008, 10:21AM PDT | 0 comments


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knit Care less Make new friends have a regular sleep pattern Sam Adams wants to Eat better start my own company be a songwriter have my art in a gallery Save money make a video game. Watch all episodes of "Futurama" ever made Start a company that survives longer than 2 years eat healthier have a bi experience befriend someone I don't like learn to read palms see my friends more often Stan England wants to eat healthier enter singing competitions be a more positive person exercise daily start my own radio station online for free Manda wants to read 25 books in 2008 read every book I own grow my hair out long draw better Get a digital SLR camera 3 hour diet
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