Mind Vomit

Sun May 25
Rock on Phoenix (the lander not the city)
Congrats to all the peeps involved!
C-v in insert mode in Vim inserts the next character you type bypassing mappings. I always forget that, so I’m posting it here in hopes that I remember next time.
XPROP(1) manual page
It’s surprisingly hard to figure out how to determine the class of a window in X. I finally figured it out. You use xprop.
Sat May 24
socat rocks my world
Yeah, it’s a repeat, but I am continually amazed by how powerful this thing is.
And now for something completely different...
NubyGems: Don't Use Class Variables! - O'Reilly Ruby
Could stuff to know if you’re writing Ruby.
Thu May 22
Screw the critics. Speed Racer was AWESOME!
Seeing it in the IMAX didn’t hurt the experience I’m sure ;)
Thu May 15
Debian OpenSSL Predictable PRNG Bruteforce SSH Exploit
The Debian SSH problem is really really bad. Patch your systems and regenerate your keys NOW, and don’t forget about your host keys.
Wed May 14
TED | Talks | Joshua Klein: The amazing intelligence of crows (video)
It’s a short video. Watch it.
Sun May 11
Floating Head (via )