When wrapping up the VIm talk @trevmex mentioned that people share their dotFiles on github. This blew my mind. I can sit in front of anyones desk and start using their eclipse and immediately be productive. The secret to VIm is the years of refactoring the configuration and shortcuts, known as the dotFiles. You probably couldn’t even execute a mapped command on my machine since I map the leader based on my keyboard. ...
I love to rant over how bad HOAs are. There are so many case studies in my life where otherwise happy friendly people become tyrants when given a bit of power. From the band leader that threatened my wedding would be a failure to the people that run the Home Owners Associations. It takes a certain type of fellow to run an HOA. My buck’s county HOA is much better then the one in Manalanapan. They forced me to keep human feces in my garage, (more about dirty diapers and not allowing a gargage can to be on the side of the house) and would not let a neighbor keep a boat in the lot because it was not a car. ...
The vote turnout is really impressive. Its more like a party or superbowl. Normally people are quiet while waiting online to vote, and if there is conversation is complaining about the need to wait. Even the tv spots this election were a higher production quality as compared to years past. Maybe we need to let Fox and CNN bid for exclusive coverage rights. Anyway after I voted I took the kiddies to vote at the Bucks county kid election: ...
The combination of cutting edge on-demand video creation and old school guilt! Watch it Edit from 2025: Back in 2008 I really thought we would be doing more of this on demand video creation. Now that AI is here I do expect to see this again. But this spot proved we had the technology back then. It was easy to insert text or product placement into videos and skilled designers make it seamless and interesting. It’s a bit sad that this will come to fruition with AI making soulless art because the business teams have no concept of the creative design process. What’s worse is that people will be amazed and accept this drek, never able to imagine what could have been. ...
I came across this video on a soccer/fan site and would love to know the context. My multilingual friends are encouraged to reply….