noah’s mark

First off, go buy this book.  It isn’t new or anything (published in 2000), so I’m not quite sure why the local Borders was randomnly stocking four copies of it, but holy jebus am I glad I found it.

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I just read this article on Media Matters about a interview between Glenn Beck of CNN and Ben Stein.  Ben Stein has been kinda on the crazy side recently, with the whole Expelled (documentary) thing.

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My coworker Michael uses this one, which I’ve found saves me a bit of time and a headache.  Normally, to paste into a command prompt, you have to right-click on the command prompt; this is well and good if you have your hand on the mouse already, but annoying if you have your hands on the keyboard.  Instead, try the following:

1. Alt+spacebar (activates the window menu)
2. E (for the “Edit” menu)
3. P (for “Paste”)

It is a little bit awkward at first, but as it becomes muscle memory, you’ll find it much faster than moving your hand to the mouse and back.

I want to clarify something of what I wrote in the last post about when the keyboard is more effective than the mouse and how it relates to bandwidth.  If you haven’t already read the post on The Productive Programmer and vim, go do so, then come back.

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I started reading The Productive Programmer today, and I’ve already, in the first 15 pages or so (including introduction), found some interesting tidbits worth sharing.

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