
Congratulations to Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, and the rest of the LA Galaxy, the 2011 champions of Major League Soccer!

Congratulations to Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, and the rest of the LA Galaxy, the 2011 champions of Major League Soccer!

Today marks the 20th anniversary of my personal favorite text editor, Vim. Ars Technica has a great article marking the occasion and talking about some Vim history in “Two decades of productivity: Vim’s 20th anniversary”
The Vim text editor was first released to the public on November 2, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. Although it was originally designed as a vi clone for the Amiga, it was soon ported to other platforms and eventually grew to become the most popular vi-compatible text editor. It is still actively developed and widely used across several operating systems.
In this article, we will take a brief look back at the history of vi and its descendants, leading up to the creation of Vim. We will also explore some of the compelling technical features that continue to make Vim relevant today.
See also vim.org and Vim at Wikipedia.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Thorin Oakenshield, from The Hobbit
Yet to Conway it did not appear that the Eastern races were abnormally dilatory, but rather that Englishmen and Americans charged about the world in a state of continual and rather preposterous fever-heat. It was a point of view that he hardly expected any fellow Westerner to share, but he was more faithful to it as he grew older in years and experience.
from Lost Horizon (1933), by James Hilton
The best time for the swamp cooler to go out is on the hottest day of the year, going into a weekend of heat alerts. Yay!
Seems to be working now after some quality time on the roof. Sweaty fingers crossed.
New or updated ebooks of note on Project Gutenberg.