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Re: The MacStories Productivity Giveaway

Ali B. — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:13:12 -0000

Re: Converting markdown to structured HTML with a macro

Ali B. — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:48:06 -0000

I've got to learn to browse through the Vim tips wiki more often. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: Converting markdown to structured HTML with a macro

Ali B. — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:13:01 -0000

Thanks for sharing this insightful chunk of info, Drew. Macros are certainly handy and quite an underused gem in Vim. At least from this part of the screen :)
I wonder if there's any way to save/share macros with others? I recall that all registers are store in .viminfo, and as far as I understand macros are after all stored in the same registers that are used application-wide. But that doesn't sound very robust to move macros in and out of .viminfo.

Re: Show invisibles

Ali B. — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:57:05 -0000

Oh I can see the space there alright. I apologise but in my defence I stare at a monospace font most of the time ;)
I can get it working fine on 7.2.108 (the vim that comes with Snow Leopard). Now, and I hope Drew wouldn't mind me getting slightly off topic here, if you want to use the vim version that comes with MacVim, you could either:
1) Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin that points to /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim. But this would throw you some hundred 'Cannot allocate color' errors (not sure why). Instead, I found myself doing:

2) Create a shell script (conveniently named 'vim') in /usr/local/bin, with the simple following in it:
#! /bin/sh /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim $@
Now everytime you invoke 'vim' from Terminal, you use the one that comes with MacVim!

Re: Show invisibles

Ali B. — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:02:47 -0000

This is probably too late but just in case you still haven't figured this out yet: You forgot to add a space after the backslash.

Re: Vim Recipes: Visually Selecting Text

Ali B. — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:35:48 -0000

On Vim for Windows, <ctrl>-v is mapped to paste by default. It would be nice if you could mention that hitting <ctrl>-q while in Visual or Visual Line modes would do the trick for Windows users (Unless there's a better workaround that I am not aware of, of course ;-)

Re: Amazon Payments and US-only

Ali B. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:21:16 -0000

Unfortunate but understandable I guess. I was actually looking forward to use The Kickstarter for one of my projects already after being just introduced to it. I guess besides pledging for a project or two, all I can do is look out for a blog entry/tweet.

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/doing-the-dishes

Ali B. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:07:41 -0000

"Your body (hands in this case) goes on autopilot and it frees up your undistracted brain to ponder whatever it likes."

That is true. But I think the point of DE is somewhat the opposite. In constantly paying attention to the details of the task itself, you maintain constant focus and thus, over time, you learn to maintain that focus on the tasks that matters. Your head would no longer wander in the middle of writing that regex. You won't open up your browser and starting looking for cool designs while working on your on, and so forth.
Also, by repeating what was previously done wrong and being conscious about doing it right the next time, you pay attention to what went wrong in the first place.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/30-minutes-a-day

Ali B. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:12:34 -0000

Like many others, I obviously relate to this. For example, learning a full programming language in 2 days and then forgetting almost every single keyword 2 or 3 days after that is something I'm admittedly acquainted to.
Also, my personal experience with cramming is that the short-term memory is often of a lower storage than the long-term one. Probably why I often miserably failed in some subjects' exams which I didn't bother even look at a day or two before the actual exam.
Apparently, I'm new around around here but I do like it. You do an awesome job writing about stuff that actually exist and how to effectively address them. Please don't stop :)

Re: Colour disability - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:19:15 -0000

All of the three are very vague, yes. I did not notice that there were numbers in there until you pointed out.
And the color sensitivity test is a killer.

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:19:36 -0000

Meh. I'm not going to Melbourne BarCamp alone! </unjustified-optimism>

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:04:57 -0000

I hate you :P </envy>

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:20:24 -0000

The statistical computing language. Cool :)

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:54:00 -0000

Seriously, how many languages do you do?

Re: Twhirl step by step features screencast

Ali B. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:31:01 -0000

An awesome load of features. I gotta try out seesmic in twhirl. It sound like a lot of fun.
My all-around best feature of twhirl is definitely the hover controls. It's just genius.

Re: The words that define your musical choices - Fun with Opinions

Ali B. — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:53:21 -0000

Hip hop? :)

Re: echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Ali B. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:09:23 -0000

This indeed tells you something about the direction in which the project's development is going. And as Mike said, especially from people outside #habari.
PS: Nice photo on ../ :)

Re: Habari-Watch Watch - Fun with Habari

Ali B. — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:55:02 -0000

I'll watch the watch watch, hopefully someone would be interested to watch my watch watch watch. And in turn.....
Back to my shell now! :)

Re: http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog/2008/12/22/a-year-on-habari

Ali B. — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:56:01 -0000

I second Andy's comment (Although after reading your previous post, his looks like a potential spam :P).
I joined Habari around the same period of time you did (probably even that same month). I practically knew nothing about PHP. But with Habari and the awesome community, I know a little more now. Something I doubt you can do anywhere else or by being part of any other community.
I've had the chance to be introduced to nice people, some for which I hope I became somehow useful at some point.
It's great to have you around. And, as always, I am looking forward to see what cool stuff you've got in your sleeves for Habari :)

Re: Garcya.us was infected

Ali B. — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:20:10 -0000

There are 2 possible causes for this infection. Either someone gained access to your host account and manually injected that code, or your host got infected with that trojan and copied itself through your files. Here's what I recommend:
1) Reset all site related passwords. That's your ssh, control panel and even WP admin password.
2) Check all other files for that script.
3) Make sure that file access is set correctly (no write permission where you need them.
4) Email your host.

Re: IntenseDebate, please make a Habari plugin - Fun with Habari

Ali B. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:57:31 -0000

Added my "I have the same question"
This may sound a little judgmental, but I don't think it will ever happen. Automattic, as a company, has always shown its commitment to Wordpress and only Wordpress. If it ever supports "others", it just publishes the API for the world to do the "other" coding. I do think that for a company with Wordpress as their main "Product", it's perfectly natural that they endorse it.
I sure hope they prove me wrong.

Re: Photoblog Theme Updated - Fun with Habari

Ali B. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:42:24 -0000

Yet another amazing contribution Andrew. It looks great!
Many thanks for the effort.

Re: Apologies for the Lack of Posting Of Late

Ali B. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:11:03 -0000

Look at the bright side. The mess you described is of the good type. You're learning, progressing and working hard. It's all going to turn out pretty well for you, if you keep pushing.
What you mentioned is a lot for 24 hours. My only advise for you is to try to focus. Maintaining focus on your daily tasks gives you clarity and peace of mind. And Strangely enough, it will keep your busy day feel steady-paced and organized.
Good luck with all of that!

Re: RSS Feed Icon Photoshop Shapes

Ali B. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:32:35 -0000

Very nice collection, Dani. Thanks for sharing.

<abbr>Ali B.s lastest blog post..Dark Autumn : A New Habari Theme on http://www.awhitebox.com</abbr>

Re: My First Habari Plugin

Ali B. — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:21:31 -0000

"I am looking forward to the admin pages bit a lot as I think there are UI helper classes, which means I won’t have to write any"

Yup. FormUI takes care of the GUI and whatnot for the plugins configuration. In fact, even the admin pages (the publish page for example) use this class to construct and handle their GUI. It's pretty cool.

Thanks for the enjoyable article and the detailed comparison. It sure sheds some light on how robust and easy the plugin system in Habari is. And great job on the plugin generation tool, that's neat!

We sure could use your help to make the documentation better. I agree with skippy that you show a great deal of understanding on what potential plugin authors might need.

You can always stop by at #habari on freenode if you need anything.

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Re: The MacStories Productivity Giveaway

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Re: Vim Recipes: Visually Selecting Text

Re: Amazon Payments and US-only

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/doing-the-dishes

Re: http://jackcheng.com/30-minutes-a-day

Re: Colour disability - echo &quot;hey, it works&quot; > /dev/null

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo &quot;hey, it works&quot; > /dev/null

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo &quot;hey, it works&quot; > /dev/null

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo &quot;hey, it works&quot; > /dev/null

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo &quot;hey, it works&quot; > /dev/null

Re: Twhirl step by step features screencast

Re: The words that define your musical choices - Fun with Opinions

Re: echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Re: Habari-Watch Watch - Fun with Habari

Re: http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog/2008/12/22/a-year-on-habari

Re: Garcya.us was infected

Re: IntenseDebate, please make a Habari plugin - Fun with Habari

Re: Photoblog Theme Updated - Fun with Habari

Re: Apologies for the Lack of Posting Of Late

Re: RSS Feed Icon Photoshop Shapes

Re: My First Habari Plugin

Re: Colour disability - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Re: Awesome StixCamp - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null

Re: Greasemonkey de_blankifies Twitter - echo "hey, it works" > /dev/null