January 2011
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Versailles
Woke from one of those strange crepuscular dreams: I was working at my hs job and was video chatting with @coreylove via skitch explaining why Versailles is pronounced Ver-say’-uhlz
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Brain scans show children with ADHD have faulty... →
Brain scans of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown for the first time why people affected by the condition sometimes have such difficulty in concentrating. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, may explain why parents often say that their child can maintain concentration when they are doing something that interests them, but struggles with boring tasks.
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How to get Mac Vim clipboard copy and paste (Snow...
I’ve been spending more time lately in iterm2 exclusively. The recent split-screen feature is great for me. Running vim in the terminal, I finally accepted this morning how annoying it was that the system clipboard wasn’t integrated.
A quick google and recompile with xterm_clipboard support did the trick.
Here’s the configure command:
./configure --with-features=huge \
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Someone needs to use this.
jessnevins:
In a game or in fiction, somewhere:
In the much later Tibetan tradition, a special class of lamas (gter-ston, “treasure finders”) went about “discovering” scriptural treasures (gter-ma) that had allegedly been hidden away long before, during the Buddha’s lifetime, to await the foreordained moment of their revelation.
I can’t be the only one who sees the potential in the...
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LESS FEAR: Lessons from my Dr. Phil...
I consider myself so extremely lucky to have a friend so amazing and Good and True as Steve. I’ve been going through a lot lately that not only affects me but also him personally and professionally. I feel like I’ve come through the crucible and, despite the situation being bad for him, talking with him only made me feel so much better about who I am.
Here’re some tidbits:
Be...