Tag Archives: programming

vim’s lcd command

Posted on 2011-11-04 by Ben Atkin

I find vim’s :lcd command to be quite useful. For a long time I didn’t use it, mainly because I didn’t understand how it works. First, using it is simple. It works just like :cd. You type :lcd path/to/directory in … Continue reading →

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jQuery 1.7.0 is out!

Posted on 2011-11-04 by Ben Atkin

…and I like the new .on() and .off() API for setting up events. I wrote some code that uses it, just for practice. Nothing too fancy.

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Using environment variables to avoid .gitignore bloat

Posted on 2011-09-28 by Ben Atkin

After setting up some Heroku addons I got used to using environment variables to specify add-on settings. I then started using them for non-addon settings, and now I’ve started using them outside of Heroku a bit too. One area where … Continue reading →

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Resources for Learning Rails

Posted on 2011-09-26 by Ben Atkin

Here is a list of a few awesome sites offering tools for learning Rails: PeepCode Pricing: Starts at $12 for one screencast; Twitter: @peepcode and @topfunky I bought my first PeepCode screencast back in 2008, before Rails and Merb merged. … Continue reading →

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SyntaxHighlighter Brush Pack: Now on WordPress.org

Posted on 2011-09-23 by Ben Atkin

I put my SyntaxHighlighter Brush Pack on WordPress.org, using the excellent git to WordPress.org Subversion instructions to preserve history. In order to check that it works, I moved my plugin (installed as a git submodule) outside the wp-content/plugins directory, went … Continue reading →

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