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vi Survival Guide

I have always wanted to master vi but I have not yet done so. Today I found this survival guide, which is very helpful. After all, any true h4x0r needs to know vi like the back of his hand.

Apple Releases New Macbooks

This has been all over the Net today: Apple has released their new MacBook notebooks. They look sleek, have many of the features of the more expensive MacBook Pros (Core Duo CPUs, iCam, etc...) and the cheapeast one costs $1049.00 with a Student Discount.

Here is a link I found with high resolution photos of the black MacBook.

Minor Upgrading Mishap

I was updating the Drupal software on here from 4.6.5 to 4.7 and it didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped. As a result, we have lost all (5) of the comments I had to news articles, my ancient near east history notes I had on here from two semesters ago and I have to re-install all the modules I had on here before. But we are now running the latest Drupal and that's what's important!

A Look Inside NewEgg

I have been buying things from NewEgg since they were a small web retailer back in 2001. Now they are a retailing giant, but in my opinion, they stil offer the best service around.I was reading Slashdot today, and I saw this article, which is a tour of one of NewEgg's warehouses. It's amazing how tightly they have their operation down.

What's really behind a Steve Jobs Keynote

I was reading the White African blog, and I found a link to this great cartoon there, about what is really going on at a Steve Jobs keynote. The part about the Reality Distortion Field is the most clever, I think!