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HOWTO Turn off Line Numbers in VI

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments

I always forget how to turn off line numbers in VI. The answer is: set nonumbers or set nonu. It’s all about the little things…

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Tags: How Tos · linux

Python HOWTO Push a Dict on to a List (push a hash on to an array)

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

One of my more popular posts is How to Push a Hash on to an Array in PERL, but how do you push a dict on to a list in Python? Lists are one-dimensional arrays and dicts are associative arrays or hash arrays.  This means we can do the same thing we do in other [...]

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Tags: How Tos · Programming · Software · python

Integrate Shared Google Calendars With Thunderbird

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Before we get started, if you have a personal calendar, Google has a quick how-to here. The Google tutorial only covers basic calendars.  This tutorial will cover both personal and shared calendars. Google Calendar is neat and pretty much every phone and app has some sync system that works with it… except Thunderbird with the [...]

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Tags: Calendaring · Google · How Tos · Sunbird · WebDav · iCal · lightning · thunderbird