Author Archives: fsong
My GitHub Challenge
Over the past 3 months (Aug. 21 to Nov. 29) I completed a challenge I was very proud of: I made commits to GitHub for 100 consecutive days. I wanted to work more on side projects and historically found myself procrastinating a lot … Continue reading
Forgetting the memory problem
In the past month or so I have developed a new habit: using Anki. Anki is a Spaced Repitition software, which is basically a computerized way of doing flash cards with an important twist: the time between when a card is reviewed … Continue reading
Bashing my head Bash Scripting
I haven’t updated this blog in a while, probably due to akrasia. I will commit to writing at least one blog post every month from now on. I noticed that writing out my thoughts concretes my understanding of the subject. … Continue reading
Goal Update
I posted a blog entry in August announcing my goal of participating in the Victoria Half-Marathon. Today was the big day; I woke up at 6:00 p.m bought some McDonalds and drove downtown for the run. The route was very … Continue reading
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Impress your friends at the Apple Store
You’re hanging out with your friends at the mall, wandering around without any specific purpose. Suddenly, you guys see the Apple Store and decide to go inside and check out the latest in MacBook and iPhone tech. This series of posts will … Continue reading
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File Management in Vim – Part II
This post is a continuation of the post I wrote last week on Vim file management. I will finish off my discussion about how I handle multiple files in Vim by talking about buffers and the NERDTree plugin.
File Management in Vim
I’m a big fan of Vim. It makes me feel really powerful when editing text. The learning curve is steep, no lie, but I urge all coders give it a chance. I try to use Vim basically everytime I can, … Continue reading
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Welcomes and Goals
Welcome to my blog! Despite using the web for basically all my life, I never really established an online presence. This blog will be my first attempt at it. I might even improve my writing skills along the way!