Hibernation is enabled by default on Windows 7 and Vista. But on a desktop system you usually don’t make use of hibernation. To disable it run a command line prompt (Windows Key + R, type cmd) and enter the following command: powercfg.exe -h off. On systems with a lot of memory this can free up a lot […]
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I’ve decided to move the commenting system of this website to Disqus. All existing comments are queued to be imported into Disqus. I’m not sure how long this is going to take but I expect it to be finished within a day (maybe two).
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Starting the today this blog is using a new design. I think this new design looks a lot more modern than the previous one did. There’s still room for improvement though as a single request to the front page seems to generate over 130 HTTP requests. This is a bit too much to my taste so I’ll
I use IRC on a daily basis and my client of choice for that is Irssi. I run it on my Raspberry Pi which is always on, so I generally stay idle in the channels I’ve joined. Some channels have a lot of users connecting and disconnecting which clogs up the backlog a lot. I
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Ack is a tool for searching your (code)files, much like grep already does, but better. Ack is written in Perl and works on all major platforms, including Windows. To use Ack with Vim there’s this nice plugin called ack.vim. Install it together with App::Ack and you’re set to go. With a single command (:Ack [options]
Vim essentials: Ack Read More »