Monday Morning Blues

Brakes failed (had to press really hard on the brake pedal all the way down three times in a row in order for the brakes to take effect). Drove awfully slowly. Didn’t find space at the usual parking lots. Had to park at an overly expensive parking lot. Got late on [...]

Telling Vim not to create swap and backup files.

It should come as no surprise to those who know me that I rely on Vim almost nearly always for any sort of text editing tasks. If you have used Vim before with little more than passing curiosity, you will have noticed and been annoyed by the swap file Vim creates when opening a [...]

The irony of driving

I will honk most rudely. I will cut the dangerous of cuts mindlessly. I will work up a temper by not allowing myself to stay relaxed and vent the frustration by pressing harshly on the accelerator …
… only to make it to the next traffic jam earlier than others to start all over.