Paste Mode: Pasting text (and indenting it) in Vim

Pasting a block of code copied from elsewhere in Vim is a nightmare, unless you know how to do it right. The autoindent (and, possibly, smartindent) features of Vim go crazy when you yank and slap a block of text. How do you do it right, then? This is not a new [...]

Epilogue: How to terminate your PTCL Broadband DSL contract

After months of bearing mental torture, limited or no connectivity, and bandwidth and service charges apparently without having a usable service at hand, I have finally decided to throw in the towel and terminate the contract I have for PTCL Brandband DSL service. Now, since the monthly bill for the service comes augmented with [...]

So, yes, I still haven’t quite got over it!

Apparently, in what appears to be a decision that is beyond my comprehension, the almighty staff at Slashdot, in their infinite wisdom, thought it necessary to turn down my rather serious and (what appeared to me to be a) reasonably well-written, on-topic and coherent post on CRT Monitors causing headaches about a month ago, but [...]

lolcat picture!

I put up my first lolcat picture last night. You might find it both cute and funny. The malnourished cat in the picture was trying to hide amidst plants in the porch next to our little garden.