Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Guns, Germs, and Steel


I just finish reading Guns, Germs and Steel. It's very interesting and knowledge books. I'm not going to summarize the book - just read it :)

Monday, August 10, 2009

http-https transitions and relative URLs

Here is good article
Syntax for http/https src='//fast.cdn.net/pix/smiley.jpg'

Friday, August 7, 2009

Fireworks on Coney Island

After work I decide to ride bicycle to Coney Island. I do this few times a week during summer time.
Every Friday on Coney Island around 9:30pm-10pm are fireworks. Today I witnessed first time! :)

Thursday, August 6, 2009

kleptocracies

a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

sysv-rc-conf

Use for Ubuntu instead of chkconfig
sudo aptitude install sysv-rc-conf

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

VIM (continue)

New Commands
% - match brackets {} [] ()
l - move letter
w - move word
e - end of word
$ - end of line
'. - jump to last modification like (SUPER)
`. - jump to exact spot in last modification line

logograms

Logograms - meaning that one written sign stands for a whole word.

Monday, August 3, 2009

First Sentence of Tolstoy's great novel Anna Karenina

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it's own way. "By that sentence, Tolstoy meant that , in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects; sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in-laws, and other vital issues" Jared Diamond

Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent is a region in the Near East, incorporating the Levant and Mesopotamia, and often incorrectly extended to Egypt. Mesopotamia is considered the cradle of civilization and saw the development of the earliest human civilizations and is the birthplace of writing and the wheel.