July 2009
The serious nature of economic warfare (a note)
This sentence sums up my longstanding belief that tanks are no longer the dangerous weapons in war: “How did they get to be better capitalists than us, and being that they are good capitalists, why are we still spending hundreds of billions a year on high-tech military weapons to counter a potential Chinese military threat when the weapons they are using are all market-driven...
The sandwich value proposition: Subway vs. Quiznos
Subway vs. Quiznos: Subway runs all over Quiznos on price, they always have, always will. Worse still, Subway commands the mind share through years of effective advertising (including the sucessful ‘healthy’ eating campaigns). Quiznos, then, needs to produce a much better product: baked, full of better meats and produce, and a better dining experience. None of these happen. The same...
Windows Safari keyboard shortcut tip
After fruitless googling and much keysmashing, I’ve finally found the shortcut in Safari for Windows to change tabs: CRTL+Shift+[ and CRTL+Shift+] Posted via email from Quinn’s posterous | Comment »
Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack
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Cygwin / vim / rxvt arrow key problems →
I was having trouble inserting text and using the arrow keys in VIM on Windows XP with Cygwin, then I discovered this helpful tip:
All you need to do is modify your .vimrc file. Copy the example .vimrc file from /usr/share/vim/vim**/vimrc_example.vim to ~/.vimrc then open vi