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• PICTURES POSTED: http://kentcowgill.org/photos and http://flickr.com/photos/kcowgill for the hi-res pictures @ 10:26 pm

• Matthew Vincent Cowgill, 7 lbs, 11 oz, born 3/25/08 @ 7:08 pm

• @zaphar we hope he comes soon too, but it's going to be at least 4 more hours... @ 2:53 pm

• By way of an update, there is no update. It's a big waiting game right now. @ 2:14 pm

• @nperez WTF am I supposed to do? Hijack their wifi router? Hrm... @ 9:11 am

• @nperez we're going as fast as we can. But the epidural tends to slow things down :-/ @ 9:10 am

• @sungo the wifi here only let's me web. No email, so I can't upload my few measley pics yet. @ 9:09 am

• Sending out updates to everyone who doesn't follow me on twitter :) For any coworkers of mine, it should be obvious I'm not coming in :) @ 7:15 am

• Epidural is in, everything's slowed down, we're gathering our strength! @ 6:29 am

• We're going to be admitted as soon as they get our room ready. Looks like today is the day! @ 4:26 am

• We're in triage now... @ 3:11 am

• So... no updates on the impending heir to my dynasty yet. Just suffering through contractions until they get to be 5 minutes apart. :( @ 1:13 am

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• Ok, maybe at around 9 minutes apart. Is this the time? Other than the timing, seems like true labor... @ 6:14 am

• Contractions started a few hours ago... 7ish minutes apart. @ 5:26 am

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• @cdtdelta Do people still do that? i haven't heard of that voodoo approach to fixing issues since OS9. What do you mean by screen lock? @ 2:05 pm

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• Babies original due date: today! Is he coming? No, not likely. But ... Any day now. Any day now... @ 10:37 am

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• Give the third degree to a pediatrician, and a few days later become completely incapacitated with the flu. Coincidence? I think not! @ 12:09 pm

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• Sending a little bump. I could use the cash and/or the space in my closet. Still got lots of other recording gear to get through, though. @ 7:24 pm

• Drat, the person who expressed interest in my guitar seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. Or into a spam filter. shrug. @ 7:18 pm

• @nperez ++ beat me to it. :) @ 1:27 pm

• Definitely to keep: http://tinyurl.com/2hy9z8 and likely http://tinyurl.com/2gaj7y . Can live without (I think): http://tinyurl.com/2zhhdk @ 10:38 am

• And do I really need 3 Ibanez Jems? My head says "no", but my gut says "YES, YES, YES!" @ 10:06 am

• (Composing updates with more than a simple thought so they fit within 140 characters sometimes reminds me of crafting a haiku.) @ 9:56 am

• ... meanwhile I've already had the first ping of interest from someone about my guitar. Hooray! Next to sell, my older recording gear. @ 9:55 am

• @petdance I dunno, I've never had a ton of luck with selling stuff on ebay, especially locally.
  And I don't feel like dealing with the fees. @ 9:46 am

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• trying to figure out exactly what model my ibanez 7 string is so i can sell it on craigslist and not ask too much for it. @ 7:16 pm

• @jshirley Speaking from ignorance, but I'm more than happy with my 15" MBP. It does get warm, but I use an inexpensive plastic platform. @ 11:41 am

• @nperez ITYM butcher @ 9:59 am

• @joshmcadams I'll second that vote for GD::Graph. Unless there's some other kind of chart you're talking about. @ 12:58 am

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• @geoffeg I've read that before. I didn't recall reading about multiple vaccinations. I really feel for Deven after having read that. @ 2:44 pm

• @geoffeg Like the discussion here: http://tinyurl.com/2mys3v - is it primarily people worried about barbarism? Cruelty? @ 1:32 pm

• @sungo Yeah, there's a number of things I know I wouldn't've really wanted when I was new to the world. But, them's the breaks, sometimes. @ 1:27 pm

• @geoffeg Have any good links to stories, or are you just trying to make me freak out more? :) @ 1:19 pm

• Soon to be freaking out parent giving potential doctors the third degree: 1. Potential pediatrician: 0. I had her cowering in a corner. @ 1:14 pm

• So, I'm interviewing pediatricians today for the impending arrival of the heir to my empire. What does one ask of these doctors? @ 10:30 am

• @sartak Jott's pretty cool, huh? @ 10:30 am

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So, being able to use autocomplete in vim saved me a load of typing last night, though I suppose it still wore out my pinky hitting 'tab'.

Do you prefer spaces to indent your code?

Have no reason to ever insert a tab into your source?

Enter vim's autocomplete a la bash style tab completion.

While you're editing, if you want to enter a symbol that already exists in the file, type the first few characters and hit tab. If there's only one match, it gets autocompleted. If there are more, vim (at least version 7, maybe earlier versions) will display a drop-down with all potential autocomplete words. Use the tab or arrow keys to highlight your desired match, then keep typing.

You might also want to change the color(s) of the drop down menu. This is handled with the following highlight group:

You might also not want to use the tab key, because you're too busy indenting your code with tabs. If this is the case, please stop doing that.

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• Dear vim: your autocomplete makes me swoon. I <3 you. @ 11:43 pm

• @geoffeg I think he had fwoot woops for bwains. @ 11:39 pm

• Dear previous PHP "developer": PHP supports functions and loops. I wish you had learned them. Oh how I wish this. But you did not. Damn you. @ 11:33 pm

• Man, these boxing workouts are kicking me in the hiney. @ 11:03 pm

• @nperez Welcome :) Oh, and good luck. Oh, and don't hurt earth. @ 7:44 pm

• Dear Entourage: stop marking email from people within the company as junk mail. Thank you. Hugs and kisses, Kent. @ 1:53 pm

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