Preventing the ~/Desktop direcory
Some programs like e.g. Firefox have the annoying habit of creating a
Desktop directory in your $HOME directory.
It …
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Keyword expansion with git
One of the things I liked about the old rcs revision control system was that it supported keyword expansion in …
Initializing a new git repo for a project
This article contains a list of things I do to set up a new
gitrepository.Setting the terminal title with urxvt and tcsh
Generally I use
sshfrom anurxvtterminal window runningtcehto log into other machines. But since the title …Enjoying the sunshine
On the 8th and 9th of March 2014 it was unseasonably warm. In fact the temperatures on both days have …
New Zealand 2013/2014: favorite pictures
At the end of 2013 and beginning of 2014 I spent a month on holiday in NZ, and had a …
Python number conversions
Sometimes one has to convert numbers from and to different formats. Below are some examples in Python 3 that I …
Daal
This is a recipe that I got from my big sister. She got it from her friend Charlotte. Thanks to …
Travel in New Zealand
To get from Auckland to Napier I had booked a domestic flight because that should take only one hour instead …
Travel to New Zealand
On the 18th of December I left for NZ. Compared to my previous journeys I did not do a stopover …