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Markdown Beginner

Posted by eitan Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:28:40 GMT

I have yet to build up experience with using Markdown. Again, I feel that I'm very late to this game.

The reason I'd like to comment on markdown is because it feels right. To this day, I still prefer text-based email. The art of formatting text messages grows naturally. Markdown takes it from there, by interpreting these messages as html. So now I've got to develop the habit of being mindful of the markdown syntax, which is only a small deviation from the way I already compose, and the barrier to publishing suddenly melts away.

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NetworkManager

Posted by eitan Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:21:40 GMT

I just installed NetworkManager on my Ubuntu laptop.

I can't stop saying it: I love this environment. It keeps getting better and better. It was no big deal for me up until now to invoke a script to update my wifi network settings that did something like this:

iwconfig eth2 essid "new one"
sudo dhclient eth2

Anyhow, now it's old history. Now on my gnome desktop I've got a nice little wifi GUI that allows me to switch networks.

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