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Flickr developers don’t use vim
I just discovered that you can use vim-esque (‘j’ and ‘k’) keyboard shortcuts when viewing a photostream. Neat, but backwards! Gmail shortcuts were obviously vim-inspired, ‘j’ for next, ‘k’ for previous. Flickr implemented these backwards and my vim-trained fingers keep getting confused!
Hide Gmail image ads
It looks like Google may be rolling out image ads in Gmail?! This is potentially very disappointing. I’ve always loved Gmail because of it’s lack of flashy, distracting graphic advertisements. Here’s what I encountered when I checked my email this evening: Gross. Luckily, Chrome (my primary web browser), Firefox, and most other modern browsers, support […]
flashie.org – Ridiculously simple online flash cards
Motivation I recently took a semester of Mandarin at the University of Minnesota. For an English speaker, learning Mandarin is challenging. Not only are you learning new words and grammar, but you’re also learning new characters. I’ve used flash cards in the past to learn foreign language vocabulary, but they didn’t seem to fit in […]
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is an absolutely exotic city. This is the kind of place we crave when we travel! No English signs, no mobs of tourists, just Lisbon. And I can easily say that in Lisbon live the friendliest people that we’ve encountered yet in Europe. Day one We arrived in Lisbon just before the sun set. […]
Madrid, Spain
Madrid is gorgeous. Its old architecture makes it almost feel like Paris and it has a great come-as-you-are vibe. We came to Madrid equipped with insider information and suggestions from our friend Santiago, a former madrileño. Day one (Sunday) We arrived in Madrid very early which gave us full day to explore. After checking into […]