Basic VIM commands to get you started Adding Text (You can get a bit more detail regarding the difference between these two here.) Saving For every command show, begin with Esc + : Navigating Editing ActionCommandDelete the current lineddDelete n linesTo delete 3 lines total (the line you're on, plus two below), type d, then [...]
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Muster 005 DC: Experience
Most photos from Jocko's Twitter feed If you don't know who Jocko Willinck is, here's the synopsis. Born and raised in New England. Dreamt of being a commando (his words). Became one as a Navy Seal. Fought in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 in what is known as the Battle of Ramadi where fighting was considered [...]
A Look at Elastic Beanstalk’s Launch Activities
A quick look at the creation and teardown of a .NET Web Application using Elastic Beanstalk.
grep your EC2 Instances in a Region Using the CLI
Assuming you have the AWS CLI installed, you can easily grep instances in a Region. To see your Default region name, type aws configure and hit Enter twice. To allow grep to work nicely with the output, enter "text" for the Default output format aws configure AWS Access Key ID [*******************]: AWS Secret Access Key [*******************]: [...]
Passing the AWS Associate Exam
Looking for advice on passing an AWS Architecture Associate Exam? I had been looking for that advice very recently. Fortunately, there are plenty of good resources out there to help. (And yes, I did pass the exam recently.) Advice isn't in the form of exam answers. Well, it is if you're willing to dig in. I followed [...]
SQL Server Date to Varchar Conversion Formats
Often, I find the need for a specific format for a date. SQL has lots of great options with its convert function. Here's a handy chart. select convert(varchar, getdate(), 101) -- 12/23/2015 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 102) -- 2015.12.23 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 103) -- 23/12/2015 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 104) -- 23.12.2015 select convert(varchar, getdate(), 105) -- 23-12-2015 select [...]
Using a Correlated Subquery to Update a Base Table
The syntax for updating using correlated subqueries can be a little confusing at times. The example shown below uses a table variable as its target. The key is to include an aliased version of the table in the UPDATE's FROM clause. Once that is aliased, you can simply reference the alias in the subquery. For example: [...]
An Introduction to Writing Externs in C for Max/MSP
Note that this paper was written in 2005-2006 while studying Computer Science at the University of Chicago. At the same time, I had added several Electronic Music courses with Howard Sandroff at UC. This paper might also be subtitled "when worlds collide".
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