So I had this great idea yesterday (for coders, at least): remap [shift+space] to [underscore]. Turns out I am far from the first to think of this, which only enforces its awesomeness as an idea.

Mac: Put this in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

{
	/* turn shift + space into underscore */
	"$ " = ("insertText:", "_");
}

Linux: for a PC keyboard, try:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 65 = space underscore'

or on a mac keyboard:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 57 = space underscore'

Or if neither of those work, run:

xmodmap -pk | grep space | awk '{print $1}'

and use that number instead of 65 or 57 above.

You can put this keybinding in ~/.xmodmaprc or somesuch if you like it.

the first two pages are mandatory reading for anyone who ever complained that “mac apps don’t close properly”

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Not a very exciting realisation, but an annoying one:

$ irb
>> class A
>>   def self.meth; puts "class method!"; end
>> end

>> A.meth()
class method!

>> A.new().meth()
NoMethodError: undefined method `meth' for #<A:0x5ad160>
	from (irb):11

ick…

(sadly enough, most of my posts tagged “ruby” would be equally well tagged as “things that suck in ruby”)

Fully flared - well worth the slowness at the start

… and the rest: part 2 and part 3

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wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

fly, my pretties!