So, posting from vim Successful

So, I can successfully post a complete entry to LJ from vim. This is using a python utility called pyljvim. It loads up the LJInterface for the post and when run LJPost, calls a python script which takes up the interface and contents and publishes it to Livejournal. Simple is'nt it?
Okay, I did not write it. I was searching and found it in the deep web. I think it was not working as well. So I fixed it,made it work and after analyzing various failures on windows due to file enconding issues with vim and cmd.exe, I decided to drop the encoding support on windows and its finally working now.

Okay, todays highlight then!

TLPC

TLPC stands for Ten Laptops Per Child. V4Vijaykumar is the mind behind this concept as he finds OLPC is not the optimum yet and prices can be further reduced!

Join the TLPC discussion group if you wish to discuss on Ten Laptops Per Child concept ( not the initiative,remember!).

Posting from vim

I am posting this entry directl

read at /.

The following comment on lisp from /. attracted my interest.

An ideal world would run on LISP...


It's amazing and somwhat sad that programming languages and runtime environments from Smalltalk to Java to Python to C#/.NET keep reinventing the wheel while a language from the 1950s has it all and does it even better - the most elegant syntax thinkable, powerful paradigms for code reuse, dynamic typing, modern memory management with no buffer overflows, and, with Common Lisp, one robust, industrial-strength language with a rich standard library that can both interpreted and compile code, obsoleting the difference between "programming" and "scripting" languages...
It was discussion on Practical Common Lisp book.

Quote of the day

not wanting to solve a problem is a pretty lousy problem-solving strategy, really.
~Fredrik Lundh . I was at the receiving end of this quote at comp.lang.python.

Article on Maths

jwz posted an entry on Maths for Programmers. That article is a very insightful. It analyzes how maths can be useful to any programmer at any time. We have all lost touch of basic mathematics and need to gear up. His suggestion is Maths should be learned breadth-first and not depth-first, as knowing different mathematical solutions we come to know about which section the problem belongs to and we might approach it correct. Another suggestion for all of us is to start with any math section at wikipedia and follow it till we understand it and do it daily.
Anyway, that article is a good read.