DoublePane 1.7 is Out

minimalmac:

Nice update to one of my essential Mac utilities. Currently on sale at the bargain blow-out price of $.99. It is worth at least ten times more that to me.

http://code.google.com/p/shiftit/ does the same thing for free.

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Movies

Pulled a muscle in my leg, so I had some time to watch a few ones:

Black Swan
Wasn’t bad, but wasn’t too interesting either. The changes in the main character were too fast (it took weeks in film’s time, but felt like they were the result of a few strong impulses). Maybe 108 minutes just wasn’t enough.

The Informant!
Sort of entertaining, but can be irritating. Starts clear then it becomes confusing and if you don’t realize that the confusion is part of the movie, then it can be irritating. I found it entertaining. As for Matt Daemon, he was like William H. Macy in Fargo, but not as for the role.

Mary and Max
Dark story (animation, but not for kids), lovely characters, loved it.

Bran Nu Day
Colorful characters, awesome locations ;], flat/uninteresting story. 

The King’s Speech
I don’t like Colin Firth (just because he will always be Mark Darcy for me), but this movie was great.  

Daybrakers
Good names, looks good, bad story. 

The Code
Bearable one if you like Morgan Freeman or Antonio Banderas, but nothing interesting in the story.

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Vim plugins of the week

Lucius - nice color scheme
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2536

PreciseJump - visualize f/t/b/e jumps
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3437

CCTree - access to the cscope database as a tree
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2368

Tuesday, February 8, 2011   ()

Want to ditch my 18-200 but what to replace it with? [Page 1]: Nikon SLR Lens Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

I am in the same boat, but there is no easy way out. A Tamron 17-50 + Nikon 55-200 is a possible low cost alternative, but not really sure that it is worth it (already have the 50/1.8 and 35/1.8 for low light things).

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