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gmail like Archive button for Outlook

Jan

2013

I’m terrible at sorting my e-mail in Outlook. I hate folders and can never think up an appropriate place to save e-mails which means I end up deleting messages instead of saving them. This obviously makes things difficult months later when I need to refer to something again. I’ve created/hacked together this little VBA macro ...

First Vim Syntax Definition

Dec

2012

In our software we’ve got a very old import format for importing a particular kind of entity. I had a client request that required me to relearn how it worked and provide some sample files. It turns out I really don’t like editing code/files without syntax highlighting. This seemed like a good opportunity to learn ...

Alt/Windows Key with Apple Keyboard on Win8

Nov

2012

I use a the Apple keyboard on my PC at home but the default placement of the Alt / Windows key are opposite what I’m used to. In addition, I really need the printscreen key. To fix it I used AutoHotkey and the following script: LAlt::LWin LWin::Alt RAlt::LWin RWin::RAlt F15::PrintScreen SwitchAltWindows (Pre-compile EXE)

Breaking up large strings into smaller chunks

Oct

2012

I swear I’ve written this type of algorithm about 20 times already but… Here is a function to chop up a large message (sentences) into smaller chunks. It gives preference for keeping lines together and allows for the addition of a custom and variable header on each chunk.

Robotize your Google Contacts

Sep

2012

I use Google Contacts to manage my contacts list. I synchronize that with Outlook at work and with my iPhone and iPad. I like that contacts can have pictures but most of mine don’t. They look boring. I decided to fix that and fill in the gaps with robots created by RoboHash.org. Robohash will create ...