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Entries for January, 2009

How to do a search and replace in multiple files using Perl

Over the years, I’ve written a number of “search and replace in multiple files” scripts. Working on a computer that didn’t have my standard, custom toolset available, I found myself searching for an alternative.
Found this tip over at Dzone Snippets – do it all with a single line of perl.
perl -pi -w -e [...]

Looking for a tvtorrents.com invitation code?

TV Torrents, located at tvtorrents.com, is an excellent Bittorrent site. It has exactly what one would expect – Torrents for TV shows. Lots of them.
I’ve been using Google Chrome a lot lately, and in doing so, I saw that Google suggests “tvtorrents.com invitation code” as a popular search term. (When typing in [...]

Getting Married? A Last Name Change Checklist

I have had a lot of friends get married lately.
Some of them have asked me how to go about changing their last name – what needs to be done? Who do I have to tell about my name change? What is the procedure for changing my name after getting married?
I’ve pieced together [...]

The Windows Key: Using shortcut commands like a power user

I’m what most kids today would call and “old school” computer user. I was raised on the Apple II, learned to program on the Commodore VIC-20 & the Commodore 64, and my first PC-based computer didn’t even come with Windows. In other words, I’m used to using the keyboard, not the mouse, to get [...]