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So I really didn't want to remember an insane password to connect to my OpenVPN, and I don't have the luxury of controller the certificate signing, meaning that I can't create a signed key certificate file to use.

Disclaimer: I realize the solution described in this post is not ideal, but IMO it's better than keeping the password in a plain-text file on the desktop (like my boss does).

AutoHotkey can be found here.

AHK Script:

 #Persistent
 SetTimer, EnterAuth, 250
 return
 
 EnterAuth:
 Process, wait, openvpn-gui.exe, 2
 If %ErrorLevel% = 0
 {
 Run, C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\config\shortcut.lnk
 Sleep, 2000
 }
 IfWinExist OpenVPN - User Authentication
 {
 ControlSetText, Edit1, {USERNAME}, OpenVPN - User Authentication ahk_class #32770
 ControlSetText, Edit2, {PASSWORD}, OpenVPN - User Authentication ahk_class #32770
 ControlSend, Edit1, {Enter}, OpenVPN - User Authentication ahk_class #32770
 ExitApp
 }
 return

Where {USERNAME}/{PASSWORD} get replaced by your OpenVPN username and password, and the shortcut.lnk is a shortcut to openvpn with the connect command, i.e.:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui-1.0.3.exe" --connect my-openvpn-config.ovpn

I then compiled the executable and added a scheduled task to run after user logon to run the executable and trigger OpenVPN to launch. It works great.

Argleton, the imaginary town in Google maps.

Here is a website with some /really/ nice vim plugins! Very worthwhile.

in PHP, "2"+2=4, and "2pinkponies"+2=4, but "i2"+2=2.

Implicit type conversion like this can could make for some interesting bugs, to say the least.

DoxyGenToolkit is a Vim plugin for C, C++, Python, and PHP which helps you conveniently create DoxyGen compatible documentation.

To use it just go to the line where a function is defined and execute :Dox, and it will automatically create the stub for you with @param s.

In Windows 7 64-bit edition (x64), I installed the 64-bit version of Python 2.6. After installation, I had a lot of problems with trying to install packages via .exe installers.

I narrowed the problem down to the installers not looking in the "right" place for the Python installdir (or rather, not being able to find the Python 2.6 installation directory) from the registry. I concocted a simple .reg file to fix this:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\Help]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\Help\Main Python Documentation]
 @="C:\\Python26\\Doc\\python265.chm"
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\InstallPath]
 @="C:\\Python26\\"
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\InstallPath\InstallGroup]
 @="Python 2.6"
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\Modules]
 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.6\PythonPath]
 @="C:\\Python26\\Lib;C:\\Python26\\DLLs;C:\\Python26\\Lib\\lib-tk"

After applying this .reg fix, things are working fine.

Download the fix file:
http://wi-fizzle.com/downloads/win7_python2.6_x64_reg_fix.reg

HOWTO: Change the font size quickly in vim

A potentially interesting vim script:
FuzzyFinder: buffer/file/command/tag/etc explorer with fuzzy matching

And finally..

Alternative tab navigation information for vim

Is Kitty a better SSH tool than Putty? I'll have to test and find out.

Texas Instruments TI-89 Links for graph-link, open-source tools:
http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tilp/win32.html
http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/userinput
http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tiemu/features.html

http://www.circulartriangle.com/blog/
http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/new-years-python-meme/