Generate a List of Numbers in VIM (for to do list)

   :put =map(range(1,10),'printf(''%d - '', v:val)')

Plugged from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Making_a_list_of_numbers

Access to git using ssh from windows powershell

Change your passphrase, so it can actually be entered on the command line
puttygen
- open private key
- change passphrase
- export as OpenSSH key

posh-git
Import-Module posh-git
Start-SshAgent -Quiet
add-sshkey "C:\Users\....ppk"

    the last statement will ask you for your passphrase

Finaly Livewriter again

The first post with the new Version of Open Live Writer.

Forcing Excel to use a csv field separator other than the local list separator

Add the line

sep=|

at the beginning of the csv-file, to instruct excel to use the pipe character as the field separator.

Starting Azure VM via PowerShell Jobs

The tricky part is how to pass the parameters to the Start-AzureVM cmdlet.

This code assumes the name of the vm is equal to the name of the ServiceName (the name of the Cloud Service)

$vms = Get-AzureVM
$vms | % {Start-Job {Start-AzureVM -Name $args[0] -ServiceName $args[0]} -ArgumentList $_.Name}

Ignore whitespace in TFS compare

http://adventuresinsoftware.com/blog/?p=330

Command: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\diffmerge.exe

Arguments: %1 %2 %6 %7 %5 /ignorespace

Timelock

IanG on Tap: Oh No! Not the TimedLock Again!: "Oh No! Not the TimedLock Again!"

This code shows how to do locks with timeouts and a way to check if someone forgot to call Dispose on a IDisposable struct.