miniblog.

One habit I've picked up from blogging is putting *important statements in bold*. It's a really helpful technique, in moderation. It doesn't seem to be common in print media though.

It's such a tiny thing, but I really like the Python or Lisp convention of putting the doc string inside the definition. I find I write the signature first anyway, and figure out what I want to call my function, before I know how I want to describe it.

If I'm about to run a complex or scary terminal command, I like putting echo in front of it: $ echo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/... It's a nice way of having a last check of your command. The command is now in your scrollback, as well as your history.