VI Geekery

• for what i call "side-by-side" editing, and Vim calls "vertical split", do: ctl-w v. to move between the windows, do ctl-w arrow-key

Server Hosting Crap

• when you know in advance that you'll be making changes to a DNS domain name, set the TTL on teh server down to something like ten minutes. your changes will go through instantly then, when you actually update the domain.
• It's good to remember WhatToDoWhenVimBreaks.