Some highlights about setting up a new mac without time machine (pretty sure I've written something like this years ago.
Edit sudo
sudo visudo
iTerm
Quake-like window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucw0hzzoy3vwt2k/Screenshot%202014-12-20%2014.46.01.png?dl=0
Add command-x as control-c: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0lfbdtwwvv1ghuk/Screenshot%202014-12-20%2014.44.52.png?dl=0
Hotkey: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7deslelvh1z319/Screenshot%202014-12-20%2014.46.13.png?dl=0
Vim
Get vim with +clipboard: brew install vim | sudo mv /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/oldvim