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New PC Setup Steps
There are a few things that are near as matters necessary when getting setting up a new computer. This is the PC version of this article: Linux Tools: install tools so that you can do things like ls and grep without going insane SysInternals Tools: have these available wherever you are in the command line Update your Path:…
New Mac Setup Steps
There are a few things that are near as matters necessary when getting setting up a new computer. This is the Mac version of this article: Install customized shell files Homebrew: get all your opensource packages via the command line RVM: keep your Ruby enviornment up to date and pivot between versions Little Snitch: see where your traffic…
Hitchens vs. Strunk and White
I am quite curious how top tier writers square the circle of Strunk and White’s demand for being concise and avoiding long, complex sentences, and Hitchens’ ability and inclination to do so beautifully. An example from a Hitchens essay: I have heard arguments about whether it was Milton Friedman or Gore Vidal who first came up with this…
An HTML 5 Christmas
It’s Christmas day and I just happened upon a post by the Google Webmaster team talking about removing the HTML, HEAD, and BODY tags from their code, as they are evidently no longer necessary. I started looking at their code (particularly for their 404 pages), and it was very interesting. It’s a few minutes later now and most…
A Collection (of Collections) of Obama’s Accomplishments
This next year is going to yield many debates on what our current President has or has not accomplished in his first term. Here’s a collection (of lists) of what he has accomplished. http://obamaachievements.org/listA seriously comprehensive list of accomplishments, by category. PolitiFact Promises Kept ListingA phenomenally unbiased list of promises and statements made by Obama, with analysis of…
Who Makes the Best Web Security Testers?
There’s been some debate in my circles recently on the topic of what type of person and background makes the best web security tester. The issue is that web testing involves and requires a number of skills. It includes performing a staggering number of monotonous actions according to a methodology, as well as being able to use deduction…
Plane Crashes and Child Molestation
In one of Malcolm Gladwell’s books he talked about how respect for authority has caused a massive number of plane crashes over time. Basically, the relationship between a senior and junior pilot was so severe in many countries that the co-pilot (junior) knew that his effective boss could bury him in an instant, and so he walked extremely…
Why Christopher Hitchens Inspires Me
News of Christopher Hitchens’ death was crushing to me last night. I can think of no other author that is so inspiring to me. Here are a few simple reasons why: Reading, or listening to, his prose makes me a better writer. His skill with language was simply magical. I can listen to him speak for hours upon…
Disambiguation of the ‘Women in Technology Problem
As with most Internet debates, the heat to light ratio in the ‘Women in Technology’ discussion is rather poor. The problem is that we never actually get to have a single, complete discussion without it turning into a related one. Here are a few of the points that people seamlessly pivot between during this discussion, followed by my…
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