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Archives for December 2014
Extract XML Elements Using xmllint
Many people got toys or socks or whatever for Christmas. I’m sad for them.…
Access iCloud Drive Through the Terminal
Along with OS X Yosemite (10.10) came iCloud Drive—the ability to store…
Entering Promiscuous Mode on OS X
As a security professional on OS X, we often need (or simply want) to see all…
People Reject Truth When the Conclusion Disagrees With Them
Some fascinating research has been done recently on why people reject data that…
How Valuable is Alexa Rank?
The internet still wants to know how important Alexa is, and after reading various…
Creating Emotional Insurance Policies
I believe it’s hardest to lose someone you love when it happens unexpectedly.…
How to Avoid Blank Pages in Nginx’s FastCGI Cache
For the last few months I’ve been having sporadic issues with blank pages…
The Reason I (Mostly) Believe the FBI About the Sony Hack
Ever since the FBI came out and said that North Korea was the main perpetrator…
The Reason Many Men Are Attracted to Unintelligent Women
When I see a social force I tend to wonder what the cause is. One such force is…
Evolution as Our Source of Meaning
Evolution is a clever thing. We all know it made us what we are by blindly selecting…
GTD and Offloading
A study was just released that talks about the benefits of storing or saving information…
My Response to Sam Harris vs. Very Bad Wizards on Free Will
I was pleased to hear that Sam Harris recent appeared on one of my favorite philosophy…
The Decline of the Colonists
I think within the next 25 years we’re going to start seeing a new political…
Are More Women in STEM in Gender-equal Countries?
I had a thought about gender equality in tech this morning. It’s my understanding…
Anatomy of a Terrorism Victory
Thousands of movie theaters will not be showing a controversial movie about North…
The Irony of Probiotics
There’s a multimillion dollar industry around cleaning everyday surfaces…
The Wisdom Genome
December 14th, 2014 I have many projects that I work on captured here on the site.…
How to Configure Medical ID on your iPhone
If you’re ever found unconscious it’s helpful for those helping to…
What I’ve Learned from 15 Years of Blogging
I started my site in 1999, and I’m currently in the process of clearing…
The 4 Levels of Photographic Realism
I’ve often been fascinated by good photographic images that could have existed…
The Difference Between Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism
For centuries there have been people who believe there is no intrinsic meaning…
The Meaning Stack
In IT we talk about something called a stack, which is basically the set of technologies…
How Does Google Make Money From You?
There is currently much debate regarding how companies like Apple and Google make…
