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Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism
I really, really like stuff. Particularly high-quality stuff. I’m a pretty…
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So I made it to the front page of reddit today and my new server didn’t…
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From this NY Times article: “Very rarely will an African-American woman work…
Digg and Reddit: Please Learn The Difference Between Original Content and Blogspam
Nothing is worse for systems like Digg and Reddit than repetitive, mediocre content.…
She Bought Me My Watch
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My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)
First of all, just to clarify, sushi isn’t raw fish. In fact, all it has…
The Consultant Joke
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new…
How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux
There is a lot of debate about how to properly pronounce Linux. This will conclusively…
GTD Basics
Collect Capture everything that you need to track or remember or act on in what…
No More Clichés
Cliches are like assholes, everyone thinks theirs has a silver lining, but they’re…
The Future: Personal Assistants (Companions)
As technology continues to be come more compact and more powerful, I think one…
Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands
Have you ever been in Linux and wanted to watch how much bandwidth was going in…
More On Incentives
In my last post I spoke about how tracking incentives can lead to the answers…
My First 2600 Meeting
Last Friday I went to my first 2600 meeting. It was, of course, here in New York…
xargs vs. exec {}
There is a bit of a debate in some circles about using xargs vs. the -exec {}…
6 Steps To Becoming An Information Security Guru
A recent poster in an information security forum asked what it takes to succeed…
BioPassword: Two-Factor Authentication The Easy Way
For anyone those who hasn’t heard about it, there’s a really cool…
Security: How To Monitor Your Network Connections
One of the most important concepts in computer security is “knowing thy…
Getting Worried About Linux
So I’m getting a little freaked out lately. I keep hearing that both the…
My Response To A “Bush Is Great” Email
On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:42 PM, David wrote: I’m still believing that Bush…
Stop Freaking Out When People Use “Hacker” To Mean Computer Criminal
People who use the word “hacker” when they’re referring to computer…
Learn Languages By Studying Accents
One of the best ways to learn to speak with a proper accent in a given language…
A Hacker Is A Criminal
A Hacker is a bad guy—someone trying to break into computers with the intent…
Hostfind: Another Lame Tool
Only this one is more lamerer. This will take a list of words from a list you…
