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Wake up and smell the USDA & FDA approved coffee…
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power “monopoly” regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, [...]
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Two companies that are getting it right (finally).
Over the last week or two, for reasons not important here, I’ve upgraded two PCs to Windows 7. Let me start by saying that normally, I dont’ do OS upgrades. I usually just wait until my PC explodes or melts or catches fire, then I just get whatever OS the new one comes with. I am not, as they say, an “early adopter”, That being said, the first PC to get the upgrade was my work PC (thanks Mr. Virus [...]
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Mini Review: 7da Zombie Hunter
Let’s face it. Most iPhone games suck, especially the free ones. Long story short, 7da (no, that’s not a typo) Zombie Hunter is 100% ronseal. It’s full of action, zombies, and hunting. And it has seven levels (days). Yes it’s short, but that’s the idea here. If you have time to play for hours on your iPhone, then you’re probably missing something important (aren’t we all?). The game is simple. Left thumb moves, right thumb shoots in traditional 2d “Smash [...]
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PDF to EPUB (or any other eBook format)
So i’ve come across a large collection of ebooks in PDF format (I won’t say from where) which is awsome, except for one thing. There is not an ebook reader in the world (besides Adobe Digital Editions, but meh…) that reads PDFs. So I sat about on a journey to find a decent way to convert PDF to the popular EPUB format. Why epub and not something else like amazon kindle’s mobi format? Because, I have an iPhone, and iphone [...]
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Firewalls for dummies
Word to the wise folks. When you’re installing a firewall on your server due to mysterious login attempts, make sure that you know what IPs you’re blocking. I ended up driving out to where my server is colocated at 8pm last night because my server wasn’t reaponding. I had recently installed APF (advanced policy firewall) and BFD (brute force detection) and wad confident in it’s functionality. Note: I installed and tested it while away from home. Geeky stuff: APF is [...]
