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Don't Cross the Streams!

Strange moment when an Ulta ad appeared on 10MinuteMail - two separate projects colliding.

Life & Personal
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DDOS Against 10MinuteMail

10MinuteMail faced a multi-country botnet DDOS attack - solved with firewall tuning instead of IP blocking.

10MinuteMail Security
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Making Search Keywords Easy

SortFix wraps Google results to surface related keywords you can add/remove to refine your search.

Productivity Tools
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Make Google Ignore JSESSIONID

Google's Webmaster Tools now lets you tell crawlers to ignore session parameters like JSESSIONID.

DevOps & Infrastructure SEO
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I'm 1337

Hit Hacker News and landed a score of 1337 - can't post there anymore.

Life & Personal
7 min read

Why ATG's Core Based Licensing is Stupid

ATG's CPU-based licensing made sense in 1999, but virtualization and cloud broke the whole model.

Career & Business ATG
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Twitter Love

TripIt broke with JetBlue's new reservation system, but their Twitter response was fast and personal.

Life & Personal Tools
5 min read

Why I Am Buying an Apple iPad

Controversy surrounds the iPad, but its form factor and ecosystem could redefine how people consume content.

Tech & Gear
4 min read

Automated ClamAV Virus Scanning

Automate ClamAV virus scanning on Linux with cron and firewall tuning for continuous protection.

DevOps & Infrastructure Security Linux
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Terrible Code

Bad variable names and confusing method signatures make code harder to maintain - here are real examples.

Software Development
1 min read

Awesome!

Color-changing LED bias lighting behind the monitor creates impressive ambient effects.

Tech & Gear DIY
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It's my Birthday

Turning 30 marks a psychological shift - the 20s' freedom gives way to the 30s' perceived settled life.

Life & Personal
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Semicolon Usage

Semicolon debate resurfaces with a memorable take on proper usage.

Life & Personal
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Cambridge, MA - Winter 2009

Winter photography in Cambridge captures Harvard Square's charm despite freezing temperatures.

Life & Personal Photography
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Saturday Morning Chores

Firearms maintenance finally tackled - a chore week in the making.

Life & Personal
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Pumpkins!

Halloween pumpkins from our garden - photos included.

Life & Personal Photography
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Plumbing

DIY plumbing emergency: replaced corroded valves and sink hardware with one soaked mishap and a skinned knuckle.

Life & Personal DIY
5 min read

Flush the Cache Droplet Upon CA Deployments

Flush your ATG cache after deployments using a component triggered by Deployment Events to prevent stale data.

Software Development ATG
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Safari RSS Feed Goodness

Safari's RSS "View All" feature is a game-changer for reading multiple feeds at once.

Productivity Tools
3 min read

Focused and Unfocused Shopping

Online shopping splits into focused buying (you know what you want) and unfocused discovery - each offers unique advantages.

Life & Personal
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