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Free Technical Books for Download

A quick list of free technical book resources online: Comprehensive list of free technical books. PHP 5 Power Programming – OOP in the latest version of PHP. Right click the link to download as a PDF from the publisher’s site. Wiki Books – Community publishing ChangeThis – Sometimes technical, sometimes business related, almost always relevant […]

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iPod Shuffle

Today I got an iPod Shuffle :). I’ve been eyeing them since they came out, but I’m not a fan of “3-4 weeks” shipping times like Apple had, or “get in line” shipping like Amazon had, so today when Circuit City had them online (through Amazon) for pickup I jumped at it. So far it’s […]

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Getting Things Done The Last Two Months

Is it wrong to want to write a blog entry just because the software you write the entry in is so nice? I haven’t written for a couple months and every so often I’ll remember just how nice Ecto is and want to write again. Aside from that, a lot has happened. I’ve finally started […]

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Dell Desktop Design

I’ve often wondered if any of Dell’s computer case designers have actually used the USB ports on the front of the computers they designed. Not only are they totally out of sight if your case is sitting on the floor when you lift up that stylish cover on the front, but the ports are also […]

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The Last Thing You Need…

is more aimless browsing. Well, Firefox makes it that much easier. Combine RSS bookmarking capabilities with the bookmarks bar and you have new, instant links from techies (mostly) anytime you feel the need to take a short (?) break from productivity and explore the unknown. Just browse to del.icio.us click the orange RSS link at […]

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Quick DNS Propagation for New Domains

Domains now propagate QUICK! What before could take from 12 to 24 hours now takes 3 minutes. I purchased besttoolforthejob.com this morning and it was live minutes later. With this improvement and how quickly word travels by weblogs, I’m sure we’ll see tons of sites popping up in response to events almost before they’re done […]