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Author: John

  • Hacker Typer

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    Hacker Typer was tweeted my direction today.  Located on hackertyper.net but playable on hackertyper.com. I found this article from Hack A Day entertaining and worth the read. Even better is the idea that there is actually a YouTube video explaining how to use it.

  • Changing Boot Sequence in Grub2

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    I just loaded Fedora 16.  I have this odd Dell Inspiron with a WinTV Express Card, the only card ever built for this slot.  To simplify my life I run Windows 7 for TV and Linux for everything else. Where was I?  How to alter the boot sequence in grub2 # cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg |grep Windows…

  • How To Optimize Your WordPress Database

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    I am looking at a number of WordPress plugins to optimize my databases.  I did run across the WordPress method of optimizing a database. First backup your database. http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/maint/repair.php Click on the Repair Database button to have WordPress internally executes two SQL queries on each WordPress database table: CHECK TABLE and REPAIR TABLE Click on…

  • A Primer on Information Theory and Privacy

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    Consider the Math in A Primer on Information Theory and Privacy from the EFF

  • Collaborative and Quick Code Sharing

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    I often need to share code or a configuration file when collaborating with someone, here is my current approach.