How to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux
There is a lot of debate about how to properly pronounce Linux. This will conclusively resolve the topic for anyone interested. Everyone has their own…
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Black Nannies Don’t Want To Work For Black Families?
From this NY Times article: It’s interesting that those middle class families that are complaining about unfair treatment don’t realize that they’re being judged according…
The Consultant Joke | Daniel Miessler
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver,…
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. These networks are designed to magnify the efficiency of the Internet by…
GTD Basics | Daniel Miessler
Collect Capture everything that you need to track or remember or act on in what Allen calls a ‘bucket’: either a physical inbox, email inbox,…
She Bought Me My Watch
Susan bought me my watch today. We walked into Tourneau (57th Ave, NYC) to check out some watches and we spent most of our time…
No More Clichés | Daniel Miessler
Cliches are like assholes, everyone thinks theirs has a silver lining, but they’re really just full of shit. A while back while in a writing…
My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)
First of all, just to clarify, sushi isn’t raw fish. In fact, all it has to include is rice; from there it can have a…
Linux: Get Realtime Bandwidth Statistics Using Stock Commands
Have you ever been in Linux and wanted to watch how much bandwidth was going in and out of your box? Most have, and here’s…
The Future: Personal Assistants (Companions)
As technology continues to be come more compact and more powerful, I think one of the biggest consumer/business breakthroughs is going to come in the…
6 Steps To Becoming An Information Security Guru
A recent poster in an information security forum asked what it takes to succeed in the information security field. Having met with moderate success in…
More On Incentives | Daniel Miessler
In my last post I spoke about how tracking incentives can lead to the answers for why the world is in such bad shape. If…