10 Ways to Test Your Website Performance
So you’ve replaced Apache with Nginx, or put Varnish out in front of your main webserver. Or maybe you just...
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How I See Class | Daniel Miessler
I recently read perhaps the best book ever written on the American class system, and it set me to thinking...
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Human Accomplishment: Engines vs. Fuels
I think a lot about why some people are highly productive and successful while others produce nothing in their lifetimes....
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A Response to Dinis Cruz’ Comments on Invisible Security
Dinis Cruz did a presentation at OWASP recently on why security should be invisible to developers. His basic idea is...
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Is Discipline a Solution for ADD?
Caution, anecdotes ahead. I was reading some symptoms of ADD today and was stunned by the fact that they all...
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Do Children Make Parents More Conservative?
I had an interesting idea this weekend regarding the effect that having children has on one’s life views. I was...
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I’ll Not Hear Another Word About Apple Restricting Freedom
From Stallman to Raymond, the favorite counter-tone in recent days has been that jobs was a great marketer and a...
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New PC Setup Steps
[ Sep 12, 2011 ] These are the things I install immediately when I get on a new Windows machine....
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The Rich and Selfish Have Enlisted the Poor to Fight For Them
Obama is trying to raise taxes (by eliminating loopholes) on billionaire corporations that move jobs overseas so that their executives...
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My Problem With the Libertarians
I have many friends who are libertarians, and when I spew here regarding politics I often hear from them in...
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The Truths of America in 2011
There is shockingly little truth in any of the normal outlets in America. Universities, mainstream media, common conversation — they...
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Anything Worth Saying is Worth Owning
I’ve been coming repeatedly to a simple conclusion regarding content creation and the use of social services: If something is...
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