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Two Clever Ways To Connect To The Web From The Command Line
Over the years, I’ve learned a few things about these mysterious creatures we call “sysadmins.” First, they love two things — Linux and Red Bull. Second, they love to make me feel bad for not knowing what terms like “power switch” and “Internet” mean. And third, they love the command line.
Today In Tech History
Confession time — I’m a history nerd. Well, I’m a nerd about lots of different things, but primarily, I’m a history nerd. I love Wikipedia, I devour old maps, and I can’t put down history books. And, one of the aspects of history that continually fascinates me — and goes quite nicely with the overall theme of this site — is the history of science and technology. With that in mind, I’d like to introduce what I hope will be a regularly-occurring feature I like to call “Today In
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5 Reasons I Won’t Be Buying An iPad
Like everyone else in the tech world, I was eagerly anticipating the big Apple tablet announcement on January 27th. True, I had noted with sarcastic glee that Apple’s countless devoted fans do their PR work for the for free, and no, I don’t count myself one of them — even though, in noting this phenomenon, I did my own fair share of Apple’s leg work.
Secretly, though, I wanted to see a super-cool product from Jobs and Co. that I could be excited about, be a first adopter of, and ding my credit for the sake
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