Ade in Business

Below is a map showing the locations of people who have tried to break into one of my dedicated servers within the last few weeks. (Click on the image to show a full-size interactive map.)

One of the common ways hackers try to break into systems is to use a dictionary attack to try to [...]

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I found a post by way of Doug, challenging bloggers to write about 50 things they learned in 2006. It sounded like fun, so I decided to give it a try:

Speaking objectively, my son is the cutest baby in the world.
Anything left on the floor will be licked or eaten.
He will not be [...]

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Last week I started trying to tally all my business-related travel mileage for the year, and was struggling to do it in a non-tedious fashion. The key problem was that I haven’t really kept good track. It’s quite rare that I think about it when I get in my car, and even more [...]

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One of the first things I noticed when upgrading to Internet Explorer 7 was how much better the text looked. Further investigation revealed that Microsoft used the ClearType rendering engine, which is included in Windows XP.
If you’d like to experience the same look within Firefox, here’s how to enable ClearType rendering system-wide on Windows [...]

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1. Post more often
I averaged about 1 1/2 posts per week this year, and think I can do better. I started this blog with skepticism, but found that I loved writing for it more than I thought I would. When I write more often, I’m thinking more, I’m learning more, and I’m more energized [...]

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