The Story of the PING Program
It's hard to believe "Ping" is almost 30 years old. Like many, ping was one of the first lower level network tracing programs I ever learned to use and even today is still usually the first line of defense in troubleshooting networks. This neat article tells the story of the original ping, what it meant, and it wiggled its way into operating systems everywhere.
Tagged as: | unix | ping | computers | internet
How to Deal With Depression After Losing a Job
It could happen as soon as you hear the words from your boss that you are losing your job. It could happen days or weeks later. But the truth is that sooner or later you might feel the heavy grip of depression upon becoming unemployed-and in this economy, many people are feeling it. It is perfectly normal to feel this way in such a situation. Luckily, there are ways you can cope with the blues...
Tagged as: | jobs | careers | life
Coding Horror: April 2009
From Coding Horror Blog... We geeks obsessively optimize what's on our keychain, we'd be remiss if we didn't also obsessively optimize that other item most geeks carry around -- our wallet.
My current Tumi wallet was almost 10 years old and starting to show its age. While I never had an enormous Constanza Wallet, I felt I could do better.
Tagged as: | geeky | wallet | efficiency
Coding Horror: How Not to Conduct an Online Poll
Inside the Precision Hack is a great read. It's all about how the Time Magazine World's Most Influential People poll was gamed. But the actual hack itself is somewhat less impressive when you start digging into the details.
Here's the voting UI for the Time poll in question.
Tagged as: | geeky | business | online-polls | surveys
Removing IE from Windows
This tutorial is not for the faint of heart. It should probably only be followed if you know what your doing.
Remove IE completely from your system and solve many of the security problems that come with it.
Pretty neat.
Tagged as: | geeky
