Before I even begin this post, I’d like to preface it by clarifying something. This is not an instance of public shaming, but rather me using a better avenue for getting my point across than exists elsewhere. In fact, let’s ...
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In regard to my post “Cascading Failure, Technical Debt, and Punching a House with my Face“, I was asked about my conclusions and how I dug myself out of that hole. Before I go any further, let me confess that ...
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In the last six months or so, I’ve been on a rampage to cut out material and immaterial clutter from my life. It has come to my attention that email has taken entirely too much of my life with very ...
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I have made two changes to my computer-based behavior in the new year that have regained an enormous amount of time and changed the way I do things in a positive way. I’d like to share them here for the ...
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(Today’s post is by information security analyst Scott Pack!) One of the worst problems I have with tabbed consoles is knowing exactly which console I’m working in. Sure, I can simply look at either the shell’s title, or the prompt, but ...
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If traffic statistics are any indicator, my previous post “The Failure of a SysAdmin – A Tale of Laziness, Good Fortune and Self Loathing” seemed to resonate among my fellow technologists. Perhaps each of us can share a story or ...
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This week saw a regression and an epiphany. The regression was that I lost some of my ability to focus on the text at higher speeds and had to step back to lesson 9. I also missed several lesson times. ...
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I was going good this week, hitting lesson 10 which is the last lesson in the first part of this Speed Reading system I’m using. However, I lost steam on Saturday. Not much to give as an excuse. I just ...
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The first full month of my attempt at staying faithful to my chosen speed reading curriculum is now finished. This was the most consistent week so far. I only missed one lesson. That might be overstating my success a little ...
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My third week of speed reading lessons wasn’t too bad. Monday: Morning: Lesson 4 Evening: Lesson 4 Tuesday: Morning: Lesson 4 Evening: Lesson 4 Wednesday: Morning: Lesson 5 Evening: Lesson 5 Thursday: Morning: Lesson 5 Evening: Missed Friday: Morning: Lesson ...
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