Category: Tutorials
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Rethinking strong passwords
My idea of a strong password has been a random string of characters and this xkcd comic seems to say that a random collection of ordinary words may be more secure.
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Is Medium just a RSS reader?
Maybe Medium isn’t a publishing platform. Perhaps it’s really just a fancy RSS reader?
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How Instapaper could be an even better research tool
I love Instapaper. It is my “read it later” app and, increasingly, one of my favorite research tools too. I had an idea for how it can be better for research and thought I’d explain how.
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One of the weirdest Firefox unboxing videos ever!
When it comes to unboxing videos, this Firefox unboxing video is the weirdest I’ve ever seen! I have Firefox set as my default browser on my work laptop, primarily for performance reasons: Chrome is just too heavy for my somewhat underpowered Lenovo laptop, even running Ubuntu Linux.
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Lunchtime project: a primitive cardboard projector
Our son is home sick so we came up with the idea of making a cardboard projector during lunch today. We used an old Jungle Oats cereal box, a toilet roll core and cling wrap for a basic lens. We secured the cling wrap using an elastic band (hair elastic in our case) and we…
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Tip: get your LinkedIn Network updates in your feedreader
I am on a mission to reduce the amount of email I receive each day. I’ve noticed that a significant majority of my daily email comprises updates from various social services (many of which I set not to send me emails). I don’t really see much value in most of that email so I sat…
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