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About Chad Perrin
Chad Perrin is an IT consultant, developer, and freelance professional writer. He holds both Microsoft and CompTIA certifications and is a graduate of two IT industry trade schools.
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FOSS is the end of the world as we know it
December 31, 2011 9:31pm PST
FOSS is the end of the world as we know it article root FOSS vs. Security As the creator, maintainer, and only contributor to my Open-Source texture website FOSS Media I have definite experience...
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Software Engineer: Most-read posts of 2011
December 22, 2011 2:55pm PST
HTTP requests, HTML5, the art of programming, and .NET basics are among the most popular Software Engineer topics of 2011.
7 Latest comment by imrankhanvu
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The Open Game License: A case study in open source markets
July 14, 2011 9:00am PDT
The history of the roleplaying game industry in general, and the Dungeons and Dragons game in particular, serves as an interesting case study in the relative benefits of openness in business models.
6 Latest comment by rocket ride
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Stainless steel wallet review: Two years later
July 12, 2011 6:00am PDT
A stainless steel wallet seems like it would be pretty durable. How is it after two years of use?
28 Latest comment by nkfro
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Cryptographer and computer scientist Robert Morris dies at 78
July 8, 2011 1:15pm PDT
One of the men instrumental in early work on Unix, and the retired chief scientist of the NSA's National Computer Security Center, passed away this summer.
6 Latest comment by apotheon
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Why we should allow DRM on open source platforms
July 4, 2011 6:00am PDT
The problems with DRM are many, but that does not mean we should prevent people from using it. There are good reasons to let them suffer the consequences of their own bad choices.
50 Latest comment by apotheon
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How do you protect yourself from hacktivist groups?
July 4, 2011 6:00am PDT
Anonymous and LulzSec are two groups that have made a lot of news for security cracking activities. Avoiding compromise by groups like these may be a social, rather than technical, problem.
33 Latest comment by wizard57m-cnet
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Understand how to use and implement Ruby blocks
June 30, 2011 5:42pm PDT
The ubiquity, power, and elegance of the Ruby block makes it an important feature of the language that any Rubyist should know how to use and implement.
7 Latest comment by apotheon
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Has the Mozilla Foundation lost its collective mind?
June 27, 2011 6:00am PDT
After a long downward trend in quality for the Firefox browser, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to add insult to injury by eliminating the ability to at least stick with an older version until...
75 Latest comment by apotheon
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How your emails can become public record: The Enron dataset
June 23, 2011 6:00am PDT
Would you find a massive public archive of emails useful for testing mail filtering software? How would you feel about your emails being part of the archive?
11 Latest comment by JohnMcGrew@...
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10 highlights of the FBI IT security record
June 21, 2011 6:39am PDT
The FBI has been a major landmark in the IT security landscape. Much like a landmark, it is immediately recognizable, utterly unignorable, and basically stationary.
4 Latest comment by JCitizen
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The Scrapbook extension: Better bookmarks for Firefox
June 16, 2011 6:00am PDT
If you have had issues with the standard bookmark system in Firefox, the Scrapbook extension might be the solution to your problems.
1 Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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Why strict copyright enforcement is becoming obsolete
June 13, 2011 12:00pm PDT
Strict copyright enforcement is popular in major copyright dependent industries right now. But here's why advancing technology is rapidly making those industries' traditional business models obsolete.
83 Latest comment by AnsuGisalas
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Why clean code is more important than efficient code
June 10, 2011 11:16am PDT
Efficiency can be important when writing code, but it should usually take a back seat to writing clear code. Chad Perrin explains why.
185 Latest comment by apotheon
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Pentadactyl: Firefox for Vim junkies
June 8, 2011 12:19pm PDT
Would a life without Vim or vi be less efficient and productive for you, and probably much more frustrating? Maybe you should consider using the Pentadactyl extension for Firefox.
10 Latest comment by apotheon
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DRM is counterproductive
June 7, 2011 6:24am PDT
The problems with DRM are many. It not only punishes legitimate customers, it often fails to stop pirates and costs a lot of money for the distributor to develop and deploy; it is also...
59 Latest comment by JCitizen
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If you thought Uzbl was a minimal WebKit browser, you should see surf
June 6, 2011 12:00pm PDT
If your standards for a Web browser involve being as lightweight as reasonably possible while still offering an at least somewhat mouse-driven interface and the ability to support a Flash plugin,...
18 Latest comment by apotheon
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Steven Levy's Hackers is a classic of the information age
June 2, 2011 10:55am PDT
The book that made the term "hacker" popular is still relevant, and the ethic it identifies is still influential -- perhaps more now than ever. Chad Perrin reflects on Steven Levy's Hackers.
29 Latest comment by apotheon
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Use i3 for tiling window manager n00bs
June 2, 2011 9:00am PDT
If you have had difficulty getting used to tiling window managers before, i3 may be the window manager for you. Chad Perrin walks you through some initial configurations.
11 Latest comment by apotheon
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Use Password Safe to save effort and time in Windows 7
May 30, 2011 12:35am PDT
Save time, effort, and privacy with Password Safe, a password manager on the Microsoft Windows platform.
17 Latest comment by Rod.Wright@...
