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UNIX: Password Smarts

May 17, 2007 – 9:58 pm

From UNIX For Dummies:
Like every UNIX user, you should have a password. You can get along without a password only under these circumstances:

You keep the computer in a locked, windowless room to which you have the only key, and it’s not connected to any network.

You don’t mind whether unruly 14-year-olds borrow your account and randomly [...]

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Read This For Your Health

December 7, 2006 – 12:02 pm

Right-Click to download:
Que.How.the.Internet.Works.8th.Edition.Nov.2006.chm

This is a Windows Help file. If you have a mac, download Chmox.

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A Web Designer’s Bible

November 24, 2006 – 10:20 am

HTML is not for web design. If you want your website to work in the future (see Semantic Web), you gotta use Cascading Style Sheets.
CSS is one of the most powerful tools in developing lightweight, compliant web applications. You can do so much with it.
Right-Click to download: OReilly.CSS.Cookbook.2nd.Edition.Oct.2006.chm

This is a Windows Help file. If you [...]

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