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jermsmitmas tree (Fraser Fir)

So here we are again, on the edge of the most wonderful time of the year. After hours we have found this years tree, and  for the next 24 hours we will wait for the branches to open up and then its time to decorate it for the Holiday. Below  is some info about the jermsmitmas […]

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Homeless People Were Asked To Write Down A Fact About Themselves. Their Answers May Surprise You

Several homeless people were asked to write down a fact about themselves to share with others who just simply dismiss them and pass on by. You may be surprised by the answers. For all we know the person that could have could have made a breakthrough in the fight to cure Cancer could be among […]

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Why we do what we love

Working at a software company gives me the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of technology. Infragistics held a round of interviews with developers on why they enjoyed what they do from day to day. This was put on video and shard to the world. I rather enjoyed the video and after seeing it […]

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Retrieve MX records using nslookup

One of my new kids on the block asked me a question tonight; “Jermal, how do I get the mx record of a domain?” To retrieve mx record information we need to use a tool called nslookup which is available in Windows and Linux The quick syntax use is nslookup [-option] [hostname] [server]   Example of […]

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Send messages that automatically self-destruct with Privnote

I know I have had times where I wanted, possibly needed to send a message and didn’t because I needed to make sure that it never was seen by another person. I no longer need to wish for this because Privnote is a free web based service that allows you to send top secret notes […]

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The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration

After a quick LAMP install, I decided to install PhpMyAdmin. Logging into I noticed a warring message that read: The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration To resolve this I attempted the following: Elevated my console to root (sudo -i) apt-get install mcrypt apt-get install php5-mcrypt (no need because the previous command […]