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Stephen Covey author of ‘7 Habits’ dead at 79

Stephen Richards Covey is the author of the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Other books he has written include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families; a book I intend on reading soon. Covey’s family issued a statement: “In his final hours, he was surrounded by […]

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Internet Explorer 7 Tax

This is some cool news and about time someone had the ***** to step up and do something about people holding on to legacy software. The Australian online retailer Kogan.com has introduced the world’s first “tax” on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser. The was done to help offset the hard work of developers who work […]

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Over 300,000 hit by Internet blackout

According to the FBI, on Monday July 9th over 300,000 computers will no longer be able to access the internet due to a malware infection known as “DNS Changer Trojan”. The internet outage for these computers is due to the FBI shutting down the ring of cyber-criminals responsible for creating the Trojan late last year […]

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I have moved to Lighttpd

Looking for something with less weight I moved jermsmit.com over to Lighttpd. While not necessarily needed, I also rebuilt my server using the Ubuntu minimal install disk. By doing this I was able to cut out many things from the standard Ubuntu Server install and give me only want I need to run and host this site.  I am […]

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BBQLog Application: Now in the Google Play Store

If you’re a CyanogenMod user such as myself, this is definitely an application that is worth checking out. Browse the changes online at http://changelog.bbqdroid.org/ or right from this app! Features : – List nightlies for all devices – List all CyanogenMod changes – List devices’ next nightlies changes – List devices’ specific nightly changes – Tablet […]

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Google Tasks, Ad Free

Google I/O is over and now a QR Code revealing a link and the ability to generate a code to unlock the Task Free Application for your phone. They are keeping it active for a few days, so be quick and spread the word about this.