Something I found that I though was cool. Originally posted at the Urbin Report.
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Local backup of GMail
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mark Urbin
Wired has the details. I’m already using the Thunderbird method. I’ll probably use the GetMail method on the linux box as well.
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Today’s Coffee Tip
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Mark Urbin
I found this interesting post on cleaning your coffee grinder. If you aren’t drinking freshly ground coffee, you should be. Ok, here is the tip from weeklyroast.com’s coffee blog, uncooked white rice. A really great way to clean out your grinder is to use uncooked, white rice. If you use a blade grinder (and we [...]
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100 Basic Geek Skills
Posted on July 12, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Wired has an article on 100 Essential Skills for Geeks. I wasn’t surprised to see I have many of them. Here are some of my favorites. Properly secure a wireless router. Crack the WEP key on a wireless router. Leech Wifi from your neighbor. Screw with Wifi leeches. Knowing how to screw with people stealing bandwidth [...]
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