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Trimming Workforce Fat
Probably the best acronym I’ve stumbled across this week has been HubSpot’s H-E-A-R-T. HEART is effectively a reference card for employers during the hiring process of a new employee. It sets a guideline to say “hey, this guy has a stellar resume but maybe their attitude doesn’t fit in with the rest of the company’s…
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Securing OpenSSH with WWPass PassKey
It’s no longer good enough to just use a witty password for your publicly exposed OpenSSH server! As brute-force systems become more advanced and password cracking times decrease, your server becomes more at risk. A well-known secure solution to this issue is to use Public Key Authentication. This tech tutorial walks you through securing your…
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The Limiting Factors of the Public School System
Being employed by a credit union has presented me with some varying opportunities. One duty that has been somewhat spontaneous but also well appreciated is representing my company in a number of “fairs” around the community. One fair that I found somewhat beneficial, and very interesting, has been the CU4 Reality Fair. This…
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Convert a Secured PDF to an Unsecured PDF
It’s pretty common for an insurance company or something of the like to provide you an electronic copy of your statements or account details. They usually do this by sending a Secured PDF which is a PDf that has been protected by a password. While this is great for protecting the file, it becomes very…
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The Hand That Feeds
To bite the hand that feeds you is to turn against a benefactor, someone gifting support or value. So why would someone bite the hand that feeds? The workforce is a great place to start. When you hire someone that is inept and place them in a managerial position it is expected that they will…
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Castles in New Hampshire
This past winter we did some exploring around New Hampshire in search of castles. Below are some pictures we took on our journey and I’ll be adding more here as we discover them. On top of these, we’ve also been to the stunning Castle in the Clouds but failed to grab any pictures (although, I’m…
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Why Project Budgets Are Important
So your company utilizes departmental budgets, but are they hurting themselves by not dedicating the time to plan out budgets on a per-project basis? I’ve seen it time and time again, the higher-ups create a yearly budget for a department but when a major project gets approved chaos ensues. Consider this scenario: Mr. Andersen…
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Intel 8254x Ethernet Controller Example Driver
Writing a custom or hobby driver for the Intel 8254x series Ethernet controllers? I’ve been down that road before and luckily there are quite a few resources to help you along your journey. For starters, if you’re not already a member of OSDev.org, I’d highly recommend joining. They’re a great community and the wiki and…
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Anthera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ANTH) stock analysis and forecast
Anthera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ANTH) is a bio-pharmaceutical company developing drugs to treat serious diseases associated with inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Recently they have been performing clinical trials using the drug “Blisibimod” on Lupus patients. Blisibimod (also known as A-623, formerly AMG 623) is a selective antagonist of B-cell activating factor (BAFF, also known…
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Transcend StoreJet 1TB external drive disassembly
The Transcend StoreJet external hard drive is a pretty straightforward product. It is a typical 2.5″ SATA laptop hard drive enclosed in a plastic housing and then re-enclosed with a rubber shock absorbing cover. The goal of this tutorial is to guide the reader through taking both cases off of the product so that the…