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Yesterday I found myself stumbling around Amazon searching for Christmas gifts. Out of pure habit I checked the electronic gadgets section, and managed to find an interesting little device for around 50$ USD: The Zipit Z2.

It is marketed as a instant messaging device, but a quick Google search finds it capable of being flashed to [...]

Alright, I’ll confess. I do have a Facebook account, even though I am a bit of a privacy nut. However, unlike most users I have employed the privacy settings to protect me from the average data mining theif.
Although it looks like it’s about to get a bit harder for these folks to get the data [...]

ab (apache bench) is a command line program that comes with apache by default in most distributions. It allows one to run a quick and efficient test of how a server can handle a heavy load of clients.
To use it simply run (as root)
ab -n number_of_requests_to_try http://www.websiteyouwanttobenchmark.com/
Note that the trailing / is necessary for ab [...]

I’m a nerd. As such I find nerdy gadgets awesome, and this by far is one of the coolest ones in awhile. Meet the WiFi access point detecting shirt.

It’s a pretty simple device overall. It works by having a decal on the front that actually is powered by a few AAA batteries detect wireless g [...]