If you are a SOAP fan then you may want to stop reading now.  Seriously, I am not interested in a philosophical debate on the “merits” of SOAP.  Personally, I think SOAP is a horrible way for distributed resources to communicate.  The idea of SOAP being XML and hence partially readable is OK, but for [...]

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There are many browser plugins that will manage your passwords and generate random passwords for you. These are great if you have just one computer that you use. For me, I have a Linux computer at work, a laptop for work, and a home computer. There are some sites that I want [...]

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I know there are a million of these lists floating around, but here is my addition. In no particular order, here are my favorite Firefox plugins:

Adblock Plus — One of the greatest plugins ever invented. This will stop most of the ads on the internet from even being displayed. It also stops a [...]

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There are times that you need to maintain a long-term SSH connection. This may be because you need to keep a tunnel open, or you just want to stay logged into a machine. However, depending on the settings and network conditions of all the intervening computers it may be difficult to keep this [...]

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My desktop computer is broken right now, so I have been looking into upgrading. The problem in the interim is that ALL of my photos are stored on that machine. I just hope the hard drive is still OK. I suspect the drive controller, but if it is the drive itself that [...]

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