tech – The Long Cut

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Embracing Open Technologies

Jaimie Murdock
posted on August 8, 2012August 8, 2012
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As a computer scientist, my software and hardware environment are the most critical part of my professional life. Furthermore, as a digital native, this landscape is the strata upon which many of my

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Reflections on Privacy

Jaimie Murdock
posted on July 27, 2011
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For many people, the primary privacy concern is the "no parents" concept – we don’t care who sees things as long as our "parents" don’t see it (where parents can

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Computers

Today I got my new computer and figured I may as well brag about specs 😉 Here’s a list of all my networked devices, they join Carlo Angiuli’s computers along with the other

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Reddit

Jaimie Murdock
posted on July 26, 2009February 24, 2010
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This week I signed up for reddit. My Google Reader had accumulated 5 or 6 subreddits, so I was pretty much using the site already. The same thing happened with Twitter – I was following 6 or 7

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Netbook Overview

Jaimie Murdock
posted on July 24, 2009
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Netbooks are a new computer form factor designed to provide extreme portability at a low price for wireless access anywhere. They achieve this through a small chassis and low-power hardware. Netbooks

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Firefox Extension Mania!

This month I discovered Firefox extensions! I really hate bogging down my browser, but these are incredibly useful. Know any others? Link it in the comments! LeechBlock (extension)This is the best

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Pictures

On Friday I got the Canon PowerShot SD780 IS (Amazon). I’m really pleased with it – the form factor is amazingly small and it feels sturdy. Despite its small size, it packs a ton of

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How I Do Google Reader

Jaimie Murdock
posted on May 16, 2009
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Google Reader is the single best tool on the Internet. There is a ton of news and information on the Internet, but people don’t know how to manage the onslaught of constantly changing content.