You are on the old part of aidanmontare.net, which I am no longer maintaining. Newer versions of some of this content can be found on the active part of my site, which you can reach from my homepage.
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We hear stories all the time about really young, talented kids doing things that many adults haven’t done. Technology in particular is filled with them, such as the now-typical young hacker showing some company their mistakes. I always hear these stories and wish I had gotten started just a little bit earlier. If only I … Continued
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Some Notes Before You Begin Reading This page is still a work in progress. However, you may find it informative to see what I am up to with my research on project management. Goals of The AidanMontareDotNet Project Management System I want to be able to do development in my free time, and easily share … Continued
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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The bad USB vulnerability has caused a lot of panic over the potential for evil USB thumb drives doing all sorts of nasty things. Listening to Security Now! cover the topic, I think it seems reasonable to have USB devices with read-only memory so that their firmware cannot be reprogrammed with malware, though I’m not … Continued
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Its and it’s – the difference. This is something I always mess up, and I would rather we just all switch to using on or the other. Until then, learn the correct usage so that your writing is more professional.
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In general, I try to stay as far away from the news as possible and enjoy what I am doing in my own life. But since I started this website, I figured it would be good to know what’s going on in the web development world. Then I remembered these things called RSS feeds (try … Continued
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Knowledge of a good command line text editor allows you to spend much more time in the terminal, and makes for easier system administration. Instead of using the default nano or something similar, try learning the basics of a more sophisticated editor. That way, when you desire a particular feature or shortcut, you won’t have … Continued
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A look at really silly requests for quotes from a guy who just takes pictures. Also go read some of his computer pages once you’re done.
Using client certificates provides good security for any administration pages your site may have. They are also relatively easy to generate, once you find your way through the sea of OpenSSL commands. But beware, you may soon get a certificate error in your browser one day! OpenSSL makes a signed certificate last for only 30 … Continued
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Here in the US, we constantly sweat over the absolute safety of everyone. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, Kids Use Saws.