First steps with Awesome window manager

Most sections can have subsections: statusbar, for example, is a subsection of screen, tasklist is a subsection of statusbar, and in my configuration file tasklist has a mouse subsection. You can have more than one instance of some …
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How Not to Do An Acquisition: AstraZeneca-MedImmune

When AstraZeneca ponied up more than $15 billion for the biotech MedImmune just over a year ago, the deal suggested that desperate Big Pharmas were willing to open their wallets wide for biotechs without looking too closely into the …
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What to do with your pet while you're on vacation

If you’re trying to plan your summer vacation but don’t know what to do with your furry friend, these suggestions can help.
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Ten Things to Do Waiting in the iPhone Line

So you’ve decided to get an iPhone. Congratulations! If you already have an iPhone you know just what a fantastic experience owning the thing is, if this …
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Pimpin ain’t easy…but some Africans have to do it

Before moving to DC, my personal life hit a dead end. Whining to my best guy friend that I was sick of lyinasscheatin brothas, he hit me with a piece of advice resembling a bag of bricks. He told me to get over it. …
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What’sa Guy like Bush to do?

He’s made it very clear for years: no timetables in Iraq. No cut and running. As long as Iraq wants us there, we’ll be there until the job is done (although “the job” remains frustratingly undefined). Nope, no sir, no way, …
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Password Chart

Password Chart is an interesting method to generate secure passwords. You give it a “master” password which is used to generate a chart that maps single letters to one or more letters.  You then just type in …
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Our careers are broken. Help us fix them: The Path 101 Alpha

On top of that, not only are you programmed to never be able to take less money to do something you really want to do–but you’re convinced that …
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This Week’s Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

Cocoalicious Is Your Dedicated Del.icio.us Browser (Mac)“Free, open-source application Cocoalicious is a dedicated browser for navigating your bookmarks from social bookmarking site del.icio.us.”
Pocket Wikipedia is a Condensed Version for Offline Browsing (Windows)“It’s not the whole world-knowledge shebang, but Pocket Wikipedia drops 14 million and 24,000 images onto your PC or Windows Mobile device.”
WPanorama Turns Your […]

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How to Do a Respectful Re-post

If you’ve been reading here for long, you know that I’m not big on re-posting other bloggers’ articles. I just feel like it’s sort of cheating. I really have to make an exception for this one. It’s not a personal article. …
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