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I guess living in Austin has more benefits than I realized. Not only is there South by South West and Austin City Limits, there is a lack of meds in our drinking water supply. I guess I went overboard installing that reverse osmosis system.....but I'm still happy that I did anyway. More story here vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, ...

In honor of Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920–March 9, 1994) — here's a page taken from Mickey Z.'s 50 American Revolutions That You're Not Supposed To Know: American Revolution 43: Charles Bukowski quits his job at the post office "It began as a mistake." With that audacious opening line does Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) launch his first novel, Post Office (1971). Others ...

Do software upgrades have to replace the previous version? This is a fairly destructive approach, particularly when new code contains new bugs! A more lightweight upgrade mechanism is possible based on end user roles. Stephen Morris explains how to upgrade only the parts of an application you need in an effort to reduce the risk and the seemingly inevitable disruption caused ...

Karen N. Johnson explains that the value of the test strategy isn't in the wording, the writing, or the format of the strategy; the value is in planning an approach for testing. Software Testing, 2nd Edition What Is a Test Strategy? A test strategy is a planning document that provides the overall direction for the software testing needs of a project. ...

Flying clients around in her helicopter sometimes takes Maria Langer off the grid. A bit of experimenting helped her (and now maybe you!) to get connected again, using a smartphone with a Bluetooth interface, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and a dial-up networking service. I spend an unusual amount of time off the grid—in other words, in locations with no electricity ...

Ready to play a fun shell game? Authors Eric and Deborah Ray explain how start working with Unix in this step-by-step guide to using shell prompts. This chapter is from the bookUNIX, Third Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, 3rd Edition Chapter Contents Discovering which shell you're using Understanding shells and options Changing your shell Changing your shell temporarily Using completion in the ...

Learn how to analyze your system for bottlenecks and tweak Windows Vista to improve your system's performance. Some of the most important factors in Windows Vista performance include visual settings, hard disk performance, and power plan settings. Maximum PC Microsoft Windows Vista Exposed: An Insider's Guide to Supercharging Windows Vista These are especially important if your system falls into any of ...

Want to connect your new Windows Vista machine to your existing XP box? It's not rocket science, but it's not quite as simple as you might expect. To help, Jason Kerluck provides a step-by-step guide to connecting your Vista machine to your XP computer. Most computers you’ll buy today have Windows Vista loaded on them. But often, when your new computer ...

Virtual Private Networks offer secure access to a private network over a public connection. Paul McFedries explains the background and operation of VPNs in Windows Vista. In the remote connections you've seen so far, the security exists mostly at the connection point. That is, you set up usernames with strong passwords, and no one can access your dial-up or Remote Desktop ...

Because software is "soft," it is always quite difficult to size it as accurately as other material products like a house, a car, or a television. This chapter explains the Function Point Analysis (FPA) methodology-based estimation model, which enables the estimator to clearly size the software application (product) based purely on the functions that are expected to be delivered by the ...

Vista provides some tools that can be helpful in finding the cause of network problems. In this excerpt from Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® Vista, Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel discuss troubleshooting in general and then move on to show you how to use these tools. When Good Networks Go Bad As a part of my software consulting work, I end ...

It seems like every other day there’s a “new” security scanner on the market that everyone is told they simply must have in order to ensure the security of their systems. Why do we have so many different types of scanners? Is there another way? Randy Nash shares his opinion. So Many Tools... As Internet-based technology evolves, more work than ever ...

Word is a very powerul program...much more than just a word-processor.

The classic game we all know and love, Super Mario Brothers. Controls: Up-Arrow: Jump. Down-Arrow: Duck. Right-Arrow: Move right. Left-Arrow: Move left. Other games: Bullet Bill Pong

Bullet Bill, another classic. Controls: Up-Arrow: Moves bullet up. Down-Arrow: Moves bullet down. Other games: Super Mario Brothers Pong

The classic returns! Enjoy. Controls: Z-Key: Moves paddle down. A-Key: Moves paddle up. Other Games Bullet Bill Super Mario Brothers

SEATTLE - Virtualization, lately the "it" thing in information technology, comes in many forms and flavors. It's really best thought of as shorthand for separating hardware and software and thereby achieving all kinds of goodness. Traditionally, software runs on a particular piece of hardware. Your operating system and applications are installed on your computer. A shared-enterprise application is installed on a ...

Ever wonder how that site you like did its roll-overs, or which route they took to implement rounded corners in CSS? Or maybe you're about to take in a feed from a client's site, and you'd like to see how well they structure their pages. Well, you could pore through the source of the page, download the linked CSS files and ...

The User Account Controls Microsoft introduced with Windows Vista aren't a bad idea in principle, they're just too poorly implemented to be of much use. One key problem: The histrionic implementation of Secure Desktop, which flashes your screen once, then turns everything but the UAC prompt black and white. It's meant to highlight the fact that you have an important choice ...

== == This chapter is from the book IT Career Builder's Toolkit, The Chapter 17. The Boundaries and Benefits of Working at Home Conclusion: Next Steps Working at home is not for everyone, even though each of the concerns addressed in this chapter can be effectively addressed. Telecommuting, whether you are an independent contractor or a corporate employer, requires a greater ...