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I'm actually playing around with the Firefox 3.7 alpha version a bit today. Should be interesting. [denverhunter]
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Firefox 3.7 will support out-of-process plugins! http://bit.ly/4BdRg [denverhunter]
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Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc1 is now out. http://bit.ly/dndBzN [denverhunter]
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More perspective on the question: "Is Open Source software really more secure?" http://bit.ly/95GGD9 [denverhunter]
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March 6th

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It's turned into a night of upgrading! Finally got my Wii online and now I'm updated Thunderbird. [denverhunter]
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Just worked on getting a splinter out of my finger. That's what I get for doing yard work without gloves! [denverhunter]
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March 5th

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RT @idologic The enom order process changed, check the order b4 submitting to avoid inadvertently adding services (e.g. RichContent). [denverhunter]
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February 22nd

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Webmasters, check out all of the different ways to hide your email address on your website: http://bit.ly/4vejBl [denverhunter]
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Just placed our newest customer on our newest box. I hope he enjoys those dual quad cores to himself for a little bit of time. ;) [denverhunter]
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February 19th

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Fun times today, looks like a brute force SSH dance on one of our managed boxes. Time to nip that one in the bud! [denverhunter]
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February 18th

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Check out the top 25 most common programming errors that lead to security issues: http://bit.ly/cSm7Zn [denverhunter]
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BuddyPress 1.2 brings social media to Wordpress: http://bit.ly/d1gJFT [denverhunter]
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February 17th

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Researcher believes that malicious PDF files account for 80% of all exploits! http://bit.ly/aWcXou [denverhunter]
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@breecouch It was supposed to be this week, but there's a holdup on the gov't end, so we don't have a stone one yet. Everything else is rdy. [denverhunter]
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@breecouch Closing on the house stuff, was sick all last week and the weekend, and lots of work that needs to be done. [denverhunter]
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One more day of doing my civic duty on jury duty. Normally I don't mind, but this time around timing was impeccably bad! [denverhunter]
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Just whipped up a new blog article on Ksplice coming to @idologic! Check out "Whittlin' Down the Downtime!" http://blog.idologic.com/ [denverhunter]
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Web Hosting Smoke and Mirrors

I’m a straight shooter. Instead of jumping into some grandiose and pedantic blog entry about how I plan to make the best posts ever on this blog, I’ll hit the ground running where the rubber meets the road. Today I am entering into rant mode to explain one of the greatest shams in business. I call it smoke and mirrors, but it’s more like steam and poorly-reflective glass. It is a scheme based upon customer ignorance and provider greed, and it almost always spells trouble. On the streets it is known as unlimited web hosting. (Not sure if you could hear the cacophonous symphonic...