Gary Secondino's WeblogA personal blog of news, comments, stories, and ideas that interest me.Control Your Mac from Afar- June 27, 2008 There are many different ways to control your Mac -- even when you're not sitting at it. You might think that this level of flexibility would require special software. But no! If you're running Mac OS X, you'll be able to accomplish everything in this article without buying a single piece of software. SSH, Applescript, Tunneling, helpful comments. oreillynet.comhttp://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/19/remote_control.html BBEdit and CVS Version Control- June 27, 2008 If you're a Web developer, even minor errors -- a simple typo in your code, for example -- can create major problems. But you can easily track down and reverse such mistakes by setting up version-control software. This powerful tool records all changes to a document and lets you quickly step back to an earlier version -- even if you've changed and saved the file many times since then. Just think of it as your personal time machine. more...http://www.macworld.com/article/26375/2003/09/bbeditversioncontrol.html The American Dream - In Reverse - And Worse- June 26, 2008 Nearly 9% of all U.S. mortgages--or 4.8 million loans--are past due or in some stage of foreclosure.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1816472,00.html Halliburton, KBR, Others - Fraudulent War Profiteering- June 17, 2008 Army contracts overseer tells of being forced out of his job of 31 years for refusing to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR. The Good Friday Massacre A lawsuit was brought on behalf of KBR drivers whose fuel convoy was ambushed on April 2004 in what's known as the Good Friday Massacre. Six drivers were killed. One is still missing and presumed dead. Fifteen were wounded. More on this at Law.com Department of Defense Oversight - The waste will make any sane...http://www.webstir.com/weblog/2008/06/17.html#a1175 A Graduation Story- June 17, 2008 A graduation comes in many forms. Here is a story about one titled simply The graduation.http://www.webstir.com/weblog/2008/06/17.html#a1174 Happy Fathers Day Dad- June 15, 2008 "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." -- Anne Sextonhttp://www.webstir.com/weblog/2008/06/15.html#a1173 Memo to republican voters- June 13, 2008 By Frank Schaeffer, via The Huffington Post If the Republicans -- not to mention their bedrock supporters, such as evangelical Christians, neoconservatives and others -- do not grasp the Obama moment, and then rise to the occasion, when it comes to understanding the significance of having the first black American to become an authentic presidential aspirant, they will have doomed themselves to political obscurity and moral opprobrium forever. The Republican Party would not be where it is...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/a-warning-to-my-old-repub_b_106676.html |