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FTP considered harmful (stevenf.com)
Use sftp instead.
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FTP considered harmful (Big Contrarian)
Using key pairs.
(tags: security)

Google: Hey, look, Radiohead’s new video is cool and has lasers (CNET)
Actually very cool video for House of Cards.
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Upgrading WordPress Extended « WordPress Codex
Time to upgrade to WP 2.6.
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Fertigo Pro™ font family : MyFonts
Beautiful free calligraphic font.
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The Clang [...]

A quickie I left out of my original iPhone app roundup: I wasn’t able to get the mobile SalesForce client working. The reason is, in retrospect, unsurprising: our company doesn’t have an “unlimited” SalesForce license, and customers on cheaper plans will be nickeled and dimed to use the app.
It’s good to see that some nasty [...]

A quick update on our basement project: it looks like we’ll make our deadline. The picture to the right shows a stage in the completion of the project, with the Bestå bookcases mostly assembled and the Flor carpet in.
I was able to finish the carpet with about an hours’ worth of work on Sunday. I [...]

This blog is now running WordPress 2.6. This was the first WordPress update I had done since moving to the platform, and I thought I’d share a few pointers:

Follow the extended directions, particularly the ones about backing up your installation and deactivating plugins.
You may see references to a plugin for automatic updates. No offense to [...]