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Poor Man’s Nmap

So I'm doing some server admin, but due to an upstream firewall issue I can't use apt-get to install nmap. I need to do a simple port scan of some other hosts on the network, to see what ports they have open. Here's how, using nc (Netcat): nc -zv 10.1.1.13 1-5000 2>&1 |grep succeeded Where 10.1.1.13 is ...

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My Friend who Survived the Haiti Quake

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the devastating Earthquake in Haiti that killed over 100,000 people in 60 seconds, and the Earth shattered literally right under the densest, most massive city in that country, destroying already destitute Port-au-Prince. A friend of mine is a resident of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I met him as he was studying medicine in ...

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Attitudes about Life and History

I'm in Nashville, Tennessee visiting my cousins for the New Years holiday. On Friday, we were at the state history museum. I was in the section that had a covered wagon, and life-size dioramas of frontier houses and mills. The difficulties and perils of frontier life where vividly depicted all around. A middle aged gentleman and his ...

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Thanksgiving 2010

Last week was Thanksgiving here in the US, and as many Americans, I traveled a long distance to be with family for the holiday. This year I decided to drive for a number of different reasons. However, I did not make the long drive between Boulder and Tacoma, WA myself. I used Craiglist's Rideshare service, ...

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10 Fun Things to do in Moscow

A friend of mine asked me on Facebook to tell her the top 10 things I'd recommend doing in Moscow, Russia, during a short trip. I was there in September for 9 days, in addition to the year I spent teaching English, while a university student (in 2005). Here are my suggestions: The Kremlin, of course, ...

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