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Kindle Fire Somewhat Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Darren VanBuren

So, I bought myself a Kindle Fire from Amazon. Quite simply put, I quite enjoy the tablet. It’s just the right size, and isn’t skimpy on computation power. I haven’t done a fair comparison of having accelerated browsing on vs … Continue reading →

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A post? They have those on blogs?

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

I load the front page of my blog nearly every day. I just can’t seem to create a post that has enough value that it’s worth posting at all. However, now I will. That aside, I have been looking at … Continue reading →

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Blog Optimizations

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

So I took some time to check things up, and I looked up some stuff. I took a look at Mashable’s 11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress. I picked up W3 Total Cache and set it up. I set everything … Continue reading →

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Google Authenticator and a finished robot

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

Last Tuesday, we got our robot shipped, or rather, put in a big clear plastic bag with big red zip tie on it. Although we shipped overweight, and missing a few components, this is better than last year on completeness … Continue reading →

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Some Sort of Computer Science II Project

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

Apparently, as some sort of project, I’m required to report progress in a blog-type deal in my Computer Science II class. So that’s why you may see various posts. Yep. Have fun with that everyone.

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VMware ESXi

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

I recently installed VMware ESXi on my abandoned server, as it would not start any GNU/Linux distribution for some strange reason (during udev startup.) ESXi installed quick and set up easily. Set the password and configure the IP and I … Continue reading →

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the iPhone 4 is something!

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Deathgleaner

I was in the Apple Store when I decided to try out the iphone 4. After all, what else is there to do in the apple store? Yes, I know there’s a lot, especially for those of you who take … Continue reading →

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Spamming Tactic: Exploiting Search Engines

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

It’s nothing new, but I see it happening right now. Spammers are searching for “leave a comment” on Google, and using those results to feed into spam bots that go and do the work. Google, please stop letting spammers search … Continue reading →

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