Pinboard: bookmarks for jtth tagged 'read'

ZAP Reader

ZAP Reader is a web based speed reading program that will change the way you read on your computer. Current beta testers report reading twice as much in half the time—that's a 300% increase in reading speed, without any loss in comprehension! There is nothing to install, it works with most popular browsers, and it's totally free!

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july 2009 by jtth

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Nmap Network Scanning

Nmap Network Scanning is the official guide to the Nmap Security Scanner, a free and open source utility used by millions of people for network discovery, administration, and security auditing. From explaining port scanning basics for novices to detailing low-level packet crafting methods used by advanced hackers, this book by Nmap's original author suits all levels of security and networking professionals. The reference guide documents every Nmap feature and option, while the remainder demonstrates how to apply them to quickly solve real-world tasks. Examples and diagrams show actual communication on the wire. Topics include subverting firewalls and intrusion detection systems, optimizing Nmap performance, and automating common networking tasks with the Nmap Scripting Engine.

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july 2009 by jtth

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The Seattle Times: Home & Garden: It's not Idaho, but you still can grow potatoes

Greg Lutovsky, who has been growing potatoes as a business since 1993, says you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 square feet. All it takes is some lumber, seed potatoes and careful attention to watering.

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april 2009 by jtth

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Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" ran in April 1966 and became one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published, a pioneering example of what came to be called New Journalism -- a work of rigorously faithful fact enlivened with the kind of vivid storytelling that had previously been reserved for fiction.

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november 2008 by jtth

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The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace : Rolling Stone

He was the greatest writer of his generation - and also its most tormented. In the wake of his tragic suicide, his friends and family reveal the lifelong struggle of a beautiful mind

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november 2008 by jtth

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What Does Iraq Cost? Even More Than You Think. - washingtonpost.com

Set aside the question of what we could have accomplished at home with the energy and resources we've devoted to Iraq and concentrate just on national security. Here, the hidden cost of the war, above all, is that the United States has lost much of its ab

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november 2007 by jtth

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Jack Herer - Chapters

This is the book that started the hemp revolution. More than 600,000 copies have been sold to date. The print version of The Emperor Wears No Clothes is available in Jack's Hemporium. Jack wants this information to be available to everyone, so he has publ

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october 2007 by jtth

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Kaushal Sheth » Wordpress Themes

Elegant Templates offers you proffessional and Elegant website templates website design templates, flash templates, flash intros and lots more and get your skill of designing come out with more expertise.

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december 2006 by jtth

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Wired 14.03: PLAY

WIRED interviews Seth Lloyd about his idea that the universe literally IS a quantum computer. I buy it, as it fits with other models at least to my knowledge, which is slim on quantum mechanics.

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april 2006 by jtth

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Ext2 IFS For Windows

What's unique about this software? It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.

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january 2006 by jtth

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