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August 2, 2011
by Greg Cain
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Push SSH public keys to multiple host

I’m start­ing a new job where I need to have my SSH keys pushed to hun­dreds of Red Hat servers. The spe­cial sauce is a com­mand called ssh-copy-id. How­ever, using this com­mand requires you answer­ing a (yes/no) ques­tion, then shortly there­after enter your pass­word. Painful. Here’s how push your keys with­out the pain.
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July 1, 2011
by Greg Cain
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The Sopranos vs. The Wire

Pre­vi­ous to watch­ing The Wire, I’d seen the entire Sopra­nos series 2.5 — 3 times. I’d heard a lot of peo­ple talk­ing about The Wire being as good or bet­ter than The Sopra­nos, so I thought the best way to fig­ure it out was to watch The Wire.

Hav­ing seen the entire series, I’m going to give the nod to The Sopra­nos as the bet­ter series. Here are my rea­sons (Spoiler alerts galore)…
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January 24, 2011
by Greg Cain
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Max out your Dropbox referrals using Google Adwords

I love Dropbox.

It’s a giant USB drive you can use from any­where, it’s a great way to keep back­ups, it’s a great way to share files and it’s free. After spend­ing two hours and 15 min­utes on the lat­est Drop­box pro­mo­tion for 1 GB of extra space ( I was the 343rd fin­isher, which was about 15 min­utes behind the win­ner), I thought there has to be a bet­ter way.  There is — Google Adwords.

Here’s how to max out your Drop­box refer­rals using Google Adwords.

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