Just a few minutes ago, I received the following letter in my email: “geocrasher, I’m writing to let you know that on November 10th a vulnerability in our forum software allowed a hacker to gain access to the server hosting our community. We have no evidence of any personal data being stolen (nor do we …
Category: Tech Tidbit
Oct 11
Looping in Bash: An Introduction
When I first learned about Linux in the 90’s, I read that it was possible to even write your own commands to use at the command line. Later I learned about bash scripting, and it wasn’t long before I needed to learn how to loop in bash. Looping in bash is one of the fundamental …
Oct 05
Four Tech Job Stages to recognize for Success
In the past several years This Tech Geek has found himself all over the place with jobs. I had a few different full time jobs in that time, and I also run my own business on the side. With this unusually rapid cycle, I was able to spot some trends in myself that led me …