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How to peel a boiled potato

Most probably from the guys who brought you “how to fold a t-shirt in half the time” , here’s “how to peel a boiled potato in half the time”. Cute.

complete idiots guide to GnuPG

Once in a while I am asked to give someone a crash course on PGP (or its free software implementation GnuPG), encryption and authentication. I usually push these poor souls into GPG with Mozilla Thunderbird and Enigmail, following a few well delimited steps which are stored on a text file somewhere which had their command [...]

get a haircut, get a real job

There are probably a gazillion sites with tips on how to write a good curriculum vitae, so noone’s going to bother you pointing them. Let’s just keep it simple. Whether you are planning to enrol in an education or training programme, looking for a job, or getting experience abroad, it is important to be able [...]