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code_chimpon Quickstart tutorial on how to deploy an API on Amazon EC2

I don't know about this part:

After executing this step you are connected to your instance. We will have to install new packages. Some of them require root credentials, so you will have to set a new root password: sudo passwd root. Then login as root: su root.

Wouldn't using the "sudo su" command be a better approach? Granted I am only a developer not a sysadmin, but I thought the whole point of Ubuntu's sudo setup was to not have a usable root login.

code_chimpon Minimal wireframing tool - for free

I would also like this, and maybe the ability to choose 960 and/or Blueprint overlays to help align the elements.

code_chimpon Bye Bye Ubuntu, a sad Christmas

Why not Kubuntu or straight Debian? I remember a few problems when KDE went Plasma on us, but they pretty quickly worked out the kinks and we have been pretty happy with Kubuntu for several years now.

code_chimpon The Nuclear Scientist Who Skipped College

My favorite anecdote from his Popular Science write up: “Tay, it’s time for supper.” “I think I’m going to have to clean this up first.” “That’s not the stuff you said would kill us if it broke open, is it?” “I don’t think so,” he said. “Not instantly.”

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/boy-who-played...

code_chimpon Here’s to the Misfits

Dang, not a tribute to Danzig and Company.