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rbarron Cool stuff you can do with netcat

I used nc to do just this for years until I switched companies and found that many of the hosts didn't have nc installed.

To get around that I just added the following to my bashrc

alias remote_host="ssh -t bastion ssh -t host1 ssh host2"

rbarron Daniel Lyons: Obama right, devices like the iPad are rotting our brains

Is it possible we are just temporarily distracted by all the amazing advancements that have developed in a very short period of time? New technology is very fun and exciting for most people. There may come a time when this always-on, constantly updated tendency has lost a bit of its luster and we will get down to business with tools that are multitudes more powerful than those our parents had.

rbarron Video of PGs Talk on Mixergy

At least for now, going to

http://www.justin.tv/mixergy/archive#

clicking on 'watch my last broadcast' will bring up the talk.

rbarron Introducing Closure Tools

What an unfortunate name. Perhaps, in the confusion, it will help to actually promote Rich Hickey's wonderful work.