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Security

10 Unusual Things I Learned From Mr. X – Altucher Confidential

10/24/2017 Mark Jacobsen Leave a comment

Ep. 265 – 10 Unusual Things I Learned From Mr. X – Altucher Confidential

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Health

Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between

10/24/2017 Mark Jacobsen Leave a comment

Interesting…
Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between

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Linux

Linux Startup Email

10/21/2017 Mark Jacobsen Leave a comment

Want to receive an email any time your linux server reboots? Just create this script…

sudo nano /usr/local/sbin/startupemail.sh

Here’s the code for the script…

#!/bin/sh

# Lets things startup
sleep 60

# Get info
IP="$(ifconfig | grep -A 1 'eth0' | tail -1 | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
HOSTNAME=`hostname`

#Send email
echo "IP: $IP, Host: $HOSTNAME" | mail -s "Server Started" [email protected]

Make sure to make it executable…

sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/sbin/startupemail.sh

Then add it to your /etc/rc.local file

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Health

The Impact, with the curious case of the $629 Band-Aid

10/21/2017 Mark Jacobsen Leave a comment

The Impact, with the curious case of the $629 Band-Aid):
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Books

The Checklist Manifesto

10/20/2017 Mark Jacobsen Leave a comment

Just finished The Checklist Manifesto

…and now I’m contemplating checklists for everything 🙂 Really though, it was a good quick read and had a number of gems like this one:

“under conditions of true complexity—where the knowledge required exceeds that of any individual and unpredictability reigns—efforts to dictate every step from the center will fail. People need room to act and adapt. Yet they cannot succeed as isolated individuals, either—that is anarchy”

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Productivity