Nathan Zachary

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Revisiting screen lockers and patching a security risk

Recently, I posted about two screen lockers that I’ve used in the past (xtrlock and slock). There has been some great discussion about these lockers, and some potential security problems that come along with using them. One very prominent issue regarding using screen lockers without login managers was raised by a reader, and I want …

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Countdown to the job transition

If you frequent the Z-Issue, you may have noticed that there is now a counter in the sidebar. I received some news recently, and to me, it’s really exciting (enough for me to put a countdown widget on the ol’ blog). 🙂 I’ve been a Senior Linux Engineer for quite some time, and my current …

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Greek yoghurts: Dannon Oikos versus Voskos

I’ve always been a big fan of yoghurt (or yogurt, if you prefer), but wasn’t ever really fond of the Greek yoghurt. I think that the primary reason that I don’t find like the majority of Greek yoghurt is due to its extremely thick, and sometimes dense texture. That being said, Greek yoghurt has some …

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