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Month: March, 2007

How to use gnome-keyring

I was recently trying to use gnome-keyring and ended up having to ask Alex what was going on. Here is a short explanation so anyone else googling the subject might find it. The keyring repository maps attribute sets (like {server=yahoo.com,foo=bar}) to secrets. A secret is just a string that gets encrypted, typically it would contain […]

Whaling

From publication 526: Expenses of Whaling Captains Beginning in 2005, you may be able to deduct as a charitable contribution the reasonable and necessary whaling expenses paid during the year in carrying out sanctioned whaling activities. The deduction is limited to $10,000 a year. To claim the deduction, you must be recognized by the Alaska […]