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Friday IT Fun: Scratch-and-Sniff Edition

By Chris Paoli
01/20/2011

This week's links have been sprayed with Microsoft Patrick McCarthy's perfume. If you've found something you think other IT pros will appreciate, send an e-mail to [email protected] so we can include it in next week's edition. Also, keep up with us all week long on Twitter.

Money-Scented Perfume from Microsoft VP (AOLnews.com) - Smell like a Microsoft exec without having the constant worry of receiving your walking papers from Ballmer.

5 Things We Do That Makes Hackers' Lives Incredibly Easy (Cracked.com) – To avoid being compromised, I change all my passwords on the hour, every hour. That may be why I never get any work done...
3D No Glasses (YouTube.com) – What's a little nerve damage and possible paralysis compared to not having to wear goofy glasses in the privacy of your home?
Steampunk Tech Mods (PCWorld.com) – Got a custom tech mod that you want to show off? Send them to [email protected] and we may feature it in a future edition of Friday IT Fun.

About the Author

Chris Paoli (@ChrisPaoli5) is the associate editor for Converge360.

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