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Jun 24, 2004

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Theres a certain simplicity to this type of device that makes me think we should give these to our sales people - Dana Wireless. Its PalmOS, very small and light, can't be infected with viruses or have disk crashes (theres no disk to crash).

This has been around once before - Custom Debian Install CD's. Useful for unsupported hardware like the Broadcom gigabit NIC's in the PE 2650's.

Why kernel debugging in Linux has a long way to go compared to commercial Unices like Solaris.

A small Linux distribution to test hardware - StressLinux. Hasn't been updated in awhile unfortunately.

A couple of sites hosting geeky fonts one and two.

One day I'll learn some TeX and then this will become a useful resource - LaTeX Tips.

I suspect this is an elaborate windup - if it isn't then this guy certainly has the most powerful enterprise class in-car mp3 player in the world.

I particularly like the script kiddie one - Unix Koans.

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Jun 18, 2004

Interesting Links

How to use Visio to create Active Directory diagrams using the AD schema data as a source of information.

Relating Architecture to Website design.

This has been around for awhile but its a very well done guide to the Ruby language.

Replace the boring A5 notepad with a robust moleskin pad.

A robot which will 'spray' walls and possibly create entire buildings like an upscale 3D printer.

A great piece of DIY CGI animation (put together on a mid-range Athlon).

A list of open source WYSIWYG in-page web editors.

PDF plans to make paper Star Wars models

A nice X11 application launcher/toolbar - Pogo.

As featured on slashdot - O'Reilly have a History of Computer Languages poster.

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Jun 14, 2004

Interesting Links

Useful Debian install resource - Unofficial Debian Installers.

Visualise website stats in a SimCity style.

Nice online dictionary/thesaurus - no annoying ads or banners.

Useful utility - Sumerize - like a Windows version of Konfabulator or gDesklets.

The 2 Minute guide to CVS.

How to Create Custom 404 Pages.

Use jabber (an IM client) to monitor server logs.

The rule book for arguments. Berkeley have been researching 3D Video Conferencing.

The Unix History Timeline has been updated for 2004.

A terrible web site design mars an otherwise nice resource - Digibarn Computer History museum.

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Useful Windows Tools

Text Tools -

A freeform idea / note taker - KeyNote.

Plenty of good text editors to replace Notepad - Context, NoteTab and MetaPad.

Network -

Firefox and Thunderbird are the browser and mail components of the Mozilla Project.

Mozilla Composer is available as a standalone package called Nvu.

Putty is the must have SSH client.

WinSCP is a gui frontend on SecureCopy for excrypted file transfers.

RSS is the efficient way to browse the web - use SharpReader.

Utilities -

Use 7-Zip for compression.

Dependency Walker shows dll use - depends.exe.

FileMon and ProcExplorer are two of the many useful debugging tools at SysInternals.

For all your Unix needs use Cygwin or a simpler subset of common Unix CLI tools.

Clean away adware and spyware with Spybot or Adaware.

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Jun 07, 2004

Interesting Links

Microsoft have released their Threat Modeling Tool. This helps you setup a structure in which you can layout systems and their various weaknesses and entry points in terms of security. Fairly unpolished at the moment but there is a nice sample file in there which shows off some of the tools potential.

Nice breakdown of the CSS Boxmodel.

A little odd considering how small putty is - still I'm sure someone will find JavaSSH useful.

A sourceforge project to enable inplace PHP editing with EditThisPagePHP.

Useful - Project Management Tools & Templates

How to create frames without using frames. What next - a blink tag that doesn't blink ?

Is Gentoo for Riceboys ? I guess a distro can't pick its users . . .

Useful opensource idea tracker & organiser - FreeMind. Once created you can make them web accessible too.

Useful ssh information - 10 SSH Tips/Tricks.

Nice inbrowser editor with full source - Cross Browser Rich Text Editor

SQL rant - * Select is Evil

A guide to efficient living - Meta Efficient. For example where can you find bio-degradable dinnerware or how can you convert waste water into something suitable for your garden ? The site also covers solar cells, rechargable batteries, home heating and electronics.

If you're an outdoors fan - Thru-Hiking is a useful resource on light weight hiking. Ditto Backpacking Net and Backpacking Light. The great outdoors beckon.

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Jun 03, 2004

Interesting Links

A tool to help companies decide wether Open Source will work for them.

Nice ad for DVD player.

A compilation of Perl operators in the form of a table of elements.

A compilation of Common errors in English.

Nice idea - a reverse lookup dictionary.

A web browser adware detector.

A FreeBSD based iTunes server.

Microsoft have release their Threat Modeling Tool. This helps you setup a structure in which you can layout systems and their various weaknesses and entry points in terms of security. Fairly unpolished at the moment but there is a nice sample file in there which shows off some of the tools potential.

Nice breakdown of the CSS Boxmodel.

A little odd considering how small putty is - still I'm sure someone will find JavaSSH useful.

A sourceforge project to enable inplace PHP editing with EditThisPagePHP.

Useful - Project Management Tools & Templates

How to create frames without using frames. What next - a blink tag that doesn't blink ?

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