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Dec 10, 2005

iTunes Music Signature

As per a previous post - Jason Freeman has a java based tool which allows you to create a short audio signature from your iTunes library.

Heres my iTMS - its a 2mb wav file.

Try and guess what artists and tracks are on there. Pretty difficult as its only composed of about 20 two second snippets.

For the impatient heres the list.

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ntop +More

Useful open source network monitor - ntop. Kind of like an simple idiot-proof cactii/mrtg.

Scarily accurate - The Unspoken Taboo - The Never Expiring Password. Service accounts passwords and admin type accounts are always one of those - "if it isn't broken don't fix it" things that hardly ever get updated.

Useful monitoring tool - Multitail lets you simultaneously 'tail' multiple files in a split screen view - very handy for keeping an eye on logfiles.

Most people already know this but its always a surprise that no one in a position to change this has put any effort into it - Killing the Desktop. Don Park discusses how the average user doesn't know or care about the majority of functionality present in most computer Finder/Explorer interfaces.

Some curious songs - A ditty 4 you. Of particular interest - 'THINK! BEFORE MARKING YOUR EMAILS HIGH PRIORITY'

USB Goodness - Run Mac Classic from a USB stick - should work with Basilisk too. Toms Hardware has an article on using BartPE and a USB stick to create a bootable 'Windows in your pocket' distribution.

Handy - 20 Ways to Secure Apache.

Nifty - Jason Freeman has a java based tool which allows you to create a short audio signature from your iTunes library by sampling the playlist and how frequently tracks get played. The end result is a short wav file with 2second snippets of your musical tastes.

Interesting - The Greatest Games of All Time.

Interesting and vaguely useful - External USB LCD Display. You can set it to monitor email, IM Chat, RSS feeds etc.

Some of Googles tips for effective technical teams.

Sobering statistics on the state of the world with an attractive flash interface.

More useful SSH tips.

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