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2006-08-31
Looking for good monitoring tools for database or application services? Check out: Quest Software
Very interesting move: OpenOffice goes Premium
Linux Terminal Server goes OSS: Maltese company 2X Software release product under GPL license
This, as the reviewer says, is somewhat creepy: The Babykeeper: toilet training with visual aids
However, and that's a big HOWEVER, this might be much better than having Junior or Daisy actually TOUCH anything in the bathroom, contracting some heinous Andromeda Strain or Gangrene.
God knows when I have to take my child process into the bathrooms in public, I continually reinforce "Don't Touch ANYTHING"...
Popular Science's poll to vote for Your Fave Fembot. I have no idea who these people are... Really.
So you've been wondering, here's the answer for the clueless: Cheatsheet: What is Digg?
Who needs a Syringe USB Flash Drive?
2006-08-30
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2006-08-28
ABC News: Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is finally usable as a Desktop!
2006-08-27
Got a really irritating sales call? Use the anti-telemarketing EGBG counterscript to really drive them crazy.
I have just used it, and the guy was nearly in tears. I didn't do anything mean, I just totally ruined his ability to follow the script they had for him. We ended up with me giving him advice to make him a more polite sales person and getting thanked for the advice...
2006-08-26
A remote incremental backup of all your files could be as easy as "rdiff-backup / host.net::/target-dir"
Holy Feet, Batman, it's a HUGE guide to all Things MacOS X, and theres some really interesting stuff here...
2006-08-25
Techworld reports that Windows Vista may be the last of its kind, aka it will be virtualized in the next and subsequent versions
2006-08-23
Google, MSN etc.: What do they know about you? And what the heck can you do about it?
2006-08-22
You have to go look at GIMPshop from the guys and Plastic Bugs, if you think the GIMP interface SUCKS, then this will make the GIMP look just like PhotoShop.
2006-08-21
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2006-08-18
Download videos from YouTube.com from the Linux Command Line.
10 things you should be monitoring about your company and what it's showing on the web and in public.
Trying to get a friend or relative that isn't very email compatible to get a web account? Try this article: Web Email Market: An Overview and let them choose which one they want.
The very cool new Samurai Gecko and Team Player Gecko wallpaper are on the Official Novell Logos page, including the new quick Your Linux is Ready Samurai Gecko video clip.
Go get some Gecko-san.
First draft of license proliferation committee report about the proliferation of OSS licenses and what to do about it.
2006-08-17
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2006-08-09
Take a look at the Versora Progression Desktop for Linux, a tool that migrates Windows desktop settings over to Linux desktops, easing the transtion!
2006-08-08
Moosy blog has some cool Compiz Tweaks to show to everyone
How To Crack 128-bit Wireless Networks In 60 Seconds for information and recreational purposes only...
2006-08-05
Dreamlinux -- Could it get any simpler?
Hacking Techniques in Wireless Networks is a very handy resource for knowing what can be done to your network.
Yeah, that's what it is for. Yeah.
Tinfoil Hat Linux is described as a secure, single floppy, bootable linux distro for storing pgp keys and then encrypting, signing and wiping files, but the next line really says it best:
"At some point it became an exercise in overengineering"
Finally, the tide is turning: Baiters Teach Scammers a Lesson
2006-08-04
Black Hat Takes Vista to Task and P0wns it completely.
2006-08-03
2006-08-02
2006-08-01
Head off for south america, or wherever they don't have an extradition treaty, but only after reading the List of Portable Software so you only have to pack undies and a USB Key.
Producing Open Source Software is another very interesting book about what it takes to run a successful OSS project, a must read for all those aspiring RMS's out there...
Pane Relief: Virtual Operating Systems is a cool book, it's on informit so those of us with informit accounts can read it online or print the pdf's, but it's worth it.
Run IE6 on OS X (WINE)? It's sick, but it's MY kind of sick, and besides our damned Expense Management System runs off of IE, at least until we get it replaced.
It might be old hat, but this is an article about Open Source and it's School Successes
It might be old hat, but this is an article about Open Source and it's School Successes
