Interesting Links

Monday 21 February 2005 at 8:56 pm 'Magic stuff happens' - why computing methodologies often fall victim to a common problem when documenting or describing key procedures. MobilePC has an excellent list of the Top 100 Gadgets. Howto - Firewalling with OpenBSD PF (Packet Filter). Fascinating - an Illustrated Guide to Cryptographic Hacking. Two articles on wood burning heaters and stoves. Kevin Kellys Cool Tools site has some 'One foot wonders' that occupy a minimum of space and are super efficient. Meta-efficient also has an article on Efficient Wood Burning Stoves. This looks like a fascinating concept - The Brain EKP. The demo looks great but I bet it costs an absolute arm and a leg and requires a huge amount of customisation, ongoing support and maintenance. I wonder what the backend tools are like - eg can a normal Sysadmin easily extend the product to other information stores ?

GFI Mail Archiver

Thursday 17 February 2005 at 12:55 pm Slightly Bigbrother-esque but I can see many organisations needing this level of accessible transparency - GFI Mail Archiver. Essentially archives all email sent and received to an Exchange server in an SQL database and makes it accessible via a web interface.

Exchange 2003 Real World Tweaks

Friday 11 February 2005 at 12:43 pm These guys are running a two part article on Exchange 2003 Server tips and tweaks - part 1 and part 2.

Interesting Links

Tuesday 01 February 2005 at 08:06 am Makes sense to me - Why everyone can't hire the top 1% of developers. Before the Simpsons - Matt Groening Apple Ad. Excellent resource for Music buffs - Rate Your Music. Heres a list of albums I own. Stream iTunes to your PocketPC - WiFiTunes. Flash demonstration of GNUstep Application Development. Looks easy. Another LDAP based tool to maintain a central authentication repository for Linux, Unix and Windows - XAD Identity Server. Not everything Apple has created has been a success - Top 10 Mac Failures . Build your own Knoppix style bootable CD using this GUI tool - LiveCD. Select packages, customise various templates and then generate a bootable iso image. What more could a person ask for - M&M Sorter. I guess it works for Pebbles and Smarties too.