Monday 27 February 2006 at 11:09 am
Microsofts new consumer gadget -
Origami. I wonder if its for real or not - looks to bridge the gap between a PDA and a tablet.
These guys seem to be getting some exposure -
Vyatta. The next article claims its the the first open source router which isn't really true but it does sound promising -
Business 2.0 - The Black Box That Would Conquer Telecom.
New Apple stuff -
New Mac Minis on the way ?. As usual rumours abound and no one really knows what will appear until the day itself.
Interesting -
Systems Admins Toolbox. The parallel update tools look useful (fanout & urpmi).
Work -
Why I passed up an opportunity to work at Apple.
Best webcomics of 2005 -
Webcomics Review 2005. Amazingly most of these are free. I've started reading Nahast & Bohemian Overdrive.
Amusing -
Make your own Einstein Chalkboard.
Handy -
Cool OSX Apps. Particularly like the iTunes statistician - it'll tell you which albums, tracks, artists and genres are the most popular based on how often they are played.
Cool -
Richard Dawkins new documentary on religion - The Root of All Evil. Wonder if it'll ever play in NZ ?
CSS -
Live Step by Step CSS evolution.
Procrastination -
Red-Square. Keep the square away from the moving objects and walls. I can only manage 16 seconds.
Cool -
An enzyme based computer could live inside you and release drugs based on conditions going on. This is the sort of thing drug companies will go ape over.
Handy -
Bluetooth Serial Adaptor. No extra drivers required - essentially you can send your serial port 'bits' into any Bluetooth capable device. Might be handy for tweaking unix / cisco configurations from your PDA/mobile phone.
Monday 27 February 2006 at 09:19 am
(bands on my little iPod Shuffle for the week ending 21 February 2006) -
Cosmic Rough Riders
Mark Lanegan
Black Grape
Sigur Ros
Unwound
Mudhoney,
Jesu,
Sam & Dave,
Rare Earth,
Arthur Conley,
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,
Pelican,
Jean Paul Sartre Experience,
Bailter Space
Post inspired by
Jesse.
Thursday 23 February 2006 at 4:46 pm
Looks wonderful -
watchmakers notebook. Small handmade items produced by craftsmen are more like art in todays high-tech mass produced world.
Apparently a classic chess game -
Anderssen - Kieseritzky
London, 1851 [The Immortal Game]. Run through each move step by step.
Useful for debugging -
interview with the Valgrind author. This was used a lot in my previous job by the developers.
Free -
Virtual Breadboard for circuit design.
Java 3D modeller -
Teddy.
Nifty urban art -
Derelict Detroit Buildings Painted Tigger Orange. Via
We make money not art.
Tuesday 21 February 2006 at 08:02 am
(bands on my little iPod Shuffle for the week ending 21 February 2006) -
Arctic Monkeys (thanks Gareth!),
The Fall,
Mudhoney,
Jesu,
Kyuss,
Lull,
Magnog,
Sam & Dave,
Rare Earth,
Arthur Conley,
3D's,
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (
best covers album ever),
Pelican,
Jean Paul Sartre Experience,
Bailter Space
Post inspired by
Jesse.
Tuesday 07 February 2006 at 12:23 pm
If you didn't already know the good folks have released
VMWare Server as freeware (you do need to register though).
Monday 06 February 2006 at 1:16 pm
If you're a fan of the
Silent Hill Playstation games then the movie might be worth watching -
Silent Hill.
Useful -
Tim Bray discusses his backup technique and Arstechnica covers
Painless Backup with rdiff.
Handy
Bash Tips. Particularly the append to history and the ability to ignore simple typos when changing directory.
Retro -
GLTerminal replicates the look and feel of an old CRT terminal from the 70's complete with screen curve.
Interesting -
100 best first lines in literature.
Saturday 04 February 2006 at 08:24 am
Due to my host experiancing some issues with site spam from insecure weblog setup I've shifted my blosxom based site to statis rendering. The site will be much faster but posts will be further apart as I don't have daytime console access to rerun the static render after each update.
