• Linux.com | Open Web Analytics for WordPress
  Open Web Analytics for WordPress
  (tags: web wordpress statistics)

Damian posted a link to a very funny graphic on the so called evils of Wifi the other day. When I saw the following post for an uber wardriver box linked to from the Make blog.

So based on that post, and the graphic of course, this has to be the greatest baby eater ever!

Baby eating aside, the slurp project looks really nice

A very good post (including link to video of show in question) on the Panorama episode this graphic was alludes to, can be found here Read the rest of this entry »

Last night I was creating an image to try out the latest Ubuntu variant, UbuntuStudio, the install was taking a long time though, it was late, and I wanted to go to bed.

For the heck of it, I hit the Suspend button, and then wondered what that would do to installation process… “hmmm, will I have to start again?” was my worry. To find out, I hit resume and hey presto, the installation resumed just fine.

Nice.

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• Six ways to write more comprehensible code
  As a developer, time is your most valuable resource. These six tips on how to write maintainable code are guaranteed to save you time and frustration: one minute spent writing comments can save you an hour of anguish.
  (tags: ibm toread)
• Mobile phones | Screen savers | Economist.com
  Japan’s latest mobile craze: novels delivered to your handset
  (tags: ideas mobile keitai novels future)
• jwz - databases and spreadsheets (or, every nail looks like a thumb)
  I have a database tip for you - don’t use a spreadsheet!
  (tags: via:dehora work)
• Wellington Grey — Miscellanea — The Truth About Wireless Devices
  (tags: funny parody tech wireless wifi)

• The Corporation Film: Watch Video
  Very much worth watching (and also buying) for an insight into something we know, but this is put very well put together: “The Corporation is today’s dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary exami
  (tags: corporation to watch economics)

• Rosetta Stone for Unix
  (tags: via:corriganjc unix sysadmin documentation)
• ITIL in the Data Center: Adoption Low, but Interest High
  ITIL in the Data Center: Adoption Low, but Interest High
  (tags: itil tech work)
• Managers Underutilize ITIL, Survey Says
  (tags: tech work itil)
• HP says SOA is ready for prime time | InfoWorld | News | 2007-05-22 | By Robert Mullins, IDG News Service
  Hewlett-Packard said service-oriented architecture (SOA) for more efficient development of IT services is ready to move from the testing phase into production.
  (tags: soa)
• Trey Drake : Weblog
  Hewlett-Packard said service-oriented architecture (SOA) for more efficient development of IT services is ready to move from the testing phase into production.
  (tags: opensource toread ldap atom via:cote)
• The Ignorance of Crowds
  (tags: opensource)

• The iRack! ( Steve Jobs does Operation Enduring Freedom!)
  (tags: via:murfmind parody video)

• Move a Solaris Containers How To Guides
  This How To Guide instructs users, system administrators, and developers who have experience with Solaris 10 on proper use of new features which allow a Solaris 10 Container to be moved from one computer to another.
  (tags: virtualization solaris tech zones solaris10)
• Annalee Newitz - Techsploitation
  basically consists of pissed-off, romantic, weird rants about high tech media and everyday life.
  (tags: toread tech)

• Hackety Hack: the Coder’s Starter Kit
  a kid focused tutorial on programing ruby.
  (tags: dev programming projects toread tutorial educationalsoftware)
• Scratch | Home | imagine, program, share
  programming for kids
  (tags: dev programming software educationalsoftware)

I use liferea as an rss feed reader - and until today, had not figured out how to add the rss feeds automatically to liferea.

It turns out to be rather simple, as liferea provides a DBUS interface script to add feeds automatically. From firefox, click on the RSS icon (orange icon) that appears in the address bar. A page will load with a yellow header from which you select a number of predefined applications (or webservices).

Select ‘Choose Application‘ from the ‘Subscribe to this feed’ drop down. In the file locater that appears, enter ‘/usr/bin/liferea-add-feed‘.

If you select the button that reads ‘Always use liferea-add-feed’ - anytime you click on the rss feed icon - that feed will automatically be added to liferea.

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the other day I was looking over the site - and spotted the following google adsense advertisement (see picture below)

interesting way of generating income - with a test page!

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• Linux tip: Bash parameters and parameter expansions
  Do you sometimes wonder how to use parameters with your scripts, and how to pass them to internal functions or other scripts? Do you need to do simple validity tests on parameters or options, or perform simple extraction and replacement operations on the
  (tags: toread ibm reference)
• Saving power with Linux on Intel hardware
  PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will (in theory) give a huge po
  (tags: energy green linux)

• Explore relationships among Web pages visually
  The Graphviz program from AT&T Research and others is a fantastic tool for automating the visualization of complicated link sets. This article shows how to combine the Graphviz tool set with Web-page thumbnail generators to create new ways of visualizing
  (tags: ibm tech)
• bedework standalone calendar server - not groupware!
  (tags: calendaring opensource web)

I’ve recently had to do quite some work with OpenSolaris, and on the whole, there was a marked improvement to previous installments, but yet - I found myself struggling. My background is primarily Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) based, and I must admit that I found myself struggling. There are of course many similarities, but on the whole the difference between operations and the location of important files made for halting progress. Of course it must be remembered that it is a different operating system, and as such it will have differences to other operating systems.

It is with interest that I note the following story, and that I look forward to seeing more on the development of “Indiana”:

Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris: News - Software - ZDNet Australia In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux.

This should help in the greater adoption of OpenSolaris, which I believe will be a strong contender in the future, especially thanks to its Containers (Zones) technology .

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• IBM Redbooks | Understanding SOA Security Design and Implementation
  Understanding SOA Security Design and Implementation
  (tags: toread ibm soa tech)
• Manageability - The Economics of Google’s Hardware Infrastructure
  The Economics of Google’s Hardware Infrastructure
  (tags: hardware google design scalability)
• Manageability - Nuggets of Wisdom from eBay’s Architecture
  Nuggets of Wisdom from eBay’s Architecture
  (tags: design web Architecture)
• Defining SOA as an architectural style
  Defining SOA as an architectural style Align your business model with technolog
  (tags: Architecture soa IBM)
• Design strategies for legacy system involvement in SOA solutions
  Design strategies for legacy system involvement in SOA solutions Understand the challenges of business transformation using SOA in legacy environments
  (tags: ibm tech toread soa architecture)
• Service-oriented modeling and architecture
  Service-oriented modeling and architecture How to identify, specify, and realize services for your SOA
  (tags: Architecture toread ibm soa)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Linux evolves for mobile devices
  “The Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project aims to create the open source platform for initial release in October 2007.” Yay!
  (tags: ubuntu mobile linux)
• Survey: Many Backup/Recovery Systems Going Untested
  Many Backup, Recovery Systems Go Untested - Numerous companies risk serious downtime and financial losses because of untested, critically slow disaster recovery systems, a survey suggests
  (tags: toread tech)
• Why Big IT Is a Different Place to Work
  From the size of systems to the depth of resources, working at a big IT shop bears little resemblance to smaller counterparts
  (tags: toread tech work)
• NASA rethinking death in mission to Mars - CNN.com
  • NASA working to address thorny issues as it prepares for mission to Mars • Issues: How to dispose of a dead body, how to deal with a critically ill astronaut • Sexual desire among astronauts still too taboo for space agency to address • NASA con
  (tags: toread astronomy nasa mars)
• MAKE: Blog: HOW TO - Tie the 10 most useful knots
  (tags: make diy useful)
• Grog’s Climbing Knots Index
  Heed the warning! “Climbing, caving, etc., are challenging and potentially dangerous. Do not regard this website as a substitute for thorough instruction and expert supervision.”
  (tags: knots useful)
• A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
  A very nice set of visualisation sets - nicely laid out
  (tags: reference via:corriganjc graphics)
• How to Become a Creative Genius - lifehack.org
  As once said by Albert Einstein, “You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it.”
  (tags: gtd productivity toread)

• NewsForge | Dude, you’re getting Ubuntu
  “Dude, you’re getting Ubuntu” Its been posted in a few places - but this is the best headline so far
  (tags: tech ubuntu)
• Linux.com | iKog: The tiny to-do manager that could
  “iKog: The tiny to-do manager that could” Nice little app - nothing complex but nice to have a simple enough to do list to work with
  (tags: gtd python tools)