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The Matrix Screensaver - 107k download, source available.
August 30, 2004 #
Beautifully filmed and choreographed, Hero has one major flaw: the underlying philosophy which is revealed in the last 15 minutes. It is perhaps best summed up in these words spoken by a well-known 20th century politician:
"It is thus necessary that the individual should come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence of his nation; that the position of the individual ego is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole... that above all the unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual."When Adolf Hitler spoke these words, he could not possibly have forseen a Chinese filmaker glorifying them seventy years later. While Hero's visual effects may be entertaining, the ending will leave freedom-loving people sick to their stomachs.
August 29, 2004 #
A new OS X tiny apps page has been added. It will appear in the navigation menu within a few days. Suggestions and comments most appreciated.
August 28, 2004 #
Armin Hanisch kindly sent word of his command line apps, including: JpgList (image metadata info), DispChg (change display settings), and XEcho (eXtended Echo), among others.
August 27, 2004 #
Slogger - Firefox extension that "creates a complete log of your browsing history... It can save a copy of each page you visit to your hard drive, stampted with the data and time. Also, it allows you to create a plain text history containing custom information and in a customizable format (for example HTML, so you can view the logs in Firefox)."
August 26, 2004 #
Alarm clocks for meditation/gradual awakening:
- Citrus Alarm Clock 1.0.5 - Unlimited alarms, fade in audio, mute audio before alarm, more.
- Mindful Clock - Rings either a bell of mindfulness or Westminster chimes. The bell can be set to go off on the hour, the quarter hour, or randomly. Includes meditation timer and invitation of bells.
- Sleepy Sound - Gradually fade audio out and back in after a set interval. (Now shareware, find the archived freeware version here.)
August 25, 2004 #
TrueCrypt is an open-source on-the-fly encryption program with the following features:
- It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk.
- It can encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB memory stick, floppy disk, etc.
- It is the only free open-source on-the-fly encryption software that fully supports Windows XP.
- It is also the only free open-source OTFE software for Windows XP that provides plausible deniability.
- Encryption algorithms: AES (256-bit key), Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST, IDEA, Triple DES
August 24, 2004 #
Total Hardware 1999 - Jumper settings for 18655 devices
August 23, 2004 #
August 22, 2004 #
If you need a new optical drive, check out Plextor's PX-708A 8-in-1 Combo drive: 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R, 4X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-RW, 12X DVD-ROM, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW AND 40X CD-ROM. High marks from Maximum PC, Tom's, TechFreaks, and Digit Life. $84.99 after rebate at Buy.com (includes free ground shipping).
August 21, 2004 #
Use NTFS? You need to know about ADS (Alternate Data Streams):
- FAQ: Alternate Data Streams in NTFS
- LADS - List Alternate Data Streams (freeware)
- Streams (open source stream viewer from Sysinternals)
- Hidden Threat: Alternate Data Streams
- The DiamondCS Archive - NTFS Alternate Data Streams
- What Forensic Analysts should know about NT ALTERNATE DATA STREAMS (ADS)
- Info on ADS from Lavasoft (makers of AdAware)
- The Dark Side of NTFS (Microsoft?s Scarlet Letter)
August 19, 2004 #
Drive SnapShot 1.3 (mentioned in April) has received the first ever review with screenshots on TinyApps.Org.
August 18, 2004 #
Knoppix Tutorial for "people that meet Knoppix/Linux/Unix for the first time". Distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License and available for offline viewing.
August 17, 2004 #
CopyWriter - Freeware text editor with support for *.txt, *.rtf, *.doc, and binary files.
August 16, 2004 #
While Google works on Puffin (hard drive search tool), Microsoft has bought Lookout, a local search app that integrates with Outlook. It is available for free download. This usenet post certainly sounds enthusiastic, though the requirement of both Outlook and .NET Framework version 1.1 is rather unfortunate.
August 15, 2004 #
August 14, 2004 #
StopListening claims to "raise the security of a fresh Windows 2000/XP installation to a Unix-like level" by closing down all non-essential TCP/IP services, including: SMB, NBT, DCOM, SSDP, IPSEC, and Task Scheduler. For advanced users only. ZIP file contains virtually no documentation, two EXEs and one DLL - be sure to dissect/inspect all three thoroughly before use. (via anonymous email)
August 13, 2004 #
Recover Windows logon passwords online:
- Ophcrack "is a Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off using rainbow tables." Online version returns alphanumeric passwords from LM hashes within seconds.
- Sarca rainbow tables offers online cracking of LM hashes also. Results sent via email. Will crack Windows passwords with the following charset: A-z, 0-9, !@#$%^&*()- +=
- RainbowCrack "precomputes all possible plaintext - ciphertext pairs in advance and stores them". Source and Windows binaries available.
- Winrtgen is a graphical Rainbow Tables generator for Windows.
August 12, 2004 #
- Battlefield:Vietnam | Timeline
- 19
- "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ? H. L. Mencken (via Antiwar.com)
August 11, 2004 #
APTM (About This Particular Macintosh) is a quality online magazine available in several formats, with archives stretching back to 1995. OS 9 users may appreciate this networking guide which is also freely available for download.
August 10, 2004 #
August 9, 2004 #
Antiword and catdoc are both open source Microsoft Word document readers, but they render plain text results slightly differently:
Lists: MS Word | Antiword | catdoc | Original .DOC
Tables and footnotes: MS Word | Antiword | catdoc | Original .DOC
August 8, 2004 #
Macshift by Nathan True is an open source MAC address changing utility for Windows XP.
August 7, 2004 #
Cratchit.org TimeTool for Windows is an open source time tracker that fits on a floppy. (via Ziad)
August 6, 2004 #
"The open source utility AutoHotkey has a new feature: Hot-strings. They are abbreviations that expand as you type them (auto-replace). AutoHotkey also allows you to script your own hotkeys and macros; it can make virtually any key or mouse/joystick button into a hotkey, and it can automate virtually any repetitive task." (Submitted by Chris Mallett)
August 5, 2004 #
Voice of the Voiceless by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I am the voice of the voiceless:
Through me, the dumb shall speak;
Till the deaf world's ear be made to hear
The cry of the wordless weak.
From street, from cage, and from kennel,
From jungle and stall, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.
For love is the true religion,
And love is the law sublime;
And all that is wrought, where love is not,
Will die at the touch of time.
And Science, the great Revealer,
Must flame his torch at the Source;
And keep it bright, with that holy light
Or his feet shall fail on the course.
For he who would trample kindness
And mercy into the dust--
He has missed the trail, and his quest will fail:
He is not the guide to trust.
Oh shame on the mothers of mortals
Who have not stopped to teach
Of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes,
The sorrow that has no speech.
Oh, never a brute in the forest,
And never a snake in the fen,
Or ravening bird, starvation stirred,
Has hunted his prey like men.
For hunger, and fear, and passion
Alone drive beasts to slay,
But wonderful man, the crown of the Plan,
Tortures, and kills, FOR PLAY.
He goes well fed from his table;
He kisses his child and wife;
Then he haunts a wood, till he orphans a brood,
Or robs a deer of its life.
He aims at a speck in the azure;
Winged love, that has flown at a call;
It reels down to die, and he lets it lie;
His pleasure was seeing it fall.
The same force formed the sparrow
That fashioned Man, the King;
The God of the Whole gave a spark of soul
To each furred and feathered thing.
And I am my brother's keeper,
And I will fight his fight,
And speak the word for beast and bird,
Till the world shall set things right.
I am the voice of the voiceless:
Through me, the dumb shall speak;
Till the deaf world's ear be made to hear
The cry of the wordless weak.
From street, from cage, and from kennel,
From jungle and stall, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.
For love is the true religion,
And love is the law sublime;
And all that is wrought, where love is not,
Will die at the touch of time.
And Science, the great Revealer,
Must flame his torch at the Source;
And keep it bright, with that holy light
Or his feet shall fail on the course.
For he who would trample kindness
And mercy into the dust--
He has missed the trail, and his quest will fail:
He is not the guide to trust.
Oh shame on the mothers of mortals
Who have not stopped to teach
Of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes,
The sorrow that has no speech.
Oh, never a brute in the forest,
And never a snake in the fen,
Or ravening bird, starvation stirred,
Has hunted his prey like men.
For hunger, and fear, and passion
Alone drive beasts to slay,
But wonderful man, the crown of the Plan,
Tortures, and kills, FOR PLAY.
He goes well fed from his table;
He kisses his child and wife;
Then he haunts a wood, till he orphans a brood,
Or robs a deer of its life.
He aims at a speck in the azure;
Winged love, that has flown at a call;
It reels down to die, and he lets it lie;
His pleasure was seeing it fall.
The same force formed the sparrow
That fashioned Man, the King;
The God of the Whole gave a spark of soul
To each furred and feathered thing.
And I am my brother's keeper,
And I will fight his fight,
And speak the word for beast and bird,
Till the world shall set things right.
August 4, 2004 #
Christ On Disk "is a freeware application for viewing the King James Version of the Bible. It is a stand-alone application that is able to fit onto and run from a single floppy disk that has been specially formatted... Considering the plain Bible text alone is over 4.5Mb, adding a viewing application and getting it to all fit onto a single floppy disk was far from simple. Read the story behind Christ On Disk here while you're waiting for your download to complete." (via Everett Lane)
August 3, 2004 #
MediaCollege "is a free resource website providing educational and reference material in the field of electronic media." Articles include:
- How to Solder
- Linux / Shell Commands
- Redhat 9.0 Server for Newbies - "The following is a guide to installing a Redhat 9 server to be used on a private network for the purpose of experimenting and learning how to administer a Redhat server... There will be no GUI (Graphical User Interface) installed, as I believe the best way to learn linux server administration is to learn the command prompt."
August 2, 2004 #
Remove all directories named FOOBAR below the current directory:
UPDATE: Thanks to the anonymous readers who sent in the following tips:
find -type d -name FOOBAR -exec rm -rf {} \;Windows users can use the self-contained Unix Tools... just launch it from the directory you wish to start in. (This tip was exceedingly useful in removing many "Thumbs" directories and their contents from an imported iPhoto collection. Use at your own risk and joy.)
UPDATE: Thanks to the anonymous readers who sent in the following tips:
- Another way to do it in Windows is to search for FOOBAR in the current directory (right click -> Search) and be sure that Search Subfolders is selected under Advanced Options. Once you get the results, order by type, select all of the directories and delete.
- for /r /d %i in (foobar) do rd /s /q "%i"
August 1, 2004 #
Fatbits [32k] + Screen magnifier 
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