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Portable (and open source) apps for OS X #
OS X FOSS portable applications are packaged so that you can keep them and their preferences on removable media.

/mac | Aug 26, 2007

Slicehost: Best hosting on the planet #
Slicehost offers simplicity, power, and a crazy clean UI. I haven't enjoyed tech this much since BeOS.

/nix | Aug 22, 2007

Changing mouse orientation (especially useful for gamers or CAD users) #
For those wanting to change the orientation of their mouse (for example, having the cursor move up when the mouse is moved down), Moritz Franckenstein has written an excellent shareware mouse driver that can:
  • invert the y axis
  • invert the x axis
  • invert both the x and y axes
  • rotate the axes
and more. Having tried a variety of Logitech Mouseware and Microsoft Intellimouse drivers, registry hacks, etc, I can unequivocally state that Moritz has crafted the best solution for Windows users who want to change their mouse orientation.

/windows | Aug 17, 2007

Command line feed readers #
Feed readers for the console crew:
  • newsbeuter is an RSS feed reader for the text console. It is designed to run Unix-like operating systems such as Linux.
  • Olive is a console-based newsreader, written in Perl and using Curses::UI as its toolkit. The big difference between Olive and other newsreaders is that it takes a time-centric as opposed to site-centric view of newsfeeds. Olive shows you news stories from all your feeds at once, arranged in a continuum.
  • Raggle is a console RSS aggregator, written in Ruby. Features include customizable keybindings, basic HTML rendering, HTTP proxy support, OPML import/export, themes, and more.
  • rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. Written in Python, it uses Mark Pilgrim's feed parser to read RSS 0.9, 1.0, 2.0, CDF and Atom feeds. It runs from cron, collects articles from a number of feeds, and generates a static HTML page listing the newest articles in date order.
  • Snownews - Text mode RSS newsreader for Linux and Unix.
  • TheYoke is an ultra-simple, polite RSS aggregrator designed for use on the UNIX command line.
UPDATES:
  • I have made a custom style for Vienna that hides images, embedded objects, iframes, annoying "digg it" buttons, etc., and approximates the look of this blog (screenshot | download). Combined with Vienna's Smart Folder feature (to browse the latest stories from all feeds at once), it makes my daily read much faster.
  • Canto is an open source Atom/RSS feed reader for the console written in Python.
  • Online feed readers for web servers

/nix | Aug 17, 2007

Amazon.com free shipping search engine #
Amazon Filler Item Finder helps you find low-priced items on Amazon (which are eligible for free shipping) to push your total over the $25 minimum.

/misc | Aug 16, 2007

txt2tags - A clean and simple document generator #
While searching for technical book writing software (which turned up the usual suspects: DocBook, FrameMaker, MS Word, LaTeX, Help & Manual, etc.), I stumbled upon a hidden treasure - txt2tags. It is a document generator geared more towards webpages than books, but does a beautiful job of converting plain text with simple markup to the following formats:
  • HTML
  • XHTML
  • SGML
  • LaTeX
  • Lout
  • Man page
  • MoinMoin
  • MagicPoint
  • PageMaker
The clean, simple design actually makes markup fun, and the automatic numbering and Table of Contents generation will save you heaps of time.

/nix | Aug 15, 2007

Concurrent Terminal Services (RDP) sessions under Windows XP! #
Normally, Windows XP allows only a single remote login via RDP (which in turn requires the currently logged-in local user to be kicked off!). However, there are several methods to circumvent this restriction:
    Fee:
  • XP Unlimited turns your Windows System into a full blown Terminal Server, without any limit. Multiple, unlimited number of concurrent remote desktop sessions. Includes integrated web server for access via browser.
  • WinConnect Server XP enables a Windows Small Business Server 2003 or Windows XP computer to allow up to 21 remote desktop sessions.

As always, use at your own risk (and joy). Before playing with any of these (particularly in a production environment) you may want to contact Microsoft regarding potential licensing issues.

/windows | Aug 08, 2007

Excellent, Free Terminal Services Book #
Brian Madden & Ron Oglesby are offering their excellent Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Advanced Technical Design Guide free for download (PDF). It's got swell reviews on Amazon. Here's the blurb:
This book is not an administrator's guide. Rather, it's written for IT consultants, system engineers, and architects who must plan, design, implement, and optimize Windows 2003-based Terminal Server systems. It's filled with real-world, proven strategies created specifically for Windows Server 2003. See how some of the world's largest companies are using pure Terminal Server 2003 environments.

/windows | Aug 08, 2007

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