Bloggitation

• Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Time Machine
  (tags: mac backup)

• Jester
  a JavaScript client for REST APIs that uses Rails conventions
  (tags: ruby rails rest javascript programming json web2.0)
• Mochiweb - an erlang based webserver toolkit
  (tags: erlang web programming)
• Why Amazon’s HaaS (Hardware as a Service) Strategy is a Winner
  (tags: amazon web2.0)

PUD GNU/Linux 0.4.8 has been released. PUD GNU/Linux is a mini LiveCD based on Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, which takes up under 200MB, with (both Simplified/Traditional) Chinese enhancements with the light-weight Xfce window manager. PUD comes with new logo and new boot menu with gfxboot and integrated with some Gnome tools, improved laptop

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iptables is just enough to control all connections on Unix systems

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If IMAP’s got you curious but you’re not sure what desktop application to use with Gmail, consider the extensible, fast, cross-platform and free Mozilla Thunderbird, our beloved Firefox’s little sibling. Here’s how to get the full Gmail experience in Thunderbird with IMAP.

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• OpenBSD diskless install
  (tags: openbsd embed)
• USB Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon install
  (tags: linux ubuntu sysadmin)

This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) from USB. In addition to installing Ubuntu to a USB device and then booting Ubuntu from USB, this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the stick and further restore them on each boot.

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• Osprey - Peer-to-peer enabled content distribution
  A metadata management system for software and document collections enables local and distributed searching of materials. Items are available for download directly via URL or indirectly via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol.
  (tags: p2p web php)
• Pygments
  a generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software such as forum systems, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code (have also Erlang highlighting)
  (tags: programming python web)

• DBSlayer - Trac
  a lightweight database abstraction layer suitable for high-load websites where you need the scalable advantages of connection pooling. Written in C for speed, DBSlayer talks to clients via JSON over HTTP
  (tags: database c programming web json cluster)

• Why Mobile Local Search should be the next big thing
  (tags: web2.0 mobile)
• 25 Skills Every Man Should Know - Ultimate DIY
  (tags: society)
• Beanstalk is a hosted Subversion system
  (tags: web subversion scm hosting)
• Classy web-development dressed in a DSL
  For those of you who don’t know, Sinatra the newest kid on the open-source web frameworks has been released late last week. This super-sexy DSL runs at lighting speed. It sits on top of Mongrel and was written to be thread-safe, sleek and tiny.
  (tags: ruby web programming mongrel)
• CHICKEN
  a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces portable, efficient C, supports almost all of the current Scheme language standard, R5RS and includes many enhancements and extensions. CHICKEN runs on MacOS X, Windows, and many Unix flavou
  (tags: lisp scheme c programming)