When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Thats as true for Web servers as it is for work around the house. This overview explains the pluses and minuses of the obvious candidates — IIS and Apache — and suggests a few alternatives worth exploring.
I've been doing a lot of Python work lately to manage a butt-load of Linux servers and I've been using the Fabric Library to help me connect remotely and securely. I had some problems getting the library and dependencies to install on my Mac laptop so here is what I did. Add a reply if there is an easier way.
> sudo easy_install pip # PIP is recommended for installation
> sudo -s # Creates a new sudo shell
> export ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" # Need to set some GCC flags
> pip install fabric # Get the install on
Props go to these guys and stackoverflow for helping out.
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Too bad wordpress won't let you post embedded videos... that's so 2007
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Maatkit (formerly MySQL Toolkit) contains essential command-line tools for MySQL, such as table checksums, a query profiler, and a visual EXPLAIN tool. It provides missing features such as checking whether slaves have the same data as the master.
| We often get asked how Digg works from a technology perspective, so wanted to shed some insight on this with our first post from the newly-launched technology blog. We | ’ll be posting regularly to give you a peek at what’s under the hood from the Digg development teams.
| Installing Apache Tomcat 6 on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard | Installing Apache Tomcat 6 on OS X 10.5 Leopard is primarily a matter of downloading the appropriate packages and then following the installation instructions. However, you will have to make a few modifications to some make scripts and source code to successfully compile JSVC on Leopard. To compile the MOD_JK connector or the JSVC daemon, you must have OS X development kit installed.
| snort-devel [Snort-devel] Building Snort 2.8.0 on MAC OSX 10.5 (Leopard) | From: Steven Sturges <steve.sturges@sourcefire.com>
For those who use Snort on a MAC, this might be helpful...
| The following is courtesy of Martin Fong, who's helped us track down | an issue seen when starting Snort w/ dynamic preprocessor libraries | on MAC OSX 10.5. The text below will be included with in the | MAC OSX section of doc/INSTALL in the next release as well.
Announced today, Amazon SimpleDB is an amazingly simple, highly available, fast, massively scalable, on-demand, schema-free database cluster built in the same spirit as Amazon S3 and EC2. Check out this article and see what you can do with it.
html2wiki - Convert HTML text to wiki markup
Use this browser based converter to format any html page (including tables) for:
Based on the perl module HTML::WikiConverter and it works great.
| Drop.io: Simple Private Exchange | Drop.io enables you to create simple private exchange points called "drops."
The service has no email signup and no "accounts." Each drop is private, and only as accessible as you choose to deliberately make it. Create multiple drops, add any type of media, and share or subscribe as you want. To make a drop just click the big red button that says drop it
| Add Twitter to your blog (step-by-step) | Linked is a working example of loading twitters after the page has completed, thus preventing the whole page from locking up.
| Google App Engine - Google Code | Run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. | Google App Engine enables you to build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications. | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ztr-HhWX1c]
| Rogue Amoeba - Nicecast: Broadcast any audio on Mac OS X | Nicecast is the easiest way to broadcast music from OS X. Broadcast to the world, or just across your house. Nicecast can help you create your own internet radio station or allow you to listen to your iTunes Music Library from anywhere in the world!
This is by far the easiest way to edit the HOSTS file in XP that I've found. I also like the serving up a HOSTS file from a server (see the link).
Lifted from: myps.org
| To edit your HOSTS file you can create a custom Desktop or Quick Launch shortcut. | Note: the below locations are for the default paths, edit as needed. Right-click on the Desktop, select: New > Shortcut (and paste the following)
| The Yahoo User Interface Library YUI | The Yahoo User Interface YUI Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. The YUI Library also includes several core CSS resources. All components in the YUI Library have been released as open source under a BSD license and are free for all uses.
| Working with PHP 5 in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Professional PHP | Mac OS X is a great development platform for working with PHP. Leopard comes with Apache, PHP and many other development tools, such as subversion already installed. Leopard brings a much needed upgrade from Tigers tired PHP 4 to a very modern version of PHP 5.2.4. This is a guide for setting up a PHP development environment under 10.5 using the version of PHP that ships with leopard.
| Javablog » Apple OS X Leopard doesn’t have Java 6 | And worse yet… if you installed the Java 6 beta release in Apple OS X Tiger, then when you upgrade Java won’t work at all! Read on if this has affected you…
The solution I used was to completely move the following folders to a backup location
| /Library/Java | /Applications/Utilities/Java | /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework | /System/Library/Java | /System/Library/CoreServices/Jar\ Launcher.app | /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/JavaApplicationLauncher.framework | /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaEmbedding.framework | /System/Library/CFMSupport/StubLibraries/JavaEmbeddingLib
I was trying to set up Apache mod_jk to serve up my jboss traffic without loadbalancing and I was running into the errors below. My machine is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 with Apache2.
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27581:63168] [debug] do_shm_open::jk_shm.c (415): Attached shared memory [8] size=28672 free=28672 addr=0xb7e5d000
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27581:63168] [debug] do_shm_open::jk_shm.c (429): Reseting the shared memory for child 8
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27581:63168] [debug] do_shm_open_lock::jk_shm.c (258): Duplicated shared memory lock /etc/httpd/logs/jk.shm.27572.lock
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27581:63168] [debug] jk_child_init::mod_jk.c (2651): Attached shm:/etc/httpd/logs/jk.shm.27572
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27581:63168] [debug] jk_child_init::mod_jk.c (2661): Initialized mod_jk/1.2.23
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27582:63168] [debug] do_shm_open::jk_shm.c (415): Attached shared memory [9] size=28672 free=28672 addr=0xb7e5d000
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27582:63168] [debug] do_shm_open::jk_shm.c (429): Reseting the shared memory for child 9
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27582:63168] [debug] do_shm_open_lock::jk_shm.c (258): Duplicated shared memory lock /etc/httpd/logs/jk.shm.27572.lock
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27582:63168] [debug] jk_child_init::mod_jk.c (2651): Attached shm:/etc/httpd/logs/jk.shm.27572
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:28 2007][27582:63168] [debug] jk_child_init::mod_jk.c (2661): Initialized mod_jk/1.2.23
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] map_uri_to_worker::jk_uri_worker_map.c (589): Attempting to map URI '/jmx-console/' from 7 maps
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] map_uri_to_worker::jk_uri_worker_map.c (601): Attempting to map context URI '/jmx-console/*=node3' source 'uriworkermap'
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] map_uri_to_worker::jk_uri_worker_map.c (616): Found a wildchar match '/jmx-console/*=node3'
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_handler::mod_jk.c (2111): Into handler jakarta-servlet worker=node3 r->proxyreq=0
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] wc_get_worker_for_name::jk_worker.c (114): found a worker node3
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] wc_maintain::jk_worker.c (321): Maintaining worker node3
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] wc_maintain::jk_worker.c (321): Maintaining worker loadbalancer
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] wc_get_name_for_type::jk_worker.c (290): Found worker type 'ajp13'
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] init_ws_service::mod_jk.c (607): Service protocol=HTTP/1.1 method=GET host=(null) addr=192.168.151.112 name=lin04.unitedfuture.com port=80 auth=(null) user=(null) laddr=192.168.151.20 raddr=192.168.151.112
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] ajp_get_endpoint::jk_ajp_common.c (2343): acquired connection pool slot=0
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] ajp_marshal_into_msgb::jk_ajp_common.c (548): ajp marshaling done
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (1796): processing node3 with 2 retries
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (335): socket TCP_NODELAY set to On
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (348): socket SO_KEEPALIVE set to On
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (398): timeout 120 set for socket=16
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (433): trying to connect socket 16 to 127.0.0.1:8009
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (451): connect to 127.0.0.1:8009 failed (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_connect_to_endpoint::jk_ajp_common.c (876): Failed opening socket to (127.0.0.1:8009) (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_send_request::jk_ajp_common.c (1273): (node3) error connecting to the backend server (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (1941): (node3) sending request to tomcat failed, recoverable operation attempt=1
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (335): socket TCP_NODELAY set to On
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (348): socket SO_KEEPALIVE set to On
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (398): timeout 120 set for socket=16
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (433): trying to connect socket 16 to 127.0.0.1:8009
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] jk_open_socket::jk_connect.c (451): connect to 127.0.0.1:8009 failed (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_connect_to_endpoint::jk_ajp_common.c (876): Failed opening socket to (127.0.0.1:8009) (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_send_request::jk_ajp_common.c (1273): (node3) error connecting to the backend server (errno=111)
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (1941): (node3) sending request to tomcat failed, recoverable operation attempt=2
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [error] ajp_service::jk_ajp_common.c (1953): (node3) Connecting to tomcat failed. Tomcat is probably not started or is listening on the wrong port
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [debug] ajp_done::jk_ajp_common.c (2286): recycling connection pool slot=0 for worker node3
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007]node3 lin04.unitedfuture.com 0.000743
| [Wed Nov 14 19:00:42 2007][27575:63168] [info] jk_handler::mod_jk.c (2254): Service error=0 for worker=node3
| One Background Image, Many Applications | Gradients are a popular choice for background images and they help out page weight in another significant way: they are repeatable. Take a look at the gradient below. To the left you can see how the gradient looks. To the right you can see that you can squish it down to only a single pixel in width and it will repeat horizontally just the same.
| Xen Cluster Management With Ganeti On Debian Etch | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials | Ganeti is a cluster virtualization management system based on Xen. In this tutorial I will explain how to create one virtual Xen machine called an instance on a cluster of two physical nodes, and how to manage and failover this instance between the two physical nodes.
| XP Run Commands / Short Cuts :1 - The New Tech | Windows XP Home / Pro Run Commands and Short Cuts
How To - Click Start, Click Run and enter the command Click OK
Run commands
| Calc - Calculator | Cfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration Wizard | Charmap - Character Map | Chkdisk - Repair damaged files | Cleanmgr - Cleans up hard drives | Clipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewer | Cmd - Opens a new Command Window cmd.exe | Control - Displays Control Panel | Dcomcnfg - DCOM user security | Debug - Assembly language programming tool | Defrag - Defragmentation tool | Drwatson - Records programs crash & snapshots | Dxdiag - DirectX Diagnostic Utility | Explorer - Windows Explorer | Fontview - Graphical font viewer | Ftp - ftp.exe program | Hostname - Returns Computers name | Ipconfig - Displays IP configuration for all network adapters | Jview - Microsoft Command-line Loader for Java classes | MMC - Microsoft Management Console | Msconfig - Configuration to edit startup files | Msinfo32 - Microsoft System Information Utility | Nbtstat - Displays stats and current connections using NetBios over TCP/IP | Netstat - Displays all active network connections | Nslookup- Returns your local DNS server | Ping - Sends data to a specified host/IP | Regedit - egistry Editor | Regsvr32 - egister/de-register DLL/OCX/ActiveX | Regwiz - Reistration wizard | Sfc /scannow - Sytem File Checker | Sndrec32 - Sound Recorder | Sndvol32 - Volume control for soundcard | Sysedit - Edit system startup files config.sys, autoexec.bat, win.ini, etc. | Taskmgr - Task manager | Telnet - Telnet program | Tracert - Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host | Winipcfg - Displays IP configuration
OpenID is the only sign-up you'll need in the future, but what about your profile? Sites you own or visit, people you know, etc. Alpha Dash is an idea about creating one online profile that would be totally yours and interchangeable with other services, using OpenID and microformats.
| 10 Linux commands you've never used | It takes years maybe decades to master the commands available to you at the Linux shell prompt. Here are 10 that you will have never heard of or used. They are in no particular order. My favorite is mkfifo.
| 10 Free, Innovative Web Analytics Tools | When most people think of free web analytics, they immediately think of Google Analytics. But there are many other free, innovative statistic tools available on the web. These tools measure everything from user behavior, to search engine traffic, to real-time visitor tracking, and more. The following ten products may provide valuable data when analyzing your website traffic.
So your sitting there on Saturday morning, sipping on a nice warm cup of coffee or tea, smell the freshness of the morning, and whipping up some html, CSS and trying out some new AJAX programming. Your stuck on something, you wish you had a quick cheat sheet to get you back on track.
| Official Google Blog: The Robots Exclusion Protocol | This is the second in a short series of posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol, the standard for controlling how web pages on your site are indexed. This post provides more details and examples of mechanisms to control access and indexing of your website by Google.
| Set up a Web server cluster in 5 easy steps | Construct a highly available Apache Web server cluster that spans multiple physical or virtual Linux® servers in 5 easy steps with Linux Virtual Server and Heartbeat v2.
Coming from the same creators of 43 Things 43 Places, 43 People, Lists Of Bests, All Consuming.net, The Petri Project, The Robot Co-op has launched a new Website, ShouldDoThis.com, that allows any user to create a suggestion box and submit a suggestion for any company, product, government agency, non-profit, sports team, neighborhood association an
In honor of all the underpaid, overworked, answering your pager in the middle of the night guys and girls working hard to keep things running this one goes out to you.
Quick and easy tutorial on how to cluster a JBoss application server on Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04.
Watch a 20 min video guided tour of the iPhone from Apple
This isn't another "why big companies should adopt Macs" article. Rather, it assumes the firm is bringing in Macs for its own reasons. This CIO article offers advice to IT managers about how to integrate Apple systems into the existing IT infrastructure, and offers hints from leading Mac OS X experts.
| Apple - Hot News | Apple Introduces Final Cut Server
Apple today introduced Final Cut Server, a powerful new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio 2 to provide media asset management and workflow automation for post production and broadcast professionals.
| MacDevCenter.com -- A mini Mac Solution | by Rich Morin, Vicki Brown | 02/13/2007
Apple promotes Mac OS X Server as its solution for data centers. However, "vanilla" Mac OS X performs quite adequately for small e.g., SOHO servers. This article discusses the server transition we made at cfcl.com from a FreeBSD-based PC to an OSX-based Mac mini.
Apple's latest Mac mini system with an Intel Core Duo processor and gigabit Ethernet outperformed an older Xserve G5 server system, according to one user who offers colocation services.
| 20 Things you do not know about Windows XP | 1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).
| SunriseBrowser | Light & fast. The open-source browser for web developer.
This blog covers one of the more exotic solutions - backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync
In fact, after only 8 seconds, the unsuspecting little rascal was undergoing the machine equivalent of being turned into a "Pod person from the planet Mars!" First, it was hit by Sasser, one of the fastest spreading worms on the Internet. Then it started downloading strange programs from mysterious internet addresses.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/security/How_Long_Does_It_Take_To_Catch_A_Computer_Virus\>__
| MacNN | Google releases MacFUSE | Google today released MacFUSE, an open-source port of the FUSE "Filesystem in Userspace" mechanism previously only available on Linux and FreeBSD systems. MacFUSE offers Mac OS X developers the ability to organize nearly any data into a file system, offering support for most existing Linux-based FUSE file systems on the Mac platform.
| HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials | HowtoForge is the source for Linux tutorials. | HowtoForge provides free hosting for Linux tutorials and discussion forums for everything related to Linux.
After five years, Windows Vista is finally here. With a Mac-like interface, improved security, and far better networking, it's a great improvement over Windows XP. Like any new operating system, though, there are things you'll love about it, and things you'll hate about it.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/software/The_Five_Best_and_Worst_Things_About_Vista\>__
A great site that archives older version of software. Maybe you're looking for a pre-bloatware favorite application, or maybe you having been able to get AIM to work right on granny's Pentium II. This is the place for you.
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/software/How_old_can_you_go_Oldversion_com_because_newer_isn_t_always_better\>__
According to a new post on O'Reilly.net, it appears that the next version of Apple's OS X 'Leopard' will include native GTK support. It goal is to: "run Gtk+ applications without X11 on Mac OS X". Sounds like good news for developers!
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Leopard_to_include_native_GTK_support_in_Quartz\>__
Here is a handy list of default passwords to use for a reference.
When's the last time you got a free update that made your machine 35% faster at something? Apple's recently released 10.4.8 system update includes a number of enhancements to the Rosetta processor emulation technology...a roughly 35% improvement running Photoshop CS2 on Intel-based Mac systems
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Mac_OS_X_10_4_8_upgrade_boosts_Photoshop_35_on_Mactel\>__
Good examples of beautiful functional Web 2.0 forms. I know I'll be including some variation of these in my next website.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/design/CSS_Based_Forms_Modern_Solutions\>__
170 Cheat Sheets about Ajax, Apache, Blogging,CSS, CVS, Firefox, Google, HTML/XHTML,JavaScript,Linux, MySQL, LaTeX, Oracle, Perl,PHP, Python, Photoshop Ruby, Unix, Windowx, XML
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/programming/Cheat_Sheet_Round_Up_Ajax_CSS_LaTeX_Ruby\>__
Tips and tricks from Apple.com's Pro site. See-through stickies, smart mailboxes, speed tips, etc.
Download cover art, TV shows, and now Movies. Look for the TV interface iTV to be announced soon!
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/iTunes_7_released_loads_of_new_features\>__
| Digg Labs: A broader (and deeper) view of Digg | Digg moves very quickly, and has a great many stories submitted every day, so good material can sometimes fly by before you even know it. These interactive visualizations look beneath the surface of the Digg community's activities.
Manual Page For serveradmin(8)
serveradmin -- command-line interface to Mac OS X Server administrative daemon
serveradmin is a utility for administering services. In general, it gives you access to the same functionality present in the Server Admin application. It must be run by root.
Access control lists, or ACLs, are a finer-grained, more flexible way to control file permissions: who can do what to which files. In Tiger, ACLs are a supplement to the traditional Unix file permissions.
How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users
| This article describes how either an Exchange Server administrator or end users can prevent the Winmail.dat attachment from being sent to | Internet users when using the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail | Connector (IMC).
MODx Content Management System | Home
MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores.
A simple script hack from Macworld that you can do yourself in less than a minute. "Is there a way to have QuickTime 7 play in full screen without paying for the pro version? Sure. Launch Script Editor and enter this..." This works great on my Macbook Pro.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/OS_X_Full-[Screen_Quicktime_for_free]()-[no_QT_Pro_upgrade_needed]{#no_qt_pro_upgrade_needed}.\>__
He shows you how to install Apache and PHP on Windows XP, as well as how to set up a nice working environment. As a bonus, he also shows you how to install MySQL if you're interested. You can have a complete working server environment on your desktop and be able to do all your test there.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/programming/Installing_Apache_2.0_and_PHP_5\_(and_MySQL)\_on_Windows_XP\>__
I wrote this little tutorial for TUAW that gives you 9 easy steps to subscribe to any shared Google Calendar in everyone's favorite OS X calendar app: iCal.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/HowTo:\_Subscribe_to_a_Google_Calendar_using_iCal\>__
This is an article about a script that was created to remove unwanted software from a Dell PC. It can be run on a new PC to get rid of all the trialware that comes pre-installed. It runs completely unattended!
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/software/Introducing_the_Dell_De-Crapifier\>__
This blog is written by a Windows veteran, a Mac newbie, describing his switch to Mac from Windows. It's both slightly technical and very technical, ranging from IM clients to setting up PHP/MySQL.
Worth a read, especially for people considering a switch.
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/A_Windows_users_journey_to_Mac\>__
More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Boot_Camp_Public_Beta_Announced,\_Part_of_10.5_Leopard\>__
Apple Serial Numbers have always been cryptic to the untrained eye, but this guy has figured it out. Just enter in the serial number and it will return all the data that can be wrung from the SN (model, date of production, etc...).
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Cryptic_Apple_Serial_Numbers:\_SOLVED\>__
A list and description of ways to further run diagnostics on your ipod. All the way from testing your scroll wheel to Scanning your ipods hard drive
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Ipod_Diagnostic_Mode\>__
This hack allows xp home (oem or upgrade) to have all features of xp pro. This includes remote desktop. Finally making xp home worth something.
kd notes: I don't know for sure if this works 100% so be carefull.
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/software/Enable_XP_Pro_features_on_xp_home\_\>__
Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources? Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can view and remove these unnecessary devices.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/software/Removing_unused_device_drivers_from_Windows_XP_machines\>__
How To Install Apple%u2019s Front Row -AndrewEscobar.com
Thanks to an update from Apple, Front Row can now be easily installed on any Mac running 10.4.4 Tiger. While you previous had to rely on quirky hacks, Front Row can now be added to Tiger with full support, including keyboard shortcut and sound preferences.
nUbuntu is a collection of network and server security testing tools, piled on top of the existing Ubuntu system. While aimed to be mainly a security testing platform, nUbuntu also operates as a desktop enviroment for the advanced linux user. New Release out now.
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/linux_unix/nUbuntu_Stable_is_OUT\_\>__
Eugene Computer Services - Eugene, Oregon - Reinstalling Windows XP Without Drive Format
| Objective: To reinstall Windows XP in order to obtain a fresh | install/registry, but without possibly deleting data stored on the | drive by the customer. This document assumes that Windows XP is presently installed in the standard WINDOWS directory.
Bwana is a manual page viewer for your browser. It parses man pages in real time to provide the most up to date pages in an easy to read format. The pages have links to other man pages, http and email references--the way man pages should have been from the start.
One advertised feature of Mac OS X was the services menu, that allows other applications to perform tasks globally. Unfortunately, nobody I know of actually utilizes this menu which eventually becomes bloated with unnecessary services. Now you can disable any unwanted services, rearrange the order, or even change the key command for them!
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Take_Back_the_OS_X_Services_Menu\>__
Big Nerd Ranch Weblog » Cross-Platform GUI Remote Login Roundup
Graphical remote login sessions can be valuable tools for cross-platform server administration. This article is an overview of the best applications for cross-platform GUI remote login in a mixed network of Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix computers.
Twelve free CSS navigation menus, ready to use for commercial or private use.
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more | digg story \<http://digg.com/design/Twelve_Free_CSS_Navigation_Menu_Designs\>__
macosxhints - Scripts to create users and groups from the Terminal
In the Introduction to Universal Binaries video, he states that the Transition Resource Center will be your friend for the "next couple of weeks." Am I reading into this too much? Did he just hint at something?
read more | digg story \<http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Posts_Transition_Videos\_-[Hints_at_Intel_Release]{#hints_at_intel_release}\_\>__
The Broadband Tuner allows you to take full advantage of very high speed Internet connections that have a high latency (5 Mbps or greater). The installer tweaks some system parameters.
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It was recently anounced that linux could be run on an iPod Nano. This is a very simple guide on doing this throgh windows xp. Be sure to back up your iPod before doing this
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If your mom is on Windows XP and having a computer problem, UltraVNC is an amazingly simple way to remotely administer her PC and fix problems while she is still logged-in. Check out this guide with screenshots.
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| Tech Yogurt » 23 Ways to Speed Up Windows XP | Techyogurt gives us 23 solid tips on improving performance in Windows XP.
Maybe there was a way to stay secured if you bought products by not well known vendors without web precense, well, those days are over, you will find a neat list of default admin passwords for a lot of hardware vendors here.
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Step-by-step guide on how to code a sexy, CSS and XHTML compliant, and tableless layout.
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| shacknews.com | So you have spyware huh? Well I’m here to tell you how to get rid of it. Now as time goes on and newer spyware comes out this guide may become obsolete. However I clean spyware daily and these tips below have never failed me.
The Linux Newbie Administrator Guide is "A complete reference for new Linux users who wish to set up and administer their own Linux home computer, workstation and/or their home or small office network." Weening myself off WinTendo seemed nearly impossible until I found this jewel.
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A while back, Apple issued an order to have all the guides removed. The OSx86 Project team did removed the links and the Guides section on the menu. However they never really removed the guides. "Enjoy" them while you can.
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| Using Word for Mac | Here are a bunch of useful how-to articles for different things you can do with Microsoft Word. From creating booklets to form letters and labels. No more trying to explain it to people yourself... just point them to this link.
| Tech Manifesto » Turn your old PC into a File Server | A great step by step tuorial with lots of pictures for us who didn't get much book learnin'. I personally would create a Linux box for a server but this is a solid alternative.
| AppleInsider | Patent reveals universal Apple wireless touch-screen remote | Apple Computer recently researched and developed a wireless touch-screen remote control concept that would automatically discover and communicate with existing and future consumer electronics appliances as well as the personal computer, a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office has revealed.
| Nerd Vittles | Some quick tutorials to get you started turning your Mac into a web, mail and calendar server.
HOW-TO: Add an auxilary jack to your car - Engadget - www.engadget.com
| HarrySufehmi.com - Setting Up Linux Server | This tutorial really should be titled "How to get your Debian server off the ground as quickly as possible", since it's based on minimal Debian Linux (stable) install. | Here you'll be able to get your box secured very quickly, and then get the services running with minimum hassle and pain.
20 Cool Tiger Features You Might Not Have Heard About by Scott Knaster -- Even though Tiger has been out for a while now, many of its major features have nuances that haven't received much press--and there a zillion minor tweaks to discuss. Scott Knaster takes you on a tour of clever, and sometimes even obscure, Tiger goodies.
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It appears that you can purchase certain music videos through iTunes and their Music Store. They are bundling them with the audio single releases as a bonus... Read More
| Although its still in its alpha stage and very buggy, this could be a promising app for any Mac user. | darwine.opendarwin.org
This isn't a slam dunk, but it's better than having to buy a PC just to keep your router up to date. Thanks to macosx.com
A Survey of DVD Recording Formats by Wei-Meng Lee -- Wei-Meng Lee writes of his quest for the right DVD writer to buy. After surveying the various DVD recording formats (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW DL), as well as some of the DVD writers currently available on the market, Wei-Meng offers his recommendations.
Lifted from adobe.com
Photoshops limitations: Photoshop CS supports a maximum image dimension of 300,000 x 300,000 pixels, which allows for images with a maximum size of 4 GB for TIFF files, and almost unlimited file sizes for images saved in the new native Large Document Format (.psb). Photoshop CS can access only 2 GB RAM, so large files will need to use considerable scratch disk space. Large Document Format files cannot be read by Photoshop 7.0.x or earlier. To optimize performance in Photoshop, apply the following recommendations.
| Advanced Typography with Mac OSX - pdf | Here is the official Apple document for Font management including a section just for production machines. This includes removing and deactivating nonessential font, managing multiple versions of the same font, and dealing with font caches. | Yeeouch... happy reading.
| Here are some great links to a few of apples new training resources. | Mac OSX Basics Training | Mac OSX Fonts Basics
In the Pro section of Apples website there are plenty of interesting and useful articles for the designer, musician and artist.
This page contains brief descriptions of almost all systems resident on my PowerBook. Note that these are not installation instructions: for each system, I have only noted uncommon actions (hacks, kludges, tweaks etc.) needed, if any, to make the system install and work.
This is not for the faint of heart. Step by step instructions for setting up your OS X System from scratch with-- special partitions, moving the swap file, installing Fink and XFree86, setting up Sendmail, qpopper and much more. Even if you don't want to go to the extreme, there are still some great bits of helpful information. http://www.kung-foo.tv/xtips.php