Comprehensive Python quick reference covering syntax, data types, control flow, functions, OOP, error handling, file I/O, and common patterns. Perfect for beginners and experienced developers.
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…
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…
Too bad wordpress won’t let you post embedded videos... that’s so 2007…
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Finally a way to flush the DNS cache on Mac OS 10.5 "dscacheutil…
Maatkit (formerly MySQL Toolkit) contains essential command-line tools for MySQL, such as table checksums, a query profiler, and a visual EXPLAIN tool. It…
| 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.
| Mac Automation: Quickly add to-dos/events to iCal- The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW | How many times have you been watching TV and wanted to quickly add a to-do or event maybe both to iCal? In this Mac Automation post, Im going to show you how to create both a to-do and an iCal event from within Automator. You will be able to add new items to iCal without ever having to open it. Lets begin.
A basic tutorial about the Linux commands ssh and scp. It features explanation about the syntax, the possibilities and the differences between the two. It…
In this document, the environment variable $CATALINAHOME refers to the directory where you installed the Tomcat binaries and $JAVAHOME refers to the…
For those who use Snort on a MAC, this might be helpful...
The guides are designed to give instructions and recommendations for securing Mac OS X and for maintaining a secure computer.
Announced today, Amazon SimpleDB is an amazingly simple, highly available, fast, massively scalable, on-demand, schema-free database cluster built in the…
Use this browser based converter to format any html page (including tables) for:…
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.
| 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!
| How to Change the Timezone in Linux - wikiHow | Most modern Linux distributions have user-friendly programs to set the timezone, often accesible through the program menus or right-clicking the clock in a desktop environment such as KDE or GNOME. Failing that it's possible to manually change the system timezone in Linux in a few short steps.
| 1. Logged in as root, check which timezone your machine is currently
using by executing date. You'll see something like Mon 17 Jan
2005 12:15:08 PM PST, PST in this case is the current timezone.
| 2. Change to the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo here you will find a
list of time zone regions. Choose the most appropriate region, if you
live in Canada or the US this directory is the "America" directory.
| 3. If you wish, backup the previous timezone configuration by copying
it to a different location. Such as
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).
Some windows programs use a compression for larger files that is not compatible with the linux unzip command. Resulting in the following error:…
| 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.
This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows. Actually these r some…
The solution I used was to completely move the following folders to a backup location…
With this free converter we passionately want to get you up and reading the new documents you are receiving. We do not, however, want to see you…
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…
After issuing this command, rpm either tells you the version of the package, or that the package isnt installed.
| 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.
The first in a series of posts about how to run a startup and develop a product, written by guest author Matt Rogers of Aroxo - a person-to-person trading…
This is the second post in our series on how to run a startup and develop a product. In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup, we outlined the process…
How To - Click Start, Click Run and enter the command Click OK…
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…
But have I just been conditioned into using Windows because of past experience, or applications, or file formats, or the myriad other reasons that make…
| 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.
The VI editor is a screen-based editor used by many Unix users. The VI editor has powerful features to aid programmers, but many beginning users avoid…
| 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…
| 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.
| PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner | This area is intended for everyone new to PHP. It opens with a series of informal, entertaining tutorials written by Vikram Vaswani, founder and CEO of Melonfire. These tutorials build on a previously-published 5-part series which has now been updated and extended to embrace PHP 5, making parts of it suitable for those of you who already have worked with PHP 4 in the past.
| 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…
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…
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…
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…
Apple today introduced Final Cut Server, a powerful new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio 2 to provide media asset management…
Apple promotes Mac OS X Server as its solution for data centers.
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…
Andy and Jeremy ROCKED THE HOUSE. Panel discusses how to bluff your way through Web 2.0 at a party or conference. Don’t be the idiot who does not know how…
| 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…
| 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.
I had a dead, clicking hard drive. It would not mount so most repair utilities and Apple Disk Utility couldn’t see the drive to repair it. Data Rescue II…
| 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…
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…
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…
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…
Good examples of beautiful functional Web 2.0 forms. I know I’ll be including some variation of these in my next website.
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!…
| 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.
serveradmin -- command-line interface to Mac OS X Server administrative daemon…
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…
This guide was written to allow a reader to quickly understand ‘How to build a cost effective Development Environment for Windows Server 200X’. A…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
| Learn the best way to batten down the hatches on your servers without going too far. | by Kenton Gardinier for ftponline.com | Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services in terminal server mode can be run in either the Full Security or Relaxed Security compatibility mode to meet your organization's security policy and application requirements. Full Security mode was created to help lock down the terminal server environment to reduce the risk of users mistakenly installing software or inadvertently disabling the terminal server by moving directories or deleting Registry Keys. This mode can be used for most certified terminal server applications. | Read more.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
One advertised feature of Mac OS X was the services menu, that allows other applications to perform tasks globally. Unfortunately, nobody I know of…
Graphical remote login sessions can be valuable tools for cross-platform server administration. This article is an overview of the best applications for…
Twelve free CSS navigation menus, ready to use for commercial or private use.
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…
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…
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…
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…
| 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…
Step-by-step guide on how to code a sexy, CSS and XHTML compliant, and tableless layout.
| 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…
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…
| 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.
| MAKE: Blog: HOW TO make Enhanced Podcasts (images, links and more with audio) | Apple's new iTunes 4.9, iPod color, allows you to view (and listen to) "enhanced podcasts" these are audio files that can have slideshows, URLs and some cool features we have discovered. Apple's included documents and a Wiki was all I needed to make our MAKE enhanced podcasts, but I also wrote a how-to. Here's how to get, make and all you need to know about enhanced podcasts! As a bonus, we put together some fun ideas we think many might use...
| 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
| MAKE: Blog: MAKE ebooks for your iPod guide! | There’s a somewhat little know and often-unused function of iPod called "Notes" which can actually be quite handy for storing and reading text, creating a locked "kiosk mode", quizzes, games as well a full-length ebooks. The Notes reader is located in Menu > Extras > Notes. Only the more recent 3G and 4G iPods, including the iPod photo and iPod mini both have the iPod Notes application. Here’s our how-to on making them!
| 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.
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…
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| 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…
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…
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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.
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…
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…