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Rod Begbie : namebench - Handy open source tool from Google to analyze DNS servers and see if it might be worth switching away from your ISP's default. [via] #
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Rod Begbie : Tig: text-mode interface for git - Dead handy ncurses-based browser for git. It makes git diffs and blames much more manageable. [via] #
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deusx : Main Page - Libre.fm - "libre.fm is a free network service that will allow users to share their musical tastes with other people. * It should be more than just a free replacement for Last.fm * It should have its own identity and features But it can also have fun
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deusx : The Javascript Trap - "You may be running non-free programs on your computer every day without realizing it—through your web browser.Many sites still use Javascript that way, but some use it for major programs that do large jobs. For instance, Google Docs downloads into
jcgregorio : The Javascript Trap - Seriously? How is this different from the copyrighted, non-free HTML that contains the Javascript? Just because it's executable
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joshua : redis - another k/v distributed store
Simon Willison : redis - redis. An in-memory scalable key/value store but with an important difference: this one lets you perform list and set operations against keys, opening up a whole new set of possibilities for application development. It’s very young but already support [via]
Rod Begbie : redis - Key-value datastore. Fast like memcached, but persists to disk and can deal with pushing and popping with lists and sets. Just the thing to solve some of the problems I've been having with my RDBMS on a project I'm hacking on. [via] #
bmilleare : Redis - A persistent key-value database with built-in net interface written in ANSI-C for Posix systems. Seems pretty fast - 110k SETs/sec and 81k GETs/sec on an entry level linux box.
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deusx : Supervisor - "Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems. It shares some of the same goals of programs like launchd, daemontools, and runit. Unlike some of these programs
Rod Begbie : Supervisor - Handy lightweight process-launcher-and-watcher. Features like "restart this process if it swallows too much resident memory" are going to be handy. [via] #
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Rod Begbie : ack -- better than grep - Why am I only finding this now? A smart replacement for the "find . | xargs grep" recipe I use on a daily basis. [via] #
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18 month ago
deusx : Vienna - "Vienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system. It provides features comparable to commercial newsreaders, but both it and the source code are freely available for download."
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19 month ago
deusx : One Way in which Habari Absolutely Slaughters WordPress - Asymptomatic - "I am not the only person who has noticed that WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License. In the license, it very plainly states: You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is de
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20 month ago
Rod Begbie : Ophcrack - Windows password cracker. Has an interesting open-source business model: The cracker is GPL, and there are free (but limited) Rainbow tables. To get the full tables, you need to pay $99. #
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20 month ago
deusx : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service."
mmb : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops via deusx’s favorites on del.icio.us [via]
Rod Begbie : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Open-source app which logs your laptop's network location (and optionally a snapshot from the webcam) to a DHT distributed database at irregular intervals. [via] #
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22 month ago
Rod Begbie : XBMC on OS X - Port of the XBox Media Center to OS X. Works with the Apple Remote, making it more elegant than my usual VLC + Sofa Control combination. Looks good. [via] #
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23 month ago
deusx : Mu License - "If you are asking what license this software is released under, you are asking the wrong question."
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24 month ago
deusx : Questionable Content #1105 - "IT IS NOT A NECKBEARD IT IS A HEATSINK!"
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24 month ago
deusx : An Amazing Mind: The REAL reason we use Linux - "Let me say that again. It's fun to use the command line."
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26 month ago
factoryjoe : Shelf - jerakeen.org - Shelf is an app for MacOS that looks at the current foreground application, and tries to figure out if what you’re looking at corresponds to a person in your Address Book. Then it’ll tell you things about them. Saved By: Chris Mes
Rod Begbie : Shelf - jerakeen.org - Cool prototype application by Tom Insam which monitors your foreground application in OS X, and tries to provide you some context by matching it to someone in your Address Book. It's early days yet, but decidedly cool (and written in Python) [via] #
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28 month ago
Rod Begbie : IronPython Studio - Free development environment for Python code under .NET. Will definitely be having an in-depth play with this soon. #
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28 month ago
joshua : PuTTY Tray
Rod Begbie : PuTTY Tray - Improved version of the essential ssh client for Windows [via] #
wearehugh : PuTTY Tray - now portable too!
Jeremy Zawodny : PuTTY Tray - PuTTY Tray: "PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY (Win32). It features some cosmetic changes, and a number of addons to make it more usefull and much more fun to use." cool!
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30 month ago
deusx : Humanized > Weblog: Ten Ways to Make More Humane Open Source Software - "Do ... 1. Get a Benevolent Dictator ... 2. Make the Program Usable In Its Default State ... 3. Design Around Tasks ... 4. Write a Plug-In Architecture ... 5. User Testing, User Testing, User Testing!!"
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30 month ago
deusx : AADL Open-Source Software | Ann Arbor District Library - "We do quite a bit of software development at AADL, and some of the work we've done may be of interest or use to other libraries."
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31 month ago
deusx : Open-ILS.org | Home of the Evergreen ILS. - "This is information central for Evergreen, an enterprise-class Integrated Library System (ILS)." Like, for libraries with actual books.
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32 month ago
43folders : [QS going Open Source?] - "Future core development - whatever form it takes - will take place largely in open source."
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32 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Ohloh, the open source network - Ohloh, the open source network: "Ohloh is a resource for open source intelligence on thousands of open source projects...."
Rod Begbie : Ohloh, the open source network - Open-source-software social network, tracking both projects and people. [via] #
factoryjoe : Ohloh, the open source network - Ohloh is an open source directory that anyone can edit. It features comprehensive metrics and analysis on thousands of open source projects. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: open source, social network
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34 month ago
deusx : movabletype.org: Welcome to MTOS: the Movable Type Open Source Project - "The MTOS Project is a community and Six Apart driven project that will produce an open souce version of the Movable Type Publishing Platform that will form the core of all other Movable Type products."
Rod Begbie : movabletype.org: Welcome to MTOS: the Movable Type Open Source Project - MovableType to be GPLed. I'll take "Two Years Too Late" for $400, please, Alex. [via] #
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35 month ago
43folders : HandBrake 0.8.5b1 Released - Adds user presets; AppleTV and PS3 support; anamorphic; chapter markers and more.
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