Here's a cute little applet that
will visually depict where a
zipcode is while you type in
the digits...
Kid got a pretty good haul for
changing his web site name to
MikeRoweForums.com....
As for me... send all your email to
steve@mike.roesoft.com from now
on.... ;-}
Oh, M$ I'm here, come and get me..
OSNews has an interesting article on
OpenVPN that runs on Windows,
Linux, *BSD, MacOS X and more!
Cooperative Linux will let you run both
the Linux Kernel and the Windows 2000/XP
kernels in ring 0 at the same time --
without needing VMware...
He had his hand blown off 18 years
ago in a fireworks accident. 5 years
ago he got a new one from a recently
deceased (at least I hope so). It's
still coming along just fine!
Wow!
You've always wanted to have
your own NOC and now you can
have the plans to build your own
"Cheap Security NOC!"
Well Shuttle has a new model that
seems to be about 17% smaller
than their previous version...
The latest interim report was released
by the independent assessment crew
on NASA's plans to return to flying the
Shuttle.
While you're still alive you can
sell your body to science and
spend the cash while you're
still alive.
Hmmm.... I wonder if they'll
pay different rates depending
upon the lifestyle choices that
you make... ;-}
Fun! Fun! Fun!
From the page:
"With Ghostzilla, they see your normal
work screen. You see the Web page,
drawn to appear inside your work
application and to look like that
application to a bystander."
The Berkeley DB folks have a nifty
layer on top of Berkeley DB that
gives you native XML support and
supports XPath!
Supports updates to documents,
both XML and non-XML documents.
C++, Java API's and more!
You sysadmin types who need to run
the same commands on multiple
systems may be interested in this
code!
From the page:
"Cluster SSH opens xterm windows with connections
to specified hosts and an administration console. Any
text typed into the administration console is replicated
to all other connected and active windows. This tool is
intended for, but not limited to, cluster administration
where the same configuration or commands must be
run on each node within the cluster. Performing these
commands all at once via this tool ensures all nodes
are kept in sync. This tool works on Solaris and Linux,
and should work on other POSIX systems (e.g.
OpenBSD)."
Want to know how to build your
own LAM-MPI cluster?
If you're interested in finding
out a little more about Lindows 4.5
and what Kevin Carmony has
to say about it then you need
to read this article at OSNews!
It'll also tell you how to pick up
your free copy of the developer's
edition!
Dudes!
We've all got to get pair of these
new shades from Oakley!
What's your favorite color?
All of you folks running Windows XP
might be interested in the CachemanXP
tool from Outer Technologies!
Ever have the urge to play one of
the old DOS versions of Doom,
Quake, Wolfenstein 3D or Scorched
Earth?
Here's all you need to get that done
running under Linux!
It also tells you where to find all
of the DOS games that you could
possibly want to run!
You know the pictures of the bullets
punching through something and the
pictures of the bullets leaving the
objects?
You can do that yourself fairly
easily and not spend a lot of cash
doing it!
MIT's Technology Review has an article
talking about 10 new technologies that
will have an enormous impact on our
lives..
For those of you who would like
to serve your relatives something
"special" at your next holiday
festival!
Those of you who need digital
certificates and would like a
possible alternative to the
VeriSign near monopoly might
want to consider supporting
the comodogroup.
Some really talented artists
have done some incredible
chalk drawings!
Way cool!
Somebody has noticed a similarity
between the layout of the Temple
of Horus and the layout of the
components in a microprocessor
chip and asks Is the Temple of Horus at EDFU, Egypt a CPU?...
Well, it didn't take long!
There are those who think that
our friends at NASA are altering
the color of the pictures coming
from Mars...
Anyone interested in a hot tub that
is heated by wood?
Here's a toolkit from a company that
will enable you to completely remove
software from windows that cannot
be removed with the add/remove
control panel utility!
The list includes IE, Outlook Express
and 128 other services!
For those of you who have to run
manage Windows servers in a
production environment this could
go a long way to help secure your
server..
A Russian mathematician explains Moses...
It's the size of a tennis ball and
can generate the equivilent of
40 lbs of force!
Can crank at 13K rpms!
Get on here for $35
Want something more than CVS?
You might want to check out
Vesta!
From their top-ten reasons page:
+ Automatic dependency detection.
+ User-independent builds.
+ Guaranteed repeatability of builds.
+ Collaboration features.
+ File-system interface to the repository.
+ Shared cache of build results.
+ It's high-performance.
+ It's free.
+ It's extensible.
+ It's mature.
Here's a paper describing their
calculated "Total Economic Impact
of Developing and Deploying
Applications on Microsoft and
J2EE/Linux Platforms"
Done by Forrester Research...
How would you like to have a
drive from which you could
hold 1 month's worth of non-stop
MPEG-2 video?
Plug-n-play on XP and OS X due
to Firewire and USB..
Pump digital video onto it
without having a computer
attached..
7200 RPM 10ms
Firewire 100MB/s
USB2 34MB/s
From LaCie!
Oh, and it's only $1200!
What would you do with your
own fully automated domestic
assistant? Like maybe the
NS-5..
In case you've got any doubts as
to why SCO is desparately trying
to get a piece of the pie!
And if you're not following the SCO
saga that close then you might be
interested that groklaw is!
Any of you ever wanted to ride
the vomit comet and experience
zero-G?
Well there's a private company
getting ready to provide you
with that opportunity!
Anyone out there interest in how
the new Mac G5 stands up against
an Opteron when configured the
same?
How bizarre, how bizarre!
Who would have thought that James
Carville could write a children's
book?
Who knows what it'll do to the
children! ;-}
For all you Quake AND M$ fans
there's a .NET version of Quake
II available for your gaming
pleasure!
The Japanese have invented a
brain washing machine....
I thought shoulder pads were
out but what do I know...
Someone has integrated solar
panels into a jacket so that
you can recharge your devices
while you're out in the sun...
Might be a little warm to wear
in the sun? ;-}
Now that they've got SCO spewing
FUD into the Linux arena they're
announcing their latest version of
Windows Services for Unix 3.5 that
will make it so, so easy to port 80%
of your Linux/UNIX code right into
Windows....
You won't attract any attention
to yourself by walking or driving
down the street in a pair of
these... ;-}
In order to get a leg up on the
next round of resume writing
I'm supplying links to the
Guide to Grammar and Writing
and the "100 Most Often Misspelled
Words In English" page!
IBM has an article entitled:
"Leveraging your Oracle 9i
skills to learn DB2 UDB for
Linux, UNIX and Windows V8"
Windows V8?
Still an interesting read though...
Seiko Epson Corp has developed
a flying machine that is 3" tall
and weighs 1/3 of an ounce!
Wings vibrate at 300K per second...
of course the length of the
extension cord limits the range.
You TiVo folks might be interested
in this article talking about new
services through its Home Media
Option -- including the ability to
transfer and burn recordd programs
using a PC..
Of course you do-it-yourselfers
might be interested in the
Build Yer Own PVR! site!
Yep, (ab)using bar codes in the
name of 'art' ;-}
From the page...:
"Bar Code Portraits
Cultural icons from Jesus to Oprah rendered
using bar codes to depict the final image."
... and much, much more!
Intel has a chip specifically designed
to power cheaper, better flat-panel
TV displays!
Should provide crisper images for
half the price of DLP technology!
... and they're talking in the MILLIONS
of units!
For those of you who are afraid (or
just simple want to avoid) of what
might be coming then you might
be interested in acquiring this house!
Seems like a good price... ;-}
If any of you are interested in storm chasing
with pix and stuff you should check out
Stormgasm.com!
Linus has released the final 2.6.1
Linux kernel!
Lots of changes since 2.6.0.
It's been 18 years since Windows 1.03
was released! Holy Crap!
Anyone remember playing with it?
Go here to jog your memories!
For those of you intrigued by the Bud Light
commercials on "Real American Heros" and
"Real Men of Genius" you can always go
here where someone has made them all
available for listening...
Somebody decided to test the efficacy
of the US Postal Service...
Quite thorough I might add...
Someone has done a benchmark to
compare the performance of 9 different
programming languages!
So if you want to see what they say
about:
Java 1.3.1
Java 1.4.2
gcc 3.3.1
Python 2.3.2
Psyco 1.1.1
Visual Basic
Visual C#
Visual C++
Visual J#
then have a peek!
Ah yes, for those of you who believe
that the Earth is hollow you now have
the opportunity to join an expedition
that aims to prove it!
Please send me an email/postcard!
Thanks! ;-}
Somebody has come up with a
patch set that will turn Linux into
a real-time operating system.
Hmmm... A network server that lets
you plug in your USB device and
make it available over the network.
Samsung has a new 80" Plasma
TV with 1920x1080 pixels and
contrast ratio of 2000:1.
Toshiba has a new sub 1" sized
hard drive for us to play with...
I found a great little article
on heresy that discusses the
(possible) impact of unfiltered
nature of the Internet and
What You Can't Say!
What is Mac OSX? is a nice little
writeup that describes briefly the
little techie level details about
what is going on under the hood!
Well worth reading if you haven't
explored OS X yet.
I know you've all been looking into
the media streaming stuff so you
can store your stuff (video, audio,
photos, etc) on your monster server
in the basement of the science building
and still look at it from anywhere!
You should check out VLC!
From the home page:
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly
portable multimedia player for various
audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs,
VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It
can also be used as a server to stream in
unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a
high-bandwidth network.
Everybody should have one of these
in their toy box!
I know you've all wanted to start
your own phone sex service but
didn't know how to easily find out
if 1-800-HOT-GRLS or 1-800-HOT-BOYZ
was available!
Well ask no more.... AT&T has just
the search engine for you!
If you find any good ones available
let me know and I'll update this
entry! ;-}
In an effort to keep their
mini-disc format alive in
the face of the MP3 player
competition Sony has extended the recording capacity
from 80 minutes to 2400 minutes...
hmmmm... anyone think it matters?
Some of you might be interested
in what M$ is doing in their research
to control spam...
Fair warning, you're just going t
to end up shaking yer heads...
Here's the place for you solar power
fans!
Everything you could want or need
to get off the grid (or pump your
own juice into it and get paid!)
For you MySql fans the next
version has been released.
[I know it was released on 12/24
but I've been on hiatus -- steve]
You Roller Coaster fans might want
to add this to your visit list this year.
In case you "Tom's Hardware" fans
haven't heard there is a new "Tom's
Networking" site to visit.
In case you MVC fans want to
compare Struts with other
models out there...
[I forgot to add one of the links
that I had for this -- steve]
KartOO is an interesting metasearch
engine that uses Flash to draw
interactive maps tying terms together.
An answer to the problem of
long term water storage!
I've mentioned specific pictures on
the "Astronomy Picture of the Day"
Today has the first color picture from Mars.
I'm sure you'll find LOTS of them over the
next few days!