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How to Test Batteries with a Voltmeter: A Quick DIY Guide

Learn how to quickly test household batteries with a voltmeter to save money and reduce waste. Simple step-by-step guide with voltage reference chart and troubleshooting tips.

Slack Zero 2024

An update to my 2021 post on getting the most out of your Slack application in the least amount of time.

Simplify Your Twitter Search: Tips and Tricks

Simplify Your Twitter Search: Tips and Tricks

SlackZero

A productivity lightning talk on getting the most out of Slack.

Picking the Right Web Server for the Right Job

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…

PHP on AWS Elastic Beanstalk | Cameron Stokes’s Blog

A great article and simple way to take advantage os Amazon’s Elastic Beanstalk service even if you don’t work in Java. I’m working on integrating this…

Install Python Fabric Library on Mac 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

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…

HOW TO: Run Your Business Online with $10 and a Google Account

Online infrastructure for your small business doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. By leveraging many of the free and inexpensive products offered…

hitreCords Summer in the City show - NYC

Too bad wordpress won’t let you post embedded videos... that’s so 2007…

Get Vista and Samba to work - Code Monkey Business AU

I used these instructions to get my Windows 7 clients to connect to my Mac 10.4 server.

iPhone Wifi not working? Reset your network settings | A Mountain Top, LLC

iPhone Wifi not working? Reset your network settings | A Mountain Top, LLC.

Google Moderator

Let your audience decide

Get to know your audience by letting them decide which questions, suggestions or ideas interest them most.

Everyone's voice is heard

The voting box at the top of page focuses attention on submissions recently added and on the rise, making it simple and easy to participate.

Be creative

Include people in your preparation for lectures, interviews and hard decisions or work together to organize feature requests and brainstorm new ideas.

Google PowerMeter

Studies show that being able to see your electricity usage in near real time, throughout the day, makes it easier to reduce it and save money. This sort…

maatkit - Google Code

Maatkit (formerly MySQL Toolkit) contains essential command-line tools for MySQL, such as table checksums, a query profiler, and a visual EXPLAIN tool. It…

How Digg works - New Digg Technology Blog

| 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.

read more | digg story

Installing Apache Tomcat 6 on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

In this document, the environment variable $CATALINAHOME refers to the directory where you installed the Tomcat binaries and $JAVAHOME refers to the…

Building Snort 2.8.0 on MAC OSX 10.5 (Leopard)

For those who use Snort on a MAC, this might be helpful...

What You Need To Know About Amazon SimpleDB

Announced today, Amazon SimpleDB is an amazingly simple, highly available, fast, massively scalable, on-demand, schema-free database cluster built in the…

html2wiki - Convert HTML text to wiki markup

Use this browser based converter to format any html page (including tables) for:…

Drop.io: Simple Private Exchange

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.

Internet Superstar #13 - Revision3.com

Add Twitter to your blog (step-by-step) - remysharp.com

| 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

| 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]

Nicecast: Broadcast any audio anywhere - Rogue Amoeba

| 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!

5 Ways to Test If Your ISP Throttles P2P « NewTeeVee

Though Comcast was the first to make headlines with its anti-P2P policy, a bunch of other ISPs in the U.S. and elsewhere are throttling BitTorrent traffic…

Creating a HOSTS Editor in Windows XP - mvps.org

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).

Songbirdnest.com | Songbird Media Player

Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices…

The Yahoo User Interface Library YUI

| 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.

Systems Administration Help, Tutorials, and Articles - devshed.com

Administration Tutorials, Administration Articles

Working with PHP 5 in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Professional PHP

| 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

The solution I used was to completely move the following folders to a backup location…

Apache, mod_jk not serving tomcat

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…

One Background Image, Many Applications

| 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

| 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

How To - Click Start, Click Run and enter the command Click OK…

Making OpenID your -only- online profile

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…

10 Linux commands you've never used

| 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

| 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.

Ultimate Web Development Cheat Sheets

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

| 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

| 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.

ShouldDoThis.com launches

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…

Screencasts of uncommon browser features [dive into mark]

| Let’s not and say we did [dive into mark] | # Introduction to tabbed browsing | # Opening links in a new tab | # Bookmarking a group of tabs | # Using a group of tabs as the home page | # Rearranging tabs | # Introduction to live bookmarks | # Introduction to spell checking | # Introduction to search engines | # Adding a search engine | # Removing a search engine | # Installing an add-on | # Changing add-on options | # Enabling and disabling add-ons | # Uninstalling add-ons | # Installing a new theme | # Switching between installed themes | # Uninstalling a theme | # Adding a Print button to the toolbar | # Rearranging buttons on the toolbar | # Removing buttons from the toolbar | # Changing the size of toolbar buttons

Happy SysAdmin Day!

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…

JBoss 4.2.0.GA clustering on Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04

Quick and easy tutorial on how to cluster a JBoss application server on Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04.

Mr. Magorium's Trailer

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iPhone guided tour from Apple

Watch a 20 min video guided tour of the iPhone from Apple…

Rolling Your Own Online Office

I’ve done a lot of telecommuting in my life. My first real writing gig came when I was 16 as a freelancer for a computer magazine whose offices were 3,000…

Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm Your Enterprise Computer

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 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…

MacDevCenter.com -- A mini Mac Solution

Apple promotes Mac OS X Server as its solution for data centers.

Intel Mac Mini Beats the XServe G5

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…

20 Things you do not know about Windows XP

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type ‘gpedit.msc’; then…

SunriseBrowser

| SunriseBrowser | Light & fast. The open-source browser for web developer.

How to regularly backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync

This blog covers one of the more exotic solutions - backup Windows XP to Ubuntu, using rsync…

How Long Does It Take To Catch A Computer Virus?

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…

Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders

| Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders | The Hipster PDA Parietal Disgorgement Aid is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. It scales brilliantly, degrades gracefully, supports optional categories and “beaming,” and is configurable to an unlimited number of options. Best of all, the Hipster PDA fits into your hip pocket and costs practically nothing to purchase and maintain. Let’s make one together.

MacNN | Google releases MacFUSE

| 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 - 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.

The Five Best and Worst Things About Vista

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…

How old can you go? Oldversion.com "because newer isn't always better!"

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…

Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash :: the How-To Geek

Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command

Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position.

       If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.

Ctrl + H Same as backspace

Leopard to include native GTK support in Quartz

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…

Default Password List

Here is a handy list of default passwords to use for a reference.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 upgrade boosts Photoshop 35% on Mactel

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…

CSS-Based Forms, Modern Solutions

Good examples of beautiful functional Web 2.0 forms. I know I’ll be including some variation of these in my next website.

Cheat Sheet Round-Up: Ajax, CSS, LaTeX, Ruby...

170 Cheat Sheets about Ajax, Apache, Blogging,CSS, CVS, Firefox, Google, HTML/XHTML,JavaScript,Linux, MySQL, LaTeX, Oracle, Perl,PHP, Python, Photoshop…

Apple.com - Mac OS X Tips Archive

Tips and tricks from Apple.com’s Pro site. See-through stickies, smart mailboxes, speed tips, etc.

iTunes 7 released, loads of new features!

Download cover art, TV shows, and now Movies. Look for the TV interface iTV to be announced soon!…

Digg Labs

digg labs

| 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 - man page

serveradmin -- command-line interface to Mac OS X Server administrative daemon…

Access control lists

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…

How to Prevent the Winmail.dat File from Being Sent to Internet Users

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 CMS

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…

OS X: Full-Screen Quicktime for free - no QT Pro upgrade needed.

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…

Installing Apache 2.0 and PHP 5 (and MySQL) on Windows XP

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…

HowTo: Subscribe to a Google Calendar using iCal

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…

Introducing the Dell De-Crapifier

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…

A Windows users journey to Mac

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…

Apple Boot Camp Public Beta Announced, Part of 10.5 Leopard

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…

Cryptic Apple Serial Numbers: SOLVED

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…

Ipod Diagnostic Mode

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…

Enable XP Pro features on xp home

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.

Removing unused device drivers from Windows XP machines

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…

How-To Install Apple’s Front Row

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 Stable is OUT!!!

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…

Reinstalling Windows XP Without Drive Format

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.

Software - Bwana

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…

Take Back the OS X Services Menu

One advertised feature of Mac OS X was the services menu, that allows other applications to perform tasks globally. Unfortunately, nobody I know of…

Top 10 Things You Don't Want to Forget before You Begin the Build!

The following article is featured in the ExtremeTech book "Build The Ultimate Custom PC." This article details simple, yet sometimes forgetable, steps a…

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…

Twelve Free CSS Navigation Menu Designs

Twelve free CSS navigation menus, ready to use for commercial or private use.

Scripts to create users and groups from the Terminal

macosxhints - Scripts to create users and groups from the Terminal

Apple Posts Transition Videos - Hints at Intel Release?

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…

Apple release the Broadband Tuner - Speed up your broadband!

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…

HOW TO: Install Linux on an iPod Nano

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…

Fix your mom's computer with UltraVNC

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…

23 Ways to Speed Up Windows XP

| Tech Yogurt » 23 Ways to Speed Up Windows XP | Techyogurt gives us 23 solid tips on improving performance in Windows XP.

Default Passwords for almost any hardware vendor

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…

How to Nail a Sexy Layout

Step-by-step guide on how to code a sexy, CSS and XHTML compliant, and tableless layout.

Spyware & Adware Removal Tips

| 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.

Linux Newbie Administrator Guide

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…

OSx86 Project Guides hidden from Apple

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…

Microsoft Word How-Tos

| 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.

Turn your old PC into a File Server

| 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

| 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.

50 things you can do with a mac mini

| 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

HOW-TO: Add an auxilary jack to your car - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Nifty Little CSS Guide

Making the Jump to tableless design

Setting Up Linux Server

| 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.

Microsoft Office: 100 tips and tricks

Office: 100 tips and tricks - Part 1 - Computeract!ve

Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4

Another feature is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited…

Google's New Personalized Homepage

| From slashdot.org | jgaynor writes "Citing user requests to coalesce it's disparate services, Google today released its new personalized homepage service. It allows you to arrange your Gmail, Google News, Google Maps driving directions, weather and a few select news services (including Slashdot) on a single page. Future plans include Universal RSS support. Clearly a shot at existing services like My Yahoo."

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…

Apple's Music Store now selling videos.

From u-phonic.com

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

Darwine: Run PC Executables in OS X

| Although its still in its alpha stage and very buggy, this could be a promising app for any Mac user. | darwine.opendarwin.org

Update you Linsys Routers Firmware with OS X

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

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…

Photoshop Tips to optimize performance

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.

Processor Speeds and Memory explained

Confused by some of them fancy processor names and memory specs when shopping for a new computer? Me too, so here is a comprehensive and quick guide from…

Advanced Typography with Mac OSX - All you need to know about fonts

| 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.

Basics Mac OSX Tutorials

In the Pro section of Apples website there are plenty of interesting and useful articles for the designer, musician and artist.

Many Systems on a PowerBook

This page contains brief descriptions of almost all systems resident on my PowerBook. Note that these are not installation instructions: for each system…

A new way to search with Safari

Grokker is designed to offer search capabilities beyond a Web browser-search engine combination, which were designed mainly to display a page of…

Setting Up a OS X System From Scratch

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…