Wisdom from the net as collected by Charlie (aka Cyberchuck)
Apr 30th 2006cyberchucktxHumor & Technical2
Demotivators strike again: those great posters that slaughter the “inspirational” posters of yesteryear.
My favorite in this collection:“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.”
Apr 28th 2006cyberchucktxNetworking & Open Source & Technical & VOIP/SIP
Asterisk Flash Operator Panel: Flash Operator Panel is a switchboard type application for the Asterisk PBX. Continue Reading »
Apr 28th 2006cyberchucktxLINUX & Networking & Open Source & Technical & VOIP/SIP
astGUIclient: A GUI client application for the Asterisk open-source PBX. Continue Reading »
Apr 28th 2006cyberchucktxNetworking & Open Source & Social Software & Technical
Apr 28th 2006cyberchucktxGraphics & LINUX & Open Source & Technical
Xara Xtreme (Open Source / LINUX version). ”Xara Xtreme is the world’s fastest and, we believe, most versatile graphics software. It is primarily a vector graphics program, but is one of the new generation of cross-over products that handles photos and drawings with equal ease. Xara Xtreme is also renowned for its slick, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn approach.” Continue Reading »
Apr 27th 2006cyberchucktxMacintosh & Technical & VOIP/SIP
Have Your Macintosh Call You: article at AppleFritter. Use SKYPE + Applescript to use the Mac to call your cell phone. Continue Reading »
Apr 27th 2006cyberchucktxMarketplace & Technical
Testing Out Proposal Automation Suites: (eWeek) – “eWEEK Labs takes a look at products designed to help users develop proposals, presentations and responses to RFPs (requests for proposal) using data that will be most relevant to a particular customer’s needs. ” Continue Reading »
Apr 27th 2006cyberchucktxLINUX & Sysadmin & Technical
Apr 27th 2006cyberchucktx3D & Graphics
SketchUp: drag n’ drop 3D modelling program. Bought by Google recently, there is a free version available for Pee Cees (soon for Macintosh). Continue Reading »
Apr 27th 2006cyberchucktxNetworking & Open Source & Security & Technical
Apr 26th 2006cyberchucktxTechnical & Virtualization
rBuilder Online: build a software “Appliance” in three steps. This includes building a VMWARE-based “appliance” as per the VMTN network. Continue Reading »
Apr 26th 2006cyberchucktxMarketplace & Technical & Virtualization
VMTN: Virtual Appliances with VMWARE. Fascinating concept – pre-packed bootable images for use under VMWARE products (including the free VMWARE Player and VMWARE Server).
There are some interesting “Appliances” out there so far, particularly “Community Appliances” (featuring Open Source images) and “Partner” appliances from IBM, Oracle, and Novell (SUSE). Load and go! Continue Reading »
Apr 26th 2006cyberchucktxMedia & Misc & Personal Tech & SciFi & Technical
Living in the ‘Star Trek’ Universe: NPR story on a “24th century Interior Decorator” [ flink to 24th Century Designs]. Tony Alleyne loved the Star Trek universe so much, he wanted to live in it. So after a bitter breakup, he remodeled his condominium to look like the inside of the Starship Enterprise. Continue Reading »
Apr 25th 2006cyberchucktxJAVA & Open Source & Programming & Technical & Web22 & XML
SWAMP Workflow Administration and Management Platform: GPL’d workflow management system. Includes a web UI and is XML-based. Continue Reading »
Apr 21st 2006cyberchucktxTechnical & Virtualization
Microsoft and the looming storm over virtualization: recent CNET article. “The gathering consensus among the tech cognoscenti is that virtualization, a technology born on mainframes, is inevitably going to sweep the IT world. But they also assume that Microsoft will be content to watch this trend unfold with arms akimbo.” Continue Reading »
Apr 21st 2006cyberchucktxMacintosh & Security & Technical
Apr 21st 2006cyberchucktxMacintosh & Technical & Web22
Sandvox: A powerful, playful new website creation tool, for Mac OS X (version 10.4.3 “Tiger” required). From Karelia Software – the developer of Watson®.
Still in beta testing, but has had a lot of thought included in the design. See this “Mac OS X Website Builder Face-Off” article at O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter for a comparison to iWeb and RapidWeaver. Continue Reading »
Apr 20th 2006cyberchucktxMacintosh & Technical
iCalShare – Share Your iCalendars!: large site devoted to the iCal application on MacOSX. Continue Reading »
Apr 20th 2006cyberchucktxMacintosh & Technical
Mac on Intel portal/website: “Your information resource for Apple’s transition to Intel”. Continue Reading »
Apr 20th 2006cyberchucktxLINUX & Open Source & Technical & Wearables
Home of L4: Secure Microkernel Project (seL4) from National ICT of Australia. The L4 microkernel provides a minimal and efficient basis for constructing operating system software for a broad range of systems from single-purpose embedded devices to multi-processor servers.
Recently Qualcomm announced they were going to use L4 in their embedded mobile devices. Continue Reading »