SeisMac: turns MacBook into a seismograph
Feb 28th 2007cyberchucktxGraphics & Macintosh & Technical
Archive for February, 2007
Beryl: an OpenGL accelerated desktop
Feb 28th 2007cyberchucktxGraphics & LINUX & Open Source & Technical
Beryl: is an OpenGL accelerated desktop that seeks to provide a free, open source desktop experience to the community that reflects the wishes of the users. It has a lot of really GREAT graphical effects such as the Desktop cube (screenshot image). Since it is OpenGL-based, it can run on relatively slow (CPU) hardware IF it has access to OpenGL-accelerated graphics cards. Continue Reading »
Linuxha: LINUX High Availability
Feb 28th 2007cyberchucktxLINUX & Open Source & Sysadmin & Technical
Linuxha: LINUX High Availability (linuxha) helps users/busineses improve the availability of key applications using only commodity PC hardware. Continue Reading »
Scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera
Feb 27th 2007cyberchucktxCollaboration & Graphics & Marketplace & Mobile Communications & Technical & Wearables
SCANR: scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera. Continue Reading »
CUPS-PDF: open source PDF output filter
Feb 27th 2007cyberchucktxOpen Source & Sysadmin & Technical
CUPS-PDF: produce PDF files in a heterogeneous network by providing a PDF printer on the central fileserver. Continue Reading »
Songbird Media Player
Feb 27th 2007cyberchucktxAudio & Open Source & Technical & Web22
Songbirdnest.com Songbird Media Player: cross-platform desktop Web player + jukebox + web browser. Built on top of Mozilla.
EduTools: decisionmaking tools for the EDU community
Feb 26th 2007cyberchucktxEducation & Education2 & Media & Technical
EduTools: WCET’s EduTools provides independent reviews, side-by-side comparisons, and consulting services to assist decision-making in the e-learning community. Continue Reading »
Mono Brings Visual Basic Programs to Linux
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxProgramming & dot-NET
Mono Brings Visual Basic Programs to Linux: the Mono Project on Feb. 20 announced that it has developed a Visual Basic compiler that will enable software developers who use Microsoft Visual Basic to run their applications on any platform that supports Mono, such as Linux, without any code modifications. Continue Reading »
Shoreline Firewall: iptables made easy
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxNetworking & Open Source & Sysadmin & Technical
Shoreline Firewall: “iptables made easy”. GPL’d utility to aid in Netfilter (firewall) configuration.
The Daily WTF: curious perversions in Information Technology
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxHumor & Technical2
The Daily WTF: curious perversions in Information Technology.
Tech humor with a dose of reality thrown in 
HUMOR: If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers…
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxHumor & Technical2
If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers…: great article on this topic. Funny at first, but then … really hits the spot! Continue Reading »
Semantic Studios: Information Architecture company
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxInformation Architecture & Technical
Semantic Studios: Information Architecture company. Excellent source for IA references (articles and books). Continue Reading »
Campus Technology: Education Technology for Higher Education
Feb 22nd 2007cyberchucktxEducation & Media
Campus Technology: Education Technology for Higher Education: online e-zine for the topic of Technology in Education. Appears to be quite up-to-date (IMHO).
Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog
Feb 21st 2007cyberchucktxIdentity Management & Technical
Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog: excellent and authoritative source about digital identity (particularly OpenID and Infocard). Of particular (historical) interest is his article/presentation on “The Laws Of Identity”, an outstanding summary of topics and issues associated with global digital identity management.
Tom Erickson’s Home Page / blog on Social Computing
Feb 21st 2007cyberchucktxCollaboration & Media & Progressive2 & Technical
Tom Erickson’s Home Page: blog for Tom Erickson, a researcher at the Social COmputing Group at IBM’s Watson Labs in New York. Very interesting topics & articles, mostly focused on ” designing systems that enable groups of people to interact coherently and productively over networks”.
How Much Information was created in 2003?
Feb 21st 2007cyberchucktxEducation & Media & Online
How Much Information? (2003): executive summary of how much information is created each year. Answer for 2003: 5 exabytes.
This study was produced by faculty and students at the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Create and use System Restore in Windows Vista
Feb 21st 2007cyberchucktxSysadmin & Technical & Windoze
Create and use System Restore in Windows Vista: article in the excellent collection of resources at Techrepublic.com.
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Gollum & Smeagol sing Barry White
Feb 20th 2007cyberchucktxBizarre & Humor & Technical2
Gollum & Smeagol sing Barry White (green version): doctored digital video of G&S on top of a Barry White song. Hilarious!