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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Gaming Fuel: 4-way Shootout
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1827248
[0]Neil Yates writes "It is 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning. You have
been up all night, fragging away in a Quake3 clan match. Your early
morning schedule wore you out and you never had time to take a nap. The
server is resetting between games, and you are starting to get a little
sleepy-eyed. Milk is not going to do one bit of good and regular Coke
or Pepsi are too run of the mill. The last thing that will keep you
awake and at the top of your game is some pansy sports drink. Which of
these [1]four energy drinks do you reach for? Pepsi Blue, Vanilla Coke,
Dr. Pepper's Red Fusion, or Sobe's Mr. Green?" What's wrong with plain
old Mt Dew? It did represent 80% of my intake by volume from age 15 to
22.
Links
0. http://www.envynews.com/
1. http://www.envynews.com/feature.php?ID=172
Is Red Hat the Microsoft of Linux?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/0145209
RadioheadKid writes "This article featured on eWeek asks the question
'[0]Red Hat: Next Redmond?' It quotes an IBM VP who says, 'There is a
backlash against Red Hat from many consumers and government agencies,
who fear it is increasingly becoming the Microsoft of the Linux world
with respect to its dominance and attitude,' while Red Hat states: 'Our
commitment to open source remains absolute, no matter what our
competitors are saying.' Is this just some pro-[1]UnitedLinux spin, or
a valid concern? What do you think?" Such characterizations are nothing
new, but a [2]response on NewsForge from Red Hat's Jeremy Hogan
supplies a counterpoint to make the eWeek article worth reading. (Has
anyone really seen a Red Hat backlash?)
Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=30372,00.asp
1. http://www.unitedlinux.com/
2. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/08/26/2219208.shtml?tid=23
Pig-to-Human Transplants On Their Way
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/2336203
cscx writes: "From the folks who brought you Dolly the cloned sheep,
come [0]genetically modified cloned pigs which they claim may
eventually be able to donate their organs to humans for transplant
usage. Who knows, we may make that mark on your driver's license
obsolete after all."
Links
0. http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4960482%5E13762,00.html
Competing (Commercial) Visions For The Internet Future
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/226235
[0]Stirland writes: "This [1]article in today's NYTimes says that AOL's
new plan focussed on creating content for broadband could have cable
companies over a barrel. It tries to compare programming on cable to
'programming' on the Internet. It's an important article to read
because it gives us an idea of what cable companies' potential plans
are for the broadband Internet. Given that they're not regulated like
DSL, and they're the fastest growing providers of broadband Internet
access, this has profound implications for the next generation of the
Internet. This article omits the fact that Excite@Home tried this
'programming' approach on broadband. It failed. Another reason this
article is important: Contrast AOL's approach described here with
Amazon.com and Microsoft's .Net strategy. These are two polar opposite
visions of the way the Internet will develop. The media vision vs.
computing vision. The interesting story here is that it isn't that one
is 'open' and the other 'closed.' They're just open and closed in
different places -- places, obviously, that suit the companies'
strategies. Why should you care, and what's in it for you? These
competing visions are currently duking it out at the FCC under
open-access proceedings. So the future of the Internet is hanging in
the balance."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/technology/26NECO.html
Wireless Net on the Zaurus
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1322213
An anonymous reader writes "Straight from infosync.no: "Sharp has
announced the release of a [0]wireless Internet package for Sharp
Zaurus SL-5500 and SL-5000d. Using the Verizon Wireless CDPD network in
US, the package includes a Compact Flash CDPD modem from Enfora, the
necessary software, and a Verizon Wireless account"."
Links
0. http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/2218.html
HOWTO Go About Marketing to Developers?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/1642200
[0]byrnereese asks: "My company has finally realized that one of the
keys to our success will be to create a strong developer program (IBM's
[1]Developer Works, and Palm's [2]PalmSource come to mind as examples).
It just so happens that I have been appointed to lead this program. Now
I have a lot of my own ideas, but I wanted to ask a large developer
community directly the one question I know I am going to have to
articulate a coherent answer to at some point: 'What is the most
effective way to market a toolset, or development platform, to a
developer in order to encourage them to build products using your
product, without turning them off at the same time?'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/
2. http://palm.com/developers/
Adios, Caldera; Hello, SCO Group
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1817228
An anonymous reader writes: "Caldera International, the company that
sprang from Novell and went on to distribute a Linux distribution
popular among users before the company's decision to withdraw from the
retail desktop market, is no more. Instead, what was once Caldera is
now 'the SCO Group.' The change, announced at the company's 'GeoFORUM'
conference in Las Vegas Monday, recognizes Caldera's acquisition of SCO
Unix, and follows what former employees claimed was a switch in
emphasis from Caldera OpenLinux to SCO Unix. At the same time, the
company announced a new business plan, called 'SCOx,' and new versions
of its Unix and Linux distributions. Details, which combine a multitude
of press releases, are on [0]Linux and Main."
Links
0. http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=197
Gamers Drive High-End PC Market
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1817209
[0]TibbonZero writes "CNN reports that [1]"Gamers drive souped-up PC
market". They talk about the cost of high end computers, as well as
their place in the PC Market. For some reason I thought it was playing
[2]solitaire that drove us to buy a [3]Geforce 4 ti 4600..."
Links
0. http://Tibbon&triad,rr,com
1. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/08/26/hot.rod.computing.ap/index.html
2. http://www.solitairecentral.com/
3. http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce4ti
Tim Willits Interview: Lead Doom3 Designer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1715234
[0]Joe writes: "PlanetQuake3.net has a [1]interview with id Software's
Tim Willits who is the lead designer and project manager of Doom 3. Tim
talks about the new generation of level editing in Doom3, his favorite
maps of all time, how designers and coders work together, and many
other subjects. One of the most interesting parts of the interview was
this question: 'PlanetQuake3: Will it be possible to adjust the speed
of the game for between single player and multiplayer play?' 'Tim
Willits: Yes, most of the game logic is outside the main executable,
this gives us great flexibility in changing basic game parameters
between single and multiplayer.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.planetquake3.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Features&file=timwillitsinterview
Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1655256
Rio writes: "A Local6.com article tells us about a database that
contains a list of people who [0]police believe are likely to break the
law. It features names, addresses and photographs of potential suspects
--many of whom have clean slates. Since the system was introduced in
Wilmington in June, most of the 200 people included in the file have
been minorities from poor, high-crime neighborhoods."
Links
0.
http://www.local6.com/sh/technology/stories/national-technology-163299720020826-110826.html
Freshmeat
ALSA driver 0.9.0rc3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95084/
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The
first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module
autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access
to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI,
and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a
fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for
OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and
enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications
(client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.),
an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple
utilities for basic management.
Ampoliros 2.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95063/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web
applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface.
It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment
system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast
deployment of Web solutions.
archmbox 3.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95055/
Archmbox is a simple email archiver written in Perl which can extract
email messages from one or more mbox-formatted mailboxes.
Coldtags suite 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95061/
The Coldtags suite is a collection of custom JSP tags that provides 90+
custom JSP tags for common programming tasks faced by JSP developers.
It also includes custom tags similar to the Web controls in the .NET
framework.
Crimson Fields 0.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95052/
Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle.
Two players command a number of units on a map of hexagons, trying to
accomplish mission objectives ranging from defending important
locations to simply destroying all enemy forces.
CRM commercial tracking tool 1.6 25082002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95086/
The CRM commercial tracking tool is to be used in a commercial
environment for logging and tracking customer requirements, complaints,
etc. When a so-called 'entity' is logged, every edit to the entity is
logged. Using the management information, you can find statistic
information like average duration, stalling calls, etc. It is fully
configurable and it comes with an easy install script.
Divine Intervention 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95045/
Divine Intervention consists of two programs. The first is a very
accurate BPM measurement tool. The second is a player which can change
the tempo of music. The player allows nudging, forward and backward
movement by measures, and other nice things.
Flat Xml to Structured Xml converter 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95088/
Flat Xml to Structured Xml converter (fx2sx) consists of a shell script
and a xslt stylesheet for converting a flat XML file into a structured
version. It is designed for post-processing the flat XML output
produced by some CSV to XML converters.
gnome-mlview 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95064/
MlView is a tree-oriented XML editor for GNOME. It is written in C and
is heavily based on GTK, libgnomeui, and libxml2. Its aim is to ease
XML editing, with or without validation.
GTK+-DirectFB 2.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95094/
GTK+-DirectFB is a backend for GDK, the drawing kit used by GTK+. Since
DirectFB provides drawing functions, a windowing stack, and manages
input devices, this is a lightweight GDK port. GTK+-DirectFB is based
on GTK+-2.0 and implements the drawing functionality encapsulated in
GDK. It allows you to run standard GTK+-2.0 applications on the Linux
framebuffer. Due to the use of DirectFB, graphic operations are
hardware accelerated if a suitable DirectFB gfx driver is available.
Since DirectFB is a very thin library, the memory footprint of
GTK+-DirectFB is relatively small.
harvest 1.7.36
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95046/
Harvest is a system to collect information and make it searchable using
a Web interface. It can collect information using HTTP, FTP, NNTP, and
local files. Supported formats include HTML, DVI, PS, fulltext, mail,
man pages, news, troff, WordPerfect, C sources, and many more. Adding
support for new formats is easy due to Harvest's modular design.
iftop 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95079/
iftop provides real-time bandwidth usage information on a specified
interface, listed by host pairs.
JavaGroups 2.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95041/
JavaGroups is a Java package for reliable group communication. It
consists of 3 parts: The first part is a socket-like API for
application development, providing methods for joining and leaving a
group, sending multicast messages to members, and receiving
notifications when members join/leave/crash. The second part is a
protocol stack which implements reliable communication, and can be
configured according to the QoS desired. New protocols can easily be
added, and existing ones removed/replaced/modified. The third part is a
set of building blocks which give the application/protocol programmer
high-level abstractions (e.g. DistributedHashtable, derived from
java.util.Hashtable, which is similar to Linda/JavaSpaces).
kanjidrill 5.12.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95057/
kdrill helps people learn Japanese 'Kanji' characters. It originally
started as a simple multiple choice Kanji quiz program, to help people
learn Japanese characters, but it now has a few different guess
formats, history options, and also has a dictionary function. Words can
be looked up in a variety of methods, including Romaji, SKIP,
four-corner, cut-n-paste, and English search.
Libxml 2.4.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95069/
Libxml is the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. The
library code is portable (to Linux, Unix, Windows, embedded systems,
etc.) and modular; most of the extensions can be compiled out. Libxml
implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages,
including the XML standard, Namespaces in XML, XML Base, RFC 2396,
XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML Catalogs, and XML Catalogs. In
most cases, libxml tries to implement the specifications in a
relatively strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the
following specifications, but doesn't claim to implement them: DOM, FTP
client, HTTP client, SAX, and DocBook SGML. Support for W3C XML Schemas
is in progress.
Lyric Display System 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95051/
The Lyric Display System is used to edit/display song lyrics on a
second screen/projector for use at singing events such as church
services.
monit 2.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95093/
monit is a utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar
programs running on a Unix system. It will start specified programs if
they are not running and restart programs not responding. It supports a
daemon mode (poll programs at a specified interval, and start, stop,
and restart programs), logging (syslog or your own logfile),
configuration (with a comprehensive controlfile) runtime and TCP/IP
port checking, process status, and timeout. Alert notification is
flexible and customizable. It provides an HTTP interface.
MySource 2.3.9 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95049/
MySource is a powerful, open source Website and intranet content
publishing and management system. It is designed to enable technically
unskilled users to build and maintain their own Web solutions securely,
professionally, and inexpensively. It is written in PHP, and requires
both MySQL and Apache.
neon 0.23.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95085/
neon is an HTTP and WebDAV client library for Unix systems, with a C
language API. It provides high-level interfaces to HTTP/1.1 and WebDAV
methods, and a low-level interface to HTTP request/response handling,
allowing new methods to be easily implemented.
Normalize 0.7.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95062/
Normalize is a tool for adjusting the volume of audio files to a
standard volume level. This is useful for things like creating mix CDs
and MP3 databases, where different recording levels on different albums
can cause the volume to vary greatly from song to song.
nut 7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95050/
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals
for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient
Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, which contains 6,220
foods. This database contains values for vitamins, minerals, fats,
calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and includes special
information on the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6.
Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the
familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can
be fully customized.
Ozibug 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95053/
Ozibug is a platform-independent, Web-based bug tracking system. It is
written entirely in Java, and utilizes servlet technology. This allows
Ozibug to be installed and run on any platform for which a Java Virtual
Machine (JVM) and servlet container are available. It provides features
such as reports, file attachments, email notifications, audit trails,
an administration interface, and system statistics. For those who
require more flexibility, it also offers fine-grained access control,
multiple module support, a customizable appearance, customizable
reference data and full internationalization.
psycopg 1.0.11 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95048/
psycopg is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming
language. Its main advantages are that it supports the full Python
DBAPI 2.0 and it is thread safe at level 2. It was designed for heavily
multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and
make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or UPDATEs. The psycopg
distribution includes ZPsycopgDA, a Zope Database Adapter.
RPL/2 4.00pre5e (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95091/
RPL/2 (Reverse Polish Lisp/2) is a langage derived from the RPL made by
Hewlett-Packard for its HP-28S. It has some extensions (preprocessor,
compilated libraries, new functions), a TeX output, and can draw
graphics.
Security Filter 1.0-b3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95090/
SecurityFilter is intended for use by Java Web application developers.
It provides robust security and automatic authentication services for
Web applications. It mimics the behavior and configuration format of
container-managed security, but has several important advantages that
make it an ideal solution for single-context, public Web sites, or when
it is necessary or simply desirable to avoid the server configuration
hassles and portability issues associated with container-managed
security.
Seminole Webserver 2.15 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95071/
Seminole Webserver is a portable Web server designed to be used in
embedded systems, where memory space is at a premium. It is written in
C++, and has a mechanism to direct requests to application-specific
code, complete with the decoding of "CGI" parameters. It also
includes a "filesystem" that can package up Web content (and
optionally compress it) and store it in a ROM or other "flat"
device. It comes with a simple example to make it a standalone
Webserver under POSIX platforms for evaluation and testing.
Six 0.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95087/
Six plays Hex, a game with very simple rules and deep tactical
complexity. Two players, one with black and one with white pieces,
alternate placing marks on a rhombic board of hexagonal cells. Black's
goal is to connect the two opposite black sides of the board with black
pieces. White's goal is to connect the white sides of the board with
white pieces.
socket_wrappers 7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95080/
socket_wrappers is an improved version of tcp_wrappers. The
improvements include changing from K&R to ANSI C, removing unneeded
compatibility libraries, separation of the public and private API,
prepending tcpd_ to all private functions and data to prevent name
collisions, updates to signal handlers so that the application's
handlers aren't tampered with, dropping supplemental groups, and some
build and man page improvements. Applications compiled with this
library should be smaller, too.
spasm anti-spam milter 0.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95054/
The spasm anti-spam milter is a spam filter for sendmail 8.12+ (with
libmilter support). Current features include logging of rejected spam,
fully virtualised settings for domains, individual whitelists, and over
two dozen blacklist filters which can be set individually on a
per-domain or per-email address basis (including local blacklist, rDNS
resolution, HELO/EHLO verification, envelope sender address
verification, numerous DNS-based lists, whitelist-only mode,
tagging-only mode, and auto-blacklisting features).
SQLite 2.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95089/
SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. A large
subset of SQL92 is supported. A complete database is stored in a single
disk file. The API is designed for convenience and ease of use.
Applications that link against SQLite can enjoy the power and
flexiblity of an SQL database without the administrative hassles of
supporting a separate database server. Because it omits the
client-server interaction overhead and writes directly to disk, SQLite
is also faster than the big database servers for most operations. In
addition to the C library, the SQLite distribution includes a
command-line tool for interacting with SQLite databases and SQLite
bindings for Tcl/Tk.
strip2zsafe 2002-08-26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95077/
strip2zsafe converts Strip account information from a Palm PDA to a
ZSafe compatible textfile, for use with the Zaurus and other Linux
PDAs.
Stuffed Tracker 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95016/
Stuffed Tracker is used to track Return on Investment. It might be very
useful for any site that uses advertising to attract visitors and that
have some sort of ordering process (registration, selling products,
etc.). With the help of the Stuffed Tracker, the site owner can learn
how many visitors that came from online advertising were converted into
customers (i.e., registered, bought something, etc.).
sxw2txt 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95044/
sxw2txt converts Open Office Word files (.sxw) to ASCII text.
Sylpheed 0.8.2 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95070/
Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost
all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many
features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display,
and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully
internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll
be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format.
The XSLT C library for GNOME 1.0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95072/
Libxslt is a C library for GNOME which allows developers to work with
XSLT. It is based on libxml for XML parsing, tree manipulation, and
XPath support. It is written in plain C, making as few assumptions as
possible, and sticking closely to ANSI C/POSIX for easy embedding. It
should work on Linux, Unix, and Windows. Though not designed primarily
with performances in mind, libxslt seems to be a relatively fast
processor. It also include full support for the EXSLT set of extension
functions as well as some common extensions present in other XSLT
engines.
Tonto 1.32 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95056/
Tonto is a developer-oriented companion to the popular Pronto line of
programmable remotes made by Philips. Tonto provides both an IDE GUI
and a Java API for editing CCF files.
TreeLine 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95082/
TreeLine is used to organize and store text data in a tree structure.
It is well suited to keeping track of many different types of
information. Each node of the tree can contain several defined fields,
forming a mini-database. The format of each node can be defined, and
the output can be shown on the screen, printed, or exported to HTML.
The tree structure is navigated and edited in the left pane of the
window, while various views of the child data are shown and editable in
the right pane. The data is stored in XML text files. TreeLine is based
on the PyQt library.
Webtop Web-based Email System 1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95043/
Webtop is a Web-based POP3 email client that includes many filter
options, custom folders, and email-to-PDF generation. The Webtop also
includes a calendar, notepad, Webdrive, automated email reminders,
contacts, P2P sharing, and Web-based administration. One installation
can support multiple users and each user can set up as many POP3
accounts as they need.
Worker 2.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95078/
Worker is a file-manager exclusive for X based on the famous
filemanager "DirectoryOpus" on the AmigaOS. It is
configurable on the fly without restarting Worker. Any extern program
can be easily integrated in the GUI, including a button and a hotkey.
Worker uses real file-recognition on file-content AND/OR file-ending,
where each file-type can get an own action.
Xmldiff 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95060/
Xmldiff is a Python tool that figures out the differences between two
similar XML files, in the same way the diff utility does for text
files.
XMLtype 0.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95076/
The goal of the XMLtype project is to create a console-based editor of
XML document-oriented files in UTF-8 encoding. It is designed from the
beginning for multilingual use, even for writing bi-directional texts
(e.g. mixed English and Hebrew). The design focuses on comfortable and
fast typing of well-formed XML documents. Thus XMLtype is not meant to
compete with advanced console editors like Emacs or VIM. For full
functionality, XMLtype requires UTF-8 console support. It is being
developed under Linux and for the ANSI/VT-100 terminal.
Yorick Maintenon Branch 1.5.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95065/
Yorick is a language for scientific computing à la
Matlab/Octave. The Maintenon Branch is an enhanced version of Yorick,
supporting true color image display and printing, extended C type
support, support for compiled extensions in dynamic libraries, and
readline binding.
Slashcode
Colors not saving
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0728247
I just installed slash, and whenever I try to customize the colors on
my site, I pick them out, enter them into the boxen, then click either
"preview" or "save" and am summarily presented with the story list (not
to mention an unchanged site). Is there something I'm missing here?
Amateur Astronomy Site: m57.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/1643254
Just setup a new slash site for amateur astronomers: The Ring: m57.org.
Please visit! Thanks to Micah Yoder Internet Development for capable
hosting.
uCdot
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/058243
A new slash site http://www.ucdot.org/ for uClinux and Embedded linux
developers and users.
Only new headlines
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0558213
I have two suggestions that I think would be really cool. I've listed
them after a short story of what prompted the ideas. I keep a mozilla
window with slashdot in it on one of my virtual desktops all the time.
I open interesting stories in their own tab leaving the first tab
solely for slashdot. Whenever I refersh the page I have to scroll down
to find the last headline that I read and start reading up from there.
Sound familiar? Sometimes it gets complicated when I don't find the
last headline I read and have to go back and look at the older stuff
for what I might have missed. My quick fix suggestion first then, my
really cool suggestion. 1) Previous 10 headlines button. 2) A
Last_Headline_Read field stored in my cookie. If the site remembers
that I'm logged in it should be able to remember the last headline that
I read. It would be cool if, when I refreshed the page, slashdot only
displayed the new headlines! Just a thought... Thanks
for the awesome work you guys do. --Tres
Saving user settings in the Slash DB: WHERE?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0555242
On the "Customize Homepage" page (users.pl?op=edithome) does anyone
know where it saves the exclusion filters (exclude by topic, section,
or author) in the database? I've figured out all the other settings
except these.
Exporting a Slash site between Machines?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/0547211
I have a fully customized Slash site on one machine, and I need to
migrate it to a different machine. How can this be done? Do I just TAR
up the directories and move them over? And if so, what files/db entries
do I need to modify with the new machine/site name? Any help is
appreciated. Thanks, QWade
DiverseDVD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/17/1822201
Its another Slash Site - http://www.DiverseDVD.com/ this time about
DVDs, VHS, and Cinema releases. It comes to you from the team which
produced http://news.DiverseBooks.com
Displaying Number of Comments in Storylink,Index,D
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/16/0544259
I've been trying to find the code that displays the number of comments
on a story. In looking at the template "storylink,index,default", I see
[% links.join(' | ') %] which I assume is the item that displays the
"(Read more | X comments...)" Where the heck to do find this?
RSS Source for QOTD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/15/151241
I'm trying to implement a Quote Of The Day functionality in my site,
and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good source of RSS
syndication for Quotes?
Insurrection
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/14/0230202
Announcing Insurrection, a new Slashcode based site devoted to
geopolitical news and discussions. Help us enlighten the world.
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