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Sourceforge
OpenEJB 0.9.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282705
The 0.9.2 release is one that the whole team is quite proud of. OpenEJB
0.9.0 marked are first release with special Tomcat embedded support.
Thanks to all the user feedback that support has just gotten better and
better. The 0.9.2 release contains a neat surprise for OpenEJB/Tomcat
users -- TOOLS! The new integration features a webapp with a setup
verifier, JNDI browser, EJB viewer, Class browser, and even an Object
invoker! You can browse the OpenEJB namespace and know right away
exactly where the ejb is and what it is called. When you find one you
like, just click it and it will open up into the EJB viewer. While
there you can check out it's home, remote and bean classes in the class
browser. The Object invoker allows you to actually create and invoke
your EJBs without writing a single line of code. OpenEJB 0.9.2 also
contains a new openejb.base variable to complement the openejb.home
variable. The openejb.base variable allows you to have several
configurations of OpenEJB all running against the same OpenEJB install.
This makes using OpenEJB in IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans even easier.
Move the openejb_loader-0.9.2.jar into your project's lib directory,
set the openejb.base, and you'll be debugging your EJB apps
front-to-back without the need for remote debugging support or special
editor plug-ins. Thanks to all the OpenEJB users for all the great
ideas! You speak, we listen.
http://openejb.sourceforge.net/download.html
LTI-Lib Version Beta 1.9.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282700
LTI-Lib is an object oriented computer vision library written in C++
for Windows/MS-VC++ and Linux/gcc. It provides lots of functionality to
solve mathematical problems, many image processing algorithms, some
classification tools and much more. This release provides new functors
and features, many bug fixes and more documentation. Download --------
You can get this and previous releases from:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=45767 Homepage
-------- For more information please visit our homepage:
http://ltilib.sourceforge.net ChangeLog --------- For more details
about the changes in this release please visit the ChangeLog page at:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=163728
Acknowledgments --------------- Thanks to all developers at the Chair
of Computer Science: Suat Akyol, Pablo Alvarado, Daniel Beier, Axel
Berner, Ulrich Canzler, Peter Doerfler, Thomas Erger, Holger
Fillbrandt, Peter Gerber, Claudia, Goenner, Xin Gu, Michael Haehnel,
Christian Harte, Bastian Ibach, Torsten Kaemper, Thomas Krueger,
Frederik Lange, Henning Luepschen, Peter Mathes, Alexandros Matsikis,
Bernd Mussman, Jens Paustenbach, Norman Pfeil, Jens Rietzschel, Daniel
Ruijters, Thomas Rusert, Stefan Syberichs, Guy Wafo Moudhe, Ruediger
Weiler, Jochen Wickel , Benni Winkler, Xinghan Yu, Marius Wolf, Joerg
Zieren
Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282686
Gallery v1.3.4 Release Candidate 2 - This is the second (and, we fully
expect, final) *release candidate* for Gallery v.1.3.4. Changes from
RC1 essentially amount to small fixes for errors discovered since the
first release candidate in the backup_albums.php script and the new
"custom fields" code. Gallery is slick, intuitive web based photo
gallery with authenticated users and privileged albums. Easy to
install, configure and use. Photo management includes automatic
thumbnails, resizing, rotation, etc. User privileges make this great
for communities. Download it:
http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7130 Read more about this
release candidate: http://gallery.sf.net/article.php?sid=75
phpwsBB 0.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282990
phpwsBB is a native bulletin board module for the phpWebSite content
management system, version 0.9.2 or later. Today we release version
0.1.0 of phpwsBB. Features include anonymous posting, message editing
and deletion for registered users, thread locking and message forking
for admins, and ... well that's probably it. Be sure you have the
latest version of phpWebSite installed: http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu
and then download phpwsbb from: http://phpwsbb.sourceforge.net.
Aleph One 2003-05-30 Mac OS X Carbon and Windows releases
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=282073
Aleph One plays Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, and third-party content
on a wide array of platforms with numerous enhancements. The new Mac OS
X Carbon and Windows SDL 2003-05-30 releases add significantly improved
Internet play, Lua scripting, Speex compression for realtime network
audio (making it much more practical in Internet games), an anisotropic
filtering option on video cards that support it, and more.
Slashdot
43 Million Americans Use P2P Software
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0248242
robl writes "If the [0]NYTimes article is correct then somewhere around
1 in 6 Americans apparently are [1]unindicted felons. In the eyes of
the public file swapping is as morally wrong as speeding on the NJ
Turnpike. The rest of the article talks about the RIAA's
carrot/stick/education approach and how they may find themselves
entering into negotiations for some forms of file sharing. Also the EFF
will be running ads in Rolling Stone next month asking if enthusiasts
are tired of being treated like criminals."
Links
0. http://nytimes.com/2003/06/08/technology/08TUNE.html
1. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/17-18red.htm
Four-Dimensional Rubik's Cube Craziness
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2344218
[0]roice writes "Rubik's junkies and puzzlers will be interested in
this software rendered [1]four-dimensional analog of Rubik's Cube. With
over 1.75E120 possible combinations, it's a mind bender. Free versions
are available for both Windows and Linux, and they even publish their
source code for download. Solving it will get your name listed in their
[2]Hall Of Fame, and there is also a running competition for the most
efficient solution. To help get you started, you can check out [3]a
solution algorithm based on techniques used to solve the popular
three-dimensional version."
Links
0. http://www.gravitation3d.com
1. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm
2. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/halloffame.htm
3. http://www.superliminal.com/cube/solution/solution.htm
Running Linux On Acer's C100 Tablet PC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/0019236
Christopher Coulter writes submitted a link to this detailed guide to
[0]putting Debian GNU/Linux on an Acer Tablet PC. That most
manufacturers aren't leaping to provide Linux support on their tablet
PCs doesn't mean it isn't possible ;)
Links
0. http://prometheus.physics.ucsb.edu/~dean/TmC100/AcerTmC100.html
Bruce Sterling On Total Information Awareness
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2242250
[0]securitas writes "Declan McCullagh [1]interviews Bruce Sterling
about Total Information Awareness ([2]renamed [3]Terrorist Information
Awareness and [4]raising concerns) or 'Poindexter's nutty scheme' as
Sterling thinks of it. He predicts TIA will destabilize the government
and lead to internal KGB-style coups. Whether you agree with him or not
it makes for thought-provoking reading."
Links
0. http://geartest.com
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2102-1105_2-1013033.html?tag=printthis
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17121-2003May20.html
3.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A19272-2003May21
4. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,249950,00.html
Java/Script Alert: Cross-Platform Browser Vulnerability
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/239237
[0]Ant writes "Synopsis: Opera, Mozilla & Netscape with javascript
enabled are [1]vulnerable to remote command execution. This has been
tested on Microsoft, and many many Unices. Macintosh may also be vuln.
Ironically enough, IE is unaffected." Update: 06/08 23:56 GMT by [2]H:
The problem seems to be one in the Java security model itself; but the
evidence seems to be that if you turn off JavaScript, you turn off the
vulnerability. Update: 06/09 00:56 GMT by [3]T: According to this
followup message from Mozilla security group member Daniel Veditz, the
problem is actually one that's [4]already been fixed in Mozilla 1.3,
and not a remote command execution vulnerability at all. (Thanks to
reader Jared Klett and others.)
Links
0. http://antfarm.ma.cx
1. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/324266
2. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=322
3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
4. http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/010200.html
The Death of Bluetooth?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2244234
[0]Aaron Cherrington writes "[1]Bob Frankston has written an article in
which he declares that [2]Bluetooth has failed. The article states that
despite the fact it is wireless, it still has all of the limitations of
wires. Is it too early to declare [3]the death of Bluetooth, or can we
can expect more out of it?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.frankston.com/public/Bob_Frankston_Bio.asp
2. http://www.bluetooth.com/
3.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0%2C14179%2C2913885%2C00.html
False Positives, Few Matches Plague 'No-Fly' List
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/2042247
[0]lindner writes "According to a recent article in the San Francisco
Chronicle, the United States No-Fly List uses a soundex algorithm to
match names. Designed 'to quickly summon passenger names or to catch
deal-hunting passengers making duplicate bookings.' The system has only
managed to rack up [1]a slew of false-positives, including everyone
matching soundex ("J. Adams") at one point in time. The problem has
gotten so bad that there is now a "Fly List" for chronically
misidentified passengers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/08/MN253740.DTL
Novak Loses petswarehouse.com, Files For Bankruptcy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1848257
An anonymous reader writes "Remember Robert Novak, the person who has
filed several [0]frivolous [1]lawsuits in order to silence people who
criticize his business. Well, Robert Novak has [2]lost his domain
([3]see here)in a countersuit filed against him, and has just filed for
[4]bankruptcy ."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/04/1459235&tid=153
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/03/1239211&tid=153
2. http://www.petsforum.com/psw/Writ/WritOrd.htm
3. http://www.petswarehouse.com/
4. http://www.petsforum.com/psw/Default.html
Is Linksys Violating The GPL?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1749217
[0]jap writes "According to [1]this post on [2]LKML, [3]Linksys is
shipping firmware for (at least their) 802.11g access-points based on
Linux - without any sourcecode available or mentioning of it on their
site. This could be interesting: it might provide the possibility of
building an ueber-cool accesspoint firmware with IPsec and native ipv6
support etc etc, using this information!"
Links
0. http://jsp.vs19.net
1. http://lkml.org/archive/2003/6/7/164/index.html
2. http://lkml.org/
3. http://www.linksys.com/
New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/1547215
[0]MankyD writes "The current [1]AIM beta is now offering message
encryption. They don't offer a lot of [2]details but it's nice to see
they are offering some extra privacy. Will the new AIM be [3]illegal in
Michigan?"
Links
0. http://mankyd.project-y.net
1. http://www.aim.com/get_aim/win/win_beta.adp
2. http://enterprise.aim.com/products/aim/personalcerts/
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/1436207&tid=123
Freshmeat
ALE 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125378/
ALE aligns and merges several similar images from a digitizing device
(such as a digital camera or scanner) into a single image. This may
have the effect of producing a relatively alias-free image (sometimes
called "anti-aliasing").
Arbitrary Command Output Colourer 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125333/
acoc is a regular-expression based colour formatter for programs that
display output on the command-line. It works as a wrapper around the
target program, executing it and capturing the stdout stream.
Optionally, stderr can be redirected to stdout, so that it, too, can be
manipulated. acoc then applies matching rules to patterns in the output
and applies colours to those matches.
BBStatus 2.0RC12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125361/
BBStatus is an IP accounting package, and an SNMP and IP monitoring
tool for Linux. It collects, summarizes, and displays the values from
its database. It can be used for IP accounting (using iptables, you can
design various kinds of accounting filters), SNMP monitoring (collects
data making SNMP requests), IP monitoring (using ping, it stores and
summarizes values like min, avg, max reply time, and packet loss), and
client traffic filtering (using various types of filters). It also
provides user based access so that every user can log in and check the
traffic from/through his/her IP addresses. It requires PostgreSQL,
Apache with mod_auth_pgsql, Perl(Net::SNMP), and RRDTool.
Byline 0.5beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125332/
Byline is a command-line multi-protocol Weblog client. It manipulates
the content of weblogs using XML-RPC interfaces, and can be used with
your favorite text editor. It supports Blogger, Movable Type, and
Nucleus, and should work with any other CMS that uses the Blogger or
MetaWeblog API. It also features category and template editing (when
supported by the CMS), drafts, support for multiple accounts, and can
be used as a Python library.
Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125331/
The Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools are software for the Catweasel
MK1 ISA and Catweasel MK3 PCI universal floppy disk controllers. cw2dmk
will read several kinds of floppy disk, some of which ordinary PC
controllers have trouble with, and save them in the DMK disk image
format (used by the Unix TRS-80 emulator xtrs and David Keil's TRS-80
emulator for MS-DOS). cw2dmk can also handle (at least) any disk
written using a Western Digital 177x/179x floppy disk controller, a
PC-style NEC765-compatible controller, or a Digital Equipment
Corporation RX02 controller. dmk2cw will write any DMK image back to a
floppy, handling the same kinds of disks as cw2dmk. jv2dmk and dmk2jv3
convert images between DMK and the older JV1 and JV3 formats without
requiring Catweasel hardware. It runs on Linux and MS-DOS.
cvsd 0.9.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125346/
cvsd is a wrapper program for CVS in pserver mode. It will run 'cvs
pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a
daemon and is controlled through a configuration file. It is easy to
configure and provides tools for setting up a rootjail and managing
repositories.
Enigmail 0.76.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125376/
Enigmail is a "plugin" for the mail client of Mozilla and
Netscape 7.x which allows users to access the authentication and
encryption features provided by the popular GnuPG software. Enigmail
can encrypt/sign mail when sending, and can decrypt/authenticate
received mail. It can also import/export public keys. Enigmail supports
both the inline PGP format and the PGP/MIME format, which can be used
to encrypt attachments. Enigmail is cross-platform, although binaries
are supplied only for a limited number of platforms. Enigmail uses
inter-process communication to execute GPG to carry out
encryption/authentication.
Eternal Lands 0.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125384/
Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online
world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a
hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2.
FreeLords CVS-SDL-20030608 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125363/
FreeLords is a turn-based strategy game similiar to W*rl*rds. It can be
played with friends on one computer or via a network.
Fury 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125348/
Fury is another dark blue theme with some flames for flavor.
Gnumeric 1.1.19 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125371/
Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its
goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration
path for people and organizations currently using proprietary
applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved
accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you
extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data
capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you
define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS
Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF,
SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native
XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others.
gPHPEdit 0.3.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125345/
gPHPEdit is a GNOME2 editor that is dedicated to editing PHP files and
other supporting files, like HTML/CSS. It has support for drop-down
function lists, hints showing parameters, and syntax highlighting.
gtk-xfce-engine 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125381/
gtk-xfce-engine is an XFCE engine for GTK 2.0.
hdup 1.6.16 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125366/
hdup is used to back up a filesystem. Features include encryption of
the archive (with mcrypt), compression of the archive (bzip/gzip/none),
the ability to transfer the archive to a remote host or restoring from
a remote host (with ssh), the ability to split up archives, and no
obscure archive format (it is a normal compressed tar file).
Hibernate 2.0 (2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125356/
Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence
and query service for Java. It lets you develop persistent objects
following common Java idiom, including composition, association,
inheritance, polymorphism, and the Java collections framework. To allow
a rapid build procedure, Hibernate rejects the use of code generation
or bytecode processing. Instead, runtime reflection is used and SQL
generation occurs at system startup time. It supports Oracle, DB2,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, Interbase, Microsoft SQL Server, Mckoi SQL,
Progress, SAP DB, and HypersonicSQL.
Interactive Bandwidth Monitor 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125341/
ibmonitor is an interactive Linux console application which shows
bandwidth consumed and total data transferred on all interfaces. It
shows received, transmitted, and total bandwidth, calculates and
displays the combined value of all interfaces; can display values in
Kbits/sec(Kbps) and/or KBytes/sec(KBps), can show the maximum bandwidth
consumed, can show average bandwidth consumption, and can interactively
change its output display format.
JaxMe 1.61
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125344/
JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a
set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for
parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects,
saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java
objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports
namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an
integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans
with BMP (bean managed persistence).
jMoule 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125357/
jMoule is a frontend for mlDonkey. It is coded in Java and is inspired
by well known clients like eDonkey and eMule.
Logcheck 1.2.14 (Debian)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125252/
Logcheck parses system logs and generates email reports based on
anomalies. Anomolies can be defined by users with 'violations' files.
It differentiates between 'Active System Attacks', 'Security
Violations', and 'Unusual Activity', and is smart enough to remember
where in the log it stopped processing to improve efficiency. It can
also warn when log files shrink, and does not report errors when they
are rotated.
Mamory 0.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125351/
Mamory is a library for ROM management in emulator-related projects. It
also has a CLI client.
MC4J 1.2b1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125337/
MC4J provides a rich management interface to Java Management Extensions
(JMX) based servers. It displays a tree structure of the managed
components and provides the ability to view, alter, and graph
attributes of live state. It currently supports JBoss and WebLogic
application servers as well as those based on MX4J or JMX Reference
Implementation services.
Megamek.NET 0.318
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125370/
Megamek.NET allows you to enter the World of Battletech and become
commander of a subsection of the forces of one of the 5 big houses or a
minor faction. You then use your lances (groups of Meks) to fight
against other players online. The game's community is already quite
large, and there are 2 major servers set up. One is using the 3025
timeline and the other one is set in the year 3060.
Mobicq 0.1b4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125365/
Mobicq is a native ICQ client for mobile devices, such as mobile
phones. It is written in Java 2 Micro Edition (CLDC/MIDP 1.0.3).
msnlib 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125383/
msnlib is an MSN Messenger protocol library and text mode client
written in Python.
MultiMail 0.45
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125358/
MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for UNIX and other systems.
It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN, and SOUP formats. It
has a full screen, color user interface, built with the curses library.
Features include auto-decompression of packets with external compress
program, user-friendly menus to select packet, area, letter, etc., save
whole area or one letter in a text file, enter mail in any area (using
an external editor), insert tagline from a tagline file, reply mail
with quote, write netmail, and netmail addressbook.
Music Library 1.1.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125368/
Music Library is a music-on-demand system for phpGroupware. It searches
recursively through a directory full of files for audio formats you
specify and dumps their artist, album, and track names into a database.
You can then browse, search, or listen over HTTP. It features custom
playlists, and comes with an MP3 renaming script to ease the task of
administration as well as an Applescript for using XMMS via X11 on OS
X.
nylon 1.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125334/
nylon is a Unix SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy server. It is compatible with BSD,
Solaris, HP-UX and Linux 2.2 & 2.4.
Perl Webmail 3.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125353/
Perl Webmail is a CGI/mod_perl application that interfaces with
external POP3 and SMTP services. It provides all the expected
functionality of a mail client, such as read, reply, forward, delete,
as well as sending and receiving attachments, storage for mail folders,
contacts, and calendar notes.
phpMyFAQ 1.3.3-beta (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125362/
phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ system. It
also offers a content management system, flexible multi-user support, a
news system, user tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML
support, PDF support, a backup system, and an easy to use installation
script.
Physics 3D 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125369/
Physics 3D is a simple physics simulation program in 3D. It simulates
gravitational attraction, momentum, and collisions of rigid bodies. It
is written using Java and the Java3D API.
plconfig 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125342/
plconfig allows setting up of an encryption key on the Intellon
chipset-based HomePlug powerline bridges. It can also request and
display statistics from the bridges.
Project Penguin Database 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125335/
Project Penguin Database (PPD) is a centralized databases of Linux
boxes all around the world that is designed to report detailed
statistics including processor information, software, network device
statistics, filesystem information, uptime, load average, etc. This
program is a client that uploads information to the server with
statistics about the user's machine.
RPM Finder 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125347/
RPM Finder is a utility that works much like the rpmfind.net Web site.
It currently only supports Red Hat.
RSA implementation in Haskell 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125329/
RSA implementation in Haskell (rsa-haskell) contains the Simple and
Strong Cryptography program set and Haskell libraries of several
cryptographic standards. The libraries include Haskell implementations
of SHA1, EME-OAEP, EMSA-PSS, MGF, RSAES-OAEP, and RSA-PSS. These
standards implement signature/verification, strong cryptography, and
hashing. Also included in the library is a general number theory
library. The Simple and Strong Cryptography program set contains simple
programs for encrypting and decrypting files as well as signature
verification with public key cryptography.
The TT Web Site Manager 0.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125373/
The TT Web Site Manager is a general purpose database driven Web site
management system written in PHP, featuring support for multiple
database servers (MySQL is the default). It allows multiple Web sites
to be built and managed entirely on the fly from dynamic content stored
in a database. Pages can be assembled in any order from a library of
code items which can include a mixture of static HTML, SQL, and PHP.
There is no framework of templates or forms to constrain the coder, and
there is no limitation on content type, meaning that almost any content
can be served. This means that it can be used to quickly put together
content managed Web sites without the need for the limitations imposed
by a dedicated content management system.
Tickletankle 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125375/
Tickletankle is a 2 player real-time tank game with fractal terrain
that can be played locally or over the Internet or a LAN. The game is
based on Giovanni Tummarello's game "Fractal Fighters".
vimdrop 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125354/
vimdrop is an Applescript droplet that allows you to open up and edit
files in your favorite editor by dragging them to the vimdrop icon. The
dropped file will be opened in a new Terminal window with the text
editor defined in the $EDITOR environment variable. A binary compiled
under 10.2.6 and the Project Builder files are included in the
distribution.
WPP 2.13.1.33 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125343/
WPP is a small perl5 script that allows preprocessing of HTML files. It
allows you to define "variables", which are brief
abbreviations for longer constructs, and include common HTML fragments.
It's useful for giving a uniform layout to different HTML pages. It can
be used in cgi-bin programs for automatic generation of pages. With
less HTML code inside you can make more flexible cgi-scripts.
Slashcode
Handling logging issues
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0533218
I'm using cronolog for my apache logs, and I really, really like it.
I'd like to be able to use it on the slash logs as well, which become
large and cumbersome over time with many sites running on a server. How
do you all handle your logs? What do you use for log rotation? How long
do you keep logs? Is anyone using cronolog, or something like it with
slash?
RSS to Story?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1727241
Hi, I'm looking for a way to grab remote RDF and post them as stories.
portald seems only to handle blocks. I'm aware of the elixus.org, and
the RSS2Story plugin in their patch of slashcode, but I can't get the
plugin installed, and it seems to be left unfinished. So is there any
other way to do this?
launch of slash site "stupidsecurity.com"
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/2133212
Announcing the opening of StupidSecurity.com. The site is meant to be a
chronicle of idiotic and deceptive "security" measures. From the "three
questions" that the airlines finally stopped asking to the closing of
Meigs Airport in Chicago supposedly for security reasons, we want YOUR
gripes about security measures that are just plain dumb! I'd welcome
submissions (the stupider the better!), comments, complaints, and
praise!
MySQL 4.1+
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1639224
I want to start using MySQL 4.1 to take advantage of the new Spatial
extensions in MySQL to further enhance my plugin. I saw the recent
story referring to using MySQL 4, but no direct mention of experience
with versions 4+. Any tips or recommendations? Should I make the
upgrade only on my development box, or is using 4+ okay. Any experience
with 4.1, which is alpha?
Section-specific Quick Links
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/16/1540217
I'm in the process of setting up a intranet Slash 2 site for a company.
With the aid of the Crow Book I've got everything installed and with
the L'n'F that they want, and we are in the process of adding some
initial content and getting the blocks running the way they want.
However, we're having problems getting section-specific quick links
blocks to work. Example: I have a section called legal, and a block
called legal_qlinks which has different links to index_qlinks.
index_qlinks shows up on the homepage as I expect, but nothing is
displayed in the right "frame" if I click no the section title under an
article. What am I doing wrong? The Crow Book (page 127) suggests that
this should work.
Need help building Slash templates
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/1634251
I have comps for a site I want built in Slash. While I have worked with
Movable Type, building Slash templates is a whole different beast. I
need someone to help me convert my comps into a functioning Slash site.
If you have these skills, please drop me a line with your rates and
scheduling availability. You can see what the site will look like here.
--Markos
Preventing duplicates from being posted
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/10/2021250
I'm getting sick of seeing duplicate posts all the time on Slashdot. I
have a feature-request/enhancement that I would like to request for
slashcode. It would be nice if before a moderator submits a story to
check all of the URLS in that post and match it with the previous
weeks/months stories for the same URL. If there is a match, throw up a
warning saying that this story is a possible duplicate. This will help
the moderator out too, since they wouldn't have to read every story on
slashdot in the past two weeks. What do you think? Is this doable?
--Min Idzelis
Vorlonspace Is Back
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0415234
Announced back in October last year, Vorlonspace was launched as a
Babylon 5 discussions site. In late January, the site went down and was
taken off the YASS list. It is now back up and the premise has changed
from Babylon 5 to a general sci-fi discussion site which has generated
more interest.
Adding ispell after slash is installed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/08/0414234
Hi, I read the (archived) thread at:
http://ask.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/1 724238&mode=thread
and I have "Running Weblogs with Slash", so I know that "... Slash 2.2
has added an ispell compatibility mode. If the ispell program exists
and points to an ispell binary, the Edit Story page will include a list
of potentially misspelled words.)" (thanks blagger), but I don't know
how exactly what to add, and into what directory,. I installed freebsd
5.0, then built and installed the slashcode port, and now I've
installed ispell. I then tried adding symlinks to ispell into various
directories, including /usr/local/slash/bin, and restarting my browser
and the freebsd box. Nothing obvious changes. Can someone tell me
exactly which file to put where to enable spell-checking? I'm running
slash-2.2.6 on Freebsd 5.0. Thanks... P.S. Sorry if I misspelled
anything, but...
Shouldn't Slash Be Represented at OSCOM 3?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/171253
I found out that OSCOM 3, The Open Source Content Management
Conference, is taking place in Cambridge, MA, from May 28-30. I was
surprised to see that Slash does not appear to be represented in any
way. I posted a story to CTDATA suggesting that our community try to
represent itself in some fashion. If anyone wants to discuss how we can
influence the organizers of this conference to include a Slash
presentation, please email me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com.
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