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Electronics: Mustek MDC-3500 Digital Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5ca0/
Computing: iGesture Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5ccd/
Computing: Roll-Up Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5a7f/
Gadgets: InkLink Handwriting System
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5d08/
Cube Goodies: Hubzilla - 4 Port Firewire Hub
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5b55/
Caffeine: Warp Mints - Green T - Lemon/Lime
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5cd0/
Electronics: Gruvstick MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/5cac/
Gadgets: Portable Lie Detector
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ce6/
Electronics: Mustek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mini 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5c9e/
Tshirts: I Didn't Get the Memo
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5cba/
Tshirts: Esc
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5cc0/
Tshirts: Network Security Staff
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/5cb5/
Interests: O'Reilly Coaster Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/oreilly/other/5c2c/
Cube Goodies: Meetings
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd9/
Gadgets: Radiation Detection Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5cef/
Cube Goodies: Indifference
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cdb/
Cube Goodies: Motivation
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/despair/5cd7/
Computing: iGesture Pad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5cca/
Electronics: SOCOM Navy Seals for PS2
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/ps2/ps2soft/5ceb/
Electronics: PowerPad Pro XBOX Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/xbox/xboxhard/5bec/
Sourceforge
LinPHA 0.5.1 (bugfix) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254222
LinPHA is an easy to use, multilingual, flexible photo/image
archive/album/gallery written in PHP. It uses a MySQL database to store
information about your pictures. It comes with a HTML based installer,
so you don't need experience in setting up SQL DB. The 0.5.1 release
includes fixes for all previously-reported bugs.
IRM 1.4.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254206
IRM 1.4.0 has just been released. This is the first STABLE version of
IRM released in a little under 2 years. There are many new features, as
well as streamlining and tweaking of existing functionality. IRM is a
Web-based asset and problem tracking system built for IT departments
and helpdesks. It keeps detailed information, both hardware and
software, about each computer, as well as a complete history of all
work requests ever placed.
TclXML - New Applications Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254197
Two applications built using TclXML are now available. tkxmllint is a
GUI equivalent of libxml2's xmllint command-line tool. tkxsltproc is a
GUI equivalent of libxslt's xsltproc. The TclXML family of packages
provide XML support for the Tcl scripting language. There are several
subprojects: TclXML (the parser), TclDOM, TclXSLT and xmlgen.
Razor! (Game Engine for Palm devices) 0.9 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254187
Razor! 0.9 has been released. This release reorganises the source tree,
improves some APIs, more bug fixes, more speed, an Armlet! Support for
the Tungsten control pad. Razor! for Palm devices is a development
framework for games. It can be used with both CodeWarrior and PRC
Tools. It supports sprites, music, hard keys, timing, events, etc.
gtkpod V0.42 released (GUI for Apples iPod)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254113
gtkpod is a platform independent GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK2. It
supports playlists, ID3 tag editing, multiple charsets for ID3 tags,
detects duplicate songs, allows offline modification of the database
with later synchronization, and more. This new release V0.42 is is a
minor upgrade to V0.41. The main new feature is a more responsive user
interface: you can interrupt the display update at any time, as well as
select and deselect playlists and tab entries at any time. Updating in
the foreground takes quite some time, though, therefore you have a new
option to switch back to the old behaviour of just blocking the display
until the update is done. Other than that quite a number of bugs have
been fixed and new ones have been introduced for you to find.
Streamsicle 2.0Beta released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254092
Streamsicle is a streaming MP3 server that is controlled via web
interface. The 1.x versions were enjoyed by tens of thousands. Ladies
and gentlemen, brace yourselves because this version promises to
delight hundreds of thousands with its sleek new interface, ability to
minimize to the systray in Windows, new queue functions, enhanced
stability for very large MP3 collections, and more. It is the dawn of a
new era! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! Streamsicle 2.0! (beta)
mp3splt 1.3 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254056
mp3splt is a command-line utility wich splits mp3 files (without
decoding), selecting begin/end time; if file is an album, you can get
splitpoints automatically from internet or a local cue/cddb file. It
splits also Mp3Wrap and AlbumWrap archives. This release contains
clean-ups and corrections. With this release, files larger than 2 GB in
size are supported.
SableVM 1.0.6 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254096
SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be
reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a
well-designed and robust platform for conducting research. This version
adds support for PowerPC. You can download the sources from:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5523&release_id=
141425
wishweb Version 1.1.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=253931
WishWEB is a Java client to provide remote access to the X10 home
control. The client can run as a standalone application or as a WEB
client. The package includes a socket server for the X10 server, the
Java source code, the precompiled Java archive, and the necessary .html
pages to load the client. The wish project provides X10 device drivers
for Linux, creating a /dev device for each X10 unit in the house. This
allows command line, script, and program access to the X10 network.This
driver currently supports the PowerLinc Serial, PowerLinc USB, CM11A,
and Firecracker/CM17A.
Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) 1.0 stable release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=254100
FUSE lets you write your very own filesystem, as an ordinary program.
It has a simple yet comprehensive interface, and provides an easy way
to create a virtual filesystem for just about any application. Example
applications include: automatic CD changer fs, remote filesystems for
handhelds, filesystem view for databases, etc. FUSE currently works on
all 2.4.x kernels (up to 2.4.20 and possibly later). Installation is
simple, no kernel patching or recompilation is needed. Documentation
for the interface and example programs are provided in the package. You
can download the latest version from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf
Slashdot
Blizzard Births BBS
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1425211
[0]Foundryman writes "Nice bit of history at ZDNet about how the
blizzard of 1978 led to the [1]creation of the BBS."
Links
0. http://www.daltonfoundries.com
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-984865.html
A 1974 Review of D&D
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1329218
[0]CleverNickName writes "[1]Boing Boing pointed me to this [2]1974
review of the 'new' Dungeons and Dragons game. Some highlights: D&D was
subtitled 'Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargams Campaigns Playable with
Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures.' The reviewer concludes, 'In
general, the concept and imagination involved is stunning. However,
much more work, refinement, and especially regulation and
simplification is necessary before the game is managable.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.boingboing.net/
2. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline/1972-1979/dd.gif
Music Industry's Future Foretold in China?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2216216
sapphire writes "An [0]article today in the [1]International Herald
Tribune provides a look at music piracy from the point-of-view of pop
stars in China. China is a country forced to deal with the reality of
unchecked piracy of digital media products. Will their experience lead
to new business models for the world-wide recording industry?"
Links
0. http://www.iht.com/articles/87521.html
1. http://www.iht.com/
PCMCIA Announces NEWCARD Format
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2029229
schnoz writes "Found this over at [0]DPReview: "The PCMCIA technology
association has today announced the 'NEWCARD' format. This new format
makes use of PC Card, PCI Express and USB 2.0 technologies. The NEWCARD
format is also aimed at both Mobile and Desktop PCs". Check out the
[1]rest of the article here."
Links
0. http://www.dpreview.com/
1. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0302/03022103pcmcianewcard.asp
10 Techno-Cool Cars
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1813203
mrv writes "The IEEE Spectrum picks their '[0]10 Techno-Cool Cars'. The
article picks vehicles from the 2003 or upcoming model years, that
feature significant jumps in performance, convenience, or comfort, are
technologically bold, and otherwise cool (for engineers, not just the
'motorhead' type)."
Links
0. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/feb03/tcar.html
Digital Restrictions Management in Office 11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1811223
conaone writes "According to a [0]Microsoft Watch, there is a feature
in the leaked Office 2003 called "Information Rights Management." A lot
more control over documents with this... the story says: "Microsoft is
threading DRM throughout the Office 2003 suite, allowing restrictions
to be set on Outlook mail messages, as well as on Word, Excel and
PowerPoint documents. Using "permission templates," document authors
can determine restriction policies to be applied to entire categories
of documents, according to Microsoft's site." Here's a link to the
[1]whole story."
Links
0. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/
1. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,899456,00.asp
The Linux Uprising
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/182216
ballpoint writes "[0]Business Week is featuring a list of [1]articles
under the header 'The Linux Uprising' including topics like 'Red Flags
for Red Hat' and 'A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending?' touching everything
dear to the Slashdot community. A good read to align yourself with what
mainstream businesspeople are fed."
Links
0. http://www.businessweek.com/
1. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm
Citibank Tries to Hush ATM Crypto Vulnerability
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1711249
palme999 writes "Citibank is trying to get a gag order for new
[0]vulnerabilities found in the cryptographic equipment commonly used
to protect the PINs of ATM transactions. The vulnerabilities came to
light during a court case involving 'phantom' ATM transactions that
users deny making but that banks still charge to customers accounts
because they claim their systems are secure."
Links
0. http://cryptome.org/pacc.htm
Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0859220
[0]urbazewski asks: "If you could send a message back to your [1]nerdy
unpopular 12 year old self, what would you say? I've been asking this
one for several years, and the replies sound suspiciously like the lame
advice I got from adults at that age ('just be yourself, dear'). The
most creative answer was from an American-born Buddhist monk, who
didn't think his 12 year old self would listen to a message along the
lines of 'Hey, what you're doing is kind of making things suck for me
right now' --- he would send a message to himself by adding extra
lyrics to a song he really liked when he was in junior high school. I
got the best replies from a large class at UC Santa Cruz. The modal
answer was 'Buy Microsoft.' About 7% of the class said 'Enjoy yourself
in high school because college is really hard.' Another 7% said "Study
harder in high school because college is really hard.' (The best
variant on that theme: 'Try to figure out what "studying" is'). In the
hindsight-is-20/20 dept. there was a girl who said 'Do not date the
following people...' and then listed six names and a guy who said 'You
know how you're thinking about trying to drive your dad's car? Don't!.'
My personal favorite: 'You're a dork now, but don't worry, you'll be
cool when you're in college.'"
Links
0. http://annmariabell.com/alternate/blog/blog.html
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/194225&tid=146
LGP Announces Game Development Project
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/177229
[0]michaelsimms writes "[1]Linux Game Publishing is excited to announce
our newest project to increase the appeal of Linux gaming. We are
sponsoring the development of a from-scratch Linux title! We are
looking for developers to work in a team to produce this game, and we
will be publishing the game they make! If you are interested, please
follow the link to [2]Our detailed announcement and within there you
will find the rules, requirements, and application process. If you have
wanted to get into the gaming industry, if you love playing games, and
if you are a creative thinker, not afraid of a challenge and a bit of
risk, then you need to take a look." I don't know whether to be happy
about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people
are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary.
Links
0. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com
1. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/
2. http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/press_releases/devcompany.txt
Freshmeat
aifc2wav 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113839/
aifc2wav will save an AIFC (IMA4 or SOWT) sound file as a WAV file.
at76c503 linux driver 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113820/
at76c503 is a Linux driver for the wlan USB adapter based on the Atmel
at76c503 chip. It currently supports ad-hoc mode, infrastructure mode,
and WEP. It supports adapters from Atmel, the Belkin F5D6050, Netgear
MA101, and others.
bmon 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113890/
bmon is an interface bandwidth monitor using the curses library. It's
able to compute and draw three types of diagrams (overview, graphical,
and detailed). The overview diagram is a list of all interfaces
including the rx/tx rates of each interface. The graphical diagram is a
bar graph in ASCII. All diagrams are continously updated.
C&T 65548 fbdev driver 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113859/
This is a framebuffer driver for the Linux 2.4.x kernel that supports
the Chips&Technologies 65548 video chip found in older Toshiba
Satellite notebooks and Fujitsu Point 510. There is also experimental
support for 65545 and 65540 chipsets.
CCZE 0.1.200
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113828/
CCZE is a robust and modular log colorizer with plugins for apm, exim,
fetchmail, httpd, postfix, procmail, squid, syslog, ulogd, vsftpd,
xferlog, and more.
CentralNic Toolkit 0.04 (Perl)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113834/
The CentralNic Toolkit is CentralNic's system for instantaneous
Registry-Registrar Communications. Registrars can use this system to
register and modify CentralNic domain names in real time, with no
delays for human intervention or e-mail processing. The Toolkit also
provides advanced and efficient methods for searching for and querying
domain names and whois records, and retrieving account information.
Choosefont 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113823/
Choosefont is a tool for efficiently finding the required font from a
large amount of font faces. It can also create HTML and CSS code to
select the font and copy it to the X clipboard automatically.
Dia2Postgres 20030221 (CVS Snapshots)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113886/
Dia2Postgres is a Perl script that can be used to convert Dia diagrams
into PostgreSQL scripts or PHP mirror classes which can add, update,
and modify table entries automatically. It has support for inheritance,
simple references (limited to a single field), and a fake enum type
which creates a table.
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113849/
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web
interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with
the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be
categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on
these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new
entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C
program, which runs under Linux and Windows. The logbooks are saved in
plain ASCII files for easy and fast access.
EzSDK 4.56
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113837/
EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a
library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of
premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and
data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle,
etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more.
filter.rb .1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113811/
Filter.rb is a file manager that supports regular expression searches,
bookmarks of previous searches, and drag and drop of individual files
as well as bookmarked collections of files.
Gangplank conferencing system 1.0.0.beta.9 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113846/
Gangplank is a Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) system (or
"chat server") which supports real-time communication between
users, currently using a text-based user interface. It runs as an
Internet server which implements the standard telnet protocol, so no
special client program is necessary for users. Server-side processing
provides input editing/history and terminal- handling features over the
telnet connection for standard ANSI terminals. This code has been in
production use on a private server since early 1993. This
single-process server is fast, efficient and stable.
gPHPEdit 0.0.48 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113832/
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.
gTaxEstimator 0.6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113813/
gTaxEstimator is a US taxes preparation helper for GNU/Linux and other
*nix systems. It is written with GTK+. It handles Form 1040 and
schedules A, B, C and E.
Hackbot 2.19 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113817/
Hackbot is a host exploration tool and bannergrabber. It scans numerous
services and vulnerabilities.
JavaBDD 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113825/
JavaBDD is a Java library for manipulating BDDs (binary decision
diagrams). Binary decision diagrams are widely used in model checking,
formal verification, optimizing circuit diagrams, and other areas.
Kover 2.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113821/
Kover is a WYSIWYG CD cover printer. You have the ability to enter
title, contents, set colors for background, text, embed images, and
more. You can even stream title and tracks from CDDB into this little
app. CDDB access via proxy is supported.
libxml++ 0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113857/
libxml++ is a C++ interface for working with XML files, using libxml
(gnome-xml) to parse and write the actual XML files. It has a simple
but complete API.
LinPHA 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113827/
LinPHA is an easy to use, multilingual, flexible photo/image
archive/album/gallery written in PHP. It uses a MySQL database to store
information about your pictures. It comes with a HTML-based installer,
so you don't need experience in setting up SQL databases. Thumbnails
are created as needed and stored in the SQL DB.
NeoStats 2.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113844/
NeoStats provides unique services to IRC via loadable modules. It does
not provide the traditional NickServ/ChanServ services, but instead
provides services like "HostServ", which can automatically
set a user's virtual host upon logging onto a IRC network, or
"StatServ", which can provide detailed statistics about the
network, individual servers, or channels, and produce an HTML page. It
also includes a number of "Fun" services, like
"LoveServ" and "MoraleServ". Additional modules are
available via the NeoStats Web site or through third party developers.
Currently, NeoStats supports UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCD, Hybrid7, and
NeoIRCd, with more IRCD support being developed.
NewsBruiser 1.12.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113858/
NewsBruiser is a simple but full-featured Weblog application.
OpenSSL 0.9.7a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113826/
The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing
the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS
v1) as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
pcal and lcal 4.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113816/
Pcal prints nice-looking PostScript (or HTML) calendars, and has more
options than you can shake a stick at. Its real power is its ability to
create personalized calendars by marking 'events' (for example,
payday). Lcal is similar to Pcal, but it generates lunar calendars.
Pol-IP 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113812/
Pol-IP is a full traffic control bandwith manager for Linux. It also
has a statistic server for multi- platform clients.
Siag Office 3.5.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113888/
Siag Office is a free office package which consists of the spreadsheet
Siag, the word processor PW, the animation program Egon, the text
editor XedPlus, the file manager Xfiler and the previewer Gvu. Siag is
easy to use, yet infinitely flexible through multiple embedded
interpreters and a plugin mechanism that allows other programs to run
inside the main document. The supported interpreters are SIOD, Guile,
Tcl, and Python.
SnipSnap 0.3.4a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113865/
SnipSnap is an easy to install and use Web log and Wiki engine written
in Java. It has no external dependency on Web servers or databases, as
both are built-in.
SQUID User Management System 1.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113833/
The SQUID User Management System provides limiting of the traffic usage
of each user and blocking if usage is too great.
Trash Can 3.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113814/
Trash Can is a command line recycle bin for Linux/*NIX-based systems.
ksh, bash, or zsh is needed. It can remove files and restore them in
their original path, delete single files from the trash can,
automatically delete 'core' and 'dead.letter' files, automatically
purge the trash over X days old, empty the trash, and display the disk
usage and stored files. It is compressed to take up less room, and
entire directories can be restored/deleted. It will prompt the user if
restoring over an existing file. An installation script is included.
tsemgr 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113824/
tsemgr is a GTK application to manage the T68 mobile phone.
WebSight Directory System 0.6.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113843/
The WebSight Directory System was originally developed for Electronic
Music World (www.electronicmusicworld.com), to serve as an Internet
portal related to electronic music. WebSight Directory System presents
collected links in categories and subcategories. It supports link
submission by visitors.
Xfprot 0.13beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113848/
XFPROT is a graphical frontend for the F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Small
Business Edition. It is based upon the XSTEP-3.5.1 library.
xmlBlaster 0.842
http://freshmeat.net/releases/113853/
XmlBlaster is XML based MOM (Message oriented Middleware) with a lot of
features. It is a publish/subscribe and point-to-point MOM server which
exchanges XML-encoded messages. Communication with the server is based
on CORBA (using JacORB), RMI, XML-RPC, native socket, or a persistent
HTTP plugin. Subscribers can use XPath expressions to filter the
messages they wish to receive and add their own MIME-based filter
plugins. C/C++, Java, Perl and PHP client demos are included in the
xmlBlaster test suite, and Tcl and Python demo clients are scheduled.
XmlBlaster also provides a browser callback framework, allowing
browsers (Netscape, Mozilla, MSIE) to receive instant callbacks over a
persistent http connection. A security plugin framework allows
authentication/authorization in many ways. Currently there are LDAP-
and passwd-based plugins available.
Slashcode
Slash::Blob
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2044216
I've added Slash::Blob to the main dist in CVS. Its a module for
storing binaries and serving them up on the web. It will be the
foundation for most of the new features we are adding so that we can
use images and pdf files with stories (and other subsystems). If you
are writing modules you may find it useful for your own applications.
Feedback is welcome.
Link Tag to Enable Auto-Discovery of RSS Files
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1652216
Recently, I have been making small changes to my Slash sites to make
them integrate better into the weblog communities dominated by Blogger,
Radio from Userland, Movable Type, and similar tools. I found out that
some of the weblog aggregation tools look for a specific link tag in
the head portion of a site's home page in order to locate that site's
RSS file. This is the kind of thing that can be added to a template
without changing any code. Here's the code itself: <link
rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS"
href="__YOUR_RSS_URL__"> For more information about the research I
did to arrive at this conclusion, see the article How Weblog Monitors
Automatically Discover RSS Feeds on CTDATA.com.
ExploitSeattle
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/0731202
ExploitSeattle is your daily dose of events occuring in the Emerald
City. Its run by a horde of rain soaked Seattlites who's quest to
relieve boredom and promote cool stuff(TM) caused them to create a site
to list their hip and not so hip events.
SuSE8.1 installation test failures for Mysql modul
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/2151208
I have installed slash test sites on debian a few times before, but now
I'm trying to install a permanent site on SuSE8.1 I'm having problems
installing Bundle::Slash - MIME, Mysql modules & libapreq are all
failing their tests. I'm installing Bundle::Slash within a perl shell.
I'll concentrate on Mysql module here. I'm no perl expert (not even a
perl beginner), but it seems to be a problem with lib.pl in testing the
Mysql module. At line 253 & 254, my build complains about these 2
lines with "Illegal character in prototype for main::ErrMsgF : @_ at
t/lib.pl line 254" Here's the lines, what's wrong with them ? If
they're wrong, how come they're in the bundle ? sub ErrMsg (@_) { print
(@_); } sub ErrMsgF (@_) { printf (@_); } There's also a warning during
the "perl Makefile.PL" phase about CAPI & PL_FILES which I don't
understand either. " WARNING: CAPI is not a known parameter. WARNING:
PL_FILES takes a hash reference not a array reference. Please inform
the author. " Again, if the code is wrong, why is it bundled as a
stable release ? I suspect that my problems are just a side effect of
something else....can anyone out there point me in the right direction?
I have a build log if anyone needs to see it. thanks!
Nou la SURSE.RO
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/17/1851222
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I started my own slash-site,
targeted at the Romanian audience. The site is intented to be a
Romanian version of Slashdot, but focus falls on local stories.
Enabling Comment Counting on Main Screen
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/19/1746215
Just installed Slash to support an internal project at work - sorry,
site is not visible from the Net. I can't work out how to add the
"comments counter" after the "Read More ... " link. I searched this
site and the mailing list archive at sourceforge with no success. I
know that it is probably something simple, but I can't find it. Can
anyone help? --Paul Barry
Discussion Posts
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/1753223
So here's the deal - I've got my site up and running and everything is
looking and working fine. Except for one thing that could mean the
whole project falls apart. So we all know stories need to be approved
before they are posted, right? So, we have discussions which don't
(necessarily) require approval before they can be published, hence
providing the lay-user an opportunity to create 'posts' to a Discussion
Board. However, it looks as if when I post a discussion, it is only
displayed in my user profile and is not listed in the 'Active
Discussions' list. To create somewhat of a bulletin board, I'd like to
be able to have all user discussions appear in that list of active
discussions. I've noticed the same thing happens here with Slashcode
too. Can it be changed? And if so, how?
ICANNWatch Converts to Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/18/1741245
It's sort of been mentioned before, but ICANNWatch.org -- a site
devoted to chronicles and critiques of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers -- has converted from PHP Nuke 4.2 to Slash.
Whether or not this item gets published, we'd like to be added to the
list of slash sites. And of course, if you are interested in the future
of the Internet you may want to visit us to find out what ICANN is up
to. Or, you might want to read our first month's status report.
Scoop 2 Slash conversion script?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/17/1846259
I've seen lots of requests going the other way, and there are some
tools for that, but does anyone have a scoop to slash conversion kit of
some sort? I've decided that scoop hosting isn't viable, and while we
will continue to host scoop sites for our existing customers, we are
now trying to get people to move in the slash direction, and are
offering free extensions to customers who will drop scoop.
Lifetime karma
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/15/2021220
I just read this interview (flamebait/insightful, depending on your
view of a certain GWB) with Kurt Vonnegut, now 80 years. Seems he's
earned quite a bit of karma in his years. That's how I got this idea:
Presuming succesful slashsites might last for decades, it would be a
further motivation to keep writing good commentary and just generally
interesting if, in addition to the active karma value (with the cap),
there would also be a separate "total karma earned", or lifetime karma
which would not have a cap and would be an integer value rather than a
descriptive value.
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