Before I came to the South Carolina Lowcountry, I’d eaten plenty of shrimp. Or so I’d thought. It wasn’t until I tasted the shrimp harvested right here in these temperate waters that I’d realized what...
i love my Kindle but have always thought its case was lame so i decided to do something about it. i took an appropriately sized hard cover book (roughly 6 1/2" x 9" 1/2") off the shelf (in this case George...
created by jonwhelan | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 291 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"We don’t need new technology to save us, just a little ingenuity.
After a few minor tweaks, Ernie Rogers can get up to 76 mpg in his 2003 VW diesel Beetle:
He drove 1375 miles…[on] just 18 gallons of...
created by claybodie | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 673 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility--all of these describe LightTPD which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver; as it is designed and optimized for high performance environments.
A chroot on Linux or Unix OS is an operation that changes the root
directory....
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 472 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
If you're serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross the
threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The box
full of index cards has served its purpose; it's time to move on to
storing information about your CDs and DVDs in a database.
This might...
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 315 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
If you're serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross the
threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The box
full of index cards has served its purpose; it's time to move on to
storing...
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 444 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Tweako
is a new social news aimed at programmers that just launched a couple
of hours ago. Tweako bears a certain similarity to Digg, but instead of
news headlines the user submitted content is geared toward tutorials,
guides, resources and services.
I wouldn’t go so far...
created by mstefff | 2 years ago 341 views | 0 recommendations | 8 comments
Samba software, is a free, open source implementation of networking
protocols to share files between UNIX/Linux and Windows computers.
There are many ways to set permissions to your Samba shares and improve security. This article will cover some of the basic permissions and...
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 235 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:R. Richard Hobbs and Mark D. McKennon to give Film/TV/Photo Location Scouting/Location Management workshops at The Learning Annex Jan. 16, Feb. 27 and April 3 Veteran New York City location scouts and managers R. Richard Hobbs and Mark D. McKennon have...
created by rrhobbs | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1188 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"A company called BitWine launched an interactive search site about three weeks ago. It is much like Ether in that it is a call-an-expert service, except BitWine is integrated with Skype. In fact BitWine will be a...
created by the source | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 382 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Have you ever had to build a new computer system only to get "stuck" when you are trying to set up your e-mail because you punched
in your password four years ago and haven't got a hot clue what it...
"As some of you may be aware, I am doing DCoT as an experiment to see if I can actually support myself and my family blogging full time. I am asking you, the loyal DCoT family the following question:
How can I support myself blogging without advertising on my blog or in my...
Intrusions can take place from both authorized and unauthorized users.
My personal experience shows that unhappy user can damage the system,
especially if they have a shell access. Some users are little smart and
removes history file (such as ~/.bash_history) but you can...
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 312 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This question is asked again and again. Short answer — copyright/IP
laws prevent shipping all the software and technologies/plug-ins with
each Linux distro. Some distributions come with all these goodies but
they are not free. So how do I get mp3s and other stuff working?...
created by nixcraft | 2 years ago 211 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments