Archive for August, 2008
Posted in August 31st, 2008
Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. Tomboy is written in C# and utilizes the Mono runtime and Gtk#. Automatic spell-checking is provided by GtkSpell.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Filed under: misc hacks, daily

[Cliff Miller] pointed out this incredible project from 2004. [John Pultorak]‘s journey began in late 2000 when he decided to build a 60′s or 70′s era minicomputer. While gathering technical documentation, he found some interesting information on the Apollo Guidance Computer and felt that was the way to go. The AGC was the first integrated circuit computer ever built. Designed by MIT in 1964 it was constructed from ~5000 ICs, almost all 3-input NOR gates. [John]‘s version uses late 1960′s 74LS TTL logic which gains him a 10 to 1 reduction in the number of ICs. A good thing when you have to do ~15K wirewrap connections. He also used flipflops and register chips instead of building everything from NOR gates. [John] essentially built the AGC three times: First, he coded a simulator in C++. Then, he imported the logic design into CircuitMaker to verify that it would actually work. Finally, he built the 3 by 5foot machine. He’s provided an amazing amount of documentation for anyone that wants to explore this device and the overview alone is well worth a look.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Some compassionate conservatism there.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
The US-CERT is reporting that there is active attacks against Linux environments using stolen SSH ke …(more)…
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
The police assault on civil liberties takes an early start ahead of the RNC.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
The police assault on civil liberties takes an early start ahead of the RNC.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Footage of one of many police actions ahead of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Triggering Commands On File/Directory Changes With Incron
This guide shows how you can install and use incron
on a Debian Etch system. Incron is similar to cron, but instead of
running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when file or
directory events occur (e.g. a file modification, changes of
permissions, etc.).
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Japanese manufacturer Shimafuji is readying a two-inch cubed computer that runs Red Hat Linux on 1GB of flash. The Space Cube is equipped with a MIPS-based NEC VR5701 processor, 64MB RAM, and numerous I/O connections, including a Firewire-like “SpaceWire” port designed for spaceflight.
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Artful spin by McCain’s campaign team has misled many voters about his rightist stance and awful record on reproductive rights.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Artful spin by McCain’s campaign team has misled many voters about his rightist stance and awful record on reproductive rights.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Artful spin by McCain’s campaign team has misled many voters about his rightist stance and awful record on reproductive rights.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Artful spin by McCain’s campaign team has misled many voters about his rightist stance and awful record on reproductive rights.
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Posted in August 31st, 2008
Fayandria Foley helped reel in big bucks in July with one of the year’s most curious fundraisers. She helped pull together an American Cancer Society Relay for Life, which is typically a walkathon locally. More than 2,000 showed up — or didn’t, actually. Everyone at Foley’s relay stayed home to participate.
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