A simple Bash script to parse Google's PR checksum and return any pages rank from the command line!
Read more »TuxTraining Opens It's Doors to the Community
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Up and coming documentaiton dump opens it's doors to the community to make one of the best distro-agnostic documentation communities around
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Get Your Local TV Listings From The Bash Command Line
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Simple script to let you know what's on local TV right now.
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Test Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Without Changing Your Existing Installation
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 was released on October 14, 2008 and it currently comes in 36 fully-localised languages. This beta is based on Gecko 1.9.1 layout engine and according to the official website, this release features "significant changes to improve web compatibility, performance and ease of use". You can read the release notes on the official website, here.
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Writer in 5 Minutes
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The purpose of this section is to provide the reader with a 5 minute review of Writer’s most used aspects to get you going as quickly as possible. The Writer area is simply where you will perform most of the real work in creating a document. Writer provides help for the user in intuitive icons on the toolbars.
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Puppy 4.1: What’s Not to Like?
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I have used Puppy in the past, over a year ago, and I thought it was OK…just OK. Now you have to realize that Puppy is a small form distribution which is designed to use minimail resources and at the same time provide all of the functions that a Desktop user would want. All that said, when Puppy 4.1 came out I decided to look at it again….I am glad I did.
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Unix - What Is It? More Linux/Unix Humor
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If the beginning bores you, jump to 3 minutes 5 seconds in. Hilarious :)
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10 Awk Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls
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"Hi guys and girls, this is the first guest post on my blog. It’s written by Waldner from #awk on FreeNode IRC Network. He works as a sysadmin and does shell scripting as a hobby. Waldner will be happy to take any questions about the article. You can ask them in the comments of this post or on IRC. This article takes a look at ten tips, tricks and pitfalls in Awk programming language.
Read more »Open source - it's all about choice
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A very well written article about open source.
"There have always been people in society who help others just because they can - the cub scout leader, the charity volunteer, the community clean up group, they all contribute to making the world a better place."
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Mandriva 2009 Installation
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I installed Mandriva 2009 with the new KDE 4.1 desktop by default and was impressed with the over all feel. Compared to older versions of Mandriva, Mandriva 2009 seemed quicker and snappier and gave me a clean feel while browsing. I enjoyed the theme, background and panel tones much more in this latest release of Mandriva.
Read more »Ubuntu The Complete Reference :: Book Review
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After reviewing the last two Ubuntu books, Beginning Ubuntu Linux and Ubuntu Unleashed I decided to call it a day until October 30 release of Intrepid Ibex.
However I felt the need for a reference book that discussed topics like AppArmour, SELinux, Encryption, FACL, Intrusion Detection etc.. for more advanced users. Well, I found one such book Ubuntu The Complete Reference.
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Bash Script To Access Wikipedia
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Wikipedia - When that other online encyclopedia just won't do ;)
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Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours (4th Edition)
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I suppose I should say this part up front. When I agreed to review this book, I didn't realize I knew the author. I just took a quick look at the topic and said "Sure, I'll review it". Actually, it's more accurate to say that I do some writing for a publication Joe edits.
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Elisp Wrapper For Perl Scripts - Xah Lee, 2008-10
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"This page shows a example of writing a emacs lisp function that process text on the current region, by calling a external perl script. So that you can use your existing knowledge in a scripting language for text processing as emacs commands..."
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Emacs Example Tutorial: insert a block of text
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"As I explained in my previous Emacs tutorial on killing a block of text, it is sometimes hard to find easy to understand documentation on how to use emacs. One of the first things I wanted to learn how to do in Emacs was block editing..."
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