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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
E2 and LJ, Comparing Content Management Systems
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1630250
Anonymous Noder/LJ'er writes "[0]Linux.com is running [1]a story
written by Slashdot's [2]Krow, one of the authors of [3]Slash comparing
the [4]LiveJournal site engine to the [5]Everything2 engine. He went
over the installs of the two engines and talks a bit about customizing
both. I really like both sites so it is interesting to see someone talk
about what makes them tick."
Links
0. http://linux.com/
1. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/0013255
2. /~krow/
3. http://slashcode.com/
4. http://livejournal.com/
5. http://everything2.com/
Apple Plans To Release Rendezvous As Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/2310214
Snuffub writes "According to MacCentral, Apple announced during an
interview today that they would be releasing Rendezvous, their
implementation of the zeroconf standard, [0]under an open source
license. I can't see this as being anything but great news for everyone
involved -- the community gets a mature implementation of an emerging
technology, and Apple benefits as more devices are created to support
Rendezvous. For everyone interested, you'll be able to download the
source from [1]Apple's site in a couple weeks." uglyhead69 adds: "The
article is light on details and doesn't mention what license will be
used, but it's probably safe to assume that it's the [2]APSL."
Links
0. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0208/29.rendezvous.php
1. http://developer.apple.com/macosx/
2. http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/
Slashback: Galeon, Forgent, Platformation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/1754235
Slashback's blizzard of updates, corrections and amplifications
includes some more information about Win2K and HIPAA, another notch on
the Browser Progress Chart, Dreamcast ethernet jacks, the Hoopla'd Red
Hat Menace and more. Read on.
How to Test Your T1?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/2142255
[0]lawpoop asks: "We have a T1 line for our building with a local ISP.
Right now, we're looking for competitive bids from different companies.
The local guy is offering a good price, but the larger guys are saying
he may be overselling the T1 service through a DS-3. He swears he's
not. So, how do I tell? The sales guys say 'There's bandwidth meters on
the web,' but they fail to mention exactly how I can tell if I have a
true T1. I've tried a half-dozen bandwith meters on various websites,
and the results are highly variable. We've gotten 300-900 Kbps. Each
site has disclaimers as to internet traffic, time of day, etc.
Furthermore, we split the T1 out over a hub with two other tenants in
the building. I'm coming through from behind that hub. How can I tell
for certain that I'm getting a full T1? A service tech with a line
tester? Any dead-on bandwith meters? What would an oversold T1 read out
to be as compared to a true T1? If the larger guys are trying to scare
me to their service with stories of oversold T1s, I need to know that
they aren't doing it also!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Students Outpacing Teachers With Online Skills
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/2135254
beaverfever writes: "The Christian Science Monitor ran this
[0]commentary by Tom Regan on how students in middle and high school
are outpacing their teachers when it comes to understanding the
potential of and using the internet for learning and doing research.
The article addresses a study, [1]The Digital Disconnect, recently
released by the [2]Pew Internet and American Life Project. Regarding
the study, Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life
Project, is quoted: 'Educators have a choice: Either they need to adapt
or they will be dragged into a new learning environment.' Both the
study and article are about two weeks old, but an interesting read
nonetheless."
Links
0. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0815/p25s01-cogn.html
1. http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=67
2. http://www.pewinternet.org/
Newton Won't Die
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/208248
[0]Superman writes "Wired just published an article about the
[1]continuing popularity of the Apple Newton MessagePad, with props to
Mad Max (a Newton MP3 Player), the new ATA driver, and Newton's 802.11
capabilities. Definitely an interesting read, and more proof that just
because technology may be a little bit older, doesn't mean it's not
useful." I still have my MP2000, and still think it has the best UI
around. I keep meaning to convert it into a wireless MP3 player. I am
currently hoping for Apple to make an iPod with AirPort and Rendezvous,
though.
Links
0. http://www.jonandnic.com
1. http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,54580,00.html
SF Gate on Open Source Government
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1855248
[0]Bruce Perens writes: "At the San Francisco Chronicle's [1]SF Gate,
Hal Plotkin points to Sincere Choice as [2]the right compromise for an
IT renaissance in Government including both Open Source and proprietary
software. The article is extremely flattering to yours truly, but a
good push in the right direction from a well-respected commentator."
Links
0. http://perens.com/
1. http://www.sfgate.com/technology/
2.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/08/29/osgovt.DTL
If You Hack NBC, You Don't Get to Meet Tom Brokaw
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1635221
[0]subgeek writes "Security Focus Online is carrying [1]this story
about the spot that [2]Adrian Lamo almost had on the NBC Nightly News
with Tom Brokaw. NBC changed their mind after they realized the
possible legal implications of filming someone hack corporate systems.
NBC also seemed a bit touchy that Lamo had gotten into their system so
handily. According to the article, it took him about five minutes and
one guessed password to get inside NBC's intranet from a computer at a
Kinko's. Lamo's comment: "It was a very full service system.""
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~subgeek/journal
1. http://online.securityfocus.com/news/595
2. http://adrian.adrian.org/
Netscape 7.0 is Out
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1633213
MrJones was one of many many users to submit that [0]Netscape has
released [1]Navigator 7.0 unto the world. With their [2]dwindling
market share, it'll be interesting to see what affect this has on
internet users. But here's hoping it makes a dent.
Links
0. http://www.netscape.com
1. ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/
2.
http://computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,73850,00.html
Thomson: MP3 Licensing Same As It Ever Was
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1718237
Thomson Multimedia is downplaying the [0]recently reported change in
the [1]licensing of patented MP3 technology as nothing more than a
trivial, semantic change. [2]In a NewsForge report today, Robin
("roblimo") Miller quotes a spokesman who denies that any change in the
licensing terms has taken place, "that Thomson laid down its licensing
terms long ago, and that if Thomson's terms are not compatible with the
GPL today, then they never were." The patent encumbrance of MP3 codecs
has worried Free software enthusiasts for a long time; if the recent
wording change represents no change in policy, it seems that they
really have been right all along. ([3]NewsForge, like Slashdot, is part
of the [4]sinister OSDN keiretsu.)
Links
0. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1633205&tid=17
1. http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
2. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1633205&mode=nested&tid=17
3. http://www.newsforge.com/
4. http://osdn.com/
Freshmeat
Albatross 1.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95462/
Albatross is a small and flexible toolkit for developing highly
stateful Web applications. It provides browser-based sessions via
automatically-generated hidden form fields, server side sessions via a
session server or file-based session store, a powerful and extensible
templating system which promotes separation of presentation and
implementation for improved program maintainability, implicit handling
for pagination of sequences and tree browsing, template macros to allow
repeated HTML and special effects HTML to be defined in one location,
and lookup tables to translate Python values to arbitrary template
code. Applications can be deployed as either CGI programs or as
mod_python module with minor changes to program mainline. Custom
deployment can be achieved by developing your own Request class.
auto-autofs 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95431/
auto-autofs is a Perl script which searches block- devices (via /proc)
and disk partitions (via fdisk) and generates an automounter map. It
can also work as an automounter program. It also generates an HTML file
for easy access to the devices.
Class::Date 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95405/
Class::Date provides a date datatype for Perl. You can create new
Class::Date objects with a constructor from different scalar formats,
array refs, and hash refs, and then you can easily manipulate it by the
builtin "+" and "-" operators (e.g.,
$date=date([2001,03,15])+'3Y 1s'). Relative date types also available
Clover 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95425/
Clover makes the gathering and analysis of code coverage metrics as
painless as possible. The main features include tight integration with
the popular Jakarta Ant build tool, accurate, configurable coverage
recording. It gathers Method, Statement and Branch coverage data.
Compile-time properties and source level directives allow for precise
control over the coverage gathering process. It also allows the user to
view coverage data in XML, HTML, or via a Swing GUI. Report-time
options allow for the exclusion of particular statement types from
coverage analysis.
COBRA 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95362/
COBRA is a C++ Object Request Brokers (ORBs) wrapper for the Python
language.
CxxTest 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95426/
CxxTest is a JUnit/CppUnit/xUnit-like framework for C++ that doesn't
require RTTI, member template functions, exception handling, or any
external libraries (including memory management, file/console I/O, or
graphics libraries). It is distributed entirely as a set of header
files which makes it extremely portable and usable.
Dovecot 0.97
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95412/
Dovecot is an IMAP server whose major goals are security and extreme
reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and
verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It
should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable. It currently
supports Maildir and mbox formats.
Enca 0.10.1 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95440/
Enca detects the encoding of text files, on the basis of knowledge of
their language. Then it can convert them to other encodings, allowing
you to recode files without knowing their current encoding. It can
currently detect encoding of Belarussian, Czech, Polish, Russian,
Slovak, and Ukrainian texts, and a few Unicode variants, independently
on language.
Endeavour Mark II 2.1.18 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95428/
Endeavour Mark II is a file browser/file manager with an image browser,
a recycled objects system, and an archiver front end. It features all
the common UNIX file operations for all types of disk objects found the
UNIX realm. It also supports disk drive mounting, a fully customizable
window appearance, a MIME Types system, and interapplication drag &
drop support for KDE and GNOME compatability (although KDE and GNOME
are not required).
Gnarwl 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95459/
Gnarwl is an email autoreply tool like vacation(1). However, instead of
requiring system accounts for every email address, it looks up its user
information in an LDAP database. With gnarwl, users are no longer
required to mess around with .forward files in order to use an email
autoresponder.
Gnono 0.0.2 (alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95432/
Gnono is a card game for GNOME 1.x. This is a re-write for GNOME of the
Windows card game WUNO, which was never released. It is loosely based
on the card game UNO, and plays mostly by the same rules. It currently
supports one human and one AI player.
GrabCartoons 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95434/
GrabCartoons is yet another comic-grabbing utility. It is modular, and
it is very easy to write modules for new comics. To avoid depriving the
comic Web sites from their hits, grabcartoons does not download a copy
of the images, but only generates a page with links to them.
GridFlow 0.6.1 (Experimental)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95421/
GridFlow (formerly Video4jmax) is a plugin for jMax that adds the
ability to process images and video as N-dimensional arrays
("Grids"). It consists of a framework for grid transmissions,
elementary grid processing objects, picture-oriented processing
objects, and input/output objects.
HTML Help Maker 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95439/
HTML Help Maker (hhm) creates ITS files, a type of compressed archive
used on Microsoft Windows platforms mainly to distribute program
documentation.
Ideagraph 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95404/
Ideagraph is a tool for creating visual maps of ideas that can work
with Web pages, documents, and images. The main user interface is a
drawing tool which can be used to create clear visual representations
of the information, with ideas as graphical objects and the
relationships between objects expressed as connectors between the
objects. RDF metadata is used to unambiguously identify and relate the
ideas, which allows the information to be stored and manipulated based
on its meaning. Ideagraph is a knowledge management tool for the
Semantic Web. It will feature simple tools for associating text
documents, images, and Web pages with the ideas, together with a simple
system for organizing the maps and documents.
iftop 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95406/
iftop provides real-time bandwidth usage information on a specified
interface, listed by host pairs.
JedABC 1.9.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95448/
JedABC is an extension to the JED editor that turns it into a powerful
and easy to use IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for ABC files,
with full integration with players, and previewers. It is similar in
concept to BarFly or runabc, with several advantages. It works on
Windows and Linux, and possibly other Unix variants.
JReferences 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95430/
JReferences is a program written in Java for managing bibliographic
references in the BibTeXML format. Storage is done in a binary file
database or, optionally, in a MySQL database. A PHP Web frontend is
available. It can input BibTex, RIS, BibTeXML, and DocBook formated
references.
JUnit 3.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95452/
JUnit is a Java testing framework. Since testing is not closely
integrated with development, it prevents you from measuring the
progress of development. You can't tell when something starts working
or when something stops working. Using JUnit you can cheaply and
incrementally build a test suite that will help you measure your
progress, spot unintended side effects, and focus your development
efforts.
kbirthday 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95438/
kbirthday is a Panel applet which reminds you of birthdays and
anniversaries listed in your KDE addressbook.
Lazarus Menutree 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95410/
Lazarus Menutree makes it easy to maintain expanding menu trees using a
single site map file and a CGI program. Menutree requires a Web server
with CGI and Server Side Includes. It works best with the Apache Web
server.
LinuxTrade 2.61 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95460/
LinuxTrade is a curses (text-based) implementation of the Scottrader
Java application, plus additional features inspired by the excellent
MedVed QuoteTracker Windows program, plus its own set of unique
features. It is lightweight, yet full featured. It can save a session
to a file and replay it. It has portfolios, real time quotes, charts
with live updates, time and sales, fundamental and technical
indicators, top ten and market movers, news articles, alerts, and Level
2 market depth indications from Archipelago and the Island Book.
mod_blosxom 0.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95441/
mod_blosxom is an Apache module which provides an extremely lightweight
Weblog environment. It shares its data and template formats with the
Bloxsom Weblog tool.
MonAlbum 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95443/
MonAlbum is a PHP and MySQL based photo album.
namp 0.3.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95407/
namp is a GTK2 frontend for mplayer. It allows graphical configuration
of mplayer options, and supports multiple players at the same time,
quick play of movie clips, list management, and full-screen mode (even
for virtual screens).
NeoBoard Zope Product 1.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95464/
NeoBoard is a Zope product that helps you create Web-based threaded
message boards. Originally written in PHP and MySQL, it has been in
heavy use by tens of thousands of users since 1999. Features include
structured text support with rendered content caching, collapsible
threads, file attachments with automatic MIME type recognition,
automatic image displaying/thumbnailing if the Python Image Libary
module is present, thread-wide auto mailer, board management
delegation, and self-upgrading object instances when class definitions
change. Articles can be deleted or moved to another board in a batch.
Netscape Communicator 7.0 (Mozilla-based)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95465/
Netscape Communicator is the all-in-one web browser and communications
suite that makes it easy to send Internet email, read newsgroups,
create web pages, and browse the World Wide Web.
NSS MySQL Library 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95418/
The NSS MySQL Library providesMySQL authentication for Unix systems
with NSS, so that Unix accounts can be stored in a MySQL database
instead of /etc/passwd. It features multiple server support, open-ended
database design, flexible logging and debugging, and persistent
connections.
NV-91 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95413/
NV-91 is an orange and white theme based around Venox and Niytros's
wallpaper.
oXmg 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95363/
oXmg is a library for creating trees of CORBA Interface Definition
Language (IDL), ODMG Object Definition Language (ODL) and SQLOF Object
Definition Language (ODL) files.
Palantir 2.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95445/
Palantir is a client-server streaming system designed to transmit live
video, audio, and data over a TCP/IP network. The server runs on a
Linux box. The supplied Java client can display the live video stream
as well as interact with hardware devices connected to the server. A
native Windows client also allows full-duplex audio communications with
the server.
Pattern 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95364/
Pattern is a PHP OOP application framework featuring a data-abstraction
layer, templates, and the scalability to enterprise level systems,
extending the PEAR functionality. The goal is to make a PHP-GKT rapid
application developer tool to create and manipulate complete Web sites.
Perl-LZO 1.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95433/
Perl-LZO provides LZO bindings for Perl5. You can access the LZO
library from your Perl scripts thereby compressing ordinary Perl
strings. LZO is a portable lossless data compression library written in
ANSI C. It offers pretty fast compression and very fast decompression.
Decompression requires no memory. In addition there are slower
compression levels achieving a quite competitive compression ratio
while still decompressing at this very high speed.
PHP Generic Access Control List 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95463/
This project is a set of PHP functions giving Web developers a simple,
yet immensely powerful "drop in" permission system to their
current Web-based applications.
phpClassAds 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95447/
phpClassAds is a PHP3 application that allows you to easily include a
classified ad section into your Web site. Its features include posting,
edit/delete ads, and admin tools. Each ad's entry is protected by a
password supplied by the ad's owner. For administration it provides a
category manager which allows you to create/edit/del categories easily.
The Administrator can bypass password to edit and delete ad entries.
poster 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95435/
Poster is a PostScript utility which resizes PS files, potentially to
split them into smaller pieces that are printable on normal paper
sheets (e.g., printing an A1 poster on 8 A4 pages). It features various
options to specify the input and output page size and cut margins and
to select tile pages to print. It is an old utility that has been
recently updated for better integration into the KDE Print Framework.
Q-Midi 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95437/
Q-Midi is a MIDI interface module which allows you to write MIDI
applications in the Q programming language. It runs on top of Grame's
MidiShare package. Most basic MidiShare functionality is available,
including timing functions for realtime programming and MIDI file
access.
Scoutplans 4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95402/
Scoutplans was originally developed as a method for Scout troops to
share calendars with each other. It has evolved into a general-purpose
calendar (called "Plans") with many powerful features. These
include recurring events, support for multiple organizations, merged
calendars, event icons, "skinnable" stylesheet-based look
& feel, and lots more.
Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server 3.05 (Securepoint3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95429/
Securepoint Firewall and VPN Server is a high-performance application
designed to offer full protection for network assets. The Security
Manager offers a graphical user interface with many features, different
configurations, and advanced reporting functions. The Securepoint
server is a complete firewall and VPN software system with an operating
system based on a secure Linux. VPN operation supports PPTP and IPSec
(X.509 certificates, preshared, RSA signature). You can use the
firewall on a standard PC with 2 to 16 network cards (including
Ethernet, ADSL, ISDN). It is very easy to install and administer. The
Securepoint Security Manager is available in English, German, and
Spanish, and works in online and offline mode.
SpamProbe 0.5a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95409/
SpamProbe is a spam detection program that uses a Bayesian analysis of
the frequencies of terms used in the email. Because it filters email
based on content rather than on general rules, it easily adapts itself
to the types of email that each individual user normally receives.
syslog-ng 1.5.20 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95455/
syslog-ng, as the name shows, is a syslogd replacement, but with new
functionality for the new generation. The original syslogd allows
messages only to be sorted based on priority/facility pairs; syslog-ng
adds the possibility to filter based on message contents using regular
expressions. The new configuration scheme is intuitive and powerful.
Forwarding logs over TCP and remembering all forwarding hops makes it
ideal for firewalled environments.
UESQLC 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95401/
Universal Embedded SQL Compiler (UESQLC) is a compiler that provides a
common way for accessing heterogeneous databases. UESQLC is based on
Structured Query Language (SQL) as a standard for accessing data. This
interface provides maximum interoperability, i.e. a single application
can access different SQL Database Management Systems (DBMS) through a
common set of embedded SQL code (UESQL). This enables a developer to
build and distribute a client/server application without targeting a
specific DBMS.
Virtual Object System 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95423/
The Virtual Object System (VOS) is an infrastructure and collection of
applications for building a multiuser object-oriented virtual reality
for the Internet. An abstract messaging layer (the VOS core) provides a
powerful abstraction, presenting a peer-to-peer distributed system as a
single unified whole. The 3D client (Ter'Angreal) enables any number of
users to interact in a virtual environment by communicating with one
another and by modifying and building onto the virtual environment
itself. This projects aims to realize the vision of a free 3D immersive
Internet.
WebComicsDB 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95378/
WebComicsDB is a Web-based system to manage a comic book collection. It
allows for input of new comic books and then links the books to
publishers, talent (writers, pencillers, inkers, etc.), and a
historical view of values for that comic. It also includes space for a
cover shot of each comic.
wmpasman 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95419/
wmpasman stores passwords and makes them available for pasting (both
via the middle-click primary selection and the clipboard selection) at
the click of a button. It also contains a digital clock. Access is
controlled by a passphrase.
wmweather+ 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95420/
wmweather+ will download the National Weather Serivce METAR bulletins,
ANV and MRF forecasts, and any weather map for display in a WindowMaker
dockapp. It includes forecasts, a weather map, and a sky condition
display.
WSN Links 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95416/
WSN Links is a fully templated PHP/MySQL links directory. It allows
visitors to suggest links, categories, and subcategories, and the admin
may choose to individually validate these suggestions. There is the
option to auto-notify admins of suggestions and the contributor of
approval via email. Users may rate each link. It distinguishes
reciprocal links. Links are sortable and searchable by visitor. All
HTML and displayed text can be easily changed through templates.
Xerces2 2.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95422/
Xerces2 is the next generation Apache Xerces-J XML parser. This version
of Xerces-J defines the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), and provides a
complete, standards compliant reference implementation using XNI. The
parser was completely re-designed and re-implemented to be simpler and
more modular. To help contribute to this project, visit the Apache XML
Project web page and join the xerces-j-dev mailing list.
XML Security Library 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95411/
XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2 and OpenSSL. It
provides an implementation for major XML security standards: XML
Digital Signature and XML Encryption.
xxdiff 2.8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95427/
xxdiff is a graphical browser for viewing the differences between two
or three files, or between two directories, and can be used to produce
a merged version.
Zorp 1.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95453/
Zorp is a proxy firewall suite. Its core framework allows the
administrator to finetune proxy decisions (with its built-in script
language), and fully analyze complex protocols (including SSH with
several forwarded TCP connections, or SSL with an embedded POP3
protocol). FTP, HTTP, finger, whois, and SSL protocols are fully
supported with an application-level gateway. Zorp aims for compliance
with the Common Cirteria/Application-level Firewall Protection Profile
for Medium Robustness Enviroment.
Slashcode
Slash DB Question: Part II
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1551232
Following my previous post asking where user settings are saved (Thanks
to thelink (http://thelink.concordia.ca) for his speedy response), I
have an additional, almost identical question for the Slashcoders out
there. On the Comment options page (users.pl?op=editcomm), does anyone
know where the follwing settings are saved? "Email Display" "Signature
Dash" "Reason Modifier" "People Modifier" "Anonymous Modifier" "NewUser
Modifier" (Both the percentage field and the bonus) "Display Link
Domains" Sorry to be such a pest. I've pretty much figured out all the
other settings on this page.
Playball4free.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1528200
A new slash site (our first) talking about MLB and the coming strike.
Please check it out... --wrttnwrd
Submiting Long Story question
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/0442225
How do you only post part of the story and then when you click read
more it shows a larger story. I know /. uses it and I was wondering
how. Bruce Gillham
Disappearing/Reappearing Topics and Sections
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/0542208
I've recently installed Slash 2.2.6 and for the most part, it's running
beautifully. The only thing that's succeeding in driving me nuts is
that my defined topics and sections appear in the dropdown menu
inconsistenly when posting a new article or when searching. So one
minute all topics/sections will appear, and for the next new article,
one or two may appear, and the next, all but one appears, but it
happens with no rhyme or reason. All topics and sections are correctly
listed in their respective backslash sections and in the database
table. I've restarted slash (apache and the server), but it didn't
help. Is it one of those things that are handled by some hidden
scheduled process, like the authors table? Any suggestions anyone can
offer would be greatly appreciated. Jasmine
Colors not saving
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0728247
I just installed slash, and whenever I try to customize the colors on
my site, I pick them out, enter them into the boxen, then click either
"preview" or "save" and am summarily presented with the story list (not
to mention an unchanged site). Is there something I'm missing here?
Amateur Astronomy Site: m57.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/1643254
Just setup a new slash site for amateur astronomers: The Ring: m57.org.
Please visit! Thanks to Micah Yoder Internet Development for capable
hosting.
uCdot
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/058243
A new slash site http://www.ucdot.org/ for uClinux and Embedded linux
developers and users.
Only new headlines
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0558213
I have two suggestions that I think would be really cool. I've listed
them after a short story of what prompted the ideas. I keep a mozilla
window with slashdot in it on one of my virtual desktops all the time.
I open interesting stories in their own tab leaving the first tab
solely for slashdot. Whenever I refersh the page I have to scroll down
to find the last headline that I read and start reading up from there.
Sound familiar? Sometimes it gets complicated when I don't find the
last headline I read and have to go back and look at the older stuff
for what I might have missed. My quick fix suggestion first then, my
really cool suggestion. 1) Previous 10 headlines button. 2) A
Last_Headline_Read field stored in my cookie. If the site remembers
that I'm logged in it should be able to remember the last headline that
I read. It would be cool if, when I refreshed the page, slashdot only
displayed the new headlines! Just a thought... Thanks
for the awesome work you guys do. --Tres
Saving user settings in the Slash DB: WHERE?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0555242
On the "Customize Homepage" page (users.pl?op=edithome) does anyone
know where it saves the exclusion filters (exclude by topic, section,
or author) in the database? I've figured out all the other settings
except these.
Exporting a Slash site between Machines?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/0547211
I have a fully customized Slash site on one machine, and I need to
migrate it to a different machine. How can this be done? Do I just TAR
up the directories and move them over? And if so, what files/db entries
do I need to modify with the new machine/site name? Any help is
appreciated. Thanks, QWade
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