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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
Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/0422205
[0]pingpong writes "Hundreds of people in Colorado and 7 surrounding
states have reported seeing "fireballs" in the night sky. They are
described as being 10 to 15 times larger than a normal shooting star
and bluish in color. Two people even claimed to see one land, but it
has yet to be found. The Daily Camera is [1]reporting it online here."
Field reports invited.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://www.thedailycamera.com/bdc/state_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2419_1465821,00.html
Sodium + Private Lake = Fun
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/203247
[0]travisbean writes "This should be enough to pique your interest. Add
to the story that the guy has his own pond and I think we can all see
where this is going... 'The first step was the procurement, through
eBay, of [1]three and half pounds of solid sodium metal for about a
hundred dollars. This is a decent price for a small quantity like this.
Small being a relative term: It's used by the ton in industry, but
anything more than a few grams is a dangerous quantity if found in your
home. Three and a half pounds is enough, for example, to blow your home
to bits under the right conditions.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/
CERT: Sendmail Distribution Contained Trojan Horse
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/2313205
[0]Scoria writes "According to a CERT advisory published this
afternoon, the public distribution of Sendmail 8.12.6 contained a
trojan horse from September 28 to October 6. For more detailed
information, please consult advisory [1]CA-2002-28." This sounds very
much like what happened to [2]OpenSSH.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-28.html
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/01/129228&tid=172
Slashback: Dilemma, Privacy, Chess
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/07/1841210
Slashback tonight with updates on Deep Fritz, the interaction of
Microsoft service packs and privacy laws, and the view from the shuttle
tank-cam, and a depressing update on the Nissan squatting case. Read on
for the details.
Mining Metals Using Plants and Trees?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/191221
[0]elroySF writes "An [1]MIT Technology Review article says
"...Scientists reported Monday that they have bioengineered a plant
capable of absorbing arsenic from soil and sequenced the complete set
of genes for a microbe that can remove heavy metals from water." It
goes on to say "...Some scientists even see the day when trees and
grasses will be used to mine metals and minerals without disturbing the
soil." " We had a [2]story about this a while back.
Links
0. http://www.datawonk.com
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/offthewire/3001_8102002_3.asp
2. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/03/22/0957236&tid=134
Walk-Thru Virtual Environment
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/2032257
diso writes "Walking through a wall is now really possible. [0]WAVE, a
Walk-thru Virtual Environment is a novel, low-cost, and simple method
for forming a superior quality physically penetrable fog display. It is
a break-through technology, literally! This work has international
patents pending. An early prototype was constructed with honeycomb
paper as a low-cost laminar airflow generator. When the screen is
formed, images can be either rear- or front-projected onto it. Despite
of being a very early prototype, the experimental fog screen already
proves the operating principle with excellent results."
Links
0. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ira/wave.html
Security as a Profit Center?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/1848225
[0]Harry Erwin writes "This article seems to suggest Microsoft is now
[1]considering charging for security. I don't mind vendors like
[2]Counterpane Internet Security selling security services, but I would
prefer operating system vendors to treat security as part of the core
functionality of their products, if only because effective security has
to be designed into the operating system from the start. This proposal
would create a two-tier Internet and probably make things worse rather
than better. Security is like public health and education--if you think
it's expensive, consider the alternative."
Links
0. http://www.theworld.com/~herwin/
1. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2123526,00.html
2. http://www.counterpane.com/
NIST Advanced Technology Program Awards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/1818258
demigod2k writes "Look, some research money awarded to all the recent
slashdot topics! [0]Printable LCD displays and circuits, [1]high
accuracy biometric algorithms, [2]holographic data storage, [3]an
overclockers dream, [4]and the DMCA fights back. See all the projects
listed for [5]NIST's FY2002 funding."
Links
0. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/00004968.htm
1. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/00005004.htm
2. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/00005141.htm
3. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/00004772.htm
4. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/00005237.htm
5. http://www.atp.nist.gov/awards/2002list.htm
Sony Vaio C1MW PictureBook Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/1756236
[0]daanger0us writes "There is an excellent [1]review of the Sony Vaio
C1MW PictureBook that uses the Transmeta Crusoe CPU and has a built in
camera so you can capture all those special moments. Here's an excerpt:
'Size is not the only identifying attribute of this VAIO. The built in
Motion eye camera is really the most intriguing part of the design Â
and probably the selling feature. The camera is built in on top of the
screen and can flip to point to or away from the driver. The software
loads at the push of the capture button and live video begins showing
up within seconds. JPEG shots or MPEG2 video can then be recorded and
replayed quite easily. With the included 30 Gigabyte hard drive a quick
calculation shows that about 10 hours of streaming video and audio can
be recorded at a time before running out of room.'"
Links
0. http://www.designtechnica.com
1. http://www.designtechnica.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=40
Space Elevators: Low Cost Ticket to GEO?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/1732216
Crocuta writes "The current issue of [0]Science News features a
[1]cover story that discusses the current developments in space
elevator technology. NASA has been working on such devices for many
years, but private companies such as [2]Highlift Systems are now
jumping on the space elevator bandwagon, no doubt seeing the huge
potential profit in a low cost per pound delivery system. [3]PhysicsWeb
has a somewhat older, but much more technical [4]article on the
formation and structure of the carbon nanotubes that form the basis of
the proposed tether cables. With a development like this, we could
shoot entire [5]boy bands into space and make the world a better
place."
Links
0. http://www.sciencenews.org/
1. http://www.sciencenews.org/20021005/bob9.asp
2. http://www.highliftsystems.com/
3. http://physicsweb.org/
4. http://physicsweb.org/article/world/11/1/9
5. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tourism-02m1.html
Freshmeat
AllTasks.net 1.10 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99518/
AllTasks.net allows a company to manage all parts of a task from idea
to execution and evaluation. Work together on big projects and/or
gather daily tasks into one common system.
Asgard 1.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99546/
Asgard is an administration interface for the Open Source content
management framework Midgard. It enables you to build and manage your
Midgard sites in a comfortable way.
atop system and process monitor 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99567/
Atop is an ASCII full-screen performance monitor similar to the command
top. For every interval (default 10 seconds), it shows system-level
activity related to the CPU, memory, swap, disks and network layers,
and it shows for every active process the CPU utilization in system and
user mode, the virtual and resident memory growth, priority, username,
state, and exit code. The process level activity is also shown for
processes which finished during the last interval (for this reason
process accounting is switched on), to get a complete overview about
the consumers of things such as CPU time. Atop only shows the active
system-resources and processes, and only shows the deviations since the
previous interval (e.g., the memory growth rather than total memory
usage per process). Unfortunately, the standard kernel does not
maintain counters about the number of disk and network accesses issued
per process. Later on, kernel patches will be made available to add
these process level counters. The current version of atop is already
prepared to display these counters.
bgpd.pl 0.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99552/
bgpd.pl is a partial implementation of the BGP protocol (RFC1771) in
Perl. It was writen as a tool to monitor BGP routing updates. It is not
meant to be used as a BGP router in an operational network. In fact, it
is unable to propagate routing information because there is no code to
send BGP UPDATE messages. bgpd.pl also does not touch the routing table
of the host it runs on.
Bifrost Firewall iptables GUI 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99551/
Bifrost is a firewall management interface to iptables (iptables GUI).
The system is inspired by Checkpoint and Watchguard firewall
management.
BottomFeeder 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99524/
BottomFeeder is an application that reads and displays RSS formatted
feeds. RSS is a syndication format, used by a growing proportion of
sites (including Slashdot).
Cantus 1.03 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99557/
Cantus is an easy to use tool for tagging and renaming MP3 and
OGG/Vorbis files. It has many features including mass tagging and
renaming of MP3s, the ability to generate a tag out of the filename,
filter definitions for renaming, recursive actions, CDDB (Freedb)
lookup (no CD needed), copy between ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, and a lot
more.
Cardfile 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99535/
Cardfile is a simple flatfile UNIX database with a curses interface,
that emulates a library's card catalog. It's useful for cataloging your
library, downloaded software, or your Pokemon collection.
CharConv 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99507/
CharConv is a bash GUI for iconv. It can convert whole directories of
charsets, or one file at a time.
cipherfunk Patched Linux Kernels 2.4.19-fnk9 (2.4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99544/
cipherfunk Patched Linux Kernels provide patchsets that focus on
optimizations, bugfixes, and security enhancements to the current
stable Linux Kernel. They are suitable for workstation or high-end
server use in both production and development environments.
CUPS Wordfilter 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99482/
CUPS Wordfilter is a simple filter that allows the CUPS printing system
to print Microsoft Word documents.
Dia2Postgres 0.7.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99486/
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.
Generic JTAPI and JCC 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99565/
Generic JTAPI and Jcc is a framework to allow for the rapid development
of Java telephony specification implementations. It does this by
reducing the "service provider" coding requirements by an
order of magnitude and by providing common services. Also included are
sample service providers, including layered providers that can be
combined with others to support multiplexing, JCC support, and remote
access.
gnome-chord 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99517/
gnome-chord is a guitar chord index that displays a selected chord on a
guitar fretboard.
Graphical certification authority 0.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99555/
Graphical certification authority is an interface for managing RSA keys
and certificates, and the creation and signing of PKCS#10 requests. It
uses the OpenSSL library and a Berkeley DB for key and certificate
storage. It supports importing and exporting keys and PEM DER PKCS8
certificates, signing and revoking of PEM DER PKCS12, and the selection
of x509v3 extensions. A tree view of certificates is presented.
GtkSilver 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99487/
Silver is a small GTK application which will downloads an image from a
Web site and displays it in a window, refreshing every few seconds. It
is ideal for watching webcams without having to open a browser, and for
toggling between multiple cams with ease.
IOsity 4.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99540/
IOsity is an HTML generating tool that can be used to create static
and/or dynamic websites. It makes use of objects to increase
development efficiency and limit redundancy. The main purpose of IOsity
is to act as an advanced tag replacement engine. The system takes
parameterized tags written within HTML code and replaces the tags with
corresponding computed values. It does not require system level
installation, so users on large networks can easily add it to their own
Web server spaces.
KVim 6.1.141 final
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99554/
KVim is a port of the Vim GUI to KDE 2/3. It provides all of Vim's GUI
functions. KVim aims at providing all the power of Vim with a nice and
friendly interface.
lcrzoex 4.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99543/
Lcrzoex is a toolbox for network administrators and network hackers
which contains over 400 utilities to test an Ethernet/IP network. Each
one can be compiled alone and modified to match your needs. Lcrzoex
works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris.
libwebserver 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99533/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to
your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and
supports OpenSSL.
Loophole 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99537/
Loophole works with your cable or DSL modem to allow you to bypass your
company's firewall or Web filter. It works by tunnelling arbitrary data
through HTTP. It also makes your Internet access confidential by
encrypting all data that passes through the proxy.
Mixmaster 2.9b39
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99525/
Mixmaster is an anonymous remailer. Remailers provide protection
against traffic analysis and allow users to send email anonymously or
pseudonymously. Mixmaster consists of both client and server
installations.
Mp3 Database 6.1 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99523/
MP3 Database uses Apache/PHP/MySQL to work as an MP3/OGG Jukebox. Users
select songs from a client machine; the program will pull from a CD on
the server and play (using mpg123/ogg123). Users can also alter the
volume with a Web interface to aumix.
MudPit 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99504/
MudPit is a spool processor for the Snort intrusion detection system.
It is similar to the Barnyard project, but is able to process both log
and alert streams at the same time. It is simple, modular, and
reliable.
nALFS 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99563/
nALFS is used for parsing the ALFS profiles (simple instructions in
XML) and, following those profiles, do various things (like executing
commands), one by one, to compile some packages from source.
netscript 1.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99548/
netscript is a portable/multi-platform, lightweight TCP/UDP socket
scripting system. It is intended to automate situations, built on a
word-to-word ruleset response system. It includes wildcard support,
character replacement, random replacement, argument inclusion, server
timeout, initial send, display altering, multiple character dump
formats, telnet protocol support, logging, program to socket dumping,
executable ruleset support, reverse binding, module support, data
truncation, data formatting, permission options, virtual hosting
support, history storage, dynamic storage variables, directory
placement, character omitting, timed rules, background support, syslog
support, routing support, socket options, interactive mode, and
graphical user interface support.
PHP Accelerator 1.3.3r1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99549/
PHP Accelerator is a plugin PHP Zend engine extension that provides a
PHP script cache and is capable of delivering a substantial
acceleration of PHP scripts without requiring any script changes, loss
of dynamic content, or other application compromises.
Php.XPath 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99522/
phpXML is a PHP class for accessing XML documents through the powerful
XPath language without requiring the DOM XML extensions to be setup on
your server. This script makes XPath available everywhere, even on
sites that do not have this extension available.
picoSQL 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99547/
picoSQL is an Italian RDBMS. Because it derives from a commercial
project, it is already robust, fast, and rather complete.
Q 3.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99559/
Q is a powerful and extensible functional programming language based on
the term rewriting calculus. When programming with Q, you specify an
arbitrary system of equations which the interpreter uses as rewrite
rules to reduce expressions to normal form. Q is useful for scientific
programming and other advanced applications, and also as a
sophisticated kind of desktop calculator. The distribution includes the
Q programming tools, a standard library, add-on modules for interfacing
to GNU Octave, Tcl/Tk and IBM's Data Explorer, and an Emacs mode.
ReadyExec 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99539/
ReadyExec is a client-server system designed to alleviate the problem
of high-startup-costing applications which are run repeatedly (e.g., in
procmail) and use stdio files, argv, environment variables, and exit
codes to interact with their environment. A small 'conduit' program is
used to send such process-specific information to the server, and acts
as an intermediary while the 'heavy' application code runs in the
server, only needing to be loaded once.
RealizationEngine 1.0.13rc3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99536/
The RealizationEngine is designed from the ground up to facilitate
group communication. It is accessible from any Web browser or
Web-enabled device with access to the server. Classified information is
easily restricted to authorized individuals. Information can be
compartmentalized, restricted, or published openly, as appropriate, all
from the same system. Ideas are coherently threaded, and every message
is searchable in a single location and in the context of the messages
related to it.
SDL Sasteroids 1.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99531/
SDL Sasteroids is a rework of the original Sasteroids game by Brad
Pitzel last released in 1994. It allows the original Sasteroids game to
be played on modern hardware, without vgalib and older versions of gcc.
Old fans of the original will find many suprises in addition to the
same old game released years ago.
SPIKE 2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99562/
SPIKE is an attempt to write an API that helps reverse engineer new,
unknown network protocols. It features several working examples.
Spkgtool 0.1.0pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99534/
Spkgtool is a software management system that uses symbolic links for
maintaining packages and a "ports" style backend for building
package from source tarballs. It has its own built linking application,
but it also can act as a GUI frontend to your favorite symbolic link
package system (supporting graft, epkg, and stow). It is written with
bash scripts and Makefiles. The GUI is dialog and Xdialog (depending on
your environment). Aside from building ports, it will also build and
install "GNU-friendly" source tarballs.
Sumlog 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99503/
Sumlog is a Perl script that generates logs of IP traffic that detail
the amount of data transferred through an ethernet or PPP interface. It
also includes a Web application for displaying the statistics.
TCDR console frontend for CD-R burning 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99530/
TCDR is a dialog-based console frontend for mkisofs, cdrecord, cdrdao,
cdparanoia, cdda2wav, bladeenc, mpg123, and sox written in bash.
TrackerTools 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99484/
Tracker Tools is a set of tools written in C useful for controlling the
TrackerPod rotating camera base made by Eagletron on Linux- based
operating systems. The distribution contains a device driver, a user
library, a command-line device control tool, an X- Windows display
tool, and a Perl-based Web server.
TriActive Java Data Objects 2.0 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99513/
TriActive Java Data Objects (TJDO) is an implementation of Sun's Java
Data Objects (JDO) specification (JSR-12). It aims to provide a viable,
spec-compliant JDO offering to complement other open source Java tools.
Watchfolder 0.2.2-p1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99558/
Watchfolder watches specifed folders for incoming files and processes
them with programs assigned to those folders. Afterwards, the files are
removed from the inbound directory.
Webmin 1.020
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99538/
Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix.
Using any browser that supports tables and forms, you can setup user
accounts, internet services, DNS, file sharing and so on.
xbox-linux 07-10-2002
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99561/
The Xbox Linux project aims to create a version of GNU/Linux that runs
on the Microsoft Xbox gaming console.
yaws 0.56 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/99550/
Yaws is a high performance, light-weight, threaded HTTP 1.1 Web server
targeted for the generation of dynamic content. It is written in
Erlang, and the server side dynamic content is generated by Erlang code
embedded in the HTML code.
Slashcode
No comments on polls
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/08/159249
I have a slash site recently upgraded to 2.2.6 It does not seem to
offer users the chance to add comments to polls. Any idea why that
might be? Is it a template issue that I have broken? or a bug in
slashcode 2.2.6? eg http://news.diversebooks.com/pollBooth.pl?section=
&qid=17&aid=-1
install-slashsite needed for 2.2.5 -> 2.2.6?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/07/1535237
I'm in the process of upgrading from slash 2.2.5 to slash 2.2.6. I've
done the make and make install steps, and everything seems to have gone
fine so far. But I'm confused about the next step. The INSTALL file
doesn't mention needing to run install-slashsite as part of the "Slash
2.2.x -> Slash 2.2.y" section, so I thought maybe I didn't need to.
But it mentions that my template customizations will likely have been
overwritten by the install process, and gives instructions on how to
deal with that, and at least in the steps I've performed so far, that
hasn't happened. My modified templates are still showing up on the
site. Which makes me think I haven't done something important, and
running install-slashsite is my best guess as to what that might be.
install troubles
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/05/1639245
Just trying to get some slashcode going and all looked well. Started
apache, and get the following in the error log [Sat Oct 5 09:06:42
2002] [error] Undefined subroutine
&Slash::Apache::User::userdir_handler::handler called. [Sat Oct 5
09:06:42 2002] [error] Undefined subroutine
&Slash::Apache::Log::handler called. I tried to install
Slash::Apache, but to no avail, getting the following error on make
test Can't load '../blib/arch/auto/Slash/Apache/Apache.so' for module
Slash::Apache: ../blib/arch/auto/Slash/Apache/Apache.so: undefined
symbol: perl_cmd_perl_TA KE1 at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i686-linux/DynaLoader.p m line 206. I am
running Apache 1.3.19 and red hat 7.1. I know both are sort of old, but
I will shortly switch to my new box. Thanks
Slash on a VPS (Virtual Private Server)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/04/069222
Does anyone have experience running Slash on a VPS. I use one of these
Virtual Private Servers (running FreeBSD) that companies like Verio,
Interland and many others offer. You have what might be called 'virtual
root'.
Time stamp on blog site
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/04/067251
The time stamp on my submissions is 6 hours in the future. How do I
correct this problem? Is this in the safe_mysql script where I set the
TZ=GMT? Please help as having the correct time on the posts is critical
to the success of this site as it contains time sensitive information.
Also, how do I prevent postings to the site from users that do not have
an account?
Displaying multiple categories on home page?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/01/2037208
I'm sorry if I've missed something here, but I've just set up a slash
site, and can't quite figure out how to get my home page to work like I
want: My goal is to deploy a slash site internally where I work, with
sections for the various groups on our project; R&D, CM, QA,
marketing, etc. Then, each group can have "private" articles in their
own section, and then front-page anything that would be of interest to
everyone else (a new customer, major feature, reached a milestone,
etc). As far as I can tell, however, right now, R&D guys would have
to explicitly check both the R&D section, and the main section.
Convincing people to regularly hit one web page will be hard enough;
getting them to frequent two will be near impossible. The closest I can
find to what I want is the "Collapse Sections" option, but in that
case, R&D would be forced to see all the marketting drudge, and
vice versa. You can blacklist certain categories, but then it defeats
the whole purpose of doing this. Is there something I'm just being
dense and missing?
Themes how to
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/01/1733226
I have just finished making the HTML templates for a new site and have
slash 2.2.5 up and running. How do I make and install these templates
as a theme ? How are template-tool, template check and install theme
involved in this process ? What is boilerplate ? thanks - Bob
Changing comment display?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/30/078259
I have noticed a surprising behavior in slashcoded sites. It seems like
a bug to me, but as a lay user I may be missing the Big Picture of why
one would want things this way. Specifically, I was surprised to find
that when changing the comment display parameters (e.g., threshold,
nesting, ordering) of a displayed article, the resulting page does not
display the original article; the comments are shown as requested, but
the initial paragraph is not drawn. I first noticed this switching to a
nested display on a recent Slashdot article, but some quick testing
revealed that the behavior is consistent across various sites and
browsers. Clearly, this is a systemic condition. Is this a deliberate
choice? Is there some reason to prefer this approach to one that allows
a user to display the entire article with the comments organized as
he/she chooses? From where I sit, I don't see why one would, but I was
interested to hear what the community thought before submitting a bug
report/patch. What do you think?
Updating portald blocks
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1928216
My site portald blocks have gone insane! When portald runs, the blocks
are actually updated - I check in backSlash, and the current content
comes up when I edit a block, say 'slashdot'. On the main page, the
block is still displaying content from the last time apache was
restarted. Everything else on the page is showing new content (stories,
recent topics, older stories, etc). What is going wrong??!
The Ethics of Weblogging
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/0322250
Okay, this is a bit different kind of question, but it's been
concerning me a lot lately. What is the "netiquette" of weblogging? For
example, I saw a cool story on Slashdot that points at a page on
Fortune magazine. The subject of the article is right on topic with the
Slash site I'm developing. Do I quote Slashdot, or Fortune, or both?
And in general, how ethical is it to create a site, the majority of
which is content that others have worked to create?
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