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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
Amazon Bots Cause Grief For Associate Web Sites
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0419217
[0]theodp writes "Amazon Associates and Web Services developers are
[1]crying foul over the hammering they're taking from ill-behaved bots
that Amazon had subsidiary Alexa Internet dispatch to evaluate the
'quality and reliability' of their sites. Amazon [2]fessed up and
[3]acknowledged problems exist, but points to [4]recent Operating
Agreement changes that not only give Amazon and any of its corporate
affiliates the right to do so, but also to use unstated technical means
to overcome any methods that are used to try to block or interfere with
such crawling or monitoring. Interesting stance from the folks who
[5]called on the Senate to prosecute those who degrade the technical
quality of service at web sites."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://forums.prospero.com/am-assocdevxml/messages?msg=1184.14
2. http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=am-assosdev&msg=34.1&ctx=0
3. http://forums.prospero.com/am-assocdevxml/messages?msg=1184.12
4. http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=am-assosdev&msg=33.1&ctx=0
5. http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/0308mis.pdf
Kiwi Geeks Seek Domain
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0343219
[0]Codeine writes "A group of professional Internet engineers and
technicians from New Zealand are following the published procedure
[1]to obtain the delegation of GEEK.NZ from the NZ Domain Name
Commissioner (DNC). If successful, GEEK.NZ would be New Zealand's
twelfth second-level domain."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://geek.nznog.org/
Known-Good MD5 Database
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0411224
[0]bgp4 writes "Have you ever examined a system you thought was broken
into but you weren't sure? If only you had run an integrity
verification program like [1]osiris or [2]Tripwire first you could have
figured out what programs had been changed. In an effort to help out in
the instances when you can't answer the question "what was this like
before?" we've constructed a [3]searchable database of MD5 and SHA-1
hashes for files in many standard operating systems. You can search
using the filename or the checksum and see if you have a trojaned
binary or an overactive imagination. Currently at [3]knowngoods.org we
have many FreeBSD, OS X, Linux, and Solaris installations checksummed
and cataloged. If you have other programs or distributions you would
like to see in the database, please [4]let us know."
Links
0. http://www.shmoo.com/~gdead/
1. http://osiris.shmoo.com/
2. http://www.tripwire.com/
3. http://www.knowngoods.org/
4. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
GeForce FX And More From AGDC 2002
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0126222
[0]Mr.Tweak writes "We have posted some coverage from the [1]Australian
Game Developers Conference which was held over this past weekend at the
Melbourne Convention Center. There you will find information on Sony's
PS2 online gaming plans, Sony's PS2 Linux Development Kits, and videos
and pictures of nVidia's GeForce FX in action as well as shots of the
graphics card and other juicy details."
Links
0. http://www.tweaktown.com
1. http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6811
Columbia Japan Music On Demand, On CD-R
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0115234
[0]jwlidtnet writes "It seems as if Columbia Records Japan has
instituted a [1]series of 'albums on demand' -- written on CDR media
(warning: page in Japanese). Granted, most of the items currently
offered are Japanese in origin, but this is indicative of a record
label that realizes how to embrace *some* aspect of the technological
revolution! Various industry types have been espousing this method for
years as an antidote to artificial concepts of media supply and demand
(e.g. that Big Record Label cannot support small acts as it must press
x copies of the album), and as Columbia seems to be offering mostly old
catalogue items, this is an encouraging solution to the problem of the
control of out-of-print recordings. One final note: of course, a system
like this is only as useful as its retailer support, and it appears as
if both [2]Tower Records Japan and [3]HMV Japan carry these CDR
releases."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.r-ban.com/
2. http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/
3. http://www.hmv.co.jp/
MSNBC: Offices Remain Spam Free Zones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/2246251
Makarand writes "Thanks to a good job done by the tech staff and
filtering software, office workers in the US are not bothered by spam
mail and the value of email communications has not eroded. A survey
conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project, whose findings are
[0] reported in this article by MSNBC.com, found that spam is certainly
a problem for personal email accounts but not for company provided
email accounts. This is contrary to the perception that American
workers are wasting too much time battling spam." YMMV.
Links
0. http://www.msnbc.com/news/843638.asp?0si=-
A Twisty Maze Of Sewerbot Links, All Different
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/2214224
[0]skids writes "Look before you sit! [1]Sewer systems [2]all [3]over
the [4]world are under seige by [5]robots laying fiber to the curb --
and beyond. There's even a [6]standards body forming. (Doesn't that
consitute a one-level recursion of 'pipes carrying filth'?)" It's been
a while since we [7]last mentioned these things.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh738.htm
2. http://www.ca-botics.com/press02.html
3. http://www.dti-online.de/eleicab.htm
4. http://www.softa.or.jp/seto.html
5. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=24713
6. http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/AUGUST_2002/jeyapalan_aug02.html
7. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/08/0625220&tid=126
Updating Quickbooks Forces Online Membership?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/1928240
[0]garyebickford asks: "I've been using [1]Quickbooks 2001 for a long
time, sending out invoices via email. A couple of months ago it asked
if I wanted to do an online update - these occurred occasionally and I
agreed. There was no information regarding what the update would do,
although IIRC there was some mention of 'new features' and
'improvements'. Since that time, it is now impossible to either fax or
email an invoice without signing up for Quickbook's 'Online Business
Member' program since it appears to use their own mail server.
Membership is free for now, but the required click-agreement forces me
to agree in advance to any future fees! I have no interest in letting
Intuit know about my invoices and other financial information. As a
result, this software is essentially useless and I must find a new
accounting package. I've looked at various OSS packages but haven't
found one that has developed far enough to use in this way. But there
are many out there and I haven't kept up to date, so maybe someone else
out there can suggest something. I'd prefer using it on Linux, of
course. I'd also be interested if this loss of functionality would be
sufficient to consider a class action suit to recover costs of
conversion." The issue at hand is that commercial software has started
to force consumers to fall into such schemes to maintain features that
they already had. Today it is Quickbooks, but what about tomorrow?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.quickbooks.com/
First-Person Account Of Video Game Addiction
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/2023204
[0]The Evil Couch writes "Jive Magazine, an entertainment magazine
based in Atlanta, has just released [1]a feature article that the
editor has spent over a year investigating on gaming addiction.
Starting from being on the outside of the gaming community, she has
gone from being a somewhat normal person, to being one of the higher
level characters in [2]Anarchy Online. 'People have worse entertainment
addictions than playing computer games. If I am going to be addicted to
something, I would choose online gaming over drugs, bowling, gambling,
television, or being a baseball fanatic easily. I donÂt have to wear
ugly shoes, lose my hard earned money or do the wave next to someone I
donÂt know and that just about makes it a no-brainer for me. It IS
after all just a video game, like Neal describes in his great novel,
Snow Crash. It is just another amusement park.' Sounds like a happy
ending to me."
Links
0. http://evilcouch.com
1. http://jivemagazine.com/content_articles.php?ID=104
2. http://www.anarchy-online.com/
Pay to Play the U.S. Way
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/1710208
Thu Anon Coward writes "There's an [0]article on CNN.com that finally
shows proof that corporations actually demand access to politicians for
contributing $$$. And that political parties promise access based on
how much the corporations "donate". Microsoft donated money on the
condition that they be seated next to "Sen. (Paul) Coverdell or
leadership, Commerce Committee or Judiciary Committee," according to a
GOP memo. The memo added Microsoft did not want to sit with Sen. Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah, a major critic." How can we fight this? Write letters to
the companies saying we won't buy their products because of their undue
influence? You think the politicians will actually listen if we write
them instead?" The campaign finance debate is probably the most
important political issue in the U.S. right now. You should pay
attention, even if you hate politics.
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/party.promises.ap/index.html
Freshmeat
An MP3 LEnder 0.5.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105888/
Ample is a simple MP3 server written in C. It does not support mixing,
radio shows, etc. Ample is just intended to be an easy way to remotely
listen to your MP3s using the "open location" features in
XMMS, WinAmp, and Media Player.
Apache Jakarta Turbine 2.2 (Final)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105874/
Apache Jakarta Turbine is a servlet-based framework that allows
experienced Java developers to quickly build secure Web applications.
Parts of Turbine can also be used independently of the Web portion of
Turbine. Turbine is specifically designed so that portions of it can be
easily used in other applications.
Apache Jakarta Turbine Torque 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105873/
Torque is a persistence layer. It generates all the database resources
required by your application and includes a runtime environment to run
the generated classes. It was developed as part of the Turbine
Framework. It is now decoupled and can be used by itself.
avidemux 0.9pre24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105894/
Avidemux is a graphical tool to edit AVI. It allows you to multiplex
and demultiplex audio to/from video. It is able to cut video, import
BMP, MJPEG, and MPEG video, and encode them. You can also process video
with included filters. It requires divx4linux and GTK/GDK.
BASH Debugger 0.35
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105857/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging
support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most
comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It
can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as
adding hashtables), since development is maintained openly and
developers are encouraged to participate.
Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105855/
The Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools are software for the Catweasel
MK1 ISA and Catweasel MK3 PCI universal floppy disk controllers. cw2dmk
will read several kinds of floppy disk, some of which ordinary PC
controllers have trouble with, and save them in the DMK disk image
format (used by the Unix TRS-80 emulator xtrs and David Keil's TRS-80
emulator for MS-DOS). cw2dmk can also handle (at least) any disk
written using a Western Digital 177x/179x floppy disk controller, a
PC-style NEC765-compatible controller, or a Digital Equipment
Corporation RX02 controller. dmk2cw will write any DMK image back to a
floppy, handling the same kinds of disks as cw2dmk. jv2dmk and dmk2jv3
convert images between DMK and the older JV1 and JV3 formats without
requiring Catweasel hardware. It runs on Linux and MS-DOS.
dbacl 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105865/
dbacl is a digramic Bayesian text classifier. Given some text, it
calculates the posterior probabilities that the input resembles one of
any number of previously learned document collections. It can be used
to sort incoming email into arbitrary categories such as spam, work,
and play, or simply to distinguish an English text from a French text.
It fully supports international character sets, and uses sophisticated
statistical models based on the Maximum Entropy Principle.
dchub 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105866/
dchub is a Direct Connect hub clone. It resembles an IRC server with
some extra features dedicated to file sharing.
DCTC 0.83.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105863/
DCTC (Direct Connect Text Client) is a library that gives access to the
direct connect world, like IRC but more file-sharing oriented.
Disc-Cover 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105879/
Disc-cover provides an easy way to produce covers for audio CDs. It
scans audio CDs and uses information from the CDDB or CDINDEX database
to build a back and front cover for the CD. Output is in Latex, Dvi,
PDF, Postscript, HTML, plain ASCII, or any other format suited for
cdlabelgen.
dwerg's gtk theme 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105753/
dwerg's gtk theme is a theme engine based on a design by Everaldo for
Trillian.
Ethereal 0.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105853/
Ethereal is a network protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer",
that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network
frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality
packet analyzer for Unix, and the most useful packet analyzer on any
platform.
Fandango 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105880/
Fandango is a GL-rendered, Python-scripted CAD program. The low-level
functionality is programmed in C++, and then the relevant functions are
exposed to Python and used as building blocks for more functions.
Currently the memory core allows lines, triangles, line strips, and
triangle strips. Texture, blending, and lighting can be switched on and
off from a command line.
FELIP 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105862/
FELIP (File Editing and Listing In PHP) is a Web-based file editor. It
was designed to allow remote editing and compiling of Java source files
on a Linux server without the need for a terminal login, however, it
can be used to edit any text file. It provides a directory browser to
easily view files along with creating, uploading, copying, deleting,
moving, renaming, and Java compiling features. Perl scripts are used
for copying, moving, and compiling operations to avoid compatibility
problems with PHP.
GNU GRUB 0.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105849/
GNU GRUB is a Multiboot loader. It was derived from GRUB. It is an
attempt to produce a bootloader for IBM PC-compatible machines that has
both the capability to be friendly to beginning or otherwise
non-technically interested users and the flexibility to help experts in
diverse environments. It is compatible with FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
and Linux. It supports Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP and OS/2 via
chain-loaders. It has a menu interface and a command-line interface.
IzPack 3.1.0 pre4 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105877/
IzPack is a powerful Java installer builder. It is able to create
lightweight and modular installers. You have the choice of the
installer panels you want to use (some can do the same job, so that you
can select the one you prefer), and you even have the choice of the
kind of installer that you want to use. IzPack doesn't use any portion
of native code, it is designed to be fully independent from the
operating system that runs it. It is very easy for the end user with a
properly installed JVM to use an installer made with IzPack, since a
single "java -jar installer.jar" will launch it.
Katoob 20021208 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105850/
Katoob is a light-weight, multi lingual, BIDI-aware text editor. It
supports opening and saving files in multiple encodings. The main
support was for the Arabic language but other languages are also
supported.
LargoRecipes 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105851/
LargoRecipes is an application for managing recipes. It does
sophisticated ingredient parsing, handles RecipeML and MealMaster file
formats, and generates recipe Web pages. Future plans include
integration with an XML database.
libSieve 2.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105861/
libSieve is a standalone library pulled from CMU's implementation of
their Sieve mail sorting library in the Cyrus mail server. Either
shared or statically linked, libSieve will help to bring mail sorting
functionality into your mail server application without the need to
reinvent the wheel. As a library, it is not intended for end users
expecting a ready-to-run program.
LightingFX 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105828/
LightingFX is a theme based on an idea from a wallpaper found at
jodrell.uk.net. It features one of The GIMP's lighting fx for the
background, and brushed metal style menus and tiles.
Linux Firewall 2.0rc7pre4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105852/
Projectfiles.com Linux Firewall is a robust, well-designed firewall for
Linux 2.4 based on netfilter/iptables. It supports advanced features
for both servers and routers such as port forwarding and connection
logging. It has verbose success and failure messages, and is easy to
install and configure.
memfetch 0.04b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105878/
memfetch dumps the memory of a program without disrupting its
operation, either immediately or on the nearest fault condition (such
as SIGSEGV). It can be used to examine suspicious or misbehaving
processes on your system, verify that processes are what they claim to
be, and examine faulty applications using your favorite data viewer so
that you are not tied to the inferior data inspection capabilities in
your debugger.
MiddleMan 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105896/
Middleman is a fast HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with features designed to
remove unwanted content and increase privacy. It features an XML-like
configuration file and an intuitive Web interface. It can be used to
filter HTTP headers, block certain files or mime types, block cookies
to and from certain sites, redirect requests, forward requests through
another proxy using NTLM or Basic authentication, block inappropiate
content using a keyword scoring system, and manipulate the contents of
files using either its builtin rewrite feature or an external program
or script. It fully implements the HTTP/1.1 protocol, including
persistent connections and gzip encoding.
OpenAssistance .1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105856/
OpenAssitance is a CRM solution that allows Web site operators to
communicate live with their audience on their Web site. Common uses
include for sales assistance, tech support, and feedback.
Openbox 2.2.2 (Testing)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105854/
Openbox is a window manager with an enhanced Blackbox style-engine that
supports the KDE and GNOME2 desktop environments and their
applications. It provides a familiar environment to Blackbox users with
added customizability. The key handler, epist, provides full
key-chain-combo support, support for bindings without modifiers, and
the ability to pop up Openbox menus.
Perl BlackJack Engine 0.1 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105668/
Perl BlackJack Engine facilitates the testing of betting and counting
methodologies. It uses the basic strategy for a 6 sho deck, H17, DAS.
perl-reference 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105869/
Perl-reference is a program to quickly display reference documentation
for a Perl function, variable, regexp operator, or language keyword.
This documentation is generated from the default Perl POD files, namely
perlfunc, perlop, and perlvar. Unlike perldoc, perl-reference relies on
documentation generated at compile-time, which results in a much higher
response time.
png2ico 2002-12-08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105870/
PNG2ICO converts .PNG files to Windows .ICO icon resource files. It is
a simple tool for creating a favicon.ico for a Web site. It supports
transparent backgrounds and multiple icons (usually alternative
resolutions) per .ICO file.
ProFTPD 1.2.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105872/
ProFTPD is a proven, high-performance, scalable FTP server written from
scratch, with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of
configuration. Naturally, ProFTPD powers some of the largest sites on
the Internet. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax,
modules, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including
support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and
permission-based directory visibility.
PyPlatform 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105868/
PyPlatform is a platform game engine that features a built-in level
editor, basic physics, a split-screen mode, animated players and
platforms, moving platforms, layers, and parallax.
Retro Native Forth 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105881/
Retro Native Forth is a 32-bit Forth-based operating system for the
IA-32 (x86) architecture. It is written in assembly language and
high-level Forth.
Sakura Violet Spark 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105806/
Sakura Violet Spark is a theme with Card Captor Sakura amidst violent,
violet lightning and thunder. The background is from
www.animewallpapers.com.
Sidewinder Forcefeedback 2 driver 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105889/
The Sidewinder Forcefeedback 2 driver is a project to make a full
capabilities driver for the Microsoft Forcefeedback 2 joystick.
The Daily Journal 0.6.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105890/
fltdj, The Daily Journal, is a PIM program that is written using the
Fast Light Tool Kit. It manages daily notes, appointments, holidays,
contact and to-do lists, and issues alerts before scheduled
appointments.
The Virtual School 0.35
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105876/
The Virtual School is a PHP software suite offering a full online
learning facility with teacher-submitted lessons, interactive
questions, a news portal for schools, and themes. It was initially
designed for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) but can be used
eventually for any type of online teaching.
Videoconv 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105887/
Videoconv is a shell-based frontend to mjpeg-tools, transcode,
vcdimager, and cdrdao. This script converts AVI videos to VCD, SVCD, or
DivX, and optionally burn them to CD. There are many optional
parameters which can be used to adjust the video quality. The script
was designed to allow even unexperienced users to convert video into
the format they want by using free tools.
webadmin.php 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105867/
webadmin.php is a simple Web-based file manager that is useful for
applying changes to a Web account quickly and without FTP access. It
can show, create, delete, and move files and directories, copy, edit
and upload files, help to manage htaccess and htpasswd, and change
permissions of files and folders. webadmin.php only consists of one
file, and has multi-language support.
Webtop 1.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105859/
Webtop is a Web-based POP3 email client that includes many filter
options, spam fighting features, custom folders, and email-to-PDF
generation. The Webtop also includes a calendar, notepad, Webdrive,
automated email reminders, contacts, and Web-based administration. One
installation can support multiple users and each user can set up as
many POP3 accounts as they need.
Wintery Reggae.blues() 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105848/
Wintery Reggae.blues() is an icy theme based on a style by Kate
Greaves. The background included is "reggae.blues()", shot
with a digital camera and enhanced effectively by the GIMP.
WWWOFFLE 2.7g
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105864/
The WWWOFFLE programs simplify World Wide Web browsing from computers
that use intermittent (dialup) connections to the Internet. It is a
simple proxy server with special features for use with dial-up Internet
links. It makes it possible to browse Web pages and read them without
having to remain connected. There are too many features to mention, but
they include privacy control, cookie/advert blocking, efficient
bandwidth usage by specifying intervals between refreshes, options to
monitor pages regularly, recursive fetching, HTML cleaning,
highlighting of cached links, indexes of cached pages, searching of
cached pages, and many more.
Yaab 0.6.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105875/
Yaab is a simple address book written in PHP. It supports MySQL and
PostgreSQL. It supports basic commands, like adding new contacts,
modifying already existing ones, deleting, viewing, and searching.
Slashcode
Cyberlodge.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0244205
We just launched Cyberlodge.org - it's a new site exploring the
possibility of a 19th century-style trade guild for tech workers. As
the person entrusted with making this all work, I'm anxious for
feedback on the site, the concept, and what you think might make this
concept fly. Thanks! --Ian
Problem with slashd repeatly crashing: Solved.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0915230
Here at LRSE we had a problem with slashd crashing. I've seen others
mention this, with no real definitive answer as to the cause or the
solution. Here's what we know: Using: Slash 2.2.6 Perl 5.6.1 MySQL 3.23
FreeBSD 4.5 we were seeing the following in slashd.log: Thu Nov 28
06:55:23 2002 freshenup.pl updated articles:00/01/25/1236215 (Now
What?) perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory! perl in
free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call
perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning:
recursive call perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory!
It does this for quite some time, and dies. We discussed this with the
slash team, however given that this is not happening with CVS code, and
only with the current release, there wasn't much interest there in
finding and fixing the problem.It wouldn't have helped in anycase we
suspect. Not everyone has this problem, and the slash code itself
doesn't seem to really be at fault - rather, this seems to be a problem
with perl itself. Upgrading perl to 5.8.0 on our production server
seems to have made the problem go away. We haven't had to restart
slashd for nearly 24 hours since we rebuilt with 5.8.0, and we were
doing it sometimes as quickly as every few minutes before with 5.6.1.
As such, I wanted to get this information out there for anyone having
the same problem. --Scott Lockwood
Problems After Upgrading to CVS release (dec 2002)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2135235
I'm having problems with an upgrade of an exisiting 2.2.6 slash site up
to the current CVS tree. It appears index.shtml is not being generated
correctly after the upgrade, and this effectively breaks the site. If I
start up apache after the upgrade, and go to the front page of the
site, I get an error 404 page, (a slash generated error 404 page). If I
go to /index.pl, the site displays fine (my templates are a little
messed up with the new code base, but I think I can work all that out
myself, if it is unrelated to this problem, like I think it is). If I
then start "slashd", it will eventually generate an index.shtml file,
but the file only contains stories and slashboxes. The "header(122)"
template is not used in the creation of the index.shtml file. This
makes the site look horrible, and pretty much unusuable. My work around
has been to edit the apache configuration file for my site so that it
does not look for the index.shtml when doing directory indexing, and
only loads the index.pl script. This works for now, but it is
completely sub-optimal, and I want to change it back ASAP. I also don't
want to move the information from the header template into the
templates that slashd is using to generate the index.shtml. That is a
sloppy fix, and would most likely cause more problems in the future.
This problem appears with the CVS code regardless of if I start with a
fresh "install-slashsite" database, or if I upgrade using my current
running database. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or have
suggestions on what to try? Your help is greatly appriciated. Side
Note: There are some SQL and filesystem errors during the
"install-slashsite". The SQL stuff I'm not so sure about (I'm still
learning, but catching on really quickly). The filesystem stuff appears
to be mis-named or or mis-filed plugin support files. (I think a
template in the Repository plug-in is misnamed, and during the Stocks
plugin install, it's not looking in the template directory for the HTML
templates, but in the plugin template's parent directory.) I don't
think these are related to my problem above, but I thought I would
include the information in case it helps. (and in case I did something
wrong during the initial install to get those errors.) --Robert
Getting Slash to email properly
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1813256
I managed to get a slash site up and running, but cannot get it to send
mail (passwords, etc) to remote email addresses. Everything (slash,
mysql, sendmail wrapper for qmail, apache) is on one box. Is there a
way to get Slash to support SMTP-AUTH? Or is there a way to get Slash
to directly reference the sendmail command on the local box? Or is
there another preferred solution? Please spell it out for me--I'm a
newbie:-) Thanks in advance --Stefan Geens
Mail bombing by our slash site
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/207255
We have a problem with our slash site. For the seond time now the site
has mail bombed us. I have set it up to send me stories and headlines
and I and all others that have signed up get over 3000 of them. The
strange thing is that this does not happen every day. Anyone got a clue
to how we can resolve this problem? We are using slash-2-2-4 ,Debian
Linux version 2.4.17 and exim veriosn 3.35. Gunnar --Gunnar Lunde
Collaborative News Networks
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/1720236
Anita J. Chan's thesis for MIT's Comparative Media Studies MA on:
Distributed Editing, Collective Action, and the Construction of Online
News on Slashdot.org Slashdot as a Collaborative News Network, Social
Constructivism, Segregating Audiences and News Sourcing, Integrating
Audiences and News Analysis, Distributed Editing and the
Decentralization of Editorial Control, Community, Contest and
Collective Action on the Network. gO | Open Source Intelligence
Scylla
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1927219
Scylla is an English language slashsite dedicated to everything that's
wrong in the world. What anyone might think is wrong is of course open
to debate, be it political, cultural, or just unhappy circumstance.
Visitors, comments, and input are welcome.
What does srandblock do?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/065239
I've been trying to figure out how to get a random sections block like
Slashdot has. As far as I've figured out so far the srandblock
(semi-random block) seems like a good start. When I look in the portald
daemon there is a function newSemiRandomBlock called, but I can't find
the function. Does anyone know how to make the random section block
work? I believe this was discussed before but I didn't see any answers.
Also, is there an easy way to have the section list that tells if there
are recent articles, like the one Slashdot has on the left? --mwmurphy
Submission Approval / Comments not working
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0628241
I've been running slashcode now for about 2 years or so. Since around
version 2.2.5, I've had this problem on my site where neither the
comments or approving submitted articles will work. I believe the
problem is also aggrivated by the fact that I am using URL forwarding.
The URL of my site points to a java-script that opens my page on a
specific port within a frame. If a user tries to post a comment, the
submission page comes up fine, but when they click preview or submit,
it just brings them to the discussions list (comments.pl) instead of
posting the comment.. Any help would be appreciated, is this a bug? -
Delrin
Can Anonymous Coward Be Renamed?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/2159220
Is there a way to rename the nickname Anonymous Coward? If a site wants
to encourage anonymous submissions for some reason, calling them
cowards is a bit insulting. I called up user 1 and changed the Realname
field, but that didn't work. Template 101 edit_comments seems to use
user.nickname, but I can't find a place to change that outside of SQL.
Would something break if I did change it in SQL?
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