Stinky Links

» Warship built out of Twin Towers wreckage
All I am going to say is that is an extremely.. er.. American thing to do
» Well bugger me. George Bush has a sense of humour.
An 'I'm with stupid' t-shirt would have topped it off.
» The new 'Get a Mac' ads from Apple are a classic
I am not a Mac owner nor a Mac zealot - but as a non-windows user, I sure found these ads to be rather amusing.
» Mozilla Foundation donates $10,000 to OpenSSH
In light of OpenSSH's recent financial troubles, this is great news.
» No GPL3 for Linux
Linus says the kernel will remain licensed under version two of the GPL.
» Google execs keep $1 salaries
I wouldn't mind a salary of one dollar a year either if I had a share wealth of $6.3 billion.
» Critical KDE flaws put Linux systems at risk
KDE versions 3.2 to the current 3.5 are vulnerable, although fixes are now available.
» Sex.com sold for $14 million
The infamous domain name goes to Escom LLC.
» Konica Minolta quits photo market
And sells their digital camera business to Sony.
» How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL
A great way to automate the replication of your databases from a master to a slave server.
» I'm A Programmer, Not A Computer Guy
I experience the very same assumptions at work. "Adam, you know computers. Can you fix the copier please?"
» List of free stock photo websites
It should be noted that some photos, although free, require citing of the photographer.
» 25 Reasons to Convert to Linux
Finally, some genuine reasons, rather than the ever-annoying "LiNuX iz teh r0x0r. W1nd0ws sux0rs n00b!" spouted by 14 year olds who have probably never even touched the CLI.
» Apple's share price closed at $80.86 on the very same day the company unveiled its first Intel processor-based computer
Now that is an interesting co-incidence
» 4GB and 8GB Memory Stick PRO Duo in 2006
Great news for PSP owners, as well as W800i owners like me.
» Google to sell video online
Google is set to announce a video partnership deal to allow consumers buy video over the Internet from CBS, the NBA and other providers.
» How to tell the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
Oh. Now I get it!
» Windows PCs face ‘huge’ virus threat
WMF exploit effects every Windows operating system ever made - and an official patch is still not out.
» 700 free 16x16 icons
Silk Icons by famfamfam.com
» Listen kids, AJAX is not cool
"If you writing a user interface, make sure it responds in 1/10th of a second" - Good advise.
» 30 second AJAX Tutorial
For those of you still trying to wrap your head around AJAX, you should let out a sigh of, "Oh, now I get it" after reading this.
» Typographica's favorite fonts of 2005
I am really liking 'Proxima Nova'
» Test drive Linux, *BSD, HP-UX, OpenVMS and Tru64 live over the internet.
Take a look at a number of operating systems without the rigmarole of having to install it locally.
» Firefox ad contest
30 second flick to advertise Mozilla's finest to the masses. First place receives a $5,000 gift certificate to B&H.
» Firefox plugin: View Rendered Source
Finally you can see the output of Javascript. (via gtmcknight.com)
» Google hires Python inventor
Guido van Rossum enters the Googleplex
» X.org 7.0 officially released
The first major release of the X11 windowing system in over a decade.
» Bill and Melinda Gates have donated over $28 billion in their lifetime
Yes that's BILLION with a 'B' - more than 50% of their net worth
» 12 free CSS navigation menu designs
Very nice indeed.
» Seagate to buy Maxtor for $1.9 billion
The big dollar tech aquisitions continue.
» Microsoft bets business on Linux
Microsoft's wireless network is to be powered by Linux devices.
» Microsoft drops Mac IE
Thank god.
» IE7's RSS icons has been chosen: It's Firefox's!
Wow. Microsoft and Mozilla Corp. are working together on 'standardization' between browsers.
» How to build a webpage
Very funny, and strangely accurate step by step process on creating and designing a webpage using little dolls as visual aids
» Wikipedia prankster unmasked, and loses his job in the process.
A man in Nashville has admitted to putting the infamous false information into a Wikipedia entry about John Seigenthaler Sr.
» Linux desktop architects team up on Portland Project
Architects from two dozen desktop-oriented Linux projects got together to collaborate on creating the best possible Linux desktop.
» del.icio.us bought out by Yahoo
I hope nothing changes.
» Aussie accountancy firm dumps Microsoft for OpenOffice
HLB International is reticent about paying for new licences for the latest versions of Microsoft's flagship Office products
» The Winnie Coopers: Aussie Nerd-Hop group
Based on the Gold Coast, and featured during the ABC's AusMusic Month. Interview and track "Geek Manifesto" available for download for f-r-e-e!
» Microsoft orders free software references to be removed from UN World Summit.
The Bill Gates propaganda machine flexes its muscles again.
» SAP dismisses open source innovation
SAP's Shai Agassi calls the open source movement "IP socialism".
» 500+ Named Colours with rgb and hex values
This page lists over 500 colours by colour name, Hex value, RGB value and Microsoft Access code number. Great web design tool.
» Google Desktop for Linux?
I sure hope so. As much as I like slocate, I would love to be able to search within a file's contents. Oh and getting Beagle to work is a pain in the arse.
» NSW government Linux plan close to fruition
I bet this gets canned at the last minute like every other proposed government linux rollout.
» Linux Distribution Chooser
Interesting idea
» GPL impedes Linux more than it helps.
Paul Murphy takes issue with _the_ open source license
» Linux on an iPod nano
Run SLAX (Slackware Live distribution) from your ipod nano.
» Stratux
Live linux CD based on slackware 10.2 aimed at helping admin Windows boxes. (Think Nt and Linux password reset, QT parted etc)
» Harvey Danger releases their latest album, "Little by Little", for free via bittorrent.
Cop that "bittorrent is illegal" activists!
» The 100 best products of 2005
...according to PCWorld.com
» Novell server hacked; OpenSUSE.org defaced.
Allowing employees to setup a gamer server on a corporate network and then allow public access to it is a bad idea.
» Scientists capture giant squid on camera.
This is the first time in history a giant squid has been filmed alive in the wild.
» Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality
The nightmare has a name, and that name is Google.
» Running KDE and XFree86 on Apple OSX
If only I could run KDE on my 'forced-by-my-boss-to-use' Windows box at work.
» Slashdot goes valid HTML and CSS
I can't wait to see some of the re-designs of the site, csszengarden-style.
» Linux trademark bid rejected
An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the name 'Linux' on behalf of Linus Torvalds has failed.
» IE flaw puts Windows XP SP2 at risk
Gee.. and I thought Mozilla products were more vulnerable.
» Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE
Just because more vulnerabilities are discovered doesn't mean it is more vulnerable though; Just more thoroughly scrutinised.
» Increase your upload/download/ratio in torrent trackers
The “vulnerability” has been tested on the torrent trackers that use the torrentbits source code.
» Dell releases its first products with Mandriva Linux pre-installed
This is a sign of things to come. I think there should be a law against being forced to buy a windows license every time I purchase a laptop.
» "I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?"
George Bush asks for Condoleezza Rice's advise during a UN summit.
» Google launches blog search
And in typical google fashion, it is in beta
» "Vista will drive corporate users to Linux" - Novell
CEO Jack Messman believes the cost of migrating to Vista will be significantly higher than migrating to Linux.
» Ajax on Rails
... on Flickr
» Quake 3 Arena source code has been released under the GPL
As promised by John Carmack at Quakecon 2005
» Google tells the world why it's built on Linux
"The search giant has stuck with Linux throughout the company's life, in part, because it was unhappy with the terms of another software company."
» Google urged to drop Aussie nuclear reactor images
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation wants the country's only nuclear reactor to be censored, much like the White House, in Google Earth
» Cisco to buy Nokia?
Neither company has commented on the rumour as yet.
» Mozilla moves Firefox, other products, under for-profit umbrella
Conspiracy theories aside, I think Mozilla Corp. will do good things.
» Novell to open source SUSE Professional
I wonder how long it will take for YAST to be ported to other distros.
» Freedom Toaster
Mark Shuttleworth's answer to getting open source software to low bandwidth areas: A 'bring-n-burn' software kiosk
» Windows Vista beta released
A whole new world of viruses and spyware awaits.
» Multi-boot Linux, OSX and Windows XP
That Windows XP partition would get the flick on my box; a dual-booting Linux/OSX 64-bit computer would be a very nice machine indeed.
» Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
Vardan Kushnir would've had a few enemies, one would imagine.
» Favicons over 16K don't save to Firefox's bookmark cache
Mozilla bug #258867 doesn't like the zeldman.com favicon
» Patterns in Web Design
Common patterns in web style, layout, and design. Case studies are used as comparisons, with solutions/suggestions offered in most cases
» PHP Cheat Sheet
Print this out and hang it on your office wall. I have already used it countless time today, and it is has saved me at least one headache trying to remember proper date formatting.
» Using CSS selectors to apply Javascript behaviours
Avoid the tag soup that is inline javascript, and apply your behaviours with semantic CSS selectors.
» Evolution has been successfully ported to Windows
Novell senior software engineer, Tor Lillqvist, has the announcement on his blog, with obligatory screenshots.
» Operating System Sucks/Rules-O-Meter
This page regularly polls Altavista for certain operating systems followed by the words "sucks" or "rules" and posts the resulting hits as a graph.
» Apple's switch to Intel chips may see an end to support for OS9
Porting and/or transcoding legacy OS9 code is said to be too time consuming and difficult to implement. I would imagine so.
» Ooops... New Debian ships with security updates disabled
Three years in the making, then a configuration stuff-up takes the shine off the release in less than 24 hours.
» How to build your own Linux distribution
Using Linux From Scratch (www.linuxfromscratch.org)
» AJAX spell checker
It is a little slow, and doesn't work in Konqueror (which has aspell built-in anyway), but this is a nice bit of code.
» Apple switching to Intel chips
Apple using Intel, and Microsoft using PowerPC? I feel like I have woken up in a superman-esque Bizarro World!
» Windows XP Home can be hacked into a quasi XP Pro installation
Only 2 two bytes of one file need to be changed, but the catch is it can only be done on the installation media, and SP2 will not install over the top of it.
» Electric cars as fast as a Ferrari
"Size for size, we can provide 400% more torque than any type of motor currently available"
» IT giants accused of exploiting open source
"Companies are using the potential of communities as subcontractors -- the open source community today [is a] subcontractor of American multinationals."
» Microsoft drops 'My' prefix for Longhorn
I always thought the "My Computer", "My Documents" thing was stating the bleeding obvious.
» Dave Shea's markup guide
Simple, effective and straight to the point.
» Connecting to the internet with bongo drums
TCP/IP via bongos. Seriously.
» PHP + JS = PNG + MSIE
Using PHP to implement the transparent PNG hack for MSIE
» Microsoft is winning the war against Linux
Their "Get the Facts" campaign seems to be working. And by working, I of course mean blinding.
» Koders - Source Code Search Engine
Search source code repositories for snippets in your language of choice
» Deconstructing Maui X-Stream
The plot thickens. Grab a cuppa and prepare for a great read.
» BigBold allows you to store, sort and share source code, with tags support
Now why didn't I think of this!
» One of the best online colour schemers out there
Style:phreak's colormatch redux
» CherryOS embraces open source
No, it is not April the first anymore. Call me a pessimist, but I am sceptical of such a move considering CherryOS's checkered past
» Mandrake is now known as Mandriva
This follows their merger with Conectiva, but also serves to finally end their trademark dispute with Hearst Corporation
» Slashdot interviews Ubuntu founder, Mark Shuttleworth
This Linux distribution has its head in the right place. Mark my words, Ubuntu will be a solid desktop contender in no time.