I’ve been using Sitebar for online bookmark management. It works nicely, but I really wanted something that could also cache my bookmarks in case a particularly useful piece of info ever dropped off the web.
Thankfully, Hyperlinkomatic can do caching!
New Update: I’ve got four two no more invites. Want one? Drop me a line
I’ve got three two one no more GMail invites. Want one? Drop me a line Wait until I get more, or ask someone else. =-)
Update:None left.
Chris (porqupine here on w00t) gets the first one.
Jason (bonedaddy here on w00t) gets the second one.
Yale (yale here on w00t) gets the third one.
Scott, a good buddy of mine gets the fourth one.
A random w00t reader from India gets the fifth one.
Two other random w00t readers get the last two.
Hey all,
I’ve got a G-Mail invite to pass along, and I thought I’d ask here first if anyone (read: ‘any of the w00t authors’) want it.
If you do, shoot me an e-mail. =-)
Update: I gave the invite to mommy. She was sick of using Yahoo mail some of her list subscriptions.
I’ve been looking for a neat way to package a database app I’m working on, and I think I’ve found it: CherryPy. I wanted to write something with a web front-end served to the user by a local webserver (on the user’s box), and powered by a python back-end. CherryPy lets me do just that! Snip:
CherryPy is a Python based web development toolkit. It provides all the features of an enterprise-class application server while remaining light, fast and easy to learn. CherryPy allows developers to build web applications in much the same way they would build any other object-oriented Python program. This usually results in smaller source code developed in less time. [...] One of the main characteristics of CherryPy is that it works like a compiler: You write source files, compile them with CherryPy and CherryPy generates an executable containing everything to run the web site (including an HTTP server).
Pretty neat, huh? I’m busy throwing together a proof of concept, but this looks pretty exciting already. Also, CherryPy is under active development, and the team’s lead developer spoke at Euro Python 2004 yesterday; seems like good cred to me.
So, the Swedish Royal Navy have a new Stealth Ship made out of carbon fibre. You can read about it in this article. My favorite bit:
Carbon fibre is one of the toughest known materials – and that is why it is so expensive. It is so tough that Kockums had to develop the cutting technology to build the Visby. “We had diamonds in the beginning but they were destroyed after a very short time,” says Göthe. “What we use now is an extremely high pressure water jet. I think it is a bit incredible but a water jet is better.”
Brad has a good idea about how to make advertising more powerful and relevant for the advertiser and the consumer. Read Brad’s Gmail — AdSense for your e-mail? and you’ll see what I mean.
DNS Stuff: DNS tools, WHOIS, tracert, ping, and other network tools.
Wow. I wish I’d known about this sooner. Definitely helpful for running traceroutes/pings from a remote host, and all kinds of other goodies too. Check it out. The network geek in you will be happy you did.
Mailinator may be our new best friend. From their site:
Its no signup, instant email. Here is how it works: You are on the web, at a party, or talking to your favorite insurance salesman. Whereever you are, someone (or some webpage) asks for your email. You know if you give it, you’ll be on their spam list. On the other hand, you do want at least one message from that person. The answer is to give them a mailinator address. You don’t need to sign-up. You just make it up on the spot. Pick jonesy@mailinator.com or bipster@mailinator.com – pick anything you want (up to 15 characters before the @ sign). Later, come to this site and check that account. Its that easy. Mailinator accounts are created when mail arrives for them. No signup, no personal information, and when you’re done – you can walk away – an instant solution to one way spammers get your address. The emails will automatically be deleted for you after a few hours. Let’em spam.
I’ll definitely be tryin this out.
I stumbled upon a FAQ on Linksys’ site, and found it so useful that I had to share it. How do I setup a WRT54G behind another WRT54G? tells you everything you need to know about connecting two WRT54G’s together to essentially give you three more ethernet ports (and another wireless access point), all on the same network.
From Microsoft VM Removal / minimalist.com:
Instructions Start -> Run… Key in the following and hit return: rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall You will then get a prompt to uninstall (a scary one telling you that IE will no longer be able to download files, which is bogus), choose yes, and then when finished it will want to reboot. Let it. To remove the residual traces you may have of the Microsoft VM, remove the following (where %WINDOWS% is your system directory, usually C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINNT\ depending on OS: * %WINDOWS%\java (entire folder) * %WINDOWS%\inf\java.inf (may have been deleted by uninstall) * %WINDOWS%\inf\java.pnf (may have been deleted by uninstall) * Search your system drive for “javavm.dll” and remove it (may have been deleted by uninstall) That’s it. Then go install the VM of your choice. If you have problems with IE continually telling you that you need to install a VM even if you already have one installed, turn off the option “Install on Demand (Other)” in Tools -> Internet Options… -> Advanced.
So helpful, I didn’t want to loose this.