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links for 2006-09-16

The Bamboo DHT -- Introduction An open-source distributed hash table implementation a la Pastry, BigTable, etc. (tags: DHT distributed programming bamboo opensource) Converting CDs to iTunes Audiobooks I'd like to do this on some...
MacMusic

Last.fm on OS X

I finally decided to see what this last.fm/scrobbling thing is all about so I downloaded the last.fm 1.0.4 client for Mac OS X. However, it crashed immediately on startup. After a little searching, I found this page, which...
Mac

One thing missing in Mac OS X

One thing I miss in Mac OS X - I wish that the right-click context menu in the Finder had commands for creating new documents of various types. Without that feature, you're forced to launch the application and then save to the...
MacTiVo

TivoTool

If you have a Mac and you want to download shows from your TiVo to your Mac, here's a nice way to do it: http://www.tivotool.com/ Here's a screenshot:...
General

Clean garage

After a concerted effort yesterday, Nicole and I managed to clean out our garage. Here it is almost empty: And then of course, the goal of this endeavor, getting both of our cars to fit: Garage is in pretty good shape, though at...
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links for 2006-09-11

How main() is executed on Linux LG #84 (tags: assembly gcc linux glibc kernel _start) A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux Focuses on several steps towards making a ridiculously small, trivial...
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Prison Break

We just got finished watching disc 1 of the first season of the FOX show Prison Break. While interesting, I don't think I found it quite as gripping as 24 or Lost and I found the plot and the acting to be pretty far-fetched. In...