WP-Cache 2
If you're expecting to get slashdotted or digged or otherwise want more performance out of your WordPress installation, you might try this: http://mnm.uib.es/gallir/wp-cache-2/ I actually tried it for a few minutes and I didn't...
Month: December 2006
OS X ripper: Max
Max is a free and open source (GPL) OS X application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats (including FLAC), from compact discs or files. http://www.sbooth.org/Max/ (more…)...
The UNIX-Haters Handbook
I remember seeing this in a bookstore years ago, but I didn't buy it. Well, now it's free for download. http://research.microsoft.com/~daniel/unix-haters.html Mildly amusing. Some of the critiques are still true; others have long...
Playing with Plan 9
I thought it might be interesting to check out the Plan 9 operating system, since it's sort of the sequel to UNIX and is supposed to have cool new features (like better support for the "everything is a file" concept of UNIX)....
More car trouble
Well, I just spent $1500 last month to fix my alternator and a few other things. Recently, a grinding sound became noticeable at idle so I took it to the shop and now they say it needs a new AC compressor for around $1000. Since...
Patch for GNU touch to add -p option, a la mkdir
The other day I realized that often when I'm using touch, I'd like it to have the ability to create ancestor directories that don't exist, a la mkdir -p. I quickly hacked together a shell script to do what I want. Then I thought...
OS/2 Warp 4 in QEMU on Linux
Well OS/2 does work in QEMU, though I guess you might say that I cheated a bit - I did this by doing the install in VMware Player and then using qemu-img to convert the file from a vmdk to a qcow....