The article describes in a human language some of the powerful, yet very useful (even for total newbies) capabilities of OpenSSH, such as passwordless login, automatic execution of commands on a remote system or even mounting a remote folder using SSH.
Seen this gallery a couple of times before but thought as I keep going back to it, why not blog it straight from Digg. He says in the comments field that he is using a Filter to get these images, and with a long exposure time it is possible with a Digital Camera, so I might be getting a Hoya R72 for my Nikon D50 quite soon!
Scientists have put together the voice of Mona Lisa based upon her head height and hands from estimates of her overall height.
More here:
My feeds should now be working again, after some time of activity. This was probably due to either the upgrade to WordPress 2.0.2, and not upgrading the plugin or changing back to the old theme.
But the feeds should go to the very reliable feedburner now!
Been trying to find out what port growl was using, and I think that its UDP 9887.
Growl, is a personal notification system for OSX.
This is one to read later…
Tech Crisis: China & India pass US in Engineering degrees: “While American youths study to head into law and finance, students in China and India are earning engineering degrees in droves and have passed the US in absolute numbers. If science and innovation drive the wealth and productivity of a society, we have a problem…”
Great post on Coding horror, with links to some fantastic Cartoons by the legendary Larry Gonick.
The Cartoon Guide to.. Programming?: “
I recently found a link to a series of Larry Gonick’s mathematical cartoons that were originally published in Discover magazine:
Interesting article on the growth of spam in other countries, particularly Asia.
American spam slowing; Europe, Asia taking over: ”
American spam slowing; Europe, Asia taking over
4/21/2006 11:20:01 AM, by Anders Bylund
The most recent global spam study conducted by Sophos shows China closing in on the US when it comes to relaying spam, and the Asian markets together have put some distance between itself and former spam leader North America. In 2004, over half of all spam was sent through the US, but today, that number has dropped to just 23.1 percent according to the report. China relays 21.9 percent of the junk e-mail traffic, and South Korea rounds out the top three with 9.8 percent.
Asian spam adds up to 42.8 percent of the total, and North American runs neck-and-neck with Europe at 25.6 and 25 percent, respectively. A Sophos spokesman explains that the American drop in the rankings is due to the intensified efforts to find spammers within US borders and slap them with high fines. By contrast, some European countries such as Poland and Spain have seen their spam totals increase, presum”
A list by someone (yes, I haven’t taken the time to look at who wrote the article) of some rather nicely designed blogs, but they all seem to have quite interesting content aswell which for me makes them worthy of blogging.
Interesting article on building a DIY budget photographic lighting system. Lighting is one of the most important aspects of photography, but can often be expensive. This article shows how a little creativity and hardware skills can go a long way, without breaking the bank!