I just downloaded some software, watched a movie, read some of a book, and now I'm listening to some music I downloaded before I go to sleep. I got software, movie, book, and music from the most underrated site on the net, The Internet Archive. You really don't hear that much about this site but it is a cornerstone of the Internet. Please check it out, but be warned. You will stay way to long on this site, it's addicting!
Today I am celebrating "Dennis Ritchie Day", an idea proposed by Tim O'Reilly and one that I fully support. Ritchie, who died earlier this month, made contributions to computing that now so deeply woven into the fabric that they impact all of us.
I meet Dennis once, maybe talked to him 5 minutes. But he left a lasting impression on me about his love for simplicity and UNIX. Another one of my hero's is dead. My deepest condolences go out to his family and to the UNIX community.
A lot of people want to learn more about networking. When some on asks me, I tell them to go to the best resource on the network, the online version of The TCP/IP Guide. It is update regularly and it is the most respected book on networking ever written.
Dave Braun at Intel wrote UZI (a unix v7 ish system for Z80 processors, and public domain) - one of the gnu project mistakes was not building off this but using Mach http://www.dougbraun.com/uzi.html
Steve Hosgood at UW Swansea wrote OMU - a 6809 and later 68000 based platform with a unixlike api http://tallyho.bc.nu/~steve/
Jawaid Bazyar of EGO systems wrote GNO/ME a unix like Multitasking Environment for the APPLE IIgs 65816 computers. http://www.gno.org
I have always loved movies that have a good plot that involves some type of computer, so after watching Wargames last night I decided to list my favorites...
After installing FreeBSD, I always install bpkg and portmaster for my ports management. Bpkg is da bomb, you can do all types of queries on installed/not-installed ports. My favorite is "bpkg -p $1 | egrep '^[a-z]'". I have added it as a function called "sp" to my .tshrc file. With the output I can just copy and paste to a portmaster line, now that's super easy. Be sure to check out all the options of bpkg.
I have used opera since the early 2000's. I have always gone back to this browser after using Firefox, and then Chrome. IE was horrible and still is! I will only use IE if I have to. I have used Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Chrome but I seem to always come back to Opera. I use it on my Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD systems and also on my Nokia E71 phone. I share all my bookmarks and Notes on every platform. Opera is truly amazing and is so very underrated. The only thing I wish was added is shared extensions!
I use Microsoft windows for my desktop at home and work. After much searching and trying different applications, I have found a few apps and utilities that I can't live without. Here's the list.
- PuttyTray SSH Client - WinSCP SCP Client - GVIM (the best editor ever... - Notepad++ - Ultr@VNC - IZArc file archiver - OpenOffice Office Suite - Irfanview Graphics Viewer - Opera Web Bowser
My Opera
