Monthly Archives June 2006

links for 2006-07-01

BackupPC: Open Source Backup to disk BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux and WinXX PCs and laptops to a server’s disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain. (tags: backup pc free software) Mac Geekery – The Definitive MacBook Pro Thermal Roundup There’s been conflicting reports as to [...]

links for 2006-06-30

Apple – Support – Downloads – Firmware Restoration CD v 1.0 The Firmware Restoration CD is used to restore the firmware of an Intel-based iMac (early 2006), Mac mini (early 2006), or MacBook Pro (early 2006) to original factory condition. It can only be used to restore the Firmware after an interrupted or failed (tags: [...]

links for 2006-06-29

Sparkle Sparkle is a module that developers can stick in their Cocoa applications (five-step install!) to get instant self-update functionality. (tags: update software free programing) rm -r *, by Jeffrey Veen Overheard: woman issues “rm -r *” command over the phone. (tags: unix humor) Bottomless Bowls: Why Visual Cues of Portion Size May Influence Intake [...]

links for 2006-06-28

Emailchemy – The Email Alchemist Emailchemy is an email format converter. Emailchemy reads email from the proprietary formats of the most popular (and many of yesterday’s forgotten) email applications and converts it to a standard, portable format that any application can use. Emailche (tags: email convert mbox) Todo.txt – Task tracking for command line lovers [...]