If you want to monitor run-time parameters of your machines then you should take a look at Munin. Munin is optimized for simplicity and the reports actually look nice and readable.

W. E. Peterson’s book on the rise and fall of WordPerfect Corporation, originally published in 1994 and now available for free online. (via)

View exactly which files Time Machine backed up.

Well hello guys ‘n’ girls! It’s been a while since I last posted here hasn’t it? There have been a lot of things I’ve wanted to write about but apathy, procrastination and downright laziness just kept on holding me back. I found myself completely lacking in motivation (for pretty much anything) over the past six weeks or so. I have no idea why the melancholy struck but it hit hard - and it kept me in it’s vice-like grip.

Anyway, while I may not have had the inspiration to write, I have been fiddling a little with my CSS and the underlying WordPress installation that keeps this website online. This has resulted in three little tweaks that I’d like to draw your attention to.
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Look, writing installers is not glamourous, it’s tedious, and it’s also completely fucking important. The installer is either the first or second experience someone has with your work. (It’s second if physical media, first if a download.)

This jQuery plugin generates Sparklines (small inline charts) directly in the browser using data supplied either inline in the HTML, or via JavaScript.

Displays iCal calendar events as boxes dynamically moving towards a finish line which is now. It can do this on the desktop, in a window, or even over your screen-saver.

Allow people to use your product the way that they want to use it, when they want to use it and where they want to use it.

Describes a method which should allow you to move your music files to any location accessible via the Finder: another drive, a network share, etc., while maintaining all information such as play counts, playlist membership, cover art, etc.

Given the rapid advance of Moore’s Law, when does it make sense to throw hardware at a programming problem?