Recent Articles
Handling a Subversion Repository URL Change
Sunday, May 3, 2009
If your repository URL changes, you can use the following command to fix existing snapshots.
vfat Mounts Default to Lowercase Shortnames
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I want a "this is brain-damage" quote from Linus for this mess.
VirtualBox or VMWare Virtual Machine at Login
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to start a virtual machine in X when a user logs in.
Dialog Progress Bar Through Pipe
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to use dialog to display a script progress bar and communicate progress to it through a named pipe.
Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Here are some pictures from the 2008 Linux Symposium.
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
Monday, July 14, 2008
This is a rather interesting talk that takes some very foundational ideas from open source software development, P2P networks, and social networking and implies that these paradigms can apply to a lot more.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius
Projects
User...
A list of projects that are intended for, well, actual users. Most of my applications are aimed at research while being fueled for my own needs, but some of them actually have a use for the normal computer user. Of course, they are all open source so feel free to patch and update!
User...User Applications
isnapshot - Incremental Backup Program
by digitalpeer, updated Tuesday, December 19, 2006
A nifty incremental snapshot program that makes backups always readily available.File Hex Dump Utility
by digitalpeer, updated Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Simple file hex dump utility to print file/device data.SysAdminLog
by digitalpeer, updated Thursday, October 7, 2004
A systems administrators log website based on PHP and MySQL.safepwd - Shadow Credentials for Your Program Binary
by digitalpeer, updated Thursday, August 19, 2004
An application that validates an invoking binary based on an MD5 hash and returns passwords to only it.Turnstile
Turnstile is a instant messaging and file sharing client that makes use of a peer-to-peer protocol. There is no central server used to facilitate the communication with buddies or the searching and downloading of files. Turnstile uses a custom protocol called YAWP that is scalable while maintaining accountability and security.
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 11, 2004
MIA Instant Messenger
by digitalpeer, updated Thursday, June 10, 2004
An open source AIM client using the TOC protocol.