Rubenerd's 2007 Bookmarks

These were exported from del.icio.us.

2007-12

Nordic Walking Techniques: I need to get some Nordic walking poles!
Using the FreeBSD Boot Loader: "Add the following lines to /boot/loader.conf: "
RubyForge: RubyGems: Project Info: "RubyGems is the Ruby standard for publishing and managing third party libraries."
manpath and tcsh: "I'm looking for some assistance in getting my manpath environment set up in tcsh using manpath and setup globally for all users."
MacPorts Guide: "MacPorts is an easy to use system for compiling, installing, and managing free and open source software."
Photos: Boeing 777-312/ER Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net: STUNNING photo of a Singapore Airlines 777-300 taking off
Apple - Photos - iMac: Even more high res photos of the original iMacs!
Apple - Photos - iMac: The original iMac, high resolution pictures!
RIP: PlaysForSure 2004-2007 | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com: "Microsoft has reached a turning point in its music strategy: admitting it has a problem."
Calife: how to become root (or another user) with one's own password: "Calife is small program that enable a system administrator to become root (or another user) on his/her machines without giving the root password but his/her own."
Images: Closest look at human tissue | CNET News.com: An incredible set of images. Super duper magnification of human skin cell. Almost looks like a fractal!
CompuerWorld: Users, Web developers vent over IE7: "Users of IE7 turned a blog post by a Microsoft program manager into a complaint free-for-all that took the company to task for not following through on browser upgrade promises and alienating Web developers."
crockford: Fixing HTML: I don't agree with most of this.
QuirksMode: CSS compatibility: Quite eye opening how much Internet Explorer sucks
Oreilly: Ruby Article Index: "There's a ton of good Ruby and Rails content to be found inside the O'Reilly Network. The list below is a complete index to all our Ruby and RoR content."
Mozilla Thunderbird in British English: From Mozilla Europe
Roger Thomas: New Singapore: "There are some photographs taken in Singapore over the last couple of years. I'll try and rotate these as often as I can. "
Andreas' Linux Logo page: "This is a combination of Larry Ewing's Tux the penguin, and a modified version of Allen Petlock's logo. "
Lighttpd - MacPorts - Trac
XQuartz on MacOSForge.org: "On this site, you will find pre-built (binary) versions of the X11 components that offer enhancements and bug fixes against those shipped with the most recent Apple release."

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dc(4): DEC/Intel 21143 and clone 10/100 Ethernet driver
vi commands
Mastering the VI editor: Even has a very nice downloadble PDF too.
FreeBSD on a Sony PCG-C1VN Mini-HOWTO — IRTNOG.ORG: "How to install FreeBSD onto a Sony Vaio Picturebook (specifically the PCG-C1VN), and how to configure Xorg, the jog dial, etc."
15" MacBook Pro cases - Speck Products: "Accent the sleek look of your 15" MacBook Pro notebook! Get great hard shell protection, a hint of color and a massive dose of shine."
Optimal Use of MS TrueType Core Fonts for a KDE Desktop
How to unpack Microsoft core fonts (.exe): How to get common Windows fonts on FreeBSD
Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux
BadVista.org: Stopping Vista adoption by promoting free software — BadVista: The BadVista campaign is an advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free (as in freedom) software alternatives.
Optimising FreeBSD and it's kernel: "This is a very simple step by step guide on optimising your FreeBSD server or workstation."
Using Portsnap: "Portsnap is a system for securely distributing the FreeBSD ports tree. Approximately once an hour, a “snapshot” of the ports tree is generated, repackaged, and cryptographically signed. The resulting files are then distributed via HTTP."
Avleen's quick reference card for vi(m)
OfB.biz: Open for Business - Desktop FreeBSD: New Life for Old Laptops: "Ever looking for new ways to bring older hardware to life, OfB associate editor Ed Hurst now aims his focus at keeping aging laptops alive and kicking with FreeBSD"
BSD Guides :: Doing Stuff With FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, & Mac OS X: Installing and Configuring X.org and KDE
TutorialInstallation - lighttpd - Trac
amiwm: "amiwm is an X window manager that tries to make your display look and feel like an Amiga® Workbench® screen"
MySQLi vs MySQL (benchmarks): "The question is, To migrate or not to migrate? The answer is..."
Mike Davidson: March to Your Own Standard: "So what’s up with the little grey button at the bottom of this site? It is my official Invalidation Badge. "
Il Filosofo » Integrating Vanilla Forum and WordPress Themes: "The folks at Vanilla have a handy guide to integrating the database tables and cookies of WordPress and Vanilla, but they don’t explain how to use the WordPress themes in Vanilla. It’s pretty simple."
Movable Type 3.2 User Manual: Backup/restore your MySQL database
Down in Brazil, with Michael Franks
AOR, Westcoast - Adult Contemporary Music In Japan: "Michael Franks, the man with soft, gentle, calm voices, would always present us his sophisticated a little bit jazzy Brazilian flavored music over three decades"
Jazz Monthly.com Interview with Michael Franks
PHPMyAdmin Installation
Rebuilding world: "Once you have synchronized your local source tree against a particular version of FreeBSD (FreeBSD-STABLE, FreeBSD-CURRENT, and so on) you can then use the source tree to rebuild the system."
Richard K Miller dot coooooooooom / Password protecting MediaWiki with mod_auth_mysql: If you need to setup a private, members-only wiki for internal use, here is how you can do it with MediaWiki software and the Apache server extension mod_auth_mysql
MySQL Commands: Possibly one of the most handy web pages in existance!
MySQL on Mac OS X: "In this article I’ll give you an overview of MySQL’s features and drawbacks, show you how to install MySQL on Mac OS X, and introduce you to some of MySQL’s notable technical aspects."
InstallFromSource - eAccelerator: PHP Accelerator, optimizer, dynamic content cache - Trac: "These steps help you compile eAccelerator on UNIX-like systems. eAccelerator has been reported to compile on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX."