October 2007
21 posts
I live in bash shell and I found various shortcuts to make you more productive. Here they are:
Bash command line tips:
ctrl-e -> to end of line
ctrl-p -> up to last command in history
ctrl-n -> down to next command in history
ctrl-a -> to start of line
ctrl-h -> delete one char back
ctrl-w -> delete one word back
ctrl-u -> delete from cursor to line start
ctrl-k...
Itty-bitty, teeny-weeny Linux PCs
Just how small do full-featured, Linux-powered PCs come? Pretty darn small! Here’s what we found. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Billie Holiday Sheet Music →
Chisenbop tutorial →
Chisenbop is a cool way to do maths on your fingers!
Homemade Helicopter
Nigerian Man Builds Working Helicopters from Junk (via News dugg by timlinux)
WPServer Demo →
A cool demo showing how Web Processing Services can be integrated into a web mapping application.
Largest debt-for-nature swap ever yields $26M for...
The Nature Conservancy has brokered the largest debt-for-nature swap in history — a deal that will secure long-term, science-based conservation for Costa Rica’s tropical forests. $12.6 million in debt will be forgiven and $26 million will be provided to finance forest conservation over the next 16 years. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Drawing Coach - Step by Step Drawing Lessons
“Being able to sketch with confidence is a truly great feeling, but sometimes it can be really tough, especially when you are just starting to learn. Like anything else in life - you’re not going to be great the first time give it a try, but with a little practice you will really begin to amaze yourself.” (via News dugg by timlinux)
Mass Tram America: A Monorail on Steroids
Whether feasible or not, you just have to love Mass Tram America’s “lofty” goals. Dubbed “The Highway in the Sky,” their vision is to create a suspended transit system that uses green power, is inexpensive, moves quickly, and opens up more space on the ground for us all to enjoy. Think of a monorail on steroids. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Ribbon wind power →
A novel way to generate wind power for small devices using non turbine approach which has less overhead in terms of friction.
Clark Jungle Hammock →
Ultralight camping hammocks for backpackers. Great for hikers, backpackers, campers, bikers, kayakers, hunters.
Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, Fit–PC
Meet the fit-PC, a tiny 4.7 x 4.5 x 1.5-inch PC that only draws 5-watts, consuming in a day less power than a traditional PC consumes in one hour. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Setting up svn+ssh for windows with putty
I dont like tortoisesvn I just want to keep my dev system bloat free. Today I got svn over ssh working with command line svn client and plink (which comes with putty). Without it you get errors like this:
SVN+SSH Error * Can’t create tunnel : The system cannot find the file specified.
Heres the short version:
Install putty full windows installer, I used c:\program files as the...
The Bike Mower (PIC)
Friendly for the environment and you get exercise! (via News dugg by timlinux)
