tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80761852024-03-13T08:18:39.691-07:00Ben's Information StationThis is where I store all those useful bits of information that I'll otherwise forget.Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1158896347032095592006-09-21T20:28:00.000-07:002006-09-21T20:39:07.326-07:00Tiny Linux Thin Client<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/images/ebox-3/EBOX3-hand_r2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/images/ebox-3/EBOX3-hand_r2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The ICOP eBox III is an ideal Linux thin client with either a 200 or 800mhz CPU it's about the size of 2 DVD cases stacked ontop of each other. The 3800 is available for only $238 with an 800mhz CPU and 256MB RAM, it can boot from LAN via PXE or you can add an EmbedDisk to the 44pin IDE.<br /><br />The 3853 is approximately 3 DVDs thick, has dual 10/100 RJ45 LAN plugs, and has space for an internal 2.5" HDD.<br /><br />The 2600 and 2620 are both 200mhz and are 3 and 2 DVDs thick, with 2 RS232 adapters and 2 RJ45 LAN adapters respectively.<br /><br />More information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wdlsystems.com/ebox/ebox.shtml">http://www.wdlsystems.com/ebox/ebox.shtml</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1153952779654192952006-07-26T15:25:00.000-07:002006-07-26T15:26:20.110-07:00CFXGA X11 driverI just found an X11 driver for the CFXGA. More information is available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ccg//projects/cfxga/">http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ccg//projects/cfxga/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1150993924745620082006-06-22T09:23:00.000-07:002006-07-25T20:08:57.920-07:00USB VGA AdapterI've been wanting a means to output VGA from a Linux Sharp Zaurus and had been convinced, until recently, that the only option was Compact Flash, CF, cards. I just found that there are a couple of USB2 to VGA adapters that are available. I hope that someone will create some linux drivers, perhaps I need to start working on some:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bensquestiona-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0003NFY1E&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />Sitecom has a similar, perhaps identical, device also.<br /><br />I'm bot sure what kind of chipset this box has but I'll report back if/when I find out.Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1139849708893439422006-02-13T08:51:00.000-08:002006-02-13T08:55:09.756-08:00Linux DVD Authoring GUIsThere are a couple of GUI options for authoring DVDs on Linux:<br /><br />tovid - more information available at <a href="http://tovid.berlios.de">http://tovid.berlios.de</a><br /><br />'Q' DVD-Author - more information available at <a href="http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/">http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/</a><br /><br />Both of these tools are in the very early stages of development, however, they both show you what command line entries they are using so they act as a pair of stabilisers until you're ready to ride the bike on your own.Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1132088124071826932005-11-15T12:53:00.000-08:002005-11-15T12:55:24.083-08:00AJAX SSH AnyTermAnyTerm is an AJAX, Asynchronous JavaScript And XML, SSH client which works in a web browser without any local SSH client being installed. More information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://anyterm.org">http://anyterm.org</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1130608332919367692005-10-29T10:46:00.000-07:002005-10-29T10:52:12.930-07:00Javascript Special EffectsIf you want to include Javascript special effects in your web page then moo.fx is what you need, there's a demo available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://moofx.mad4milk.net/tests.html#">http://moofx.mad4milk.net/tests.html#</a><br /><br />The main site is here:<br /><br /><a href="http://moofx.mad4milk.net/">http://moofx.mad4milk.net/</a><br /><br />It's an alternative to Script.aculo.us if you don't need as many effects. More information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://script.aculo.us/">http://script.aculo.us/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1129148873404581782005-10-12T12:58:00.000-07:002006-09-21T21:06:40.816-07:00Portable MediaIt's possible to transport your audio and video media between PCs using a USB external Hard Disk Drive, however, if you want to display your media on a TV screen then the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=bensquestiona-20&creative=9325&path=external-search%3Fsearch-type=ss%26keyword=Mediagate%20MG-25%26index=blended">MediaGate MG-25</a> is what you need, available from Amazon here:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bensquestiona-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000BARENK&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />The MediaGate MG-25 will allow you to copy audio and video onto its 2.5 inch HDD and then play that audio and/or video on a TV or stereo though S-Video, Component and Composite cables. It also comes with a remote control.<br /><br />If you need a mobile video display solution then you could use one of the many LCD DVD players which support video in. One example is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=bensquestiona-20&creative=9325&path=external-search%3Fsearch-type=ss%26keyword=Coby%20TFDVD7100%26index=blended">Coby TFDVD7100</a>, available from Amazon here:<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bensquestiona-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bensquestiona-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bensquestiona-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0002QWU3W&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />Alternatively, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=bensquestiona-20&creative=9325&path=external-search%3Fsearch-type=ss%26keyword=iRiver%20PMP-120%26index=blended">iRiver PMP-120</a> does storage, transportation and display all in one convenient package, reviewed against other options <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4540-6499_7-30904866-4.html">here</a>, and available from Amazon here:<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bensquestiona-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bensquestiona-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0002Y3N4E&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />If you'd prefer a 3.5" solution, due to the added capacity of 3.5" drives over 2.5" drives then there are several options, including the Tvisto, available at amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=tvisto&tag=bensquestiona-20&index=blended&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325"> here</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bensquestiona-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1128433811567640302005-10-04T06:49:00.000-07:002005-10-04T07:00:54.816-07:00WL-HDD batteryTekkeon has a perfect bettery for the WL-HDD available from Amazon and various other retailers, more information available at Tekkeon's website here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tekkeon.com/site/products-mypowerall.php">http://www.tekkeon.com/site/products-mypowerall.php</a><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bensquestiona-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0009MA86A&fc1=000000&=1&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000<1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1128347069274269992005-10-03T06:42:00.000-07:002005-10-03T08:10:56.543-07:00PC Weasel Serial ConsoleHave you ever wanted to boot your home server, using a standard motherboard, headless but needed to access the BIOS settings as you would normally do through a serial console on a real server?<br /><br />If so, then you'll be happy to know that you can do this with the PC Weasel, more details available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.realweasel.com">http://www.realweasel.com</a><br /><br />You may wish to use PC Weasel along with ConServer:<br /><br /><a href="http://conserver.com">http://conserver.com</a><br /><br />Or you may want a hardware solution which maps your serial console output to SSH. One such hardware option is the Cyclades Alterpath ACS, more information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cyclades.com/products/3/alterpath_acs">http://www.cyclades.com/products/3/alterpath_acs</a><br /><br />There's a great informational article at Linux Journal here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7206">http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7206</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1126280242266227712005-09-09T08:36:00.000-07:002005-09-09T08:37:22.276-07:00Replacement Laptop BatteryGlobal Batteries have a huge range of replacement batteries for laptop computers, more information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.global-batteries.com/index.php/cPath/1">http://www.global-batteries.com/index.php/cPath/1</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1126278175530923882005-09-09T07:59:00.000-07:002005-09-09T08:03:16.436-07:00Smart Boot ManagerI you have an older PC which has a BIOS which only allows A: and C: drive booting you can use Smart Boot Manager if you want to boot from a CD, more information avalable here:<br /><br /><a href="http://btmgr.webframe.org/">http://btmgr.webframe.org/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1126023736137163862005-09-06T09:21:00.000-07:002005-09-06T09:22:16.143-07:00Online FaxingYou can send and receive Faxes online and through your email using Send2Fax, more information available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.send2fax.com/">http://www.send2fax.com/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1122532924735300082005-07-27T23:39:00.000-07:002005-07-27T23:42:04.740-07:00Javascript Playing AudioThis page is the clearest explanation I have seen for playing audio using Javascript:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark/audio/play.htm">http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark/audio/play.htm</a><br /><br />Playing audio from inside a web page has been an annoyance of mine for years and, until now, I have never been happy with the non-portable solutions.<br /><br />Do you have any tips for playing audio using Javascript?Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1122518037756497512005-07-27T19:33:00.000-07:002005-07-27T19:33:57.763-07:00Ruby RSS ParserHere's some interesting information about parsing RSS with Ruby:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.manicwave.com/blog/archives/000063.html">http://www.manicwave.com/blog/archives/000063.html</a><br /><br />Do you know of any other useful Ruby RSS resources?Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1122499125745223892005-07-27T14:07:00.000-07:002005-07-27T14:19:15.716-07:00phpDocumentor DocumentationphpDocumentor is a source code documentation tool that works in a simiar fashion as Java's JavaDoc, .Net's XML code documentation comments, or Mono's<br /><br /><a href="http://phpdoc.org/">http://phpdoc.org/</a><br /><br />This is an interesting tool, however, of all the various documentation tools <a href="http://bensinformationstation.blogspot.com/2004/08/doxygen.html">Doxygen</a> seems to be the most useful.<br /><br />Do you know of any other useful source code documentation tools?Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1122498465945553512005-07-27T13:56:00.000-07:002005-07-27T14:07:45.953-07:00Presentations with S5S5 is an XHTML system for creating presentations, it's available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/">http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/</a><br /><br />After searching for so long for a tool that emulates MS Powerpoint (<a href="http://bensinformationstation.blogspot.com/2004/12/presentations-with-criawips.html">Crawips</a>, <a href="http://bensinformationstation.blogspot.com/2004/11/presentations-with-latex-beamer.html">LaTeX Beamer</a>) I think that S5 may be a more elegant solution. The printable view dispenses with all the fluff that you may want in a presentation, so conserving paper, which makes sense to me since presentations are for presenting while a reader needs concise data rather than fancy presentation frames.<br /><br />Do you agree?Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1122390795377560222005-07-26T08:06:00.000-07:002005-07-26T08:13:15.383-07:00Python RSS parsingIf you want to parse RSS data with Python then the Universal Feed Parser is the best way to go. It's specifications include the following supported protocols:<br /><br />"Universal Feed Parser is a Python module for downloading and parsing syndicated feeds. It can handle RSS 0.90, Netscape RSS 0.91, Userland RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom, and CDF feeds."<br /><br />Feed Parser is available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://feedparser.org/">http://feedparser.org/</a><br /><br />There's a nice page with example code here:<br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/RssLibraries">http://wiki.python.org/moin/RssLibraries</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1121872968916470212005-07-20T08:15:00.000-07:002005-07-20T08:22:48.923-07:00Profiling with ValgrindRather than using gprof to profile programming code Valgrind appears to be a more fully featured alternative, it's available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://valgrind.org/">http://valgrind.org/</a><br /><br />You couple the output from Valgrind with VGprof to produce gprof formatted data, VGprof is available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goop.org/~jeremy/valgrind/vgprof.html">http://www.goop.org/~jeremy/valgrind/vgprof.html</a><br /><br />Then take the gprof formatted output and create easy to read HTML reports using PyProfGen, available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cinsk.org/sw/pyprofgen/">http://www.cinsk.org/sw/pyprofgen/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1121622546634983892005-07-17T10:17:00.000-07:002005-07-17T10:49:08.736-07:00Website Monitor with StatCounter.comIf you want a free, while you have relatively low hits, website monitoring tool StatCounter is the best that I have found, available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.statcounter.com">http://www.statcounter.com</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1121265840117681772005-07-13T07:38:00.000-07:002005-07-27T07:13:35.570-07:00FOSS Project ManagementThere are a couple of very good FOSS project management solutions available. I'm not including Mr Project AKA Gnome Planner as I'm really talking about entire project management suites.<br /><br />The two main project management suites are dotProject, available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotproject.net">http://www.dotproject.net</a><br /><br />And phpCollab, available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.php-collab.org">http://www.php-collab.org</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1121038715130111222005-07-10T16:37:00.000-07:002005-07-10T16:38:35.136-07:00Repair xBoxThis site has a very useful knowledge system to diagnose xBox problems:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.xboxrepairguide.com">http://www.xboxrepairguide.com</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1120666948321434362005-07-06T09:19:00.000-07:002005-07-06T12:33:45.683-07:00Junxion Box 3G to 802.11 bridgeIf you want a bridge between your 2.5/3G data connection WAN and your 802.11b LAN then you want the Junxion Box:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.junxion.com/">http://www.junxion.com/</a><br /><br />Using this device you can create an 802.11b LAN with wireless uplink connectivity to the internet anywhere where your 2.5/3G cellular telephone has connectivity. Of particular interest would be as a means to integrate 802.11b internet connectivity into your car.<br /><br />Note that the StompBox is a cheaper DIY alternative, more information available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://moro.fbrtech.com/~tora/EVDO/">http://moro.fbrtech.com/~tora/EVDO/</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1120274639671946142005-07-01T20:22:00.000-07:002005-07-22T21:21:43.403-07:00Persistence of Vision Bike SpokesHokey Spokes use strobing LEDs to create a persistence of vision optical illusion. The illusion can be custom programmed to whatever you want. They're pretty cool and available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hokeyspokes.com">http://www.hokeyspokes.com</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1120142406536834802005-06-30T07:38:00.000-07:002005-06-30T07:40:06.543-07:00OSS CRM with SugarCRMSugarCRM, available through the link below, is an Open Source Customer Relationship Management solution:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sugarcrm.com">http://www.sugarcrm.com</a>Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076185.post-1120056992525441992005-06-29T07:53:00.000-07:002005-06-29T07:56:32.530-07:00SSH audio with eSounDYou can forward audio over SSH using eSounD, more information available from here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html">http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html</a><br /><br />You can also forward audio to your windows box using putty and cygwin, just google for "eSounD cygwin" for more information.Ben Dashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590056908916910245noreply@blogger.com0