MacOS 10.7: Monitor your Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Diagnostics
Lion ships with an app called Wi-Fi diagnostics. It allows you to monitor Wi-Fi networks your computer is connected to and collect various kinds of information. This utility could be very useful for finding problems or doing research on your Wi-Fi networks.
Enabling OS X Screen Sharing via the CLI
If you’re already at your Mac’s desktop, you can simply turn on Screen Sharing. But if you (1) didn’t plan ahead or (2) worry about security, here’s how to turn it on.
Converting from a string to boolean in Python
>>> import ast
>>> ast.literal_eval("True")
All of Carmack’s comments on Slashdot, from 1999 to 2008. See also his .plan file updates from 1996-2007 here.
Deploying node.js on Amazon EC2
Creating an AWS “micro” instance running Ubuntu 10.04LTS and setting up a Node.js server with deployment managed by Capistrano and process management by Bluepill.
Collection of linked advice from Ryan Roberts, aka @StartupLawyer.
“This book is concerned with ‘clever algorithms’, which are algorithms drawn from many sub-fields of artificial intelligence not limited to the scruffy fields of biologically inspired computation, computational intelligence and metaheuristics. The term ‘clever algorithms’ is intended to unify a collection of interesting and useful computational tools under a consistent and accessible banner. ”
Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity. It was designed for increased productivity when writing and taking notes by making it fast and simple to find the right file at the right time and by automating many of the usual tasks such as creating new files and saving files.
Warehouse-Scale Computing: Entering the Teenage Decade
ACM keynote from FCRC 2011 by Luis Barroso Alvarez. Covers both Google-specific stuff and general datacenter industry trends.
A simple micro-library for defining and dispatching keyboard shortcuts.
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