Meine delicious.com-Links vom 10. August bis zum 23. August:

• Simple Software – Open Source Tools – Very nice collection of handy scripts. Most of which are windows only…
• Using Git to manage a web site – The one-line summary: push into a remote repository that has a detached work tree, and a post-receive hook that runs "git checkout -f".
• How to use TextMate – Great overview with many links. Something to learn for every TextMate user.
• quillen – backs up your important documents or other data to your Amazon S3 and SimpleDB account.
• gollum – Gollum wikis are simply Git repositories that adhere to a specific format. Gollum pages may be written in a variety of formats and can be edited in a number of ways depending on your needs.
• lastfm-cli – is an interactive command-line & telnet interface to a last.fm account and last.fm audio streams.
• Hamster – Free Video converter with built in video player witch Supports Any Video Formats and Easy-to-Use!
• Gridy – adds an invisible grid to Windows, so that any window you move or resize is snapped to it.
• Time-Track-CLI – In the spirit of TODO.TXT, this little Tcl script will handle tracking how much time you spend on tasks throughout the day. All records are stored in a plain text file so you’re not dependent on anyone else’s format.

Ich hatte 2007 schon einmal einen Artikel mit dem selben Titel geschrieben und es ist seitdem nicht weniger praktisch geworden, von unterwegs auf das heimische iTunes zugreifen zu können.

Die gute Nachricht: Nach einem Kommentar von Yann aus dem Januar 2010, der mich auf einen Blogpost bei iharder.net hinwies, konnte das ganze Vorgehen noch ein wenig verschlankt werden und beschränkt sich nun auf ein sehr kleines Shellscript:

#!/bin/sh
dns-sd -P "Home iTunes" _daap._tcp local 3689 localhost 127.0.0.1 "Arbitrary text record" & PID=$!
ssh -C -N -L 3689:127.0.0.1:3689 user@domain.de
kill $PID

Dank dem äusserst vielseitigen¹ dns-sd Kommando, spart man sich den Betrieb des Network Beacons und erstellt die Bonjour-Annonce direkt im Script.

Im einzelnen:

Die erste Zeile weist den Interpreter /bin/sh als zuständig für das Script aus. No big deal.

Die zweite Zeile annonciert eine neue Proxy (-P) Bonjour-Ressource des Typs daap auf dem lokalen Port 3689 (Das ist quasi die Standard iTunes Netzwerk Konfiguration) auf dem lokalen Mac (localhost 127.0.0.1). Die entfernte Bibliothek kann genannt werden wie man mag, ich habe hier “Home iTunes” verwendet. Der “Arbitrary Text Record” wird nur aus syntaktischen Gründen benötigt. Dann wird noch die Prozessnummer des Kommandos in der Variable PID gespeichert.

In der nächsten Zeile wird dann der SSH-Tunnel gebaut. Die Option -C schaltet die Kompression ein, -N gibt keine interaktive Shell, sondern schickt den Tunnel in den Hintergrund. Nach -L wird der Tunnel definiert: Port 3689 lokal wird an Port 3689 auf der IP zwischen den Doppelpunkten weitergeleitet. Hier muss die IP des Computers eingesetzt werden, dessen iTunes aus der Ferne erreicht werden soll. Wenn iTunes- und SSH-Server auf der selben Maschine laufen, kann im Script auch die 127.0.0.1 für das Loopback-interface eintragen werden. Danach folgt nur noch der SSH-User und die dyndns oder sonstige Adresse.

Die letzte Zeile killt die Bonjour-Annonce wenn der Tunnel endet (z.B. wenn die IP wechselt während man verbunden ist).

In der Praxis und wenn alle Angaben stimmen, genügt dann die Ausführung des Scripts und die Eingabe des SSH-Passworts² und man bekommt die heimische iTunes-Bibliothek angezeigt, als wäre man in seinem Heimnetz.

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Meine delicious.com-Links vom 12. Mai bis zum 1. Juni:

• Localghost – makes it easy to switch development host names to resolve to localhost with a status item (i.e. system tray) that adds / removes entries from /etc/hosts.
• FitNesse – The fully integrated standalone wiki, and acceptance testing framework.
• cdf – colorized df with friendly capacity bars. Written in pure C without any external dependencies
• Droopy – is a mini Web server whose sole purpose is to let others upload files to your computer.
• Tagr – is an application for Mac OS X that helps you organize your MP3 / M4A (MP4) collection.
• easymac.sh – is a shellscript which generates global, VMware or Xen MAC-addresses
• MTR – combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
• calibre – is a free and open source e-book library management application
• How To Make German Pancakes, Dutch Baby Pancakes – Bring this spectacular breakfast or brunch dish to the table as soon as it comes out of the oven for a lot of oohs and aahs! <br /> A German Pancake is a cross between a soufflé and an omelet – it is a light, airy pancake with sides.
• Immer im Dienst – Artikel über eine Nagios-Erweiterung zur Überwachung von SLA-Bedingungen. Recht alt und rudimentär…

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 7. April bis zum 21. April:

• tmux – is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
• Newsbeuter – is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Newsbeuter's great configurability and vast number of features make it a perfect choice for people that need a slick and fast feed reader that can be completely controlled via keyboard.
• Homebrew – is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn't include with OS X.
• Fairmount – is a free tool which allows on-the-fly decryption of DVD content for convenient access. Fairmount does not perform the actual decryption, it simply forwards the data to VLC Media Player, which is used for the decryption.
• skreenics – is a Mac OS X application that is designed to easily create thumbnails from your videos. You simply drag 'n drop files and folders onto the main screen, and Skreenics will generate the thumbnails the way you asked it!
• libimobiledevice – is a software library that talks the protocols to support iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices on Linux. Unlike other projects, it does not depend on using any existing proprietary libraries and does not require jailbreaking.
• Flying the SR-71 Blackbird –
• Fake Name Generator – Generiert Namen und Adressen aus verschiedenen Teilen der Erde. Sehr praktisch, falls mal eine gültige Postleitzahl oder sonst etwas gebraucht wird…
• pwnat – pronounced "poe-nat", is a tool that allows any number of clients behind NATs to communicate with a server behind a separate NAT with *no* port forwarding and *no* DMZ setup on any routers in order to directly communicate with each other.
• Ebbinghaus – Digital index cards shareware with LaTeX support for $20. Seems to be quite nice to learn vocabulary, formulas and other things…

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 15. Januar bis zum 19. Januar:

• Speccy – is an advanced System Information tool for your PC.
• TuneSpan – An application for Mac OS X that allows you to move around and keep track of media files in your iTunes library on multiple drives.
• Semantic Versioning –
• SmartGit – is a graphical front-end for the distributed version control system Git and runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 22. Dezember bis zum 3. Januar:

• 0x1fff: 35 Google open-source projects that you probably don't know – whew…
• XING OS X Sync Plugin – keeps your OS X address book up-to-date by importing your XING contacts periodically.
• maczfs – Support and ongoing development for the Mac port of ZFS
• TunesRemote – Reverse-engineered DACP/iTunes Remote Control for Android.
• The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters – Online Adventure – Old fashioned and brilliant online text-adventure playable with either Celeste Temple or Cardinal Chang.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 10. Dezember bis zum 13. Dezember:

• MagicPrefs – is a free menubar application for OSX which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse. It features the ability to bind a variable number of finger clicks and taps to functions like Middle Click , Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons , Spaces , Expose, Dashboard etc.
• Sequenz – Take photos with your iSight and upload them
• Balsamiq Mockups – Extremely slick tool for great looking mockups of GUIs…
• iTunes Remote – is a simple web interface that allows you to control iTunes over the web.
• vitunes – is a curses-based playlist manager and media player for *nix operating systems with vim-like keybinds.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 7. Oktober bis zum 15. Oktober:

• Openfiler — Openfiler – Open Source Storage Management Appliance – is a network storage operating system, fronted by a web based management user interface. With the features we built into Openfiler, you can take advantage of file-based Network Attached Storage and block-based Storage Area Networking functionality in a single cohesive framework.
• RAOP Client – is an Airport Express client written in ruby. It allows you to stream music to an Airport Express from Ruby.
• Detexify – LaTeX handwritten symbol recognition
• HDRtist – Free and easy to use HDR-Software for Mac OS X
• lsyncd – uses rsync to synchronize local directories with a remote machine running rsyncd. Lsyncd watches multiple directories trees through inotify. The first step after adding the watches is to rsync all directories with the remote host, and then sync single file by collecting the inotify events. So lsyncd is a light-weight live mirror solution that should be easy to install and use while blending well with your system.
• sink – is a tool that allows you to compare multiple directories, take snapshots of their state, and compare the states. It also provides commands to create logical links between files to do micro changes management.
• Oktoberfest Etiquette – Surviving the Oktoberfest from an US-perspective… Might come in handy…
• Frizzix – ist ein kostenloser FritzBox Anrufmonitor und Anrufmanager für Mac OS X. Frizzix zeigt ein- und ausgehende Anrufe, die über eine Fritz!Box geführt werden, sowie die integrierte Anrufliste der FritzBox bequem auf dem Mac an.
• Google Book Downloader – is small utility which allows you to save books as PDF from google to your local filesystem.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 23. Juli bis zum 5. August:

• App Store Expense Monitor – Berechnet wieviel für iPhone-Apps aus dem App Store ausgegeben wurde
• Outlook-QuoteFix – can modify MS Outlook's message composition windows on-the-fly to allow for correct quoting and to change the appearance of your plain-text replies and forwards in general: move your signature, use compressed indentation, customize your quote header, etc.
• iFlicks – Using iFlicks you can easily import your Video Collection into iTunes. This gives you the ability to watch your Videos directly in iTunes or transfer them to your iPod or iPhone. On top of that iFlicks downloads Metadata for your Videos and lets you tweak the Metadata manually.
• ColorBox – A light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery 1.3
• RubyFrontier Documentation – It’s a way of maintaining and generating Web sites. It imitates UserLand Frontier, but it’s written in Ruby.
• Pro Git Book – The whole Pro Git book online.
• Glims – adds a cocktail of features to Safari (Tabs, Thumbnails, Full Screen, Search Engines, Search Suggestions, Forms autocomplete on, Dated download folders, Type Ahead …)
• Jack OS X – is a low-latency audio server, written originally for the GNU/Linux operating system, and now with Mac OS X support. It can connect any number of different applications to a single hardware audio device; it also allows applications to send and receive audio to and from each other.
• StudioTwentyEight | Wallpapers – Great wallpapers, often available in dual and triple versions…

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 9. Juli bis zum 13. Juli:

• SweetFM – switches seamlessly between Last.fm and iTunes. Tune to any station and you can control Last.fm with SweetFM's interface – stop the stream and you can use it as an iTunes controller!
• killer spiele werte. zur komplexität einer verbotsdebatte und ihres spielgegenstandes – allgemein geht es um das thema der gewalthaltigen computerspiele (oder, wie es so gerne heisst, “killerspiele”), den kulturhistorische kontext, in dem man die moral-panic debatte sehen muss, zensur und werte, medienwirkungsforschung und die rechtliche situation in deutschland.
• Fauna – Very clean theme for wordpress…
• The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To AppleScript –
• Karmetasploit – KARMA + Metasploit 3 == Karmetasploit