Meine delicious.com-Links vom 25. August bis zum 31. August:

• sshuttle – Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin access.
• mNote – for Android is a fast notepad for Android allowing for offline local note editing, managment, and searching. In addition, mNote synchronizes with Simplenote
• Dirpy – is an advanced DVR for your favorite online media. For example, use Dirpy to record your favorite YouTube videos to mp3s!
• Git for the lazy – This guide is for people who want to jump to any point in time with their project/game/whatever, and want something to use for themselves.
• DiG HOWTO – How to use dig to query DNS name servers
• 100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition –
• PosteRazor – The PosteRazor cuts a raster image into pieces which can afterwards be printed out and assembled to a poster.
• Soulver – It's quicker to use than a spreadsheet, and smarter and clearer than a traditional calculator.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 21. Juli bis zum 30. Juli:

• CloudBerry Backup – provides a powerful Backup and Restore programfor Windows, designed to leverage Amazon S3 storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.
• TaskMate – Very simple, minimal and free ToDo-List manager…
• sigil – is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.
• Fossil – Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management
• pymacadmin – A collection of Python utilities for Mac OS X system administration.
• Notes – is designed to focus on organizing plain text notes that are saved automatically. Just write your note and don't worry about saving them.
• Shotwell – Open source photo manager for GNOME which looks a lot like iPhoto…
• Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud im Test – Windows Pro blickt über den Tellerrand und testet die Ubuntu Cloud Lösung auf Basis von Eucalyptus.
• The version controlled home directory – managing dotfiles using Git, MR and a few handy scripts…
• Versioning dotfiles in git –

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 12. Juli bis zum 20. Juli:

• CCC | Forderungen für ein lebenswertes Netz – Der CCC – Die Stimme der Vernunft.
• CMS Tree Page View – is a plugin for WordPress that adds a CMS-like tree overview of all your pages, like the view often found in a page-focused CMS.
• Aufbewahrungsfristen für Dokumente – Sehr praktische Informationen aus der Quintessenz von WDR 2.
• Exchange ActiveSync on Mac OS X Server –
• UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits –
• Mailboxes – is a multi-user Gmail client for the iPad, letting you easily and securely access your Gmail and Google Apps email accounts on a shared iPad.
• The Firmware Umbrella – Making local iOS Restores possible by saving your SHSH hashes locally and at Cydia. This way, even when (not if) Apple decides to stop signing your firmware, you are still able to install it…
• Hacking Network Printers (Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins) – This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network it's part of.
• Disk2vhd – is a utility that creates VHD versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can run Disk2vhd on a system that’s online.
• London Food Tipps » tautoko weblog – Asian food and coffee stores.

Damit ich das nicht ewig vergesse:

Um über die Shell eines Macs den Apple Remote Desktop¹ Zugriff für einen User dennis zu aktivieren, ist folgender Befehl² auf einer Zeile abzusetzen:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -users dennis -privs -all -restart -agent -menu

Das ergibt dann den folgenden Output:

Starting... Created preference to start ARD after reboot. Stopped ARD Helper. Stopped ARD Agent. Stopped ARD Database. Stopped VNC Server. dennis: Set user remote control privileges. dennis: Set user remote access. Started ARD Agent. Done.

Nun ist ausserdem dafür gesorgt, dass der ARD-Agent³ bereits beim Start des Systems aktiviert wird. Sollte man das ganze wieder deaktivieren wollen, ist folgendes zu veranlassen:

sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off

Gerade wenn man so etwas per SSH absetzen kann, spart das unter Umständen, weite Wege…

(via: Garbage in Garbage out)

1. Das ist eigentlich auch nur Apple-Speak für VNC… [↩]
2. Sorry für die händischen Umbrüche, aber sonst hätten die Snippets das Layout zerschossen [↩]
3. Hört sich fast an wie jemand, den die GEZ los schickt, oder? [↩]

Mein iPhone ist zu jedem beliebigen Zeitpunkt den ich wach verbringe¹, nie mehr als ca. 1 Meter von mir entfernt.

Sollte ich also gerade on the road einen SSH-Zugang in Richtung sonstwelcher Server benötigen, liegt es ja nahe, das mit einer entsprechenden App zu erledigen.

Die dafür, IMHO, am besten geeignete App heißt iSSH, kostet 8 € und bietet ordentlich bang for the buck.

So kann man etwa ein Kommando konfigurieren, dass bei jedem Login gestartet wird. Nimmt man dafür screen -DRRS iphone her, kann man Verbindungsabbrüche, mangelndes echtes Multitasking des iOS4 und sonstige Widrigkeiten die einer SSH-Verbindung passieren können vergessen. Dank screen wird eine Session namens iphone erzeugt und bei Bedarf neu verbunden. Es ist, als wäre die Verbindung nie unterbrochen worden. In der Tat sagt die Manpage zu den verwendeten Optionen das folgende²:

-D -RR Attach here and now. Whatever that means, just do it.

Und großartigerweise tut es dann auch genau das. Wenn die ~/.screenrc des betreffenden Shell-Users auch noch die Zeile termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@ enthält, klappt es auch mit dem Scrollen per Fingerzeig. Das Keyboard wird bei Bedarf halbtransparent geschaltet und für verschiedene Funktionstasten gibt es ein konfigurierbares Key-Pie-Menu…

iSSH kann mit SSH-Tunneln und -Keys umgehen. Es erzeugt selbst Keys oder importiert bereits vorhandene über das iOS-Clipboard. Und³ es kann automatisch Tunnel für X11- oder VNC-Forwarding erstellen und bietet praktischerweise auch gleich die passenden Clients an. Damit steht dann auch einem grafischen Fernzugriff nichts mehr im Wege.

Ausserdem läuft es auch auf diesem iPad, von dem jetzt so viel die Rede ist.

Eines der besten Sysadmin-Tools für das iPhone wenn ihr mich fragt, highly recommended!

(via: The 23x blog)

1. und, ehrlich gesagt, auch wenn ich schlafe… [↩]
2. Wirklich, das steht da! Schau mit man screen in der nächsten Konsole nach, I kid you not! [↩]
3. Und(!) [↩]

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 30. Juni bis zum 9. Juli:

• Your PasswordCard – is a credit card-sized card you keep in your wallet, which lets you pick very secure passwords for all your websites, without having to remember them! You just keep them with you, and even if your wallet does get stolen, the thief will still not know your actual passwords.
• sslh – ssl/ssh multiplexer – lets one accept both HTTPS and SSH connections on the same port. It makes it possible to connect to an SSH server on port 443 (e.g. from inside a corporate firewall) while still serving HTTPS on that port.
• An introduction to git-svn for Subversion/SVK users and deserters – This article is aimed at people who want to contribute to projects which are using Subversion as their code-wiki
• Meerkat – An easy-to-use SSH tunnel manager built specifically for the Mac. Shareware, $19,95…
• Add to Google Reader Safari Extension – captures a click on the RSS button and redirects the feed preview page in Google Reader where the user can subscribe immediately.
• Test: Windows 7 Backup – was es kann und was nicht – So was kann man offenbar nicht auf gewöhnliche Enduser los lassen…
• Little 'ruby' photo organizer – Place this script in a folder full of pictures, run it, and it will organize the pictures into folders by the day they were taken.
• Tarsnap – is a secure online backup service for BSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris, Cygwin, and can probably be compiled on many other UNIX-like operating systems. The Tarsnap client code provides a flexible and powerful command-line interface which can be used directly or via shell scripts.
• Git Extensions – is a toolkit to make working with Git under Windows more intuitive. The shell extension will intergrate in Windows Explorer and presents a nice context menu on files.
• Fraise – is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.6 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs – like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on..

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 1. Juni bis zum 29. Juni:

• The Upside of Downtime (Velocity 2010) – Great presentation about why Downtime sucks and how to appreciate this fact.
• One Thing Well – My Linux Setup – Pretty awesome minimal linux setup including some great software hints…
• sneakernet – is designed as a 99% offline campus filesharing network to distribute gigabyte-sized files to a network of upwards of several thousand users who all live within a square mile or so.
• Gitbox – is a Mac OS X graphical interface for Git version control system. In a single window you see branches, history and working directory status.
• Splunk – indexes data from any application, server or network device. It crawls logs, metrics, and other data from applications, servers and network devices and indexes it in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports and alerts.
• Git Reference – This is meant to be a quick reference for learning and remembering the most important and commonly used Git commands. The commands are organized into sections of the type of operation you may be trying to do, and will preset the common options and commands needed to accomplish these common tasks.
• Q10 – is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind. Windows only.
• mcollective – is a framework to build server orchestration or parallel job execution systems.
• damnvid – is a cross-platform application to download and convert videos from your hard drive or from dozens of video sharing websites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Veoh, Metacafe, etc. Basically, it's a video downloader and converter that sucks less.
• Objective-C Tutorial – Ein Tutorial zu Objective-C, XCode und Cocoa

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 26. April bis zum 12. Mai:

• latex-lab – is an open source implementation of a web based LaTeX editor for Google Docs.
• adsf – A Dead Simple Fileserver is a tiny web server that you can launch instantly in any directory.
• NConf – NConf is a PHP based web-tool for configuring the Nagios monitoring software. It differs from similar tools by offering enterprise-class features like templates, dependencies and the ability to configure a large-scale, distributed Nagios server topology.
• 3-2-1 – is a countdown timer for Dashboard (OS X). It displays hours, minutes, and seconds, includes a lap function and is resizable
• 60 Minimal Apple Desktop Wallpapers –
• Driver Easy – Auto-Detect & Download your Hardware Drivers, Quickly & Easily.
• Analyzing I/O performance in Linux –
• ifconfig.me – Get your current external IP via curl ifconfig.me
• The Ultimate WordPress Security Guide –
• Gas Mask – is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X Leopard. It enables to edit hosts files and switch between them.

Meine delicious.com-Links vom 4. März bis zum 23. März:

• collectd – is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files.
• CSVed – is an easy and powerful CSV file editor, you can manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator.
• Simple Desktops – is a collection of desktop wallpapers curated by Tom Watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction.
• Continuous Integration – is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily – leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find that this approach leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly. This article is a quick overview of Continuous Integration summarizing the technique and its current usage.
• Ultimate solution to weird UTF character encoding problem – Due to different formats of storing characters in the database, sometimes you may encounter problem with strange characters (like —) appearing in your WordPress posts. This can especially happen when moving the site to a different server, a process during which your database needs to be exported and imported.
• Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation – Business literature is packed with advice about worker motivation—but sometimes managers are the problem, not the inspiration. Here are seven practices to fire up the troops. From Harvard Management Update.
• smitten kitchen Recipe Index – Fearless cooking from a tiny kitchen in New York City with delicious photos…
• Uniform – masks your standard form controls with custom themed controls. It works in sync with your real form elements to ensure accessibility and compatibility.
• vi Complete Key Binding List – This is not intended as a tutorial. It is a reference on what every vi key binding does, followed by some useful vi tricks and tips. An expert will probably know most of these already, but an intermediate vi user will find valuable information, and even an expert may learn a thing or two.
• Ephemera – will comfortably synchronize your ebook reader with Instapaper.com via USB. It works with the Amazon Kindle, Sony readers and pretty much any device capable of reading HTML, Mobipocket or EPUB files.