I just placed a few bets with Paddy Power on races at Cheltenham. Let’s see how things turn out..
U.S. tests powerful non-nuclear bomb
I heard this on the news this morning. Via Fark, comes this report that says,
Dropped from a C-130 transport plane and guided by satellite, the MOAB – also known as the Mother of All Bombs – is considered a “bunker buster” because of its ability to destroy command bunkers and underground tunnels.
It’s a 21,000lb bomb, that’s over 9 tonnes!
[ILUG] [TOTD] script to determine optimum gcc options for your CPU
Python Vs Perl
A Long list of differences. One of these days I’ll learn enough Python to comment on these statements!
[ILUG] serious linux worm on the loose
I haven’t seen this hit the mainstream press, or slashdot or anywhere yet. It could be some obvious hole missed while configuring these Red Hat 7.3 boxes but I’m worried. 8 Red Hat 7.3 boxes were broken into and rooted. John doesn’t know how they were cracked, almost missed it but thinks it might be a worm mentioned in Phrack a while back..
I checked my own Red Hat 7.3 boxes and they appear to be fine but given the nature of the worm, it won’t be easy to find without shutting down first.
Laptop for sale
Do you really need a new laptop? hehe. (via IRC)
SAGE.ie on Data Retention
Daragh has an excellent report on the Data Retention meeting organised by SAGE last night. Go read, and wonder at the type of politicians that are running this country..
Open Source CRM software
Ken Guest started a conversation on IRC asking about an open source Goldmine clone. I’ve thought about this a lot in the past and even started on a web based interface to one, had the pop3 reading done, but then I lost interest in the project and the code has disappeared somewhere!
I searched and found this link directory listing lots of stuff.
I had the idea of using standard mail clients, along with some web interface to a db of users and email history. By using formail to capture outgoing mail, and procmail to capture incoming mail we could stuff that information into a database, maybe use LDAP as an address directory, or simply have “mailto” links on the web interface. The biggest problem is moving the email content from the web interface to the mail client as part of a reply..
This only addresses one aspect of CRM software of course, but it’s the most obvious one I can think of.
On Workspot
Chris Gulker on Workspot – Linux anywhere!
Compare $10 for Workspot to, say, the $8.25 .mac costs: both give you an email account, but .mac’s is via a clunky (read: slow) Webmail interface, where Workspot gives you the full Ximian Evolution email application (with address book that autotypes, calendar, etc. etc.) – it’s what you wished Outlook was.
Sounds interesting, if I had a fast internet connection and wanted to learn about Linux I’d try this. It could be very useful if I was travelling and wanted a familiar desktop to work off too.
I’d probably use a Yahoo account and whatever was available though 😉
Dilbert
Today’s comic is great! *lol*