http://delicious.com/jbnewland bookmarks posted by jbnewland This is an XML feed of my links. Enjoy it in your favorite aggregator, or here. 2009-09-23T19:43:49Z http://justniffer.sourceforge.net/ jbnewland justniffer is a tcp packet sniffer. It can log network traffic in a 'standard' (web server like) or in a customized way. It can also log response times, useful for tracking network services performances (e.g. web server, application server, etc.) http monitoring sniffing tcp 2009-09-04T16:36:14Z http://lifehacker.com/5351485/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-with-snow-leopard-start-to-finish jbnewland hackintosh snowleopard apple mac osx 2009-09-02T00:51:17Z http://www.netboot.me/ jbnewland netboot.me is a service that allows you to boot nearly any operating system or utility on any computer with a wired internet connection - without having to know ahead of time what you'll want to boot. Once you can netboot.me, you never need to update your boot disk again! pxe linux usb network 2009-08-25T22:12:02Z http://git-wt-commit.rubyforge.org/ jbnewland git-wtf is a script to display the state of your repository in a readable and easy-to-scan format git ruby opensource development 2009-08-24T01:20:00Z http://redbot.org/ jbnewland RED is a robot that checks HTTP resources to see how they'll behave, pointing out common problems and suggesting improvements. Although it is not a HTTP conformance tester, it can find a number of HTTP-related issues. web performance api testing caching http rest header 2009-08-20T04:26:34Z http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/08/18/how-to-find-un-indexed-queries-in-mysql-without-using-the-log/ jbnewland The key is knowing what it really means for a query to “not use an index.” There are two conditions that trigger this — not using an index at all, or not using a “good” index. Both of these set a bit. If either bit is set, the query is captured by the filter and logged. Both of these bits also set a corresponding bit in the protocol, so the TCP response to the client actually says “here comes the result of your query, and by the way it didn’t use an index. mysql tcpdump maatkit performance dba 2009-08-20T03:06:02Z http://janl.github.com/couchdbx/ jbnewland The simplest way to get CouchDB running on your Mac. couchdb erlang mac apple osx 2009-08-13T15:51:48Z http://www.consol.de/opensource/nagios/check-mysql-health/ jbnewland mysql nagios 2009-07-31T11:38:36Z http://m.onkey.org/2009/7/29/running-rails-performance-tests-on-real-data jbnewland Force performance tests to use a 'performance' database (containing a production-like data set you provide), which will not get wiped on every run. rails ruby rubyonrails performance testing 2009-07-30T11:36:24Z http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/2009/7/29/ruby-switcher-working-with-multiple-ruby-versions-has-never-been-this-easy jbnewland Install and switch between multiple versions of ruby with easy ruby ruby1.9 jruby development 2009-07-28T22:05:54Z http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html jbnewland "For someone on the maker's schedule, having a meeting is like throwing an exception. It doesn't merely cause you to switch from one task to another; it changes the mode in which you work." work business programming software management meetings scheduling 2009-07-25T15:05:01Z http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2455 jbnewland You can create an MP3 CD that organizes songs into folders that represent an entire album. This allows you to duplicate the play order of an album on an audio CD, for example. apple itunes mp3 mp3cd 2009-07-22T20:35:07Z http://github.com/mattb/findmyiphone/tree/master jbnewland Ruby port of MobileMe screenscrapers allowing message sending and retrieval of current location. Works with FireEagle! Huzzah! mobileme iphone ruby fireeagle 2009-07-21T04:22:42Z http://railscasts.com/episodes/171-delayed-job jbnewland In which Ryan Bates covers delayed_job. If you write Rails apps and have never used DJ before, check this out now. It'll change your life. ruby rails rubyonrails screencast 2009-07-17T14:09:29Z http://mojodna.net/2009/07/16/switchboard-curl-for-xmpp.html jbnewland curl is the ultimate Swiss Army Knife for HTTP. Switchboard aims to be the same for XMPP. xmpp web