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Reinventing Unix Commands on the Web

One of my favorite business model suggestions for entrepreneurs is, find an old UNIX command that hasn’t yet been implemented on the web, and fix that. talk and finger became ICQ, LISTSERV became Yahoo! Groups, ls became (the original) Yahoo!, find and grep became Google, rn became Bloglines, pine became Gmail, mount is becoming […]

Things to do immediately after installing Firefox

PluginsAdobe Flash Player
Many websites use flash for animations, banners and more. You can get Adobe Flash Player here.
Java
Its very popular, its a must have, get it here.
VLC Media Player plugin
VLC is one of my favorite players, it also has a plugin for Firefox - recommended.
Choosing your extensions:
1. Adblock Plus

Ever been annoyed by all those ads […]

Ripping MP3s from Last.fm with Linux, Streamripper and LastFMProxy

The tools
- Linux (I’m using Ubuntu)
- Streamripper (I’m using version 1.61.27)
- LastFMProxy
- Last.fm account
Installing LastFMProxy..
wget http://vidar.gimp.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/lastfmproxy-1.1.tar.gztar -xzf lastfmproxy-1.1.tar.gz
cd lastfmproxy-1.1/
vi config.py
# Stick your last.fm username and password between the quotes below.
username = “yourusername”
password = “yourpassword“
Now save the file and exit the editor (vi/nano/mcedit/etc)
Installing Streamripper
Download it.
tar -xzvf streamripper-1.61.27.tar.gz
cd streamripper-1.61.27
./configure
make
sudo make install
In Ubuntu or Debian just do […]

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