Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code [Programming]
My Clippings November 12th, 2009 by System
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You've always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time.
Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techniques, publish tutorials, and share code samples for others to learn from and use online. If you’re curious about how to become a programmer, you can get off to a running start using tons of great free web-based tutorials and resources.
First Things First: Don’t Get Hung Up on Choosing a Language
A common pitfall for beginners is getting stuck figuring out which programming language is best to learn first. There are a lot of opinions out there, but there's no one "best" language. Here's the thing: In the end, language doesn't matter THAT much. Understanding data and control structures and design patterns does matter very much. Every language—even a simple scripting language—will have elements that you'll use in other languages as well and will help you learn. In classes I took to get my degree in Computer Science, I programmed in Pascal, Assembly, and C—languages I never actually got paid to program in professionally. I taught myself every language I've used in my career, reusing concepts I already knew, and referring to documentation and books to learn its syntax. So, don't get hung up on what language to learn first. Pick the kind of development you want to do, and just get started using one that works.
There are several different kinds of software development you can do for various platforms, from the web to your desktop to your smartphone to a command line. In this article, we’ll outline some of our favorite starter tutorials and resources for teaching yourself how to program for each major platform. We’re going to assume you’re a savvy user, but a newb when it comes to wrangling code snippets, so we’ll keep things at the beginner level. Even just following through a beginner programming tutorial, you’ll be happy to see how far you can get.
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Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 is a great free imaging and partitioning tool
My Clippings October 30th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64
Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition is an excellent, multi-talented hard drive management app. So, what can you do with it? For starters, it will create and restore images of your hard drives and partitions. There’s also a built-in tool for creating bootable rescue media (either CD or USB flash drive).
Tasks can be scheduled to run at regular intervals, and you can also create differential jobs (which only back up files that have changed since the previous backup). On massive partitions, the differential option can really speed up the imaging process.
You can also mount previously created images so you can explore them like any other folder or disk on your computer – or manually add additional files.
In addition to backup and imaging tasks, Backup & Recovery can also perform a number of partition management tasks. Use it to create, format (FAT32, NTFS, EXT2/3/4, Linux Swap), and hide partitions as well as check filesystem integrity and check for surface defects.
Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free is loaded with great features. It's simple enough for casual users and powerful enough to be of use to seasoned veterans.
It’s free for non-commercial use and downloads are provided for both 32 and 64-bit Windows. You will need to register for a serial number, but it’s well worth the minimal effort (just be sure uncheck any ‘email me special offers’ boxes).
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Export All Your Google Docs to a ZIP File [Backup]
My Clippings October 26th, 2009 by System
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Google Docs has officially thrown open their data doors, allowing users to back up all their documents to whatever formats they choose and compressed into a ZIP file. It’s serious peace of mind for those concerned about the cloud.
The feature seemed to arrive very recently without any official blog post or explanation, but it seems to be working for more than just a select few testers. The only catch to using it is selecting all your files, as the Google Operating System blog explains. I frequently "hide" (or basically archive) documents I'm not using frequently, so I only had to head to the "Hidden" view in the left-hand view selector—those with more complex filing schemes should try the "All Items" view, or a wildcard asterisk search to pin down what they want.
Once you’ve selected or searched for what you want to export, you’ll have to scroll all the way down until all the documents are exposed, then hit the checkmark box to select them all. Finally, right-click somewhere in your selected docs, choose “Export,” and tell Google how to export your word, spreadsheet, and PDF files.
While you’re securing your Docs data somewhere other than on Google’s servers, take a peek at other free tools to back up online accounts—you'll feel a bit less tethered to the whims of various server administrators and account security representatives.
CrashPlan – a cross-platform, affordable, powerful backup solution
My Clippings October 22nd, 2009 by System
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Time Machine is good, but sometimes glitchy, with remote disks connected to AirPort Extreme behaving erratically, and other limitations to what you can do – not least that you can’t back your data up online. And that’s where new cross platform backup solution, CrashPlan steps in.
Developers, Code 42 Software offer the solution, making it available free to consumer and small business users, with the more powerful and robust CrashPlan+ service introduced yesterday for enterprise users (which costs $59 US for real-time backup and web restores). In other words, this easy-to-use solution scales for every user, from individual to enterprise users.
The software will automatically back your data up to other computers, external hard drives or even the company’s eminently affordable online back-up service. (And it’s all protected by hardcore security protocols – CrashPlan+ offers 448-bit encryption).
Online service, CrashPlan Central, offers unlimited online backup/storage and costs from as little as $3.50 US per month for individuals and under $5.00 for a family plan (there’s a free 30-day trial, also). You're not required to sign up to CrashPlan Central though, because CrashPlan can back up to friends’ computers for free.
The software is widely compatible – Windows, OS X, Linux or even Solaris platforms are all covered. Users can backup in multiple ways: locally, remotely and online. CrashPlan also offers automatic backup, which the company claims to be so efficient users won’t even be able to tell it’s going on.
The solution reduces file size by using advanced compression technology. It identifies duplicate files and parts of files and stores them only once. When files change, only the new information is backed up.
Once your files are backed up, CrashPlan continuously checks your files are 100% healthy and ready to restore when you need them. If it finds any problems, it fixes them.
CrahPlan+ offers version retention – the ability to specify rules for removing versions and files from your backup after you no longer care about them. It’s also pretty easy to set the frequency of backups and the number of versions to keep, using slider controls to specify versions to retain over specific periods.
The user can set the frequency of backup, for example: hourly for the first week, while a file is being worked on, then retaining fewer versions as the file gets older.
Tags: Airport, backup, Google, Information, IO, Linux, ma, Mac, security, way, wind
Opera Widgets 10.10.1840 Dev, Unite 10.10.1833 Beta & 10.00.1750 Final Multilingual
My Clippings October 15th, 2009 by System
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Fast and free Web browsers without installation: Opera Widgets Dev, Opera Unite Beta and Opera.
Download Portable Opera Widgets Dev on RapidShare (7.9 MB)
(md5: 3685c2591a9b375f39056ed88fe0340b)
Download Portable Opera Unite Beta on RapidShare (8.3 MB)
(md5: 3e992435e6fe93d37ea65e2f603a5f45)
Download Portable Opera on RapidShare (6.9 MB)
(md5: f6da18324cd4ef8750c22d2cdd22b6ad)
Download Plugins on RapidShare (2.9 MB)
Extract and run OperaPortable.
Extract Plugins: Flash 10.0.32.18 & Gears 0.5.32.0.
Edit OperaPortable.ini to choose Open & Save Dir, not empty cache, not backup icons & thumbnails…
Settings of installed Opera should be preserved.
Results in Acid3 Test: 100 %
Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu
My Clippings October 13th, 2009 by System
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Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu
This tutorial shows how to set up automated backups of Linux hosts through dhcp using Ubuntu.
backup your playstation game using rip
My Clippings September 24th, 2009 by System
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$ $ cdrdao read-cd --read-raw --datafile FILE_NAME.bin --device /dev/cdrom --driver generic-mmc-raw FILE_NAME.toc
by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)
Set Up A Simple High-Availability Web Server For A Small Company Using Debian Lenny
My Clippings September 20th, 2009 by System
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Set Up A Simple High-Availability Web Server For A Small Company Using Debian Lenny
This tutorial was written for the Debian Lenny distribution and
supposes that the user has knowledge about what load balancing is and
some basic skills of Linux, our two load balancers consist out of 2
machines that monitor each other [heartbeat], if the master stops
responding the secondary one [Backup] will take the master role [Backup
-> Master].
Make EMC Retrospect Email on Events
Code September 15th, 2009 by Shai Perednik
Are you backed up?
EMC Retrospect 7.6 has a built email notification option. However, its premetive and doesn’t allow for custom messages, alternate ports, or TLS/SSL.
So after much digging and hacking I through together the script below which does the job. This is based on the example vbs script supplied by retrospect, so cudos to them for the initial work.
Download retroeventhandler.vbs
Also, note that you will need to change your settings according in the last part of the script.
Tags: backup, blockquote, email, emc, event handler, Information, IO, Mac, Microsoft, retrospect, script, ssl, tls, XP
How To: Back Up All Your Stuff, For Free [How To]
My Clippings September 12th, 2009 by System
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People don’t neglect backing up their computers because it’s hard—it isn’t, at all. No, people file into the inevitable death march of data loss for one reason: Backing up usually costs money. But it doesn’t have to.
When your concerned friends and family insist that you have to back your data up (as anyone who’s seen my atrociously beaten-down laptop in the last few months has done to me) they’re effectively telling you two things: That backing up your data will save you a massive headache in the future, because more likely the not, your hard drive will fail; and, less bluntly, that you need to buy a hard drive. And who wants to do that? It’s hard to lay out the cash for a backup hard drive, since the payoff is uncertain, and (hopefully) far away. It’s a good investment—not an easy one.
The good news is, most of us cheapskates can still keep our most important files safe without spending a dime, or wasting more than a few minutes. Here how:
Note: These methods don’t give you traditional, full backups—they are ways to keep copies of the files that matter most to you, like your documents, photos, music and videos.
Share
Do you live with someone else? Do you share a network with someone else? Then hey, you’ve got an ready-built backup system right there! There are a few ways to deal with this setup, from stupid-simple to moderately complex.
First, you need permission. Whoever your networked buddy is, sit them down and have a talk. Give them a glass of milk, and explain to them how important data backup is. Persuade them. Coax them. Scare them. Offer to store their backups in exchange for them storing yours. Great! Now you have a partner in data safety. Congratulations.
The easiest, most direct and least intimidating way to get free backups is to set up simple file sharing on your PC or Mac. On the PC, it’s just a matter of ticking a few boxes and setting a few parameters (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7) and on Mac, it’s not much harder (To another Mac, to a PC, courtesy of Lifehacker).
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