Monthly Archives: April 2007

“lsof” command

By Martin Murphy | Published: April 18, 2007
Just found out about this command today. “lsof” displays information about open files by processes on *nix systems (including network “files” – TCP/UDP). I don’t know how I managed to miss such a useful command over the years. As an example, listing network ports (which I would previously have done with netstat): # lsof +c0 [...]
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‘Smart dust’ to explore planets

By Martin Murphy | Published: April 18, 2007
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Smart dust’ to explore planets I just noticed this on BBC News. I’ve obviously heard of smart dust but I hadn’t thought of it in the context of interplanetary exploration. Interesting stuff!
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Brilliant!

By Martin Murphy | Published: April 18, 2007
Scott Adams strikes again: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20070418.html
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Braille converter

By Martin Murphy | Published: April 12, 2007
Recently I had been thinking about various output media (including Braille and Text to Speech) for computer systems.  Today I noticed this story on the BBC about RoboBraille. They’re currently testing an email service that converts text to contracted Braille or MP3 and emails the result back to you.  Seems like a good idea.  (You [...]
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