February 2011

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ThinkGeek :: Giga Pudding Shirt

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/japanese/e7ad?cpg=153H&image=
It's everybody's favorite cannibalistic oversized flan! We've been bouncing around the office randomly spouting off "PUDDI PUDDI!!!!" basically every day since we decided to carry this shirt. Please send help.

Platypus | Sveinbjorn Thordarson

http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus
Platypus is a developer tool for the Mac OS X operating system. It can be used to create native, flawlessly integrated Mac OS X applications from interpreted scripts such as shell scripts or Perl and Python programs. This is done by wrapping the script in an application bundle directory structure along with an executable binary that runs the script.

Port Map and TCMPortMapper

http://www.codingmonkeys.de/portmap/index.html
Did you ever feel the urge to map your networking ports using your Airport Basestation or a UPNP router? Did you ever want your application to be reachable from the internet, even in a home networking setup? Don't despair anymore. Port Map and TCMPortMapper are here!

UPnP PortMapper Homepage

http://upnp-portmapper.sourceforge.net
The UPnP PortMapper is an easy to use program that manages the port mappings (port forwarding) of a UPnP enabled internet gateway device (router) in the local network. You can easily view, add and remove port mappings.

Folded Toad Froth: Linksys WRT54G with bluetooth console access

http://foldedtoadfroth.blogspot.com/2010/03/linksys-wrt54g-with-bluetooth-console.html
My prefered solution for general router console access is via a Bluetooth connection. This Bluetooth connectivity is provided with a Bluetooth module such as the "BlueSMiRF" module sold by SparkFun (see note below). The Bluetooth connection is based on the SPP/RFCOMM profiles which this module supports. Access from Windows, Macs, and Linux systems quite easy. I use hyperterm on Windows-based systems and minicom on Linux-based systems.