Monthly Archives: March 2004

This month I wrote about ApacheTop and iftop, two really cool proggys that let you see what’s going on with Apache and your network interfaces, respectively.

Bought the Belkin Nostromo n52 Speedpad the other day. It’s a device for gamers, primarily. Connects via USB and it comes with software to customize the keys and buttons to make it easier to play various games. I had assumed, … Continue reading →

Interesting little tidbit: You can use the keypad on your keyboard as a mouse-substitute on Linux by hitting Ctrl+Shift+NumLock. Then movement corresponds with the position of the keys: 1 moves the cursor down and left, 2 moves the cursor down, … Continue reading →

February’s “Open Road” column has been up for a while, this one’s on using ccache. Nice schtuff for anyone who spends a lot of time re-compiling and testing C/C++ apps.