• Unlike a home web server, SSH is read/write, meaning you can get and put files on a server with it.
• Unlike a home FTP server, SSH is secure. All the transactions are encrypted and cannot be sniffed.
• Unlike a VNC server, SSH alone doesnt let you drive your computer remotely, and it is also secure and encrypted while VNC is not.

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The site provides an administrator username and password for every system which allows you to to add and delete content, change the way things look, basically be the admin of any system here without fear of breaking anything. Each system is deleted and re-installed every two hours.

At the upper left hand side of your screen you will see a clock that is counting down. What it shows is how much time is left in this two hour demo window. Once the clock hits 00:00:00, opensourceCMS.com will shut down and the demos are completely refreshed.

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Google gives an example of usage:
“For example, lets say you are in charge of your club soccer teams website, and you want to add a current weather forecast so your fans can plan for your games or you want to include a daily brainteaser on your site without having to come up with something new everyday. Google Gadgets lets you do this easily. Just visit the directory of “Google Gadgets for your webpage” to find gadgets that youd like to add to your own page and select your preferences for how the gadget will appear on your page. Then, copy and paste the HTML from the window into the HTML code for your own website. Its an easy way to get the content you need and want without spending hours writing code”

Previously, some gadgets could be included in Google Page Creator if you selected the experimental features.
Here’s an example (called babelfish):

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1. Install plugin.
2. Choose which page to be the home page.

Thats the functionality I’m using at the moment.
I’m also experimenting with the appearance of a subdirectory – not really much use for me as this blog appears under the playpen directory anyway, but for the sake of science and to while away another SAP install…

1. Install plugin.
2. Choose which page to be the home page.
3. Declare the directory you wish for your blog.

OK so that’s a tiny bit more complicated… It even double checks the structure for permalinks, and tells you how to create a home page template.

BTW, doing this without a plugin is covered in the wordpress documentation at Creating a Static Front Page.

EDIT: as it turned out, the virtual subdirectory link is usefull… It lets me put a link to ../playpen/blog over in the sidebar, so that every page can go straight back to the latest posts.

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One issue I did come up against is that although you can put Template Tags and PHP code into a Page Template, you cannot put these into the content of a Page and expect them to run. This meant I had to use a PHP evaluating Plugin (example: RunPHP) to enable the < ?php randomFeedList() ?> feature of the Feed List plugin.

EDIT: October 10
I’ve completely revamped how I use this plugin.

• I have a WordPress Page with it’s own template (page_rss_parent), that is an exact replica of my standard Page template except it incldues the Dynamic Ajax Content from www.dynamicdrive.com. As you select a link to a particular RSS feed, this Page loads it dynamically.
• The RSS feeds are each in their own page, using the FeedList plugin . These pages have their own template ( page_rss) that has no call to sidebar or footer. This is because these pages will be loaded into a DIV on already already existing page, with the header, sidebar footer etc already present.
• I have another page that is the parent of the pages with the RSS feeds. This means I can exclude this page (and therefore the underlying RSS Feed pages) when using wp_list_pages in my header.
• I don’t need the runPHP plugin.

Next step is to write it up as a plugin. The big issue is where to store the RSS feeds:

• If I store them in WordPress as Pages, you’ll need to do the wp_list_pages hack described above.
• If I store them in another table, it raises issues of tidiness and compatibility with later versions
• If I store them as a text file in the plugin directory, there’s issues around the read/write permissions

from http://arstechnica.com – arstechnica.

1. AT&T, Feds neglect low-price mandate designed to help schools - Schools that uncover overcharging are often punished.
2. e-Books may take a page out of digital music's book - The International Digital Publishing Forum is considering a lightweight DRM.
3. Facial detection startup changes privacy policy after Friday launch - SceneTap's policy now states it will not store "facial mapping metrics."
4. Chinese authorities approve Google's acquisition of Motorola - The move looks like the last step as Google works to develop a smart phone.
5. Make mainframes, not war: how Mad Men sold computers in the 1960s and 1970s - Celebs, comics, and—at times—computing itself helped sell the young technology.
6. SpaceX launch aborted, next launch window on Tuesday - Countdown hits T-minus 0, but an engine issue keeps the rocket grounded.
7. Ryan Montbleau Band brings concerts to the fans through DIY livestream - Want higher quality live audio? If you want it done right...
8. Hands on with Glassboard 2.0 for iOS: simple, private group sharing - Introducing sharing and collaboration for the boardroom, or some friends.
9. The Listening Machine converts 500 people’s tweets into music - Composer Peter Gregson turns the words of hundreds into music.
10. Week in Apple: stalkers, antivirus, and MacBook Pros. Oh my! - Perian, Airplay speakers, and jailbreaks, too.

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Blond and Danish or not, do be careful broadcasting your IP address with BT – Check out some info on anonymous BT so you can at least try to hide.

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Programs and services that start whenever Windows boots do so in various ways. The simplest way to install programs and services that start whenever Windows boots is to create a shortcut to the program within the Startup folder for the current user (or for each user on the machine). To open your Startup folder, click Start, then Run, and type the following:

%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

To open the Startup folder for all users, click Start, then Run, and type the following:

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

In addition, Registry keys are another common way to launch programs or services at startup. You can also use tools like your System Configuration Utility (click Start, then Run, type msconfig.exe, click OK, and select the Startup tab) or a third-party tool like Autoruns from Sysinternals. Once you’ve found all this junk though, how do you get rid of it?

Removing items from your Startup folder (or the common Startup folder) is generally safe, but deleting values from your Registry should be done only as a last resort. In fact, sometimes deleting a registry value won’t even work–as soon as you run the application associated with the startup program, the deleted registry value may get automatically re-created!

The best way to proceed is to first try to see if the application itself lets you remove the feature or component that’s starting up every time Windows boots. You might need to rerun your application’s Setup program to do this. If this fails, then (and only then) should you consider deleting a registry value (but always back up your registry before making any changes to it).

Finally, here a few more sources of information on the topic of startup programs:

• How to Remove Startup Programs
• How To Manage Windows Startup
• Configure Auto-Starting Applications
• How to Modify the List of Programs that Run When You Start Windows XP
• Restore Your Computer’s Performance with Windows XP

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EverythingLinux’s excellent rsync tutorial discusses some of the reasons why rsync is better than ftp.

• Diffs – Only actual changed pieces of files are transferred, rather than the whole file. This makes updates faster, especially over slower links like modems. FTP would transfer the entire file, even if only one byte changed.
• Compression – The tiny pieces of diffs are then compressed on the fly, further saving you file transfer time and reducing the load on the network.
• Secure Shell – The security conscious of you out there would like this, and you should all be using it. The stream from rsync is passed through the ssh protocol to encrypt your session.

previous links:

Rsync on Windows
rsync – Windows, MAC, Unix, Linux, BSD

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