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Monitor Processes With Bash Scripts

Have you ever wanted to monitor some processes on your system using a Bash script? Well, I have had to many times. Usually I’m running a script or program that is processing large amounts of data and I want to keep an eye on it’s progress. Well, it’s actually quite easy. Peaking At Processes The …

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Win A 46″ Toshiba HDTV

PCWorld magazine is giving away a 1080p 46″ Toshiba LCD HDTV! All you have to do is go to http://www.pcworld.com/pcwsurvey and answer a few simple questions about your experiences with PCs, cameras, printers and/or various other electronic devices. When I did the survey it just asked me about laptop PCs and WiFi routers, so I’m …

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Extreme Skydiving Video

This is a cool video someone sent me on YouTube. It’s a collection of swooping, which is one of the more extreme aspects of skydiving. Basically skydivers pilot their canopies in a manner that has them skimming along the ground at insane speeds. They have competitions that include navigating courses, many of which include water. …

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View Source Chart – A Firefox Extension

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled Instant Source – Hacking Websites The Easy Way. It covered the Internet Explorer extension Instant Source, which allowed a much more informative view source functionality. I really liked this extension BUT being an IE only program I set out to find a Firefox alternative. View …

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One Million iPhones Sold!

Apple has announced the sale of the one millionth iPhone. 74 days after its release on June 29th, Apple has reached a major milestone. The mobile device that was two years in the making has changed to path of handhelds, spurred development in the industry, and garnered interest from nearly every corner of technology. And …

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