iPod Operating System - someone hacks into the system level of an iPod. And finds a stripped-down OS X. Kudos for using SNOBOL for the example program.
Archive 16. July 2007
Linux Creator Calls GPLv3 Authors 'Hypocrites' As Open Source Debate Turns Nasty - yet another case where I think Linus should just sit down and write code - and otherwise keep his mouth shut. Open source is always opinionated software and this silly bashing of Stallman (who admittedly is completely crazy - but which visionary wasn't?) is ridiculous. Without RMS, open source would not be what it is. Writing a kernel based on 1970s technology is one thing - but building a community based on (not only technical but also moral!) ideas is a completely different matter. The FSF people at least have an idea of a better society, whereas their opponents couldn't care less about society. On which side do the "hypocrites" sit, I wonder?
low-level network packets with python - we hack IP packets. And scan the network. And filter packets. With Python.
Tinderbox: Downloads - wow, a lot of changes since my last update. It might make sense to switch to a newer version again, especially since I now have use for statically generated pages again (on the other hand, I have thousands of other tools for that - but Tinderbox is somehow like a good old buddy you'd like to meet again)