rdiff-backup with SSHFS

Very useful guide to setup remote backup with rdiff-backup from Linode:

My approach is to use a Snow Leopard machine with an External USB Harddrive to backup my servers. On my MacBook Pro:
1. Install MacFUSE
2. Install MacFusion
3. Then use macports to install rdiff-backup

Then, run MacFusion to mount the remote directory and run the rdiff-backup.

However, you need to remove the sshnodelay.so file in the MacFusion ssh plugin directory in order for sshfs-static to work.

HK Junkcalls #2 on iTunes AppStore Hong Kong

I'm very pleased that "HK Junkcalls" is now #2 on iTunes AppStore Hong Kong. (Link to iTunes AppStore)

TED Talks: Living with Data

Very innovative stuff from India

Rexona-Stunt City

This ad is surely looks expensive to produce. From reddit.tv

My Twitter Python script

I know there are tons of twitter python script out there. Here is my simple python command line script to send twitter update:

import twitter, sys
api = twitter.Api()

USERNAME = 'YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME'
PASSWORD = 'YOUR_TWITTER_PASSWORD'

api = twitter.Api(username=USERNAME, password=PASSWORD)

if len ( sys.argv ) > 1:
 message = sys.argv[1]
else:
 message = raw_input('Your twitter message: ')

status = api.PostUpdate( message )

You're going to need Python twitter installed, of course.

Dropping of 11 degrees over 15 hours

Attached above is the temperature chart from Hong Kong Observatory of dropping of 11 degrees. Quite a change for most people. Below is the temperature with relative humidity.

Bullet impacts at 1,000,000 frames per second

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