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http://dreamlight.com/insights/bugs/Apple/lookupd.html
A detailed troubleshooting guide from DreamLight Interactive documenting a serious Mac OS X Tiger bug where the lookupd process causes Safari, Finder, and other applications to freeze or fail to launch. The page offers practical fixes including hosts file modifications to block adsonar.com, which was identified as a trigger for the system-wide hangs.
https://ilyess.cc/
Ilyess runs a personal tech blog focused on open source technology, online privacy, and nerdy computing topics, sharing perspectives and analysis from hands-on experience. The site features a clean indie-web aesthetic, a guestbook, a 'Uses' page listing the creator's toolset, and membership in several webrings including IndieWeb and Hotline.
https://vivi.sh/blog/technical/live-wordcount-vim-airline/index
Vivi's technical blog post walks through adding a live word count display to vim-airline, covering both the simple vimrc configuration and a custom VimScript solution the author wrote from scratch. It's a practical, code-heavy guide with real function definitions that would be useful to any writer using Vim for prose or essay work.
http://secretsearchenginelabs.com/tech/cashrank.php
Secret Search Engine Labs introduces CashRank, a novel anti-spam algorithm designed to limit search engine indexing to pages that cost at least $1 per year to maintain, effectively filtering out link farms, scraped content, and auto-generated junk. The page explains the technical reasoning behind the approach, including how domain renewal fees translate into indexable "CashRank" credits that propagate through outbound links.
https://softpanorama.org/Editors/Vimorama/vim_regular_expressions.shtml
Softpanorama's Vim Regular Expressions page is a detailed technical reference comparing Vim and Perl regex syntax, complete with metacharacter tables, examples, and tips for power users. Part of the larger Softpanorama site, this section covers Vimscript, syntax highlighting, line ranges, and practical regex patterns for anyone looking to master text editing in Vim.
https://moose.at/
Moose.at was an Austrian web search engine that operated for over 15 years before being shut down at the end of January 2024. This farewell page preserves screenshots of its interface, links to alternative search engines, and documentation including FAQs and crawl bot information, offering a glimpse into an independent regional search project built on open-source tools like Debian, MySQL, and curl.
https://videohelp.com/
VideoHelp is a comprehensive resource for video enthusiasts covering DVD and Blu-ray ripping, format conversion, encoding, and video authoring, with guides, software downloads, and an active community forum. Visitors can find tools for converting nearly any video format, hardware player reviews, region code hacks, and step-by-step tutorials for working with everything from VHS to 4K UHD content.
https://montagar.com/~patj/electrowares.htm
OPCOM's archive collects free and shareware electronics software tools covering RF amplifier design, filter calculators, coil calculators, logic circuit analysis, oscilloscope tutorials, and transistor databases. A treasure trove for hobbyist engineers and amateur radio operators, the collection spans DOS and Windows programs with utilities for Smith chart calculations, 555 timer design, and sine wave visualization.
http://macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/terminal-commands-for-hidden-mac-os-x-settings.php
Mac OS X Tips, created by Matt Swain, offers a comprehensive collection of terminal commands and tricks for unlocking hidden settings in Mac OS X applications like Safari, Finder, iTunes, and the Dock. The site is organized by application and system component, making it easy for Mac users to find power-user tweaks not accessible through standard preference panels.
https://marek.omasta.net/
Marek Omasta's personal blog collects YouTube quotes, Mac troubleshooting tips, copypasta snippets, and meme content in a tidy, minimalist format. The site is a mix of practical tech notes and internet culture curation, with posts tagging favorite YouTube personalities like Anomaly and Tech Spurt.