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Codefetch has been around for a while, we even mentioned briefly in [an article last year][1] on Wired.com, but this is the first time I've actually tested it.
Codefetch lets you search by language (22 options) and supports a healthy amount of regular expression operators. There's also an option to search literal which means you can match programatic expressions, spaces and all.
Results are displayed with your terms highlighted and showing the chunks of code were your search terms appear. At the top of each booking listing is a link to purchase the book from Amazon (which is how Codefetch generates some revenue).
There may well be a way to perform this kind of search using the tools on Amazon, but I'm not aware of it. An entry on the [Codefetch blog][3] claims the site has considerably better search results than O'Reilly's paid Safari service.
A word of warning, Codefetch made the front page of Digg this morning and was running somewhat slow.
[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70219-0.html "Here Comes a Google for Coders"
[2]: http://www.codefetch.com/ "CodeFetch.com"
[3]: http://codefetch.blogspot.com/ "Code Fetch Blog"
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Comparison points range from general features to system boot time to popularity, and obviously some things are more subjective than others. Each section gets a rating from 0 to 9 and in most cases the description for that category elaborates and clarifies the rating in more detail.
Unfortunately there's no way to compare more than two distros at a time, but the site does have a [nice questionnaire][3] you can fill out that might also help you make a decision. The form asks a few simple questions about what you're looking for in your system and then makes suggestions based on your preferences.
PolishLinux.org also has some great tips for those just starting out with Linux and plenty of links to popular applications, how-to articles and more.
[via [Lifehacker][2]]
[1]: http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/ "Compare Linux distros"
[2]: http://lifehacker.com/software/linux/compare-linux-distros-side-by-side-229857.php "Compare Linux distros side by side"
[3]: http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/ "Distro Chooser"
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* I once saw a movie whose name I've long since forgotten that had one of those classic bad guys that just won't die ending. After shooting stabbing beating and otherwise trying to obliterate the bad guy, he finally gets incontrovertibly destroyed -- blown to bits in fact -- and this is confirmed when the hero picks up a burning chunk of the bad guy's arm and lights a cigarette with it. Listening Post outlines why [the RIAA is a lot like that bad guy][1]. Oh, and if anyone knows what movie that is, let me know.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/01/your_timeshifti.html "Your Right to Time-Shift Is Under Attack"
* Bodyhack [points][2] to an article that suggests George Bush's refusal to support stem cell research might actually be helping the field by drawing in more private sector money. Hey, without Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher we might never have had punk rock.
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/01/did_bush_jumpst.html "Did Bush Jumpstart a Stem Cell Revolution?"
* From [Gadget Lab][3]: "Here's a twist on the megapixel race confusing digital camera buyers: The camera of the future may capture only a single pixel."
[3]: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/01/the_000001megap.html "The .000001-Megapixel Camera"
* Table of Malcontents has great link to the obituary of what sounds like a truly wonderful bookshop. As Brownlee [writes][4], "the fact that Amazon.com is killing off wonderful crackpots like this one-by-one isn't just tragedy, it's blasphemy."
[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/the_worlds_most.html "The World's Most Dangerous Bookstore"
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* Google has [announced][1] a partnership with the University of Texas at Austin which will see the search giant digitizing More than a million books from the University's library, including their world renowned Latin American collection.
[1]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/austin_books.html "Google to Digitize More than a Million Books from the University of Texas at Austin"
* Oh those timely virus writers. [From Reuters][3]: "Computer virus writers attacked thousands of computers on Friday using an unusually topical email citing raging European storms." The new virus, dubbed "Storm Worm," was sent with the subject line "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Consider yourself warned.
[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-19T201158Z_01_L19519163_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-EUROPE-COMPUTERS.xml&src=rss "Storm Worm hits computers"
* Wikipedia has [introduced][4] a new means of stopping "indirect" vandalism of the Main Page. Wikipedia calls the new software "cascading protection" and claims it "automatically applies to local images and templates, which have been frequent targets for this type of vandalism."
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-01-15/Cascading_protection "Wikipedia takes steps to prevent vandalism"
* Coolest Greasemonkey script ever: [Eliminate extra exclamation points][2]. Imagine what it can do for MySpace... then again it doesn't make the writing any better does it?
[2]: http://www.zieak.com/2007/01/17/eliminate-extra-exclamation-points/ "Eliminate extra exclamation points"
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The major sections can be seen in the screenshot after the job, but pretty much all the categories you'd expect are there including taxes, retirement, banking and budgeting, and more.
Within each section there are numerous subsections with content from over twenty-five content providers ranging from Consumer Reports and The Motley Fool to CNNmoney and The Wall Street Journal. The majority of the aggregated content consists of advice columns, expert opinions, articles and how-to guides.
There are also over sixty new calculators to help answer questions like "what would my loan payment be?" or "how much interest will this IRA earn over time?"
There's a portfolio tracking tool that can be used to watch stocks, track your current holdings or store a history of sales and purchases. Creating a portfolio is farily simple and includes a tool to lookup company's stock symbols. Interestingly, while the lookup tool would seem like the perfect place for some nice AJAX, it remains a separate page.
Once you add a stock or fund to your portfolio, Yahoo Personal Finance does a nice job of aggregating all the relevant articles on your chosen companies from around the web.
Inexplicably there's no RSS feed available for your portfolio and given that some sort of RSS-like tracker is probably pulling the data in, a similar push out is conspicuously missing.
Recognizing the power of various social networking tools, Yahoo has provided a number of toolbar buttons at the top of each section to promote sharing on other sites, including links to Yahoo's own del.icio.us as well as non-Yahoo tools like Digg.
Other nice features of the new Personal Finance include a Q & A section, interest rate trackers, a nice glossary of financial terms, and time-based suggestions like "Things To Do In January."
Overall Yahoo Personal Finance offers an impressive amount of data in one place, but other than the portfolio tracker, none of it is all that personal. If you're looking for tools to manage your accounts or track spending, you're better off with a service like [Wesabe][2], which offers far more "personalization."
If you're just looking for a lot of aggregated personal finance information in one place then you'll likely enjoy Yahoo's new offering, though the lack of RSS support might be a deal breaker for some. Hopefully Yahoo will wake up and realize their oversight on that one.
[2]: http://www.wesabe.com/ "Wesabe: Take Control of Your Money"
[1]: http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance "Yahoo Personal Finance"
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* Congress is [considering legislation][7] that would *require* Internet broadcasters to use DRM technology to prevent listeners from making unauthorized copies of music files. The [EFF writes][4]: "This bill would also mess with Internet radio. Today, Live365, Shoutcast, streaming radio stations included in iTunes, and myriad other smaller webcasters rely on MP3 streaming. PERFORM would in effect force them to use DRM-laden, proprietary formats."
[4]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005072.php "Take Action: Defend Your Right to Record Off the Radio!"
[7]: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/18/HNdrmlegislation_1.html "Proposed DRM legislation criticized as too harsh"
* Earlier this week we told you of rumors that Apple would charge $5 to activate the 802.11n wireless protocol that shipped inactive with recent Core 2 Duo machines. The rumor is correct, but the price was wrong, it will actually [cost $1.99 to activate][5].
[5]: http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-6151281.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Apple to charge for faster Wi-Fi"
* Good news, the desk of the future will [charge electronic devices][3]. Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. has licensed a technology called eCoupled, which eliminates the need for dedicated chargers.
[3]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070118/tc_nm/hermanmiller_product_dc "Desk of the future will charge electronic devices"
* Speaking of fatty foods (from [BoingBoing][2]): "Wegman's bakery received an online order for a cake with a message in Italian and English, but couldn't process the accent characters in the Italian passage -- instead, the printer barfed out a ton of error messages in angle-brackets." Which were then [frosted onto the cake][1]. Classic.
[1]: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~tony/cake.jpg "Cake Error Message"
[2]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/19/cake_printer_barfs_u.html "Cake printer barfs up error-messages "
* Best Digg submission ever: "[Google Search Engine][6]. Google is a revolutionary internet search website. With it, you can easily find whatever it is you're looking for on the internet! Digg this and spread the word!"
[6]: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Search_Engine_3 "Google Search Engine"
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There are plugins for both Mac (Universal) and Windows, but you'll need to have QuickTime 7.x installed. The Xiph QuickTime components are released under the lesser GPL and the source is available from the site.
[Ogg Vorbis][3] is a popular open source alternative to MP3 and [FLAC][2] is a lossless compression format popular for its ability to maintain audio quality when compressing files.
There have been a few attempts at Ogg Vorbis QuickTime plugins in the past, but most of them seem to have been abandoned. So far as I know this is the first time anyone has created a way for iTunes to play FLAC files.
That's the good news. The bad news is I can't seem to get it working.
The plugins install okay, the additional frameworks also install, but neither Quicktime nor iTunes will actually play the files.
However plenty of people seem to have no problem, so don't let me troubles put you off. I'll post an update if I get it working, but in the mean time let us know if you get these plugins working.
[1]: http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ "QuickTime plugins for Ogg and FLAC"
[2]: http://flac.sourceforge.net/ "Free Lossless Audio Codec"
[3]: http://www.vorbis.com/ "Vorbis.com"
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