UNIX Development on Mac OS X

Apple’s developer web site now has a section on UNIX development in OS X.

BlogMax: Weblogs in Emacs

[ via Genehack ] BlogMax is an emacs mode for writing weblogs.

Tomcat on OS X

Another HOWTO on installing Tomcat under OS X

TomcatX: GUI control panel for Apache Tomcat

A GUI tool to start and stop Tomcat in OS X

Firewalls for OS X

How to enable and use the FreeBSD firewall in OS X.

X Windows for OS X

Sometimes it’s not enough to pop open a term window in OS X to shut up people who look down on Mac. What you need then is the awesome power of X Windows. A thread on MacNN explains how you can hurt yourself.

Snooping Email for Fun and Profit

Useful O’Reilly titles we haven’t considered: “Getting a good set of tools together to dig up useful or amusing bits of information from the mail spool is essential if you’re going to maintain your bargaining position come the new budgetary year.”

XML in OS X

[ via Camworld ] Forget ‘Aqua,’ Mac OS X rocks because of the elegant abstractions it uses.

New Macintosh Security Site

The Shmoo group premiered a Mac security site yesterday. The focus will be on OS X and Darwin since their heritage is in UN*X.

Textmode Quake

[ via Karsten Wade, IT Ghod ] Bitmaps are for wusses. Run Quake in an Xterm window instead.

Telnet via WAP

Coming soon: wreck havoc on your UNIX box from your WAP-enabled phone!

Don’t Wear a BSD Shirt in the Bible Belt

From the Slashdot coverage of the Jesux Hoax comes this tale of what happens when you wear a BSD t-shirt–with its cute little demon–in the Bible Belt.

Flash for UN*X

Macromedia announces Flash for Solaris and Linux. Downloads by September 1st.

Review of ChiliSoft ASP 3.0

CNET likes ChiliSoft’s ASP engine for UNIX & Apache.

Love and UNIX

“Time confirmed my worst fears: when it came to questions about NT’s inner life, she wouldn’t tell me anything. She wouldn’t make herself vulnerable. And she’d never, ever show me the source code.” Link