Richard Rybolt. “There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day] [dws.]

Upgrade offered on some retail OS X products [The Macintosh News Network] [dws.]

Apple details Mac OS X Up-To-Date program [The Macintosh News Network] [dws.]

Authored by: soob
use:

|& tee filename

This both displays the output normally to stdout (usually your screen) and redirects a copy to the file you've given.

For example, I like to keep logs of all my configures and makes for the various unix utilities and tools I install. So I'll use commands like

./configure |& tee ~/Documents/logs/zsh-4.0.4-configure.log

and

sudo make install |& tee ~/Documents/logs/zsh-4.0.4-install.log

New Microsoft Remote Desktop Client for OSX [Mac OS X Hints]

Redirect Terminal command output to desktop file [Mac OS X Hints]

I pay a hefty ransom for my server at Rackspace, but I'll tell you one thing – I NEVER worry about it. It's my own box with full access and Rackspace does the monitoring for me. When you life depends on the web, it's the only way to fly. – andy

16,000 Web Sites Go Dark – Web Hosting Gone Bad. Cyberwings is a hosting company based in Maine that has been operating for close to a year now. They started off dependable, but seem to be suffering. Suffering the pains of growth or the pains of inexperience or the pains of business gone bad? No one knows and finding out the truth has been as hard as cracking an ancient lobster's shell. [kuro5hin.org]

Goodness!! This is just crazy. I don't blame my obesity on anyone but myself – and maybe those new chocolate/peanut-butter Oreos. ) – andy

“The aim of the legal action is to force the fast-food industry to 'offer a larger variety to the consumers, including non-meat vegetarian, less grams of fat, and a reduction of size' of their meals, along with federal legislation that would require warning labels on fast food similar to those on tobacco products, Hirsch said.

Obese Man Creates Super-Sized Court Controversy, Sues Fast Food Chains. McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC Corporation were deemed “irresponsible and deceptive” by an obese man's lawyer recently as he announced his intention to sue the four largest fast-food chains in America. [kuro5hin.org]

NY Times: Setting Up a Weblog [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

Personally, I'm a huge fan of this for teenagers and new drivers. I think that all new drivers should have to use this for at least two years. I've posted this link before, but Slashdot mentioned it again so I figured I would too. – andy

Black Boxes to Track Driving Habits? [Slashdot]