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Re:Cloud Ping on Friday March 04, 2011 @10:34AM (#2288357)
Nice tool! It is the perfect addition to this AWS load time test: http://www.alertfox.com/Tools/LoadTime/
Re:KeePass 2.14 released on Sunday January 02, 2011 @11:17AM (#2060262)
The Firefox password sync comes preinstalled and is very secure.

In addition, for complex logins, we use the iMacros for Firefox (open source) "bookmarklets", they can be sync'ed via Firefox as well.

Re:Skype banned from China on Thursday December 30, 2010 @07:03PM (#2053979)
Your post is interesting but it misses a key point: Selection bias is everywhere, but in the US and most other countries you do not get run over by a truck if you watch Fox News, run your own blog or decide to make fun of politicians.
Re:After correcting for demographics, US schools fare better than EU/A... on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @02:20PM (#2046408)
"After correcting for demographics..."

GOOD students will do fine in almost any school system. I think what makes a difference is how you motivate the kids with problematic backgrounds.

Excluding them from studies is certainly NOT the solution.

Re:A Year Of Scala on Sunday December 26, 2010 @07:18PM (#2041443)
I did a few spare time projects with Scala, but does (did) anyone use it for commercial applications? If so, what kind?
Re:Sikuli (automated GUI testing tool) releases v. 1.0 RC1 on Sunday December 26, 2010 @06:46PM (#2041395)
It seems Sikuli was inspired by iMacros:

http://wiki.imacros.net/File:Image-recognition-plugin.png

http://wiki.imacros.net/Image_Recognition

Re:Chrome Extension: Python Shell on Saturday December 25, 2010 @06:22PM (#2039578)
It seems this shell does not automate the browser, or?

I use iMacros for web browser automation. Now, if iMacros would understand Python... ;)

Re:Skype brief post-mortem on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @05:08PM (#2032646)
Because Germans tend to complain the most if free stuff does not work ;-)
Re:Salesforce Buys Email Contact Manager Etacts (YC W10) on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @02:46PM (#2029054)
That explains it.
Re:Rackspace Buys Server Management Platform Cloudkick (YC W09) on Thursday December 16, 2010 @11:23AM (#2012526)
> Make a plan with 2 or 3 servers of full monitoring for $30 a month

In that price range you have Pingdom and AlertFox...

Re:Rackspace Buys Server Management Platform Cloudkick (YC W09) on Thursday December 16, 2010 @08:31AM (#2011926)
Yes, and for free :)

Plus there is always Pingdom, AlertFox, Webmetrics, Keynote...

Re:Linode giving $100 credit to first 1,000 new customers to sign up t... on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:21PM (#2008887)
I am not sure why you need a sign up script, but you can make one with the iMacros Firefox extension in minutes: http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/
Re:Xmarks Acquired by LastPass on Thursday December 02, 2010 @04:29PM (#1963730)
Not really...

I use iMacros for Firefox + Dropbox for all web logins

and Keepass + dropbox for all other passwords.

Both programs store the passwords AES encrypted, and are thus safe to use with dropbox

Re:Wiki for tools to scrape website data on Sunday November 28, 2010 @04:28PM (#1948358)
Interesting. Can it be used to post and request iMacros macros too?

If so, I can donate at least 10 web scraping macros right away.

PS: The software I refer to is http://wiki.imacros.net/Data_Extraction (open source and commercial web scraping browser addon)

Re:How To Protect Your Login Information From Firesheep on Monday October 25, 2010 @04:14PM (#1831408)
You can simply use "iPig"

http://www.iopus.com/ipig/