This week's mac tip is Two SSH clients to consider for the iPad. In this tip I look at two really great SSH clients for the iPad (and iPhone as well, although I was mostly just looking at the iPad versions which do vary from their iPhone counterpart): iSSH and …

Last week's mac techmail was Work some project management magic with Merlin where we look at using ProjectWizards' Merlin project management software. If you need project management on steroids, Merlin is a good bet. Even more importantly, if you need an easy way to share project management files within a …

This week's techmail is Practical SELinux for the beginner: Contexts and labels which is part two of my series on SELinux. This one talks about how to get started with SELinux (how to turn it on or off), how to view contexts, and how to create new contexts, how to …

This week's mac techmail is Finding uses for the iPad 2: A skeptic gives it another shot in which I write about my experience with the iPad2. Short version: I like it. It's no replacement for any existing device I have, but it's definitely useful. Read the tip for why …

This week's techmail is Introduction to SELinux: Don't let complexity scare you off. This is the first of a three-part series that introduces SELinux and digs into some of the basics on how to change policies, add policies, troubleshoot SELinux, and basically give you enough info to not feel intimidated …

This week's mac techmail was Enhance security on your Mac with Hands Off! which is a neat security tool for OS X. I've been using Little Snitch for years, and Hands Off! is quite similar except that it provides more features and functionality, including the ability to protect files and …

Last week's techmail was Hack the D-Link DNS-323 to get an array of Linux server options. I bought one of these things quite a while ago to use more as a backup box than anything else (in case of fire, small NAS is easier to carry than big computer cases …

Last week's Mac techmail was Use Fake to automate web testing on the Mac which takes a look at a neat app for the Mac called Fake. This app is similar to Automator, except instead of automating desktop-related tasks, it automates web-related tasks. With it you can automate web submissions …

Last week's mac techmail was Choosing the right Git GUI client for Mac OS X in which I looked at the Tower application, a Git GUI client for OS X. I've looked at a few Git clients for OS X and Tower was my application of choice amongst the contenders …

This week's techmail was Redundancy and flexibility with RAID1+LVM which talks about how to combine RAID1 with LVM for a few rich, flexible storage management solution. The tip describes how to get started with setting up RAID and LVM (although here's a hint: the Anaconda installer makes this an …