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The Rocks clustering package from the University of California at San Diego makes it easy to build and maintain a high-performance compute cluster with off-the-shelf hardware.

Use bash to calculate game outcomes and help you win at Deal or No Deal.

Dojo's grid widget provides a fierce alternative to the paginated table that has become such a mainstay of modern-day Web application interfaces.

Integrate HTML validation into your test suite for better HTML from the get-go.

Are four hacks better than one? This month, check out four short Linux tips that will save you time and effort (or just rotate your X display like a top).

Open-source software users have practically thousands of cool packages from which to choose. It's too many packages and too little time. Desktop users know this joy well. Now system administrators can know the same joy, and then some.

The next Portland State Aerospace Society rocket, scheduled for first launch this summer, will have new hardware, including a switch from CAN to USB.

Can the rm -rf / command ever be tamed? Learn how to pick up the pieces when rm runs rampant on your filesystem.

Run your Rails applications under Apache, using Phusion Passenger.

Let your computer reach into the physical world with the iRobot Create.

Got lots of 8mm film but no projector? Would you like to see those 30-year-old home movies your parents made when you were a kid one more time? Here's how a Linux system can be used to convert 8mm film to DVD movies.

Use bash's more powerful variable substitution forms to simplify your scripts.

Enough with the cloud nonsense. Sure, you can buy in to some big commercial cloud, but odds are you've already got one of your own. Why not take advantage of it and get yourself backed up safely?

The Master Boot Record is an amazing little section of disk that you almost never notice—until it's gone. When that happens, read below to find out how to bring it back.