links for 2008-06-06

Using the metaweb API, this is a java-based visual mapping system for Freebase. The left pane shows relationships, the right shows textual information from Freebase.

“Totus Copy will scan a failing hard drive and recover the files from it onto a separate functional hard drive…no timeout for file copies.” This can finally kill a drive, but if you want the data, it might just work.

I’m happy to note that this page is up-to-date with 10.4/10.5. How to set up PKI ssh and rsync to back your computer up to a remote server.