Fish - Smart New User Friendly Command Line Shell For OS X, Linux, & Nix Family OS'

I've just switched over officially. Until recently I've used bash almost exclusively and had minimal experience with korn shell and good ol' /bin/sh and had no interest in changing my default shell, most likely because of a lack of alternatives. Fish has provided that alternative. The enhanced tab completion/manpage integration sold me on it's own. It also has syntax highlighting and autosuggestions just from the short test drive I took it on was a joy to use. For the most part any bash or korn shell user will not be thrown off by anything and should be pleasantly surprised at the extra features. I haven't checked out all the goodies in this shell but they make it ridiculously easy to get all your docs in one place in html format by typing help at the prompt.


Fish Shell Homepage [download]

Alternative Download

If you're on a debian system you can just check your software manager for the .deb file and install from there.

Set Fish As Default Terminal

For those wishing to switch Fish to their default terminal just toss this in a terminal then reboot to load the new default.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
usermod -s /usr/bin/fish <username>
[/sourcecode]

For All Those Old School Gamers Out There - SuperGNES Android SNES Emulator

Not to sound like a game snob or show my age, but I haven't been really into gaming since the N64 days. I'll play the occasional MMO nowadays, but nothing quite hearkens back to my gaming heyday than a good FF2 or Super Metroid session.

The great thing about this app is that if you don't have a SNES ROM collection the app gives you the option to search their site and download ROM's directly through the app, also great for those with a large collection not wanting to sift through it and transfer. Overall the speed is great, the app provides a ton of configuration, and the controls on a touch screen are actually pretty responsive. Kudos to guys down at supergnes.com, great job.

Visit their home page here


Or if you want to go straight to the app on the Google Play Store

TCPIPUTILS - Chrome Extension

Found a great Chrome extension today that's perfect for anyone working in networking or web development. Gives a ridiculous amount of networking data on any page you navigate to.

TCPIPUTILS Download

Heres some example output.

Startpage browse -> 173 -> 194 -> 35 -> 178

Browse the IP address space. See the geolocation, DNS, whois, routing, search results, hosting, domain neighbors, DNSBL, BGP and ASN information of every IP address (IPv4 and IPv6).
Network information (173.194.35.178)
Reverse DNS (PTR record)	muc03s02-in-f18.1e100.net
DNS server (NS record)	ns3.google.com (216.239.36.10)
ns4.google.com (216.239.38.10)
ns1.google.com (216.239.32.10)
ns2.google.com (216.239.34.10)
ASN number	15169
ASN name (ISP)	GOOGLE - Google Inc.
IP-range/subnet	173.194.35.0/24
173.194.35.0 - 173.194.35.255
Network tools	 Ping 173.194.35.178
 Traceroute 173.194.35.178
SPAM database lookup (173.194.35.178)
relays.dnsbl.sorbs.net	not listed 
spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net	not listed 
psbl.surriel.com	not listed 
dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net	not listed 
Number of SPAM hosts on 173.194.35.0/24	2
 More lookups
Blocklist lookup (173.194.35.178)
Spyware	not listed 
Level2	not listed 
Level3	not listed 
Edu	not listed 
Search Engine	listed 
Whois information (173.194.35.178)
NetRange	173.194.0.0 - 173.194.255.255
CIDR	173.194.0.0/16
OriginAS	AS15169
NetName	GOOGLE
NetHandle	NET-173-194-0-0-1
Parent	NET-173-0-0-0-0
NetType	Direct Allocation
RegDate	2009-08-17
Updated	2012-02-24
Ref	http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-173-194-0-0-1
OrgName	Google Inc.
OrgId	GOGL
Address	1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
City	Mountain View
StateProv	CA
PostalCode	94043
Country	US
RegDate	2000-03-30
Updated	2011-09-24
Ref	http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/GOGL
OrgTechHandle	ZG39-ARIN
OrgTechName	Google Inc
OrgTechPhone	+1-650-253-0000
OrgTechEmail	arin-contact@google.com
OrgTechRef	http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ZG39-ARIN
OrgAbuseHandle	ZG39-ARIN
OrgAbuseName	Google Inc
OrgAbusePhone	+1-650-253-0000
OrgAbuseEmail	arin-contact@google.com
OrgAbuseRef	http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ZG39-ARIN
QR Code image (173.194.35.178)

Hosting information (173.194.35.178)
Top websites running on this ip:
appliedsemantics.com domain info
See more website running on this ip.
Found 18 ip addresses around 173.194.35.178.
IP address	Number of websites	Example
173.194.35.135	1	
173.194.35.144	25	
173.194.35.145	23	
173.194.35.146	24	
173.194.35.147	31	
173.194.35.148	21	
173.194.35.151	45	
173.194.35.152	60	
173.194.35.159	53	
173.194.35.161	1	
173.194.35.165	1	
173.194.35.176	3	
173.194.35.177	3	
173.194.35.179	4	
173.194.35.180	1	
173.194.35.183	3	
173.194.35.184	4	
173.194.35.191	3	
Geo information (173.194.35.178)
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (CA) 
Latitude and Longitude	43.25, -79.83

Country information (Canada)
Capital	Ottawa
Continent	NA
Population	33679000
Area	9984670 km²
Currency	CAD
Top Level Domain	.ca