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http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial_backups_with_launchd
Tutorial on how to have launchd automatically run scripts (such as rysnc) when USB devices are plugged in, automated backup when a USB drive is plugged in for example.
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http://blog.arnaudlacour.com/2012/11/backing-up-to-usb-drive-when-plugged-in.html
Tutorial on how to set up OSX to automatically backup when a USB drive is plugged in. Neat.
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http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm
Oustanding little introduction to npm and how to use it. One trick, give your user access to /usr/local/ or /usr/lib/node_modules/ so npm doesn't need sudo. Nice.
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http://apptob.org/
Scripts to auto install node.js on Ubuntu. Includes a few handy dependencies, etc. Neat.
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http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.dev/en/user-reference/authentication-help.html
How to save usernames / passwords so bazaar doesn't ask for them every time. Handy.
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http://toutapp.com/
Tools to automate and track the success of repetitive emails. Insteads of copying / pasting the same pitches in email, use tout and track response, opens, clicks, etc on all the different templates. $30/month for 1 user, $50 for 3, $100 for 10.
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http://www.eucalyptus.com/
On premises cloud computing platform, with an open source angle. Don't fully understand it.
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http://www.rightscale.com/
A platform to manage cloud computing resources, deployments, and so on. Essentially a simplified front end for AWS as far as I can make out.
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http://www.askthepony.com/blog/2011/07/setup-a-complete-django-server-deploy-rollback-%E2%80%93-all-in-one-powerful-script/
A script to set up and deploy django servers. Hat tip rob.
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http://www.scalableworkforce.com/
An interface to create jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk (jobs are called HIT, Human Intelligence Tasks). Provides tools to enhance the functionality of mturk. Unsure of pricing model.
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http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/
Put simply, Puppet is a system for automating system administration tasks. It's a language to define services, nodes, dependencies, and so on. Then it handles the "realisation" or "execution" of those definitions across multiple platforms, etc.
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http://twill.idyll.org/
twill is a simple language that allows users to browse the Web from a command-line interface. With twill, you can navigate through Web sites that use forms, cookies, and most standard Web features.
