Shared directories in Ubuntu using ACLs

A nifty article on how to use ACLs in Ubuntu to share directories effectively between user accounts.

http://brunogirin.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/shared-folders-in-ubuntu-with-setgid.html

I read in another blog on the way to the above link, that Ubuntu has a fairly prescriptive user permissions model, and I just wish they'd spell out what it is... Instead, users and administrators are left to pull together blogs, like this...

Yahoo Pipe to Google maps integration

Yahoo Maps are a bit rubbish, so I looked for a way to easily pull together a  map I don't dislike using.

The map's here; the original data's here; and the Yahoo pipe between is here.

This map is a handy reference to the Victorian state government's public register of convictions for food safety offences. It's also a nice example of how cloud services can be integrated and mixed, and matched - Yahoo does provide a map interface to this data, but their maps are terrible.



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