glTail is a pretty neat little script (make sure you check out the video on the homepage.. static image doesn’t do it justice). It’s a ruby script that creates a visual representation of log files.
Install (if you have rubygems) is as easy as:
gem install gl_tail
It requires an older version of net-ssh that you can [...]

NetHogs is like top with networking stats. You can view bandwidth usage by each process.

I’ve used MRTG in the past. It’s cool, but it’s hell to configure. I just need something simple for a single server that just works.
Munin rules.. especially if you’re on Ubuntu/Debian. It’s good for monitoring multiple servers or just one. Here’s a demo.
Install is pretty much:
sudo apt-get install munin munin-node
Pretty much [...]

I’ve always wanted to be able to share files easily between my server and my workstations at home.. FTP/SFTP is fine, but it would be nice to be able to just use windows explorer and make things work just like that.. unfortunately I’ve had a billion and one problems trying to do so and I [...]