http://git-annex.branchable.com/

Check out ganeti as well: https://code.google.com/p/ganeti/

Features
Ganeti provides the following features for managed instances:

Support for Xen virtualization:
Support for PVM and HVM instances
Live migration support
Virtual console (on PVM) or VNC (on HVM) to control instances
Support for virtio or emulated devices

Support for KVM virtualization: (from Ganeti 2.0)
Live migration support
Support for fully virtualized instances
Support for semi-virtualized instances (kernel residing on the host)
Support for VNC or serial access
Support for virtio or emulated devices

Recommended cluster size 1-40 physical nodes

Disk management:
Plain LVM volumes
Files (from Ganeti 2.0)
across-the-network raid1 (using DRBD) for quick recovery in case of physical system failure

Instance disk partitioning supported from Ganeti 2.0

Export/import mechanism for backup purposes or migration between clusters, or

Automated instance migration across clusters (since Ganeti 2.2)

Are you sure there was no data corruption, or are you just assuming since it booted up again?

Can you actually share a password with several users using phpchain? It seems to me like everyone only has access to their own passwords.

Puppet combined with either Foreman or Cobbler

Surely you are joking?

Is Coda still developed? It seemed dead to me last time I went looking into the alternatives (some years ago, I'll admit).

http://www.branchable.com/ (or acutally ikiwiki) is a wiki that you can work on offline. And there's vim-outliner if you don't like emacs orgmode.

http://notmuchmail.org/

IIRC POSIX allows any characters (bytes) except '/' and '\0' in filenames.

I vaguely recall reading a study about the optimum work week for thoughtworkers. I've often cursed myself for not keeping a link or reference around. Maybe someone else might help me find it? I think it was a german study. The conclusion was that 25h per week produced optimal results. The number might be a bit off but the idea is about right.

There's AdSweep for chromium (it doesn't work on stable chrome afaik) http://adsweep.org/

Maybe it's his scam.

Hacket's or Hacker's?