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How to fix the web in 5 minutes with the Grease Monkey and Firebug plugins for Firefox. 2008-03-27 08:35:09 If you don’t know what Grease Monkey is, it is a Firefox
plugin that allows you to run your own java script on any page you are viewing. Now why would you want to do that? Well, basically it allows you to fix or enhance any web page out there to meet your requirements and [...] Read more:minutes
Windows explorer folder size utility for XP and 2000 2008-03-27 08:17:29 This little handy and free utility lets you see how big your folders are in Windows
explorer. This way you can find out which folders are taking up all your space on your hard drive instead of just randomly guessing. Now you will have time to do your chores around the house… lucky [...]
Windows explorer with tabs just like good ole Firefox. 2008-03-26 14:50:32 How much do you love the tabs in the Firefox
web browser? If I could have tabs on everything, including life, I would. Seeing that it makes life so much easier, I often wondered why Microsoft didn’t incorporate tabs into their operating systems. Well, now I don’t care cause I found a [...] Read more:Windows
Forget talk radio and news shows. My top 10 list of useful podcasts and IPTV shows for techies. 2008-03-26 04:00:25 I figured it was time to take a break from the tutorials for a moment and have some fun. Well, that’s not completely true. NPR is having one of their two week fund drives and I can’t personally stand to sit through that on the way to work. It would be different, if once you [...]
One more look before GTA IV is released. 2008-03-30 17:52:42 Oh boy, oh boy. It’s now less then a month to the release of GTA IV and I’m already getting an itchy trigger finger. Life has been kind of stressful for me lately and I feel the need to take it out on the innocent masses. I guess I’ll just have to wait. In [...]
Do you need free and legal images for your blog? 2008-03-30 10:35:50 If you do need free and legal
pictures for your blog did you ever consider Flickr.com? I never did until someone pointed out that you can search for images by license.
Go to advanced search, choose Commercial license and search away. The selection is amazing, but what will really impress you is the quality.
Happy hunting.
Wordpress 2.5 has finally been released! 2008-03-30 04:12:51 I’m sure this is being covered to death but, if you haven’t heard, Wordpress
2.5 is out. Some of the improvements include:
multi-file uploading
one-click plugin upgrades
built-in galleries
customizable dashboard
salted passwords and cookie encryption
media library
a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code
concurrent post editing protection
full-screen writing
search that covers posts and pages
The most significant changes are to [...]
Linux backup software. The old standby and the scrappy new kid. 2008-03-29 10:58:55 Amanda vs Bacula Open Source / Free Backup Software
One of the most popular questions I get concerning using Linux
in a production environment is how to back the system up without having to resort to non-open source solutions.
Backing up Linux isn’t any different then backing up any of it closed source counterparts. The options range [...] Read more:backup
A whole mess of N800 / N810 news. 2008-04-02 13:26:41 There is a whole mess of news related to my favorite internet tablet that has come out over the past few days.
Nokia N810 with WiMax
First off, there was the debut of the WiMax enabled N810 at CTIA 2008. Other then the addition of the WiMax radio, only the color of the standard N810 has changed. [...]
Look Out PS3 Xbox360 is breaking down your Door 2008-04-02 08:08:49 We all know that Xbox
360 sales have always been superior to Sony’s PS3 but Sony did have one slight advantage. Sony, since the release of the PS3, has been on the right side of the Blu-ray HD-DVD war, till now. Rumors say Microsoft will now produce 360 units with a built in Blu-ray [...]
Keep your World of Warcraft addons updated with UI Central 2008-04-02 07:00:18 If you are a wow fan like me, you have many addons for World
of Warcraft
, but after every patch that Blizzard throws at us, some of them break and need to be updated. Normally you have to go to the site you received the addon from and hope that it has been updated [...] Read more:Central
The top 5 best World of Warcraft Addons 2008-04-02 07:00:02 World of Warcraft
is one the the best games out there and even without these addons, it is still a very fun experience, but let me add some cocaine to your coffee. I love these addons and it makes playing WoW easier and much more fun. And the best part [...] Read more:World
Cheap embedded or nearly embedded Linux servers. 2008-04-01 13:53:12 For awhile now I have been searching around for a cheap and low power replacement for an old P4 3.0 GHz server that I use as a dedicated Linux
/NAS. During the middle of last year I picked up a used Mac Mini off of eBay, loaded Ubuntu on it, and have been using that as [...] Read more:Cheap
, embedded
, servers
Flux Capaciter built for Google’s gmail, I wish… April Fools 2008-04-01 08:09:17 Google is having fun at our expense again, and I love em for it. Google has made an email time stamp that let’s you choose when the email was actually sent. I could see the potential already…
Jennifer, I just wanted to say how much I love you and that you mean everything [...] Read more:April
, Fools
, Google
Linux unscathed at the PWN 2 OWN contest 2008-03-31 09:02:38 The Macbook air went down quick in only 2 minutes on the first day of the competition. Windows Vista SP1 went down on the last day after 2 days of intense work. The only OS left standing (drum role please) LINUX. Reportedly, participants reportedly were not prepared to deal with the [...] Read more:Linux
Nintendo Wii Wheel $14.99 2008-03-31 08:33:51 If you are a Mario fanatic then you probably already know that Mario Kart for the Wii
will be released at the end of April. The game is said to be a package deal that will include the game and a wheel apparatus that your Wii remote will snap into giving you that NASCAR [...] Read more:Nintendo
, Nintendo Wii
Microsoft inks deal to distribute original content on 360 2008-03-31 08:21:00 Microsoft signed a deal with a company headed by Peter Safran to produce original shows that will be distributed on the Xbox 360 network. This is the first step towards bringing IPTV to life on the 360 network. GREAT another bunch of garbage to clutter the servers that no one will ever watch. [...] Read more:Microsoft
Hack and unlock your iphone with the iphone Pwnage tool. 2008-04-03 14:32:45 The iphone-dev team has released the pwnage tool that will allow you to make your iphone work with whatever software/application you choose. Reports are coming in that it works pretty well, but you do need to have the iphone 2.0 firmware before you install the hack tool and all your favorite apps. [...]
Research says Americans love video games. Well duh. 2008-04-03 08:03:08 A recent study was done by research firm NPD group, found that 72% of Americans
are hooked on the video
game bandwagon and that number is growing. They are, however, unsure as to what specifically is causing the surge. Well that’s an easy one folks. It’s called the escape from reality. [...] Read more:Research
The Pros and Cons of Linux, Windows, and OSX. 2008-04-06 18:51:39 From time to time I am asked which operating system is the best in my opinion. This is a tough question to answer as there is no definitive answer. All your choices have their technical merits but, you really shouldn’t select an operating system based solely on it technical merits. You should instead select one [...] Read more:Linux
, Windows
Record HDTV from component inputs. 2008-04-05 09:01:50 If you arrived here through a google search to find out how to record an HDTV
channel from component inputs all I can say is the wait for a device capable of doing this is nearly over. Hauppauge’s much-anticipated HD-PVR looks close to being released.
Hauppauge debuted their HD PVR, which can take a HD signal [...] Read more:Record
Walmart giving back? When it comes to HD-DVD that is 2008-04-08 11:09:47 Wal-mart is offering refunds for HD-DVD players bought in their stores after Nov 1st 2007. Any player with original receipt will be accepted. You however do not need the original packaging. This offer is only good till April 30th, so hurry up and get that paperweight back to the store and go buy a Blu-ray. If you [...] Read more:Walmart
, comes
Asterisk and an interview with Mark Spencer, it’s creator, made forbes.com 2008-04-07 21:18:04 Asterisk, my favorite VOIP PBX for Linux, and an interview
with it’s creator
, Mark Spencer
, has made forbes.com. I’ll admit I’m posting this for selfish reasons. I have personally installed serveral Asterisk systems for small businesses around town and it is always hard to convince them that the system is for real and in [...]
Great South Park drawing 2008-04-07 10:00:31 I think all you South
Park enthusiasts will get a kick out of this.
I’d love to take credit, but I could barely manage the stick version of this. Anyway, not sure who did it, but all the credit goes to them. Read more:Great
, drawing
Microsoft gives Yahoo a deadline… Yahoo gives Microsoft the finger 2008-04-07 09:33:29 If you haven’t heard, Microsoft
has been trying to acquire Yahoo
for a while now and recently they gave Yahoo a 3 week deadline to come up with its decision. In response by a letter signed by Jerry Yang (CEO) and Roy Bostock (chairman) they state
“we will not allow you or anyone else to [...] Read more:finger
A hard drive with a HDMI port? What will they think of next? 2008-04-09 14:48:50 Iomega is releasing a new ScreenPlay HD multimedia drive
featuring 500 GB of storage and a HDMI port. Now this wouldn’t normally get my attention but, I felt it was worth it due to the format support. Check out this list: WAV, WMA, MPEG-1/2/4, MP3, OGG, AC3, AVI, DivX, XviD and JPEG. Did I [...] Read more:think
, hard drive
How to crack / recover an Adobe PDF password using pdfcrack for Linux. 2008-04-09 09:28:56 From time to time I am asked to break a password on an Adobe
PDF file. This mostly comes up when the user who created the pdf can’t remember what their own password is. As annoying as that is, actually recover
ing the password is simple using pdfcrack.
PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux
application (or any other [...]
IBM’s new racetrack memory, makes old RAM seem like another elderly driver. 2008-04-11 08:48:41 IBM has come out with RAM that has data running along a path no larger than a human hair. The result is very very fast RAM. IBM researchers are suggesting that this technology could be available in around a decade and could enable users to store substantially more data at a lower cost. [...] Read more:IBM
, makes
, elderly
Cmd line local and mapped printers to your will all over your network. 2008-04-10 11:03:12 I previously wrote about how to delete a local printer on your network
but, I have expanded my knowledge on local and mapped printers
using the command (cmd) line and decided to share my omnipotence with you. (my head just exploded from ego overload) These little nuggets of fried gold will keep you [...]
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