Sunday, March 30, 2008

Introduction to Linux

Easy to read, accurate in plain language. Linux is a free open-source alternative to Windows and Macintosh.

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How to get a Canon all-in-one printer working with Ubuntu

These instructions are for Canon all-in-one printers (printer, scanner, and copier in one unit). These instructions are for the Canon PIXMA MP160, but these instructions can be adapted for other all-in-one printers in the Canon PIXMA series of all-in-one printers.

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The web-cam-stop-motion-thing - Animate Yourself

Use your webcam and this site to create a live animated gif of yourself in 10 frames and share it with the world. Don't have a webcam? Check out what others have already made. Link to your creations and your favorites in the comments section.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Figure out why an application hangs

Most of these mystery freezes are uncommon and specific to a particular PC configuration, such as the driver for a certain model printer conflicting with a recent Windows security update, causing some functions in Windows Explorer to stop working (an instance described in a recent Microsoft knowledgebase article).

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Biggest Unix Cheat Sheet

A collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users.

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

BookLamp.org is Pandora.com for Books

CanGoogleHearMe.com recently introduced BookLamp.org. It's a system that matches users to books based on a full-text analysis of the novel, like how Pandora matches music. It measures elements like action, dialog, and description, graphs them for you scene-by-scene, and uses that to find other books that have similar writing style.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Play Windows games on Linux with PlayOnLinux

If you are an avid gamer, you probably dual-boot your favorite Linux distribution with Windows, because that's where you find most new cutting-edge games. But what if you could run your Windows games on Linux? PlayOnLinux is an open source Python-scripted front end that helps you install and play tons of Windows-only games.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10 Killer Firefox Extensions You Probably Don’t Know About

This isn't the usual list of extensions that everyone is used to using, but 10 add-ons that many may not know about, but can be very useful for everyday web browsing.

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10 Essential Mac Apps to Install After a Reformat

I format my Mac once a year, either because it’s clunked up with old .prefs files or because I just feel like performing a zero-out on my hard disk. One good thing about owning a Mac is never having to worry about installing drivers after reformatting. So that’s one problem avoided....

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Get Back to Your Mac Without Paying for It

Right now I'm working from my laptop in Austin, and I've got the same full access to my home PC in Los Angeles as Back to My Mac offers, but I didn't spend a dime on .Mac to get it. That's because all of the tools you need to roll your own Back to My Mac are already built into Leopard for free out of the box-you just need to know how to access them

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