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Any Good Open Source Code Snippet Libraries?
I’ve been looking around the last few days for an open source code snippet library to put in place at my workplace. Most of the ones I came across by doing some searching either didn’t impress me or they had not been supported or updated in quite a few years. Does anyone know of or [...]
Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” Officially Released
Canonical officially announced the release of Ubuntu 9.04, previously code named Jaunty Jackalope. As with all Ubuntu releases you can download a desktop edition or a server edition. You can download your new version here. Geek.com covers some of the major highlights of the new release: OpenOffice 3.0 Latest Skype Latest Adobe Flash Faster boot [...]
UberTwitter, A New Twitter App for the Blackberry
For the past week or so I have been trying out a beta version of a new Twitter application on my Blackberry, called UberTwitter. So far I have liked what I have seen. Previously I had been using TwitterBerry, which is probably the most used Twitter app for the Blackberry out there. There were just [...]
Stunning Images From the Cassini Spacecraft
When you have a few spare minutes, check out this Boston.com photo gallery of some images taken from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. These are some amazing photos!
Mythbusters Rocket Car Pancake
Wow, this looks way too cool….
Need RAID?
Most of us who have some experience in the system admin role are very familiar with RAID. With everyday folks now using their PCs to store their life stories on (music, photos, video, etc…), they can also see the real benefit in using the technology to keep their data safe. Gizmodo has a nice little [...]
SNL Digital Short: Like a Boss
The video below does contain some non kid friendly language, so be warned……
How to Remove the Conficker Worm
Well today is the day for the Conficker Worm to open up and release havoc on the internet. Not sure what you need to do to protect your computers? Read this post from Tech-Recipes for step by step instructions on how to remove the worm. The article is explained using the removal tool offered by [...]
Use Google Reader Within Microsoft Outlook
This is an old trick, but some of you may find it handy. I forgot about this myself until I read this Lifehacker post this morning. You can easily tell Outlook to use Google Reader when you click the RSS Feeds area. Just right click on the RSS Feeds item from your folder view and [...]
Great, Quick Tutorial on Setting Up an Amazon EC2 Instance
I stumbled across a nice little tutorial this morning by Chris Peterson of Alagad. It explains how to create a Windows based instance on Amazon EC2. It appears as though Chris will be authoring more posts that explain storage, backups and the pros/cons of running in the cloud. If you are curious on how how [...]
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