Anybody who started playing Minesweeper back in the Windows 3.1 days (and spent far too much time trying to complete the large board) will totally appreciate this:
Month: August 2007
I’m A Percussionist…
…and there’s a reason I love playing the crash cymbals: They’re great for scaring the crap out of people.
I wish I’d have thought of that.
Something I never thought about…
If you catch Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball, what are the tax consequences?
More Of Bill O’Reilly, The Nut Job
Just a couple of random Bill O’Reilly videos I came across (and we all know how I feel about the guy). Videos after the jump…
Geekdom Link Dump (Updated)
Some more random links for the geeks (and even for the non geeks) out there:
- Replacing Task Manager with Process Explorer in Vista (this is a much easier process in XP)
- Speed up your Web pages with Yahoo’s new Firefox extension YSlow.
- Handy shell extension for handy right-click media conversion.
- How to hide files in JPGs.
- Alternatives to AllOfMP3.
- Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed.
- 80+ FIle Hosting and Sharing sites.
- Embedding Outlook on your desktop.
- Gmail’s “recent” mode to download email via POP.
- Viewing the “replied to” time in Outlook.
- Top 10 Unofficial Gmail apps and add-ons.
- Using htop to Monitor System Processes on Linux.
- 15 Ways to extend your laptop battery life (don’t forget this tool for Vista).
- Epson’s claims of cheaper ink are empty.
- Removing old drivers when upgrading to new hardware.
- Removing KDE icons in gnome and remove gnome icons in KDE.
- 10 Best Security Live CD Distros.
- Free DNS hosting.
- Reverse IP domain check at MyIPNeighbors.com.
Update on 8/5: More that were sitting my box that I missed or found in the last 24 hours:
- Automatic Image Stiching.
- Getting Carmageddon 2 to run on Windows XP (used to play this game a ton).
- Pentium M pin modification guide.
- Toshiba Dismantling Guide.
- Great IBM/Lenova Thinkpad resource.
- Fixing Internet Shortcuts so they actually do something.when you double-click on them (this was driving me crazy a couple weeks ago).
- Some handy cPanel scripts.
- Installing Windows XP on your pre-installed Vista PC for a dual boot configuration.
- Linux/Unix command cheat sheet PDF.
- Gaining root on a remote system.
Boy Hurt in Car Crash Wins $100K by Suing Parents
Now that’s a creative way around an insurance company loophole.
That’ll Take A While To Clean Up
An accident caused 24 tons of chicken crap on this guy’s front yard. Quote of the story: “It was like a tsunami wave of hot chicken (manure).”
Tonight’s City Council Meeting Should Be Interesting
Why, you ask? Because apparently at tonight’s City Council meeting, there’s going to be a vote on a resolution to recommend impeaching Bush & Cheney (City of Bend meeting schedule is here with full resolution here). The guy spearheading this effort used to have a blog here, but it’s long since vanished.
Will this actually pass the city council? I seriously doubt it. And even if it did, whoopty frickin’ do. It’s not like the action of a city council in a small town thousands of miles from the White House will have any affect. The guy will be out of office soon enough and while I agree that he’s been, for the most part, a worthless President, our Congressional leaders really have far better things to worry about (at least I hope) then trying to get Bush kicked out of office.
And that will be probably the last time for months that I will talk politics as I hate talking it, but everybody else is welcome to debate below.