Geekdom Link Dump

In an attempt to start out the New Year fresh with an empty pending links folder (and hopefully a better committment to this blog which I haven’t spent nearly as much time with as I’d like), expect a few of these types of Link Dumps over the next 48-72 hours or so.

• For my reference: a simple script to e-mail LayeredTech’s reboot request e-mail address.
• Falling leaves wallpaper for Ubuntu (the leaves actually fall).
• This Star Trek fan has probably never had a girlfriend before, nor has he ever brought one into his Star Trek-themed home theater.
• Great source for high-res wallpaper (this one is my current Wallpaper).
• Great little freeware Spy Hunter-esque game called Highway Pursuit.
• Scene completion using millions of Photographs.
• Supercharge your Scheduling with GCal.
• VLC Media Player can use Winamp classic skins, if you so desire.
• Installing SPF Records on a cPanel server.
• Logo Rediscovered (oh come on, I know I’m not the only one that remembers the Turtle?).
• Make Your XP Computer Look like OSX.
• Virtual RAID 5 Internet Storage.
• Turning an old hard drive into a storage case.
• Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Web Apps (their 2005 list is still relevant).
• myFairTunes for removing DRM from iTunes-purchased tracks.
• Twenty Best iPod utilities.
• Post Blogger comments using your own domain (I really need to get OpenID setup on my site).
• Power your home with a mini nuclear reactor.
• Minimalist explorer breadcrumbs for XP.
• Deskview for those of us who want more space on our Windows desktop (basically makes the icons smaller and lays out the icons differently).
• Raiding the abandoned Sun Microsystems building.
• Using a robot to push a reset button on a dead server.
• How to see if Apache on cPanel is under a DOS attack.
• MovableType scheduled tasks writeup.
• The craziest Star-Wars tattoos (slightly NSFW).
• Use a Wallet to Keep Passwords Safe.
• DNS-o-Matic from the same guys that gave us OpenDNS.
• Halo 3 Cheat Codes as explained by a neglected girlfriend of a Halo 3 gamer.
• Removing filenames in Unix that start with strange characters.
• What the Google Intranet looks like.
• I wish I had one of these on my wall.
• Creating disposable/template servers with VMWare.
• If you use Gmail, you need the Better Gmail firefox extension.
• What usually happens when I work geek projects at home.
• A Hot-tub sized nuclear reactor could power a 25,000 home community for at least five years.
• Detecting duplicating IP addresses with arping command under Linux.
• Windows Vista Incapable stickers.
• Open Source alternatives to commercial software (pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before, too lazy to look).
• Ditch your Windows taskbar with an OSX-esque minimized thumbnails with miniMIZE.
• Setup the Asterisk PBX in 30 Minutes with AsteriskNOW.
• Make the mouse pointer stay away while your typing with MouseAway.
• Don’t forget to lock your computer, otherwise folks might mess with it (as I know very well).

That got rid of a few links. More coming once I catch my breath.