Geekdom Link Dump

Here we go, my once-every-couple-week tradition of posting a bunch of links (in turn, cleaning out my link stash) that are primarily for my reference but are bound to be useful to somebody.

• Linux isn’t really a resource hog, but you can still speed it up.
• How to rip Netflix “Watch Now” movies.The geek “Years of Experience” myth when it comes to applying for jobs (moron HR people are to blame for this, as they’re the biggest reason good geeks don’t get good jobs).
• Great Geek resume (I really should change my resume to look like that).
• Haiku poetically resurrects BeOS (BeOS was a great operating system in its day).
• In case you ever needed to, here’s how to completely disable the system tray in XP/Vista.
• Make XP Look like Vista (and it’ll still probably perform better than Vista).
• Use of Rogue DNS servers are on the rise.
• Americans are Dumb: only about 30% of Americans think nanotechnology is morally acceptable (despite nanotech having nothing to with anything controversial, moral, or religious). Quoted from here: This is akin to questioning whether metallurgy is morally acceptable..
• 10 things to do with your now-defunct HD-DVD player.
• Good list of Windows Mobile apps (I hope to get a Windows Mobile device after my Blackberry contract expires in August).
• According to the RIAA, music piracy is a gateway to drug dealing and terrorism.
• Really nice desktop wallpapers.
• Give life to an old laptop with cheap or free projects (I know I’ve linked to these kinds of pages before, but Lifehacker’s stuff is always top-notch).
• Why you should never trust the Geek Squad or Firedog.
• Use googlemail.com address with gmail to lessen spam.
• Ten DIY Car Hacks.
• Save space when dual booting.
• The worst designed web site in the world.
• How to Build a Digital Music Server.
• A quick look a gOS (just don’t call it GoogleOS).
• CMSWatch content technology vendor map.
• How to fix that gizmo you dropped in the toilet.
• What to expect from Thunderbird 3.0.
• Sync your Google Calendar and Outlook automatically.
• Get better network performance with application-aware quality of service (QoS)..
• I’d never call myself a stud programmer, but I know horribly stupid code when I see it.
• Put PuTTY in your system tray.
• Use Unix command in the Windows command prompt.