Then these are for you — it’s geekdom link dump time:
- Removing the ATI Catalyst Control Center and NVIDIA Control Panel from right-click on desktop.
- Alternate firmware for Canon Powershot Cameras.
- Backup and restore drivers with Double Driver.
- Content-aware scaling in Photoshop.
- Advanced IMAP settings in Gmail.
- Embedding part of a YouTube video.
- Wikipedia moving 400 serves to Ubuntu from Red Hat.
- Dropbox as Ultimate Password Syncer.
- Comment Replies in MovableType 4.
- Instantly locate yourself on Google Maps.
- 20 Exceptional Websites for Learning Adobe Illustrator.
- Mobile Mozilla Browsers (this cannot be created fast enough for Windows Mobile phones, as pocket MSIE is worthless compared to the Webkit-based browsers on the iPhone and G1).
- Hiding data in a secret text file compartment.
- Domai.nr suggests web site addresses that make clever use of non-.com top level domains, subdomains, and folders, like del.icio.us, burri.to, or stop.spamming.us.
- Lessons Linux should learn from Windows and Mac.
- Free online PDF to MS Word Conversion.
- The one thing that every software engineer should know.
- The world’s most dangerous programming blog.
- Keeping your laptop safe when travelling.
- Copying shell prompt output to Linux clipboard directly.
- Wall-mounted laptop with Synergy.
- The Web browser is the new laptop.
- Is your username taken?
- Rendering text and typefaces with Javascript.
- 14 Things To Do If You’re Laid Off From A Tech Job.
- Starting Chrome in Incognito Mode.
- Deleting .svn files in Windows.
- Gmail Backup to backup your Gmail account.
- Installing Intel Pro Wireless 3945 on CentOS.
- Create MySQL backups with AutoMySQLBackup.
- Sounds of hard drives dying.
- Using WinAudit to create a hardware and software inventory.
- Google URLs for iPhone optimized sites.
- Create your own Enigma desktop.
- Turning your old scanner into a camera.
- Ditch your old email address.
- It’s taken over 100 years, but Einstein was proven right.
- Find out if your Linux install supports 36-bit Physical Addressing.
- Can you really rent a coder?.
- Somebody has too much time on their hands: Google docs spreadsheet art.
- Get Windows 7’s best features now.
- Ways to hide Google SearchWiki.
- Great CD and DVD burning tools.
- Looking for a version of linux that boots extremely fast and runs only a browser..
- Songbird hits 1.0.
- Customize cPanel’s Apache Default Successful Install Pages.
- Why are PCs and Gadgets so slow?
- Comcast is now putting up a bandwidth meter for their capped ‘net access.
- 50 Essential Skills Every Real Geek Should Have (I’m more than halfway there).
- Gmail and Outlook SMTP 0×800CCC7D Error.
- Script Kiddies have awesome tools.
- Various modes of Gmail.
- Impressive Blog
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. - Give us using CSS and use tables.
- Weirdness with MovableType and Image::Magick.
- How to: CSS Large Backgrounds.
- Visualizing Moore’s Law.
- Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches.
- Looking Back: The Legend of Zelda.
- 25 Freeware OpenSource or Freeware alternatives to commercial software.
- LaptopVideo2Go, a site for NVIDIA graphics cards news and modified drivers (they always have the newest laptop drivers).
- 27 Handy Adobe Air Applications for Web Designers.
- 101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008.
- The Grid System for Design.
- Amazing Dual screen (double monitor) wallpapers.
- Roger Russell, speaker wire guru.
- Advanced PHP tips to improve your programming.
- SQL Injection Cheat Sheet.
- Tips for Faster PHP Scripts.
- Proving the G1 can handle Multi-touch like the iPhone.
- Top 10 Things You Can Do With A DVD.
- Best Desktop Customization Tools.
- The World’s Most Super-Designed Data Center (looks like it came from a James Bond flick).
- Bulk Rename Utility is a bit of a trick to use, but holy cow it’s powerful.
Comments
I’m just a hair over 50% on the 50 basic skills every geek should have. Though there were several that I wouldn’t ever get. For instance, I’d never “build a hackintosh” because I’m a Mac user and I won’t ever calculate a pitcher’s average because I don’t care that much about baseball.
I am, however, pretty proud of my manual rocket-jumping skills, and I’ve built quite a few badass computers in my time.