I Suck

I’ve been so busy at both work and the minute I leave the office lately that I rarely want to turn on my computer when I get home. I’d rather just plop myself on the couch after going all frickin’ day and watch some TV. Even though we canceled our cable last month (we’re poor), there’s still plenty to watch with Netflix, Hulu, and the network channels (and a Windows 7 HTPC to allow us to do it all easily).

Just the same, this blog hasn’t gotten nearly the personal attention it deserves. I suck. I certainly wouldn’t deserve a Best Of Central Oregon nomination (but wouldn’t argue with you if you were to submit this site for a nomination). While uber-blogger Jon will probably get the nod (deservedly), it’d just be nice to knock that egotistical jerk off his high horse.

(Note: Before the hate mail comes in, Jon and I go way back, and anybody who knows Jon or I know that neither of us have egos, especially Jon. I just like to poke fun at him, as he would do to me.)

Anyway, back to the link dump for the evening:

• How to Break Into A Windows PC (and prevent it from happening to you).
• Secret button sequence bypasses iPhone security (Apple’s confirmed this, will release a patch).
• Why you should make sure you never sign into your Facebook account in a public place.
• Billy Joel’s coming to Rock Band 3 out of spite.
• There are some dang good ideas here for the enterprise developer.
• How to create a shortcut that kills every running Windows process.
• Incredible 360° view of the entire sky.
• Fun little toy: Complete vector graphics editor that will run in a browser.
• Follow up pictures from an aforementioned little girl’s day out.
• 50 Powerful Time-Savers for Web Designers.
• Free Content Delivery Network using DNS cache.
• “Green” toilet paper? Yup: one brand is going tube-free.
• A husband of wife whose unborn child had a congenital deformity with no chance for survival decided to confront abortion protesters.
• Want to hide from Facebook’s various services? This will help.
• If you set up things right, Google will change their logo for you on your birthday.
• If you’re a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Junkie, this site’s for you.
• Just because Google exists doesn’t mean you should stop asking people things.
• Need to keep track of what time zones major cities are in and what time it is there? Every Time Zone might help.
• The GOP’s doing their best to kill NPR, and NPR’s doing their best to expose the lies of the GOP.
• Amazon’s AWS now has a free usage tier.
• This is hardcore: Hosting backdoors in hardware that can bypass any anti-virus.
• Google has open-sourced their auto-update software.
• Anybody a Quickbooks and Windows 2003 Server whiz? I could use your help.

More tomorrow, as I have a bunch of videos to share…