Category: Geekdom

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.

Here are some random geek links while I wait for the war to end.

• LetMeType provides OS-level autocomplete (link via Google System).
• Speaking of the Google System, they come at us to tell us that Google’s purchase of Feedburner has opened up some free features (expect my feeds to be “burned” soon). Maybe Google’s aquisition of Grand Central will provide equally as cool features. Since I am a Grand Central user, I apparently have some invites to use, so if anybody wants them, first come, first serve.
• This Old House wires a house for geeks.
• AllofMP3 is dead, but alternatives have appeared.
• CNN.com was redesigned.
• Setting up a childproof PC with Linux.
• Learning the Unix file system.
• Turning a C batter into a D battery with a few quarters.
• Enhanced Firefox page search with Search Marker.
• Average download speed for broadband in the US: 1.97mbs. In Japan: 61mbs.
• Giving your passwords the finger.
• Image to HTML converter, which basically turns an image into a bunch of 1×1 colored table cells. They’re a mess to render in browsers if you do this with high-res images.
• A bunch of AJAX solutions.
• A fix for Slow Typing HTML in Outlook.
• Turning off the “Go” button in Firefox.
• Virtualize and Dual-boot the same Windows XP installation on your Mac (this is damn cool).
• Delete un-deletable files with WhoLockMe.
• Top 10 Network Utilities.
• Great program to introduce kids to programming.
• Need a Windows XP key? Google can help.

Hope everybody had a safe Fourth. I’ll be up for a couple more hours (despite the fact that I have to work tomorrow) to make sure my house doesn’t suffer the fate of this one.

As I’ve mentioned before, I use cPanel on my Web server. I’ve posted links before for using clamavmodule in Mailscanner, completely removing boxtrapper, among a few other things.

So here are a few other cPanel-related items that I needed to have bookmarked and documented for future reference. (after the jump, as it’s long and pointless for most people here):

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I’ve mentioned before my penchant for pulling apart old systems to find useful parts from them for my spare-parts stash. I got an old Compaq Prosignia machine and found this beast inside:

I can’t find the manual for this thing, but from what I can tell, this is an ATI Rage IIC video card, an Intel Server network card, and an LSI SCSI card, all on one full length PCI card. Pretty much everything in the system was plugged into this card. I don’t know if the PCI slots on this motherboard were 66mhz or 64 bit or anything (I seriously doubt it), but I can only imagine the bottleneck this thing caused on the PCI bus.

I’ll hunt down some more info about it later. Right now, I’m headed to COWPU.