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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. - Isaac Asimov

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Random signs from all over the planet. Some are funny, others strange, occasionally just outright bizarre. Digital Photo Gallery : Signs of Life
This may be the next best place to hang out, other than sourceforge and digg. Want to learn how then you need to check out HowToForge. HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials | The Open Source Howto Development Web Site.
Danger Will Robinson - Now you can make your own...Warning Label Generator

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Linux and Open Source Screenshots - Linux Distribution Screenshots

Over One Hundred page layouts, One CSS File: Y!UI to the rescue

Over One Hundred page layouts, One CSS File: Y!UI to the rescue --
The Yahoo! User Interface library has made a second release. This one now includes a CSS Grid Kit which allows you to create hundreds of css-based page layouts and it's only 1.82k

This is very nice. Lots of flexibility using the CSS grid kit to design very nice looking pages.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

TorPark: A secure, anonymous, and portable Web browser

TorPark: A secure, anonymous, and portable Web browser --
In the just plain cool category, this is a browser (firefox based) together with the Onion Router. This is very interesting indeed.
Check it out...
TorPark is the intersection of two relatively recent free software developments: portable Firefox and the onion router.

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Vitaly Friedman's Notebook: 25 Sites You Shouldn't Have Missed in 2005
Pretty cool graphic of the Linux filesystem structure - linux_file_structure.jpg (JPEG Image, 1000x647 pixels) - Scaled (77%)

SecureDVD -- Live DVD with 10 Linux Distros -- Torrent now available!

SecureDVD -- Live DVD with 10 Linux Distros -- Torrent now available! --
The 10 best security Linux distributions from a previous digg post are now on one multiboot Live DVD. The new thing is that the torrent is now available for download. Linux diggers rejoice!

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

VLC Media Player 0.8.5 Released

VLC Media Player 0.8.5 Released --
This new Release features many improvements, including MacIntel support, a statistic system, the support of DV inputs on Linux, improvements in the Audio CD playback (CDDB), many new and improved video filters, a new AJAX HTTP interface, Winamp 2 Skins support, a Mozilla plugin on Mac OS X (PowerPC only), a new default skin ...

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Great Resource: Printable Maps of U.S.

Great Resource: Printable Maps of U.S. --
The National Atlas has prepared reference and outline maps of the United States that you can print or use online.

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Friday, May 05, 2006

Here is a really good list of Linux bash shell commands. Each command is a link to the man page for that command -- very cool Linux commands

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Aircraft related The oops list

Incandescent vs. CFL vs. LED Light Bulb Challenge

Incandescent vs. CFL vs. LED Light Bulb Challenge --
Been looking for the perfect excuse to finally give up incandescent light bulbs? Whether you're looking for long bulb life, low energy use, eco-sensitivity, or long-term savings, LEDs and CFLs are a better bet. This handy Excel sheet helps you crunch the numbers and make the right decision.

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Open Office's OpenDocument format *BEAT* Microsoft to ISO Standardization

Open Office's OpenDocument format *BEAT* Microsoft to ISO Standardization --
Although there are a few procedural red-tape type things left to do - OpenDocument is guarteeneed ISO standard status as ISO 26300. This likely means Microsoft's so-called Open XML format will be rejected. This is huge news for open standards and for anyone who wants to actually own their data.

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Monday, May 01, 2006

Convert any file to DVD with Linux and Open Source tools.

Convert any file to DVD with Linux and Open Source tools. --
You've just downloaded the new episode of your favorite video podcast, and you'd like to watch it on your big-screen TV. Unfortunately, the video is encoded in XviD or QuickTime format, which your DVD player doesn't support. Don't worry -- here's how you can convert any video file to DVD using dvdauthor and MPlayer.

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Well, this is new. Seems that Blooger now includes spam blogging prevention. That is pretty cool. I will have to remember to post more regularly as original content, since lately a lot of my posting have admittedly been via Blog This.

Linux WiFi Leaps Forward

Linux WiFi Leaps Forward --
Linux's wireless capabilities are poised to take a big step forward, with the release of an 'advanced' 802.11 driver stack to the open source community under the GPL.

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