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Sudoku
During the Christmas holidays, Matt’s uncle introduced us to something called Sudoku. It’s a game kind of like a crossword puzzle, but it’s all numbers. There are 9 rows and 9 columns which are divided into 9 3×3 quadrants. The object is to get the numbers 1-9 in each row, column, and quadrant using logic, [...]
Links for 2005-12-30
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Top 10 tips to keep that new computer spyware-free Overview of some things you can do to make your computer safer. (tags: howto pc privacy reference security spyware tips web windows) So how did I get infected in the first place? Overview of preventative measures to keep your computer from being infected. (tags: reference security [...]
Links for 2005-12-29
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AllPeers A P2P filesharing extension for Firefox. (tags: bittorrent extension firefox p2p) Amazon Credits You Automatically tracks an Amazon purchase for 30 days and emails you if the price changes so that you can benefit from their 30-day price guarantee. (tags: amazon lifehacks money tools) ipodnova.com A directory of torrents for iPods. (tags: bittorrent directory [...]
Adding RSS Feeds
I was going to add some RSS feeds for my mom, so I thought I’d make a list of how to access feeds for some popular online blog services as a reference for myself and anyone else that may be interested. Blogger: The Blogger user needs to set up a Feedburner account to use RSS, [...]
Links for 2005-12-28
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Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive Thousands of publice domain videos for download. (tags: archive directory free ipod media movies portal video) What to do when your iPod battery dies – Lifehacker Gives some possibilities to handle the iPod battery replacement. (tags: battery hardware howto ipod) StaxRip Open source software to rip DVDs to various video [...]
Links for 2005-12-27
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Azureus : Java BitTorrent Client Java bittorrent client. (tags: apps bittorrent freeware java p2p software tools) Odeo Top 40 List of podcasts. (tags: ipod list podcast) Phoenix Labs » PeerGuardian 2 Blockes unwanted P2P addresses. (tags: freeware p2p privacy security software tools windows) Yahoo! Podcasts A list of podcasts. (tags: directory ipod lists media online [...]
Cool Sports Pics
James Harrison tackles a Browns fan that ran on the field during the Steelers 41-0 win on December 24, 2005. Eric Carriere gets walloped during the UEFA Cup on September 15, 2005.
Merry Christmas!
( Our Life )
Merry Christmas! We hope you have a wonderful day filled with love, happiness, and joy. Take time to remember the true reason for today – Christ’s birth! Love, Matt and Leigh Ann
Links for 2005-12-23
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iTunes Library Updater A utility to dynamically scan folders and update your iTunes database. (tags: freeware ipod itunes music software utilities) Cheat Sheet Roundup – Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers Some references for various programming languages and tools. (tags: linux lists programming reference)
Links for 2005-12-22
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DVD Movies To Your iPod How to convert your DVDs to the iPod format. (tags: howto ipod movies video) REUTERS Showcase — 40 Best Images of 2005 Some amazing pictures from 2005. (tags: 2005 news photo) allmusic Database of songs, artists, albums. Has album art too. (tags: database music reference) Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration [...]
Caption This Photo
I don’t know much about the new Pope other than that he is one scary looking dude: My caption would be: You only thought Darth Vader killed me at the end of Return of the Jedi. Feel free to add your own captions in the comments.
Links for 2005-12-21
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Make your own speech bubble! A quick tool to generate speech bubbles that you can then save. (tags: images online tools web) Unique, Uncommon, Unusual Baby Names for Boys and Girls (tags: baby lists names reference) The Two Things “For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else [...]
Links for 2005-12-20
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(Ed. Note: If you click on one link this week, make it the SNL Chronic of Narnia Rap. Good gosh it’s funny. Just when I thought Baby Got Book was hands down the best rap parody video of the year, SNL comes up with this masterpiece.) SNL – The Chronic of Narnia Rap A parody [...]
Alexa and Snow Crash
Having thought some about the new Alexa service that is being offered where anyone can search their 100 TB of data for a modest fee, it made me think of one of the concepts from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash (Amazon link). If you haven’t read it and enjoy sci-fi that makes you think, I’d highly [...]
Is Google Bashing the New Black for 2006?
Here’s some interesting thoughts about Google’s purchase of 5% of AOL. The NY Times gives a more detailed look at the deal with some interesting revelations. Google has been providing Web search and search ads for AOL since 2002. In the new arrangement, Google will offer promotion to AOL in ways it has never done [...]
Links for 2005-12-17
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Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser Provides an alternative, ajax-based interface to Wikipedia. (tags: ajax apps browser encyclopedia online tools web web2.0 wikipedia) Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours:Table of Contents Reference on shell programming in Linux/Unix. (tags: linux programming reference shell) codebymatt.com – Top 10 Funniest RSS Feeds of 2005 Part 1 Lists some [...]
Perfectionism and Politics
Conservative Christians tend to get a lot of flack when they use the “God told me or the Bible says it so their can be no debate” argument. Admittedly, many times the criticisms are deserved as many times what “God” has told people turns out to be just loony or wrong in retrospect. It also [...]
Links for 2005-12-16
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How To Wolf Whistle Tells how to make that obnoxiously loud whistle that uses your fingers. (tags: fun howto reference) The 25 Dumbest Quotes of 2005 – Stupid Quotes of 2005 A list of some of the dumbest quotes made in politics in 2005. (tags: 2005 humor list politics quotes) Acronym Finder A database of [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You Cron!
( Matt's Posts )
That was my attempt at humor for the segment of readers consisting of Linux users who are King Kong fans. Anyway, I’ve outsourced some of my blog posting to cron. Now, every day that I add del.icio.us bookmarks, there will be a blog post with the links, tags, and a brief blurb about the site. [...]
Links for 2005-12-15
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iSquint An app to convert AVIs and MOVs to the iPod format. (tags: apps converter free freeware ipod movies software tools utilities video windows) Top 10 Innovative Web 2.0 Applications of 2005 Looks at some of the new web apps that go beyond the relatively popular ones (e.g., social bookmarking) (tags: 2005 ajax apps list [...]