bytehead's link blog: January 2006

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January 19, 2006

Squeet - Free Email RSS Reader

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★ 5:56 PM

#TVTAD @ EFNET

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TV calendar.
★ 5:54 PM

photo.sight.ru mammself

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The title is translated (I think) from фото.сайт | ню | mammself. This is one bizarre (and probably NSFW) picture.
★ 3:32 PM

Windows Xp2000 Commands & Tools - GovernmentSecurity.org

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Some XP (and W2k3) specific commands, which I've dutifully added to my makehelp.cmd.
★ 3:27 PM

Windows Desktop Search

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Microsoft's version of Google desktop.
★ 3:27 PM

Why Mac's Suck - Google Video

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Funny video about why Macs suck. Done on a Mac no less!
★ 3:26 PM

VisiBone

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Various available pamphlets for HTML coding and such. Some are downloadable.
★ 3:26 PM

UltraVNC

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Control another computer via the Internet.
★ 3:24 PM

UKNova

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Another bittorrent tracking site.
★ 3:24 PM

Ruby on Rails Cheat Sheet - Ruby On Rails - ILoveJackDaniels.com

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Another ilovejackdaniels cheat sheet, for ruby on rails this time.
★ 3:23 PM

Rex V an AJAX Regular EXpression eValuator -

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Check out you regex online.
★ 3:22 PM

MyEpisodes.com Main Page

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Get the TV episodes you want listed everyday and in an RSS feed.
★ 3:22 PM

MotoX.us Motorola Modding... all that RAZR & more™

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Good information about unlocking and modding your RAZR. I plan on looking at this much more.
★ 3:21 PM

Listen to Manatee Sounds

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Living in Jacksonville, I had to blog this list of various sounds that manatee make.
★ 3:20 PM

KDE 3.5 on SUSE Linux 10 for VMware Player

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A virtual machine for vmware's vmplayer using SUSE 10 and KDE 3.5.
★ 3:18 PM

HTML 4.0 Entities for Symbols and Greek Letters

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Good list I'll be adding to my linkstomonitor.
★ 3:17 PM

hanzoweb

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"A social webarchiving service". You register for 100mb of archive space per month for free. Pay $64/month for 1GB of archive space per month. Looks like it copies the entire web page, including graphics, objects and such.
★ 3:17 PM

GUUUI - Visio - the interaction designer's nail gun (2nd edition)

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Using Visio to create web site designs. Need to read.
★ 3:15 PM

gtd-php Getting Things Done with PHP

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Getting Things Done implemented via PHP (and MySQL I think).
★ 3:14 PM

Graphics N Graphic Design Blog » Huge List of 200+ Freeware Font Sites n Font Types n Formats

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A bunch of free font sites.
★ 3:14 PM

Free HTML Form Editor - formArchitect

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Create HTML forms without using the <table> that seems to be so hated among the HTML elite.
★ 3:13 PM

FeedBlitz - EMail Blog and RSS Subscription Services

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Get your RSS feed via email.
★ 3:12 PM

ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman - Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List

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I may have blogged this before, but this is a larger list broken down by functionality.
★ 3:12 PM

CAT - Calendar for TV.

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TV Calendar.
★ 3:10 PM

Bizarre Magazine

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Magazine about extremes.
★ 3:10 PM

Bakkenalia

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Interesting code for Windows Scripting Host.
★ 3:10 PM

about kaos.theory

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Anonymous network usage using a live boot CD. Uses the TOR network for anonymization.
★ 3:09 PM

January 15, 2006

wankr beta - collaborative masturbation network

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A (farce?) site about swapping pictures for masturbation. I think.
★ 8:28 PM

Spyware, Adware, Spam, Phishing, Viruses, Identity Theft Protection SiteAdvisor

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A blog on a site that downloads various packages and sees what kind of spyware gets installed.
★ 8:27 PM

SpeedGuide.net TCP Optimizer Downloads

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Download for the TCP Optimizer program. Helps maximize your throughput.
★ 8:27 PM

Quick Lookup

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Another Ajax web page to look up stuff under PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and CSS.
★ 8:26 PM

Office Tips and Hints Blog

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Some interesting programs that aren't neccessarily documented well. osk for an onscreen keyboard? Good stuff!
★ 8:25 PM

MeetWithApproval.com — A great idea for meetings, parties, friends, reunions, weekends, corporate events

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Schedule a meeting or whatnot and watch as everybody settles it.
★ 8:25 PM

mad2.jpg (JPEG Image, 419x1073 pixels)

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One of those Mad Magazine fold-overs. This image is after folding. Don't recall the date on this, but it's pretty damn accurate, which also makes it pretty damn funny!
★ 8:24 PM

mad1.jpg (JPEG Image, 1246x1612 pixels)

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One of those Mad Magazine fold-overs. This image is before folding (print and fold yourself if you want)
★ 8:23 PM

m-o-o-t

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From the web site: " m-o-o-t is a free open-source computer system that boots from a CD and contains all the cryptographic code needed to defeat GAK (Government Access to Keys) laws. We believe that people should and can have access to electronic privacy even from their Governments."
★ 8:23 PM

Linux Newbie Guide Shortcuts And Commands

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Reference stuff for Linux.
★ 8:22 PM

HelpSpot - Help Desk Software Help Desk Portal

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Help desk software via the web. But not web hosted, according the via link.
★ 8:22 PM

file-swap.com is fun Give one file - get one free!

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This looks interesting.
★ 8:21 PM

Cross Stitch - Upload Image

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Upload an image, and get a cross stitch pattern PDF sent back to you. Untried. Possibly for The_Rose.
★ 8:21 PM

Change Text on XP Start Button

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Change the text on your XP start button. Evidently it does some funky things under SP2. YMMV.
★ 8:20 PM

100-downloads.com Top-100 essential downloads of free software & freeware for Windows XP

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★ 8:20 PM

January 12, 2006

Win2VNC

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Use VNC to act as a second monitor.
★ 10:17 PM

News - The home of Spybot-S&D!

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Bitching between Symantec and Spybot-hunter destroyer. Pretty funny IMHO.
★ 10:16 PM

More Ways To Speed Up Windows XP (Connected Internet News Broadband Mobile Gaming News)

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Yet even more ways to make XP speed up. Hopefully.
★ 10:15 PM

ItsAStart.com - Your Entry Point to the Internet!

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A new custom starting page place. Again. All I've done so far with it is set my location for weather.
★ 10:14 PM

Internet is for porn - Google Video

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Funny video (completely safe for work) using the World of Warcraft universe. Very funny.
★ 10:14 PM

Hoopty Rides Is the Complete New Yorker Spyware

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How to take the New Yorker DVD set and use them successfully off of a hard drive instead of constantly swapping DVDs.
★ 10:13 PM

Find Sites on an IP Address with MSN Search

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Way to find all the sites that are being hosted on a particular IP address. I'm surprised (or not) at the number of sites that www.bytehead.org share.
★ 10:12 PM

Earthcode.com JSLog - a Lightweight Ajax logger

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A logging utility for Ajax without using alerts (and causing all those pop-up boxes to happen).
★ 10:11 PM

depthCORE.com Digital to the Core

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Some cool wallpapers.
★ 10:10 PM

Chatsum

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Chat with other people visiting the same site/web page. Beta, invitation only, I've signed up, but haven't received any word yet.
★ 10:10 PM

[Geeks are Sexy] technology news Hard drive recovery utilities when you can't afford to lose that data

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This looks good for some mining.
★ 12:51 AM

XP Secrets

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Interesting "secrets" about Windows XP. Ways to win some of the various games and other interesting stuff.
★ 12:49 AM

WeatherSig Home Page - The world's first email weather signature.

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Latest thing from the makers of WeatherPulse. Generate a signature based on your weather. A bit geeky, even for me.
★ 12:49 AM

Wallpaper, Only New Cool Desktop Wallpapers

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Cool wallpapers. Wish they were broken down by category though.
★ 12:48 AM

ToDoList 4.5.12 - A simple and effective way to keep on top of your tasks - The Code Project - Free Tools

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Interesting ToDo app. Downloaded, but I haven't installed it yet.
★ 12:48 AM

SpeedGuide.net TCP Optimizer Downloads

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Optimize your TCP settings with a touch of a button. And a reboot. I put it in my \bin32\ toolbox.
★ 12:47 AM

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

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Image of the week from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Needs to get into my links to monitor, as this doesn't offer a RSS feed.
★ 12:46 AM

phpFunctions

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Ajax in action. Start to type a PHP function, and it gives you the arguments. Handy.
★ 12:45 AM

PackageMapper.com

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Track your packages via Google map. Didn't check to see if it also had RSS.
★ 12:44 AM

Mr. Speaker » Blog Archive » Hacking Windows Pinball

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Get your game on with this easter egg. I got like 47 million before I got tired of playing with it. And had more free balls left than I think I had a right to.
★ 12:44 AM

DictSearch, the All-in-one dictionary Search Tool for hundreds of dictionaries

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★ 12:43 AM

Contentious » 10 Cool Things to Do with Furl

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Reminder: Look at Furl account and think about using it. Again.
★ 12:43 AM

Ask Lifehacker Multiple subdomains - Lifehacker

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★ 12:42 AM

AJAX Login System using XMLHttpRequest evolt.org

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This looks cool. Maybe I'll look at this to get started on AJAX when I'm rewriting the linkblog stuff.
★ 12:42 AM

30 Boxes it's your life

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New calendaring system, coming soon.
★ 12:41 AM

January 08, 2006

Lexxe Search Engine

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Interesting search engine.
★ 11:45 AM

Windows Vista Home Page

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★ 1:27 AM

uwin/uwin.mm mm document

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Unix tools for Windows.
★ 1:23 AM

Play Again Games : MonopolyHomeRules

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★ 1:22 AM

pbwiki anoniblog FrontPage

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saferblog - A wiki for anonymous blogging.
★ 1:14 AM

Parsed.org

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Shell tricks.
★ 1:12 AM

Optimus keyboard

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The OLED keyboard is on for February 1st, 2006. No price listed however.
★ 1:05 AM

Ned Batchelder Email validation again

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An update to a previous link
★ 12:54 AM

Drag And Drop Upload field

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A Firefox extension that allows you to drage and drop for upload forms.
★ 12:53 AM

BtGhost.com Hosting

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Free (anonymous?) BitTorrent hosting. Upload your file, get a link, and share it.
★ 12:52 AM

January 07, 2006

MSFN's Unattended Windows Introduction

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★ 2:20 PM

Main Page - StrategyWiki

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Wiki for game strategies
★ 2:19 PM

Current News cloud - Google News Tags by NEWZingo

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★ 2:18 PM

Agatra - Forget your passwords... - Secure online password storage that logs you in to most sites.

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★ 2:17 PM

TorrentBB.com Your Torrent Bulletin Board

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Interesting site that lists other torrent sites.
★ 2:08 PM

The Scifi World - science fiction resources

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Looks good. But it has no RSS feed! Come on! Get with the program!
★ 2:08 PM

Ned Batchelder Email validation in PHP

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★ 2:07 PM

Mark's (we)Blog Blogger hacks

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★ 2:06 PM

Jetable.org - Home

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More disposable email addresses. Also going into linkstomonitor.html
★ 2:05 PM

Google Pack

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Software for beginners?
★ 2:05 PM

ajchat - #craowiki

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Chat via Ajax.
★ 2:01 PM

January 06, 2006

Happy Holidays from RGA

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Free ringtones, create your own, or download what others have created.
★ 8:37 AM

January 05, 2006

101 Tips For Improving Children’s Behaviour - Parenting Ideas

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To be read further later.
★ 3:51 PM

January 04, 2006

Performance Boosting XP

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★ 11:17 PM

Visual Studio Express

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★ 11:12 PM

Unlocking WinXP

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★ 11:11 PM

The Regex Coach - interactive regular expressions

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★ 11:11 PM

Diagnose XP

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★ 11:11 PM

CDRLabs.com -- View topic - Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP

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★ 11:10 PM

Windows XP Fixes, Tips and Tweaks

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★ 10:58 PM

wyckedone - si vis pacem, para bellum » Restricting logon times on a standalone Windows XP system

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★ 10:57 PM

Windows Marketplace- Free Downloads Hub

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★ 10:57 PM

Free Vista Icons - Free Desktop Icons For Windows

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★ 10:56 PM

Windows XP Setup - Missing HAL.DLL

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★ 10:51 PM

Windows 2000 on old computers with 32MB RAM

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I did this. It's still slow going.
★ 10:50 PM

Tom's Hardware Guide PCs & HowTo- Pepping Up Windows - Introduction

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★ 10:49 PM

The PC Doctor » Blog Archive » The Windows Registry - Tip 9 - Add CopyMove to right click menu in Windows XP

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I did this, but it's acting funky.

★ 10:48 PM

Registry Edits for Windows XP

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★ 10:45 PM

nedwolf - Best Free Portable Software for Windows

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More free portable software.
★ 10:44 PM

NAPCS.COM - HOWTO - Setting up a Rails Development Environment on Windows

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More programming around Windows.
★ 10:43 PM

Microsoft CD Keys and XPKeySP2.exe Key Generator

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Generate keys for XP. With WGA, is this even realistic? Dunno.
★ 10:43 PM

KatMouse - mouse wheel utility for Windows

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Cool utility. Forces the mouse wheel to function in a windows even if it doesn't have focus. Very usefull!
★ 10:42 PM

HOW-TO- Convert a DVD for your iPod (with video) in Windows - Engadget - www.engadget.com

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★ 10:40 PM

Hacking Windows XP- Speed Up Your Network and Internet Connection

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★ 10:40 PM

FixMyXP.com - Your One Stop Windows XP Fix It Site - 99 Useful Run Commands

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★ 10:39 PM

Enabling floppy disk access in Windows XP's Recovery Console

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★ 10:38 PM

DotnetCoders - Guide to Regular Expressions

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★ 10:37 PM

Digital Inspiration- Stay on Top Pins for Windows and Folders -- Technology, à la Carte --

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★ 10:37 PM

BabelStone - Software - BabelMap (Unicode Character Map Utility for Windows)

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★ 10:36 PM

EarthCam - 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2005

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★ 10:32 PM

Virtual-Browser.com - Browse the Internet Safely & Anonymously!

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Online proxy.
★ 10:28 PM

Torrent Search Engine Searcher - Powered by File Sharing Place

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Another BitTorrent search engine.
★ 10:28 PM

SoftwareFor.org Free Software for You

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Yet even more free software to look at.
★ 10:27 PM

Goocam World Map - Watch the unsuspecting

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Interesting. Nothing around Jacksonville at the moment though.
★ 10:27 PM

January 03, 2006

Poxy

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A free proxy listing
★ 10:48 PM

AjaxWhois v1.0

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Whois via AJAX. Source code is evidently available.
★ 10:39 PM

Tempinbox.com - ENGLISH - FREE, RECEIVE ONLY, TEMPORARY, THROWAWAY, E-MAIL ACCOUNTS

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Free disposable mailboxes. This one will be going into my linkstomonitor.html
★ 10:32 PM

techtakeover.com - Home

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Another whois/whatever site that I saw.
★ 10:32 PM

spamgourmet - free disposable email addresses, spam blocker

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Help despamify your inbox with this tool. Forwarding system that works.
★ 10:31 PM

NeoMem.org - neomem

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A free proxy listing.
★ 10:30 PM

AjaxWhois.com - Ajax-based domain lookup and Whois for most TLDs

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Another one
★ 10:30 PM

B5TECH.COM - The Babylon 5 Tech-Manual.

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★ 7:50 PM

BabTech on the Net

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More B5 technology.
★ 7:47 PM

Celestia- Home

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Simulate the solar system with this software.
★ 7:46 PM

Neutral Zone Starfleet and Alienfleet Database

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★ 7:46 PM

STAR WARS Technical Commentaries

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★ 7:45 PM

starshipexeter.com

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More Star Trek Fan Fic.
★ 7:44 PM

Wolf's Shipyard

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More starship models from various SF shows.
★ 7:42 PM

Starship Schematic Database

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Starship schematics of Battlestar Galactica, B5, Star Trek and other SF.
★ 7:33 PM

Starship Modeler- Babylon 5 Starship Reference

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★ 7:30 PM

Star Trek New Voyages

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New fanfic site. They actually produce new shows based on TOS.
★ 7:29 PM

Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneider's Star Trek Site

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★ 7:28 PM

nUbuntu

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Networking tools with Ubuntu Linux
★ 7:23 PM

Web Developer Extension Documentation

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An interesting Firefox extension for web development.
★ 5:28 PM

ResearchBuzz Downloadable UCS Satellite Database

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Some possible research material.
★ 3:31 PM

Netvibes

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Another desktop/home page site. Build it, and they will come. Maybe.
★ 3:24 PM

AllPeers . Share exactly what you want with exactly who you want!

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P2P file sharing. A big one when this comes out. Uses Firefox and encryption. A big one a lot of geeks are looking forward to.
★ 3:23 PM

January 02, 2006

Hypercubed Projects Hypercubed Firefox Extensions

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Interesting extension for Firefox that does WYSIWYG HTML editing on the fly
★ 9:07 PM

WinDirStat Home Page

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Directory statistics for Windows.
★ 8:37 PM

www.SizeMe - Automatic directory and filesize comparator!

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★ 8:36 PM

UBCD for Windows

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Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.
★ 8:34 PM

flo's freeware

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★ 8:32 PM

BootDisk.info The web resource for bootable Media's

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All sorts of goodies for bootable CDs, diskettes and flash drives.
★ 8:28 PM

SurfWax, Inc. -- Practical Tools for Finding and Using Information on the Internet

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This is to read
★ 8:06 PM

Ultimate Boot CD - Overview

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Another ultimate boot CD
★ 7:53 PM

Zoho Writer - Online Word Processor

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Another online word processor similar to Writely
★ 7:47 PM

Yak about the sites you visit

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Looks interesting. A Firefox extension that lets you chat with others who are visiting a web site. Currently no new registrations untill they get more bandwidth/hosting/whatever.
★ 7:45 PM

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