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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Miles Davis

I can’t say I’ve ever thought about what Miles Davis’ classic album “Kind of Blue” would sound like if it was ion 8-bit, but apparently someone else did. Warning: they want actual cash for the whole thing. The samples are well worth the visit though.

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Download junkies

The perfect companion to keeping up to date with drivers and software

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Personas

There’s no pedobear yet, but I’m still diggin’ the new Firefox Personas thingamabob.

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Mozilla breaks up Firefox

If you’re like me and enjoy your FireFox extensions a little too much and acquire too many after awhile, hopefully breaking up each tab into its own process (a la Google Chrome an supposedly IE 8, which i was unaware of) will make FireFox more stable and not have the whole browser crash due to one tab’s malfunction.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Chop up sections of youtube videos

Ever wanted to share just  a portion of  a youtube video? Now you can with TubeChop (cannot see that they allow other flash video sites, but don’t think they do…for now)

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Netflix

I love watching Netflix instantly on my Xbox 360, but I like others hate their interface for finding available movies. Instant Watcher simplifies the process.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Pretty Loaded

You know the “now loading” Flash preloaders you sometimes see on particularly busy websites, but now see a little less as broadband gets more popular? Watch one after another (after another (after another)) and relive some of them from 2002-2008. Look, I don’t know why you’d want to either, just go there already.

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Switzerland

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a new (if not for amateurs yet) app that lets you test your ISP for torrent and VOIP throttling: Switzerland Network Testing Tool.

Monday, July 21st, 2008

25 Outstanding WordPress Designs

If you’re trying to create a Wordpress theme and want some inspiration, check out this list of 25 Outstanding WordPress Designs.

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Watchmen

The first official trailer for the movie adaption of Watchmen is online. The geek in me just did a little sigh of happiness.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Firefox 3 Add-ons

11 Powerful Firefox 3 Add-ons That Can Replace Standalone Applications.

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

GLaGPS

If I had a GPS I would love to implement the Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System, if only to annoy my wife.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars

If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing Darth Vader dancing to Thriller, here you go. (He makes an appearance around the 3 minute mark)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

FontStruct

FontStruct lets you build your own fonts and download many others for free. Neat!

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

The Dot Eaters

The Dot Eaters does a fantastic job of compiling information on old computer games, all the way back to 1958 and an early rendition of pong. Great photos, videos and more.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

GTA4

Well that didn’t take long… here are maps to help you around in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Practically Free DIY WiFi Antennas

Thanks to Gary (Note: not Garry) for this guide that will help you make Practically Free DIY WiFi Antennas. I expect full reports from everyone who made these come Monday.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Dual Booting

Anyone ever dual boot Windows and Linux? It’s about time for me to do a reinstall and I was toying with that option. Safe or no?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Whatisthatfile.com – It’s good to be Sure…

Whatisthatfile.com is trying to create a user-driven database of known spyware/virus/trojan files. Just enter a suspicious filename from your computer and see if it gets a hit. Since it’s user-driven, there’s room for error. It’s a good idea overall, I hope it works out.

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Hushmail

Think Hushmail is safe for you to hide your secrets with? Not so much.