If you’re looking to stream music from your home computer to other locations (like your work computer, iPhone, Android, whatever), check out Subsonic. This isn’t an ad, this application kicks ass. I’ve been using it for about a year now and always forget to give them a shout so here it is.
Category Archives: Geek
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.
Download junkies
The perfect companion to keeping up to date with drivers and software
Personas
There’s no pedobear yet, but I’m still diggin’ the new Firefox Personas thingamabob.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Watchmen
The first official trailer for the movie adaption of Watchmen is online. The geek in me just did a little sigh of happiness.
Firefox 3 Add-ons
GLaGPS
If I had a GPS I would love to implement the Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System, if only to annoy my wife.
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)
FontStruct
FontStruct lets you build your own fonts and download many others for free. Neat!
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.
GTA4
Well that didn’t take long… here are maps to help you around in Grand Theft Auto IV.
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.
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?
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.