Pimp out your .htaccess file

Well, not really. I just thought it sounded funny and dorky. Still, this looks like a cool site worthy of a blog post and a bit more perusing, should I ever get any spare time.

The Jackol's Den

Command-line reference A-Z

Why learn about this stuff on a black screen w/ white letters? I'm sure I'll refer to this post often.

Command-line reference A-Z

MyCoolTools

Trace IP, run a bandwidth test, trace email, do an IP lookup, run a cpu test with Visualware's MyCoolTools.

The Right Way To Install Windows XP

Here's a great site offering a very nice detailed study on the right way to install Windows XP. This one goes in my Tech Sites list!

Windows Tip: Give a folder its very own drive letter

This tip comes with some great comments on different techniques for getting folders to mount as drive letters.

Best Tech Resources Online

I decided to put together a list of the Best Tech Resources on the Web circa early 2008. Troubleshooting boards, drivers, tips, news, etc.

This list will expand and grow through time. Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated as I am sure others could add some good resources. Thanks.

[ Troubleshooting ]
TechRepublic
Experts Exchange
Tech Support Forum
Macintouch - Mac issues & discussion

YouTube - Why Ron Paul did not win the Florida Primary

YouTube - Jim Rogers: Bernanke should be fired 2008.03.19

Army Holds Annual 'Bring Your Daughter To War' Day | The Onion

Army Holds Annual 'Bring Your Daughter To War' Day

Poll: BS Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

Taxi to the Darkside

Deval Patrick for President

Could this be Obama's vice-president? He certainly likes the way Patrick writes speeches! Notice how he flubs the quote, pauses, and then decides to continue anyways? Funny.

In college, when you write something without citing proper sources, this is known as plagiarism. Usually, they make a big deal about it. Obama obviously didn't think he'd get caught and he obviously wanted to take the credit for saying these things or he would have said, "I like a saying my good friend Deval Patrick has said..." or something to that effect. Patrick is a supporter and I'm sure he was honored to be quoted, even if he didn't get the credit. This should be a red flag to anyone looking at this race objectively, but obviously the Obamamaniacs think their candidate can do no evil. See Part 1 and Part 3 here. (He also like John Edwards.) In Barack Obama, we are seeing the emergence of a BS artist par excellence. You can enjoy his speeches all you want, but he needs a lot more scrutiny or he will screw you and me. (You can quote me on this.)

Mike Huckabee's Message to Iowa

A fake Christmas spot I just found. Pretty funny!

Huckabee: The Lord loves a cheerful receiver

The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.)

Trouble for the Bush Library?

From librarian.lishost.org

A group of Methodists is stepping up efforts to force a church vote in July on whether Southern Methodist University has the right to lease out land for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and policy institute….

Rev. Andrew Weaver, an SMU alumnus who is spearheading a fight against the land deal from New York, said he hopes to force a vote at a regional meeting in Dallas in July and persuade delegates not to ratify the mission council action.

Professors at Southern Methodist University who are worried about plans to create a George W. Bush policy institute there have said that they don’t want a partisan center to hurt the institution’s academic reputation.

Faculty critics say that although many of them disagree with President Bush’s policies, they would not object to a library-oriented archive and museum — and they say that in discussions with professors, the university has discussed a vision for such a Bush center. But creating an academic center with a specific goal of boosting the Bush image and agenda strikes many professors as antithetical to a university’s academic values.

Tech Podcast Collection

Here's a list of cool tech podcasts adapted from Oculture.com:

• Adobe Creative Suite Video PodcastiTunes Feed Web Site
  Terry White teaches you how to unlock the power of Creative Suite with visual examples. Emphasis gets placed on inDesign and Photoshop.


• Amanda Congdon on ABCNews.com iTunes Feed Web Site
  A technology program that is much promoted by ABC.


• Ask the Techies iTunes Feed Web Site
  A weekly tech video podcast explaining the latest in cool technology from iPods to Photoshop.


• CBC: Search Engine iTunes Feed Web Site
  Search Engine is your open source to all the surprising and significant ways the Internet is transforming our world. Each week host Jesse Brown looks at politics and culture through the lens of the Net.


• CNET: Buzz Out Loud iTunes Feed Web Site
  BuzzOut Loud is CNET’s “podcast of indeterminate length,” featuring Tom, Molly, and producer Veronica’s entertaining, sometimes caustic, and always skeptical take on technology news.


• CNET: Crave iTunes Feed Web Site
  Crave covers the “coolest, sexiest digital gadgetry that you must have.”


• CNET: Gadgettes iTunes Feed Web Site
  Kelly Morrison and Molly Wood give you the latest on hot gadgets, pop-culture tech, and shopping advice–and answer your gadget questions, to boot.


• C-Span - The Communicators iTunes Feed Web Site
  “The Communicators” is C-SPAN’s new weekly series featuring a half-hour interview with the people who shape our digital future.


• David Pogue on Gadgets iTunes Feed Blog
  In this New York Times podcast, David Pogue reviews the latest personal technology gadgets.


• Diggnation (Small Quick Time Small) iTunes Feed Web Site


• Diggnation (mp3) iTunes Feed
  A weekly web culture podcast that focuses on the tops stories on Digg. Hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht.


• Digital Media Insider iTunes Feed Web Site
  Explores the future of video, audio and photography to help you get more creative with technology.


• dl.tv Ipod iTunes Feed Web Site
  Presented by Ziff Davis Media. The show brings you a mix of product reviews, news, tech help, and more. Hosted by Industry Expert Patrick Norton.


• Engadget iTunes Feed Web Site
  A podcast from the people who brought you the top-flight technology blog.


• Future Tense iTunes Feed Web Site
  Future Tense is a daily program that chronicles the social impact of computers, the Internet, and technology in general. Future Tense is produced by American Public Media.


• GeekBrief.TV Video Podcast iTunes Feed Web Site
  Featuring Cali Lewis, this is a “fast, fun and flirty” podcast that explores news about tech toys and tools. Generally very well reviewed by users.


• Geek Speak Feed Web Site
  A computer news and talk radio show coming out of California.


• I, Cringely, The Pulpit iTunes Feed Web Site
  This is an always insightful podcast from Robert X. Cringely, who wrote the Notes From the Field column in InfoWorld. He is also the author of the best-selling book Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can’t Get a Date.


• In Digital (Small Quicktime) iTunes Feed Web Site
  A popular podcast focusing on the latest gadgets and high tech products.


• KFI Tech Guy iTunes Feed Web Site
  Leo LaPorte explores the world of technology, computers and the internet on his twice-weekly, three hour Los Angeles talk show.


• NPR: Technology iTunes Feed Web Site
  Perspectives on digital culture, research news, the tech industry and more.


• NPR: Xeni Tech iTunes Feed Web Site
  Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing blogger, explores the intersection of technology and culture.


• Open Source Conversations iTunes Feed Web Site
  Gigavox’s look at things open source.


• O’Reilly Web 2.0 Summit iTunes Feed Web Site
  Podcasts of the Web 2.0 conference held in San Francisco from November 7 - 9.


• Photoshop TV iTunes Feed Web Site
  A very popular podcast focusing on the ins and outs of Photoshop.


• Podtech News iTunes Feed Web Site


• PRI’s The World: Technology iTunes Feed Web Site
  The latest news in global technology.


• Slashdot Review iTunes Feed Web Site
  Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit.


• Tech Nation iTunes Feed Web Site
  Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio’s Tech Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers and technophobes.


• The Digital Photography Show iTunes Feed Web Site
  Scott Sherman and Michael Stein bring you the latest news on digital cameras, tips and tricks to improve your image-making, and interviews with famous photographers, authors, and bloggers in the field of digital photography.


• The MacCast (Enhanced) iTunes Feed Web Site
  An enhanced podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks.


• The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab iTunes Feed Web Site
  Dave Hamilton and John Braun offer an informative, entertaining look at things of interest to Mac geeks. Well reviewed by users.


• TWIT.TV - General - iTunes Feed Web Site
  You can find specific TWIT programs below. However, because they offer so many individual podcasts, we have offered this general entry point to their collection.


• TWIT.TV - Inside the Net iTunes Feed Web Site
  Amber MacArthur and Leo LaPorte take a look at what’s new, what’s cool, what’s useful on the Internet right now.


• TWIT.TV - MacBreak Weekly iTunes Feed Web Site
  Get the latest Mac news and views from the top journalists covering Apple today.


• TWIT.TV - Security Now iTunes Feed Web Site
  Steve Gibson and Leo LaPorte discuss weekly important issues of personal computer security.


• TWIT.TV - This Week in Tech iTunes Feed Web Site
  Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, John C. Dvorak, and other tech luminaries in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in digital technology. Released every Sunday at midnight Pacific.


• TWIT.TV - Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott iTunes Feed Web Site
  A weekly look at all things Microsoft including Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Xbox from the foremost Windows expert in the world, Paul Thurrott of the Super Site for Windows.


• Wired News iTunes Feed Web Site
  Commentary from Wired News commentators.

Ipod Nano Feist 1234 Parody

From MadTV. Anyone that's bought technology in the last 25 years can relate to this.

YouTube - Ron Paul Considered

Carl Cameron: "Ron Paul knocked it out of the ballpark."

Analog Cellular Sunset

From PC World:

"With 4G and WiMax services on the horizon, a new digital wireless era is approaching--but the era of another form of cordless communications is soon to come to a close: namely, analog cellular phone service, which will cease nationally on February 18.
Who cares? Very few, carriers say. But owners of older cell phones, people who are in areas not well served by digital, and owners of home alarm systems should all care.
The shutdown--approved by the Federal Communications Commission--is called the 'analog sunset' because those so-called AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System) networks, which were first deployed in the 1980s and brought cellular service to millions of Americans, will finally disappear."

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