Things I am interested in…

These are my links for June 30th:

• Access Your Computer Remotely – Wired How-To Wiki –
• Book Recommendations: The Books That Changed Your Lives –
• ATOzTOA: Linux Commands I Hardly Knew –
• Main Page – Open Sound System –
• Travian Tips » Travian-Tips.com –
• Main Page – AlsaProject –
• SoundTroubleshooting – Community Ubuntu Documentation –
• Travian – Browser Game – Romans, Gauls & Teutons –
• Repair4Laptop: How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble an ASUS Laptop or Notebook –
• Digital Blasphemy 3D Wallpaper –
• Zazzle custom t-shirts and more, create or shop for unique designs shipped in 24 hours –
• UNetbootin – The Universal Netboot Installer –
• Mark Shuttleworth –
• Main Page – VideoLAN Wiki –
• Online malware scan –
• Ext2 IFS For Windows –
• Ubuntu Linux Resources –
• K Desktop Environment – Conquer your Desktop! –
• Xfce – Desktop Environment –
• GNOME: The Free Software Desktop Project –
• Eyecandy for your GNOME-Desktop – GNOME-Look.org –
• 30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions –
• spEak Youâ??re bRanes –
• Linuxdoc.org – find something interesting –
• apt-get.org: Unofficial APT repositories –
• Wine HQ –
• Installing Wine on Asus Eee –
• Wine on the Eee [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki] –
• A Beginner’s Guide to Linux –
• Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, HP-UX, Tru64 Unix Documentation Project –
• LinuxQuestions.org –
• EeeUser.com » ASUS Eee PC 701, Eee PC 900 Blog Forum Wiki Community –
• Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks –
• Eee PC Guide – Everything You Need to Know About the Eee PC –
• Download Squad –
• Eee PC Tips: A crash course in Linux – Download Squad –
• rogerebert.com :: Movie reviews, essays and the Movie Answer Man from film critic Roger Ebert –
• Vulnerability and Virus Information – Secunia –
• Rock Band Zone –
• Main Page – Ubuntu Eee –
• British Geriatrics Society –
• FileHippo.com – Download Free Software –
• State of World Population 2007 – Online Report: United Nations Population Fund –
• ASUSTeK Computer Inc. –
• Zigbee E-learning Course –
• Baen Free Library –
• Embedded Systems Design – Embedded.com –
• ZigBee Alliance — Home Page –
• Welcome to Activity Press –
• Wapedia – Mobile Encyclopedia –
• :: DO IT YOURSELF BARACK OBAMA POSTER :: –
• Open Word 2007 and OpenOffice files –
• Freeware reviews and downloads, featuring the coolest, best free software | freewaregenius.com –
• Viruslist.com – Information About Viruses, Hackers and Spam –
• Stickam – The Live Community –
• XXX Galactik Football - –
• Main Page – Boobpedia –
• Dlisted | Be Very Afraid –
• J!NX : Clothing for Gamers & Geeks –
• mental_floss Blog » The Many Views of Abbey Road –
• LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick | LEGO news, custom creations, MOCs, set reviews, and more! –
• The Big Picture – Boston.com –
• Revision3.com –
• BBC – Science & Nature – Human Body and Mind – Sleep –
• Empire Online –
• Ain’t It Cool News –
• Armin’s GCA 4 Site –
• GURPS NPC Generator –
• Six ‘uniquely’ human traits now found in animals – being-human – 22 May 2008 – New Scientist –
• Healthpoint – Information Matters –
• A Brief Overview of Adult Attachment Theory and Research | R. Chris Fraley –
• Self-Report Measures of Adult Attachment | Shaver and Fraley –
• Your Personality | Free Online Personality Tests and Quizzes –
• Attachment Style –
• Just Good Music –
• RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting –
• - Sharebee.com, the one and only online file hosting distribution service. –
• Music Software – Computer Music Resources – Shareware Music Machine –
• Music gear reviews and news, Music equipment, Samples and Lessons | musicradar.com –
• 28 Reason 4 power tips – Tutorials | musicradar.com –
• MIDI, MP3, Lyrics, Sheet Music, Guitar Tab & More! – Open Educational Music Library â?¢ HamieNET.com –
• Silverback Mobile Game :: Download for free, save the gorillas! –
• Tech ARP – Where The Best In Technology Gather –
• Memtest86+ – Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool –
• Main page [GP Hardware & Tech Help Wiki] – has list of NZ telephone exchange locations
• smaps –
• Neuber software: font manager, fonts, typeface, prozess viewer, security task manager, time tracking –
• ASUSTeK Computer Inc. –
• Inspiration Software, Inc. –
• LitePC Technologies –
• Theorica Software –
• Feature: Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials –
• Fleshbot: Pure Filth –
• Cheap flights – low cost and budget airline specialist in Europe & Australasia –
• New Zealand PC World –
• 49 Professional and Innovative Websites | inspiredology.com –
• www.vouspensez.com –
• Portal Walkthroughs – Video Guides to Completing All Portal Levels –
• Ambassador Transit Hotel –
• Welcome to the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Canberra â?? Australia –
• Word Travels – Travel Guide. Destination guides for the world traveller –
• MAXX: Home –
• Airline Accident and Airline Safety and Security Information –

These are my links for April 20th:

• Home Recording, MIDI, Soundfonts, Karaoke, VST, Samples @ HomeMusician.Net –
• Royal Jordanian Airlines –
• Air Emirates –
• Lonely Planet Guidebooks –
• Search and Find Cheap Flights and Airline Tickets – dohop.com –
• The Escapist –
• Diggnation ? Revision3 –
• DailyLit: Read books by email and RSS. –
• TheBeebBlog.com –
• Podiobooks.com – Serialized audio books in podcast form –
• Dvorak – The Nomic Card Game System –
• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte –
• STAR WARS Technical Commentaries –
• DDH Software –
• Snorg Tees – New Funny T-Shirts Every Week (Vintage T-Shirt, Cool Graphic Tee Shirts) - –
• Game Rankings – Video Game Reviews, Release Dates, Cheat Codes –
• Gamasutra – The Art & Business of Making Games –
• Frets On Fire –

These are my links for March 4th:

• thesixtyone – a music adventure –
• Gmaps Pedometer –
• PLoS Medicine – A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal –
• Crackdown strategy guide and walkthrough for the Xbox 360 – hints, tips, cheats, and achievements –
• My Wiki 360 –
• Jeff Russell’s STARSHIP DIMENSIONS –
• Self Psychology Page – Psychoanalytic Self Psychology of Heinz Kohut –
• Teiho – Maori Mental Health Registrar Training Website –
• Basic Guide How to Convert AVI Files to DVD with Avi2DVD | Articles – (DivX/XviD) Digital Digest – Avi2DVD
• Renaissance Corporation Limited –
• Download of Psychiatry –
• UTas ePrints – Home –
• Splashup –
• MapWoW.com World of Warcraft Maps –
• Feature: Set Up Real-Time, Bulletproof Backup Drive Redundancy with RAID –
• Color for Coders – Color and Design for the Non-Designer [Design Principles] –
• || Dummy Text Generator | Lorem ipsum for webdesigners || –
• Proxgle – Fastest Proxy on the Net! and Part of the #1 Proxy Network –
• MajorGeeks.com – Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities. –
• Inspect My Gadget –
• Optimize Guides –
• Featured Windows Download: Speed Up Your Startup Time with BootVis –
• Whatatop – Top pictures –
• Atomic v2.6 –
• Mac Emulation Resources @ OSX-E –
• How to Pimp Your Windows XP Desktop to Look Like a Cool Mac Desktop – wikiHow –
• izox.zone :: home –
• The World Time Server – correct, current, local –
• CIA – The World Factbook –
• PROXY List: Free Anonymous Proxy Server Surfing – Hide IP Address –
• BNF.org: –
• USGPO Style Manual: Main Page –
• Domain Tools: Whois Lookup and Domain Suggestions –
• Wiki – AboutUs Wiki Page –
• http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/23/10-stunning-ultra-geeky-home-cinemas/ –
• http://www.480x.com/ –
• Headzoo » WP Anti-Wares –
• Boardreader – Forum Search Engine –
• Coolest Gadgets – reporting on the latest cool gadgets –
• SpoutBlog –
• Burbanked.com –
• Fishpond.co.nz: Shop Online for new & used Books, Music, CDs, Movies & DVDs in NZ –

(or other uses for your iPod besides listening to that awful music)

What is a podcast you ask? The term is derived from iPOD broadCAST, and further defined here. As the iPod dominates the portable MP3 player market (~85% at the present time), the name has stuck, although it is generic, and most podcasts can be listened to on any player (they are just MP3s, or the equivalent, when you get right down to it).

Podcasts are great. I listen to podcasts a lot, on a variety of subjects.

In no particular order, here is a selection:

• This Week in Tech (TWiT) – fairly prototypical, and often very amusing. It is generally about tech news, though the panel has been known to digress from time to time (make that, invariably digresses!) Run by Leo Laporte, who is somewhat of a podcasting personality, and very active in the field. Here is his home page.
• Cory Doctorow’s podcasts – from craphound.com and BoingBoing.net. At the moment he is one of the people I find most interesting to listen to, about copyright, DRM, etc… He also writes some good sf.
• Science information – the best of these is the weekly Scientific American podcast. The host, Steve Mirsky, is from the Bronx, and is also often wryly amusing. I’ve learnt more about beavers and turkeys than I ever thought I’d need to know. Others on my playlist include Digital Planet (more IT technology) from the BBC World Service, and the New Scientist podcast, though the brash intro music is somewhat off-putting.
• Movie and entertainment news – until the end of last year I was a keen listener to Ebert & Roeper‘s podcast, but this seems to have gone on hold (I guess while Roger Ebert continues to recover from his recent surgery). However, I have found a worthy alternative to take its place. Mark Kermode is witty, opinionated, and often quite scathing in his pithy reviews. Another excellent offering from the BBC.

There are a lot more, but this is something to be getting on with… Now I have to go to the gym.

I’ve just picked up on a most interesting story:

In the past the RIAA has persecuted the young, the old, those without a computer, and even the dead!

Just this month there has been a new furore about their most recent victim, and she isn’t even the person being sued. At ten, Tanya Andersen’s daughter is the youngest victim yet. She was seven at the time the RIAA alleges her mother was downloading music files.

Gotta love ‘em…

P.S. The same RIAA is claiming “victory” against internet file sharing, with an increase in legal downloads and a decrease in file sharing, despite evidence suggesting the opposite is in fact the case.