New WD Media Player Reviewed, Stripped Naked
Over the weekend, Western Digital silently introduced their WD TV HD Media Player. It is an extremely small device (think two WD Passport drives stacked on top of each other) which packs an extreme amount of processing power. And best of all: I picked one up on sale at Best Buy for $99.99.
The read more.. Setup DNS Cache Server Using Dnsmasq and Ubuntu
I’m always looking for ways to improve on my LAN, especially when it’s free. A friend suggested DNS caching to speed up browsing. I gave it a shot and was impressed with the results. I’m now saving at least 70ms for every DNS query (after it’s been cached the first time of course.) read more.. Create Your Own Syslinux Bootloader LogoSYSLINUX looks for the logo.16 image when booting. The following are my steps for creating mine:
To get started you will need a bootable USB drive with your OS of choice as long as it has SYSLINUX as the boot loader. You can edit this for a CD too but you will need to create a read more.. MIT Siftables
I generally do not like to simply re-post links because it brings no new content to the net and makes the site a copy cat off others. However, this video struck me as very inspiring and I would like to make an exception to share it. It is from the labs at MIT and it read more.. Unboxing the new MacBook Pro0 Day release - unboxing pictures and comparison pictures of the new MacBook Pro released Feb. 26, 2008.
My roommate has been anxiously awaiting the release of the new MacBook Pros and today we were greeted by the pretty new pictures on apple’s site. He rushed to the Des Moines Apple store and picked one read more.. Creating Backtrack 3 Live USB Drive
Booting to live CDs seems to be sluggishly slow when compared to booting from a USB drive. I previously posted about creating a Live BackTrack 2 USB drive, and here is the instructions for the new BackTrack 3 Beta. They have a special release specifically for USB drives this time around so it’s read more.. Creating NAS In 10 Minutes
Network Attached Storage has become increasingly popular the last couple of months. Interest has only grown more since apple’s release of Time Capsule which is a NAS device that also has the capabilities to create incremental backups of computers on the network. NAS can be very useful for any home network with a read more.. Network Camera Viewing From Google
This is an old trick I thought was a good time waster. Everyday businesses install video servers and network cameras so that they can view the business remotely. They want to have them monitor key points of the business that may include valuable equipment or a lot of customer traffic. Both of read more.. Simple Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar Cleanup TipHere is a real short tip that tidies up your bookmarks toolbar in Firefox but is surprisingly unknown. I decided to write this after noticing many friend of mine who would like to achieve the same look.
1. Add the site of your choice to your bookmarks toolbar folder.
2. Right click the icon for read more.. Setup Remote Desktop in ubuntu 7.10This is an in-depth tutorial covering the simple act of setting up Remote Desktop in 7.10 and forward the ports on your router so you may access your ubuntu machine from anywhere. I find this handy when in a different city and needing to access a file on my local network. I merely read more..
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