I am an Alpha Geek with strong outdoor tendencies. I spend entirely too much time scouring the geeky side of the web for useful tidbits. I'll post some of the more interesting ones here. I also started a personal video, audio, and picture blog. It is at http://dambach.org. Enjoy Life -Ernie Dambach
The recent front page post that shows how often "computer experts" are asked for help with their computer. If you are one of those people, keep a link to this handy and give it out, it is aimed at the home, non-tech-savvy computer user. It will show them how to clean out spyware/viruses, defragment, install Firefox, and much more.
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Out of the box, Front Row taps into your current media library composed of iTunes albums, movies, television shows, iPhoto albums, and DVDs. Enjoy your multimedia library from the comfort of your couch or bed using the included Front Row remote. Perfect right? Nothing more to ask for. Right? Wrong.
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A backup guide which had hit the Digg's hompage showed that the topic is hot... Okey, and what to do if you found that article too late? Read this one: guide to data recovery with 1) types of damage overview; 2) file systems overview; 3) freeware soft list and step-by-step manuals; 4) commercial soft list.
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GrandCentral is a brilliant new web app that lets you consolidate all of your phone numbers into one number, meaning someone can call you on your GrandCentral phone number and all of your phones will ring. And then it gets interesting.
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Salary Search is a easy-to-use search engine that gives salary information for you particular occupation in any region or city that you identify. You can even compare the same job salary in different cities. Digg's favorite tech journalist Walt Mossberg calls it "Simply a one-stop shop for job seekers."
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18 months ago Symantec said: "Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft" but on Wednesday it quietly admitted the prediction was wrong.
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This document covers the general concept of how LAN switches work and the most common features that are available on a LAN switch. The document also covers the differences between bridging, switching, and routing.
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The newest falling sand game, featuring faster performance, "seeds" and other fun things... quite addicting! (The zombies are kinda fun to throw around.)
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HANGING chads made it difficult to read voter intentions in 2000. Hotel minibar keys may do the same for the elections in November.
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After Oli's last article on what slows Windows boot times, there were many comments for a second set of tests, including some other apps. And so..here we go..ever wonder what slows down windows boot times, I/O times etc? This second article goes a little more in depth and answers that and a few other questions.
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As everyone knows, backup is the Most Important Thing for computer user. Everyone knows this, but almost noone actually makes regular backups. Hey, come on! Read this article and start a new life from Monday!
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Most of us have had a brand new computer at one time. It's a great feeling. You boot up windows and within 30 seconds you are surfing the net, checking your email, or playing your favorite game. 10 months down the road things aren't so nice anymore. You power up your computer and it seems to take forever to load.
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CrossOver Mac will allows Mac users to run their favorite Windows applications and games seamlessly on their Mac. Windows files can be opened directly within your file browser and no Windows Operating System license required. This video shows Counter-Strike Source running under OS X at a fairly respectable framerate.
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Although there's a debate and report in this news clip, the first 3 minutes offers the most complete Bush compilation. Not just the "fool me once" clip we see over and over again.
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The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine "the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus" can be opened with a standard key that is widely available on the Internet...
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A high school filmstrip-style vid "for the less nautically inclined among us". Talk Like a Pirate Day is just around the corner. Better be prepared!
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I am sure that most of you have heard of htaccess, if just vaguely, and that you may think you have a fair idea of what can be done with an htaccess file. You are more than likely mistaken about that, however. Regardless, even if you have never heard of htaccess and what it can do for you, the intention of this tutorial is to get you two moving...
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A walkthrough of setting up, installing and running Microsoft Windows Vista on your Intel Mac via Parallels Desktop, including some catches to watch out for and just how far you can actually push this software.
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Think of us as the friends who are always forwarding you links to cool sites you'd never find on your own. That's who we aim to be with this list of 99 Undiscovered Web Sites, and that's who you'll be after reading it.
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