10 things you should know about networking Macs & Windows PCs

Thanks to improvements within Mac OS X, admins face fewer headaches when they need to connect Macs to Windows networks. But there are still some issues to deal with, like enabling File Sharing and creating Windows user accounts on the Macs, configuring printer sharing, and working with File Services For Macintosh.

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Amazing online organizer

If the actual product is anything like the video on the home page (and on youtube), this will scoop up and slaughter the current set of online personal organization and tracking systems. Very well thought out, works offline, prints to a useable, portable format and works with firefox.

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Top 29 Things to do When Your ISP is Down

1. Open the curtains to see if anything has changed over the past 2 years. 2. Reintroduce yourself to your immediate family. 3...

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Cisco administration 101: Understanding Ethernet MAC addresses

While you're probably familiar with Ethernet MAC addresses, how much do you know about working with them in the Cisco IOS? In this edition of Cisco Routers and Switches, David Davis tells you how to determine the MAC address, change it, and use it to filter traffic.

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40+ Ways to Make Money on the Internet

Things you can use to legitimately make money online - Everything from Getting Paid to review software to good ole' Adsense.

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MacBook Pro ExpressCard EVDO setup & review

"Current Intel-powered Apple MacBook Pro owners share much in common. A preference for balanced computing power, OS X, and a common question concerning the tiny slot located on the left-side of their machines - what to do with an available ExpressCard slot? How about an EVDO ExpressCard?"

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10 Apps to Increase Productivity on Your Mac

Productivity, both at home and at work, is something everyone would like to increase, and Mac users have a plethora of applications that can help you do just that. Below is a list of 10 apps that can help you increase your productivity. From burning disk images, to managing your time, and much more...

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Backing Up and Cloning OS X

How you do your backups will determine what backup utilities you need to use. Backing up HFS+ filesystems with resource forks. Backing up normal unix files. Mounting disks from remote computers onto Mac OS X. All you can find in this tutorial.

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How To Look Like A UNIX Guru

This lecture takes you through the basic commands and then shows you how to combine them in simple patterns or idioms to provide sophisticated functionality like histogramming. This lecture assumes you know what a shell is and that you have some basic familiarity with UNIX.

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Create your own Digg-like site with Pligg beta 8!

Pligg, the widely used open source "Digg-like" CMS, released its long anticipated Beta 8 today. Pligg's dynamic structure allows users to quickly and effortlessly install and customize their sites. Pligg acts as a framework for many successful sites such as VH1's Best Week Ever and VideoSift. The community currently consists of over 2,151 members.

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10 reasons people make stupid decisions

Have you ever wondered why most of the people you know (and probably your elected representatives) insist on making dumb decisions when they are so clearly wrong? Below are ten reasons that they act like idiots without even knowing it. And as they say in poker, if you can't spot the sucker at the table, then it's probably you...

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Kill Unwanted Processes Using This Useful App!

Kill processes that take up memory so that you can play or work faster, without using the Task Manager! It will kill all processes except those listed on the configuration file! Perfect for when you just want to play and free up memory!

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OMG! A list of 25+ Free Video COURSES on EVERYTHING Computer Science! FTW!!

HUNDREDS of videos! Sorry for the sensational title, but I stumbled on this amazing list just now that someone put together of entire college COURSES on computer science. Computer Architecture, Operating System Analysis, Programming Languages, the list goes on and on. Spread the love! It's like getting a full college education for free!

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Find Out Your Ecological Footprint

Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? You're about to find out. This quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.

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very cool "Rube Goldberg Machine"

Amazing machine that throws a teabag into a cup. I wonder how many times it took to get that right?

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Attractors Physics Game

Drag the circles and platforms to create paths for the rolling dots with trail, and watch the dots pull them into patterns. some can look pretty nice

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