Network lights is a simple program that turns your Num Lock and Scroll Lock keys into network activity status indicators. Blinking lights on your keyboard that let you know network traffic is flowing, how fun!
Get it here!
There’s a reason this game set the world record for biggest release in entertainment history (including video games, movies, books, CD’s, etc).
If you like fps war games, you’ll love this one. GET IT.
No time to do anything else… must play more!
I’ll admit it, synergy has been around for a while. However, I had not used it myself until today. Have you ever had two computers, two monitors, and the desire to control both of them with one mouse and keyboard? Synergy can do just that. Currently I have the server application (which is the computer with the keyboard and mouse that you want to use) installed on a Linux fedora machine and the client application (computer with monitor that you want to extend to) on a Windows 7 machine. After a little bit of network troubleshooting which resulted in disabling the firewalls on both computers, I can control both of the computers with the same keyboard and mouse. This is very important for me, as I don’t like moving when I don’t have to! Yes… I are lazy. Check out my set up below.
If you are interested in trying out Synergy for yourself, head on over to their web-site. Looks like it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
I love boobs. You should too. They are quite amazing. That’s why I’ve renamed the ultimate boot CD to the ultimate boobs CD. Because it’s that good!
What is the Ultimate Boot CD?
It is a boot-able CD packed with various tools to troubleshoot your PC. When booted, it contains a windows like environment that has many tools for the cpu, memory, peripherals, sysinfo, benchmarking, BIOs tools, etc.
Why would I use it?
You can use it for a number of reasons. Maybe your computer has a virus and you need to get into a windows environment to diagnose the problem. Well UBCD loads directly into RAM memory so any residual virus damage is left alone on your hard drive. UBCD doesn’t boot from the hard drive in your PC so you are virus free to troubleshoot.
Currently, I’m in the process of imaging about 25 new computers for a new location that my employer is putting up. Each of them are getting booted into UBCD and I am applying the image directly to the idle hard drive. This allows me to apply the exact same image to all of the machines.
How do I get started?
Head on over to the UBCD web-site here and download an .iso image. From there you can burn the image onto a CD and use that CD and start booting like a ninja.
*Side note* you can use a utility on the UBCD to prepare a USB drive for booting. If you boot from a USB flash drive things load much faster than when running off of a CD.
So, what are you waiting for? Go give it a try and leave me some feedback below!
I have been streaming online radio stations for a while now. I started out listening to Digitally Imported to get my techno fixes. They have several different genres of techno music to chose from. Then I progressed into using things like Pandora and Slacker Radio. Pandora lets you enter a band name, then it creates a station for you with bands that have music similar to the one that you had selected. It lets you give the thumbs up or thumbs down to different songs as they play. It is supposed to learn from your selections and create a station that you enjoy listening to. Slacker has the same concept as Pandora, the difference there is that they have many pre-made stations to choose from. However, there is one problem with all of the aforementioned stations. What happens if there is a specific song that you want to hear? The best you can do is create a station with the band name and hope that you get lucky. That isn’t the case with Grooveshark.
Grooveshark has a smooth interface that allows you to search for specific bands and create custom playlists. So whatever mood you are in, you can create a station for it. There’s not too much else to say about it, it runs inside of your browser just like Pandora and Slacker Radio do. Head to http://listen.grooveshark.com to give it a try!