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How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style
For a while now Valve through Steam have had a dedicated server for Linux from which you can launch your multiplayer fragfests. I've recently started messing about with it and I've gotten Counter Strike, Counter Strike Source and Half Life multiplayer to launch off of it. I'm still mucking about with server settings and finding statistics for it however I did not find a ton of documentation on this through Google so I decided to put up my notes here.
Continue reading...Book Review: The Way Toys Work
15. August 2008
Did you know that the inventor of the erector set won an Olympic gold medal in the pole vault in 1908? Or that the Slinky was named by thumbing through a dictionary looking for a word that sounded like the motion of a toy? Or that (despite popular belief), Furbies do not listen for new words to add to their vocabularies (and therefore should never have been banned from government property)? Neither did I, until I read The Way Toys Work:The Science Behind the Magic 8 Ball, Etch A Sketch, Boomerang, and More.
Continue reading...Lifehacker Debunks Common Windows Tweaks
7. August 2008
Lifehacker points out some common optimization myths and the reasons why they don't work, including clearing Windows prefetch data, registry optimization, and memory cleaners.
Continue reading...How to delete stuck folders and files from your trash in Ubuntu
5. August 2008
Every now and again, I’ll find myself with some files sitting around in my trash that I can’t delete. This can be particularily problematic when I’ve got several gigs worth of stale ISOs sitting there giving me an error like Error removing file: Permission denied I like computers but I’m not a big fan of when they [...]
Continue reading...Readyboost for Linux - a quick how to on getting more speed from a USB flash drive
24. July 2008
Readyboost for Vista is a feature added to the OS where you can encourage your limping Vista install to jog a bit faster by essentially using a smallish USB drive as disk cache. There's also some Vista Voodoo with Superfetch going on there. While Ubuntu (the distro that I use) and other distros don't really use Superfetch, you can still get an advantage using the disk cache functionality - particularily if you're running on a system that doesn't have a ton of RAM available.
Continue reading...How to rip, store, tag and enjoy MP3s on your Ubuntu install
16. July 2008
A short while back, I decided I needed to get a handle on my music collection. I've got random MP3s from years back, purchased MP3s, CDs and even an old 8 track or two. There are many ways to do go about this, but after throwing out the 8 tracks, here's what I did to get organized.
Continue reading...Get Google Gadgets up and running on your Ubuntu install
7. July 2008
Not to long ago Google released their gadgets for Linux. Those fine folks at GetDeb.net have compiled an easy to use .deb file for us Debian based Linux folk to use. It’s quite simple - here’s what you do. First, download this .deb file (or this one if you’re on a 64 bit Ubuntu install). Once you’ve [...]
Continue reading...Educational TV ROCKS!
11. June 2008
The other week I was having water cooler chat with my co-workers. Some how the topic of PBS educational programming cropped up and I admitted that I used to love 3 2 1 Contact. This of course led us to our attempt at remembering the theme song. Once we managed to invent new notes and [...]
Continue reading...Move over potato clock… build your own Multi-Touch pad
1. June 2008
Found on New Science and Gizmodo With gas prices now over the four dollar mark (Road Warriors still plays in my head when I think about that). Seth Sandler, you’re my new hero. With merely a cardboard box, tape, a piece of glass, paper and a webcam; he was able to create a Multi-Touch pad. His parents [...]
Continue reading...Copy and Backup DVD Movies on Mac OS X
27. March 2008
This step-by-step guide is dedicating to demonstrate how to backup DVD movie (copyright protected included) to computer and copy DVD to a new DVD disc with no protections on Mac OS X (leopard included) The tool you need is Aimersoft Mac DVD Copy, which you can download for free from: http://www.aimersoft.com/mac-dvd-copy.html It’s very easy to use, just with [...]
Continue reading...Go ahead punk- start my day…
15. March 2008
The people of Make show you how to take a retro light gun, tilt switches and a vintage digital clock radio so you can wake up Dirty Harry style. When the alarm sounds off and you’re forced to be a morning person- blast away. I’ve gotta make me one of these! Phaser Blasted Alarm Clock! - [...]
Continue reading...Use your Ubuntu partition to fix a corrupt registry on a Windows XP partition
27. February 2008
Here’s the scenario. You have a dual boot machine, Ubuntu on one side, Windows on the other. You’re tooling around, doing your thing and then one day you boot into Windows and get this: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. That’s a bummer because it generally means [...]
Continue reading...Ghic’s Geeky Ideas - how to make your own bubble wrap cell phone case with business card holder
18. February 2008
For that geek who trips over their own feet… and other peoples feet. Do little gadgets seem to jump out of your hands as if to commit suicide? Ash came over today with her latest phone (her fourth or fifth one due to butter fingers), and a pile of boxes filled with bubble wrap prompted my [...]
Continue reading...From InfoWorld: Time to dump Windows?
17. February 2008
Laziness and fear of my own abilities has caused me to remain in a dysfunctional relationship with my computer. After reading the following article, I feel empowered to finally branch free and give my computer a whole new persona that will hopefully enable us to live happily ever after. -Dawn Time to dump Windows? Can it be [...]
Continue reading...How to get the Debian Menu back in Ubuntu 7.10
6. February 2008
I’ve been hearing recently that lots of folks have been facing near insurmountable difficulties in getting Ubuntu 7.10 to display the Debian Menu properly under Applications. I’m here to help you all surmount. If you’ve already installed the menu, you can skip this step - or just for fun, you can run this [...]
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