Entries from March 2006

March 22, 2006

Slacking off at work is smart

I was laughed at when I told some peeps about this article.  I’m just glad I could find it again…it’s an instruction manual for everyone on how to be smarter at work, via slacking off.  I’m telling you, it works!

March 22, 2006

Backing up music with iTunes

A nice tutorial on using iTunes to backup and syncronize your music collection.  Link.

March 22, 2006

Logo design

A great article on brand identity from the initial sketches sessions, to the final product from the Montred blog.

March 22, 2006

Trailer for Battlefield 2142

This game will be in my collection for sure this fall.  Check out the trailer to the next era of Battlefield games.

March 17, 2006

WoW is serious business

I don’t play World of Warcraft but this guy does, and he’s not kidding around.  Definately not work safe…but it’s a pretty good laugh.  Funny thing is, I can see where he’d get pissed off playing a game…lol.

March 17, 2006

Cheat sheet for vi

Rock!  The Linux editor “vi” is very powerful but hard to use if your a noob (newb, nub, etc.).  I have to use vi every so often and always forget things like…how to freakin’ exit without writing the file, or writing the file and exiting out.  So, I give you a link to the vi [...]

March 16, 2006

Web 2.0 links

A huge list of “web 2.0″ links…here.  It looks like the digg effect has taken its toll on this site.  Like Slashdot used to, too many readers to your Digg article can take your site down pretty damn fast.
These web 2.0 links were pretty good…but I thank Phil (see the comments) for the broken link [...]

March 16, 2006

WordPress plugin video tutorial

This video makes me want to learn PHP more.  Excellent tutorial by Mark on making your first WordPress plugin in under 5 mins.  Link.

March 15, 2006

Mint…tracking my stats

I purchased Mint the other day and I have to say, I’m very impressed.  It’s small, light-weight, and clean.  Tracks just about everythign I need or want.  The only thing I hated was the $30 price tag but I’ve read several great reviews on the product, so I decided to try it out.  I’ve got [...]

March 14, 2006

iTunes and iPod tips

I’ve got a 60gig iPod photo.  I’m not even 1/3 of the way to filling it up and to be honest, I still haven’t gotten on the “iPod is King” bandwagon.  I love my iPod but had I not received this as a gift, I’m not sure if I would have purchased one myself…well, yeah [...]

March 13, 2006

Desktop Earth

Version 2.0 of Desktop Earth is out.  Those of you who haven’t seen this, it’s a programt that will update your desktop wallpaper with views of the earth from space.  It can update every minute to every hour.  The wallpaper it generates is pretty damn cool;  views of how earth looks at night and during [...]

March 13, 2006

Online tools for webmasters

Great website that lists several different tools for anyone doing website work.  Tools from favicon generator to DNS tools are located here.