Scott.Buffington.me

• UnlistMy.Info:
  Your web privacy, In your hands tagged as: privacy, personal_data
• HOW TO: Remove yourself from the background check site BeenVerified.com : technology:
  Excellent resource for removing yourself from various people finder and background check websites. tagged as: privacy, personal_data

• 5K Obstacle Course Zombie Race - Run For Your Lives:
  I am considering running this event in late October, but have not committed yet. But the idea is so much fun I had to share it. tagged as: running, 5k, obstacle_course, zombies, race
• Race For Grace 5K Hummelstown, PA 5K Running Race | RunKeeper:
  This will be my first official 5k. tagged as: running, 5k, race

• Asciiflow - ASCII Flow Diagram Tool:
  Quickly diagram with ASCII tagged as: text, ascii, diagram

• Brutal Deluxe Forum:
  Yeah I am messing with forum software again. This is a new idea in forums, at least new to my knowledge. I have been using forum software for well over 10 years, installing it, moderating it and hacking it. So frustrated with it, I have often thought about writing my own, the creator of this forum software did it and did it the way I imagined. Simple with no fluff and focusing on the conversation. Love it! tagged as: forum, forums

• TRENCHED by Double Fine:
  Coming to the Xbox download arcade on June 22nd, 2011. A coop mechwarrior tower defense hybrid. tagged as: games, mech, shooter, tower_defense.

• Double Jack Imperial IPA from Firestone Walker Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  Double Jack IPA is a Imperial IPA that features a big malty middle to cloak the high alcohol and mouth puckering hop bitterness. Huge tangerine, grapefruit and juicy fruit aroma blossom over the herbal blue basil and malt earthiness of this aggressive beer. Best enjoyed in moderation. tagged as: imperial_ipa, craft_beer, beer, california
• Just Outstanding IPA from Kern River Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  This India Pale Ale has a strong malt character and a large hop profile. dry hopped with Simcoe and Amarillo hops to give it that great floral aroma and citrus finish. If you like a strong IPA, you'll find this one just outstanding. tagged as: ipa, beer, craft_beer, california
• Pliny the Elder from Russian River Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  Pours stunningly clear and brassy. Stunningly refined much like the clarity. Proudly flaunts a bold west coast IPA citrus and pine hop character floral and perfume-like, starts to fill the room upon pouring. Notes of tropical fruit and grapefruit rind surface over a steady pine backing. Malt character is sweet bread like and just enough to push back the waves of pine and grapefruit hops as they cascade through the drink. Some of the hop flavor reserved in place of bitterness which flows in seemlessly towards the end of the drink and lingers in the aftertaste, smooth and drying. Flavors don't seem too bold or overwhelming but it isn't hard to appreciate how well all aspects of the drink are integrated. A fine tuned machine of a beer.Good body and carbonation to keep the beer lively and balanced. Very smooth, alcohol hidden well but leaks out on the finish. Truly the standard of which DIPAs are compared, while others may exceed this at certain features Pliny is well rounded at all corners and will always be in the discussion of top beers. tagged as: imperial_ipa, beer, craft_beer, california
• Island Pale Ale (IPA) from Coronado Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  Our Islander IPA is a powerful West Coast IPA. This beer bites back with an intense hoppy zing and high alcohol content. The Islander IPA is dry hopped with tons of Centennial & Chinook hops and its fruity aroma will win your approval. tagged as: west_coast_ipa, california, beer, craft_beer
• Hop Head Red Ale from Green Flash Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  Resinous hop character and bitterness balance the rich carmel malt base. We took it a step further and Amarillo dry-hopped the brew to 45 ibu's, creating refreshing and savory hop flavors and aromas. Is it red IPA? That's your call. tagged as: ipa, beer, craft_beer, california
• West Coast IPA from Green Flash Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  This West Coast-Style India Pale Ale is extravagantly hopped, full flavored, medium bodied and copper colored. A menagerie of hops is combined throughout the brewing process to impart specific characteristics. Hops used include Simcoe for a unique fruitiness and grapefruit zest, Columbus for strong hop pungency, Centennial for pine and citrus notes, and Cascade for floral aroma. tagged as: west_coast_ipa, beer, craft_beer, california
• Mongo Double IPA from Port Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  Like most double IPA-style beers, the taste of hops that linger for days is at work in this beer. The hops weave in and out of what little malt you can taste. C tagged as: double_ipa, california, craft_beer, beer
• Le Freak from Green Flash Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  This Belgian Style IPA is an "out of the box" convergence of beer styles where American Imperial IPA meets Belgian Trippel. The end result is a zesty brew with enticing American hop and Belgian yeast aromatics that lead you to delicious malts and a complex layering of hop flavors that quench and refresh your pallet. tagged as: ipa, craft_beer, california, belgian, beer

• CDC Blog - Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse:
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote an article about preparing for a zombie apocalypse on their blog. tagged as: cdc, zombies, preparedness
• Just Beans Roasting Co.:
  Julie has a friend who knows the guy who imports fresh beans and roasts them for Just Beans Roasting Co. Unfortunately there is no info on the website as of yet on how to get their coffee. Unfortunate for you the reader, I am drinking freshly roasted beans from Papua New Guinea and there are no words to describe how good this coffee is. This is our second time enjoying coffee from Just Beans Roasting Company and the roast is pure perfection. tagged as: coffee, fresh_roasted

Shared bookmarks for taglr.us user Scott Buffington.

• Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Slow Wireless Connection:

lspci |grep Wireless
If you have Atheros and a slow connection, try the following from the Terminal.

sudo -s echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
reboot

If this does not resolve the issue, just remove the line from the file. tagged as: ubuntu, natty_narwhal, 11.04, slow_wireless, wireless

• Buf(Buffered)bz(buzz) - URL Shortening Service:
  My preferred url shortener. tagged as: url_shortener, url, shortener, privacy

• Configuring Turnkey Linux (Ubuntu) Postfix to use Gmail SMTP:
  I spent way too much time looking for an answer for this. I compiled all right stuff into one post so next time I know where to look. tagged as: ubuntu, linux, turnkey, postfix, gmail, smtp, howto
• Gaiam Balance Ball Chair:
  I am giving this a shot to replace my broken office chair. tagged as: chair, balance_ball

• ifconfig on the Internet:
  Easy way to find your external IP Address and when using curl it only returns your IP Address. Very cool. tagged as: ifconfig, hacks, ip_address

• Synergy - Free Software Only Keyboard and Mouse Sharing:
  Synergy is a free and open source software that allows you easily to share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers, where each computer has it's own display. tagged as: freeware, open_source, software

• The Pragmatic Bookshelf - C is the Punk Rock Language:
  Fun and interesting read. tagged as: c
• Download details: SyncToy 2.1:
  A free tool from Microsoft to overcome Windows 7 Premiums lack of network backup functionality. tagged as: microsoft, windows7, freeware, software

• WeatherSpark | Interactive Weather Charts:
  Very cool weather site with loads of weather history. Added bonus, currently absolutely zero advertising. tagged as: weather, history, graphs, maps

• Canabalt (app) - Chrome Web Store:
  One of my simple favorite little games that I have on the iPhone is also in the Chrome Web Store. Hint: Really you can play this in any browser on any OS. tagged as: browser, games
• Red's Rye PA from Founders Brewing Company - BreweryDB.com:
  My favorite Rye beer. We home brewed a very good knock off of this a few years ago. Founders brews a few of my favorite beers. tagged as: craft_beer

• modpagespeed - Project Hosting on Google Code:
  Enabled Mod_Pagespeed on my Apache server. tagged as: opensource, apache, webserver, performance
• Hop Rod Rye from Bear Republic Brewery - BreweryDB.com:
  Essentially a strong American IPA made with 20% rye malt. Darker in color, Hop Rod Rye boasts a huge hop aroma and flavor accompanied by a slightly sweet, malty finish. tagged as: beer, craft_beer
• Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with:
  I am a life long Vi and Vim user. Toy with coding in lots of different programming languages. Considering trying something new. tagged as: editor, programming, software
• HTML5games.com | games powered by HTML5 and the Open Web Platform:
  tagged as: games, gaming, html5

• PlayDeb.net Beta - Welcome:
  Site featuring Debian Games (Ubuntu/Debian) tagged as: ubuntu, debian, linux, games, gaming

• Skipfish, compiling on Ubuntu:
  A fully automated, active web application security reconnaissance tool. These are my compiling instructions. tagged as: weblog, technology, google, security, web, testing, tools
• iFixit: The free repair manual:
  Self repair website. tagged as: self_repair, fixit, repair_help, repair
• Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Keyboard Shortcuts:
  My list of Google Chrome OS Cr-48 keyboard shortcuts. tagged as: weblog, technology, chromeos, operating_system

• Free Online Course Materials | OCW Scholar | MIT OpenCourseWare:
  OCW Scholar courses are designed for independent learners who have few additional resources available to them. The courses are substantially more complete than typical OCW courses and include new custom-created content as well as materials repurposed from MIT classrooms. The materials are are also arranged in logical sequences and include multimedia such as video and simulations. tagged as: education, resources, free, opencourseware, mit
• Unwinnable -Video Games and Geek Culture:
  I usually do not follow gaming websites, although I enjoy gaming. I am interested in everything Unwinnable writes about, but they write enough about retro-gaming and have turned me onto enough interesting cool new finds that they are a win read in my book. tagged as: gaming, games, geek, weblog
• Replace OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice in Ubuntu:
  tagged as: office, libreoffice, software
• SGI Notes:
  Some Random SGI notes in the event I ever attain my dream of having an SGI machine running IRIX. tagged as: sgi, irix, documentation
• Z-Type:
  Amazing html5 typing game. tagged as: gaming, games, html5, javascript
• A Mini-Course in Cryptography:
  This mini-course was taught in 2007 at Google. Some course material will be posted on this page. tagged as: cryptography, encryption, learning, education, crypto, security
• Computer Chronicles on the Internet Archives:
  Popular technology television series that broadcast for twenty years from 1983 - 2002. tagged as: tv, technology, archives, retro
• Penguspy - Just the Best Linux Games:
  tagged as: linux, games, gaming

Shared bookmarks for beta.taglr.us user Scott Buffington.

• Taglr: Social Bookmarking for the rest of us. tagged as: bookmarks
• Teambox - Collaboration Software: Collaboration software for Project Management tagged as: project_management, web_development, tools
• Mac OS X 10.6.6 Released (includes App Store): New release increases stability, compatibility and security. The long awaited App Store is now available with this release. tagged as: osx, os, appstore

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Safari 4 Beta:
  Apple released a public beta of Safari 4 for Windows and Mac. The browser has some interesting features and by almost all accounts is currently the fastest way to surf the web. I have been using it over the last week and it is pretty cool. I like the added button to open tabs and Top Sites is pretty cool as well.
• Ma.gnolia Online Bookmarks all lost:
  I have been blogging recently about how relying on online services as your only source for data backup is a bad idea. I mentioned a popular blogging service that died due to not having a backup solution. Ma.gnolia.com is yet another site with a pretty large userbase who lost all user's bookmarks. To put it nicely their backup solution was poorly thought out. Seriously folks, if you have a startup and need a sysadmin that will protect your data, contact me, I come relatively cheaply. I can do it with Open Source as well, it is not expensive to protect yourself. I have a Time Machine like solution I wrote for Linux servers (Works on any UNIX-like operating sytem) that would have rescued these folks.
• Marvell Plug Computer:
  Speaking of backup solutions, the 5 watt Marvell Plug Computer is an excellent device to build a backup solution with cheaply. Rumor has it that when the device is officially released there will be a $49 version available.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Tech Bytes Us:
  I will occasionally be blogging at Tech Bytes Us when it is officially open. In addition my Buff (aka woahblog) code will be powering the site, with some multi-user modifications that will likely show up on Brutal Deluxe eventually. I am not sure if I am one of those furry guys or not.
• Countup to 1234567890!:
  You are geeky enough to care but you are not exactly sure how to countdown to the UNIX Epoch time milestone mentioned here. Using this website you can officially take a drink at the exact same time as me.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump - Brutal Deluxe Edition.

• 2008 Brutal Deluxe / Nitevilla National Champion:
  I continue my tradition of naming the actual major college National Champion. Congratulations to the Utah Utes!
• Brutal Deluxe Football Podcast - 5 years and counting:
  Alex Harden and I are wrapping up our 5th year of the Brutal Deluxe Football Podcast. We have a few more weeks left on this season before our Spring hibernation begins. No big names, no sponsorship, just an enjoyment of talking football and sharing it with others.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Left 4k Dead:
  Left 4k Dead is an incredible zombie shooter made for the 2009 Java 4k Competition. The entire game is less than 4kb. I think it is pretty cool and the name is a play on the Left 4 Dead game by Valve Software, which I also own and enjoy.
• FleaFlicker Public League Championship:
  This was our first official year using and caring about FleaFlicker. I decided that in addition to our modified BDFL FleaFlicker league that I would play in a few public leagues using the default FleaFlicker rules. I believe winning one of these qualifies you for championship leagues. I joined three of these leagues and paid them a very limited amount of attention. I did make the playoffs in each one of them. The league I thought I had the worst shot to win ended up being the league I won. I was the last seed in the playoffs and beat the two best teams to win the champinship!

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Arena Football League cancels 2009 season:
  During the late 1980's through the mid 1990's I became a big fan of the Arena Football League. Before I became a big fan of Fantasy Football, I considered giving up the NFL permanently. This was not because I thought the AFL was superior to traditional outdoor football, only because I have been fed up with the major league professional athlete since about 1988. The AFL was minor league football with a unique twist. I will sadly miss not being able to watch any AFL this season. I hope the league and it's history is not lost forever.
• Billy Ripken - Finally Comes Clean:
  It has been 20 years since Fleer supposedly accidently released the famous baseball card, which I have. Billy Ripken finally tells the whole story about the bat and the picture on the 1989 Fleer card.
• Geocaching:
  Geocaching is the act of using GPS devices to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors. I have always wanted to try this, now with the iPhone and a very cool Geocacheing iPhone application I can do just that. Seems like a cool activity to do with the kids, so I am going to give it a try.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Tecmo Bowl Kickoff - DS:
  Tecmo Bowl is back! While some might not appreciate this retro classic, those that have experienced Tecmo Bowl will appreciate this remix of the classic. I have not been a fan of Madden since the 1990's. The Madden series could be great, but lack of EA wanting to make Madden have all the needed features, they instead rehash the same lack-luster game each season. Who can blame them, zombie Madden buyers purchase the crummy game that for some reason removed coop years ago. Especially on the Nintendo DS, Madden is horrible. If I am going to go backwards in my game play, I am doing it with style. Tecmo Bowl fits the Nintendo DS much better and does not attempt to pretend to be anything more than what it is. Classic arcade style American football at it's video game best.
• Boxee:
  Boxee is the free and open source way to watch TV on your HDTV or personal computer. Works with Linux, Mac and Windows and can even be installed on your AppleTV. I love Netflix streaming on the Xbox, seriously it is the killer app that sets the Xbox above the others. Well Boxee is the killer app for the AppleTV.
• Logitech Ships Billionth Mouse:
  Logitech's one billionth mouse came off the production line last month and we talked about their 500 millionth mouse on the old Nitevilla forums in September of 2003. Interestingly, I still use the exact same two trackballs I mentioned back in 2003. The Microsoft Trackball is attached to a Mac Mini and the Logitech Trackball is attached to a Linux desktop. I now use a Logitech Bluetooth Mouse with my Macbook and I love it. I also have a few other random USB mice nesting throughout the house. Logitech's milestone comes just before the 40th anniversary of the mouse, which was first used on December 9th, 1968. I see mouse use declining much like others have predicted, but not just yet. The mouse is still more precise than touchpads and touchscreens.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Happy Hacking Keyboard:
  I am a big fan of the 82 key Deck Keyboard, I have two of these and they are the best keyboards I have ever owned. They feel good, take little desk space and they are rock solid. I have heard over the years that the Happy Hacking Keyboard ranks right up there with the Deck and has additional hubs and is cheaper. The Deck is backlit and the Happy Hacker is not backlit, but I have very, very rarely found I need the back lighting which is mostly for aesthetics. Now that a Mac version of the Happy Hacker Keyboard is out, I think I am going to pick one up eventually.
• Mainframe Solaris:
  There was talk of Solaris on the IBM mainframe over a year ago but this is the first official offering. I think this is pretty cool, in the early 2000's I worked with Linux on the mainframe and even compiled from source the Marist version, the first Linux to run on the mainframe. I no longer work in the mainframe architecture, but if I did I would certainly want to try Solaris out on the Big Iron. Read more here.
• Ironkey Secure Flash Drive:
  Currently I use a generic flash drive with TrueCrypt encryption. It has worked well and I can use the drive with all my operating systems. A buddy of mine has used the Ironkey, which is encased in rugged metal, for over a year now and I have had my eye on it. Ironkey now supports storage on Linux (2.6 kernel) and Mac OSX so I am lured even more to pick one up.
• Open Yale Courses - Game Theory:
  Recently I began going back to school to finish up my degree. While the degree is important to me, continuing to broaden my knowledge is more important than the piece of paper. During my limited downtime I have found the many Open Courses available on the web, see iTunes U, very interesting. This Game Theory Course from Yale is on my todo list.
  
  With the economy and job market down the best investment one can make is an investment in themselves. This means that whatever it is that you do, it is important to get better at it. While you are at it, be sure to also invest in lowering any debt you may have.

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Microsoft's I'm a PC ad campaign:
  Where in the commercial do any of these people say what operating system they have installed. A Mac is also a personal computer, so all these users could just as well be referring to their Macs. So if they are doing anything remotely interesting, they probably have Linux, OS X or BSD installed. I know all my non-Apple hardware is running Linux or BSD. Was it just me or did anyone else want to see where those Seinfeld/Gates commercials were going? Like a cancelled TV series, I feel like I need some closure.
• MacRumors: Buyer's Guide:
  This guide makes recommendations based off product cycles and rumors on whether it is a good time to make a purchase of Apple hardware. If you are really ready to buy I doubt this would stop you from moving ahead. If you are just thinking about it though, this is interesting.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed:
  Like last month I feel compelled to tell you about another game that is available in the Xbox Live Arcade or via download to a Windows personal computer. Bionic Commando Rearmed is an awesome side-scroller. As of now the two games I mostly play on the Xbox 360 is Bionic Commando Rearmed and Castle Crashers. Both are awesomely done and prove that side-scrollers can be done well with updated graphics.
• Technorati Profile

Scott's occasional shared bookmark linkdump.

• Mark All Mail Read in Gmail:
  So I had roughly 5,000 unread emails in a Gmail account. These were old forwarded messages that needed to be marked read. There was no one button or link that accomplished this feat. Thankfully I found these instructions.
• Castle Crashers - XBLA:
  An incredibly fun, funny and action packed side-scroller. These type of games are never done anymore and it is ashamed. Awesome coop action, lots of unlockables and worth every penny. Castle Crashers is easily my favorite game, at least until the Christmas onslaught of releases.

• delicious blog » Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here:
  It looks beautiful, not sure the functionality of the website is better. Thoughts?
  tagged as: web, bookmarking, social, del.icio.us, news
• Alpine Messaging System:
  Swood turned me onto Alpine. A rewrite of Pine, which I used years ago. This looks to be a pretty cool text based email system.
  tagged as: cli, unix, geek, tools, freeware, opensource, email, ascii, client, alpine, imap

• YouTube - Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams:
  Awesome, if you have never seen the Last Lecture, watch it and then watch it again. Randy Pausch died July 25th, 2008.
  tagged as: inspirational, lecture, pausch, life, lessons, dreams, lifehacks
• Our Towns - Build a Wiffle Ball Field and Lawyers Will Come - NYTimes.com:
  I experienced this as teenager, we built a skate ramp on Memorial Day and ended up in a big debate. Let the kids play and the neighbors need to learn how to play, they seem have forgotten.
  tagged as: wiffle, ball
• Philadelphia Soul defeat the San Jose Sabercats, Win ArenaBowl:
  Philadelphia's first title since the 1983 Sixer championship. This was not easy, and had the Soul lost you had the feeling it would have affected all Philadelphia sports for a while. Perhaps this will have the opposite effect.
  tagged as: AFL, football, ArenaBowl, championship, Philadelphia

• DNS Exploit - Is Your DNS Patched?:
  If you use OpenDNS you are okay. If you use whatever your ISP uses, surf to the link and click "Check Your DNS" button on the right side. I highly recommend OpenDNS.
  tagged as: dns, exploit, security, tools
• Broncos' Rod Smith Retires:
  Easily one of my all-time favorites. The rare cool player who did not celebrate, nor demand the ball. He demanded to win and win he did.
  tagged as: broncos, NFL, rod, smith
• Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins:
  Some interesting tricks.
  tagged as: geek, linux, sysadmin, tips, tricks

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Rush soars in blistering sets- PennLive.com: Awesome show, possibly the best concert I ever saw and heard.
  tagged as: rush, music, 2008, concert
• Rush Interview And Tom Sawyer on The Colbert Report: Rush has gotten used to kicking so much ass and being awesome.
  tagged as: rush, colbert, music
• Xbox to Stream Netflix Movies: Gold membership - check, Netflix membership - check. This combined with a recently gifted Apple TV (Thanks Jules) gives me a lot of streaming options. So glad I held off on the Roku.
  tagged as: streaming, movies, netflix, microsoft, xbox

• Slashdot | TrueCrypt 6.0 Released:
  Truecrypt is the bomb, works on every OS. I use it over any built in encryption on all my usb thumbdrives in the event of loss. Protect your privacy!
  tagged as: encryption, privacy, security, freeware

• Saints Standout Colston Joins AIFA Harrisburg Ownership Group:
  Arena Football coming to Harrisburg. SWEET!
  tagged as: football, news, arena, harrisburg
• Asterisked Bonds Ball Arrives at HOF for Display:
  Properly asterisked, the ball that Barry "cheater" Bonds hit for his steroid assisted HR record finally arrived at the HOF. In a few weeks the ball will properly mark the cheating era in MLB and be displayed at the Hall of Fame.
  tagged as: asterisk, cheating, Bonds, homerun, baseball
• Harrisburg Giants:
  On June 30th, 2008 the Senators honored the Harrisburg Giants of the Negro Leagues including wearing throwback uniforms. They looked great, but lost to the Bowie Baysox. Jake got a foul ball.
  tagged as: harrisburg, baseball, giants, senators

• Diablo III is Coming!!!:
  The game returns and yes I WILL be playing it, and it will still be hack and slash crazy with of all things, a computer mouse! ;) A wink from my previous bookmark. I hope there is still a Paladin, I was the master with Diablo II.
  tagged as: diablo, entertainment, games, gaming, blizzard
• The Mouse Is Dead:
  I try to use the keyboard over the mouse, but this article is misinformed. The mouse and keyboard is still the preference for PC gaming. First person shooting with a mouse cannot be matched with a controller.
  tagged as: computer, hardware
• RIAA Radio Needs To Pay:
  99.5% of radio is Recording Industry garbage. I hope radio fights it, either way it does not affect me much. I think it is the final bullet in the foot for the RIAA personally if they push it.
  tagged as: copyright, media, radio, riaa, music
• The Associated Press: George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero:
  RIP George Carlin
  tagged as: people
• Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team:
  Onion writes Brutal Deluxe style fantasy sports article.
  tagged as: baseball, humor, sports, fantasy
• New York Times Article on xkcd:
  My favorite Internet comic, xkcd.
  tagged as: comic, Internet, geek

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Suse 11 Hands On: I really dug Suse in the early 2000's. I have since grown to prefer Ubuntu as my Linux of choice. That being said I do not agree with everything said in this hands on.
  tagged as: suse, linux
• Harrisburg Senators Manager Interesting Baseball Career: Perfect attitude you want for a manager and to teach young players. The guy was best known for standing up to Dave Parker, breaking Parker's cheekbone in a collision at home plate.
  tagged as: Senators, Harrisburg, Stearns, manager, baseball

• More motocyclists hurt, dead without helmets.:
  They needed a study to figure this out. The helmet law makes no sense when you have a seatbelt law and well... If you choose not to wear a helmet, well... Insert your thought there.
  tagged as: helmets, motorcycles, laws, moron
• sshblack -- Automatically blacklist SSH attackers:
  Useful tool.
  tagged as: ssh, block, sysadmin, security, tools
• Cool Tool: Organizes desk-bound cords:
  These look handy and relatively cheap.
  tagged as: cables, organization
• ZFS Mentioned on Snow Leopard Server Page:
  Wonder if it will be included with non-server Snow Leopard. Cool Sun pieces continue to find their way into OS X.
  tagged as: apple, mac, osx, zfs

• Upstart - Replacement for init on Ubuntu:
  Upstart replaced init a little while ago on Ubuntu.
  tagged as: linux, ubuntu, sysadmin, upstart, documentation
• Dharma Food Labels:
  Might print some of these off. :)
  tagged as: Lost, labels, dharma
• 25th Anniversary of Wargames:
  Has it really been that long since the release of what still goes down as my favorite computer oriented movie.
  tagged as: nostalgia, security, technology, movies, computers
• Supersteak tomato:
  This is the type of tomato I am growing this year. If all goes well I will add another vegetable or two next year.
  tagged as: tomato, gardening

• OpenOffice 3 Beta:
  Although a lot of Mac OS X verbiage, this release could be useful for all operating systems. Opens A LOT of office formats.
  tagged as: freeware, opensource, software, office
• 30 Useful PHP Classes and Components « PHP::Impact ( [str blog] ):
  Useful PHP resources.
  tagged as: development, programming, resources, php
• TeamSpeak - Welcome to TeamSpeak:
  Interesting alternative to Skype.
  tagged as: voip, software, tools
• How To Install A TeamSpeak Server On Ubuntu | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials:
  Easily setup a TeamSpeak Server. Believe Alex has one. :)
  tagged as: voip, linux, ubuntu, software

• Harrisburg Mile:
  My first ever distance race. I will be running in the Harrisburg Mile on July 16th, 2008 as part of my corporate team.
  tagged as: running, harrisburg, mile
• Craft-brew set now has option to can their beer:
  Via Phil - Makes sense, really a better way to store beer.
  tagged as: beer, cans, craft

• Hanover Brewing Company Update:
  Great to hear things are still moving along, even though it has been slow.
  tagged as: beer, craft, brewery
• Arlen Specter Calling for Investigation on Spygate:
  I agree Goodell is hiding how big of a wrong this was. Not sure I want tax payer money paying for yet another sports scandal. Just revoke the NFL's antitrust if they do not punish as they should.
  tagged as: patriots, cheating, nfl, spygate
• Slashdot | HP Seals the Deal Buys EDS:
  
  tagged as: for:twit, eds, hp
• Irix or Vista? Irix of course:
  I agree with this post. My limited experience with Irix was pleasant. I do not understand why anyone would think Vista looks good. Compared to OS X it looks blah.
  tagged as: irix, desktop, vista, unix, osx

• Request a Free OpenSolaris 2008.05 CD:
  I requested my copy. Last time I tried this I was not impressed, but that was over a year ago and this is the official release.
  tagged as: development, freeware, opensource, opensolaris, os, software, unix
• macvim - Google Code:
  VIm specifically built for the Mac.
  tagged as: vim, mac, osx, editor, software, free, freeware, vi

• Hivelogic - Regarding Backups:
  Nice backup solution ideas. The Drobo is something I linked to when it first became available. Enticing but the intial price still seems a little steep.
  tagged as: backups, mac, osx, storage
• Forget Brain Age - Software Proven to Make You Smarter Developed:
  Simple software, although not available yet I have an idea for creating my own simple alternative. I still see a benefit to the Brain Age games.
  tagged as: education, science, training
• Ultimate Homebrewing Setup:
  Computer controlled beer brewing rig. You have got to see this. Scroll down and watch the videos.
  tagged as: beer, brewing, homebrew, homebrewing, video

• Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS | Ubuntu:
  Optimized for virtualization.
  tagged as: linux, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware

• Mac Mini Media Centre / journal / hicksdesign:
  This is something I have been considering for a while. Definitely a project I want to follow.
  tagged as: apple, mac, osx, entertainment, media
• 2008 the year of Linux on the Desktop:
  A switch to Linux because he failed to backup his data on a Mac and now he is switching his family rather than teaching them to backup. I like Linux, I use it too but I do not get this guy's arguments. Read the comments.
  tagged as: desktop, mac, linux, backups, moron
• Weewar.com | online multiplayer strategy game:
  Hex based Advance Wars knockoff. I enjoy Advance Wars on the DS, I have not tried this year but likely will give it a try. Looks cool.
  tagged as: games, fun, strategy, online
• Coffee Drinks Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar:
  Easy visual representation of the differences of various coffee drinks. I prefer the old standby, a cup of black coffee mostly. But occasionally I indulge in these "dessert" drinks. The straight expresso is for the hardcore coffee person though.
  tagged as: coffee, reference, drinks
• Spygate - Needs Final Chapter:
  The NFL and the Patriots are hoping it just goes away. It is up to the fans and the media to make sure we get a final HONEST ending.
  tagged as: NFL, cheating, Patriots
• How to ... pour yourself a beer the optimal way:
  (Via Phil) Fantastic article! I used to keep frosty mugs, pour down the side to prevent head. I have since learned, clean room temp glass and center pour. Enjoy your beers flavour.
  tagged as: beer

• Generation MySpace Is Getting Fed Up:
  How revolutionary, a guy left a social network to start his own website. Someone pointed out a while back that MySpace is the current Geocities. It sucks!
  tagged as: socialnetworks, sucks
• Original Schlitz to be bottled up once more:
  (Via Phil) Perhaps when I lose my next cheap beer guarantee I will get some original Schlitz.
  tagged as: beer, nostalgia
• Sheppard-Myers Stadium: Crowd seeks answers:
  I am an alumni and I vote for renovating Sheppard-Myers, that place has football ghosts. The football atmosphere in the town makes it special. Moving football out of town would be sad.
  tagged as: football, Hanover, Sheppard-Myers
• Hanover barber shop to close:
  My old barbershop when I was a teenager. I used to get my flat tops at Huff's. I remember my friend Kurt going there also. Check out the audio and slideshow for a trip in time.
  tagged as: barber, Hanover, Huff, barbershop
• Ophcrack Live CD:
  Small Linux Live CD I used to find Admin account on in-laws laptop that they had been locked out of. Fantastic! Password was cracked within seconds of bootup.
  tagged as: opensource, windows, hacks, geek, sysadmin, tools, passwords

• Netflix thief gets caught:
  Guy sets up video camera and nails Netflix thief.
  tagged as: video, fat, kid, stealing
• Mail a brick to junk mailers using paid postage - Creative tips with dealing with spammers and bulk mailers:
  I am going to mail some of my heavy junk to mass mailers.
  tagged as: junk, mail, humor, fun
• Neal Stephenson's next release:
  I have enjoyed some of Neal Stephenson's works.
  tagged as: stephenson, books

• Why Beer Can Be Good for You:
  "In moderation, it's part of a wholesome diet". Wow, combine the effects of beer consumption with my coffee consumption and I might just be super human!
  tagged as: beer, health, news
• mozilla prism:
  My primary use for this would be keeping those who share my computer from closing Gmail and Google Reader, keeping those applications out of my browser.
  tagged as: mozilla, web, desktop

• My Name Rhymes - Pong in 30 Lines:
  Cool!
  tagged as: python, games
• Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90 - New York Times:
  2001 is one of my all-time favorites.
  tagged as: sci-fi, books
• How to Build a Square Foot Garden | Frugal Dad:
  This seems like the most reasonable way to try gardening on a small level.
  tagged as: food, gardening, garden, howto, plants, tutorial

• Brick Arms:
  Some guy is making Lego Army men. COOL!
  tagged as: lego, army
• Hanover Brewing Company:
  My hometown is opening a brewery! Already the snack food capital of the World, I will soon be able to pick up craft beer. AWESOME!
  tagged as: beer, craft, brewery, Hanover, Pennsylvania

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington. Had to kick it twice this week. Del.icio.us needs to allow some type of markup in comments. The markup I tried to add smited my automation script.

• Gary Gygax, Father of D&D Dies: While not really a D&D player anymore, I certainly have played enough Role Playing Games over the years.
  tagged as: gygax, fantasy, rpg
• Beer for the ages: I have a Barley Wine (corked) in my basement beer cabinet right now, along with many other big beers. No hurry to drink them.
  tagged as: beer
• A heads-up for beer lovers: How to serve the perfect glass: Quick and simple way to serve specific beer styles correctly.
  tagged as: beer
• Favre Calls it a Career: I am shocked, because the guy was among the best still at age 38. I understand the decision and can only say, what a thrill it was watching him play.
  tagged as: Favre, NFL, Packers
• OpenDNS | Providing A Safer And Faster Internet: I continue to use OpenDNS, so seemless I forgot I even switched. AWESOME!
  tagged as: dns, router, networking
• Monster Cables are BS: Coat hanger performs as well as monster cable, again no surprise here.
  tagged as: cables, marketing, music, video

• Myron Cope, 79, Writer and Steelers Broadcaster, Is Dead:
  Cope retired in 2004 after over 3 decades of broadcasting. You most certainly have seen his name printed on the "Terrible Towel".
  tagged as: steelers, NFL, towel

• Microsoft Giving Development and Design Software to Students:
  Freely available on Mac and Linux already. Lack of these tools is why I left Microsoft permanently. Nice gesture, but nothing the others have not been doing for a long time.
  tagged as: software, development, microsoft
• Brew Ginger Beer - Wired How-To Wiki:
  Simple method to easily make your own homebrew. We brewed a beer with ginger this past Christmas. I imagine this recipe would make a fairly light beer. Get the ale yeast.
  tagged as: beer, brewing, homebrew, recipes
• Samuel Adams Hop Sharing Program:
  Via Phil:So we looked at our own hops supplies at Boston Beer and decided we could share some of our hops with other craft brewers who are struggling to get hops this year. Sam Adams just loves the art of brewing.
  tagged as: homebrew, beer, brewing
• The CakePHP Framework: Your First Bite [PHP & MySQL Tutorials]:
  I have hacked at PHP for years now, time to look at a framework to tidy things up.
  tagged as: php, programming, framework, cakephp, tutorial

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Goodell Open to Reviewing Maroons Stolen Championship: Not only that, but a movie deal is definitely underway, there is also an IMDB page for the Pottsville Maroons.
  tagged as: pottsville, maroons, 1925, NFL
• Hack MySQL :: Scripts and documents for hacking MySQL: Could be useful in keeping my MySQL server happy.
  tagged as: mysql, reference
• Monster Cables - Monster Ripoff: I have been saying this for years. Now some testing backs up my claims. Although I conducted my own tests years ago.
  tagged as: electronics, hardware, TV, video, cables, ripoff

• Guitar Rising:
  If this is legit I would definitely be into this. Guitar Hero for a real guitar. I think it would make learning to play more fun at the entry level.
  tagged as: game, guitar, music, education
• A Look at Ubuntu 8.04:
  I think Ubuntu will be more impressive this go-around than the last release.
  tagged as: ubuntu, linux
• The Complete Guide to iPhone Car Integration | iLounge:
  
  tagged as: howto, apple, hardware, iphone, car
• The Skeptics Guide to the Universe:
  Latest podcast I am listening too. So far very good.
  tagged as: astronomy, podcast, technology, science, space

• Big Rat Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter:
  Despite being silly, I imagine this could be fun to check out sometime. I imagine it being a day of beer drinking.
  tagged as: fun, holidays, pennsylvania, entertainment
• Monk's HOF omission a mystery - NFL - Yahoo! Sports:
  Time for my yearly soap box. Those associated with Sports Illustrated have kept Monk out long enough, proving either an effort to do so or proving they lack understanding of the game.
  tagged as: monk, nfl, hof
• Professor of beer shares his top 10 Winter Break brews:
  Via Phil: Wow, a Yuengling beer made his list. I have had 90 minute IPA and the Yuengling. I should start noting my top 10 beers for each season.
  tagged as: beer
• 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online -- Education-Portal.com:
  Loving the free courses offered by universities.
  tagged as: education, free, resources, writing, college

• Slashdot | Mystery Malware Affecting Linux/Apache Web Servers:
  This is why I host at home. The only open port is 80 and I use the shell to maintain. Control Panel and the like do not belong in Server Administration. Should I go on?
  tagged as: security, web, internet
• AOL Adopting IM Open Standards:
  This is not ready yet, but when it is, what service ID will I choose to use as my end all, be all IM ID? Probably my Gmail ID.
  tagged as: IM, XMPP, standards, aol
• Updating BIOS for my homegrown Dell Linux Machines:
  Easy to do using these instructions. Updated both my older Dell systems. Be careful, I made a stupid mistake that took some fixing.
  tagged as: dell, flash, howto, linux, ubuntu, bios
• Five myths on leasing a car.:
  We own our Jetta but we are considering a mini-van to replace the Jeep. I am considering leasing, thinking we likely will want to exchange it after a few years.
  tagged as: reference
• University quenches thirst for knowledge with 'Beer 101':
  Via Phil: This is my kind of college course.
  tagged as: beer, education

• macosxhints.com - Listen to iTunes over the net via a free streaming server:
  Simple method for streaming your iTunes Library.
  tagged as: itunes, internet, opensource, software, streaming, howto
• Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database:
  Big news.
  tagged as: MySQL, Sun, database, opensource
• Ubuntu Hardy Alpha Release:
  Newer Xorg with better auto-configuration. This was one of the items I thought was terrible in the last release of Ubuntu.
  tagged as: linux, ubuntu, hardy, alpha

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Pottsville Maroons Official Site: Those fighting for the Pottsville Maroons back this as the official website of the team.
  tagged as: pottsville, maroons, 1925, NFL, champion
• The 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets: I am a sucker for any computer retro type thing. Born in 1970 and having experienced the Arcade in it's glory. I played many of these games.
  tagged as: games, geek, nostalgia, arcade
• Nitevilla National Champion 2007-08 - Kansas Jayhawks: I have always had an opinion on the college football National Championship. I crown my own each year, no more ridiculous than how the BCS and AP does it and mine means more.
  tagged as: ncaa, football, bcs, champion

• Consumers Avoiding High-Def DVD War:
  You have to be a moron or someone with money to throw away to even think about buying either format. Standard DVD is good enough, at least until one standard is chosen.
  tagged as: movies, technology
• Verizon FiOS Still Blocking Ports:
  This is why I will not switch to Verizon Internet Service, after all these years they are sill blocking ports.
  tagged as: verizon, FiOS, web, Internet, IP
• ongoing · 2008 Prediction 2: Windows Looks Bad:
  Just give OS X a chance. For all the complaints you will have, you will be forced to admit that it is just better. A WELL installed Linux system is better than Windows too.
  tagged as: windows, apple, linux, osx, microsoft
• Netscape To Be Discontinued 2/2008:
  I used Netscape at one point, I am now a Firefox and Safari user. Fond memories of old Netscape.
  tagged as: browsers, history, Netscape, Internet, software, web

• Lancaster Brewing Company - Harrisburg:
  Opening any day now. I have visited the brewery in Lancaster, this one will be minutes from my home.
  tagged as: craft, brew, beer, brewery, Lancaster, Harrisburg
• Phil Pfister - 2006 World's Strongest Man:
  I watch these all the time and somehow missed the 2006 final. An American won! The first time since Bill Kazmaier in 1982. He beat a tough field as well, it included now 4 time champion, Mariusz Pudzianowski.
  tagged as: strongman, 2006, iron, game, strength

• Bush writes letter to author of book on 1925 Pottsville Maroons:
  President Bush wrote a letter to David Fleming.
  tagged as: 1925, pottsville, maroons, nfl
• Pottsville Maroons 1925 NFL Championship:
  Sign the petition to be sent to Roger Goodell and the NFL owners to restore the 1925 NFL Championship to the Pottsville Maroons
  tagged as: NFL, 1925, Pottsville, Maroons, petition
• Desktop Tower Defense:
  This is my favorite free tower defense game. If you play, add your score to the group Nitevilla and see how you compare.
  tagged as: games, flash, game, fun, tower, defense
• Guiness Shown to be Beneficial to Health:
  I would love to know the Lager they used in this test, I suspect an American Pilsner. I drink ales, stouts and porters almost exclusively. I suspect the bigger ales provide this benefit.
  tagged as: beer, health, stout
• Laptop: Put Linux on your laptop:
  My friend and business partner loaded two Linux laptops for his kids Christmas gifts this year.
  tagged as: linux, laptop
• PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE "THE HOBBIT" Movie:
  The Hobbit is the easiest read of Tolkien's classics. If you have not, I urge you to read it.
  tagged as: movies, entertainment
• Apple Paying Homage to Rankin Bass:
  I guess I am sort of an Apple fan boy, because I find these commercials funny. Or perhaps even those who do not use a Mac do as well.
  tagged as: apple, mac, video, rankin, bass, christmas

• 30 Years of Lucasfilm Christmas Cards:
  This one is for Andy.
  tagged as: art, christmas, starwars
• Fluid App:
  This is interesting for my webapps and the potential of assigning them to a specific space (desktop).
  tagged as: webkit, web, tools, osx, mac
• Beer Geek Breakfast:
  One of my birthday beers. I loved it! Computer geek yes, football geek yes and beer geek.
  tagged as: beer, geek, stout
• Greg Lydon:
  This was a funny article that Greg's friends find often. It is time for a link so that the search for Greg stays relevant.
  tagged as: Lydon, Greg, bdfl

• A Soldier's Silent Night:
  
  tagged as: poem, Christmas
• Commodore Love Affair Continues:
  I never owned a Commodore, but I did have a chance to use a few. Memories of Shane and I hacking about with his Commodore come to mind.
  tagged as: commodore, computers, history, nostalgia, technology
• Good Bye Pay Phones:
  Julie and I were just discussing this after noticing a pay phone outside a restaurant we were eating at.
  tagged as: technology, phone
• Inventor of Fantasy Football:
  No idea if this is accurate, but it is interesting.
  tagged as: fantasy, sports, history
• Winningest Football Coach on any Level - John McKissick:
  Summerville, South Carolina has the winningest football coach in the history of American football.
  tagged as: football, history

• Old Apples Never Get Rotten:
  My Mac web server is hardly old compared to these.
  tagged as: apple, web
• Google and NORAD Teaming Up To Track Santa:
  I have looked in on NORAD over the years on Christmas Eve and I am looking forward to what Google adds to the fun.
  tagged as: santa, 2007, NORAD, google, maps
• The Saskatchewan Roughriders Win 95th Grey Cup:
  I pay some attention to the CFL. First Defensive MVP since Baltimore Stallions defensive back Karl Anthony took it in 1994.
  tagged as: football, CFL

• Internet Explorer Still Stinks:
  I just wish we could stop worrying about this lousy piece of software. Every redesign I have ever done IE has caused issues.
  tagged as: browsers, css, standards, ie7, browser
• An Open Letter to Comcast and Every cable/Telco on P2P - updated - Blog Maverick:
  Mark Cuban doesn't get it. His suggestion of recoding audio to a video format and putting it on Google video just adds to it. P2P is not just kids swappin mp3's dude.
  tagged as: comcast, p2p
• Sorry NFL, but getting games to fans is your responsibility - USATODAY.com:
  NFL's testing ground for pay per view. Another example of a major league sport snubbing the real fans.
  tagged as: nfl, television, football
• Firefox 3 Beta 1:
  I am going to give this a shot. My one complaint about Firefox is the freakin memory leaks.
  tagged as: browser, mozilla, internet, software, technology, browsers
• Von Hayes - Manager Lancaster Barnstormers:
  I blogged about Von Hayes before. As a kid growing up in the '80's, Von Hayes was the man. I will be going to a Barnstormers game at least once next season.
  tagged as: baseball, vonhayes, lancaster

• AIX 6 Unix on Friday - 11/9/2007:
  This is going to be impressive.
  tagged as: aix, unix, os, virtualization

• macosxhints.com - 10.5: A number of ways to access Screen Sharing:
  Don mentioned this in the comments. I liked Chicken of the VNC and Enterprise VNC, but I will likely be bidding farewell.
  tagged as: apple, vnc, sharing, desktop, osx
• Pumpkin beer captures flavors of the season:
  This is a style of beer I enjoy, but I also think there is room for more variety in Pumpkin Ales. Brutal Deluxe Breweries 2006 Pumpkin Ale was one of the best. We went more traditional this year.
  tagged as: beer, pumpkin, homebrewing, Halloween
• Don't Fear Big Beer:
  Via Phil - Article tells what I already knew.
  tagged as: beer, history, news
• Using LDAP to Manage Unix Accounts:
  
  tagged as: sun, ldap, unix, nis
• Direct Link Digg Feed:
  I was going to code my own, searched and found someone already beat me to it.
  tagged as: digg, feed, rss
• Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (XBLA):
  Finally, about two months late. Larger leagues and other extras.
  tagged as: speedball, games, gaming

• How to Survive a Zombie Attack || kuro5hin.org:
  It's Halloween season, I am writing another zombie novel and it's good to brush up on zombie survival skills.
  tagged as: zombies, survival, howto
• Building Wine From Scratch - Mac OS X:
  I am done with Windows, but emulation is sometimes necessary.
  tagged as: mac, osx, howto, wine

• Greenpeace Scaremongers Again -- Goes After Beer:
  Forget the claim the rice is tainted, the beer has rice. Rice does not belong in good beer. :)
  tagged as: beer, politics
• For NFL officials, scrutiny begins long before kickoff - USATODAY.com:
  Ed Hochuli, I would like to do some weight lifting and have a beer with Ed. He has your tickets to the gun show hanging off his shoulders.
  tagged as: nfl, hochuli
• Southern York County Podcast:
  I am going to check out this podcast, having grown up in York County, I like to stay in touch with my roots.
  tagged as: podcast

• Slashdot's CmdrTaco Rob Malda Looks Back at 10 Years of 'News for Nerds':
  I think the crowd at Slashdot is generally more intelligent than the Digg crowd. I am not a Digg fan but I respect Slashdot, fantastic achievement!
  tagged as: geek, web, slashdot, news
• More On PHEAA:
  Wonder if they included the money for PHEAA's tshrits, bags and private party they had for themselves?
  tagged as: pheaa, stealing, pennsylvania
• York Barbell:
  Phil details the poor care and condition of the Weightlifting Hall of Fame.
  tagged as: York, Barbell, weightlifting, hof
• Atari 2600 Turns 30:
  I loved my Ataris. I played a lot of Atari 2600 and 5200 during the early to mid 1980's. These systems spawned my interest in how computers work.
  tagged as: gaming, history, atari
• Willey Running Scared:
  Wonder if a certain VP of IT who does not know what CPU means will be next? Or perhaps a VP of security who orders employees to lie to auditors? Hmm...
  tagged as: pheaa, crooks, lowlifes
• Sputnik - 50th Anniversary:
  Interesting read.
  tagged as: history, space

• The science of beer:
  (Via Phil) This made me thirsty.
  tagged as: beer, brewing, homebrew
• Draper Bee's Honey:
  I have been using their chunk honey with my tea.
  tagged as: tea, bee, honey
• Asterisk Barry Bonds:
  Here is your chance to save some face for this generation of sports fans. Asterisk 756 for eternity, I did.
  tagged as: baseball, MLB, Bonds, steroids, cheating
• Life Is Far Too Short To Drink Cheap Beer - 10 Ways To Maximize Your Beer Value:
  Excellent article - via PsychoPhil
  tagged as: beer

• Filezilla FTP Client:
  Wonderful opensource tool that is now available on Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
  tagged as: linux, mac, windows, ftp, freeware, opensource, utilities
• Alta Vista - Search Engine:
  Uses yahoo as the backend but very lightweight like Google. I currently might try this over Google.
  tagged as: search, altavista
• Open Source Mac - Downloadpedia:
  
  tagged as: opensource, freeware, mac, osx, software

• Grid Iron Greats:
  It is up to today's players to help the greats that paved the way.
  tagged as: NFL, players, greats
• CHALQ - Social Fantasy Sports:
  Not sure what to make of this. What the heck, I will watch it.
  tagged as: fantasy, sports

• The Zombie Diaries: A film by Kevin Gates and Michael Bartlett:
  I requested Netflix get this movie. Love the idea.
  tagged as: zombies, movies
• Happy Trails Time Lady:
  I love technology history.
  tagged as: history, news, nostalgia, technology, time, timelady
• Gateway Purchased by Acer:
  I know some people hate Gateways. My one experience with them in 1999 was great, easily one of the best desktops I ever bought and I liked the cow spots.
  tagged as: gateway, pc, computers

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Weight Training Workout Sheet « Corrie Haffly: I mostly prefer old tablets or at this stage of my life I know what weights to use but this could be useful for motivation.
  tagged as: weights, weightlifting, free, tracking, lifehacks
• Apache 2.2.4, MySQL 5.1.20 and PHP 5.2.3 on AIX 5.3 - AAMP: Compiling Apache, MySQL and PHP on AIX, more detailed than my previous how to.
  tagged as: aamp, aix, apache, mysql, php, unix, howto
• Roast Coffee in Popcorn Popper: I think I linked to something like this years ago. I first heard of this several years ago, but these instructions are better.
  tagged as: coffee, howto, roasting

• DailyLit: Read Books by Email or RSS:
  Via Jaboobie - read small parts of books via a daily email or RSS. Always wanted to read, The Art of War and now I am.
  tagged as: books, reading, time
• Vista is the new Millenium Edition:
  I first said this to my friend Shane. I tested the resource hog Vista for a friend and yuck. I know I will get slammed by MS fanboys but Vista really does suck.
  tagged as: microsoft, vista, millenium, windows, windoze
• Mystere - Cirque Du Soleil:
  I starred in the show - 8/8/2007 - Las Vegas. That's right, I was right up there on stage, starring in Mystere.
  tagged as: cirquedusoleil, mystere

• Tug McGraw Foundation:
  I was a big, big fan of Tug McGraw as a kid. By chance I sat with the CEO of the foundation on the flight from Las Vegas to Philly. Heard a bunch of great Tug stories.
  tagged as: baseball, sports, cancer
• Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Irish Beer:
  
  tagged as: beer, brewing
• Mac or Bonds: Who Roided It Up Better? - ArmchairGM:
  Great run down of all their baseball cards. You can see that Bonds became jealous in around 1998 and started to roid up.
  tagged as: baseball, steroids, pictures, sports

• In case of Zombies / Break Glass:
  This is a good idea to keep around.
  tagged as: zombies
• Jaboobie on Cereal:
  I have to hand it to Chuck, I have thoughts like this but I rarely if ever write to the companies. I particularly like the "I am not a kook" sentence.
  tagged as: cereal, marketing
• Official BDFL/Cygweb/Nitevilla Yahoo Fantasy Football 2007 Groups!:
  We have been doing this for something like 5 years now. Join in the fun!
  tagged as: fantasy, football, sports, NFL, NCAA
• VMWare Fusion Coming 8/6/2007:
  I already preordered for half the price those who waited will pay. Even the Beta outperformed the competitors.
  tagged as: virtualization, vmware, fusion, mac, osx
• Professional Sports:
  Phil posted this cartoon which depicts how adults and kids feel about the pro athlete. These guys are not role models and cannot even be a kids hero anymore.
  tagged as: sports, cartoon

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Mac vs PC Cost: The supposed experts on CNet's Buzz Out Loud need to do their research. I hate when I hear people say a Mac costs more. You get more for you money and a much better OS.
  tagged as: Mac, cost
• Nitevilla: Zubritsky's Corner Podcast 0001:
  tagged as: sports, podcast
• Does My Head Look Big In This Photo?: Well, does it?
  tagged as: roidinducedhead, head, baseball

• AIX 6:
  There is some good news in here for me.
  tagged as: aix, unix
• Checkers Solved:
  Finally one of the world's mysteries can be put to rest. ;)
  tagged as: computers, programming

• Nate Myers and the Aces:
  Saw Nate Myers and the Aces July 14th at a private event. Incredible talent, very entertaining show.
  tagged as: music, band
• Text Based Adventures:
  I spent countless hours at my brother's house playing these games. I wish I could remember the name of some of those games. I believe we played them on an Apple and I remember one had a werewolf and vampire.
  tagged as: games, history, gaming
• The First Moonwalk?:
  If you thought Michael Jackson did it first, watch this video. Pay attention to the end.
  tagged as: dance, moonwalk
• Prince Giving Away Album:
  Way to go Prince, screw the Record Industry.
  tagged as: music, riaa
• Speedball II Comes to Xbox Live Arcade:
  This is coming in August, I cannot wait.
  tagged as: brutaldeluxe, speedball, gaming, xbox
• Galaxy Zoo - the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies:
  Seems interesting...
  tagged as: astronomy, science
• Hero Pit Bull Saves Girl:
  Pit Bulls do not hurt people, stupid people with dogs hurt people. Much like guns, owning a dog requires intelligence folks.
  tagged as: dogs, pitbull

• Open Letter From Peter Moore:
  Microsoft extending Xbox 360 Warranty to 3 years. My console is currently being repaired and this news makes me feel a little better about my investment. I love the Xbox 360, but am miffed that after a few months the console broke.
  tagged as: Microsoft, gaming, xbox, warranty
• The mainframe lives:
  I am proud to say that throughout my career I have worked on the mainframe in the traditional environment as well as administered Linux on the Big Iron.
  tagged as: mainframe, linux, nostalgia
• Frequent N.H. speeder wants limit raised - Yahoo! News:
  I do not know if I totally agree with the speeder, but Dave Hilts, the assistant attorney general is a flat out liar. Of course speeding tickets are mostly so townships and the State can make money. They should have to report how much they make off traf
  tagged as: speeding

• Feud brews between Capital, Bud:
  In the immortal words of Psycho Phil - Anheuser-Busch sucks. Besides, they are just afraid Americans will figure out the truth.
  tagged as: beer
• Rubber Duck Armada:
  If you search on the ducks on Wikipedia, it is interesting to see articles proclaiming an end to the Armada 4 years ago.
  tagged as: fun, science

• Star Wars AT-AT Imperial Walker Baby Stroller - Thingamababy:
  One of my favorite Imperial weapons
  tagged as: fun, humor, starwars
• Way To Go RIAA, One More Reason To Never Buy From The RIAA:
  
  tagged as: riaa, radio, internet, music
• When Chemistry is Outlawed:
  As a homebrewer and technology tinkerer this worries me. There are better ways to police activities than removal from the market.
  tagged as: education, science, politics

• Leopard will be the first OS X to be fully UNIX compliant:
  Leopard is now an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities, and Threads.
  tagged as: apple, osx, mac, unix
• Beer distributors set to sell 6-packs?:
  Like I said on Phil's blog, another step toward ending prohibition in Pennsylvania.
  tagged as: beer, Pennsylvania

• Nuns show hops are good for you - Yahoo! News:
  Yet more evidence that yet another of my favorite beverages produces magic healing powers!
  tagged as: beer, brewing, homebrew
• The Games That Defined The Nintendo NES - racketboy.com:
  I had every one of these games including the honorable mentions except Duck Hunt, but I played it at a friends. For the record, I could knock out Mike Tyson everytime and I had it on VCR tape, along with me beating Gannon on every difficulty.
  tagged as: nostalgia, games, gaming
• Recipe Database - Home Brew Forums:
  Thanks Phil.
  tagged as: beer, brewing, homebrew
• Main Page - Home Brewing Wiki:
  Thanks Phil.
  tagged as: beer, homebrew, brewing
• IBM Unleashes World's Fastest Chip:
  At 4.7 GHz, the dual-core POWER6™ processor doubles the speed of the previous generation POWER5™ while using nearly the same amount of electricity to run and cool it.
  tagged as: virtualization, ibm, technology

• Bill Gates and Steve Jobs:
  An interesting discussion.
  tagged as: apple, geek, microsoft, history, technology
• Bellagio - Las Vegas:
  Where Julie and I will be staying in August.
  tagged as: LasVegas, vegas, hotel, travel

• American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention:
  Learn everything you need to know to avoid Velociraptor attack.
  tagged as: humor, dinosaurs, satire
• Former Rolling Rock brewery in western Pa. now making Sam Adams:
  Samual Adams is homebrewing friendly and makes some good beers. So I think this is kind of cool and happens to be a step up, though it would have been nice if the big crap beer maker would have kept brewing Rolling Rock where it belonged.
  tagged as: beer, news
• The AIX 6 open beta:
  I will probably be trying this on some of our hardware.
  tagged as: aix, unix, os

• Control iTunes Remotesly via Browser - Mac OS X:
  
  tagged as: howto, mac, itunes, geek, hacks
• Gadget Theft: Recover Stolen iPods, USB Flash Drives, Digital Cameras and other Devices:
  
  tagged as: gadgets, ipod, usb, tools

• American Craft Beer Week - May 14th - 20th, 2007:
  The average American lives within 10 miles of a craft brewery. Next week you owe it to your beer brethren to enjoy some quality beer.
  tagged as: beer, homebrew, craft
• ABC details final three "Lost" seasons - washingtonpost.com:
  Heard this on news which jives with an interview I heard during Lost's first season. I still love the show!
  tagged as: television, Lost

• Kobolds Ate My Baby:
  The beer and pretzels role playing game.
  tagged as: fun, games, rpg
• Tech news blog - New Spinal Tap film available free online | CNET News.com:
  
  tagged as: music, metal
• Beer maker, scientists to create energy - Yahoo! News:
  Beer can save the world, just give it a chance folks!
  tagged as: beer, energy
• 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63:
  
  tagged as: favorite hex number
• Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCs | CNET News.com:
  Love it, give Ubuntu a try folks. This flavor of Linux is the real deal. More stable than Windows XP or Vista and free. Mac OS X like desktop, that in some ways is superior.
  tagged as: linux, ubuntu, dell
• The Dangerous Book for Boys:
  Recommended by PsychoPhil
  tagged as: books, kids, hobbies, fun

• Mathematics Points the Way to a Perfect Head of Beer: Scientific American:
  
  tagged as: beer, science, math
• Bill Good, Olympic Weightlifter Passed Away on April 19th 2007:
  When I saw this, it spurred memories of my dad talking about Lancaster's own Bill Good. Bill was in both the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and was crowned America's Strongest Man. Bill Good was 96.
  tagged as: weights, olympics, weightlifting

• Beer Responsible for Technology:
  Make sure you read the article this blurb is written about. Click the >more< at the end of the article.
  tagged as: beer, brewing, science
• [ESPN] Fantasy Baseball meltdown irks | The Register:
  Hey ESPN, if you want a real sysadmin who knows how to do backups, give m a call. There is absolutely no excuse for this at a company with the resources that ESPN has.
  tagged as: baseball, internet, sports, fantasy
• Internet radio dealt severe blow as Copyright Board rejects appeal:
  This is why the RIAA is hated.
  tagged as: radio, riaa, copyright

• The Gros Michel is not extinct:
  I was once told this banana was the best, but was extinct, wiped out by Panama Disease. Apparently it is not extinct, wonder if I can possibly find this banana.
  tagged as: fruit, banana
• Political Correctness Hits the BDFL:
  Team to no longer offend witches and pagans.
  tagged as: satire, football, bdfl, humor, fantasy
• top beers:
  I have had some of those listed. Would love to hear Deuane's feedback on this list. (he is a brewing mate)
  tagged as: beer, lists
• 100 Million iPods Sold:
  I love my 30gb video iPod. Podcasts and just about the only music I listen to is in iTunes and on my iPod. It just does what I need it to and it does it well.
  tagged as: apple, hardware, news, ipod
• Gaim is Now Pidgin:
  Seems AOL is being a bully. Whatever, I would sooner use one of these combined clients anyday.
  tagged as: gaim, im, opensource, software, chat, freeware

• Legal guitar tabs return to the web:
  Via Alex, I echo his sentiments. Tab is an interpretation of the music, not copying. Look at multiple tablatures for the same song and they differ. tagged as: guitar, tablature, tab, copyright

• Free Online Photo Editors:
  tagged as: software, web, graphics, pictures
• JPL.NASA.GOV: News Releases:
  Interesting. tagged as: science, space
• AppleTV Hacker: Mike's Hands on Report: Step By Step How To Rip DVDs for AppleTV with MediaFork:
  Interesting if I decide to take the Apple TV plunge. tagged as: osx, apple, TV, reference
• Password checker:
  Kind of cool. tagged as: tools, utilities, passwords, for:aharden, for:psychophil
• Tolkien Jr completes Lord of Rings Story:
  tagged as: books, fantasy

• PA Legislature considers redraft of beer regulations:
  courtesy of Phil. tagged as: beer, pennsylvania
• Apple TV Projected To Surpass TiVo And Netflix - Yahoo! News:
  Via Alex also - I am leaning toward Apple TV but EyeTV will find it's way into my home first and EyeTV recommendation is via Scott Wood. tagged as: apple, appletv, tv, movies, music
• The Toolkit I Carry With Me:
  Saw Alex pointed to this and something similar. Sorry but free portable apps can't be beat, no requirement for certain brand thumbdrive. tagged as: tools, freeware, work, usb, gadget

• Gamasutra - Commodore Unveils New PC Range:
  I somehow doubt that this Commodore will even come close to the original lines. tagged as: hardware, commodore
• 11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac's Performance:
  Useful for my current project. tagged as: mac, osx, apple

• UNIX Rapper:
  You need to know something about Unix to get this rap. tagged as: fun, geek, unix, rap, music
• Beer's "Indiana Jones" researched worldwide:
  Someone has to take up the slack for this guy, if you notice me gone for extended periods you know where I am. tagged as: beer
• Save Internet Radio:
  tagged as: music, streaming, Internet, for:aharden

• Return of the Old Microsoft:
  Incase Microsoft wonders why people like myself look to rid themselves of their Operating System and products. Behavior like this exactly why, that and the opponents are better. tagged as: vmware, microsoft, virtualization
• Anchorage leads nation in coffee shops - KTVF Webcenter 11 - Fairbanks, Alaska:
  It makes sense, it is Alaska for crying out loud. But... I would have never guessed this. tagged as: coffee, Anchorage, Alaska
• Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coming to a Super Market Near You:
  I think I have good taste in coffee and I have to give Dunkin Donuts credit, their coffee is very good. Soon you will easily be able to treat yourself at home. Good move. tagged as: coffee
• Dave Winer on Blogs:
  Late on posting this, but I liked the Dave's post. I wrote something on nitevilla saying some of the same things a while back. tagged as: blog, writing
• Beer Launching Fridge:
  I need to work with these geniuses on a model that will launch a bottle as well, for my homebrew. Sure it is slightly more breakable, but I have hands like Art Monk. tagged as: beer, gadget, technology, humor, fun

• BuffSched Version 1.2:
  Latest Version of BuffSched, command line scheduling application. tagged as: scripting, scheduler, calendar, freeware, software
• Brad Sucks: LED belt buckle guitar:
  I might do this with my BC Rich. Geek flare for my guitar. tagged as: guitar, geek, flare, led, music

• Video For Stupid HOF Voters:
  This is the video made for Pro Football Hall of Fame voters. Apparently they do not actually watch football and need refreshers. tagged as: monk, hof, football, nfl
• The Czabe on another Art Monk Snub:
  Those who have votes year after year demonstrate their lack of knowledge of the game. tagged as: NFL, Monk, football, hof
• 81 Reasons Art Monk is a Hall of Famer:
  Already a Hall of Famer off the field. tagged as: Monk, hof, football, NFL
• Art Monk Belongs in the Hall of Fame:
  Had Monk dropped a TD celebrating or been a bad citizen perhaps the HOF committee would recognize him. tagged as: Monk, hof, NFL, football
• Art Monk:
  While I am not qualified to vote for who goes in the Pro Football HOF, apparently the voting committee is not either. tagged as: NFL, Monk, HOF, history

• Connect 360:
  Great software for making your iTunes library accessible to the Xbox 360. tagged as: sharing, apple, osx, tools, utilities, software, xbox, xbox360

• Full Screen Text Editor:
  tagged as: mac, editor, software, writing

• Linux Kernel in a Nutshell:
  tagged as: books, free, howto, reference, linux
• Tagliabue, Thomas among 17 Hall finalists - NFL - Yahoo! Sports:
  Will Thermal and Monk finally get their due? tagged as: nfl, hof
• NSLU2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
  tagged as: linux, hardware, storage, networking

• Virtual Linux:
  tagged as: os, virtualization

• World War Z:
  Max Brooks has done it again, rumor has it that a movie deal is in the works. Podcasts of excerpts from the book are available on the website. tagged as: zombies, books
• Santa Claus - His epic journey is possible and science proves it.:
  Merry Christmas everyone tagged as: physics, science, fun, christmas, xmas
• Top ten tips for preventing innovation -Tyner Blain:
  This describes my former employer - PHEAA to an absolute T. I witnessed and experienced every one of these while employed at PHEAA. For 6 years I had to pull teeth in order to innovate, ridiculous. tagged as: work

• Buck Weaver - He knew of the fix but did not take part.:
  Not sure if he should be cleared or not, always an interesting debate. I have always leaned toward clearing him. tagged as: baseball, sports, blacksox, history
• XNA: Make your own XBOX games in 10 steps - FierceDeveloper:
  Another reason why I feel the Xbox is forward thinking tagged as: gaming, development, programming, xbox360

• Free as in beer, really...:
  Open source beer tagged as: beer, homebrew, brewing
• cpushare - the world wide supercomputer technology:
  tagged as: cpu, sharing, supercomputer

• BuffSched Command Line Agenda:
  Yet another little project. My incarnation of a command line scheduling tool. HP-UX, Linux and Mac OS X compatible. tagged as: programming, scripting, time, todo

• ThinkGeek :: Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit:
  Um, yeah this is cool. tagged as: nostalgia, humor, plants

• This American Life Podcast:
  Finally I can subscribe. tagged as: podcast

• Tasty Brew:
  tagged as: homebrew, beer, for:psychophil, homebrewing

• HP-UX:
  Another Unix varient for Scott? Maybe... tagged as: HP-UX, unix

• World's Strongest Dad:
  In my book, this guy and his son are not only winners in every race they enter, but in life as well. tagged as: inspirational, kids, sports

• Ambitious Brew:
  Interesting read, I actually have heard a subset of this story before on the History channel. I still do not buy that most Americans prefer Budweiser. Beer is an acquired taste, if most Americans developed a taste for good beer they would leave the head tagged as: beer, history
• YouTube - The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken:
  tagged as: science, astronomy, hubble, physics, space

• BD Podcast: Week 4:
  tagged as: f, ootball, podcast, sports, fantasy, NFL
• BuffBrowser Beta:
  A simple web browser for Mac OS X tagged as: cocoa, software, freeware, osx
• Linux.com | Keep your Web site online with a High Availability Linux Apache cluster:
  tagged as: apache, howto, linux, unix, cluster

• Technophilia: Get a free college education online - Lifehacker:
  More on educating yourself for free. tagged as: education, free, reference, resources
• BD Podcast: Week 3:
  tagged as: football, fantasy, NFL, sports, podcast

• Brutal Deluxe Podcast: Week 2:
  tagged as: podcast, sports, football, NFL, fantasy
• BuffEdit is released for those that expressed interest.:
  This is a very simple text editor. Merely me experimenting with Cocoa. There are many text editors that are better, just me proving that yes I have actually coded something. tagged as: cocoa, freeware, software, osx

• Linux Gamers' Game List:
  I am using Linux a lot more. Some good free entertainment. tagged as: Linux, games, gaming
• THE BEST ZOMBIE FILMS OF ALL TIME:
  I have seen many of these, but there are a few that I will have to add to my Netflix queue. tagged as: movies, zombies
• What you used to use to check other users "blog".:
  I occasionally fill out my .plan and .project at work and my blog has always had a throwback name associated with the Finger_protocol. Some people get it, I sometimes receive emails from people mentioning my reference to my dot plan. tagged as: unix, linux, finger, .plan, .project
• ArmchairGM - 2006 Version of Tecmo Super Bowl - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, and Sports Resource:
  Who did not get into these? tagged as: football, gaming, games, sports
• Is PHP The Cure For The 'Broken' Web?:
  I really like PHP... I have tried Ruby on Rails and as a beginner, felt like I lost some control over my application. For now, I still wave the PHP flag for web development. tagged as: php, programming
• Brutal Deluxe Football Podcast, Week 1:
  This is our sixth 2006-season Brutal Deluxe football podcast. Alex and I look at the BDFL after our first week of regular season games! We also review the various NFL pre-game shows, the week 1 NFL games themselves, and our picks for week 2. Of course, we tagged as: football, fantasy, NFL, podcast, sports
• super OS X menubar items:
  tagged as: osx, apple, tools, utilities, mac, software

• Clock - Free Online Alarm Clock - onlineclock.net:
  I could use this in Hotel Rooms when I travel for work. Beats fiddling with the ones in the room. tagged as: clock, alarm, utilities, time, tools
• BD Podcast: Preseason 4:
  Our final preseason podcast, we benched the review of preseason games and talked about our sleeper starters. We're ready for the regular season! tagged as: podcast, football, NFL, fantasy
• College Football Stats:
  Streeter turned me on to this site. tagged as: sports, college, football, statistics

• BD Podcast: 2006 Preseason 3:
  Still warming up for the regular season. I think we are getting there. tagged as: football, podcast, fantasy, NFL
• South Central PA Homebrewers:
  I want to check these guys out. tagged as: beer, homebrew, brewing
• WSJ.com - Pro Football's Cherished Myths:
  Agree with some, but as with any stats, you can bend them depending on the stats you choose. For instance, choosing Atlanta as a rushing team when the QB gets so many yards rushing is not a fair assessment. tagged as: football, sports

• IE7 and Standards:
  I remain unconvinced. Besides, I am so entrenched in using other browsers, I wonder if I would want to use this, even if they somehow make it just as good as the competition. tagged as: browsers, standards
• BD Podcast: 2006 Preseason 2:
  This is our third 2006-season Brutal Deluxe football podcast. Alex and I review this week's NFL preseason games. We continue to size up the fantasy landscape and look forward to this Friday's BDFL Draft! tagged as: sports, fantasy, football, podcast

• Ultimate-Guitar.com: The Last Stand:
  This copyright bullshit is out of control. Guitar tab so that people such as myself can play their favorite songs is not in anyway hurting the artist. This has got to stop. tagged as: copyright, guitar, music, news, tablature, tab
• Microsoft Allows You To Be A Game Developer:
  Love it! Love it! Love it! This has just about finalized the decision that I will be getting an XBox 360. I screamed about this sometime ago. Takes me back to hacking at BASIC programs from magazines. tagged as: gaming, programming, xbox
• Zucchini with Thyme:
  Zucchini is one of my all time favorite vegetables tagged as: recipes, food

• Five Killer Education Resources - Traditional College is Doomed:
  I am a big believer in self education and continued learning. Thankfully I am in a profession where experience is valued more than a piece of paper. College is more a business than it is about improving those seeking education. Educate yourself and you tagged as: education, resources
• SI.com - MLB - Judge: Statistics not intellectual property of MLB - Tuesday August 8, 2006 7:07PM:
  MLB has always been weird about this. I give credit to the NFL for not penalizing fans for wanting to use this info in whatever manner they want. tagged as: copyright, fantasy, sports
• Leopard Feature Set Leaked:
  I second Ross on this, I use Safari but otherwise I do not use any of the listed software. I am a Unix and Open Source guy primarily. Also, I like to keep my email safely on Gmail. Will my first generation Mac Mini benefit or be slower with Leopard? tagged as: os, osx, software, technology

• del.icio.us/help/networkbadges:
  
  tagged as: del.icio.us, for:aharden, for:psychophil
• The Top Ten OS X Screensavers:
  
  tagged as: osx, screensaver

• Home Automation:
  
  tagged as: automation, home, smarthome
• SmartHome:
  Beginning to research home automation.
  tagged as: automation, home, smarthome
• SysAdmin of the Year:
  No one else to vote for, nominate me. ;)
  tagged as: sysadmin, unix, work

• System Administrator Appreciation Day:
  Oh yes, we are nearing that special time of year again. Once again I will be promoting SysAdmin Day with visions of techy gifts or even a lousy free cup of coffee dancing in my head. My employer has yet to recognize this day.
  tagged as: holidays, sysadmin, unix
• PC Fastlane- Computer Help and PC Performance Tips - 10 Unknown Windows Freeware Applications You Should Know About:
  Some of these are not just for Windows.
  tagged as: freeware, software

• Ted Stevens Fan Club:
  Be sure to look the space over well and checkout the Daily Show clip... Who the f**k is Ted Stevens?
  tagged as: humor, politics
• Wired News: MySpace Kills Internet Tube Song:
  
  tagged as: copyright, freedom, politics
• Improve Skype Sound Quality | creativebits:
  This is worth a try, I use the same technique for other services. I wonder if the quality is noticeable.
  tagged as: howto, mac, router
• Wired News: The Cult of Leia's Metal Bikini:
  Why not...
  tagged as: leia, scifi, starwars
• Solving Problems In Your Sleep - Health Site:
  I have done this so many times that I now turn to solving problems in my sleep as a viable alternative. This has worked especially well for logic based problems for me.
  tagged as: dreams, lifehacks, sleep
• 100% Free Fantasy Football:
  This looks very interesting. I realize one day it might benefit our league to use one of these resources.
  tagged as: fantasy, football, games

• YouTube - sunday bloody sunday rx2008:
  George Bush does Sunday Bloody Sunday, quite well too. ;)
  tagged as: U2, bush, humore, song, video
• Electronics: An Online Guide for Beginners - Introduction:
  
  tagged as: electronics, reference
• On July 14th, one del.icio.us user will win $100. Enter this contest.:
  It is free and worth a shot.
  tagged as: del.icio.us, free, games, money
• Wired News: Better Bikes Than Lance's:
  I personally support limiting technology in sports. I would love to give comparissons across generations but in sports like cycling and tennis with the changes in the equipment used it makes this impossible.
  tagged as: cycling, technology
• Tour de France - Live Google Maps Tracks:
  This is a very cool use for Google Maps to track the Tour.
  tagged as: maps, sports, tourdefrance

• ESPN.com: Page 2 : The You Tube Hall of Fame:
  
  tagged as: humor, video

• Coke Blak:
  I did not think Coke Blak was that bad, but I did question the idea and whether there was a real nitch for it. It is still in stores, but I will be surprised if it lasts more than a year or two. Check my coffee archives for my review.
  tagged as: beverage, coffee, soda
• Beer Ingredient May Fight Prostate Cancer:
  Heard this on the radio this morning. Hops Rule!
  tagged as: beer
• Big Trouble in Little China:
  Perhaps one of the most underrated movies of all time, at least in my mind. It certainly contains one of the greatest movie heroes ever, Jack Burtan. Watch the preview, I dare you not to laugh.
  tagged as: burtan, jack_burtan, movie

• Browse Happy and Safely:
  I do not mind supporting any site that promotes better web browsers. My experiences with IE7 have not been what I would call good either.
  tagged as: browsers, standards, web
• Lower Swatara Township:
  The location of our new home. I sure would like to offer some help with some of these township webpages. Yuk.
  tagged as: home, township
• Practical Foundations of Mathematics:
  
  tagged as: education, math

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• Signatures rolling in to support Rock brewery: Will this make a difference? Probably not, Anheuser-Busch is pretty much incapable of making a good beer.
  tagged as: beer
• AAMP - Nearly There With The Newest Releases: Since deciding to see if I could get an Apache, MySQL and PHP setup on AIX 5.3, I have made a lot of strides. I have Successfully compiled Apache 2.2.0, PHP 5.1.4 with MySQL support while still exterminating bugs with MySQL 5.0.22.
  tagged as: MySQL, aix, apache, php, reference
• IT eBook Home: Not a big fan of reading books on a computer screen, but still there might be some gold on this website.
  tagged as: free, reference, technology

• Chuck Norris Facts:
  This one is for you Streeter. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris does not read books, he stares them down until they give him the information he wants
  tagged as: chuck, chuck_norris, facts, humor, norris
• The Answer to the Question of the Ages:
  Hmm... OK then...
  tagged as: chicken, debate, egg
• Sneak Out of Work Right Now - Forbes.com:
  I routinely eat lunch while working, but I make sure that I leave my laptop at work when not oncall. I work with European offices and offices in India and can attest, our hours and workdays are much longer. Work to live, do not live to work.
  tagged as: work

• How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot:
  Another way to try homebrewing without dropping cash on the real stuff. Personally, I think you should just go get that starter kit and like PsychoPhil, drop some money on the Turkey Fryer too. You might as well jump all in, you know you want to.
  tagged as: beer, homebrewing, howto
• MySQL Cheat Sheet:
  This could be handy.
  tagged as: MySQL, cheatsheet, database, reference, sql
• Patriots QB Flutie announces retirement:
  Thanks for the memories. See forum discussion on http://www.nitevilla.net
  tagged as: NFL, football, sports

• Home Roasting Coffee Beans:
  I really, really want to try roasting my own coffee beans. I need to find a local supplier of green beans though, and get an old hot air popcorn popper.
  tagged as: coffee, howto, roasting
• Solving The Cube:
  This is the method I use to solve the Rubik's Cube. Quarter turns and in layers, not sides.
  tagged as: cube, howto, puzzles, reference, rubiks
• Cool Tool: Forearm Forklift:
  Hmm... Might make my future move a little easier.
  tagged as: gadgets, moving
• Tiny Houses:
  I could just buy a small piece of land and drop one of these on it.
  tagged as: architecture, design, housing

• Make Beer:
  This is cool for the photos. But buy a kit, you get everything you need and higher quality items. Still, this is a cool post showing all phases, except I really recommend secondary racking. Make sure you store your beer in the dark.
  tagged as: beer, homebrew, homebrewing, howto
• What's In Your Beer?:
  One of the main reasons I brew my own. I know what my beer contains, and it really is only four main ingredients. Homebrewing rules!
  tagged as: beer, health, news
• Season Three of the Brutal Deluxe Football Podcast:
  With the NFL draft podcast released, we have officially started our third season of podcasting.
  tagged as: NFL, fantasy, football, podcast

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Scott Buffington.

• NFL Draft: I think the team with the best draft is the Jets. No surprise from Pittsburgh, they filled Antwaan Randle El's spot and having won the Super Bowl will just rely on last seasons team.
  tagged as: NFL, football, sports
• Awesome Lightsabre Battle of the Dorks: This lightsabre fight is good enough to be in the movie. Sure they are dorks, but nicely done all the same.
  tagged as: duel, starwars, video
• Compiling Apache 2.2 on AIX 5.3: This is the documentation I wrote for compiling Apache on AIX 5.3. There has been a decided lack of documentation as far as Apache on AIX.
  tagged as: aix, apache, unix

• Captains of Crush hand grippers:
  I am training on the number 2 gripper now and working up to closing the number 3 gripper. The ultimate test of hand strength.
  tagged as: "grip, training, training", weights
• Extremely simple personal calendar.:
  Though I like and am using Google Calendar. I want something simpler that I can copy to all AIX and Linux servers. I am going to write somthing similar to this in either Python or Perl.
  tagged as: calendar, linux, perl, software

• Brew Reviews:
  After looking through the archives I realized this Gal has a similar taste in beer as I do. Many beers I have had and enjoyed are reviewed. Perhaps a Lady should be added to the LXG listing.
  tagged as: beer
• Northern Brewing:
  Lots of homebrewing supplies.
  tagged as: beer, homebrew, homerewing
• RSA-704 "Lottery" Script:
  Alex's fun little script. Nice for load testing a new machine.
  tagged as: RSA, python
• ParallelKnoppix: Create a HPC cluster in 5 minutes:
  Could be interesting to experiment with.
  tagged as: cluster, linux
• Localfeeds: News, opinions, neighbors:
  Ross' project.
  tagged as: atom, feeds, for:randymorin, rss

• Blog In Space - Transmit Your Blog...:
  Why not, we certainly would not want anything watching our signals to actually think George Clooney and those other idiots on the airwaves are the actual voice for us.
  tagged as: aliens, space, transmit
• Mah Na Mah Na - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
  Interesting history of a song that really gets in your head. Jake has the first season of the muppets on DVD.
  tagged as: mahna_mahna, muppets, song

• April 1, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
  Wikipedia documents April Fools Day 2006.
  tagged as: humor, reference
• Lost Map (from 3/29/2006 episode):
  This is why Tivo is great, it allows folks to go back and get high quality images from great shows like Lost.
  tagged as: Lost, TV, map
• The Smoldering Ruins of Centralia:
  This is well known in Central Pennsyvlania. Well, it has been well known to me since I was very young. I actually passed close enough a few times over the years to see smoking ground, at a safe distance of course.
  tagged as: centralia, history, pennsylvania
• T E X T F I L E S D O T C O M:
  Some of the old BBS posts... Those were the days.
  tagged as: archives, bbs, history, reference
• VI / VIM tips and cheatsheet:
  Excellent resource for new users and even veterans. World's most powerful editor!
  tagged as: reference, vi

• Best way to learn guitar:
  Once I get my guitar working, perhaps I can spend some time following these steps
  tagged as: guitar
• CPUUG WebMail Powered By Gmail:
  CPUUG has been chosen by Google to beta test Gmail for your domain. If anyone would like a username@cpuug.org account, powered by Gmail. Visit http://www.cpuug.org and click the contact link.
  tagged as: email, webmail
• Ubuntu enterprise version due June 1st:
  I am looking forward to this. Though some of my mates hesitate to give Ubuntu a fair shot, I have used many distros and I love what I see from Ubuntu. I am particularly interested in the server version. I believe within a year nitevilla.net may be runn
  tagged as: linux, unix
• Lambda Calculus:
  
  tagged as: math
• Wired Blogs: Listening Post: Ryan Adams: Vengeful God:
  This bothers me a bit. I am not a diehard Ryan Adams fan, but I respect the way he reinvents himself and I have purchased some Ryan Adams CD's, after a friend introduced me to him by... OMG... Burning some of his music to CD. Ryan should rescue these g
  tagged as: copyright, music
• The Weather Underground:
  My preferred weather website. They even have blogs for different areas if you look around. The weather PHP app I wrote years ago used XML from this website.
  tagged as: forecast, weather

• Great Unix Article:
  This is a great article on unix and why I was not worried at all about the Mac switching chips.
  tagged as: aix, linux, osx, unix
• Heckle Me!:
  Yep, you can really heckle me. Currently you will just have to take my word for it, my computer really says what you type to me. Just something I am messing with while working on future home automation.
  tagged as: speech, web
• The Survivorman - Les Stroud:
  My new favorite show. You learn something every episode and something about true survival. Great show!
  tagged as: TV, survival

• Official Villa/BDFL/Cygweb NCAA Tourney Challenge:
  Come-on, give it a shot. None of us are College basketball experts. Sign up and fill out a bracket and earn bragging rights.
  tagged as: basketball, sports, tournament
• Manny's Pale Ale:
  I enjoyed Manny's Pale Ale at varius establishments in Seattle. All they do is brew draft beer and it is a fine beer.
  tagged as: beer, brewery, seattle
• Pyramid Breweries:
  Pyramid is a must visit.
  tagged as: Seattle, beer, brewery
• Mac and Jack's Brewery:
  OK, OK, I enjoyed a lot of the beer in Seattle. Mac and Jack's Brewery brews some fine beer. Check it out if you visit Seattle
  tagged as: Seattle, beer, brewery
• Cool little Irish pub that I enjoyed while visiting Seattle:
  I mostly drank Guiness while relaxing here, but they had a Kell's Ale that was quite good too.
  tagged as: Seattle, beer, pub
• Pike Brewery Co.:
  Ok, so I spent some time here too. Excellent India Pale Ale, I had a few or 10 or more of these as well too.
  tagged as: Seattle, beer, brewery
• Red Hook Brews:
  I drank one or two or ten or more Red Hooks while visiting Seattle.
  tagged as: Seattle, beer, brewery
• Pumpkin Spice Beer Kit:
  Once I get a little more experience under my belt I would love to try a Pumpkin Ale.
  tagged as: beer, recipes
• Welcome - Ubuntu Linux:
  My Linux of choice. I have been using Ubuntu for about a year and I really like this distro. Live CD and easy install for beginners as well.
  tagged as: Linux, distro

• Coloring Book - Colorings:
  Nice collection of coloring book pages for the kids.
  tagged as: art, images, kids
• Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog: And There Was Much Rejoicing: New FeedBurner Statistics:
  I am a big Feedburner fan, though quite a few folks subscribe to my other feeds I really like what Feedburner offers me. Now it is even better.
  tagged as: feedburner, feeds
• Mac Geekery - All About launchd Items (and How To Make One Yourself):
  I need to educate myself further on the workings of launchd.
  tagged as: cron, launchd, mac, osx
• Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference - Regexp Patterns:
  This website is worth a look. Does not include all the tools I use regex for, but still worth a read. To really experience the power of most programming languages, you should understand Regular Expressions.
  tagged as: java, perl, php, programming, regex

• CNN.com - 'Hulk' Lou Ferrigno now a sheriff's deputy - Feb 14, 2006:
  Ferrigno is fighting crime for real. Way to go Lou!
  tagged as: Hulk, news
• Technical books online:
  Interesting source for many online electronics books.
  tagged as: books, electronics, reference
• The NEW SpikeTV.com > Shows > Pros Vs. Joes:
  I would love to give a show like this a try. Hitting the pitchers would be the toughest challenge, but certainly not the toughest physical challenge.
  tagged as: TV, sports
• Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0):
  Finally a way to interface easily with my coffee pot.
  tagged as: coffee, humor, web
• Projector Keyboard - I Want One Of Those:
  This is a very interesting looking gadget.
  tagged as: computers, gadgets, keyboard, technology

• Urban Dead - A Massively Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypse:
  What can I say, I like to see how I make out after reading "The Zombie Survival Guide". Lookup "Ash Buff Williams". I just started this guy, he's a consumer and is only level 1.
  tagged as: games, mmorpg, zombies
• US Brewery and Pub Maps:
  This is probably the only map I would ever need.
  tagged as: beer, maps
• www.donbecker.org - Unnamed Hockey Podcast 001: The Beginning:
  Don and Alex are doing a Hockey Podcast. I know nothing and I mean nothing about Hockey. I know I liked Gordie Howe and Super Mario, the player not the game character. I somehow stumbled into this podcast, that will not happen much, unless I educate my
  tagged as: hockey, podcast, sports
• Tecmo Bowl:
  Wow, I remember loving this series, particularly the 1991 edition. This game along with I believe John Madden 93 rates among my favorite football arcade games of all time. Of course, I loved John Elway's Quarterback, the standup cabinet edition that was
  tagged as: NFL, football, games, nostalgia, sports
• Torus Trooper - Games - Action & Adventure:
  Very sharp looking Mac version of a retro shooter.
  tagged as: free, freeware, games, mac
• reaction_version5.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object):
  Are you a cheetah?
  tagged as: flash, games
• Livermore's Centennial Light Live Cam:
  It is not just a saying, it is fact, they do not make things like they used to. Why? Because then you would not have to buy another one would you?
  tagged as: "built, bulb, last", to
• Whatever: Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't Want to Work at Writing:
  This could be useful for NaNoWriMo, if I can ever make time to do it again. Note to self, get Brutal Deluxe: Season Tickets printed.
  tagged as: writing
• Project IP - Your IP and More:
  I had a page on Nitevilla years ago that told all this information. Was surprised someone registered a domain just to show this. Then again I just socially bookmarked it. Heh, heh.
  tagged as: IP, browser
• What's in Scott Buffington's Bag:
  Chuck inspired me to do this. http://flickr.com/photos/jaboobie/98463876/
  tagged as: whatsinmybag
• What's in Chuck's Bag:
  
  tagged as: whatisinyourbag, whatsinmybag
• moleskin notebook mods:
  Gotta love great moleskin modifications.
  tagged as: hacks, moleskin

• Ben Roethlisberger - Official Blog:
  tagged as: Ben, NFL, Steelers, football
• How to Take A Caffeine Nap:
  tagged as: coffee, fatigue
• Art Shell back again. Thankfully Ken Whisenhunt was wise enough to know this job was not for him.:
  tagged as: NFL, football
• Ben's Official Website:
  tagged as: Ben, NFL, Steelers, football
• Beer logos in vector format:
  tagged as: beer, logos, vector
• Gaming Steve: Rumor: Diablo III On the Way? You Better Believe It! - This Could Be Awesome:
  I was a big Diablo series fan. tagged as: games
• Brutal Deluxe Baseball League - 2006 Fantasy Baseball Season:
  Sign up now! tagged as: MLB, baseball, fantasy
• Gmail for your domain - If you have a userbase, why wouldn't you try this?:
  tagged as: email, gmail, mail