If you are in the market for a wireless rouer, you should read this article on TomsNetworking.com and this article from PC World. One problem with the review at Toms is that they didn’t include a Linksys router and the Linksys Super-G won top marks from PC Mag.
The Washington Post has a great article about taking revenge against junk faxers.
NASA has posted a lot of great photos at their website. Their audio/visual gallery stretches back to the Mercury astronauts and continues to the lastest shuttle flight. Check the galleries out here.
Cindy Sheehan’s 15 minutes of fame is up.
Here’s some great software I’m found recently:
WinDirStat–One of the limitations of Windows Explorer is that it doesn’t tell you how much space each directory takes up on the disk. Not only does this great little program do that, but is also provides a graphical representation of all of the files on the disk. This is really helpful, if you are like me and have too much stuff on your hard drives.
Synergy–I had no idea a program like this even existed. At home I have two computers connected to three monitors. You would think that two monitors would be enough, but sometimes it isn’t, especially when I’m writing. This program lets you move your mouse from one computer to another and even uses allows you to copy things to the clipboard of one computer and paste it on the other computer. Pretty slick.
Diskeeper–Diskeeper is a powerful disk defragmenting program. I haven’t purchased it yet, but it’s tempting.
If you like cars, you really need to watch Top Gear sometime. It is by far the best tv show about cars. During the summer it was on Discovery Channel, but it hasn’t been on lately. The verision on the Discovery Channel is an Americanized version of the BBC’s original version.
Here’s a perfect example of why Top Gear is so great–Top Gear’s review of the Ariel Atom.
I’ve always assumed that the BBC was funded through the general fund or something. I didn’t dream that everyone in the UK who wants to watch TV has to buy a license that costs
If you need to figure out how to do something with Excel, here’s a good reference.
This would be a great drive–16 days and 4,500 miles of Chilean roads.
Here are instructions to make an origami CD case. It works surprisingly well. Enjoy.
