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  1. It may look like junk, but to me, it's gold! A 2F carb for my '87 Cruiser. It's in great shape. $20! http://twitpic.com/ooa19
  2. Yep. I bought the Wolfram Alpha app. I have not put it down all afternoon. Love it. http://twitpic.com/okh0p
  3. "We’ve been liberated and captured at the same time." Great piece by David Byrne http://bit.ly/2Ot9YE
  4. A very handy Linux guide for noobs as well as vets. I use this site often! http://bit.ly/1gs7KG
  5. Getting on, what seems like, the daily "Patch Treadmill" with the constant, Windows updates.
  6. OpenFiler, an open-source alternative to a NetApp filer http://tinyurl.com/yfltmsw (via @linuxjournal) I see LJ tweeted this earlier! Cool.
  7. Open-source, OpenFiler is a fun little project for an old x86 box you have lying around. Pretty easy to set up. http://bit.ly/2SZnGP
  8. What? You have never heard of Plan 9? Well then... I give you Plan 9 from Bell Labs: http://bit.ly/3m1MYw
  9. Don't get me wrong... I love Linux. I love Unix. I even love Plan 9. But, in the corporate EE world, I am stuck in Windows all day.
  10. If you want to tweak your services on Windows to optimize speed and reliability, Black Viper's site has the best info: http://bit.ly/dtVLN
  11. I'll admit I tried to install the MS Web Framework on and old XP box. It never succeeded. Failed numerous times actually. I tried.
  12. Today Show: "They call it, 'wardriving.' And a hacker can steal all your information and ruin your life!" OMG! DON'T USE WIRELESS INTERNET!
  13. Every single person on this "Stormchasers" show is unlikable. And their stupid "TIV" vehicles are schlocky pieces of crap.
  14. Computing it old school! It's a Panasonic Sr. Partner running MS-DOS 2.11. No hard drive. Only RAM. http://twitpic.com/mt4fc
  15. Running Spinrite on an Ubuntu-based Acer TravelMate 720TX. I know... a dinosaur. Hence, the Spinrite. http://twitpic.com/msnoj
  16. Catching up on some past @hak5 shows that have been hanging out in the iTunes library for awhile. Good Friday afternoon timekiller.
  17. In 2001, we spent $10,000 on a WinNT phone system that did WAY less than a 3CX system does today for free. http://www.3cx.com/
  18. I just got a new HP35s delivered today. Not a bad little calculator for day-to-day calcs. http://pic.gd/00bb8c
  19. Just sent email to @pachube begging them for an invitation to one of the coolest "internet of things" apps I've seen. http://bit.ly/TGrxk
  20. I finally read Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application by @37signals. Obvious but good info.