Favorite Podcasts

Adam Carolla Distorted View Daily Geek, Actually Movie Fan House Smodcast with Kevin Smith 2 guys talking This American Life



Technical Podcasts

Cranky Geeks Floss Weekly Jupiter Broadcasting Mind Of Root Podnutz Stack Overflow Tekzilla



WebSites

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Kaspersky Rescue Disk (bootable, Linux based)

The tool that I’ve worked with lately is the Kaspersky Rescue Disk. It’s a Linux boot disk ISO that you can download.  (You’ll need an ISO burning program like CDBurnerXP or BurnCDCC , I guess the option to burn ISO’s is built into Win 7 now) It seems to be updated about every six [...]

Blender 3D basic intro to curve modeling

These are some (very) basic tutorials involving curve modeling in Blender 3d. They assume you’re comfortable mousing around the blender environment and changing 3d views. In these you learn to make curves (and paths), control the curves with the bezier handles, and the bevel and taper options. Ultimately, I do the obligatory [...]

The basic Blender 3D modeling interface

Blender is a free open-source 3d modeling program available from blender.org.
There’s no shortage of tutorials regarding modeling, texturing, animation and other subjects for blender, but basic info on the user interface is tough to come by. Surprising, considering that 90 percent of understanding blender comes from wrapping your head around the interface. Once [...]

Using my GPS device with Google Earth and Google Maps

In these four videos, I show how I use my Garmin Etrex handheld GPS  with Google Earth and Google Maps, transferring data to and from.

Making a Cat 5/5e Ethernet cable

I had to make a new cat 5 cable today, so why not do a test video with my Logitech Quickcam 9000.

The webcam is actually mounted on a mini-tripod by using a spring clip from Home Depot that was drilled and tapped for a 1/4 inch hole.

IP updating services and port forwarding

I talk about IP updating services to will keep tracking of your changing dynamic IP address on the internet, so you can alway point to your web server or DVR camera on the internet
I talk about IP updating services to will keep tracking of your changing dynamic IP address on the internet, so you can [...]