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I’m hating the price, but loving the concept — check out the Anthro eNook! Its a foldout self that is just right for the wall next to the bed or in the hallway near the front door. Maybe its time to hack your own with some cheapo plywood from Home Depot, as this gem is [...]

Git ‘er here. Still waiting on 5.0.x to mature a bit since it just dropped last week.

Ready to try yet another universal remote? I can’t even count all the retired or dead replacements I’ve tried over the years. My last disaster was a Sony RM-series that suffered from disintegrating buttons (volume down button-no less)! The best starting resource is Remote Central — its the mecca of remote control discussion forums — [...]

Sudoku is quickly becoming the new crossword puzzle of mental challenges. Here’s a cool site with an online helper. HowStuffWorks took a crack at explaining it too.

From the “you’ll-never-know-when-you’ll-need-it-file” comes a how-to for making your own sandals from a truck tire! Its actually pretty straight forward… You’ll also want to check out the rest of Tom’s site — its chocked full of green, sustainable living info. What, not as goofy as you’d like? Try these — sure to please… Here’s another [...]

Which is more important for home video? A 3CCD pocket-cam for a nut over grand, or basic HDTV for under $2K! Ok, for real HD, its still over $3K, but baby-HD ain’t bad. I’m thinking having it in your pocket at 16×9 is probably the right-enough answer… Check out this Sony DCR-PC1000 MiniDV and always [...]

LivePlasma has an interesting strategy for placing your favorite musician in a map — somewhat like the classic Kevin Bacon “six degrees of separation“. Here’s an example with Pink Floyd. Its a discography on steroids… Very cool stuff! Oh yea, it also works for movies too!!!

Have several CVS repositories lying around that need syncing? You can automate the process with a number of toolz. CVSync provides a *nix-friendly strategy. Another classic solution is CVSup. Is it time to consider something other than CVS? Here’s a good aggregate view of the space. Most of the big OSS projects that aren’t sourced [...]

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