Monday, November 17, 2008

Linux Home Networking

Here is a great Linux Networking resource- The Linux Home Networking Guide Check it out. It is VERY comprehensive and very well written.

The Chapter outline is as follows:

The Linux File Server Project

Ch01 Why Host Your Own Site?

Ch02 Introduction to Networking

Ch03 Linux Networking

Ch04 Simple Network Troubleshooting

Ch05 Troubleshooting Linux with syslog

Ch06 Installing Linux Software

Ch07 The Linux Boot Process

Ch08 Configuring the DHCP Server

Ch09 Linux Users and Sudo

Ch10 Windows, Linux, and Samba

Ch11 Sharing Resources with Samba

Ch12 Samba Security and Troubleshooting

Ch13 Linux Wireless Networking

The Linux Website Project

Ch14 Linux Firewalls Using iptables

Ch15 Linux FTP Server Setup

Ch16 Telnet, TFTP, and xinetd

Ch17 Secure Remote Logins and File Copying

Ch18 Configuring DNS

Ch19 Dynamic DNS

Ch20 The Apache Web Server

Ch21 Configuring Linux Mail Servers

Ch22 Monitoring Server Performance

Ch23 Advanced MRTG for Linux

Ch24 The NTP Server

Miscellaneous Linux Topics

Ch25 Network-Based Linux Installation

Ch26 Linux Software RAID

Ch27 Expanding Disk Capacity

Ch28 Managing Disk Usage with Quotas

Ch29 Remote Disk Access with NFS

Ch30 Configuring NIS

Ch31 Centralized Logins Using LDAP and RADIUS

Ch32 Controlling Web Access with Squid

Ch33 Modifying the Kernel to Improve Performance

Ch34 Basic MySQL Configuration

Ch35 Configuring Linux VPNs

Ap01 Miscellaneous Linux Topics

Ap02 Codes, Scripts, and Configurations

Ap03 Fedora Version Differences

Ap04 syslog Configuration and Cisco Devices


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Survive the Out Break

I think the wave of the future will be Interactive and Personalized movies. Imagine having the ability to sit down and have a different movie each time depending on your choices. Now imagine a random feature that makes choices for you... thousands of movie possibilities!!! Now imagine you, your family, and friends all doing a 3D scan of your heads and faces and having a personalized movie!

Here is a "Pick-a-Path"/Interactive Flash Movie that is about one of my favorite topics... ZOMBIES! Now, here is a chance to see how well you will do and what decisions you will make under the stress of being attacked by Zombies. How many times will you die before you make it out alive????!!!!!!!

My advice to you, after doing this interactive movie is don't let me make the decisions during a Zombie Crisis... I died at every possible decision. LOL!

Survive The Out Break

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Killer Startups

KillerStartups.com is a user driven internet startups community. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using our blog platform, where internet entrepreneurs submit their startup to see what others think about it.

They have many categories:
Blogging-Widgets


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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Y8 Flash games

Y8.com is a directory of 1000s of free flash games. You just need a compatible browser and Flash Installed!

http://www.y8.com/

There are a lot of GREAT games, quizzes and puzzles! Definitely a time sink!
Here are the Categories:

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More Free Book Sources

As a continuation of the free book resource list started here on this C.P.O.T.D. free book source Blog entry, here are some more.


International Children's Digital Library
The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create a digital library of international children's books.

Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
The classics of literature (poetry & prose), nonfiction, and reference free online.

4Literature.net
of thousands of classic books free at 4Literature.net. The 4Literature archives include thousands of classic books, such as the works of Shakespeare, religious and historical documents, children's fairy tales, Greek and Roman classics, and books by famous American authors of the 19th century.

Classic Reader
"All books published on the Classic Reader website are out-of-copyright, meaning their copyright protection has expired.

Online Medieval & Classical Library
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization hosted at the Berkeley Digital Library SUNSite.

More can be found here:
http://www.clpgh.org/research/literature/booksonline.html


freecomputerbooks
Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Document Downloads

freecomputerbooks trade publication
Browse through our extensive list of free Computers magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your skills and interests; topics include computing, pc, computer engineering and computer reselling. Simply complete the application form and submit it. Remember to fill out the forms COMPLETELY. All are absolutely free to professionals who qualify.


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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Comic Makers

Comic Life (Macintosh and Windows)
http://www.plasq.com/

Skitch (Macintosh)
http://plasq.com/

BitStrips Comic Strip Maker
http://bitstrips.com

StripGenerator Comic Strip Maker
http://stripgenerator.com

Toonlet Comic Strip Maker
http://toonlet.com/

GoAnimate
http://goanimate.com/


Site about comic creation, art, design, etc...
http://comixtalk.com/

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Digital Lifestyle

WebSite
http://www.freewebs.com

Wiki (http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english)
http://www.pbwiki.com
http://www.wetpaint.com (http://commoncraft.com/wetpaint)

Organizers
http://www.mygads.com

Collaboration
http://www.stickam.com (embedded video tag)
http://docs.google.com (http://commoncraft.com/video-googledocs)
http://www.twiddla.com
http://www.mygads.com
http://www.tokbox.com

Social Network Collaboration
http://www.twitter.com (http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter)
http://www.pownce.com

Blog/Journals (http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs)
http://www.blogger.com
http://www.wordpress.com
http://www.typepad.com
http://peopleconnection.aol.com/blogs

Virtual World
http://www.secondlife.com

Photos (http://www.commoncraft.com/photosharing)
http://www.photobucket.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://animoto.com

Photo Editing
http://www.picnik.com

Social Bookmarking (http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english)
http://del.icio.us

Social Networks (http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking)
http://www.linkedin.com

Video Posting
http://www.jumpcut.com (with editing)
http://www.motionbox.com/ (with editing)
http://www.phanfare.com
http://www.revver.com (revenue sharing)
http://www.buzznet.com
http://www.blip.tv
http://vimeo.com
http://www.dailymotion.com/us
http://www.vsocial.com
http://lifelogger.com
http://community.vlogmap.org
http://www.break.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://video.google.com

A huge list here

http://videoegg.com (ad revenue generation for your videos)
IM
http://www.meebo.com

Live Streaming
http://www.ustream.tv
http://www.stickam.com (embedded video tag)

Selling Sites
http://www.craigslist.com

Cartoon Blogging
http://www.stripgenerator.com
http://www.bitstrip.com

News Announcement
http://www.prweb.com (http://commoncraft.com/video-prweb)

Social Dashboard/Social Net Aggregator
http://www.socialthing.com
http://www.netvibes.com

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Cool Sites

Music Sites
http://www.jango.com
http://www.pandora.com
http://www.songza.com
http://www.projectplaylist.com

Encyclopedia of Life
A new project to create an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet.
www.eol.org

 Technology News
http://www.medgadget.com
http://www.engadget.com
http://gizmodo.com

Computer Museum
http://www.old-computers.com

Tech/Internet News
http://mahalodaily.blip.tv
http://webbalerts.com
http://mobuzz.tv
http://dl.tv
http://revision3.com (many many shows)

Tutorials
http://www.freevlog.org
http://www.videojug.com
http://www.yudomagic.com
http://www.broadcaster.com

Making Tutorials
http://www.demorecorder.com
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

Mobile Mapping
http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm

Voice Services
http://www.ringcentral.com/plansandpricing.html

Astronomy
http://www.google.com/sky

Do It Your Self
http://makezine.com
http://www.diynet.com

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TokBox

Tokbox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. You can embed a Video Conference tool or a Video Message tool on just about any website! They have widgets for you to put on facebook.com, freewebs.com, pretty much on any social network profile, blog, or personal webpage. Just copy and paste the TokBox Code into your web page and Voila! instant Video Conference or Video Messaging!

For members, they even have a Public Post Area so you can post a Video Message and meet people.

But remember, Anyone can come to your page use the "Push to Talk" button. They click it and connect to you in real time using live video and audio. SO TURN OFF YOUR CAM AND MIC WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT!

I tried it with Linux, Windows and MacOS with Firefox. I used Flash 9.
Everything worked ok.

On Linux, from time to time I had to clear my Cache and reload the page for the widget to pop up properly. Sound and Video work fine. But remember, sound on Linux is tricky, sometimes some other process has control of the audio. So my suggestion is start your browser first so that other apps like Pidgin don't take control of the sound. As for web cams, I belive you will need a V4L compatible cam. For V4L2 cams I think that Flash plugin 10 beta 2 is the minimum requirement... but your milage may vary! Post a comment with your experience regarding this.


How do you get started using TokBox?
You sign up at www.tokbox.com and they give you everything you need to have your Video Conference or Messaging. You have access to all your stuff from within your TokBox account. All that you and your friends need to have is a compatible browser and Flash 9 or greater.


Cool Firefox Plugin!
Check out TokBox Voice and Video Calls for Firefox!
Super simple voice and video calling. Absolutely free. Seamlessly integrates with Facebook IM.


TokBox Features
Free video chat
No cost. No prepaid minutes. Really free.
No downloads
Talk through your browser. No chat client needed. NOTE: There is a FaceBook/Firefox plugin as mentioned above. They have also packaged an Adobe AIR client, which is in Beta Testing.
Any website
Embeddable on all websites and social networks.
Privacy control
You control who can see you and who can't. This works only for other people that are TokBox users!

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Friday, May 19, 2006

vacation...

Taking off a week... maybe two... :) Be back later.

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

MuSE

Wouldnt it be cool to have a way to mix multiple streams of audio into one stream. The Cool Pick Of The Day, MuSE, allows for just that. MuSE is a free Open Source, GPL licensed application, for the mixing, encoding, and network streaming of sound. MuSE is capable of mixing 6 audio streams from files (mp3 and ogg), network source, as well as sound card output. The encoded stream can then be played locally through a sound card, recorded to harddisk, as well as stream over a network. Additionally, the audio can be streamed to a audio server (Litestream, Icecast, Darwin Streaming Server, and Shoutcast) and then to network clients.

MuSE offers both graphical interfaces and a command line interface to control its features as well as a reusable API interface to the core mixing engine to allow for creation of new interfaces.

For added functionality, LAME and Ogg Vorbis libraries can be utilized for MP3 and OggVorbis support.

An important Note. MuSE is not the same thing as MusE. MusE was covered in an earlier C.P.O.T.D.

Installation

wget ftp://ftp.dyne.org/muse/sources/MuSE-0.9.2.tar.gz
tar zxf MuSE-0.9.2.tar.gz
cd /tmp/MuSE-0.9.2
./configure --with-ogg-prefix=/usr/local/lib --with-vorbis-prefix=/usr/local/lib
make
# if you have MusE installed you should differentiate between these two Muse's: MuSE and MusE
# by saving the binary muse to its proper name. e.g. c
paco -lp MuSE-0.9.2 "make install"
# Now copy the newly installed (different muse) to its proper name. e.g. cp /usr/local/bin/muse /usr/local/bin/MuSE


Running MuSE

/usr/local/bin/MuSE


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