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Snow In York
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The snow in York today. Wishing I still had a sledge.
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Who needs instant on? Moblin boots in about 15 seconds
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Maybe I will install this on my old laptop if/when I get a new one.
LG Renoir Subjected to Death by Ice, Water, Wind, and Earth Tests [Cellphones]
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My LG Renoir is in hiding after reading this.
Not happy to test drive this fugly version of the iPhone, the Mobile@Mail.ru crew have pitted the LG KC910 Renoir against all four elements: Ice, Wind, Earth, and Wine! OK, water, but wine too.
OpenTyrian - The Best DOS Shoot’em Up - Now for Windows XP/...
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I remember playing this old DOS game on a mate’s PC.
Need to download the Nintendo DS version :)
Arguably the best DOS-based shoot-em up in my opinion, Tyrian is now available for gamers on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (and Nintendo DS, PSP, even Wii!), thanks to the dedicated efforts of the OpenTyrian team who modified the source code to use the cross-platform SDL libraries and of course, Jason Emery, who graciously offered Tyrian as freeware back in 2004.
40 Great Computer Desktop Mods
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Much coolness
Find Images by Exact Dimensions, Make Wallpaper Search a Breeze [Google School]
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Just need to devise a Python script to automate this for Windows now :)
Everyone knows that Google Image Search sports a drop-down menu for filtering results by small, medium, large, and extra large sizes, but if you’re looking for the perfect wallpaper, for example, the imagesize operator is even better.
CrunchBang is a Speedy, Dark-Themed Linux Desktop [Screenshot Tour]
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More info on CrunchBang Linux
CrunchBang, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that sports a snappy, low-drag interface and is perfect for thumb drives, live CDs, or speed-obsessed Linux fans. Check out how it looks and runs in our screenshot tour.
DSTL1 Android Smartphone Is Battlestar Galactica's iPhone [Android]
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I wish I hadn’t just renewed my phone contract now. My LG Renoir now looks like the ugly cousin.
This is the Android-based, 3-inch Sharp touchscreen, General Mobile DSTL1. And it is everything the T-Mobile isn’t: A stunning design and features combination that may convince regular consumers to choose the Android platform over iPhone.
OperaTor Browses with Portable, Tor-Driven Anonymity
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Time to dust of that USB stick and browse in the shadows……
Windows only: OperaTor combines a thumb-drive-friendly version of the peedy Opera web-browser with transparent privacy through the Tor network.
Monitor Folders By RSS
I’m sure I can think of a use for this scratches head
If you are one of those Internet users living in their RSS feed reader you might like Folder RSS. Folder RSS is a folder monitor that creates a valid RSS feed that can be accessed using any RSS reader. The feed will contain the changes made to specified folders. The software program is fully portable and script driven meaning that it is necessary to write a short batch script or run the software from the command line to create the valid RSS feed. It should also be noted that the feed will be updated locally which is not a problem for desktop feed readers. The use of feed readers like Google Reader on the other hand would require to input the IP of the local computer along with the path to the feed making sure that the remote feed reader is allowed to access the file on the local computer.