TechPenny - Essential Software

The Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo is a $200 1TB NAS that supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. It runs Linux and comes installed with Twonkymedia (DLNA media server), mt-daapd (iTunes media server), and RAID backup server.

I had grander plans for it; to run it as a 24-7 NAS, Media Server, and torrent client. There’s actually a very active community around NAS support since they mostly run Linux. Remember to BACKUP and try at your own risk!

1. Get shell(telnet) access to NAS with acp commander
   Link
2. Install Ipkg on the Linkstation
   Link
3. Install all neccessary packages (Transmission did not work for me)
   />ipkg install rtorrent
4. Get a RSS feed reader
   Link
   More Info
5. Thats it, pretty simple most of the work was finding/sorting the information. Enjoy!

Drum roll, …

1. PS3/Xbox 360
2. Gameboy/DS
3. Games(Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, Spore, Little Big Planet
4. GPS
5. HDTV
6. Blu-ray player
7. Iphone/Gphone
8. Treasury Bond/CD
9. Subscription to Finance magazine
10. Cash $$$

If your ever curious about your computer hardware spec or if you are thinking of upgrading then here are the tools for you.

HWiNFO - Hardware Info

SiSoftware - Hardware Benchmarking

Interest in the Playstation Portable has been revitalized with the recent price drop. Sony has been releasing more and better games for the PSP. Expect God of War, Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Valhalla Knights, and much more. Take advantage of all Sony has to offer and the incredible homebrew outlet. Homebrew software include a E-book reader, FTP client, GPS software, Movie streamer, Instant message client… Basically, whatever you can imagine is readily available for the PSP. Its especially easy now to reflash your firmware and with homebrew being proven there is less worry of bricking your psp.

Dark Alex - for all your custom firmware needs.
PSP Homebrew Database - for all your homebrew needs
MapThis - for all your GPS map goodness
PSP news

Go and explore, theres never been a better time!

While the search engines give your IP and other info away, and Google loses its fight with the govt, dont you think you should search by proxy?

Searching by proxy hides your IP location from search providers and prevents them from cataloging your searches.

Black Box Search
Firefox Black Box Plugin

Customer service is declining and its harder than ever to actually find a live person to talk with about issues. This website lists conveniently most 800 contact numbers for companies.
www.hardtofind800numbers.com

Tired of registering and entering personal information just to browse a site. This site gives you usernames and password to allow access.
www.bugmenot.com

Flooded with pesky credit card offers, you can opt out of recieving credit card offers by signing up at this site.
www.optoutprescreen.com