CD Cover Art
If you are like me and like to keep backups of your CD's in your car, rather than the originals. This CDCovers.cc site maybe just for you. I usually have a handful of hand written CD's in my car, now you can have them have the labels like the ones in your room.
One great reason for having copies in your car is because of theft, and just wear and tear that tossing them around the car does. But having them all look the same sucks. 🙁
These sites have pop-ups so install your favorite pop-up blocker first.
NASCAR 2002
Country Suites - By Ayres Corona West
1900 W. Frontage Rd.
Corona, CA 92882
(909) 738-9113
$150 a night out the door.
Las Vegas Trip this November
Were looking to goto Las Vegas this winter to see the new Cirque du Soeil show. (info coming).
On our way out there we will be staying at Buffalo Bills in Primm Valley. The main point is to ride the Roller Coaster - Desparado. Seems to be about $60 a night for a King Size room.
New Gaming Rig – Its About Time
I am starting to look for a new computer. My favorite right now looks to be the new Aurora from www.alienware.com. I just really like their cases, and their commitment to the Gaming community. The first question i get is weather to get the nVidia or ATI... and lately I have been hearing rumblings that I should go with the ATI. That it has better support for DirectX 9... but you know how that goes, these card manufacturers are always leapfrogging each other.
AlienWare - Aurora - ~$1,800 on 9/2003
XPCases.com Alien Green Case - Build my own again?
MSI's Home Theater ultra mini computer - To small for my storage?
More to come on this topic.
HP Photosmart 7350 Printer
I bought a HP PhotoSmart 7350 for $89 on eBay. The great thing about this printer is that it prints really great Photo prints, and also has a special black and white cartridge for your everyday printing needs. Also included with this printer was a 6 type media reader, which shows up as a drive on your computer. So all you have to do is pull the memory card out of your digital camera, and plug it into the printer, and boom, you can see all the files.
57 - Tricolor
56 - Black
58 - Photo Color
I found the #56 cartridge online for $18.90 🙂
www.4inkjets.com
www.AMAZON.com
More notes to follow on this article.
HOSTS file blocks unwanted Ad’s from your web experience
What is the Hosts file, and how does it stop ads and tracking?
The short answer is that the Hosts file is like an address book. When you type an address like www.yahoo.com into your browser, the Hosts file is consulted to see if you have the IP address, or "telephone number," for that site. If you do, then your computer will "call it" and the site will open. If not, your computer will ask your ISP's (internet service provider) computer for the phone number before it can "call" that site. Most of the time, you do not have addresses in your "address book," because you have not put any there. Therefore, most of the time your computer asks for the IP address from your ISP to find sites.
If you put ad server names into your Hosts file with your own computer's IP address, your computer will never be able to contact the ad server. It will try to, but it will be simply calling itself and get a "busy signal" of sorts. Your computer will then give up calling the ad server and no ads will be loaded, nor will any tracking take place. Your choices for blocking sites are not just limited to blocking ad servers. You may block sites that serve advertisements, sites that serve objectionable content, or any other site that you choose to block.
Other Links
http://accs-net.com/hostess/
http://asp.flaaten.dk/download/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=2
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
http://lists.gpick.com/pages/Hosts_File_Administration.htm
http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
http://accs-net.com/hosts/HostsToggle/
Scrambled words are legible as long as first and last letters are in place
From Joi Ito's Web:
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and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do
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http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/09/14/ordering_of_letters_dont_matter.html
SSH Client for Windows
When connecting to a remote Linux box, or windows box, it is recommended to use SSH. The free version from SSH.com is very good. It can be found here:
It comes with a telnet ssh client, as well as a secure file transfer client.
TV Tome – Episode Listingss
I found this site that has been useful in creating a complete list of Episodes of specific shows. For me its Futurama, Kung Fu, Spongebob Square Pants and Sex and the City.
TiVo offers rebate on DVRs
http://rss.com.com/2110-1041_3-5075597.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 12, 2003, 10:06 AM PT
Digital video recorder company TiVo announced on Friday a $50 rebate on its Series2 recorders. The rebate will last until the end of the year. Consumers must purchase TiVo service directly from the company and activate it before Jan. 31, 2004, to qualify for the rebate. The service costs $12.95 per month or $299 for a lifetime subscription. With the rebate, a TiVo recorder with 40 hours of recording time will cost $199 and a recorder with 80 hours of recording time will cost $299.
The holidays have historically been one of the strongest sales periods for the San Jose, Calif.-based company.