Knowing Knoppix - Free, open source guide to Knoppix for the complete beginner.

iPod - restore and maximize battery life (via kottke)

Attitude by Charles Swindoll

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.

It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on one string we have, and that is our attitude...

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.

Armin Hanisch kindly informs us of his new ColorCat, which is self-contained, requires no setup, and does not modify the registry/system files:

ColorCat is a filter that searches the input stream for a list of regular expressions defined in a small text file. If an expression machtes, the line is colored according to the color attribute specified for that expression or can be deleted from the output stream... Of course freeware, even for commercial use and bundling.

Programs By Brian Apps

Diner

The time has come to say goodbye, our plates empty except for our greasy napkins. Comrades, you on my left, balding, middle-aged guy with a ponytail, and you, Lefty, there on my right, though we barely spoke I feel our kinship. You were steadfast in passing the ketchup, the salt and pepper, no man could ask for better companions. Lunch is over, the cheese-burger and fries, the Denver sandwich, the counter nearly empty. Now we must go our separate ways. Not a fond embrace, but perhaps a hearty handshake. No? Well then, farewell. It is unlikely I'll pass this way again. Unlikely we will all meet again on this earth, to sit together beneath the neon and fluorescent calmly sipping our coffee, like the sages sipping their tea underneath the willow, sitting quietly, saying nothing.

"Diner" by Louis Jenkins, from Sea Smoke (c) Holy Cow! Press, 2004. Reprinted with the kind permission of Mr. Jenkins. (You can hear Garrison Keillor read the poem in RealAudio format here.)

Rareware - Last versions of freeware before they went shareware or simply disappeared.

one-minute vacation. Especially enjoyed this one.

Webnote - Web-based memopad. (via Mike Mills)

Microsoft: Do as I say, not as I do.

Automated Refreshing Page Builder - Automatically refresh up to four web pages at a customizable rate.

FlashlightReviews.com - One of the few actually useful and original review sites left on the web.

Seagate's 5GB USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive sounds great. But for an extra $50, why not get an iPod mini?

unpkg 1.2 [44k] {S} Unpacks the contents of pkg files.    (via anonymous email)

Security Configuration Guides from the NSA covering:

• Applications
• Database Servers
• Operating Systems
• Routers
• Supporting Documents
• Switches
• Web Servers and Browsers

Firefox LiveCD - Custom Morphix distro perfect for kiosks. Instead of screenshots, check out the Flash movie.