VueScan 8.3.05

All I can say is wow. The latest VueScan takes advantage of GTK2 on linux and is an awesome app (also runs on Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX). It makes scanning as easy or advanced as you would like and helps turn old pictures and faded shots into photos like they had just been printed. … Read more

Samba Permissions

I’ve always had a problem with figuring out permissions in Samba. Today I was looking up some information on it and found this very good description posted on the samba mailing list: “create mask” *removes* permissions. “force create mode” *adds* them. To quote from the man page for smb.conf This parameter [create mask] may be … Read more

Ebay bans other payment processors, only PayPal is allowed.

eBay has revised its policies to only allow one online payment service, PayPal. This comes after speculation that Google is preparing a payment service. So far the reaction among eBay users has been mixed. I think this is just wrong. Ebay should allow any online payment service not just PayPal. Especially since they own PayPal. … Read more

Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1 LCD $394… It’s Back! And Dell 24″ LCD $780

Yeah I bought one when the last deal was going on…got it in next to my 21″ Sony GDM-F520 and the contrast blows my sony out of the water. I paid over $1500 for that friggin CRT! I went ahead and got another 20.1 inch to make it dualies on my humble GeforceFX5900. It will … Read more

The Firemonger project

This is an older dig, but I think it is useful (actually found link on slashdot first 🙂 The Firemonger project is dedicated to providing an easy to use CD which contains the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird, the completely free web browser and email program created by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. read more | digg … Read more

Something to do well you wait on the street

Watch this guy kill some time while sitting on the street. This is just simply amazing. Talk about ball control! Very interesting google video. You have to watch this. read more | digg story

Want to learn Chinese?

I have always wanted to learn Chinese. Maybe it’s because half of the world’s population speaks a form of Chinese, but it has always interested me. I found a wikibook called Chinese (Mandarin) that has 9 lessons on learning Mandarin Chinese (a traditional Chinese dialect). There are also alot of other great books at WikiBooks. … Read more