Resources

I would consider myself a temporary expert…meaning that at the moment(s) in which I am trying to solve a problem I learn as much as possible about the issue in order to solve it only to forget days later how I fixed it originally. Therefore I have decided to create a link list to the places where I have found solutions or programs to fix many of the issues that have plagued my computer life. Obviously I can’t remember them all (which is why I created this list) so I will simply start with today’s issue and add news ones as I find them and old ones as I remember them. Honestly, this is more for me so I can track down my previous fixes should issues arise again, but I thought I would share the wealth. Also, I typically try to find free solutions/programs (cause I’m cheap like that), but sometimes you have to put up the cash so any items that you have to pay for a followed by “$$$”.

iPad Apps - These are my favorite and most used iPad Apps (search the names below for specifics and updated pricing info)

  • Media - Music, Photos, TV, Movies
    • Pandora Radio - Build your own radio station
    • Sound Hound - What is this song? Find out with Sound Hound and buy/download immediately
    • Beatwave - Make your own tunes
    • ABC Player - TV viewer
    • Netflix - Movie viewer (Requires Netflix subscription to view movies)
    • iBooks - Book reader (Some books are free, but must buy others)
    • IMDb - Your favorite movie and tv database
    • Flixster - Local movie times and reviews from Rotten Tomato
    • HBO - Latest HBO programs
    • Flipboard - View your Facebook/Twitter Feed like a magazine
  • Business/General Purpose
    • Jumbo Calculator
    • TWC MAX+ - The Weather Channel
    • WeatherStation - NOAA’s Weather App
    • USAA - Online Banking
    • Mint.com - Online Budgeting
    • Dropbox - File Storage/Sharing
    • eTrade - Stock Portfolio/Tracking
    • Wikipanion - iPad verson of Wikipedia
    • GoToMeeting - Meeting Viewer
    • WebEx - Meeting Viewer
    • AroundMe - Location based business suggestions
    • Google Earth - Cool Maps via SkyNet
    • Standard Clock - um…a standard clock
  • News - Coming Soon
  • Games - Coming Soon
  • Children’s Apps - Coming Soon

Firefox - Mozilla’s Internet Browser - These are some of my favorite and most used Add-ons

Thunderbird - Mozilla’s Email Client

  • Use with Outlook calendar, address book and mail - Inkin.net
  • Lightning Add-on to manage your daily schedule directly within Thunderbird - Mozilla.org (Nightly Build for use with Thunderbird 3 until full release available - FTP.Mozilla.org)
  • Ever wanted to get rid of Outlook? - DavMail Gateway
  • IMAP Access for Gmail - Gmail Help
  • Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu - Learning Ubuntu

Blogger

Multiple OS Programs/Solutions

  • Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse using Synergy - LifeHacker
  • Download YouTube and other video clips to your computer - DLYTV
  • Create screencasts for Twitter - Screenr
  • Free photo editing program for those who don’t want to buy Adobe Photoshop - GIMP
  • Windows Office-like products without those pesky dollar signs attached - OpenOffice.org
  • Monitor your Facebook and Twitter friends and make updates without constantly logging in - Seesmic
  • Forget to turn off your Caps Lock key? Don’t retype, just convert it - Convert Case
  • Find video and audio editing/converting software for any OS - VideoHelp.com
  • Free Website Monitoring - Montastic
  • Free Website Monitoring - Basic State
  • VirtualBox - a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
  • Top 13 Free Product Key Finder Programs - About.com
  • System Backup - Mozy.com
  • Adding Network Drives to Mozy - Run PC Run

Mac OS X Leopard / Snow Leopard

Windows Vista Home Premium

    • Productivity
      • Create a PDF file without Adobe Acrobat - CNET - Download.com
      • Convert image, music, and video file types - Format Factory
      • Free photo editing program for those who don’t want to buy Adobe Photoshop (Windows only) - Paint.NET

Windows 7

  • Perform Clean install with Upgrade disk - My Digital Life
  • Connecting to your NAS - Windows 7 Forums
  • Place fully functional Recycle Bin on your task bar - TechSpot
  • Prefer the original Windows task bar rather than the “Superbar,” switch back! - TechSpot
  • Multiple Desktops (similar to Mac & Linux) - Dexpot

Linux - General

Ubuntu Desktop

Dual-boot Systems

Mythbuntu Media Center

CentOS Server

  • Configuring CentOS server - Slicehost.com
  • The Nano Text Editor Introduction - Mintaka.SDSU.edu
  • Secure FTP - Slicehost.com
  • Check CPU utilization - nixCraft (For CentOS you need to use the yum command to install sysstat rather than apt-get)
  • 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools - nixCraft
  • Install & configure Cacti network monitoring tool - nixCraft

Apache

PHP/MySQL

Network Attached Storage (NAS) - DNS-321

Website Design