Info on creating silent/unattended installers

Here's a good reference on how to take a regular program installer and turn it into a silent installer for unattended installs and/or slipstreaming onto updated system install disks.

Nice All Around DVD Authoring Guide

Here's a nice guide on all you should considering when authoring your own video DVDs. The advice seems very sound and his background seems extensive. Since I've got a big project coming up (4+ hours of vacation video to condense into probably one DVD -- although I'm sure everyone will still want an "uncut" version with all the video)

New weekly build for Opera 9

This may not be news, but I really just wanted to post the link to the weekly builds of Opera 9. So far they've been pretty stable for me.

Getting rid of common annoyances in Windows Xp

Hate little popups in windows XP? This site shows you how to get rid of them and other useful tips for tweaking XP.

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Software to Watch DVDs and All Multimedia Files on Ubuntu

Shows where to get the "restricted" libdvdcss2, win32 codecs and other binaries required to complete you Ubuntu multimedia experience. Includes links to the .deb pacakges in case the repositories are down just when you need it.

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Windows XP: Command-line reference A-Z

All the comands you'll ever need in Windows XP, explained.

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Slipstream Windows XP with nLite

Here's a great utility to make an all-in-one Windows XP install disk. It's kinda nice being able to have one single disk that installs almost all the updates available (including many third party utilities and drivers). Looks to be fairly easy and is recommended by many.

Light an LED for Pennies... wait, WITH Pennies???

A neat science project using household items to power an LED using nothing more than an ice cube tray, some pennies, dimes, paper clips, and an LED. Pretty neat really.

Simple/Cheap Backup Plan

Here's an article on how to set up a simple/cheap backup plan for your home machines.