Couch DB Introduction

A document=oriented DB.

Couch

VIM Editor Comments: IBM Article

A nice recent overview on VIM--from 2008.

Figlet

Nice way to spice up script files.

FIGlet

Replace spaces in filenames with underscorees

I need to do this someday!

 Replace spaces in filenames with underscorees

Twits via the Command Line with Curl

It is pretty easy to send twitter messages from a command line;

curl twits

test

test

Use Relative Paths in Your Batch Files

Nice tip for scripts used batch files.

Relatiive

Controlling a Server Over a Serial Link

No keyboard or monitor? Then use a serial link to control the server>

Details Here.

GIMP Tutorials

Nice examples of how to get the most out of Gimp.

Gimp Examples

Nice Visual git tutorial

This explains git very well and with pictures:

git

Emacs Org Tutorial

This is a very detailed tutorial on advanced org usage.


http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#sec-4.1

PC Bios Guide

I can never recall what all the BIOS setups mean. This explanation is thorough.

Bios

.htaccess Tips

This article has some good points on how to configure the Apache Web Server's .htaccess file.

Link

Emacs AlsaPlayer

I have not tried it but this allows you to run a music player from within Emacs:

Alsa

Elisp programming in Emacs

This is a nice and short tutorial for those who want a little information on lisp and making functions for Emacs.

Stevey's Blog Rants

Mounting ISO without Burning a CD

Nice and short video. Shows Gnome GUI and command line methods.

Video

UC Berkeley Self-paced Software Courses: FREE

All sorts of software courses here:

UCB Self-Paced Center

Software Cheat Sheets

This guy has a nice list of cheat sheets:

Cheat  Sheets

Photography and Panoramice Images

Here are some Ubuntu links and a camera mount DIY project:




http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161123&page=1

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/panoramic_photos_in_linux.html

http://www.mybitbox.com/articles/panoramic-photos-in-ubuntu/

HTML 5: A description of what is coming

This IBM article explains what HTML will do for WEB 2.0. Some browsers already support some of the coming standard.

HTML 5 Features