One major knock (or advantage) is that their are just too many distributions to decide from when it comes to linux. If someone new to linux wished to give it a try, which distro should they go for? Well, the Which Distribution FAQ answers all these questions and more.

Even though I was never a fan of Aeon Flux, I am a huge fan of Anime. In this respect, any way I can promote “cartoons” to the masses has to be good (yes I called them cartoons only because that is what the lay person refers to them as). Anyways, if you have never […]

You can’t really consider yourself a programmer unless you have programmed your own CMS. At least that is what it seems like with all the CMSs running around or left stranded. David Rodriguez presents a guide that describes how a real CMS should be designed, letting you focus more on the code since the design […]

Bistro is a SmallTalk variant that can be used over any JVM implementation. Don’t use either one, but from the arguments that I hear from the OOP crowd SmallTalk is nothing to scoff at. Might be worth a look.

The Fusebox Lifecycle Process (FLiP) is a process for developing web applications. There are two fundamental ideas behind FLiP. The first is keeping the process closely tied to client feedback. The second is to encourage inexpensive changes early, before they become more expensive and time consuming. FLiP offers a nice list of tools, techniques and methods to achieve this

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If you use Apache sooner or later you will encounter a time that you will have to use rewrites. Learn the stuff now.

Sometimes you come across something that is entertaining and you show it to your friends (non-geeks) and they find no joy or amusement in it. Diesel Sweeties is that type of site. Start from the beginning and watch the hours quickly pass you by.

Thinking about purchasing a new LCD monitor and have no idea where to start? Well you should start at this thread, but don’t start from page 1…maybe 110 and up should get you on the right path. Personally, I am hoping Apple gets thinner bezel on their next LCDs. $2k for the 23″ is […]

Geeks love games. That’s been pretty clear for a long time now.

But some games that are of particular interest to geeks, you won’t find on a console or in a shiny box at Circuit City. Some of the earliest games, the ones some of us were weaned on, don’t even have graphics. And we like them that way.

There are times where I sit down and think there is absolutely nobody in the world who is geekier than me…then I came across threads like this and find out that I am at most a level 3 geek and some of these guys are pushing 90+ level geek status.

This is the kind of stuff that makes you appreciate a geek. We have mad problem solving skills. Mad.

Itching to start learning Python? I figured. Well then I think maybe you should head on over to Magnus’s Python Page and check out some of his articles. The language is simple and that is how his articles are written.

Another ESR classic that goes into great details the attributes that are required to become a hacker. Ignore the fact that some of the underlying tones tend to lean towards an open-source propaganda document and you have the workings of a timeless treasure. After reading this you will really be inspired to hack.

Before the assorted media figures and the collected script kiddies perverted the term “hacker,” it was an appellation of greatest respect. In the good old days, the Jargon File was born.

An interesting looking CMS that supports XSLT and more importantly Topic Maps. Good to see that some people are actually trying to make the Semantic Web applicable to the real world.

I don’t care what you say. These are some cool televisions. I would never buy one, but they are still cool televisions. Chicks love retro and you can tell them I said that.