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After returning from a quick trip to Alaska…
Presenting…NimbleX, a portable linux system thats a 200 mb live cd that has…550 packages and a quick boot time. Installation is really quick and easy although it comes with VirtualBox so you can run another OS ontop of it out of the box. Of course…you can customize your own live CD on their site, which is… NimbleX
Check it out and let us know how you like it.
Oh, and once I get settled in, I’ll post a small collection of photos from Alaska

This is just a heads-up, I’m off to vacation in Alaska for a week…I’ll make sure to post some good photos if i get em
Cheers and cya all in a week!

Sources indicate that Dell *might* be releasing a Pocket Projector weighing at 1.1 pounds, LED based in Q4 of this year. It’s the size of a coffee mug, and if its cheap enough…its *mine*
We’ll keep you informed hehe

This is a widget available as a Yahoo Widget or Vista Sidebar gadget, and it is a nice militaristic looking radar screen. With your settings, it scans for wifi networks. Interestingly enough, it plots the physical location of nearby access points. Very cool. It also gives you statistical data about the point. Its pretty much eyecandy, along with the ease of choosing access points to connect to on an actual physical plot.
Check it out: Xirrus.

Seems like we’re just loading you up with software these days
DropUpLoad is this nifty tool for people who have ftp space, and let other people use them.
You can setup a password/login, package it, and give it to someone. That someone doesn’t need to know your login details or anything, they just press a connect button, and click/drag items into the box. Its a no-frills uploader. Whats nice is that its quick and easy to use. Check it out: DropUpLoad

We posted a while back of a utility that could do this, but this is a more polished and better looking version. It does help that the instructions are in english
It’s 600kb, works on 32 bit windows, no 64 bit .
You can now group similar items, settings are stored in a file, making it portable.
Check it out: Taskbar Shuffle

Here is a cool program like Super that we posted about a very long time ago. While Super is still our favorite converter, it doesn’t do images or some other functions. It’s user interface is also a bit…odd. FormatFactory won’t convert *as* many formats as Super, it can handle images, rip DVDs into video files, and is a bit more easy on the eye. Check it out: FormatFactory

Simple to explain: Soundsnap provides what are essentially high quality “clip-art” for sounds. A lot are made by sound professions, but you can upload your own too. Their nicely categorized, searchable, and easy to use.

Check it out for your next project: Soundsnap

Presenting…Partition Find and Mount. I hope you can understand what this piece of software does. It lets you find and mount lost partitions, marking them as read only so they won’t be corrupted. It won’t solve severe hardware damage, but for most problems of corruption, this tool should work. And heck, its free. Give it a shot: Partition Find and Mount

Well, I know things are getting small and all….and nanotubes are getting funding like theres no tomorrow…but really, this is just ridiculous. Berkeley has developed a single nanotube that acts as the antenna, tuner, amplifier, AND demodulator of a radio. It captures signal by mehanical vibration instead of the usual method since its so damn small. Whats very cool is that its got perfectly acceptable quality sound. To demo this, they attached the nanotube onto an electrode. Somehow, through the magic that is carbon nanotube, it transmits the sound as an electric current. There are some awesome pictures and videos of the nanotube in action, along with some audio samplings. Check it out: Nanotube Radio