curl usage explained – I love curl!

Using cURL to interact with Google data services – A great resource from Google showing common usages of cURL interacting with their services. Read more »

The Mutt E-Mail Client – I have recently started to use mutt for checking my gmail email. I have to say that once you get it all setup you can blaze through emails.

Subversion – This is another application that completely changed my life as a developer. If you are creating websites or working on a new app for a site or even just trying to keep Wordpress updated Subversion (SVN) is an absolute must. If you have never heard of it I suggest you drop what you are doing and head over there. Read more »

42 of the Best Free Linux Video Software

3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows User – Although I think a live CD is easier than most of these its worth checking out if you havn’t been introduced to the world of Linux yet.

Mac vs PC vs Linux (pic) – A nice picture showing the differences between the top operating systems. Although I think they should replace the Ubuntu logo with a Gentoo logo for added comedy. Read more »

30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should Download – Nuff said.

Browsershots – Cross test your site against pretty much every OS/Browser combination. Read more »

Which Linux Distributions Are Dying? – So which distributions are growing in terms of searches/day? Although this doesn’t necessarily represent popularity it does show how many people are looking for help or new to specific distribution. Interesting none the less.

Mozilla sets Guinness World Record with Firefox 3 launch – Although I can’t say I was part of the download frenzy this is pretty cool. Read more »

Yahoo’s Website Performance Rules – This is a must read if you develop websites. The author is the cheif optimization engineer for Yahoo and author of High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers, published by O’Reilly.

5 Ways to Screencast Your Linux Desktop – If you are looking to make screen casts or video tutorials on Linux make sure you check this article. Read more »

CSS Compressor – A cool script that will compress your css files. Most of my files were compressed by 20% or more.

CssTidy – I found this shortly after cssdrive’s script and thought it was much better at compressing. Both of them are worth checking into. Read more »

Recover Lost Passwords with Free Tools – An interesting set of tools allowing inexperienced users the ability to crack passwords. It’s tools like this that make me a parinoid computer user.

Google command line – Use google like you would a Unix command line. Read more »