links for 2007-10-08

• Calc Test
  Door calculator for Cavity Slider
  (tags: online_applications reference tools building design)
• Review of Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) new features and changes
  (tags: linux ubuntu distributions review)
• Coding Horror: Can Your Team Pass The Elevator Test?
  for (target customer) who (statement of need or opportunity) the (product name) is a (product category) that (key benefit, compelling reason to buy) unlike (primary competitive alternative) our product (statement of primary differentiation)
  (tags: business management tips)
• Get the Most Out of Gmail / Wired How To’s
  When Google’s free, web-based e-mail service was released in April of 2004, it was heralded as a revolutionary new approach to the web inbox. Indeed, conversation threads, search, tagging, and keyboard shortcuts have changed the way many look at their e-m
  (tags: tips online_applications web2.0 Email howto guide)
• iheard Radio Stations – Free Internet Radio Stations – Online Radio
  Online internet radio directory
  (tags: music streaming internet radio)
• Instructions
  I know these are a bit difficult to understand, and I apologise. If you have trouble please email me. If I get enough emails, I will provide an installer of some kind. Please note that while I’ve taken pains to add a secure authentication function to Sunr
  (tags: ebooks web)
• How to save websites to your hard drive
  There are several ways to save a website and they largely depend on your needs. If you only want to save textual information you could be finished by a simple copy and paste job. If you want to preserve the links you need to save it as html. Most browsers
  (tags: howto tutorial web backup tutorials)
• Karoliina’s blog » Nokia 770 dev howto
  –enable-usb-host-mode = enables USB host mode
  (tags: nokia770 maemo)
• TabletBlog.com by ThoughtFix: “No solder” USB Host method
  (tags: nokia770)
• Nokia 770 Custom Mods
  This is the cornerstone to the whole setup and was a bit of a find. This is the Targus 4 port Micro Travel USB Hub UPC 92636 21633 Model ACH63US. It runs about $30 Wait I haven’t told you the good part yet. The Nokia 770 is not capable of powering any USB
  (tags: nokia770 hacks)
• Nokia 770 USB Power Hack – Internet Tablet Talk Forums
  The device itself works by default in client mode. However, by for example reflashing the device with –enable-usb-host-mode parameter in the flasher program, it can be set to function partially in the usb host mode. It however does not work without a pow
  (tags: nokia770)
• maemo.org – FrequentlyAskedQuestions
  The device itself works by default in client mode. However, by for example reflashing the device with –enable-usb-host-mode parameter in the flasher program, it can be set to function partially in the USB host mode. However it does not work without a pow
  (tags: nokia770)
• Speed Dial – Main
  Speed Dial allows fast access to your most visited websites. It loads in a tab, and will show thumbnail views of it’s assigned websites. Those thumbnails will be refreshed automatically in the background.
  (tags: firefox extension browser)
• maemo.org – Easy USB Host Hub setup
  Use a “regular” USB cable and your host PC to enable host mode. Linux instructions: * disconnect your 770 and power it down (not sleep, full shutdown) * on your host box (as root): ./flasher –enable-usb-host-mode * connect your 770 to the host and power
  (tags: nokia770)
• maemo.org – HowTo
  (tags: nokia770)
• maemo.org – HowTo EASILY Boot From MMC card
  (tags: nokia770)
• OpenProj | Projity
  OpenProj is a free, open source project management solution. OpenProj is a complete replacement of Microsoft Project and other commercial project solutions. A free download of OpenProj is Click to enlarge in a new windowavailable here. OpenProj is ideal f
  (tags: freeware tool software open_source)
• Color Fields Colr Pickr
  (tags: flickr fun visualization graphics experimental)
• Josh’s iTunes Album Art Grabber
  (tags: music online_applications art graphics)
• Linux Tip: Gently Restart a Frozen System – Lifehacker
  1. Hold down the Alt and SysRq (Print Screen) keys. 2. While holding those down, type the following in order. Nothing will appear to happen until the last letter is pressed: REISUB 3. Watch your computer reboot magically.
  (tags: tricks hack tutorial howto linux tips)
• deliGoo – Delicious Search Engine
  deliGoo makes a search using not a reference description and not a tag titles – it uses exactly the text of a page or of a website, you have saved a reference to. Now it’s enough to remember the subject matter of the article – and voila! – here it is!
  (tags: mashup del.icio.us google)
• Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks – Lifehacker
  Without a doubt, Wikipedia is one of the most useful and amazing sources of information on the internet—but chances are you aren’t using it to its full potential. Thanks to its freely available content base, lots of Wikipedia-related projects have sprun
  (tags: howto reference tips wikipedia)
• Biolytix Waste Treatment Systems
  Our visionary “ecosystem in a tank” cleverly uses nature (worms and micro-organisms), not expensive-to-run mechanical parts, to turn sewage into clear irrigation water for your agarden.
  (tags: building energy housing)