Dads To Do List
This is my to do list of random things I've collected up and transferred from a million small pieces of paper into something that can be accessed from anywhere I happen to find myself with a few minutes of free time.
For AI class:
PC Cleanup:
Send this to Tom:
and this
Send this to Jamey:
send to all kids:
Cautionary tale for all my kids:
Vids to watch later:
- noises - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/vi-hart-on-what-is-up-with-noises.html
- frozen synapse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jJrUY27O0Y&t=5m57s
- Jeri on solenoids - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/jeri-ellsworth-talks-solenoids.html
- inductors - http://hackaday.com/2011/09/22/beginner-concepts-a-quartet-of-videos-on-inductors/
Add this to daily startup list:
http://tideals.com/
I need a "check these periodically" list:
To Read:
- read this: http://www.moneysense.ca/2011/09/06/11-steps-to-financial-freedom/
- along with this: http://www.boomerandecho.com/11-steps-to-financial-freedom-prioritize-your-goals/
- Then this: http://www.boomerandecho.com/11-steps-to-financial-freedom-determine-your-net-worth/
- There are supposed to be 11 of them all together...
On another subject:
- Know Your Network - 1
- Know Your Network - 2
- Know Your Network - 3
- Know Your Network - 4
- Know Your Network - 5
- Know Your Network - All In One
- Solar Charger Tutorial - 1
- Windows 7 ISOs
- Read the Vorkosigan novels.
Work Research:
- Software Craftsmanship Manifesto
- Software Craftsmanship Conference
- local hackerspace - Workshop 88
- If at&t ever implodes, look into 8th Light
project research:
- http://www.makerbot.com
- http://www.craftymusicteachers.com/index.html
- http://www.lafavre.us/marimba.htm
- http://www.vosa.org/paul/sales_folder/marimba_make.htm
- http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Marimba/
- http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/06/make-your-own-marimba.html
- http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Marimba-Mallets
- http://www.ehow.com/how_6638531_make-own-marimbas.html
- http://www.diylife.com/2007/11/07/build-a-xylophone-out-of-almost-anything/
- http://hackaday.com/2010/12/02/make-your-own-solenoids-then-play-the-xylophone/
- http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1981-11-01/The-Pipe-Xylophone.aspx
I might need a photography page:
- http://www.diyphotography.net/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-light-painting Everything You Wanted To Know About Light Painting
- http://www.diyphotography.net/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-magical-shaped-bokeh Everything You Wanted To Know About The Magical Shaped Bokeh
- http://www.diyphotography.net/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-getting-your-camera-high Everything You Wanted To Know About Getting Your Camera High (Aerial Photography)
Exercise:
ToDo:
- home maintenance on autopilot
check this out:
- www.paperbackswap.com
- mog.com
- StreamWriter
First, a "What's this?" list:
- http://archive.org
- http://trails.com
- http://orikaso.com
- http://boardgamegeek.com
- http://daysofwonder.com
- http://mbreview.org
- http://tldp.org - The Linux Documentation Project.
- http://www.onlive.com
- http://vimeo.com/11431902
- zecco
- wikinvest
- covestor
- http://buntfu.com - Buy and sell Linux hardware.
- metacritic
- http://www.scene.org
- http://www.pouet.net
- http://www.256b.com
- http://www.assembly.com
- http://iheartchaos.com/2008/01/28/programming-as-art-ihcs-fave-demos-i-heart-tech/
- look on lxer for Linux: we got game
- http://svideo.com
- LoReMo - diesel car
- http://qtv.mobitv.com/sprintTVLive.mcd
- Look into a firefox extension called "firebug"
- http://baen.com/library
- http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_%28Bookshelf%29
- http://eliterature.org/pad/afb.html
- http://darkroastedblend.com
- http://books.google.com
- http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu
- http://ulib.org
- http://www.improbable.com/magazine
- http://att.com/familyroom
- http://www.edge.org/Q2008/Q08_index.html
- http://fancast.com
- research nmap and nmapgui
- search lxer for:
- How to run games on Linux
- The Sound of Linux 2007
- Network Information Game Applet
- Apricot
- OpenOffice.Org extensions
- Tutorial: sharing Samba
- http://www.coolcommands.com
- http://www.system76.com
- http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
- http://illinois.edu/about/overview/cool/cellpaper.html
- http://www.dogpile.com - search engine aggregator
- http://www.alltheweb.com - search engine
- http://www.quinnware.com - media player, record streams?
- http://www.jetaudio.com
- http://avsforum.com - Audio, Video, etc forums
- http://www.annoyances.org - how to eliminate windows annoyances.
- http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org - like snopes?
- http://snopes.com - like mythbusters for computer legends
- http://www.helponthe.net - the tech support guy?
- http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com - patch up MS Windows
- http://officeupdates.microsoft.com - patch up MS office
- http://www.versiontracker.com - watches for patches for multiple apps
- http://www.driverguide.com - find latest drivers
- http://tomshardware.com - hardware reviews and info
- http://www.anandtech.com - news/analysis about processors, chipsets, motherboards, etc.
- http://www.acronymfinder.com - need to know what it means?
- http://www.onelook.com - find dictionary definitions from multiple sources
Then, maybe some useful Ubuntu apps:
- VLC - video player
- dvdisaster - data recovery tool
- krita - image editor
- openshot - video editor
- Note: Lightworks is supposed to be similar to openshot, only on the Windows platform.
- kino - video editor
- cinelerra - video editor
- ogg theora - video editor? codec? not sure!
- ubuntu tweak
- amarok - audio player
- rhythmbox - audio player
- audacious - audio player
- xmms - audio player
- clamav - virus scanner
- rippedwire - video conversion
- winff - video converter
- firestarter - graphic front end for firewall s/w
- inkscape - graphics
- xbmc - Media Center app
- boxee - Media Center app
- celestia - astronomy app
- gcstar - media collection manager
- ceemedia
- cdnavigator
- katalog
- gtkatalog
- cdcollect
- tellico
- griffith
Linux Distributions worth looking at:
- tinycore
- Puppy Linux
- xubuntu
- lubuntu
- Linux Mint
Next, how about some game suggestions. This first list is FPS games in decreasing order of reviewed strength (best to worst):
- warsow
- tremulous
- worldofpadman
- nexuiz
- alienarena
- OpenArena
- sauerbraten
Some Indie RPGs:
- ExitFate
- Cthulu Saves The World - Steam $3
- Dungeons of Dredmor - Steam $5
- Battle For Wesnoth
More, random games:
- flightgear
- worldofpadman.com
- tremulous.net
- astro menace
Useful Android apps:
- astrid
- evernote <or> mNote
- google maps & navigation
- appBrain
- dropbox
- tasker
- voice actions / voice search
- adb - install new market apps
Audio Recording
- Audacity.sourceforge.net
- normalize.nongnu.org
- gnudb.org
- easytag.sourceforge.net
- lame.sourceforge.net/index.php
- flac.sourceforge.net
Musical Instruments:
Investing Notes:
- Left side of base corrects no more than 40 - 45% (prefer less)
- Handle - "tighter" - less daily/weekly change than during base
Movies made in blender:
- Yo Frankie
- Elephants Dream
- Big Buck Bunny
- Sintel
Audio Books:
- Pod Cast Alley
- http://scottsiglar.net
- nocturnal
- earthcore
- infected
- JCHutchins
- http://www.jchutchins.net
- seventh son
- http://podiobooks.com
- Alibi jones
- Mur Lafferty
- http://www.echofiction.com
- The Byron Chronicles
- http://www.childrenofthegods.net
- http://www.themoth.org
- leviathan chronicles
- wiki?
- http://apstevens.com
- http://obriant.com
- http://evertimerealms.com or http://eventimerealms.com
eBooks:
- http://baen.com
- http://fictionwise.com
- http://terrania.us
- webscription.net
Video Sites:
- http://strangerthings.tv
- http://www.c-span.org
- http://hak5.org
- http://www.dl.tv
- http://revision3.com
- http://www.twit.tv
- http://callforhelptv.com
- http://crankygeeks.com
- http://thechrispirilloshow.com
Finding people:
- http://superpages.com - find addresses, reverse lookup from phone numbers, etc...
- http://411locate.com - find addresses, phone numbers, etc...
- http://www.anywho.com
- http://www.search.com
- http://www.freeality.com/finde.htm
- http://www.searchsystems.net
RDP tricks and tips:
- http://blog.jtbworld.com/2006/07/ctrlaltdelete-in-remote-desktop.html
- http://www.lancelhoff.com/reboot-or-shutdown-from-remote-desktop-connection/
- http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/taskbar-disappears-while-remote-desktop-t3708190.html
- http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/04/remote-desktop-tips-and-tricks.html
Skip cable, use a PC: http://rss.slashdot.org/%7Er/Slashdot/slashdot/%7E3/RHmdyliiCV0/Ask-Slashdot http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/RHmdyliiCV0/Ask-Slashdot-Are-You-Streaming-Only-For-Home-Entertainment
Learn about ipv6: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150553
Linux easter eggs: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150648
Vertigo game: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150660
Streaming music: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150684
Recording with Ardour DAW: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150878
Save battery life in android: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=150971
Structure synth art prog: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=151042
Music business legal information:
- Not sure if these are all still valid. They come from paper copies collected long, long ago, in a career far, far away.
- http://www.thefirm.com/articles/mechroyl.htm
- http://www.ascap.com/artcommerce/music4money.htm
- http://mail.musicuniverse.com/fineprint10.html
- http://www.bmi.com/toolbox/songcrgt.html