Dec 21

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It has been a whirlwind of activity in our household but I wanted to pause and acknowledge family, friends, and listeners with the true meaning of the Christmas season.  I have not had time to record a regular episode and it looks like it will be after Christmas before I do but I have a Christmas treat for you.  Check out the following links where you can download the classic Christmas tale “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.

Merry Christmas and God Bless!
Russ Wenner
The Techie Geek

Download as one zipped MP3 from the Internet Archive here.

I converted the .txt file from “Project Gutenberg” and can be downloaded as an .ogg file here.  If you enjoy listening to a computer generated voice and want the .mp3 you can get that here.

I made the OGG and MP3 files with “Read Aloud” and “Audacity”

This and other free audio files are available from “Project Gutenberg”.  Read by humans here.  Read by computers here.

Dec 7

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2:30 – Verizon FiOS Tech support fiasco
3:58 – Load Balancing Router
14:50 – Verizon FiOS plans, MechWarrior 3, MechWarrior 4 Vengence, BlackNight
15:45 – Microsoft Zune and The Zune Marketplace
16:20 – The XBOX360 is Microsoft’s best product.
17:05 – Palm Zire 31 with tcpmp is still my favorite audio player.
18:30 – DistroWatch Linux distro stats
18:57 – Wikipedia site for comparing Linux distros
19:10 – DeviceGuru.com link to Interviews with 16 Kernel hackers
19:35 – Chad Wollenberg from the Linux Basement podcast mentioned this video of Linus Torvalds from 2001- The Origins of Linux. It was recorded one week after 9/11/01 and when ReiserFS was brand new (mentioned at 58:22).
21:05 – The FISH shell has auto-completion for commands
25:05 – How to avoid XP reactivation
25:17 – Cool port scanning web site (If this site is still down then check out ShieldsUp! at GRC.com)
25:16 – Advance Bash scripting
25:20 – 30 Security Tools for Ubuntu
25:31 – Free Linux courses at BeginLinux.org
26:09 – Indeed.com searches all job web sites
27:25 – Making an XP reinstall CD when your preinstalled PC did not include a reinstall CD
27:52 – Rant about eBay BuyItNow, BestOffer, Negatives for Buyers
29:47 – CraigsHelper.com is an excellent site for searching CraigsList.org
30:35 – Looking for a Macbook Pro to play with
31:18 – NetStumbler is the standard in Windows wireless network scanning
31:33 – NetSurveyor is the new guy on the block for Windows wireless scanning and offers some advantages over NetStumbler
32:10 – Wine and Crossover for running Windows software on Linux
33:10 – Videos on the Linux Foundation web site
33:25 – The Dude is an excellent freeware Windows network scanner
34:01 – What terminal emmunlator do you use in Linux? I’m using PuTTY the most.
36:48 – I never knew about the “hi-lite and click with middle button” trick
38:10 – PuTTY is available in Ubuntu

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