Nerdica

I've currently been tweaking Nerdica.com, and I've added a few features to make it easier to share material found here. The first would be a "Print this Article" option at the bottom of every article. Once that is clicked, a simple, printer-friendly edition is given to you. Second, would be the "Digg It!" button at the bottom of every post. If you like the material, help share it by voting for on Digg.com. And third, the site now uses FeedBurner for syndication. You can find the feeds on the right side of the homepage.

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Why?

While most of our time on the Internet is spent IM'ing, e-mail, or just browsing the Web, you may run in to situations when you need to do some powerful file transfers. If you use a laptop, you're use to getting up, suspending your laptop, and running out the door all of the time. But, sometimes you know you just need something dedicated to get work done. You'll need a solution to retrieve files and serve data when you need it. In this guide, you'll learn how to set a small headless Ubuntu server used to retrieve BitTorrent files, while ... [Read more]

So, one of my roommates came back to the apartment Tuesday with an Air Hogs Havoc Heli RC helicopter....and it only took me five seconds of watching him play to know that I must have one. We drove straight to Wal-Mart and purchased an Air Hogs Aero Ace. Its a simple rechargeable RC airplane. The remote holds 6 AA batteries, and the plane itself recharges from a cable connected to the remote. Until midnight that night, we darted between cars and apartments with the the coolest toys on the planet. The airplane flies really ... [Read more]

Sources.list, What?

For those of us using the Debian package management systems, i.e. anyone using "apt-get" or Synaptic for management, there's a better way to organize your repository sources. Most of the time while needing to add more repositories, you would usually add a line to the "sources.list" configuration file. The problem with this is that as you add more repositories to it, it soon becomes cluttered and bloated.

Thankfully, there's a different way to add new repositories without tacking them onto sources.list. If you edit add an empty file to the "sources.list.d" folder (most likely located at "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/", same folder as ... [Read more]

While global warming occurs, Jesus dies, and the president lies, there's always suppose to be one thing that holds constant. MY GODFORSAKEN ALARM CLOCK! I know some of us think, "Hey, my alarm doesn't always wake me up." But, you do know it always rings, but you do not always heed to its warning.

Today, my alarm clock has failed me. Even if Einstein can bend space and time, my alarm clock should never give one inch to keep from ringing at 6:30 AM. But, today, I know my alarm clock is dieing. Yesterday, I missed class because ... [Read more]

Why?

For those of us who enjoy using the Gnome desktop environment, we know we want our GUI applications to be easy to use and seamless. But, there's always that one program that uses the KDE QT library to provide a front-end. For example, I love to listen to music, and nothing beats AmaroK for me. But, every time I use it, the color scheme and icon theme completely clash with my Gnome desktop. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to change the native KDE theme to blend with a standard Gnome GTK theme.

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Went to see 1408 last night. You'd think I would be torn between the new John Cusack film and the ever-so-exciting Fantastic Four sequel. Actually, not really. I'd rather watch grass grow, then watch paint dry, and then count ceiling tiles indefinitely than sit through another disappointing comic film. What really assured me that I chose the right movie is when Samuel L. Jackson's character brags in the movie by insinuating that it is "not the regular hack 'n slash." (And of course, good ole' Sam gives his signature "f*ck" line.) The movie uses some ... [Read more]

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