Link Roundup 2-25-07

Some cool links I found this week while surfing teh InterWeb:

• Woot Watcher Firefox Extension - Get the latest from Woot without having to visit the site or check your feed aggregator
• LibraryThing Suggester - you tell it a book that you like and it will suggest other works you might find interesting
• Visuwords - graphical dictionary, must experience this one for yourself
• Google Talk as Universal Messenger - use your Google Talk account to talk to all of your friends that are still on loser IM networks like MSN, AIM, and Yahoo (EDIT: YMMV with this one, it's only kind of working for me in that I have to be signed in on Psi and logged in to the MSN transport for my msn contacts to show up in Google Talk)
  
• Delete Mistyped Entries in Firefox Url Bar
• Windows To Linux Roadmap - IBM developerworks article with handy tips for migrating from Windows to Linux
• Virtual PC 2007 - for some strange reason, Microsoft has decided to release the new version of Virtual PC as a free download. This app is great for experimenting with Linux without leaving the comfort of your Windows installation.
• The 4 Best Ways to Sit at Your Computer - me being ever more RSI conscious, I found this one interesting. I'm seriously considering the exercise ball, myself.
• Learn the Fingered Whistle - I always wanted to know how to do this...we'll see how successful I am
  

Note: Almost all of the above links were found through http://lifehacker.com a site which I have recently discovered and really, really like.

Blinky.NET now available for your poor, poor eyes

Problems with eye strain? You might have heard of Matt Smith's blink notifier application, Blinky. Well, in an attempt to become more familiar with .NET windows forms development, and to address some of the things I wanted to see added to blinky, I have released a first-pass of a port/rewrite in C#. The link below will take you to Blinky.NET's wiki page where you can download the application. This is basically a beta release, so be sure and leave me comments about things you'd like to see added to the application.

I started using the original Blinky application because I was getting massive headaches at work. After the first day of use, I noticed that my headaches had cleared up and my eyes didn't feel like they were going to pop out of my head. Needless to say, I was hooked. The problem is, I recently started a new job where I happen to have a nice dual monitor setup (which I highly recommend). And for whatever reason, Blinky wasn't notifying me to blink like it did on my old single-monitor setup. So I downloaded and studied Matt's source code and decided I just might be able to pull off writing this application in C#. Give it a try:

http://geek4christ.wikidot.com/blinky-net

Rebirth of the blog

Welcome to the rebirth of the geek4christ blog. This blog is mainly a space for me to publish notes, thoughts and news about what's going on with me. It is also meant to be a companion to my wiki, so feel free to check that out as well.