Use C# To Implement A Cron Service

Over at Code Project there is a neat little article showing you how to implement a small Cron service in C#.

This is not a full blown Cron service you would normally find in the UNIX and Linux world but if you need a small highly customizable scheduler this may be fairly helpful.

Skinning GMail

With the Firefox extension URLid and a simple CSS file you can put a different look on your GMail account.

You can find instructions in the TipMonkies post 'Skinning GMail' and at the Gmailinvitation posting 'GMail Skinning Quick Guide.'

Death By Caffeine

Check out how much caffeine you need to consume to kill you.

http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/

Dive Into Python

Over at http://diveintopython.org/, you can download a copy of the book 'Dive into Python.'

EJB Design Patterns Book

TheServerSide.com has the book 'EJB Design Patterns' for download in PDF format.

You are read TheServerSide.com posting here.

FireTune for FireFox v1.x

I came across this cool little tool call FireTune that helps in configuring FireFox.

Update: I have installed the program and applied the tweaks. I am really pleased with the results. FireFox seems to be a lot more responsive.

Ebooks and Audiobooks from the Edwardsville Public Library

From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, the local newspaper for Edwardsville, Il, there are two interesting articles of how the public library there is getting on-board with ebooks and audiobooks.

The first article is 'ebooks vs. audio books.' The second article is 'Edwardsville library offering free downloads of audio books.'

The Edwardsville Public Library is working with NetLibrary to offer the ebooks and audiobooks to their members. This is something you may want to suggest to your local librarian.

Acrylic

For you bleeding edge professional graphics people, check out Acrylic from Micorsoft. Acrylic is the code name for design program that combines pixel-based painting with vector graphics.

Visual C++ PowerTools

Over at GotDotNet you can get the VC++ PowerTools.

The tools include:

• Delta - Watch a directory to what items get changed.
• FindDir - Find a directory on a server
• Windows Installer Log Parser - Viewer for log files generated from Windows Installer Setups.
• Depends - Scans and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependant modules.
• Window Control - COM Object allowing simple manipulation of windows via scripting languages.
  
• SpCheck - Service Pack Checker will check the origin of many different components on a system.
• Err - Lookup Error Constants in a number of NT Tables
• ProcWait - Waits for 1 or more processes to terminate and inherits their return values.
  
• C++ IFilter - C++ IFilter for Indexing Service searchs C++ code.
• Ci - Command-line search tool for Indexing Service.
• Srch - Graphical search tool for Indexing Service.
• Wear - Reports all matches for an exe in the path.
• JumpWin - Move an application from 1 monitor to another (when using multimon) at the touch of a key.
• Remoted - Software Switchbox allows you to control multiple computers by moving your mouse to the edge of a screen.
• Backinfo - Generates a wallpaper with System Data.
• KAPIMon - Debugging Framework based on Kernel and User API Hooks. Do Not use on Windows XP machines.
  
• SmartAny - This template library for generic resource management.
• GRETA - Regular expression library that supports full Perl 5 syntax.

Colani's Trucks

Colani Design has brought to life some interesting designs for trucks.

Pentix - Dedicated To The Art Of Pen Spinng

Pentix is a web site focusing on the art of "pen spinning." This is a neat little site it covers several pen spinning tricks and has several videos you an check out.

Build Your Own Render Farm

ExtremeTech.com has a great article about building your own render farm with old machines. The article covers building a render farm from a fairly high level.

Shell.NET

Check out Shell.NET. This is a collection of classic Unix application implemented in .NET.

The collection includes Cal, CopyFiles, Grep, SameFiles, SameDir, Tail, WordCount and other tools.

U.S. Navy Diving Manual

Today I came across the U.S. Navy Diving Manual so I was got a little curious about who else had links to it. Here some of the more interesting links:


Virtual Naval Hospital has a link to the PDF version which is over 900 pages.

Amazon.com has it for a fee.

Oxycheq.com has some pictures of rebreathers from older versions of the manual.

American Dive Center has each chapter as a PDF. This makes it a little easier to deal with.

Sea OOC has an exe you can download plus several other interesting looking publications.

http://www.diverlink.com/library/usn/ has the each chapter as its own PDF.

Airspeed Press has a link to order a copy of the manual on CD.

DiveHistory.com does not has a link to the US Navy Diving Manual but does has an interesting timeline on the Evolution of US Navy Diving. I also some books they have for sale that look interesting.

Podcast Award

In case you have not heard the podcast awards have been announced. It looks like I will be adding some more URLs to my podcast client.

Scuba Podcast

PADI is getting into podcasting. The RSS feed is http://www.padi.com/rss/rss.xml.

Free Videos To Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions

Check out this video series aimed at beginner programmer looking to get started with Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition or Visual C# 2005 Express Edition. The vidoes are from LearnVisualStudio.NET they have done some interesting videos in the past so I am expecting these videos to be good.

Skype 1.3.0.60 Released

Skype 1.3.0.60 For Windows has been released.

This version includes a bugfix for call quality is improved for users with restrictive firewalls and routers.

Star Wars Episode 3

If you check out Best Buys website you can find the release date of 11/01/2005 for Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith.

Technical Videos.NET

Technical Videos .NET is producing training videos for IT professionals at a reasonable price. The training videos cover .NET, SQL Server and Flash MX. You can buy a 3 month membership for $20 and a yearly membership for $40.

I have not have a membership nor have I seen any of the videos so I can not talk about the quality of the video. I really like the price so it may be work checking out.

Podcast Hosting On The Cheap

Over at TipMonkies there is the article 'Podcast hosting on the cheap.'

This article has a nice list of various podcast hosting services with pricing information.

L Sharp .NET

L Sharp .NET is a lisp based scripting for .NET. L Sharp is distribued under the GNU General Public License.