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Filed under: Photo, Web services

Top 10 Flickr Hacks

Flickr Leech
I have a Flickr account, and I take plenty of photos, but I find myself not using it as much as I feel I ought to. Maybe Thomas Hawk's list of Top 10 Hacks on Flickr will help remedy that. It's a round-up of tricks, scripts, and sites that make Flickr more pleasurable to use, and though I'd seen some of them already, several of them were pleasant surprises. His #1 Flickr "hack" is Flickr Leech. Its tagline is "because paging sucks," and what it does is shows you all of the thumbnails for any user, photoset, or pool all at once. Very refreshing. That's just the tip of the iceberg--Hawk also points out some great Greasemonkey scripts, some web (and desktop) apps, and more for your Flickr enjoyment.

Filed under: Linux

10 things you should know about Linux

LinuxEven if you're an experienced computer user, stepping into Linux the first time can be disorienting. TechRepublic has an article called 10 things you should know about every Linux installation  that begins, "There are numerous common features with every Linux installation. This document lists 10 of the more important ones you should know about." It won't turn you into a Linux Guru, but it will show you the basics of Linux's file hierarchy, package management, permissions, the CLI, and more. Every little bit helps, right?

Filed under: Windows

Ten tools for every admin

USB
keyOkay, we've seen plenty of lists of apps for every user, or every Windows user, or every Mac user. But what about the sysadmins? This list of 10 tools for every admin is a good start, if very Windows-centric. The list is a bit different than it might have been a few years ago, with now-essential tools like a virtual CD app, VMWare or Virtual PC, a USB key, and even an RSS reader making the cut. Okay, admins, what tools did the author miss that you couldn't live without?

[Via Digg]

Filed under: Features

Top 10 Web Moments of 2005

In December 1990 there was a single web site on the Internet, and by the end of 1991 that figured had jumped to ten. Today there are millions of sites and billions of pages, and the web is a universe unto itself. It's impossible for any one person to keep track of even one percent of the interesting stuff happening on the web, but still we try until our favorites folders are overflowing, our social bookmark sites crash, and our inboxes choke on forwarded links. Occasionally, though, all of that collective interest organizes itself into something more orderly and, for a moment, it seems like everyone on the web is thinking about the same thing. Below are ten moments from the past year that the people who make the web found coolest, most interesting, funniest, and most throught-provoking.

10. Numa Numa Dance

Numa Numa DanceWhat do you get when you combine a Romanian chart-topper, an American teenager, and a webcam? The Numa Numa Dance. New Jersey 19-year-old Gary Brolsma found Internet fame when he not only lip-synched, but did a slick choreographed routine—albeit without leaving his chair—to "Dragostea Din Tei," a dance track by Romanian pop trio O-Zone.

Though Brolsma ultimately shunned his fame, his performance is among the most-linked, forwarded, and immitated videos of the the year, even earning him a profile in the New York Times.

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Filed under: Blogging

BlogPulse's 2005 Year in Review

BlogPulse Year in ReviewLike Google's Year-End Zeitgeist but for blogs, BlogPulse has published a Year in Review that lists 2005's biggest blogs, news stories, images, videos, and more. Boing Boing, unsurprisingly, crowns the Top Blogs list, followed by our sister blog Engadget. The Top Blog Posts category is an interesting potpourri with an odd LiveJournal bent, and the Top Wikipedia References category (Podcasting, Hurricane Katrina, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster) is pretty eclectic, too.  And if you like charts, be sure to check out the Featured Trends of 2005.
 

Filed under: Business, Windows, Microsoft

Ten biggest Microsoft surprises of 2005

MicrosoftMicrosoft Watch has posted a list of The 10 Biggest Microsoft Surprises of 2005. Though they weren't all especially surprising, in my opinion, it's a good round-up of some of Microsoft's more uncharacteristic moves this year. Among the highlights: The Office team opens up (a little), Redmond still can't find a way to shake its shoddy security image, MS 'gets' RSS, and IE rises from the dead. As usual, click on through for the full list and details.

Filed under: Podcasting

Top 10 podcasts episodes of 2005

PodcastWho listens to enough podcasts to name the top ten episodes of the year? The folks at LearnOutLoud, apparently. To be fair, they only chose among podcasts that are listed in their hand-picked directory, but it makes for a pretty good sample. Topping the list of LearnOutLoud's Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2005 is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast featuring the CEO of Trilogy Software, Diggnation's "Clip Show" episode, and Malcolm Gladwell's appearance on IT Conversations. Also on the list, at #8, is our own Jason Calacanis on the Web 2.0 Show. Head over to LearnOutLoud to see the full list, with links.

Filed under: Macintosh

10 apps for new Mac users

AppleOn his blog Paul Stamatiou has written a handy list of 10 Apps Every New Mac User Should Download. Here's the rundown: AdiumX for IM, Cyberduck for FTP, Firefox, iBackup, Nvu for web page authoring, Quicksilver for launching apps, StuffIt Expander for archives, TextWrangler 2, and VLC and Windows Media Player for video. Head over to his site for links and the reasong behind his picks. What did Paul miss?

Filed under: Web services

Top 10 Web 2.0 Moments of 2005

Web 2.0Over at ZDNet's Web 2.0 Explorer blog Richard MacManus has posted his Top Ten Web 2.0 Moments of 2005. This is a really great list if you want a hint of where the web is headed. The big names of '05 are all covered: Bloglines, Amazon/Alexa, Digg, Google Base, Yahoo! and its new hires Flickr and del.icio.us, eBay and Skype, Windows Live, and of course the big AJAX. At the top of the list is the Web 2.0 Conference which MacManus calls "a nexus of Web 2.0 energy," and Weblogs, Inc. and our acquisition by AOL even gets a much-appreciated mention.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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