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Free Quick Start Video ~ Action Time Management 2.0 Software

Action Manage 2.0 Software Simple, intuitive, results! Those 3 words represent what Action Manage is all about. The goal behind the Action Manage Software is simple: To give you a way to visually structure...

How to Head and Devein Fresh, Local Shrimp

Before I came to the South Carolina Lowcountry, I’d eaten plenty of shrimp. Or so I’d thought. It wasn’t until I tasted the shrimp harvested right here in these temperate waters that I’d realized what...

How to make a better, stealth case for your Amazon Kindle

i love my Kindle but have always thought its case was lame so i decided to do something about it. i took an appropriately sized hard cover book (roughly 6 1/2" x 9" 1/2")  off the shelf (in this case George...

How to Get 76 MPG

"We don’t need new technology to save us, just a little ingenuity. After a few minor tweaks, Ernie Rogers can get up to 76 mpg in his 2003 VW diesel Beetle: He drove 1375 miles…[on] just 18 gallons of...

Howto Setup a Lighttpd Chroot Jail Web Server under Debian Linux

Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility--all of these describe LightTPD which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver; as it is designed and optimized for high performance environments. A chroot on Linux or Unix OS is an operation that changes the root directory....

Creating a free CD / DVD database and Labels in OpenOffice.org

If you're serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross the threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The box full of index cards has served its purpose; it's time to move on to storing information about your CDs and DVDs in a database. This might...

Creating a free CD / DVD database and Labels in OpenOffice.org

If you're serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross the threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The box full of index cards has served its purpose; it's time to move on to storing...

Tweako: A Social News Site For Tech Tutorials

Tweako is a new social news aimed at programmers that just launched a couple of hours ago. Tweako bears a certain similarity to Digg, but instead of news headlines the user submitted content is geared toward tutorials, guides, resources and services. I wouldn’t go so far...

Samba share permissions simplified

Samba software, is a free, open source implementation of networking protocols to share files between UNIX/Linux and Windows computers. There are many ways to set permissions to your Samba shares and improve security. This article will cover some of the basic permissions and...

Location Scouting, Location Management Workshop in New York City Beginning Tu...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:R. Richard Hobbs and Mark D. McKennon to give Film/TV/Photo Location Scouting/Location Management workshops at The Learning Annex Jan. 16, Feb. 27 and April 3 Veteran New York City location scouts and managers R. Richard Hobbs and Mark D. McKennon have...

HOWTO disable your new, RFID-laden US passport

I love a low tech solution..."Smash the crap out of it with a hammer. No, seriously. "

BitWine Gives Access To Those In The Know

"A company called BitWine launched an interactive search site about three weeks ago. It is much like Ether in that it is a call-an-expert service, except BitWine is integrated with Skype. In fact BitWine will be a...

HowTo Retrieve Lost Passwords

Have you ever had to build a new computer system only to get "€œstuck"€ when you are trying to set up your e-mail because you punched in your password four years ago and haven'€™t got a hot clue what it...

Help! HowTo Make Money Blogging Without Ads?

"As some of you may be aware, I am doing DCoT as an experiment to see if I can actually support myself and my family blogging full time. I am asking you, the loyal DCoT family the following question: How can I support myself blogging without advertising on my blog or in my...

How to keep a detailed audit trail of what's being done on your Linux systems

Intrusions can take place from both authorized and unauthorized users. My personal experience shows that unhappy user can damage the system, especially if they have a shell access. Some users are little smart and removes history file (such as ~/.bash_history) but you can...

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