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Jump Start: Mutt — Pretty good tips and tricks for configuring/using Mutt. (Tagged: mutt reference tips email).

Philips USB Webcam Driver for Linux — Home page for pwc driver. Supports my Logitech 3000 Pro. (Tagged: webcam software linux driver usb video philips logitech). Webcam – Community Ubuntu Documentation — Some nice tips for installing, configuring, testing a webcam on Ubuntu (Tagged: webcam howto tips reference ubuntu linux hardware). Ekiga Wiki — Includes [...]

My first mutt — Beginners guide for using Mutt. Great place to start. (Tagged: mutt email mail tutorial). Gary Johnson’s Mutt Page — Good Mutt reference. Hints for handling MIME types like MS Office docs, Adobe PDF, etc. (Tagged: mutt email mail reference howto tips ms-office pdf mime). Using mutt on OS X — Various [...]

GnomeVFS – Filesystem Abstraction library — GNOME file system abstraction library reference (Tagged: api programming gnome library reference). Python gnomevfs Reference Manual — Searched everywhere for this. Is this the current version? (Tagged: python api gnome programming library).

Videos from the Googleplex — Videos from Google featuring Tech Talks, etc. (Tagged: google video tutorial presentation programming technology).

Yahoo! UI Library: YUI Theater — Collection of videos featuring various topics (Tagged: video yui yahoo webdev programming tutorial javascript ajax).

Apple screwed you: So now what? – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Yup. I feel like I’ve been violated. Join the crowd! (Tagged: apple iPhone fraud angry remorse mad-as-hell Steve-Jobs-die-die-die).

My on again, off again love affair with KDE is currently off (but that’s another story). I’m once again enjoying the simplicity of Gnome, and the elegance of Nautilus. The ability to graphically browse remote servers via SSH is great, but I found out that trying to edit a remote file chokes Vim. Apparently the [...]

Start investing with just $100 — Begin investing with small amounts in exchange-traded funds (ETF) (Tagged: money howto finance investing stocks).

How to create a zero-based budget — Great post explaining how to set up and implement a zero-based budget. A zero-based budget is one where your total income minus your total expenses equals $0. In other words, it forces you to account for every dollar earned and spent. (Tagged: lifehacks tips tutorial hacks finances budget [...]