Virtual Apple ][ is a site which will take you back to the 1980\’s through its collection of more than 1250 game disks online. Play and enjoy old Apple ][ (Apple2) and Apple IIgs games and other disks through your Internet web browser. You will find games like Oregon Trail and Number Munchers which many of you played as kids, as well as games like Tetris, Battle Chess, Leisure Suit Larry, Choplifter, Archon II and Kings Quest.
It includes an online playable archive, as well as being able to download the games directly…
via Virtual Apple 2 – Online disk archive.
Measure Your Bandwidth Usage With SurplusMeter
Here is a easy way to check the amount of bandwidth that you are consuming, with the pending RaodRunner Cap. Surplus Meter, is a Macintosh Application, that with keep a running total on the amount of bandwidth you are using…
When you launch SurplusMeter you’re presented with a straightforward panel. Most important is to set the connection type you receive Internet on using the drop down menu in the upper right corner. Also at the top are options to set your monthly download limit, then click the button in the lower right corner to begin monitoring.
D&D 4th Edition Character Sheets and Other Resources
The Dragon Avenue, has a dedicated page for 4th edition high quality 3rd party add-ons… Â Including Monster Creators, Random Adventure creators, character sheets, etc…
Take a look if you are in or running a D&D 4th edition adventure…
via 4th Edition Character Sheets and Other Resources | Dragon Avenue: a Dungeons and Dragons Community.
Winclone
I just realized that I have not yet mention Winclone, one of the most useful software packages for backing up Windows computers, on the macintosh…
WinClone, quite simply, allows you to image / clone your XP or Vista based hard drive, and restore it to another drive or partition later…. It is quite similar to Ghost (Symantec\’s imaging software), but free.
Features
- Clone either FAT32 or NTFS partitions New
- Fixes boot issues automatically New
- New preference window to fine tune your cloning New
- Source partition is not changed when cloning (except for removal of pagefile.sys) New
- Clone Windows XP or Windows Vista with ease.
- Clone to your Bootcamp partition either on a separate drive or on the same that contains your Mac OS X partition.
- Creates image documents that can be stored on any media and double-clicked to open in WinClone.
- Verbose logging so you know what is going on
- Built on the open source ntfstools, which are included in Winclone, so you don\’t have to install anything else.
- Fast: Restore a 10 GB image in less than 10 minutes.
- Create a Bootcamp partition from within Winclone.
- Do it all from the boot drive: You don\’t need to boot from a Firewire drive to clone the Windows partition.
- Clean and uncomplicated interface
via Winclone.
MythBusters \’ Demolition Derby Special Kicks Off the New Season Tomorrow Night
I\’m envious of the GeekDads, they get all the cool information ahead of time…. So here\’s a repost of their information on tomorrow\’s MythBusters…
See MythBusters Demolition Derby Special Kicks Off the New Season Tomorrow Night for their coverage…
The MythBusters are back for a seventh season tomorrow night, and we at GeekDad couldn\’t be happier. It\’s no secret that we\’re all huge fans of the show, and the two-hour season premiere is more of the same great action we\’ve come to expect.
1) Adam and Jamie first look into whether the bus in Speed could really have made the sharp turn with all the passengers on one side
2) revisit the attempt to pancake the compact car between two semis from season three.
3) Meanwhile the other three work on driving cars through various things as seen in movies—including, among others, a fruit stand—and then attempt to recreate that Lexus ad from 2007 where the car on the ground beats the car dropped from a helicopter.
MythBusters airs on the Discovery Channel on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT and 8pm CT.
Live-action version of Full Metal Panic anime is headed for the big screen
From Sci Fi Wire (or is that SyFy WyR?)
Live-action version of Full Metal Panic anime is headed for the big screen:
Mandalay Pictures has acquired theatrical rights to and will develop a big-screen version of Full Metal Panic, a Japanese manga series that blends action, comedy and high school romance, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The property derives from writer Shoji Gatoh\’s series about a teenage anti-terrorist commando named Sousuke Sagara, who is given the mission to protect a high-school girl with mystical powers.
(Via SCI FI Wire.)
Step by Step Instructions on opening 24 in. Aluminum iMacs
On of my great complaints about the Aluminum series iMacs, is simply that nothing is a customer replaceable part. Â The white iMac\’s that preceeded the aluminum (G5 & X86) were fantastic, with just about every component from the motherboard to the DVD drive, were completely customer replaceable. Â Apple even has instructions online for customers to download, giving step by step instructions on how to perform the upgrades…
The Digital Home blog on CNET news, gives instructions on how to open an aluminum iMac. Â Please keep in mind, Apple does not recommend that customers open their Al. iMac. Â Do so at your own risk… Â While it is more expensive for a repair technician to do so, they at least guarantee their work, and if something goes wrong they get to pay for the repair / replacement.
Photos: Inside the 24-inch aluminum iMac | The Digital Home – CNET News.
Are Cookies Dangerous?
Myth – \”Cookies are Spyware.\”
Reality – \”Cookies are not Spyware. It\’s grossly irresponsible for these Anti-Spyware companies to treat cookies like Spyware. REAL Spyware is malicious, machine-hijacking junk that throw pop-ups on your computer, resets your start page, and all sorts of other ugly tricks. A cookie is a text file that has some non-personal information what banner ads have shown on certain sites. That\’s it. Go ahead and open the cookie on your computer and you\’ll see it\’s harmless. Cookies are not Spyware, no matter how hard these Anti-Spyware companies try to make them out to be.\”
Notes – Certain Cookies can still pose some privacy concerns and if you wish to remove them it will do no harm. The point is when you find many of these after running a standard Anti-Spyware scan you should not get excited that you are infected with malicious Spyware.