Youtube is testing 3D video tech on their webste. The interface lets you switch between a fairly long list of viewing options, be it a particular type of glasses—red/cyan or amber/blue—or a simple cross-eyed option, all rendered from a single source file. I find the "See Through" method to work the best for me(method used for steriograms from the late 90's), but then again I don't have the cool paper glasses. Click on this link to check it out!
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You have an LCD monitor 20" or greater, or a multiple monitor setup.
You do arithmetic in computer language (i.e. binary, ASCII) to impress friends, family and acquaintances.
You have more friends in the ‘virtual world’ than in real life!
You wear T-shirts with Star Wars, Stark Trek or any computer-related visuals on them
You have a computer server at home... which has a name... in the basement... of your parents' house…..which is called your "Command Center” or NORAD (after watching WarGames)... extra Geek points if your home server is named: W.O.P.R. or HAL.
You have a junkyard full of extra computer parts in your garage.
You built your own PC and giggle when people tell you they have a Dell or HP computer.
You actually name your kids Debian, Ubuntu or Mandrake.
You've ever used "12345" as a password and thought you were being clever.
No matter how fast your computer turns on, it still isn't "fast enough"… even if it is just waking up from a sleep mode.
You passionately argue the virtues of (pick 'em): Windows vs. Apple vs. Linux / ATI vs. nVidia / AMD vs. Intel / LCD vs. Plasma / Star Wars vs. Star Trek vs. / Comics vs. Graphic Novels / HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray / USB vs. Firewire / Jobs vs. Gates / etc. etc...
You loathe people who buy iPods, iPhones, or iTouches just because they are the hip things to own.
You secretly covet having an iPod, iPhone, or iTouch - but are too embarrassed to own one because of what your geek friends would think.
Your family calls you to fix their computers... so do your non-geek friends (or friend)... so do strangers...
You have major farmer’s tan!
You own five or more useless gadgets that run off your USB ports.
In today's world it seems more and more companies are doing the "Free" products in order to get you to buy their better products, i.e. Vmware Server, Virtural PC, XenServer, etc. Solarwinds did just that. They have a product called Free IP Address Tracker that does just what the title says. Scans network sub-nets that you specify and lets you export or enter information that you need such as reservations that you have setup. This is great if you need a tool to actively track your networks IP address so you don't accidentally assign one that is already in use. Of course you could do this with a spreadsheet but this will also gather SNMP information off the boxes and help you fill out your spreadsheet a little faster to give to your boss. Of course there are other programs out there that do IP Scanning such as Angry IP Scanner(not a virus!), Blue's IP Scanner, etc, but it's free, it's got a good set of features. I have used other programs such as The Dude which does a nice graphical representation of your network, granted if you wanted to pay for cool features you could always go with LanSurveyor or Network View for IP management and scanning. Anyways give it a try, who knows, it might make you into an IT Hero!?
This is a how to on setting up your own "Ultimate Boot CD for Windows" with a custom ISO attached to the boot loader. This is by far one of my favorite tool disks out there. It has got me out of jams time and time again. If you are in tech support this is a must have tool to help diagnose a computer or even recover data.
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I am sure you all have heard about the April Fools day virus going around. This video below does a good job of explaining what's going on with that. I would suggest downloading Norman malware cleaner then go into safe mode and running this program to get rid of the virus. To do that you need to reboot your computer and press F8 key before you would see the normal windows loading screen. Select safe mode. Once in there run Norman and let it do it's scan.
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I guess I should introduce myself. I have been in the IT industry since 1998. In that time I have been desktop support technician for several companies around Wichita, KS. In that time I have came across several tools and figured out a lot of tricks to make my day to day job more efficient and easy to do. A majority of the tools that I use are open source or freeware. I am starting this website in the hope to help others with problems or even help them/you find tools out there to do there/your job better and faster. I am open to any suggestions or comments that anyone may have. If you have any problems that you need help with please let me know.
If you've ever used "Joshua" as a password and thought you were being clever.
You do arithmetic in computer language (i.e. binary, ASCII) to impress friends, family and acquaintances.
You wear T-shirts with Star Wars, Stark Trek or any computer-related visuals on them
You're proud of your own built PC that's so powerful it rivals 
You are fluent in the 
World of Warcraft
You secretly covet having an iPod, iPhone, or iTouch - but are too embarrassed to own one because of what your geek friends would think.
