Help Me Please!

I would consider myself a temporary expert...meaning that at the moment(s) in which I am trying to solve a problem I learn as much as possible about the issue in order to solve it only to forget days later how I fixed it originally. Therefore I have decided to create a link list to the places where I have found solutions or programs to fix many of the issues that have plagued my computer life. Obviously I can't remember them all (which is why I created this list) so I will simply start with today's issue and add news ones as I find them and old ones as I remember them. Honestly, this is more for me so I can track down my previous fixes should issues arise again, but I thought I would share the wealth. Also, I typically try to find free solutions/programs (cause I'm cheap like that), but sometimes you have to put up the cash so any items that you have to pay for a followed by "$$$". Good luck!

Firefox - Mozilla's Internet Browser - These are some of my favorite and most used Add-ons

• Adblock Plus
• FireGestures
• FoxClocks
• IE Tab (Windows Only)
• Speed Dial
• Xmarks
• Gmail Notifier
  
• Better Gmail 2

• Web Developer Specific Addons
  
• ColorZilla
  
• Web Developer
  
• Firebug

Thunderbird - Mozilla's Email Client

• Use with Outlook calendar, address book and mail - Inkin.net
• Lightning Add-on to manage your daily schedule directly within Thunderbird - Mozilla.org (Nightly Build for use with Thunderbird 3 until full release available - FTP.Mozilla.org)
• Ever wanted to get rid of Outlook? - DavMail Gateway
• IMAP Access for Gmail - Gmail Help
• Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu - Learning Ubuntu
  

Blogger

• Use a custom domain name - Blogger Help
  
• Use a custom favicon - BloggingTips.com
  

Multiple OS Programs/Solutions

• Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse using Synergy - LifeHacker
• Download YouTube and other video clips to your computer - DLYTV
• Create screencasts for Twitter - Screenr
• Free photo editing program for those who don't want to buy Adobe Photoshop - GIMP
• Windows Office-like products without those pesky dollar signs attached - OpenOffice.org
• Monitor your Facebook and Twitter friends and make updates without constantly logging in - Seesmic
• Forget to turn off your Caps Lock key? Don't retype, just convert it - Convert Case
• Find video and audio editing/converting software for any OS - VideoHelp.com
• Free Website Monitoring - Montastic
• Free Website Monitoring - Basic State
• VirtualBox - a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware

Mac OS X Leopard

• Keyboard Shortcuts - Apple Support
• Setting up Login, Startup items - Apple Support
• Connecting to a NAS - Gallaudet University
• Read AND Write to NTFS from a Mac
  
  • O'Reilly Digital Media
  • NTFS-3G for Mac OS X
• Connect to a network print server/scanner (D-Link DPR 1260) - Mac OS X Hints
• Run Windows programs on your Mac without rebooting
  
  • Parallels $$$
  • CodeWeavers $$$
• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Mactopia $$$
• Play Windows Media files through Quick Time and on the Internet - Microsoft
• Create bootable ISO Image CDs - Mac OS X Hints

Windows Vista Home Premium

• Media
• Rip DVDs onto your computer - Pain in the Tech
• Rip DVDs onto your computer with 1 click - LifeHacker
• Enable the DVD Library in Windows Media Center - Microsoft Support
• Display DVD Cover Art in Windows Media Center - My Piece of the Inter(.)net
• Connect your PC to your HDTV
  
  • YouTube Video - Good quality, but a little dated
  • YouTube Video - JV quality, but discusses HDMI/DVI
• Use a remote control with Media Center instead of your mouse - Amazon.com $$$

• Productivity
• Create a PDF file without Adobe Acrobat - CNET - Download.com
• Convert image, music, and video file types - Format Factory
• Free photo editing program for those who don't want to buy Adobe Photoshop (Windows only) - Paint.NET

Windows 7

• Connecting to your NAS - Windows 7 Forums
• Place fully functional Recycle Bin on your task bar - TechSpot
  
• Prefer the original Windows task bar rather than the "Superbar," switch back! - TechSpot
• Multiple Desktops (similar to Mac & Linux) - Dexpot
  

Linux - General

• IP Tables How To - Ubuntu.com
• Terminal Window: Save file after editing - Computing.net

Ubuntu Desktop

• Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts - Ubuntu.com
• A few must have Apps for Ubuntu - Tech Blogger
• Mac "Hot Corners" for Ubuntu - David Winter
• Exposé in Ubuntu - Tech Blogger
• Mac-like dock with Docky - Gnome Do
• 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers - Hongkiat.com
• Compiz 3D desktop - FutureDesktop.org
• Install Ubuntu on a Windows machine without repartitioning - Wubi
• Install Adobe Air on 64bit Ubuntu (Air is used by Seesmic and TweetDeck) - OSS Ramblings
• Dual monitors with Nvidia card using TwinView - Ubuntu Forums (10/27/09 post by drKreso)
• Install Komodo Edit 5 (Open Source Language Editor) - Useful Ubuntu

Mythbuntu Media Center

• About Mythbuntu - Mythbuntu
• MythTV Walkthrough: A Simpler MythTV How-to for Beginners - Andrew Manugian's Blog

CentOS Server

• Configuring CentOS server - Slicehost.com
  
• The Nano Text Editor Introduction - Mintaka.SDSU.edu
• Secure FTP - Slicehost.com
• Check CPU utilization - nixCraft (For CentOS you need to use the yum command to install sysstat rather than apt-get)
• 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools - nixCraft
• Install & configure Cacti network monitoring tool - nixCraft

Apache

• Page load time optimization with mod_expires - JustForDecoration.com

PHP/MySQL

• Tutorial - FreeWebMasterHelp.com
  

Network Attached Storage (NAS) - DNS-321

• Hacking the D-Link DNS-321 - Digital Hobbit

Website Design

• HTML Color Codes
• PHP Template with External CSS
• CSS Text Syntax
  
• Integrate Picasa Web Albums into your site
• Special HTML characters
• Add RSS scroller to website - Dynamic Drive
• Add RSS Feed to your site with just a cut 'n paste - Feed2JS
• Add Twitter to your blog - remy sharp's b:log
• Sliding slideshow - Coda-Slider 2.0