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Dodgeit gives you a free, disposable email address that is syndicated with RSS. This is great for those sites that require a valid email address before they let you download their stuff, so they can spam you.

Here’s a pretty exhaustive list of Windows XP CLI commands.

Here’s how to kill an unruly Windows process (ferinstance, if you find a spyware app that just won’t die): get the process ID from the Task Manager. Click Start, Run, and paste in “drwtsn32 -p xxx”, where xxx is the PID, and click OK.

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Here’s a neat tip: iTunes can manage PDFs, which is handy if you keep a lot of ebooks and reference manuals saved on your system. You can edit the PDF’s ID3 tag for author and genre info, and set up smart playlists as you would for MP3s.

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If you guys haven’t seen Google Earth yet, go get it now. It’s awesome.

Even better, Weathermaps lets you overlay a realtime-updating radar image over any US area. You’ve gotta see it to believe it.

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PTCHiker.com has posted instructions for building a really neat soda-can alcohol stove.

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I find it mildly amusing that Microsoft chooses insect-related themes for their products. For example, the butterfly guy, and their new “resource for Windows community leaders”, which is called The Hive.

Does this mean Microsoft closely identifies with bugs?

Ooh, here’s a mix of Cheapgas and Google Maps that shows you a map view of the cheapest gas in your area.

One of the most serious problems facing developing nations and areas affected by natural disaster is the lack of potable water.

Tony Flynn, of The Australian National University, has developed an ultra-cheap, ultra-low-tech water filter capable of removing virtually all E. Coli bacteria from a water supply.

The filter can be made from terra cotta clay mixed with coffee grounds, molded into a cup-like shape, then fired in a manure-pile. The manure will burn at temperatures of up to 700????F, which will burn away the coffee ground inclusions. The resulting pores are large enough to allow water to pass, but small enough to trap bacteria and other pollutants.

The O’Reilly developers have compiled a quick list of really useful bash Tricks.