Quiet possibly the best game ever made and they just came out with a new series. Ratchet & Clank Future I think I now have a bunch of reasons to buy that PS3 I have always wanted to get…too bad school is in the way and the lack of an HDTV doesn’t help either

This is a copy off the Life Hacker website to creating your own SVN using Tortoise to manage your repository. Subversion is a great idea and I think that everyone should have it. This would be great if you had a full time home server running which seems to be the next phase in home computing. LifeHacker also had a follow up article on how to use Tortoise which is right here but the program is super easy and speaks for itself.

Setting up your Subversion server

1. * Download and install Apache 2.0… - for Windows, you want the Win32 Binary (MSI Installer) about half way down the page - you don’t want 2.2…. When you’re installing Apache, you can keep all the defaults unless you know what you’re doing and have your own good reasons for switching things up.
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3. Download and install Subversion 1.3.2 (the svn-1.3.2-setup.exe download). Again, just accept all of the defaults in the setup, making sure that “Install and configure Subversion modules…” is checked.
4. Download and install TortoiseSVN (TortoiseSVN-1.3.5.6804-svn-1.3.2.msi), an attractive Subversion client for Windows that makes dealing with Subversion repositories a breeze via right-click.
5. * Edit your Apache httpd.conf file at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf (make a backup first in case something goes awry) to add the following lines of code to the end of the file:
   

   # Configure Subversion repository
   <Location /svn>
   DAV svn
   SVNPath “C:\svn”
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName “Subversion repository”
   AuthUserFile “c:\svn_conf\passwd”
   Require valid-user
   </Location>

   

   Save and close the httpd.conf file, then restart Apache.

6. Create two folders on your C:\ drive - one called svn and another called svn_conf (svn_conf is not necessary if you’re using Subversion without Apache).

* Password protect your Subversion repository by firing up the command line and typing the following commands:

cd "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin"
htpasswd -c C:\svn_conf\passwd adam

substituting your name for adam.

Create your first repository

The last thing we’re going to do this week is create our repository. Go to your C:\ drive, right-click the svn folder and select TortoiseSVN -> Create repository here… command. If all goes well, TortoiseSVN should ask you what type of repository you’d like to create. Select Native filesystem (FSFS) and click OK. You will get a message telling you that “The Repository was successfully created.” Congrats!

Finally, let’s import the directory of files that you want to keep under version control into your newly-minted repository. Right-click on your to-be-controlled folder and select TortoiseSVN -> Import…. You need to give TortoiseSVN the directory of your repository, so browse for C:\svn. Click OK and all of the files under your chosen directory will be imported into your Subversion repository at C:\svn.

If you set up Subversion with Apache, you can test it out by directing your browser to http://localhost/svn and entering your username and password. If you’re not using Apache, you can verify that everything worked by right-clicking on a new folder and checking out your files from the repository (right-click -> SVN Checkout…). Just direct TortoiseSVN to the directory of your Subversion repository.

We’ve really just skimmed the surface of what you can do with Subversion, so if you still aren’t quite sure what the point is, be sure to tune in next week when I’ll demonstrate the glory of Subversion in action. In the meantime, you might want to play around with your repository, checking out and committing files, to get familiar with its most basic functions.

This website is great for free wordpress themes and is super easy to navigate. Wordpress Themes

Looks like Belkin has a pretty good product line these days. Although I am pretty partial to Linksys routers i love the OLED screen on this router to display statistics and let you know how your network is running at a glance. It also looks a little more stylish then the Linksys routers but I am more about functionality then form with routers. $199 for now and it can be yours. Looks like this is the trend as D-Link just came out with a OLED screen one too, I imagine that Linksys is far behind the game. Belkin N1 Vision

An awesome idea use your network to extend your USB devices and allow anyone on your network to have access to them. Sounds to me like a great effective way to add NAS to a network. Belkin Network USB Hub

Here are a list of 20+ CSS editors to make CSS Styling easy:

• 456 Berea Street - Numerous guides and tutorials on advanced CSS tricks.
• CleanCSS.com - Tool to help you clean up your CSS and optimize it.
• CodeBeautifier.com - A CSS code formatter and optimizer, but stresses it is not a validator.
• CSS Tweak - Just as the name implies, upload your CSS and you can tweak it on the go.
• CSS-Ref.com - A tool for practicing your CSS skills or writing an actual layout.
• CSSCreator.com - Will create a page with up to three columns and header & footer.
• CSSDrive Compressor - A utility to compress your CSS saving you drive space, bandwidth and loading times.
• CSSFly.net - An in-browser CSS editor that can also do HTML.
• CSSOptimiser.com - A tool for compressing your CSS code and allowing the file to load faster.
• CSS Pagemaker - A simple CSS pagemaker wizard with easy fill-in-the-blank questions.
• CSS Redundancy Checker - Enter URLs to let the site check for redundant calls and repetitive code.
• CSS Rollover Generator - Create rollover images using nothing but CSS.
• CSS Superdouche - Enter the URL of your CSS file, the site checks it, cleans it up, and gives you new CSS you can paste back in to your site.
• CSSTidy - A Sourceforge project of a CSS optimizer and parser.
• Em Calculator - A Java based tool for making scalable CSS design based on Em units to work easier with text size.
• Layout-o-matic - A tool for helping you generate simple page layouts with several column variations.
• List-u-Like CSS Generator - Lets you create cross-browser, list based navigation bars with ease by defining all the parameters and the site generates it for you.
• RoundedCornr.com - Generate HTML and CSS images and code with rounded corners and gradients.
• Sky CSS Tool - All you need is a JavaScript enabled browser and you can create your new CSS page in-browser.
• Spiffy Corners - An easy to use site that generates a colored box in CSS code with rounded corners with the specs you request.
• TheBoxOffice.be - A CSS and XHTML generator to help you wrap text around an image.
• YAML Builder - An in-browser HTML/CSS coder with a real-time preview of how the page will look.

If you have ever had a need to find the old versions of some popular apps or apps that are no longer findable. OldApps lists a bunch of links to older version downloads.

Best4C gives you the ability to create flowcharts and organizational charts online with a web based application and then allows you to save out to either a PDF or a PNG file

Alright Quiet possibly the best idea I have ever heard of. Plus the logo says it all ‘Everything should taste like bacon!’ we ordered the sampler…a whopping $12

BaconSalt.com

This small form factor computer sounds awesome and it is green to boot…

Priced from $1,229 (the ex5511) up to the $1,999 ex7400U, which includes an Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor, 2GB of memory, 160GB hard drive, TV tuner, Media Center remote control and Windows Vista Ultimate.

Enano Computers