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Hardware

MediaMVP

The MediaMVP is a little device that sits by your TV. It comes with some software to play music, video and picture from your network, but it can easily be transformed into a powerful Media Center front-end.

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html

WRT54G

The linksys WRT54G is one of the most popular wireless routers for consumers in the world. Most of its popularity springs from it's customizability. WRT54G runs on?Linux and therefore had to release its firmware source code to comply with the GNU GPL. Today there exists a wide range of modified firmware versions which often support features only available on high-end business routers. I currently use?DD-WRT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G

Libraries

X Library

It may not have a very good name (yeh, yeh, I know, X is a cross), but the X library is a very practical, light-weight cross browser JavaScript library that I use a lot.

http://cross-browser.com/

Media Center

GB-PVR

A proper Media Center should at least support a light-weight client. No one likes the constant zoom of a PC. No Media Center offers better support for that light-weight client (MediaMVP) than GB-PVR. Most importantly: it's free!

http://www.gbpvr.com/

SageTV

If you are looking for a Media Center with good live streaming support, look no further. SageTV can stream your music, images, video, recordings and live TV to anywhere?and even supports the MediaMVP. Otherwise SageTV is stuffed with features and has an active community of users.

http://www.sagetv.com/

Orb

It takes a while before you figure out what this software actually does, but when you do it is most precious.

http://www.orb.com/

Operating systems

Puppy Linux

Without a doubt my favourite Linux distribution. It's small, it's blindingly fast, it boots from CD/USB/HD, you can put your file repository on an NTFS drive. The perfect way to get started with Linux (although you might just stick with it if you start to enjoy using non-bloated software).

http://www.puppyos.com/

Minix 3

Minix was created by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam professor Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Together with the associated book it is the #1 way to learn how an Operating System and Unix works. The latest version focuses on reliability, self-healing and making the kernel truly micro.

http://www.minix3.org/

References

CSS2 Reference

Eric Meyer is an icon in the CSS world. His practical solutions such as this reference must be why.

http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/references/css2ref.html

The C Standard Library

A nice, clean and complete reference for the C standard library.

http://www.utas.edu.au/infosys/info/documentation/C/CStdLib.html

Software

NOD32 (Windows)

Ever since Norton Antivirus became bloated many new anti-virus products have appeared. My preference goes out to NOD32 for having one of the smallest footprints (meaning it won't slow your computer down)?and winning most awards in independent research.

http://www.eset.com/

Corel PHOTO-PAINT

I've used Corel PHOTO-PAINT since version 4 (now 13). Personally I have no clue what made Adobe Photoshop so popular. It's more expensive, it doesn't have more features (actually stole a few) and?its user interface is far less intuitive that of than Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Sadly Corel seems to be giving up the fight and focusing on Corel Draw and other activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_PHOTO-PAINT

Sources

SimplyTheBest Fonts

I do not know if SimplyTheBest has the biggest collection of free fonts in the world, but it's certainly very big.

http://simplythebest.net/fonts/script_fonts.html

Tutorials

Dave Marshall's Home Page

Nothing spectacular about Dave Marshall's Home Page, but his CourseWare is some of the best there is. It doesn't stop at the basics, but continues untill you're an expert. I have found his Perl and C tutorials especially useful.

http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/

Perl Regular Expressions

Simply a good little tutorial on using Perl regular expressions (which also appear in other languages), also nice as a reference.

http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/littperl/perlreg.htm

Websites

QuirksMode - for all your browser quirks

As stated on the website, QuirksMode.org is indeed one of the best sources on the WWW for studying and defeating browser incompatibilities.

http://www.quirksmode.org/