OneSwarm: Privacy preserving P2P

Although widely used, currently popular peer-to-peer (P2P) applications are limited by a lack of user privacy. By design, services like BitTorrent and Gnutella share data with anyone that asks for it, allowing a third-party to systematically monitor8 user behavior. As a result, P2P networks can only be safely used by those comfortable with wholly public Read more about OneSwarm: Privacy preserving P2P[…]

PSPdisp

This is some amazing software that will make your psp (custom firmware) run as an extra windows monitor / display. Apparently it’s also possible to tether the playstation to your PC with wifi instead of USB…

TiltShiftMaker

Photography: TiltShiftMaker Turns Your Photos Into Miniature Sets Upload a photo and it’ll alter the picture so that it looks like the front lens is at an angle instead of parallel to the rear lens in the casing.

Windows Tip: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode

If you’re struggling with decreased performance on a Windows based machine, it’s a simple fix to check to make sure your IDE drives aren’t operating in a slower, ineffective transfer mode. When fresh from the box—or your workbench— your computer should have had all it’s IDE drives set in Direct Memory Access mode. This is Read more about Windows Tip: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode[…]

The R Project for Statistical Computing

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics […] R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical methodology, and R provides Read more about The R Project for Statistical Computing[…]

Disable Startup

This program takes around 4MB space but saves it later. Whenever a program wants to add itself as a startup program, this gives you the option of allowing or disallowing it. This means no more unwanted adobe crap starting up with your PC.

router firmwares

If you have a crappy old router there are open source ways to upgrade them using alternative firmwares: There’s Tomato for Linksys’ WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new easy to use GUI, a new bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions, enables new wireless features such as WDS Read more about router firmwares[…]