OK well mostly Rich highlights.

* Tong Family Blog: iPod Backup – Rich points to a summary of ipod backup tools. L this is what you need. * Brett on field water purification. We just had an instance of giardia in the family so this is timely * Rich on home NASes. I’ve gone away from NASes as I always have an old PC around and it just easier to whack a bunch of usb drives on it and use it as a server. * Rich on Seattle Dim Sum.. Rich you have to take me to lunch at Top Gun someday and show me what to order

* Via Make, uC Hobby ? Blog Archive ? uC Meets BJT – how to control high current devices with a microcontroller * D*Face – awesome – how can i turn ordinary structures around my house into halloween themed items? * American Science and Surplus – good source for offbeat parts

Most useful software tip of the month – 7. Deformat your clipboard text - Lifehacker – no more routing thru Notepad to eliminate formatting.

* WikiMatrix - Compare them all – lists and compares all the wiki implementations * Forummatrix – same dealy for forums * MonkeyGTD – the fusion of wikis and GTD ideas is a strong draw to me. i religiously use my blackberry todo list, i wish it could be richer and embody more GTD functionality * Pictobrowser flickr viewer. nice way to view a flickr photo album * WIndows codec installer. Amazingly sad that you need tools like this on windows. * How to use photoshop to create a mosaic effect * Bust a name – better way to find domain names * I never knew the value of CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. ANother sad commentary * Turok -- maybe I will need to get a PS3

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Squash, winter, acorn, cooked, baked, with salt – great site for detailed nutrional analysis of any food product.

100% Electric SUV Recharges In 10 Minutes : MetaEfficient.

Vista Still Sucks, Pirillo Pissed – in my case, my reliability index hovers at about 5 and I can drive it down arbitrarily low by running games. I have seen some slight improvement but if I had the time I’d be sidegrading to XP.

A bag of tips on making OSX and Windows happy on the same machine – Hack Attack: Set Windows programs as defaults for your Mac (and vice versa) - Lifehacker – I am fairly convinced my next desktop will be a Mac so saving this for that day

EDSBS ? Archive ? THE GREATEST FOOTBALL ROOM EVER EVER – I am clearly an amateur when it comes to Buckeye-themed decor, all I have is a rug. And lamp. Some posters. Pennants. And a couple flags.

* Bell & Ross BR 01 Phantom – beautiful sparse design. Not sure I could ever justify 4-5K for such sparseness tho. * The Teslaphonic Organ – I pretty much love anything involving a Tesla coil. * Burning Rocks. They just look cool. * Ultralight Pack. If/when I ever get serious about hiking I will have to go ultralight * Electronic guitar tuner. Not sure that adding a bunch of electronics and a battery to the process really helps in guitar tuning…

Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen turned me onto the fact that you can get your google-hosted email on your blackberry: “I almost like the BlackBerry Gmail app (note, there’s two apps, one for Gmail and one for GAFYD - again with the Google Split Brain) better than the BlackBerry email itself.”. After spelunking around for a while, I found the app download link. Very nice.

Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? Be Safe: Bring Your Own GFCI – I always blow a circuit or two, what with lots of outdoor props and northwest rain. This would save me time and trouble.

College grads see higher starting salaries this year - Jul. 12, 2007 via The Big Picture. Engineering rules yet again. Might be a tortoise and hare thing tho, I’m not convinced the picture is the same 20 and 30 years out of college.

Dark Roasted Blend: Optical Illusions Update – always love these.

148 - Oh, Inverted World ? strange maps – just awesome. now someone needs to write the corresponding series of fantasy novels.