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A very annoying problem with K2, is that once a tumbnail is generated, it's note regenerated if you replace the original with perhaps a recropped version.  Here's a workaround that worked for me, but be careful with the version of K2 it was written for.

I prefer BackInTime for ease of use, but this is very interesting, especially the restore section.   Welcome to the Heliode guide to successful backing-up and restoring of a Linux system!

Make some "beautifully numbered lists" using dl, dt and dd tags inside a ol li structure.

After decades amassing an immense arsenal to defeat entire countries, the U.S. military is developing tools to fight isolated conflicts requiring speed and precision. The X-51A WaveRider demonstration project, part of the U.S.'s Prompt Global Strike initiative to attack any spot on the globe within an hour, is a prime example. The WaveRider is hypersonic, traveling 600 miles in 10 minutes.

Mr. Stephen Fry introduces you to free software, and reminds you of a very special birthday.  Happy birthday to GNU

Think this economy is bad? Wait for 2012.

Economic crises have a habit of erupting just when politicians face the voters. The reason is simple: They are born of long-festering problems such as lax lending, excessive deficits or an overvalued currency, and these are precisely the sort of problems that politicians try to ignore, hide or even double down on during campaign season, hoping to delay the reckoning until after the polls close or a new government takes office. Perversely, this only worsens the underlying imbalances, making the mess worse and the cost to the economy -- in lost income and jobs -- much higher.

PCMag.com's The Top 100 Web Sites of 2010

Generate QRCodes as you type.  Screen capture.  Done.

Interesting interface for iPhone for ODB-II.  goLINK

An interesting article regarding the world of the Class of 2014 lives.  The original study from Beloit College Mindset List.

Only a very few will even understand what this posting related to automounting sshfs filesystems is about.  For for those that do, afuse is a very handy tool!

I enjoy "top" lists - they say a lot about the folks that make them. Here is one that is quite amusing from the, er, rather conservative, Townhall. The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most