kw406 : Free Geek Gift Guide.
Dec 13We bring you a showcase from an interview we did on the Nosillacast podcast that is perfect for the holiday season. Find out ways to make your geeky and non geeky friends happy with this free geek gift guide, packed with tips and tricks to make the ultimate stocking stuffer .. without spending a single sliver of gold pressed latinum.
Shownotes.
Give a free computer.
- Create bootable usb disk: ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx
- On windows uunetbootin: unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
- Make persistant
- howtogeek.com/howto/14912/create-a-persistent-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive/
Storage
- Dropbox dropbox.com
- Ubuntu one one.ubuntu.com/downloads/
- Google docs
Backup
- Crashplan crashplan.com
Remote assistance
Communications
- Skype account
Pictures
- Flickr
- Picasa account
The gift of free applications
- Portable apps portableapps.com
- Portable apps for macs freesmug.org/portableapps
- Ninite ninite.com
The gift of free music
- Podsafe music blog.blogtalkradio.com/blogtalkradio/17-places-to-find-podsafe-music/
- itunes – Music Podcasts, Spacemusic podcast, Chillcast
The gift of free knowledge
- Khan Academy khanacademy.org
- TED Talks ted.com/talks
- iTunes U
- Itunes podcasts about a certain topic
- The internet archive archive.org– books, movies, podcasts and audio
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