Philip's Home Page

Current Weather Conditions!

Useful things:

• My Mobile Friendly Page.
• Our Home Website: EggsNtoast.com.
• A Snap of our cat "Dallas".
• Dallas Food Bowl Webcam: (login as 'guest' and use a password of 'guest').
• Erica's Home Page
• News.Google.com
• Squirrelmail email at PCC
• Instructables.com: Ideas on things to build or make.
• Meebo.com: IM from absolutely anywhere.
• MontrealCam.com: See different parts of Montreal, Quebec via city webcams.
• SLASHDOT.org - Where to get all the Geek News!
• GPS Coordinate Converter, Maps and Info (convert decimal degrees to GPS)
• Babel Fish Translation Engine
• Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod Touch
• Star 3 Cinemas St. Johnsbury, VT *NOW PLAYING*
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• Essex Junction & Surrounding Gas Prices.

• Wikipedia.org: The Free Encyclopedia page.
• The UPS Homepage for Tracking your Packages!
• The USPS Homepage for Checking Zip Codes Validity!
• Getting a Loan? Use this Amortization Calculator to figure stuff out.
• Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Game Schedule 2009-2010 Season

Fishing Tackle!!

• FishingTackleGiant.com: If you need anything, these are the folks to talk to as they have it ALL.
• FishingReelParts.com: The best reel parts! Give them a shout at: .

Neat Linux Stuff:

• KioskCD.com: Trouble-free web access with a cd-rom and no hard drive.
• Damn Small Linux:50 MB live-CD linux distro.
  You can remaster it or usb-install it.
• myDSL Repository: downloadable myDSL extensions.
• Bogofilter RPMS for easy download.
• The VIM FAQ - For help using the vim editor.
• Yam: Cool scripts that you can use to easily build a local APT/Yum repository.
• rpm.pbone.net - Another great place for RPMS.
• shfs.sourceforge.net - Kernel module to mount remote filesystems via ssh/rsh
• Linux - NTFS Project: download Fedora RPMS for the NTFS module.
• Info on how to use the Tk `remind' program
• Info on how to use the `bsflite' program

Printed Circuit Boards!!

• Accutrace Designs, LLC: If you need a expertly designed PCB, visit my best buddy Bryan.

RC Addicts Stuff:

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• Aerial Photos: aerial photography with my RC plane (don't laugh too hard!)
• The Mighty Wing Dragon Model Airplane! (great beginner RC model plane)
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• Web Link for my Bell 222 Hummingbird RC Helicopter at Century Heli.
• Radd's School of Rotary Flight (for learning how to fly the damn thing!).
• FMS: Flying-Model-Simulator (start with a simulator and save the lives of many parts)
• SmartPropoPlus Homepage (needed for FMS to work: dnld FMS version and place in FMS directory)
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• RCgroups.com: Aerial Photography forum for RC junkies.
• RCFlights.co.uk: A neat set of EasyStar modifcation ideas.
• Air Sports Net: wind weather forecasting for Burlington, VT area.

Home-made Digital Picture Frame:

• See my *own* home-made digital picture frame!
• Monochrome Picture Frame Ideas on how to build your own.
• Color Digital Picture Frame Idea's on how to build a home-made color one.
• DOS Palmtop Freeware - where to find the tiny `LxPic' program for easy slideshows on your home-made digital frame.

Solar Energy Info:

• Homemade Solar Power Generator
• Solar Power Reading Lamp Project
• Basic understanding of how a battery works.
• Best deals on Solar Panels: ecobusinesslinks.com/solar_panels.htm
• Understanding kWh.
• Wire Sizing Chart for 12 Volt Systems.
• Ward's Cheap Solar Power System
• Battery Bank Wiring: 12 volts versus 24 volts.
• An Inverter FAQ
• Morningstar Charge Controllers at MrSolar.com
• Inexpensive DIY Solar Power - The $600 Kit
• The Vermont Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program
• Fieldlines.com: Otherpower.com's Discussion Board
• Performance Calculator for Grid-Connected PV Systems
• Quick PVC wind turbine/windmill blades
• Chispito Wind Generator
• mdpub.com: How someone else built a turbine on their own.

Cool Places to go:

• Van Halen Home Page
• Nascar.com Home Page ... the 2010 schedule.
• Nascar Nationwide Series Schedule 2010
• MRN Radio Affilates
• SatelliteGuys.com: Free to Air discussion board.
• Sadoun.com: Dish installation help pages.
• Dishpointer.com: Use Google to figure out where you'll need to point your dish.
• FreshBT: Guitar Backing Tracks
• GuitarBackingTrack.com

Newspapers to look at:

• The Burlington Free Press
• The Rutland Herald
• The Wall Street Journal
• CNN.com for *ALL* the World News
• New York Times.com
• The Caledonian Record.com

VNC for Mac/Windows:

• Click here to download vnc-3.3.7-x86_win32.exe for Windows.
• ARD: Running Apple Remote Desktop on Panther.
• Click here to discover your current IP address and browser info.
• pcc.scp Connect script for Windows XP.
• pccWin95.scp Connect script for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows 2000.

Unix Tools for Windows:

    If you are like me and *hate* not having access to unix tools on your
    win32 machine, download this zipped collection of tools from here. Once you
    unzip it's contents, check the README.txt file which explains how
    to update your machines path.
    

Useful Documents:

• Click here for some useful SED commands.
• Click here for some useful AWK commands.
• Unix Toolbox Commands: a host of goodies.
• Check out this browser sniffer.(written by Eric Krok, Andy King, Michel Plungjan)
• Go here for a list of valid HTML Code colors.

COMICS:

• Dilbert.
• Garfield's.
• Doonesbury's.
• Rockwood's.
• Calvin and Hobbes.
• Foxtrot.
• Peanuts.
• B.C.
• Andy Capp
• Heck, here's all of today's in one big hit...

Richard Petty Driving Experience!

   My wife surprised me with a birthday present of driving at the Walt Disney race
   track in a *real* race car! Best 18 miles I've ever driven...and check out my stats!
 

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  Page Last Updated: 08/10/09