Mark's Technomusings

Help me win a free iPod!

I'm sure by now you've heard of sites that give away free iPods as part of a "pyramid scheme." Well, here is one that I've joined and I think you should join it as well.

All you have to do is join, complete an online offer, and refer friends to do the same. That's it!

Here is my referral link. To help me get my iPod, click this exact link to join, or copy and paste it into a browser: www.freeiPods.com/?r=13027102 Before you sign up, please make sure to create a new "disposable" e-mail address at hotmail, yahoo, google, etc to use for this promotion. That way, should any of the companies spam you (and I bet they will), once you get your free iPod, you can choose to never check that e-mail address again. NOTE: They will send you an e-mail to the address you sign up with...so make sure your "disposable" account is working ahead of time.

You could apply for a credit card from Citibank, GM; join the BMG Music club or Columbia House DVD; sign up for internet service; or buy a free sample.

To entice my friends to do this, I will pay you $3.00 for signing up and completing one offer.

Heck, if you don't want to do spend any money at all....I will give you an additional $3.00 if you order the 7-Day trial of MyDailyDose for $5.95. After 7 days, call them toll free at (800)515-1070 and CANCEL. Yes, this costs me $6 total, but I get one person closer to getting a free iPod. (I will pay the bonus $3.00 only if you order the MyDailyDose product. Why this product? Because this one appears to offer the most flexibility in time to cancel without risking your credit card being auto-billed for the "next dose.")

NOTE: Fourteen days after you place your order, you will automatically be shipped a 30-day supply of MyDailyDose™ and billed $39.95 to your card. Be sure and cancel 8 days after you order. I will send you a reminder e-mail as well!

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Here are people who have told me that they might be interested in doing this:

1. Possibly Rob T
2. Possibly Marc C
3. Possibly Gregg W
4. ...still waiting...
5. ...still waiting...

MythTV shell scripts

For a lark Shaun wrote a short shell script to list the nuv files that mythtv has forgotten about:
Mailing List Archive: Cleaning up /var/lib/mythtv

As well as a companion script, which lists the nuv
files that myth does know about.

Inexpensive iPod

After doing quite a bit of searching around, I have come to the conclusion that the cheapest way to get a 40gb iPod is to buy it from Amazon.com for ~ $367

Or, if you want to spend a teensy bit more money, purchase the HP branded iPod for ~$374

To save an additional $30, choose to open up an Amazon.com credit card.

Sveasoft firmware for Linksys WRT54G

AnandTech - FREE! New public Sveasoft firmware for Linksys WRT54G / WRT54GS wireless 802.11g router

Linksys Info Sites WRT54G

WRT54G dot COM / Your Source for the WRT54G. This site contains links to different firmwares...including some that will allow you to enhance your router to use it for VPN, SSH, etc.

The LinksysInfo.org Support Site is a repository for all things linksys.