Moving (With links)

I’m moving this week, while finishing up my final week of employment. Consequently I’m afraid I may not be able to blog much, as I have a lot to do before beginning my new life as a full-time student (for computer science, of course).

I do want to share a few links though. It’s stuff I’ve found lately that I’ve found useful or interesting.

Let’s start with a new tool I’ve started using:
http://www.flock.com
Flock is basically a customized version of Firefox that integrates social networks such as Digg, Twitter, and Facebook. It integrates with several of the services I’ve started using lately, including this blog. I even wrote this post from its built-in blog editor, which seems pretty slick. I don’t know if I’ll use it to replace the browser I’m using now, but the direct integration of things I use on the web is nice.

http://www.opera.com
Opera, the browser I’m using now. I started using Opera in version 8 after they removed the ads from the free version. I’ve been using it ever since. They’ve just released version 9.5, which gets a few cosmetic upgrades and seems a bit more stable than before. It supports most of the features I’m interested in, such as tabbed browsing and RSS feeds. It doesn’t integrate as well as Flock does to the services I use, but it’s able to handle massive numbers of open tabs at once and it’s been pretty bomb proof for me (with the exception of 9.27, which was fairly unstable). I reccommend it to anyone who doesn’t need the integration with social networks. I’ve found it to be more stable than Firefox, and of course MUCH safer than IE.

http://www.twit.tv
I listen to a lot of podcasts, and one of the main sources I get them from is here. TWiT is a podcast network founded and run by Leo Laporte, who was one of the prime movers at TechTV (back before it was swallowed by G4). TWiT has a number of diverse (but predominantly tech oriented) podcasts that range from news discussion to a show about food. It’s great listening for those who are interested.

http://www.uchannel.org
Princeton University’s Uchannel podcast network, which podcasts the audio from dozens of educational events from around the world. I won’t lie; some of these are astoundingly boring, but there are some real gems for those who are interested in what’s going on around the world. I previously linked to one of their podcasts in my post The Future of the Internet (and how to stop it)

There are lots more links that I want to share, but I think I’ll save them for the time being. I am, after all, going to need update material for later on. Enjoy what I’ve posted, and feel free to share links of your own.