What You Said: What’s In Your Flash Drive Toolkit

LaCie USB Key available here.
Flash drives are such handy devices when you’re trouble shooting computers. You can run operating systems off them, stash portable apps on them, transfer data between machines, backup old data before system instability wipes it, and more. The simple flash drive has opened up a world of trouble shooting tips and tricks

How Many 8-Bit Star Trek Characters Can You Recognize? [Friday Fun]

Think you’re a die hard Star Trek fan? Can you identify all 235 Star Trek characters in this geeky 8-bit rendering? If you can, you’ve got a shot at winning a limited edition print of it.

John Martz created a limited edition print of 235 Star Trek characters. To promote his geeky creation he’s running a contest; the two people who name the most characters off the 8-bit poster will win a copy. Hit up the link below to see the full size image and see how many you can name.
Trexels [via BoingBoing]

Keep Your SSH Session Running when You Disconnect

Screen is like a window manager for your console. It will allow you to keep multiple terminal sessions running and easily switch between them. It also protects you from disconnection, because the screen session doesn’t end when you get disconnected.
You’ll need to make sure that screen is installed on the server you are connecting to. If that server is Ubuntu or Debian, just use this command:

sudo apt-get install screen