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Sometime within the next few days… I will be making the permanent switch from Windows to Ubuntu at my job. So here are some helpful links if you are thinking of doing the same!

• Flipping the Linux switch: New users guide to the terminal – The command line. It strikes fear in the hearts of many a new Linux user. Download Squad helps eliminate the intimidation by listing commands found most useful to new users.
• Windows Software <=> Linux Software – A full list of Windows Software equivalents for Linux.
• The Mac and Windows Alternative: My Linux Laptop – Breathe life into old Computers. Linux is ready rumble with Apple and Microsoft.
• Top 10 Ubuntu Applications – Linux desktop software that matches or betters their Windows and Mac counterparts in terms of features.
• Power Up Your Linux Desktop With Compiz Fusion- WARNING: You will drool while reading and watching the youtube clips in this article…
• Top 10 Gnome Desktop Tweaks – A very powerful and highly customizable tool. Gnome, is fast, organized and very easy to learn.
• Slim Down and Speed Up Linux – Run faster than fast. How to squeeze every last bit of power out of your Linux box. Especially useful for getting more life out of an older machine.

That ought to be enough to get you started.

Here are a few articles for why I’m interested in starting a blog:

• From Geek to Gods: Why Have “Social Rock Stars” Emerged - “Social website rock stars” and their importance to the process of submitting content to social news sites.
• Casual blogging not just lunch money now – Zach Brooks pocketed $1,000 this month blogging about the cheap lunches he discovers around midtown Manhattan ($10 or less, preferably greasy, and if he’s lucky, served from a truck). In the vast and varied world of blogging, Brooks is far from alone.
• Google AdSense – Google AdSense matches ads to your site’s content, and you earn money whenever your visitors click on them.
• Drug Dealers vs Geeks – An interesting look into what separates Drug Dealers from Geeks.

An article found by Lifehacker.com claims you can stay awake 22-hours a day by getting your sleep polyphasically — in a few quick cat naps.

The most time-efficient strategy, dubbed the überman (what else?), calls for a 20-minute nap every four hours… The first seven days of deprivation will be sheer misery, but stay on track. Once you start dreaming during naps—a sign you’ve hit REM—you’ll begin to feel better.

How does this work? The brain eventually adapts by entering the REM state of sleep much faster. Which gives you a higher percentage of the best kind of z’s.

How to wake up Early is a website dedicated to helping people—you guessed it—wake up early. To get a better idea of what a two hour sleep day diet is cutting out, check out the article Understanding Sleep Mechanics.

All in all, the idea of only having to sleep two hours a day fascinates me… However, the idea of waking up six times a day does not.

See Also:

• Wikipedia – Polyphasic Sleep
• PBS video shows polyphasic sleep experiment. It shows all phases of sleep are still included in polyphasic sleep.
• Miles to Go Before I Sleep – Outside.com April 2005
• What You Can Do About Sleep Deprivation: Lessons from Around-the-World Sailors – Article by Claudio Stampi, M.D., Ph.D., March 2006, at Healthology.com
• Poly-Phasers.com – Polyphasic Sleep Community. Contains articles, links, an active forum, sleep logs (aka blogs) and a video gallery.
• PolyphasicSleep.info – informational wiki on polyphasic sleep
• Sleep Hacker Backs Off

I promise I will post something other than images…

Suitable for a “Hello World” blog post.