Over at Productive Geek they have a nice article on preventing RSI (repetitive strain injury). Since the name of this site is NixGeek, I figured it sort of fit to be listed here.

Obviously, if you think you have RSI, you should really consult a medical professional, but their list of tips can help reduce your risk and work in conjunction with other methods.

They have a good list of common problems and solutions to RSI related stress as well as screenshots and tips on shortcut keys & programs that can reduce your chances or your pain if you already suffer from it.

Check it out and most importantly, don't think it won't affect you if you have poor posture, don't sleep well and/or don't take frequent breaks. I know I break many of the rules with my home and work environments and need to take better care of myself.

Songsterr is a nifty web app I stumbled across randomly. Basically, it's a web (flash) based tab reader that works quite well and has a large selection of music split into genre as well as difficulty categories.

You can pick the various instruments to display and it plays the parts along with you, allowing you to adjust the volume of each instrument so you can isolate various parts. It also has a tuner option built right in, so those strangely tuned songs you might want to play won't take as long to switch to.

If you pay for the app, extra functions like full screen, eq, etc become available. I highly recommend buying the upgraded status if you find it handy, it definitely adds nice features and will hopefully support new ones in the future from the developers. Even if you don't pay for it, go check it out I'm quite happy with it and have recommended it to numerous people who also enjoyed it.

UniBrows allows enterprises to upgrade to modern technologies like Windows 7 and IE8 while maintaining compatibility with existing IE6 web applications. all without changing a single line of code.

If this program works as advertised, it could be a huge hit for companies with existing IE6 web apps that they can't / won't migrate to newer browsers. It could also be of great interest for people that need to open lots of browsers to see their results in them, like web developers & designers. With this and IEtab, you could cut down on the number of open programs and yet still see results in the major browsers quickly. UniBrows also allows itself to be managed by Group Policy, another plus in the corporate world meaning ease of implementation.

I found this over at commandlinefu

tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1

I just pasted the code into a file called pwgen & chmod +x'd the file. Works very well for quick passwords that are still quite secure.

It's official, Apple actually let Opera get approved and is live on the store now. I'm still surprised they did and wonder if they will pull it, so I'd suggest grabbing it while you can to play it safe. It's supposed to compress data by up to 90% to make downloading faster as well and synchronizing between your device & computer.

Get it here