It’s been a tough week for me at my day job.  I’ve been wrestling with viruses, buffer overruns, and all kinds of other computer maintenance issues, and I’ve spent a lot of time in our server closet with the IT department in an effort to figure out what’s going on.  Some of our computers were hit with Conficker, our local file server was hit with some other virus, and it’s been a general mess that’s tested the limits of my geek toolbox.  Things were rough enough that I’ve been convinced I need a bigger geek toolbox, and Popgadget passed along a great link to 64 tricks every geek should know.

Some of these things I knew about (like reading 1337 at normal speed and where 127.0.0.1 is), and some of these things I’ve always wanted to do (make my own computer cleaning kit on a USB drive and run a flash-drive OS).  However, some of them were totally new to me, and are going to be very useful once I master them.  It’s a great list of information, from the fun trick to the absolutely crucial need-to-know stuff.

Rest assured, if I ever need glasses and I ever break those glasses, I will definitely solder them together again thanks to this list.  Just remind me to let the solder cool down before I put the glasses back on, okay?