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CD ripping / encoding

LAME links -- big listing of frontends, encoders, rippers and MP3 related stuff.
CDparanoia -- very robust ripper for linux (only?).
libcdio -- CD input/control library. includes multi-platform port of cdparanoia.
BladeEnc -- MP3 encoder. Good for high bitrate CBR, but slow.
LAME -- MP3 encoder. Fast, very high quality, every imaginable option.
freedb.org -- huge online database of CD naming information.
Musicbrainz -- more advanced CD information database.

x86 CPU identification etc.

Grzegorz Mazur's x86 files -- identification of older x86 chips and quirks.
x86info -- open-source identifier. primarily for linux. SMP support.
CPUID.com -- win32 identification program, technical reviews etc.
SIV -- win32 identification and system information program.
CPU-museum.de -- physical identification.
The CPUShack -- physical identification and some interesting articles.
sandpile.org -- x86 docs galore!
Alasir -- x86 CPU reference. nice overviews of many chips.
red hill guide -- historical overview with great images.
microcode updates -- linux microcode update utility and the actual updates.
Fab51 -- AMD K7/K8 technical information and modifications.

misc.

squiff -- code ninja.
Stocious -- cool rock 'n' roll band from Edinburgh.
noepatents.org Save Astronomy noepatents.org
DragonForce - Extreme Power Metal

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