Amazon MP3 Downloader for Linux

Amazon has packaged their download software for Linux. I think this is pretty cool, because it is DRM Free mp3 format music, so you can play it on anything. Linux users can now use the download tool legitimately!

Download the tool, download the player. Support DRM Free Music.

Free Software Day

I'm a member of the Ubuntu Maryland Local Community Team. I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, but I recently bought a laptop from Dell that came preloaded with Ubuntu, and I'm actually learning to get around quite well- downloading packages, configuring software,and yes- even occasionally getting into a little command line.
Anyway, Software Freedom Day is on September 20, and we've got the meeting room booked at Howard County Library- Miller Road.
Come on out and find out more about Ubuntu Linux!

Learn Something online

Several schools and institutions are putting their classes and lectures online for free, and you can podcast, stream, and download the course informmation. Although I haven't spent as much time as I would like podcasting, I have taken a few opportunities to learn something new. You don't get credit for the classes, but its free and its knowledge- and I happen to think that the knowledge is the most important part anyway.
UC Berkeley Biology, Chemistry, Business courses and many others are available on the site to download, and if you feel so inclined- donate money.
MIT Opencourseware MIT has an extensive amount of their courses online, and is one of the institutions that has been doing it the longest. I'm a little partial to their Mechanical Engineering section, myself.
Stanford University is on itunes, I downloaded a business management class and listened to in on the way back and forth to work.
Carnegie Mellon has some free online coursework, I haven't used it yet but I've been wanting to check it out.
TED gets an honorable mention here, because although it isn't a college, it is a great place to listen to some of our brightest minds talk about things that are relevant and important today.