The Great Page of Resources

One of the biggest pet peeves of mine is forgetting how to do something, especially when writing scripts and programs, or trying to get something working that I have successfully performed many years earlier, but completely forgotten how to do it. So without further ado, here are some links to some of the most useful sites that I have ever come across.

Windows Scripting
As a long time IT security professional, I will occasionally have to write script for various reasons. Especially when perform audits or having to setup user accounts as they login. I usually find it hard to write them after I have not written one for a long time and have to lookup multiple sites on how to do a specific script. I found these sites as the most beneficial for everyday systems administrator tasks and tasks for those that perform security functions:

• Ron van der Woude's Scripting Pages
• Richard L. Mueller - Hilltop Lab
• Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog
• Developer Resources (Cruto.com)

Free Training/Education

Are you and/or your employer broke (i.e. no money)? Are you tired of paying for training that you just can't afford? Well here are a few training sites that will help you save a few dollars:

• Development for Beginners Learnging Center - a great site to go from beginner to intermediate development.
• Legacy Beginner Developer Learning Center - this is Microsoft's older site, but this was the one that got me started in programming for a systems administrator job that I had. Not only did I save a few bucks, but I also learned enough to put ahead of the class that I had taken on an online college course for Visual Basic .Net. I highly recommend this and the site above it.
• Open Culture - offers free courses in various subjects
• Open Courseware Consortium - offers free college level course in various subjects and probably the most widely known of those listed here.

Hacking/Modding

Please be aware that when I refer to hacking, I am referring to modding a system (e.g. Pogoplug, NSLU2, etc) to do things that it was not originally designed to do by the manufacturer. I use that term in its old school sense and meaning, not the mainstream media sense. Either way, I would only recommend these sites if you understand that there is risk that something will break; if you are afraid of breaking something, then don't go to these sites.

iPhone, iPad, and other Apple products

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• Dev-Team Blog - a great site for jailbreaking some of your Apple products, in particular iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It is also the home of redsn0w.

Android

• xdadevelopers - a great site for hacking/modding your Android device (e.g. Samsung Galaxy, Nexus 7, et al), especially rooting your device to get additional feature (e.g. enabling your smartphone as wi-fi hotspot). Be aware that many phone companies are against this, because they want you to pay to use your phone as a hotspot.