Typhoon 2001

"... a freeware game inspired by both the Atari Jaguar hit game Tempest 2000 and the arcade hit Tempest."

BasKet

A multi-purpose note-taking application. Incredibly powerful and versatile.
Here's the link to the package download on GetDeb.

(from the Ars Technica.com Linux Journal)

Assorted guitar links of the day

Here they go:

• Basic blues tips;
  
• Scales, scales, scales;
  
• Improvisation Tools: Pentatonic.
  

Free Online Smalltalk Books

I guess the magic word here is "free"... ;-)

(I don't remember where this link came from - I guess it should be DZone.com)

Python tricks

Assorted Python tips and tricks.

(from DZone.com)

Windows Vista Tips, Tweaks & Sidebar Gadgets

As the subject says.

(from LifeHacker.com)

Create backup of installed packages using APTonCD

APTonCD creates a CD or DVD with the backup of a selection of .deb packages, downloaded with apt-get (or its front-ends).

This post on Only Ubuntu Linux explains how to use it.

(from LifeHacker.com)