The Great Geek Manual

10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2009 – From picotech to compressed air energy storage, Popular Mechanics counts down the big ideas that will make headlines next year.

DIY Thanksgiving – Instructables has a load of somewhat humorous do-it-yourself projects for the Thanksgiving holiday, including a fractal pie and gravy fountain, as well as some really helpful meal planning tips. And don’t miss the interview with Christy Canida from Instructables over at WBUR.

DOOM – The hit video game finally comes to the web in a Flash 10 port built with Alchemy! It’s kind of slow but awesome nonetheless.

Error Level Analyser – Is a tiny app that allows you to quickly check an image to determine if it might was Photoshop’d or altered. Simple and free to download.

Every Video Format You Need to Know – Gizmodo runs down what you need to know about video codecs and formats. Great for anime freaks and hardcore movie downloaders.

How many Movies can you Name in Two Minutes – Sure, you’re a film junkie, but how many film titles can you type out in just two minutes. It’s not just a test of your typing speed, it’s a test of how many one-word film titles you can think up: Rambo, Saw, Taxi…

If You Liked This, Sure to Love That – The New York Times has an interesting article on the case of Napoleon Dynamite, which stumped the programmers who tried to improve Cinematch, Netflix’s “recommendation engine” for a million dollar prize. Great story, but long.

Incredibots – Build your own robots, play with them in an environment with great physics engine, and embed them in a widget on your website.

Permanently Delete Data – ReadWriteWeb discusses methods of permanently deleting data from a hard drive in order to protect your privacy.

There and Back Again – Blogger Aaron Brazell picks 10 blogs he thinks everybody should read, none of which are this one.

Username – A useful online utility that check the availability of a web handle on dozens of leading web services ranging from 12Seconds to Yahoo. It’s a great first stop when you’re ready to establish a new web identity.