tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45320547431621803452024-03-13T01:50:32.199-07:00Free StuffLinks to free stuff from around the web. The free stuff might be databases of information, free downloads (even open source stuff), music, videos or anything else that is free and catches my interest. If you know of a cool freebie, send me a note.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-92114453112804658762008-07-26T07:26:00.001-07:002008-07-26T07:26:41.732-07:00Free College Education, Sort Of<p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm">MIT is making its entire course curriculum available</a> for free on the internet. The only thing missing is the professor. Some of the classes that you can see have video, many have lecture notes and presentations.</p><br /><p>The <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm">catalog has over 1800 classes</a> and pretty much every topic area is covered.</p><br /><p>They make a point that by using this site, you are not getting an MIT education. You're just using their materials:</p><br /><p>MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.</p><br /><p><strong>What is MIT OpenCourseWare?</strong><br /><br/><br />MIT OpenCourseWare is a free publication of MIT course materials that reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT.</p><br /><ul><br /><li>OCW is not an MIT education.</li><br /><li>OCW does not grant degrees or certificates.</li><br /><li>OCW does not provide access to MIT faculty.</li><br /><li>Materials may not reflect entire content of the course.</li><br /></ul><br /><p>You can read more in the <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/help/help/index.htm">FAQ</a>.</p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Technorati</span> : <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/college" class="ztag" rel="tag">college</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/courseware" class="ztag" rel="tag">courseware</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/education" class="ztag" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/mit" class="ztag" rel="tag">mit</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/university" class="ztag" rel="tag">university</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-49274922174501656022008-07-24T19:12:00.001-07:002008-07-24T19:12:46.735-07:005 Free Online Editors<p>Editors and word processors are personal things. Some people like command line editors like vi and others hate them. Some people want a GUI but want it to just sort of sit there, others want bells and whistles.</p><br /><p>I like online editors because I use a lot of different computers. I tend to store text documents and source code on-line. That way it doesn't matter where I am, I always have my documents and source code available to me (as long as I have an internet connection).</p><br /><p>Here are a few different editors (all available online) for you to try. I've run into quite a few editors (amongst other sites) that require MSIE. All of the links below will work with Firefox.</p><br /><p><a href="http://writer.bighugelabs.com/">Big Huge Labs Writer</a> - Nice, clean editor. Keyboard short cuts. Auto save. Simple, elegant. Distraction free writing.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.editpad.org/">Edit Pad</a> - Very bare bones. Blank screen. Just start typing. If easy and free is your type, this is your editor.</p><br /><p><a href="http://docs.google.com/?pli=1">Google Docs</a> - Full featres, MS Office compatible, word processer. All the bells and whistles. Now with offline support.</p><br /><p><a href="http://darkcopy.com/">Dark Copy</a> - Another distraction free editor. Small area or full screen.</p><br /><p><a href="http://gpl.internetconnection.net/vi/">JavaScript VI</a> - It doesn't get any more painful than this. If you hate VI, do not click this link. If you love VI, now you can access it from any computer.</p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Technorati</span> : <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/editor" class="ztag" rel="tag">editor</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/free" class="ztag" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/word+processor" class="ztag" rel="tag">word processor</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-57232906591266761472008-07-23T11:29:00.001-07:002008-07-23T11:29:03.362-07:00More Free Books<p>I can't believe I haven't blogged about this as yet. It's been around for a long time.</p><br /><p>Baen books has the <a href="http://www.baen.com/library/">Baen Free Library</a>. Now, I wouldn't call this their A+ catalog. Most of these are more frequently seen in the bargain section at Barnes and Nobles rather than a best seller list but some of these are hidden gems. There are also some books from the masters: Norton, Bujold, Hogan, Lackey, Laumer, Niven, Pournelle, Saberhagen and Turtledove.</p><br /><p>This site is well worth a look and a bookmark. Heck, download them and put them on your laptop just in case you get stuck in an aitport some where. It might be fun to just browse them and find a new favorite.</p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Technorati</span> : <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/books" class="ztag" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/free" class="ztag" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/sci-fi" class="ztag" rel="tag">sci-fi</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-24445676978268098142008-07-22T13:27:00.000-07:002008-07-22T13:28:20.568-07:00Free Sci-Fi Books<p>Tor has opened a new Sci-Fi community called <a href="http://tor.com/">tor.com</a>. How appropriate. ;-)</p><br /><p>There are blogs, forums, etc but the most important thing is the freebies. <a href="http://tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=577">Free books</a> to be exact. Some really good ones too. Scalzi, Carver, Turtledove, and lots more.</p><br /><p>There are also <a href="http://tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=stories">free short works available</a>.</p><br /><p>Right now there are mote free novels available than stories but I expect that ratio to flip in time.</p><br /><p>Get'em while they're hot!</p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Technorati</span> : <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/free+books" class="ztag" rel="tag">free books</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/sci+fi" class="ztag" rel="tag">sci fi</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-18795465270922830242008-06-02T11:43:00.001-07:002008-06-02T11:43:45.177-07:00Recommend a good, free HTML Editor?<p>This isn't related to my blogging. I use <a href="http://www.zoundryraven.com/">Zoundry Raven</a> for blogging and am very happy with it. I am asking about HTML editors for a regular web site that I am working on.</p><br /><p>I used <a href="http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/">Arachnophilia</a> for a long time as my HTML editor. It's a robust editor, but it really is that, an editor. It's starting to feel a bit long in the tooth for me. I've decided to move on to a more CSS oriented WYSIWYG style editor. I used <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/?sdid=CVXKF">Dreamweaver</a> many years ago but don't feel like dropping that kind of money on an HTML editor.</p><br /><p>Right at the moment, I am using <a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/">Amaya</a>. While Amaya is free and supports CSS (to a degree) it has some very annoying issues. In general, like most open source, it feels somewhat incomplete. It also has a tendency to lose my background, icons, etc every now and then. Most times, resaving the file fixes it but sometimes I have to exit and come back. The worst thing though, is that it doesn't support SSI so my pages all look funky. Still, it's completely free and that's a bonus.</p><br /><p>I loaded up <a href="http://www.trellian.com/webpage/">Trellian Webpage</a> and it looks promising. I played with it for a few minutes but haven't actually started using it. Two others I've downloaded but not played with yet are <a href="http://www.aptana.com/studio">Aptana Studio</a> and <a href="http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage2.shtml">Evrsoft 1st Page 2000</a>. The Aptana Studio looks good because it also does Ruby, PHP and Adobe Air via plugins.</p><br /><p>Before I invest anymore time on this, I figured I would put the question out to you. What tool are you using for HTML development and/or can you recommend a good tool for me to try? It needs to support CSS and I would prefer some kind of support for SSI. Do any of the ones I already have fit the bill? Any better suggestions?</p><br /><p>Thanks in advance,</p><br /><p>LewisC</p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Del.icio.us</span> : <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/css" class="ztag" rel="tag">css</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/editor" class="ztag" rel="tag">editor</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/free" class="ztag" rel="tag">free</a>, <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/html" class="ztag" rel="tag">html</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-59907151886305702962008-05-23T05:50:00.001-07:002008-05-23T05:50:45.749-07:00ScrnShots - Free Screen Shot Hosting<p>LewisC's <a href="http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide">An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology</a></p><br /><p>This ain't no <a href="http://flickr.com/">Flickr</a>! Every blogger needs a place to host screen shots. Flickr is the best place for photos (IMHO) but they ask that all the images you post be photos (not that they're rabid about that). But now there's <a href="http://www.scrnshots.com/">SCRNSHOTS.com</a>. Unlimited screen shot uploads. You can tag them for easy searching. The photo below is a screen shot of scrnshots.com and it is hosted on scrnshots.com. How recursive is that!</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.scrnshots.com/users/lewisc/screenshots/6383"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/scrnshots.com/screenshots/6383/myscrnshots_large.PNG"/></a></p><br /><p>It works pretty much like flickr. Take a screen shot and save it on your computer. Upload it, add a description and tags. Embed it using the provided html. They do ask that you link back to them which is the same thing flickr asks.</p><br /><p>On the social side, I've found that people frequently comment on shots. It's fun to browse around and look at the shots other people are taking. I'm going to try to post at least one interesting shot per day and I'll try to comment on any interesting ones that I find.</p><br /><p>I am very happy to have this available. I'm not sure what the financial model is for this. I'm hoping they don't disappear anytime soon. Flickr seems to be going strong, especially now that they got bought. Maybe google will buy this one.</p><br /><p>LewisC<br /><br/></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-71527779346026109182008-05-16T12:15:00.000-07:002008-05-16T12:21:01.777-07:00Free Floor Panning SoftwareI've started playing with a new online tool, <a href="http://floorplanner.com/">Floorplanner.com</a>. This is a really neat little tool. From the site:<br /><br /><blockquote>Buying a new home, rearranging your room, or moving into a new office? You can save time and have more fun if you lay out your ideas ahead of time.</blockquote><blockquote>Floorplanner is the easiest, quickest, and best looking way to create and share interactive floorplans. Using point-and-click, drag-and-drop tools, you can make your floor plan in minutes, and rearrange it as often as you want. Then you can save, send, and print your designs to share them, or place them on your own website.</blockquote><blockquote>It's easy to use and works in almost any modern browser, no extra downloads required. </blockquote>I haven't used it heavily but so far it works fine. The free version will only let you create a single floor plan. Since I ownly own a single house, that's not a problem for me. ;-)<br /><br />You can upgrade to the Plus version. That gives you 5 floor plans. It costs $30.50 per year. That's about what you would pay for a comparable desktop version but a desktop version would give you unlimited floorplans.<br /><br />You can also upgrade to Pro for $24.50 per month. That seems really steep to me even for a professional. <br /><br />The free version is definitely worth a look though.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-17465355045087993152008-05-12T18:58:00.001-07:002008-05-12T18:58:20.689-07:00Clonezilla: Free Disk to Disk Transfer for Laptops<p>LewisC's <a href="http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide">An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology</a></p><br /><p>I wrote some time ago that I had <a href="http://lewiscsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-got-new-laptop.html">bought a new laptop</a>. My old one had died. I didn't need to transfer any files (couldn't actually, the hard drive was toast) but I had my backups so I didn't lose any data.</p><br /><p>The one downside to the new laptop (which otherwise had awesome specs) was a 200GB 4800 RPM hard drive. After giving it a few months, I decided I had enough of it. Vista is not exactly a speed demon anyway but on that disk I was getting old waiting for it. I decided to swap hard drives and if Vista was still slow I would upgrade to XP.</p><br /><p>So, I ordered a new 200GB 7200 RPM hard drive. It's a SATA drive from Hitachi (replacing a SATA drive from Toshiba). I got an excellent deal from TigerDirect.com.</p><br /><p>My existing drive was partitioned into a 188GB C drive and a 12GB D drive. The D drive is a recovery drive that I don't need.</p><br /><p>The new drive came yesterday and I installed it last night. Before doing so, I did a partition image of my C drive using <a href="http://www.clonezilla.org/">Clonezilla</a>.</p><br /><p>Clonezilla is a replacement for Norton Ghost. It takes a bit by bit image of the hard drive and can write that image on a new drive. You download Clonezilla as an ISO and burn it to a disk. It's fairly small at about 80MB. It's a Debian Linux install with just enough Linux to work and a bunch of utilities.</p><br /><p>From the Clonezilla website:</p><br /><h3><span style="COLOR: #3333ff">What is Clonezilla ?</span></h3><br /><blockquote><br /><p>You're probably familiar with the popular proprietary commercial package <a href="http://www.ghost.com/" target="_blank">Norton Ghost®</a>, and its OpenSource counterpart, <a href="http://www.partimage.org/" target="_blank">Partition Image</a>. The problem with these software packages is that it takes a lot of time to massively clone systems to many computers. You've probably also heard of Symantec's solution to this problem, <a href="http://www.norton.com/" target="_blank">Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition®</a> with multicasting. Well, now there is an OpenSource clone system (OCS) solution called Clonezilla with unicasting and multicasting!<br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Clonezilla, based on <a href="http://drbl.sf.net/">DRBL</a>, <a href="http://www.partimage.org/" target="_blank">Partition Image</a>, <a href="http://www.linux-ntfs.org/" target="_blank">ntfsclone</a>, and <a href="http://udpcast.linux.lu/" target="_blank">udpcast</a>, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, <a href="http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/">Clonezilla live</a> and <a href="http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-server-edition/">Clonezilla server edition</a>. Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla server edition is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone efficiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla server edition was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took only about 10 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via multicasting!</p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>I popped the Clonezilla disk in (I used the Clonezilla Live disk) and rebooted. Linux booted up without any issues. It asked some questions about my hardware and we were on the way. No networking was installed as far as I can tell. I didn't need any though.</p><br /><p>I cloned my C partition to an external Maxtor 500GB USB drive that I normally have hanging off my network for extra storage. It's definitely not the fastest disk on my network but it works great and is easy to use. Clonezilla recognized both my C and D drives and the USB drive with no special prompting from me. Clonezilla creates a repository on the target disk to store the images.</p><br /><p>Clonezilla took about 3 1/2 hours to write the 148GB that I had on my existing C drive. I blame the USB drive, not Clonezila, for the amount of time it took.</p><br /><p>Anyway, once complete, I popped out the old drive and installed the new one. I booted up but this time I did not have the USB drive plugged in. It told me when to plug it in but I may not have been fast enough or something. It seemed to recognize the drive but then hung at that point. I rebooted with the USB drive already plugged in. It recognized the drive and proceeded to the restore.</p><br /><p>The Clonezilla restore failed on the first attempt. Because I only did one partition and not the entire disk, I had to choose to have Clonezilla recreate the MBR. It worked when I changed that option. The restore went faster than the save. I forgot to write the time down but I think it was 2 to 2 1/2 hours.</p><br /><p>I booted back into Vista and it did a disk check. It said the $shutdown$ (or something like that) file was invalid. After the check disk it finished booting up. Once I logged in, I got a message that Vista had installed new hardware (a Hitachi disk drive) and had to reboot. I did and when it came back up, I was back in business. Sweet!</p><br /><p>I checked and had a D drive but it wasn't formatted.. I went into the Vista disk manager and removed the D partition. I then extended my C partition and I am now using the entire disk. I have had no issues at all.</p><br /><p>I was afraid that moving from a 4800RM to a 7200RPM drive might cause me some heat issues. I left it on over night running some mindless tasks for me that do disk access. I woke up this morning and checked the temperature. It's actually running cooler than the 4800RPM drive. I have no explanation for that.</p><br /><p>My second fear was that Vista would require me to revalidate my install. Not a fear really as it's just calling a 1-800 number and getting a key to enter. Didn't happen though. I'm apparently still genuine.</p><br /><p>I plan to buy a USB enclosure for the old drive. It works perfectly fine, just kind of slow. I can use it for backups and such. Any suggestions for a good enclosure?</p><br /><p>I have noticed a significant increase in speed in Vista. The copy is a bit by bit copy so the file fragmentation level should be the same. My disk performance score went from 4.5 to 5.4. My overall score stayed at 3.5 due to my video card (NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS).</p><br /><p>All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase and the results. This is the first time I have used Clonezilla but I will definitely use it again if I need it and I would recommend it to just about anyone (that has somewhat of a technical background).</p><br /><p>LewisC</p><br /><p><br/></p><br /><p xmlns="" class="zoundry_raven_tags"><br /> <!-- Tag links generated by Zoundry Raven. Do not manually edit. http://www.zoundryraven.com --><br /> <span class="ztags"><span class="ztagspace">Technorati</span> : <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/clone+disk" class="ztag" rel="tag">clone disk</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/clonezilla" class="ztag" rel="tag">clonezilla</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/copy+disk" class="ztag" rel="tag">copy disk</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/data+transfer" class="ztag" rel="tag">data transfer</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/free+software" class="ztag" rel="tag">free software</a></span> <br /></p>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-80371007648581469772008-01-20T14:42:00.000-08:002008-01-20T14:50:55.202-08:00Sauerbraten, It's not your mama's cabbage!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sauerbraten_screenshot_878348.jpg/250px-Sauerbraten_screenshot_878348.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sauerbraten_screenshot_878348.jpg/250px-Sauerbraten_screenshot_878348.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I recently ran across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauerbraten_%28game%29">3D FPS Sauerbraten</a>. All I can say is "Excellent!" <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sauerbraten/">Completely free and open source</a>, Sauerbraten is first person shooter with it's own style and graphics. <br /><br />In looks it might have a little in common with Quake but that's a stretch really. The creatures that you fight are fairly unique looking. <br /><br />The one complaint that I might have is not enough ammo for my weapons. I have that complaint for every FPS I play though so it;s not a biggie.<br /><br />The performance is amazing. With no tweeaking at all, I was running at about 60fps. <br /><br />The game has multiplayer support but I haven't had the opportunity to try it out yet.<br /><br />An added bonus is a work-in-progress <a href="http://eisenstern.com/">RPG called Eisenstern</a>. Eisenstern is a parallel project using the same game engine. I played it for a while and while it's still rough, it's kind of fun and mindless entertainment. I was able to kill the golem but not the dragon.<br /><br />If you're into RPGs or First Person Shooters, you owe it to yourself to give Sauerbraten a chance.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-6402664882958739892007-10-24T18:44:00.000-07:002007-10-24T18:46:45.211-07:00Free Movies, Cartoons and MoreThere are a lot of sites with homemade video but more and more are adding public domain movies and cartoons. These are basically the same movies and cartoons that you can buy in the bargain bin for a buck.<br /><br />Save a dollar, watch them online.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.watchfilms.com/">WatchFilms.com</a>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-13610216833321167952007-10-18T17:19:00.000-07:002007-10-18T17:21:50.503-07:00Free 3d Design Software<a href="http://www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html">DesignWorkshop Lite</a>: A fast, fun and free tool for creating 3D models, images, and walkthroughs, from sketches to presentations.<br /><br />I first found this software a couple of years ago. I used it to design some landscaping. Decent tool for the price.<br /><br />The complete freeware DesignWorkshop Lite software package provides all you need to build your own 3D models for home design and visualization of architecture, landscapes, exhibits, or any kind of spatial design. With DesignWorkshop Lite you can view and walk-through ready-made models of any size, like the free 3D building models in the Great Buildings Online, in DXF, DesignWorkshop, or 3DMF format, with amazing live 3D speed. <br /><br />You can get the software with documentation and tutorials for $9.95 but the download version is free.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-64700020202159544872007-10-09T16:37:00.001-07:002007-10-09T16:39:55.693-07:00Free Woodworking PlansHey woodworkers! This site has an extensive list of woodworking plans.<br /><br /><a href="http://FreeWoodworkingPlan.com">FreeWoodworkingPlan.com</a> has thousands of free plans and projects in a searchable database. <br /><br />I used plans from this site to build my first workbench. Some good stuff here.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-4916069419514642062007-10-07T08:25:00.001-07:002007-10-07T08:31:10.687-07:00Free 1st Person Shooters<a href="http://www.otssoftware.com/">OTS Software</a> has released all of their games as freeware. <br /><br /><blockquote>As a THANK YOU! to all our loyal fans, OTS Software has decided to make all of our retail and shareware games FREE! Over the next few weeks, we will be re-releasing all of these games as freeware.</blockquote><br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://www.otssoftware.com/games.php">OTS Games page</a>. They have plenty of online and downloadable content.<br /><br />None of these games are going to change your life. These are games you would normally find on the bargain rack at Best Buy or Circuit City. There's also not a lot of replay value here, at least not for me. However, they are neat little games. And there are plenty of them.<br /><br />In this list of games you can fight dragons, undead, aliens, mad cows and even lawyers! How cool is that. There are a few games for the kids also.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-35279972882084551852007-10-06T09:31:00.000-07:002007-10-06T09:34:51.490-07:00AVG Anti-Rootkit FreewareAVG has one of the best free anti-virus programs around. They now have an <a href="http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-rootkit/us/crp/4">anti-rootkit tool</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. Rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding.</blockquote>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-9140534641657787722007-10-05T19:26:00.000-07:002007-10-05T19:33:18.811-07:00400 Free Dos Games<a href="http://www.dosgames.com/">DOSGames.com</a> lists classic DOS games available for download. Not all of these are truly free. There are a bunch of freeware games but there is also a lot of shareware and demo files.<br /><br />Still, it's a good resource to keep on hand. I've played many of the games on this site and I occasionally go back to replay some of the "nostalgia" games.<br /><br />If you have questions about licenses or how to play a specific games, be sure to check out the <a href="http://www.dosgames.com/faq.php">dosgames faq</a>.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-20895426970683469372007-10-05T19:12:00.000-07:002007-10-05T19:26:29.154-07:00Free Gaming Magazines<a href="http://www.gamerzines.com/">GamerZines</a> offers free EZines for gamers. The EZines are professional quality and are available for download in PDF format. You can download individual issues from the site or you can sign up for a free subscription.<br /><br />This is a very professionally down set of EZines. I was surprised how good they are when I first downloaded one. Imagine PC Gamer in PDF format. 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There is something for everyone in the list of utilities.<br /><br /><a href="http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/demonstrations.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/shotgroup-drive.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Features:<br /><ul><br /><li>Gizmo Toolbar - Configurable quick launch bar for the Windows Shell</li><br /><li>Gizmo Drive - Mount ISOs, encrypted hard drive images to a virtual drive</li><br /><li>Gizmo Script - Automate your PC and execute functions using script</li><br /><li>Gizmo Database - Query Analyzer and stored procedure analyzer</li><br /><li>Gizmo Editor - Colorizing text editor and hex/binary editor</li><br /><li>Gizmo Hasher - Calculate hash values for files, folders, and drives</li><br /><li>Gizmo Synchronization - Synchronize files and deploy software between clients </li><br /></ul><br /><br />Gizmo is 100% free. <a href="http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/faq.html">Check out the FAQ</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Why is Gizmo free? What's the catch?</span><br /><br />Answer:<br />There is no catch! Gizmo is free, and always will be. We do encourage you to check out our other products while you are here.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-83724190929212939842007-10-05T13:49:00.001-07:002007-10-05T14:08:09.063-07:00Free Game - Urban Terror: 1st Person Shooter<a href="http://www.urbanterror.net/page.php?6">Urban Terror</a> is built using the quake 3 engine. Urban Terror calls itself, "Where Quake meets Reality." The graphics, as expected, are great. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCo17RQW9Xt5G44jmbnZ-hAVTye3lFwKNf4WzYtM-o4q7QtVXBbRQk-xexGkIg90dk60R7OCJ-hndLLc8YM9iqDRHimYrBh_8f68odgq3Dr6EGzRovQKdoeNmjEBoEOjCkDEj-NIu2i0W/s1600-h/shot0003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCo17RQW9Xt5G44jmbnZ-hAVTye3lFwKNf4WzYtM-o4q7QtVXBbRQk-xexGkIg90dk60R7OCJ-hndLLc8YM9iqDRHimYrBh_8f68odgq3Dr6EGzRovQKdoeNmjEBoEOjCkDEj-NIu2i0W/s320/shot0003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117958734378194194" /></a><br /><br />This is not JUST a mod. You do NOT need to own quake to play this game. The team has created the ioUrbanTerror engine which lets you play this game for free.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LmTPrM7XqyHyxOToRhdlYKfvKxmRQTLhN5RkNJtJPUlk7sy8jUahe8PYdPkIOkzcyALIET7voW1wbk3S7YpZeOxLkLbq-2K2X3uyr1G124-TMsSMdJVA993EldHICOkcvB0-PjIDblLa/s1600-h/shot0012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LmTPrM7XqyHyxOToRhdlYKfvKxmRQTLhN5RkNJtJPUlk7sy8jUahe8PYdPkIOkzcyALIET7voW1wbk3S7YpZeOxLkLbq-2K2X3uyr1G124-TMsSMdJVA993EldHICOkcvB0-PjIDblLa/s320/shot0012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117958824572507426" /></a><br /><br />As the tag line, Where Quake meets Reality, might imply, this is a reality based game with completely new gameplay. <br /><br />Check out videos before you decide to download.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yHKdP8EYJbI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yHKdP8EYJbI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tu_ztxBlxGw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tu_ztxBlxGw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-9973983838584939502007-10-03T16:00:00.000-07:002007-10-03T16:04:42.069-07:00Free Web-Based SSH and TelnetIf you run your own web server, the software is free. For about USD20/year you can use a hosted solution.<br /><br />Have you ever wanted SSH or telnet access to your system from an “internet desert” - from behind a strict firewall, from an internet cafe, or even from a mobile phone? <a href="http://anyterm.org/">Anyterm</a> is a combination of a web page and a web server module that provides this access.<br /><br /><a href="http://anyterm.org/">Anyterm</a> can use almost any web browser and even works through firewalls. There is experimental support for mobile phones using WAP. If you join <a href="http://anyterm.org/my.html">my.anyterm.org</a> you can access your systems straight away via our server with no software to install anywhere. Alternatively, you can run the Anyterm software on your own system.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-74055336884754862742007-10-02T17:52:00.000-07:002007-10-02T17:55:15.288-07:003000+ Free GamesIt looks like the people who run this site are car dealers. Whatever. They have a huge selection of neat little games. You won't find an Oblivion clone here but there are some good RPG, Adventure and Platform games.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.caiman.us/">Caiman Free Games</a>LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-80450930224559549122007-10-02T15:31:00.000-07:002007-10-02T15:37:57.162-07:0010 Free Ebooks For BloggersFrom Mashable comes the <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/10/02/blogging-ebooks/">Top 10 Free E-books For Bloggers</a>. These completely free, downloadable ebooks include:<br /><br />Authority Black Book - Jack Humphrey<br />Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization - SEOMoz.org<br />BlogBash: Deep Secrets of Successful Blogging - learn from 30 experts<br />Blog Profits Blueprint - Yaro Starak<br />Dive Into Web 2.0 - Deitel<br />Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber Dissidents - Reporters without Borders<br />Make Money Online with John Chow dot Com - John Chow<br />Unleashing the Idea Virus - Seth Godin<br />Web Style Guide - WebStyleGuide.com<br />Who’s There - Seth GodinLewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-58584063727629001752007-10-01T14:50:00.000-07:002007-10-01T14:52:30.778-07:00Voice Recognition SoftwareFor developers, <a href="http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/html/cmusphinx.php">Sphinx</a> is "a set of reasonably mature, world-class speech components that provide a basic level of technology to anyone interested in creating speech-using applications without the once-prohibitive initial investment cost in research and development; the same components are open to peer review by all researchers in the field, and are used for linguistic research as well".<br /><br />Not for end users but I am sure some enterprising developers are wrapping front ends around this.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-72081572519815072122007-10-01T13:50:00.001-07:002007-10-01T13:52:35.031-07:00Recipe Manager Software<a href="http://www.nutritionanalyser.com/recipe_manager/recipe_manager.htm">Recipe Manager - Your Cooking Companion</a>. A free and easy-to-use Recipe Database Management System to assist you in organizing your recipes and help you in analyzing the nutritional values of your meals. It contains a large database of ingredients and their nutrient values (over 100 nutrients, micro nutrients, minerals and vitamins).<br /><br />This Software is ideal for any person concerned about their health or involved in fitness, diet and Nutrition.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-40431088342898726012007-09-30T18:18:00.000-07:002007-09-30T18:27:06.015-07:00Completely Free Games<a align="left" href="http://libregamewiki.org/"><img align="left" src="http://libregamewiki.org/images/8/8d/Libregamewikilogo.png" alt="Libregamewiki" border="0" /></a>The Libre Game Wiki is an encyclopedia of free games. Launched in August 2007, it is quickly growing.<br /><br />You can get a <a href="http://libregamewiki.org/List_of_games">list of all the free games in games index</a>.<br /><br />Free in the case of this wiki is pure open source free, not freeware. That means most of the games are available on source forge and all of the come with source code.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532054743162180345.post-91842995616516372192007-09-30T18:14:00.000-07:002007-10-05T13:40:37.817-07:00Free Software Magazine<a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/">Free Software Magazine</a> is the free online magazine about free software. It is free to subscribe and free to read online. Please, feel free to read all of our issues, book reviews, newsletters, and blog entries and participate in our forums. We now have hundreds of articles online, so you are sure to find what you are looking for in our archives. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4JYogMO0j4Whev1ov3pv9ZERipLtQ6Tng0b8N0MfOgY1vLAjo77ZXB60ZO-5Sup5TL1JRqd6QWYLJiQ4llr8xrJ45PyoAWuUrRm3AeE1kvrujICYPyYBXHuqojSGWvWt-IUtP7Io8MvF/s400/fsm_banner_468x60.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117955079361025282" /></a><br /><br />For more information about the magazine, check out the <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/about">Free Software Magazine About page</a>.<br /><br />If you like to write, <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/write_for_us">Free Software Magazine is also looking for contributors</a>.LewisChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652008216013571362noreply@blogger.com0