tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68497412011-04-21T21:18:13.137-04:00Random shite and stuff of interest sometimesPeternoreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1127339652889073602005-09-21T17:22:00.000-04:002005-09-21T17:57:57.080-04:00

Now that the Opera web browser is truly free, check out this excellent Wiki packed full of helpful tips, tutorials and cumstomisations:Opera Tips — General tips for users of Opera. Opera Performance — Specific tips on how to speed Opera up even more! Editing INI Files — A guide on what and where the files to customise Opera are found, and a tutorial on how to edit them. Searching the Web Using

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1124282774705070422005-08-17T08:01:00.000-04:002005-08-17T08:46:14.726-04:00

Sphider is a lightweight web spider and search engine written in PHP, using MySQL as its back end database. It is suitable for adding search functionality to small or medium sites (up to around 20,000 pages). It also works great as a tool for site analysis - finding broken links, gathering statistics about the site etc.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1124104361074187742005-08-15T07:02:00.000-04:002005-08-15T07:12:41.260-04:00

1. Sphygmic Software SpreadsheetWhy waste money and over 180MB of disk space to get feature-bloated Excel? With the Sphygmic Software spreadsheet you get all the functions you need in less than 4MB.Build formulae using the 125 built-in functions, including text handling, statistical, date/time, and financial functions. Worksheets can span 256 columns and 16,384 rows, enough for almost any task,

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1124039889400711252005-08-14T13:14:00.000-04:002005-08-14T13:18:09.406-04:00

Debian Pure is not about creating an additional linux distribution, rather, a CD that will help newer users with installing a Debian proper system along with common plugins (DVD, Flash, Java, and MPlayer). The CD includes options to install from CD or net and to install either GNOME or KDE desktops.

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1. avast! Home 2. AntiVir Personal Edition3. AVG AntiVirus FreeAnti-Spyware Programs Here.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1123924139800488882005-08-13T04:44:00.000-04:002005-08-13T06:05:38.696-04:00

FREE Anti-Spyware/Adware programs.1. Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal2. Spybot Search and DestroyIndividually each one of the programs is excellent. But in my opinion BOTH programs are required to ensure better protection/removal capabilities.Free Anti-Virus Programs For Windows

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1123837122087594992005-08-12T04:42:00.000-04:002005-08-12T04:58:42.093-04:00

7-Zip is a file archiver for Windows with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, RAR, CAB, GZIP, BZIP2, and TAR formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format. It also compresses to ZIP 2-10% better than PKZip and WinZip.DOWNLOAD HERE

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1122992841646777352005-08-02T10:19:00.000-04:002005-08-02T10:27:21.653-04:00

Free Download Manager is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. It is absolutely free! Using this software product you can easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. With Free Download Manager the downloading process will be as easy as never before!Free Download Manager is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1114230010425601592005-04-23T00:17:00.000-04:002005-04-23T00:20:10.426-04:00

Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast. Its powerful plugin system makes Miranda IM very flexible. Only the most basic features are built in, but there are currently more than 350 free plugins available for download that allows users to extend the functionality of Miranda IM.Available protocols IRC, ICQ, AIM,

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1113334217946409862005-04-12T15:26:00.000-04:002005-04-12T15:30:17.946-04:00

jEdit is a mature and well-designed programmer's text editor with 7 years of development behind it.Features:- Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows. - Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available. - Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature. - Auto indent, and

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1108712185728805532005-02-18T02:27:00.000-05:002005-02-18T02:36:25.730-05:00

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, and MacOS X.DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1107101019529758452005-01-30T11:00:00.000-05:002005-01-30T11:03:39.530-05:00

Coral CDN is simple and free service. No more bandwidth costs for your MP3, Video and Picture content. Just append ".nyud.net:8090" to the hostname of any URL, and your request for that URL is handled by Coral.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1107002108185159882005-01-29T07:31:00.000-05:002005-01-29T07:35:08.186-05:00

Intellibuild (iBuild) is a program that allows you to quickly and easily create your own custom GNU/Linux LiveCD Distribution (like Knoppix and Morphix). You simply open up a template, select which programs you want to be included, click on the "Build" button and wait. When iBuild is done, your custom .iso awaits you. All you have to do is burn and go.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1106646099154729632005-01-25T04:33:00.000-05:002005-01-25T04:41:39.153-05:00

K-Meleon is another excellent open source web browser for windows and is based on Gecko, the rendering engine for FireFox and Mozilla. It is intended to be a light, fast, and customizable browser.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1106012061878010292005-01-17T20:29:00.000-05:002005-01-17T20:34:21.880-05:00

Bill Gates strikes a pose for Teen Beat Photospread, 1983 http://blog.monkeymethods.org/2005/01/bill-gates-strikes-pose-for-teen-beat.html ENJOY :-)

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1105807746653054772005-01-15T11:38:00.000-05:002005-01-15T11:49:06.653-05:00

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1104611703338756042005-01-01T15:26:00.000-05:002005-01-01T15:35:03.336-05:00

Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") is a complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1104314523889011522004-12-29T04:53:00.000-05:002004-12-29T05:02:03.890-05:00

Horrific amateur video footage of the recent Tsunami (Tidal Wave) in south Asia :-(

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1104126765621899602004-12-27T01:48:00.000-05:002004-12-27T00:52:45.620-05:00

Media Portal turns your PC in a very advanced Multi MediaCenter / HTPC (Home Theater PC). It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more. You get Media Portal for free/nothing/nada/noppes and best of all it is opensource. This means anyone can help developing Media Portal or tweak it for their own needs!

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1104090617385160692004-12-26T14:43:00.000-05:002004-12-26T14:50:17.386-05:00

Here's an interesting article on how to speed up the Firefox web browser. I have'nt tried it myself(yet), but would be interested in hearing from you if you noticed any difference.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1102078490255759842004-12-03T07:54:00.000-05:002004-12-03T07:54:50.256-05:00

FontsOnCD is a powerful font browsing utility that allows you to browse your TrueType fonts without waste of system resources. Major FontsOnCD feature - tiny size and possibility to write a program on CD jointly with your font collection for automatic browsing. You can place FontsOnCD in any folder of your CD image and the program will show all TrueType fonts existing on disk starting by root

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1101975095793148012004-12-02T03:11:00.000-05:002004-12-02T03:11:35.793-05:00

Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the Windows environment. Supported languages : C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, RC resource file, makefile, ASCII art file, doxygen, ini file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS source files, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python and Lua. DOWNLOAD HERE

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1101973386796622512004-12-02T02:43:00.000-05:002004-12-02T02:43:06.796-05:00

JustBlogIt with a simple right-click. What is JustBlogIt? JustBlogIt is a Mozilla / Firefox extension to allow easy right-click posting to a weblog. From any website your new blog post is only a right-click away. How is JustBlogIt different from a other blogging bookmarklets or context-menu tools? JustBlogIt supports posting to a variety of weblog system types and is not specific to just one. You

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1100453063848404152004-11-14T13:21:00.000-05:002004-11-14T12:24:23.846-05:00

Usually regular tasks like backup up the site's database are run using cron jobs. With cron jobs, you can exactly plan when a certain command is to be executed. But most homepage owners can't create cron jobs on their web server – providers demand some extra money for that. The only thing that's certain to happen quite regularly on a web page are page requests. This is where pseudo-cron comes

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1099106058903251432004-10-29T22:58:00.000-04:002004-10-29T23:14:18.903-04:00

Over the years I have tried many different CSS Stylesheets editors, and only lately I have come across Balthisar Cascade. I find it an excellent program for my needs and highly recommend it. For a good resource on CSS Stylesheets (Cascading Style Sheets) checkout these links: Introduction to CSS CSS and Links - Including multiple links schemes Advanced CSS

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1098210118634203372004-10-19T14:16:00.000-04:002004-10-19T14:21:58.633-04:00

Just came across this Weird Visual Effect. I was fooled and would have bet a considerable amount of money on the two squares being different colors. Just proves that a fool and his money are easily parted. :-)

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1098030243773058162004-10-17T13:15:00.000-04:002004-10-17T12:24:03.776-04:00

If your looking for an alternative to the standard windows file explorer then check out a superb list of 12 different programs recommended by Chris Pirillo. Thanks Chris :-)

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1092146642095836482004-08-10T09:59:00.000-04:002004-10-04T09:34:21.740-04:00

Thanks to a blog entry by Chris Pirillo I have found this useful list of programs for GMail. My favorite applications from this list are: GTray Notifies you of any incoming email messages to your GMail account. Program lives in your system tray. Pop Goes the GMail This appliaction sits between your GMail account and your email client, converting messages from the web based mailbox into POP3

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1091336856991063862004-08-01T00:51:00.000-04:002004-08-01T01:07:36.993-04:00

My Favorite FTP Client - WS-FTP LE Another good one is FileZilla

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1091050988371367872004-07-28T17:30:00.000-04:002004-07-28T17:44:21.630-04:00

Do you spend time every morning catching up with all of your favourite news sites? To save your time and bandwidth, Feedz allows you to view a summary of content that interests you, in the way that you want it presenting. Currently, all major feed formats are supported. These include RSS, RDF, XML and Atom. Your news feed page layout can be changed to your preferences including News feeds to

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1089413024867418232004-07-09T18:34:00.000-04:002004-07-09T18:43:44.866-04:00

PHP Trackback is a simple but powerful, portable PHP class with full TrackBack capabilites. Ping trackback URLs, receive trackbacks from other clients and seed pages for auto-discovery. The class also extract links from a given string and search these links for trackback URLs. Also here is the TrackBack Technical Specification.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1088548751440268372004-06-29T18:13:00.000-04:002004-06-29T18:41:51.233-04:00

Add/Create the following code to .htaccess file: RemoveHandler .html .htm AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html For more information read the follwing article: Learning Journal - Parsing PHP in .html Files

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1084133099699608062004-05-09T16:04:00.000-04:002004-05-10T16:03:51.060-04:00

Movie Title: The Whole Ten Yards Starring: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak Movie Review: Without a doubt The Whole Ten Yards would have to be one of the worst films I have ever seen, and believe me, I have seen some pretty bad movies in my time but this one takes the proverbial cake of shite. I am normally a Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry fan and will

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1083528522090416512004-05-02T16:08:00.000-04:002004-05-02T16:27:18.140-04:00

Summary: Easy Moblog - PHP RSS - Need Your Own Web Host Comments: Today while listening to Leo Laporte's radio program online a caller mention a really cool program which allows you to create your own Moblog very much like Text America. This program is written in PHP and is called Easy Moblog and you can post both text and images to your blog from your mobile telephone. Download Here.

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1083356833978890222004-04-30T16:27:00.000-04:002004-04-30T16:35:40.013-04:00

Summary: dodgeit - free. receive-only. email. no set up. rss Purposes: Great for when you signing up to one of those shitty sites which needs your email for registration. OR When signing up for Newsletters and News Groups. I am sure there is a million and one purposes, just up to your imagination :-) Experiment: I created one named random-shite@dodgeit.com Please send me an email to random-shite

Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849741.post-1083062377689385392004-04-27T06:39:00.000-04:002004-04-29T14:42:04.810-04:00

Web site owners are you looking for a free server-management tool? Checkout Webmin

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