Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Packet Garden


Packet Garden





Packet Garden captures information about how you use the internet and uses this stored information to grow a private world you can later explore.

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Touring the GIMP

Touring the GIMP



The GNU Image Manipulation Program (the GIMP) has been called
"Photoshop for Linux". While the GIMP is not just for Linux and is not
an Adobe Photoshop clone, it is a very powerful image manipulation
program. It is clearly on the other end of the spectrum from TuxPaint
as far as capabilities.


In this first article, Micheal offers a tour of the cabilities. If
you are like me, the GIMP seemed intimidating because it has so many
capabilities. This article will help you get more comfortable with all
the possible things you can do without getting buried in details. In
subsequent articles we will explore some specific capabilities.



Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Ultimate List of over 150 (!) Free Windows Software from Microsoft

Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now. My favorites: FolderShare (a P2P application to synchronize folders with other users (or your devices)), Virtual Desktop Manager, Alt-Tab Replacement (however I think that TaskSwitch XP is better) and ISO recorder

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Software for Starving Students 2007.01 Released

The 2007.01 release of Software for Starving Students is now available for download at: http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html -- Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). They have best-in-class programs gathered onto one CD (one disc for OS X, one for Windows).

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

ExifTool - Read and Write Meta Information!

ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application for reading and writing meta information in image, audio and video files. It recognizes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3 meta information (and more!) as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras .

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Play Doom, Doom 2, Heretic, Hexen in Hi-res on ANY computer.

The Doomsday Engine - An updated engine for all those id games. Looks great, works wonderfully...I myself play in 1680X1050. All you need are the original source files from the games. You should be able to find those with a little creative googling. God, mouselooking is fantastic, and implemented in these games now.

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