Tommy's new stuff page

List of Added items to web pages: [ by date / most recent on top ]

5/2/2007 added links :

google spreadsheets online free
FREE SPREADSHEET, spread32 spread32 an excel compatible spreadsheet best free! 10
freeware background defragger iobit smart defragger faster than MS defragger
how to do label printing from Outlook 2000, 2002 using Mail Merge
Dual Core Processing: Over-simplified, demystified and explained.
List of Intel microprocessors
Texas Border Watch Test Site Virtual Border Watch [webcams] free account IE only FF not supported
devx developer's web site with links and scripts etc. all languages
windows tutorials incl beginners
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/BC/BeginnersComputing.html nice beginners page
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/ spyware info site 10
http://www.mattandjess.net/ifb/index.html internet how-to article index.. beginners stuff on mattandjess.com
http://www.coopsjokes.com/amz/amzindex.htm amazing facts
http://www.dll-files.com/ dll-files source for necessary .dll files
TopQualityFreeware Windows System Files
How to remove supported McAfee consumer products using the McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe)
http://www.hackfix.org/software/uninstall/ Software reviews - Uninstall Section
http://www.ehow.com/ very cool how to tutorial site
spywarewarrior page lists bad antivirus products 10
CIRT.net extremely useful list of default passwords [by the vendor]
Pete Freitag's blog developer's cheatsheets
ilovejackdaniels programmers cheatsheets

NETWORKING TUTORIALS

http://www.datacottage.com/ best networking tutorials ever 12 john moore contribution
http://www.techtutorials.info/nettcpip.html TCP/IP Tutorials from Computer Technical Tutorials
www.comptechdoc.org/independent/networking/guide/netguide.pdf 149 page networking tutorial pdf

4/29/2007 added links :

FREEPCTECH nice tech support site, has all windows boot disks on site to download free 9
PCQUEST Making recovery disks for all versions of windows
TECHADVICE.COM excellent tech support, product locator site [ windows ] 9
SCIENCE DALY science site
10 things you should do before connecting a new pc to the internet
free file shredder from analog x
Leo Laporte's technology call-in radio show
How to uninstall Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall 2002 4.0 or NIS Pro.*
ditto another Norton remover
ditto another Norton remover
how to manually uninstall a program
msconfig for Windows 2000 W2K didn't come with msconfig, use this
explanation of ip addressing 10

11/21/2006 added links :

freeware sites

clifnotes nice collection of freeware reviews, nice newsletter
freewarelist very nice! freeware site 10
alt.comp.freeware google groups, search entire db
Tommys roll your own freeware search engine
dirk-loss nice listing of freeware 9
econsultant.com's big list of freeware + services
freewarezoom nice freeware site [ incl screenshots ] 9
PC Utilities shareware / freeware site
sixfiles shareware / freeware site 9
softplatz cool downloads site [shareware/ freeware] 9

11/19/2006 added links :

AVG links [ valuable, sometimes hard to find]

spybot links [ also valuable, sometimes hard to find]

Spybot forums
setup and use of Spybot including scheduling automatic scans
spybot command line options
spybot tea timer option is found in tools/resident of spybot settings, protects by requiring your permission to change registry

spybot scheduling problem fixes

spybot confimation box fix fix for annoying "are you sure box keeps poping up"
more on prob above similar to above , more info
my personal prefs for Spybot config: [making scheduling seamless]

disable checking on prg start
always use /AUTOCHECK /AUTOFIX /TASKBARHIDE /AUTOCLOSE command line options in Task Scheduler

11/18/2006 added links :

general web design

buildwebsite4u cool webpage backgrounds nice webdesign site
degraeve.com very cool webdesign tools 9
herring.org great link site with nice linux, webdesign links
homestead.com quick webpage design online no html exp required
htmlcodetutorial.com nice html reference site
htmlhelp.com web authoring group faq
htmlhelp.com web authoring tools [validators]
lunaloca.com image handling with transparency - tutorial
mebbs.com Tenny's webdesign links 9
personalwebkit.com no html website designer lite = 11mb, full = 19.1 mb free for one site
sitepoint.com nice webdeveloper's site 8
sitepoint : design websites with adobe photoshop
siteprocentral.com webdesign site 7
thefreecountry.com free programmers and webmaster webdesign resources 6
topxml.com explanation of XML what it is
tutorials4u.com useful links for webmasters [uk]
yourhtmlsource.com webpage design tutorials including html, css, javascript
zvon.org nice links to xml tutorial [xml used with rss pages]

beginners web design pages

accessv.com HTML MADE EASY Web Design for Beginners 8
htmlhelp.com beginners tutorials from "Web Design Group" 9
ibdguy.com beginners html tag generators 8 more links on page
ibdhost.com HTML 101 for Newbie web page beginners 8
thenetter.com learn html by example 8 beginners

web design color pickers

wellstyled.com cool color scheme generator! 9
html made easy color chart 7
angelas-place.com background sets for webdesign
anryhome.com any color picker
colors4webmasters.com best color picker 10
degraeve.com amazing color palette generator from image 9
design215.com best color scheme picker 10
digitdesigns.com color picker 9
dyn-web.com color picker 9 similar to digitdesigns above
echoecho.com nice color picker 8
etn.nl plethora of java / html / active x color pickers with previews 7
hypersolutions.org color scheme picker 7
markup.co.nz "Back To Font Web Color Picker" 8 shows appearance
markup.co.nz color picker shows "appearance" of text / background 7
nutrocker color chart, color shows as background 6
pagetutor.com color picker [body tag generator] 4
prall.net color cop generates 42 complimentary colors
serve.com color picker 7
siteprocentral.com color scheme picker 9
softplatz.com cool list of color picker software [couple free] 7
thenetter.com best complete color chart 9
visibone.com color picker
yoyodesign color picker 7

webdesign scripts

hoohoo cgi intro beginners cgi introduction tutorials
Javascript_in_Ten_Minutes javascript programming quickguide for beginners to js
the javascript source javacripts site
devx developer's web site with links and scripts etc. all languages
cgi101 super cgi intro beginners to cgi programmers 9
javascripttoolbox free [donationware] javascript toolbox

webdesign free webpage templates

basictemplates low cost css type templates 8
softplatz Random-Web-Template-Generator donationware 506k
template-help info on Web Design Templates 9

10/30/2006 added links :

* Jeff Boggan contributions

Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP scanner and port scanner 10 *
dragMentor lite 1.0 boot time file defragger *
Autoruns super powerful start programs analyzer *

general links

google spreadsheets online free free online spreadsheet! only one I know of 10
Why I hate Microsoft - F.W. van Wensveen
FDM free download manager freedownload manager 10 a must
brit Mark Carter's favorite freeware sites shows links at alt.comp.freeware see also Clifnotes
league of women voters, houston area total voting info for out area in spreadsheet format
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows [requires WIndows XP cd]
free memory testing software Memtest86 - A Stand-alone Memory Diagnostic
Top 100 Network Security Tools 10
RegSeeker registry cleaner 1.35 ; best reg search of any
iknow: very nice process manager freeware 9
new free version of AVG : 7.5.xxx : October 2, 2006 10
windowsnetworking networking for windows site , articles on basic networking
Index your files freeware version very very fast file search! 10

Internet Connection Sharing [ICS} links

10/14/2006 added links :

Windows for beginners links

PC Clean Up links

http://www.ocalalive.com/ cool tech support site 9
http://files.ocalalive.com/ files on site

FastStone Screen Capture free screen capture [the best] a must 10
comodo free firewall

Uninstall Links

Total Uninstall [freeware] a more complete uninstall than add / remove control panel last freeware version 9 good, but have to use it to install the application
total uninstall tutorial [ver 3.70]
DrDelete deletes files on next reboot 9 free
Locked Files Wizard (LFW), formerly CopyLock deletes files on next reboot [context menu] free
z-soft uninstaller similar to Total Uninstall free

Comparing DSL service - links

9/6/2006 added links :

AnswersThatWork.com links

Certification links to free resources:

Misc

8/17/2006 added links :

Paul English database on how to get a human operator [on the phone] 9

http://www.networkworld.com/

all kinds of electronic design info

8/7/2006 added links

http://www.myimager.com/ image editor online free [popups]
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ original DHTML & Javascripts
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ cool online way to encrypt your email address on your website [spam control] 9
http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/ easy thumbnails from Fookes so e image resizing [Notetab] 9
http://www.resize2mail.com/ free online image resizer
http://www.homenethelp.com/help/networking-me.asp troubleshoot Windows 9x, Me
http://www.homenethelp.com/ networking help, networks, network
http://techsupportalert.com/index.html Gizmo Richards tech site 10

7/28/2006 added links

Browser testing Links

http://javatester.org/othertesters.html browser testers, for flash, shockwave, active x, popup blockers, security, etc.
http://javatester.org/version.html testing for java in your browser
http://network-tools.com/analyze series of browser tests
http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/ tests browser security

QuickRef [cheatsheet] Links

http://www.dirk-loss.de/quickref.htm totally awesome quick reference [cheat sheets] list 10
http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/quickrefs.htm more quick reference guides 8
http://tiger.la.asu.edu/quick_reference_card.htm more quick reference guides
http://refcards.com/refcards/index.html more rcards
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Benjamin.Jung/Download/QuickReference/ more rcards

7/27/2006 added links

Webhosting Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_hosting_service wikipedia article on web hosting 9
http://web-hosting-services.topchoicereviews.com/ web hosting reviews 8
http://www.domainsarefree.com/glossary/ webhosting glossary 8
http://www.clickherefree.com/glossary/ webhosting glossary
http://www.free-webhosts.com/definition/webhosting-glossary.php webhosting glossary
http://www.domainsarefree.com/ domains are free webhosting
http://www.free-webhosts.com/ free web hosting links from EV1
http://www.doteasy.com/Services/WebHosting/Zero/ free web hosting
http://www.free-hoster.cc/index.php?action=enter 500mb free scripted hosting
http://www.batcave.net/ free web hosting
http://www.discovery-europe.biz/ made with ms pub
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/05/80960.aspx made with ms pub sites
http://www.hostsearch.com/
http://thewhir.com/find/articlecentral/
http://thewhir.com/ web hosting industry site
http://www.webhostingstuff.com/
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_web_hosting_service
http://www.ftpplanet.com/cgi/_listreview/listreview.pl?list_path=Web_free_hosting 9
http://www.cheap-web-hosting-a.info/webhosting/top-10-free-webhosting-sites.html 9
http://www.clickherefree.com/ review of top free hosting sites 9

ISP Reviews

http://www.dslreports.com/ isp reviews / forums [colorado]
http://forums.myispfinder.org/ isp reviews / forums [colorado]
http://www.ispcomparison.net/ isp comparisons [utah]
http://herbison.com/iap_meta_list/iap_meta_list.html [mass] meta list of isps
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/internet/isp/comparisonchart.html compare "some popular" isps

Webdesign

http://www.maketemplate.com/ very cool webpage template generator free html/css 2 or 3 columns 9
http://www.ibdjohn.com/htmlgenerator/htmlout.php very simple free online page generator html only 8
http://www.ibdprince.com/ complete list of easy to use webpage template generators best beginners site 8
http://www.thenetter.com/scripts/ free webdesign tools/scripts 8
http://web.thenetter.com/professional-web-templates.html?web-page-templates 1000 free templates html 9

5/17/2006 added links

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/hurricane.htm Hurricane and evac maps pdf format
http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/05/09/21/evac_hcoem.gif Rita evac zones
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/tropical/maps.htm Hurrican Risk maps

http://www.jsc.mil/images/speccht.jpg electromagnetic spectrum chart
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/index.html fantastic illustrated beginners tutorials for the pc free
http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/default.asp?action=home unsolved mysteries and other stuff

http://kidsfreeware.com/ free software and sites for kids free

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/ css guide [links]
http://glish.com/css/ nice css examples
http://www.templatemonster.com/sample/sample_full_site.zip big template site, all kinds, no freebies
http://www.10minuteflash.com/ flash templates "rich media" websites

5/7/2006 added links

http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu-linux-tools-summary/gnu-linux-tools-summary.html free fantastic summary of linux commands
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/index.php linux-tutorial knowledge base excellent also
http://ubuntuguide.org/ complete guide to ubuntu many many howtos free
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugsamba.html samba tips
http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/27606.html printscreen in linux
http://www.reallylinux.com/docs good beginners guide to linux
http://www.modemsite.com/56k/v92moh.asp modem on hold info
http://www.cpqlinux.com/samba.html checklist for using samba in linux [needed for network printing]
http://www.sysresccd.org/Screenshots partition manager for linux

http://ktrk.lawinfo.com/ ch13 houston legal page
http://www.khou.com/insidekhou/newsteam/gtreece.html khou Prof Gerald Treece
http://partners.findlaw.com/ibs/kprc.html ch2 kprc houston legal center
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/ ch13 ktrh houston website
http://www.khou.com/ ch11 houston khou tv website
http://www.click2houston.com/index.html kprc ch2 houston website

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html free partition manager Partion Logic

5/7/2006 added links

Cool online "Start Pages" :

http://www.inform.com extremely nice [rss] newsfeeds with pix and some details
http://www.24eyes.com/ rss [news]feeds "dashboard" [tons of feeds]
http://www.hypersuper.com/ very nice news site [rss feeds]
http://www.protopage.com/v2 very nice personal desktop page [reconfiguable] with moveable windows
http://www.linkedfeed.com/ rss feeds page, customizable
http://www.pageflakes.com/ like having your desktop online and a website too, very slick [japanese site]

4/24/2006 added links

https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ get free Ubuntu linux cds in the mail
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes knoppix "cheat codes" [boot options]
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Category:Hard_drive_Installation install Knoppix to your hard drive
http://www.fusionbot.com/ FusionBot. They've got a nifty hosted site search application [ does what Google cannot]
http://www.auction-headquarters.com/ ebay help
http://kk.hopto.org:8080/wiki/index.php/Portable_USB_Drive_Apps applications suitable for usb [flash] drives
http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm SwissKnife V3.22 partitioner for external hard disk drives
http://www.topfreeware.net/ freeware site
http://livepolicescan.homeworldnet.com/ online police scanners - all states and 7 countries
http://www.issfanclub.com/ best site for contacting ISS with ham freq
http://www.skype.com/ free long distance phone calls using this program [ very popular / untested ]
http://www.asp-shareware.org/users/searchsites.asp giant list of shareware sites
http://www.pcc.org/members/reviews/index.shtml PC Community members reviews software and hardware from many vendors
http://www.lacspc.org/software/publishedreviews.htm Los Angeles Computer Society software reviews
http://www.itworld.com/Net/4160/lw-01-legacy/ mounting windows partitions in linux
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,124883,pg,16,00.asp pcworld list of 101 favorite freeware programs
http://www.linuxprinting.org/till/printing-tutorial/tut.html#1_1 linux printing tips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet list of planets with visual size comparisons
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/moons_table.html list of moons in solar system [137]
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sat/ip_probe.htm list of interplanetary space probes
http://www.ipl.org/ Internet Public Library similar to Wikipedia, only many diverse websites
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/01/05/175233&tid=130 another review of vmware
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/06/msg01362.html cool linux knoppix tips

3/17/2006 added links

http://kppfree.altervista.org/spylist.htm list of spyware infested programs
http://www.ego4u.com/en/lingodict free multi lingual dictionary [untested]
http://www.helpndoc.com/ free help file creator [untested]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmware description of VMWare
http://www.vmware.com/ VMWare home [enterprises]
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/ vm freeware [virtual machines]
http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ free tutorial on how to use VMWare player
http://petruska.stardock.net/software/Vmware/index.html#VMX%20Builder gui tools to use with vmware player
http://librenix.com/?page=VMware tutorials and reviews on VMware
http://linux.wolphination.com/?p=18 free best tutorial for using VM Player to run another OS on your system
http://www.useekufind.com/intutrl.htm stuff for pc beginners great! free
http://www.colorpilot.com/speed-typing.html replaces acros with commonly used phrases, [freeware]
http://www.radioreference.com/wiki/index.php/Live_Scanners free free online scanners [radios]
http://www.radioreference.com/ worlds largest radio communications reference website

3/12/2006 added links

http://www.econtentos.com/index.htm info site similar to wikipedia, but with seo and business info
http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/ free css layouts for web pages
http://www.alexa.com/ search engine with web stats for sites Engineers at Alexa created the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine .
http://www.zillow.com/ real estate values site free
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020502091605391 set default email client for mozilla
http://www.cert.org/ free CERT CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise,
http://128.175.24.251/ University of Delaware Police Cyber Crime Investigations Resource Site
http://www.tweakguides.com/ very detailed tweaks for variety of programs
http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/email-protector.html protect email address in web page with javascript
http://www.behindthename.com/ first name geneology, multiple languages
http://www.jiwire.com/wi-fi-security-introduction-overview.htm wireless security guide
http://www.ufoevidence.org/ excellent free
http://www.freewarehome.com/Programming/Tutors_t.html#top 17 free tutorials including html
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/ last freeware versions free
http://www.georgesoft.com/spamscreenerfree/ spam screener free anti spam
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/about_siw.html free System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala rec by Charles Evans via Jeff Boggan Halpc staff
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&x=12&y=12&prid=3219&gprid=37013 free fast link to MS Tech Support for XP home, voice, chat, and email options explained
http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ super nice ascii art site pic sizes reasonable

2/27/2006 added links

http://labmice.techtarget.com/FAQ/winxpfaq.htm labmice FAQ on Windows XP
http://www.gripewiki.com/index.php/Main_Page gripwiki page / good and bad points of computer products : reviews
http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/hardening-windows.htm beef up windows security page
http://www.ericksontribune.com/Features/AskJoeTheComputerGuy/tabid/69/Default.aspx Ask Joe The Computer Guy, plain language tips excellent for pc beginners
http://www.khou.com/crankitup/ Scotty Kilmer's auto care tips

2/21/2006 added links

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/ software tips and tricks including drivers downloads
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/5569-cant-send-page-link-email.html how to remove Windows Messenger
http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml How to Remove Windows Messenger on Windows XP
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/pc_security.htm slick security page with tips
http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html#style super webdesign help
http://www.badastronomy.com/ interesting site on misconceptions in the cosmos
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/start.html?pg=12 jargon watch from Wired Magazine
http://freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/details/id=1241.html Stripmail makes forwarded messages readable similar to "ecleaner"
http://freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/details/id=1082.html Food Storage Label Maker
http://freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/details/id=1465.html context [menu] magic [improvements on sendto]
http://www.jmusheneaux.com/01dd.htm MS Windows history page
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#17 great FAQ on MS XP
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/ printer repair site
http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2006/02/poison_in_the_i.html how they detect planets orbiting other stars
http://www.cssbasics.com/ nice css tutorial site
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/index.htm Joan Stark's ascii art site
http://photomatt.net/ Matthew Mullenweg's site , they said that HalPC didn't have anybody good
http://wordpress.com/ free bloggers account that uses Wordpress by Matthew Mullenweg
http://www.fixer.com/ VCR repair guide online
http://oeo.od.nih.gov/dep/glossary/index.html glossary of disability terms
http://www.spacedaily.com/ nice space site
http://cybercoyote.org/index.shtml pretty cool user group site in Az
http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2004/09/22/232938.aspx blog on running in non admin mode [security]
http://cybercoyote.org/security/not-admin.shtml very good explanation of running in non admin mode
http://www.mynetwatchman.com/scanguide.asp reporting port scans - security
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/ free service schematics for popular electronic products
http://fileshare.eshop.bg/ more free shematics for electronic products
http://home.planet.nl/~heuve345/electronics/schematics.html hobbyist schematics
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ best yearly calendar showing major holidays
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ audacity free sound editor
http://www.pcguide.com/ PC Guide by Charles M. Kozierok
http://www.certiguide.com/ PC Certifications Guide by Charles M. Kozierok
http://cybercoyote.org/articles/tutorials.shtml good list of tutorials and stuff for pc beginners free

2/1/2006 added links

http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm XP activation explained completly by MS MVP
http://www.winxpcentral.com/ excellent windows support site
http://help.lockergnome.com/lofiversion/index.php/t30700.html save your activation for XP
http://sniptools.com/tipstricks/reinstall-windows-xp-without-product-activation save your activation for XP
http://www.abisource.com/ Abiword simple free replacement for MS Word easy to use
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category09 computer humor from annoyances.org Humor page
http://werbach.com/barebones/barebones.html barebones guide to html most complete quickie cheatsheet Webdesign page

1/25/2006 added links

http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/mmedia/WinSnap.html fantastic screen shot saver ! greatly simplifies and improves process.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ nice space news site

1/24/2006 added links

http://pcsupport.about.com/cs/pctutorials/a/lostkey.htm Find Your Windows Product Key [ in the registry ] [ operating systems page ]
MS Article 307890: how to activate your copy of Windows XP MS Article 307890: how to activate your copy of Windows XP [ operating systems page ]
Product Activation in Windows XP / [ notes from annoyances.org ] Product Activation in Windows XP / [ notes from annoyances.org ] [ operating systems page ]
http://www.aplusfreeware.com/ A plus freeware site [ shareware/freeware page ]

1/23/2006 added links

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116572,00.asp# busting pc myths
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators4A_1_CmCo.html#COMPUTER-BUILD very good links on pc building and tutorials
http://www.leidenuniv.nl/ub/biv/specials.htm bunch of special search engines
http://llizard.etherwork.net/ascii-art/ great ascii-art [ not too complex ] simple many subjects
http://aip.completeplanet.com/ really cool database search
http://www.newsarcade.com/Default.aspx satirical news items
http://www.chron.com/news/rss/ houston chronicle rss feeds

1/11/2006 added links

http://www.educational-freeware.com/ nice educational freeware site
http://www.encyclopedia.com/ online encyclopedia
http://www.techterms.org/ Techterms tech dictionary
http://www.fileinfo.net/ glossary of file formats
http://home.wxs.nl/~efkasoft/drillassistant/drillassistant.html flashcard like freeware drill assistant [dutch translated]
http://www.carthagosoft.net/desktask.htm outlook reminders for desktop free
http://www.carthagosoft.net/meminfo.htm memory usage info / defrag : windows / all free
http://www.ajkids.com/ ask Jeeves for kids
http://about-the-web.com/index.html web info for beginners and others
http://www.jhoodsoft.org/ best of freeware site
http://www.website-promo.net/index.htm free designer buttons, graphics

12/30/2005 added links

[links]

http://www.job-hunt.org/ job search site
http://www.tech-recipes.com/ cool pc tips site
http://www.time-warp.org/research.html chronology of technological [electric/electronic] developements
http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html free personal email certificate for authentication or encryption.

[toolbars]

http://www.metaeureka.com/download.shtml 50 functions toolbar , largest of its kind
http://www.answers.com/ really different search tool [guru powered]
http://www.gurunet.com/what _tools.jsp guru.com toolbars
http://www.search.com/guides/sb/main.html cnet toolbar / search cnet downloads, etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbar wikipedia toolbars [check browser versions 1st]

[web design site]

http://www.sitepoint.com/ excellent web developer's site free
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/sharper-gif-jpeg-png-images explains graphics image formats for websites also has nice server-side tutorials

12/29/2005 added links

http://rollyo.com/ amazing customizable search engine! "searchroll" is their name for a customized search engine, be sure to see their collection of "searchrolls" free
http://rollyo.com/search.html?sid=9452&f=share freeware "searchroll" searches a series of freeware sites free
maps, US [street], online ........ convenience page
http://www.mapquest.com/ mapquest street maps
http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmfn expedia street maps
http://maps.yahoo.com/ yahoo street maps
http://maps.google.com/ google maps [best with high speed]
http://www.mapblast.com/ msn street maps
http://mappoint.msn.com/ msn street maps

12/28/2005 added links

http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php programmer's text editor free
http://www.7-zip.org/ zipper, unzipper handles more formats than most free

12/27/2005 added links

http://www.flashgot.net/whats download manager selector for firefox/mozilla free
http://www.leechget.de/ download manager best freeware dl/mgr free

12/25/2005 added links

http://www.rssmad.com/ directory of rss feeds / you can go crazy with abilon or other rss / xml reader, add all kinds of feeds, keep up with any sunject
http://www.rss-network.com/ search engine that searches for rss feeds
http://www.windowsecurity.com/ nice Windows security site
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/index.html awesome self help troubleshooter guide .... tech support page free

12/20/2005 added links

http://rpgoerlich.tripod.com/ really cool fishing site for Texas gulf coast

12/19/2005 added links

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/security/phishing/overview.htm trendmicro phishing encyclopedia
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/ netcraft anti-phishing toolbar verifies sites free
http://toolbar.trustwatch.com/ GeoTrust anti-phishing toolbar verifies sites free
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ download page for firefox browser free

12/17/2005 added links

http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/index.htm l google toolbar for Firefox now available free

12/16/2005 added links

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html process explorer - significant enlargerment on Task Manager functions free
http://www.silurian.com/win32/chart.htm very nice disk space cataloger tool free

12/15/2005 added links

http://www.orbit.org/replace/ free bkreplacem find and replace for files, I found that I had 20 or 30 webpages with my email address in them unmunged. I fixed it with this, but its sort of like closing the barn doors after the horses have gotten out
http://tvlistings2.zap2it.com/search.asp zap2it listings search , find any TV program in the lineup must enter zip code 1st. [not an easy thing to figure out by just going to zap2it, save this link if you watch TV] free
http://www.thebricktestament.com/ illustrated bible with lego brick figures
http://www.ccleaner.com/ crap cleaner , amazing program does good job of cleaning drives.Cleans internet temp dirs, and cookies from all types of browsers! [ reg scan not as safe, had to do a restore afterwards] free :
Trillian Setup Fix [ download setup fix tutorial ] Trillian doesn't always reconnect without this setup fix :

12/13/2005 added link

Amazing stuff being done in genetics! Human cloning, Human genetics and Brave New World You won't believe this stuff!

12/11/2005 added links

weatherpulse systray weather popup, trim, no spyware, adware,
virus free, uses 2mb ram free
favicon make a free personalized addressbar icon for your website free

11/30/2005 added links

wink freeware : make your own tutorials with "wink " [1.80mb, includes user guide] free see a tutorial I make using "wink" showing how to download the Hostsman hosts file manager and put it on your pc as a shortcut. Click here to download the download tutorial [402KB] . Here is a tutorial on how to setup and use Hostsman. [366KB] .

11/29/2005 added links

giant collection of faqs on almost any subject encyclopedic in scope
fantastic University of Wisconsin coursework pages on history of space exploration

11/27/2005 added link

http://www.handyarchive.com/free/systray/ tray pilot lite free version, small, hides systray with one click, saves space on taskbar free

11/26/2005 added links

Some places where you can learn about more about spam and how to report it include:

http://spam.abuse.net/ The Great Granddaddy of all anti-spam sites
http://spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/19.html (how to view full headers)
http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers.html (header-reading tutorial)
http://www.pop-cram-spam.net/SMTP.htm basics of Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP, or e-mail)

11/25/2005 added links

quality online magazines :

11/23/2005 added link

Diskmon disk activity monitor shrinks to systray "light" free
RootkitRevealer scans and detects the dreaded "rootkits" free
SysInternals software tools for system maintenance free

11/22/2005 added link

Abilon really fantastic RSS type news reader free

11/18/2005 added links

Dwight Silverman's Tech Blog on Chronicle site
TweakHound slick new site from Eric Vaughan with Tweaks for Windows and Linux
Dwight Silverman's Guide to Building your own "Homegrown" pc

11/17/2005 added link

KeePass Password Safe 837 kb is a free/open-source password manager free

11/16/2005 added links

Spampal free spamfilter program [not for beginners!] free
Comparison matrix of free antispam programs,
Comparison matrix of commercial antispam programs. This is just as easy as picking a medicare provider from the list of so many

11/14/2005 added link

Top Ten Reviews excellent software, product reviews, 40 matrix charts, commercial only, no freeware reviews on this one, compare anything

11/13/2005 added link

Safe Hex - safe computing tips

11/12/2005 added links

http://www.spamprimer.com/ excellent "spam primer"
http://www.iconarchive.com/ " leo's free Icon Archive" icons, graphics for webdesign page
http://www.spamfaq.net/terminology.shtml spamFAQ for news.admin.net-abuse.email usenet antispam group
http://www.loganet.net/~doumakes/abuse/ "Don"s excellent antispam page
http://www.thefreesite.com/ "the free site" good freesite all subjects included, software, gifts, etc

11/11/2005 added links

Dana Carvey website with soundbytes .... humor page

11/10/2005 added links

calendar of security updates , super excellent! great pc security site!
see tutorials and links! Security page
Hostman very useful utility for managing hosts file blocking,
self contained .. free Security page See tutorial links above on 11/30/2005
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File excellent page on internet security technique , shows manual way to make use of host file blocking with a list Security page

11/7/2005 added links

L Ron Hubbard Biography read without laughing if possible . .. humor page
Mozilla Support pages including Firefox & Thunderbird ... Software I'm Using Now

11/3/2005 added link

Freeguide free TV guide software download 2wks of TV listings, create favs, auto reminders, must register 1st with http://labs.zap2it.com, get password and lineup configured, open source freeware from SourceForge free not for beginners

11/1/2005 added links

spywareinfo eye opening spyware info site, has nice newsletter
clifnotes nice distributor of freeware reviews, nice newsletter
process library task manager process identification site = free....Tech Support page
Mark Carter's weblog Summaries of links to alt.comp.freeware free

10/31/2005 added links

XTREE clone, very nice freeware cool, old style directory navigator, free
keyboard sounds freeware like your keyboard to click? free

10/30/2005 added link

Hoax Museum...amazing, and informative

10/28/2005 added link

newsgroup finder program 30day free trial, $5 registration, helps find non-empty newsgroups in Outlook Express 591 kb .... Newsgroups page

10/23/2005 added link

NVU website editor ... simpler than MS FP! free 6.57 mb
NVU review NVU tutorial for beginners [from Wiki] NVU forums with Q&A

10/20/2005 added links freeware

Raincalendar for desktop, free nice transparent calendar
Satscape satellite tracking freeware free impressive for ham satellite group
FoodFile by Kelpiesoft content freeware free vast food database for calorie, carbo, chemical watchers 4.73mb
Sigzag create ascii art and taglines free ware to make ascii art signatures for email
All-Seeing Eye pc security monitor free haven't tried this yet, interesting

10/08/05 added link

ebay example of "phishing" [spoofing] .... Personal Spam Info page

9/27/05 added link

FreewareWeb [ also has cool ftp search ] free .... Shareware / Freeware page

9/22/05 added link

Houston Area Traffic Conditions from MSN .... index [home page]

9/20/05 added link

VLC video viewer free , hassle-free video viewer ... Free Eval Stuff page

9/17/05 added links

AntiVir free AntiVirus [link]...Anti Virus page
CA eTrust free AntiVirus [link]...Anti Virus page
Glossarist huge list of glossaries [link]...dictionaries and glossaries page
Glossary of photo editing best glossary for this subject [link]...dictionaries and glossaries page
GIMP tutorial3 GIMP tutorials GIMP tutorials2 [links] free Eval Stuff page

9/9/05 added links

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP [link] cool free stuff for XP Free Eval Stuff page, has tool to reduce size of image files for emailing
GIMP for Windows photo editor GIMP tutorial1 GIMP tutorial2 [links] free Eval Stuff page

8/31/05 added links

UFO Lore [link] ... Misc Links page
Free and Easy Biorhythm Calculator free V2.6 [link] ... Misc Links page
how to resize picture files in XP [link] .. free ..Tech Support Page
How to Live Well on Very, Very Little [link] ... Misc Links page

8/14/05 added links

Xnews news reader free [link] ... Software that I've tried page
Yankee Clipper Clipboard Tool 1997 freeware free [link] ...Software that I've tried page

8/8/05 added link

PopTray email notifier+ spam filter free link .... Anti Spam Page, My Personal

8/1/05 added link

Improvements.... to Index page

7/31/05 added links

Daves Pictures link .... index page
JAlbum Thumbnail Creator free link .... Software that I've tried page