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=== Entertainment ===
 
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* [http://www.google.com/apps/ Google Apps] I use Google apps for my email & calendars
 
 
* [http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook] I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends
 
* [http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook] I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends
 
* [http://www.hulu.com Hulu] Watch TV shows & movies online for free legally
 
* [http://www.hulu.com Hulu] Watch TV shows & movies online for free legally

Revision as of 20:56, 24 November 2009

Welcome! This site is a place to document technical information and other stuff that I was not able to find easily and/or don't want to lose.

Technical Notes

Links

Free Tools

Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful.

Graphics

  • GIMP GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package.
  • Hugin Panorama photo stitcher.
  • jhead Exif Jpeg header manipulation tool (can use -autorot flag in conjunction with jpegtran to automatically rotate images based on orientation data stored by cameras that support including many Canon Powershots).
  • jpegtran Lossless jpeg manipulation including rotation (direct link for .exe version is here).

Video

  • MPEG Streamclip Simple video editor that can read multiple formats and export them to QuickTime, DV, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4.
  • VLC media player The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server

Other

  • Directory Compare This handy utility will compare and/or synchronize folders including network shares and can be used for simple backups. Visit the author's home page for more handy tools: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma.html
  • PuTTY Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more.
  • KeePass Password Safe Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices.
  • CDBurnerXP Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free.
  • 1-4a-rename A file renamer which renames many files at once (handy for combining pictures from multiple sources and prepending numbers to keep them in order).
  • TrueCrypt Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux (I use it mostly for a virtual encrypted disk within a file which is mounted as a real disk).

Free Website Software

Here are a few free web tools and software packages that I use.

Websites that I frequent

Entertainment

  • Facebook I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends
  • Hulu Watch TV shows & movies online for free legally
  • slashdot When I have time I check tech news here

Online Shopping