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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
=== Free Tools ===
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[[Free Tools]]
Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful.
 
 
 
==== Graphics ====
 
* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package.
 
* [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ Hugin] Panorama photo stitcher.
 
* [http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/ 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).
 
* [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran/ jpegtran] Lossless jpeg manipulation including rotation (direct link for .exe version is [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran.exe here]).
 
* [http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php ImageMagick] I mainly use this for batch picture resizing (mogrify -resize *.JPG 1600x1600)
 
 
 
==== Video ====
 
* [http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html MPEG Streamclip] Simple video editor that can read multiple formats and export them to QuickTime, DV, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4.
 
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player] The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
 
* [http://www.virtualdub.org/ VirtualDub] Video capture/processing utility mainly geared towards AVI
 
 
 
==== Networking / Connectivity ====
 
* [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Firefox] Web browser (favorite add-ons include Copy Plain Text, Auto Copy, ShowIP and SwitchProxy Tool)
 
* [http://www.skype.com Skype] Encrypted text & video chat that just works (even through firewalls)
 
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY] Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more.
 
* [http://www.uvnc.com/ UltraVNC] Remote control software
 
 
 
==== Security ====
 
* [http://keepass.info/ KeePass Password Safe] Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices.
 
* [http://www.truecrypt.org/ 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).
 
 
 
==== Other ====
 
* [http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ 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).
 
* [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ CDBurnerXP] Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free.
 
* [http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma/win32/dirco.html 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
 
 
 
 
=== Free Website Software ===
 
=== Free Website Software ===
 
Here are a few free web tools and software packages that I use.
 
Here are a few free web tools and software packages that I use.

Revision as of 23:33, 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

Free Website Software

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

  • Google Apps I use Google apps for my email & calendars (yes I realize it's the only thing in this list that you can't install on your own server)
  • MovableType Publishing Platform
  • Gallery Your photos your website
  • MediaWiki Free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia (this site is running on it).
  • Secure PHP Form Mailer Script
  • Secure Guestbook Script with Image Verification
  • AWStats Free tool that generates graphs web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics.
  • csv2png Very small precompiled utility for generating graphs from csv data.
  • PHP RecipeBook PHPRecipeBook is a web based cookbook with the ability to create shopping lists.
  • GNUMP3d Web based music indexing & streaming including recursive playlist generation.
  • LimeSurvey Opensource survey application (run easy to use surveys on your own web server)

Network Monitoring

  • Cacti Graphing
  • Zentrack Project management & helpdesk
  • Zabbix Network monitoring, alerting & graphing
  • Nagios Network monitoring & alerting
  • OpenNMS Network management platform (overlaps with Zabbix)

Websites that I frequent

Entertainment

  • Facebook I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends
  • Hulu Watch TV shows & movies online for free legally
  • Pandora Free music streaming service that plays new & old music based on what you like
  • National Geographic I get several e-newsletters and enjoy the pictures & articles
  • slashdot News for nerds, stuff that matters
Online Games

Shopping

Stores
  • Amazon Buy and read reviews on almost any product
  • Monoprice Very reasonable prices on cables and other IT/AV supplies
  • eBay Buy stuff cheaper (sometimes) and/or locate hard to find items
Comparison/Deal Sites

Travel

Travel research often involves many varied sites, but here are a few that I use often and a couple that are unique enough to mention.