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Links

Educational stuff

Free technical stuff

  • Good source of downloads that don't give you adware: http://www.Download.com
    • Great free malware and spyware hunters:  Spybot, Malwarebytes - both can be had from the first web site mentioned above. 
    • Good firewall - improvement over the Windows built in firewall - Zonealarm.  Zonealarm firewall is better than the built in Windows firewall because it catches outgoing as well as incoming connections.  If malware gets installed somehow, it will make an outgoing connection that will not be blocked by the Windows firewall. 
  • Open source programs - http://www.SourceForge.net
  • Web site development - http://www.csszengarden.com/
  • PCPitstop.com - measure internet speed, do internet tests
  • Search for "Ultimate Windows Boot CD" - for exactly that...
  • Free program that provides in depth technical information about your hardware and software:  SIW - scroll to the bottom where it says "Old SIW 2010 (build 0714) - Freeware Version" to find the link for the free version.
  • Good web site/html editor - go to SourceForge.net and search for Kompozer.
  • Excellent email package:  Thunderbird - go to http://mozilla.com
  • Browsers:  Opera.com, Google (search for Chrome)
  • Free application suites:  Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database (largely comnpatible with Microsoft Office): 
  • Record your computer screen while you narrate what your doing - make an instruction video to demonstrate how to do something and share it with friends/family.
    • Jing - limited to 5 minutes, but integrated with ScreenCast.com which allows you to host your videos.
  • Remote control, file sharing, web conferencing - see and/or control someone else's computer or share yours.  Communicate with chat or just call them!
  • Virtual private networking.  This is pretty technical, but you basically create a secure connection to remote computers in your own little private network.  The advantage is that it acts like a local network, which makes it easier to share files, folders, printers.
    • LogMeIn has a product called Hiamachi which is wonderful.

Fun stuff

  • Great game FreeCol - colonize America - search for "FreeCol" on  http://www.SourceForge.net
    • There is also a version of Civiliation - you guessed it - "FreeCiv"
  • Free and excellent video storage and streaming service:  Vimeo.com
  • Get lots of old (and some very recent) TV shows on hulu.com

Random stuff

 
  • Scientific American podcasts - 60 second psych, 60 second science, etc...  reports on latest scientific advances, done in short entertaining ways.
 

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