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Free Portable Wallpaper Randomizer for Windows

2012-01-30T17:26:00.003-05:00

Tired of starring at the same wallpaper hour after hour? If you're like me and have a short attention span then check out this free portable Wallpaper Randomizer for Windows. It's a great program that will allow you to choose your wallpaper folders and have them change at any intervals from 1/2 a minute to 4 hours. Never be bored again

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Free Portable System Information Utility for Windows

2012-01-25T15:25:00.002-05:00

System Spec is a nice free utility for Windows that will allow you to know anything you ever wanted to know about your computer in a snap.

This utility comes in pretty handy whenever you need to find any specific info about your system be it a specific model of your motherboard, hard drive ram and BIOS and everything else. An added feature is that you can print out all the details of your computer to safe keep for insurance or reference later on. It's nice and portable so you can keep the program on a USB drive and take it from computer to computer without installation. Check it out!

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Free Portable Computer Temperature Monitoring Program

2012-01-22T22:31:00.000-05:00

Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core, Quad Core and Core i7 processors. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TJMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TJMax will decrease. If it reaches zero, your processor will start to thermal throttle or slow down so maximizing your distance away from TJMax will help your computer run at full speed and more reliably too.

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Free Portable Laptop Battery Monitor for Windows

2012-01-22T15:54:00.000-05:00

BatteryInfoView is a small utility for laptops and netbook computers that displays the current status and information about your battery. The displayed battery information includes the battery name, manufacture name, serial number, manufacture date, power state (charging/discharging), current battery capacity, full charged capacity, voltage, charge/discharge rate, and more...

BatteryInfoView also provides a log window, which adds a new log line containing the battery status every 30 seconds or any other time interval that you choose.

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Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

2012-01-19T09:50:00.000-05:00

What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume.

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 10 December 15, 2011

2011-12-15T06:16:00.003-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 10, are:

more updated soon!

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 9 December 14, 2011

2011-12-14T06:20:00.001-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 9, are:

more updated soon!

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 8 December 13, 2011

2011-12-13T07:46:00.001-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 8, are:

more updated soon!

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 7 December 12, 2011

2011-12-12T06:55:00.000-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 7, are:

more updated soon!

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 6 December 11, 2011

2011-12-11T07:16:00.001-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 6, are:

Backbreaker Football - A football game
Raging Thunder - A racing game
SlideIT Keyboard - An on-screen keyboard
BackStab HD - A combat game
Captain America - A beat'em up game
Jenga - The classic game!
SimCity Deluxe - A simcity game
NFL 3D Live Wallpaper - NFL wallpaper
Just Me and My Mom
Great Little War Game

more updated soon!

Android Market 10 Cent Apps - Day 5 December 10, 2011

2011-12-10T07:04:00.001-05:00

As some of you may know Android Marketplace is offering 10, 10 cent apps each day for 10 days. Not free but as free as you can get with this hot promotion!

The 10 cent apps for today, day 5, are:

Age of Zombies - A zombie survival game
Snowfall Live Wallpaper - A live wallpaper
SlideIT Keyboard - An on-screen keyboard
Season Zen HD - Another live wallpaper
Apparatus - A mechanical structure-building game
The Sims™ 3 - You know, The Sims!
Drop7 by Zynga - A puzzle game
Kids Connect the Dots - A kids game
Pano - A panoramic photography app
Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD

more updated soon!

Free Promo Codes for Touchpad WebOS Apps in Canada, UK & Ireland

2011-09-04T20:13:00.000-04:00

For those of you who just received your WebOS Touchpad tablets (mainly from HPs firesale) here are 3 promo codes for 3 great apps for free in the WebOS catalogue courtesy of HP!

The promo codes are specifically for Canada, UK and Ireland. So if you live in either of these 3 countries remember to input these codes at time of purchase and you will not be charged for "Glimpse", "Big Boss" and "Camera for Touchpad" apps! These codes expire September 16, 2011 so use them now! Read more

Good things (like promo codes) come to those who wait

We promised our non-U.S. TouchPad fans that we’d have some app promo codes for them too, and the first three are now available exclusively for users in Canada, the UK and Ireland. Once again, these are first-come, first-served, so grab them now -- previous codes for the U.S. were snapped up in a matter of hours.

A few reminders about promo codes:

    The codes below will not work for users in any countries other than Canada, the UK and Ireland.
    If you’re having any trouble when trying to use the codes, make sure your TouchPad is running the latest system software and App Catalog (check the “System Updates” and “Software Manager” apps on your device for updates).
    If you already have a promo code stored in your profile, you may want to spend that balance first. Alternatively, check this article on PreCentral for some tips on getting the most from your promo codes.

Come and get ‘em:

Big Boss (Fair Play Labs, $1.99): Design your “Boss” – a gigantic monster – and attempt to defeat the brave heroes and powerful wizards of WackyLands.

    Canada code: kkqnv31706zkdcd
    UK code: bnjue28625nuold
    Ireland code: ouxoz42742fobln

Camera for TouchPad (Keen Studios, $0.99): Start snapping away, with options for managing your photos and using them with other TouchPad apps.

    Canada code: gbtto38014qqmol
    UK code: aiswk61753pczck
    Ireland code: zwvjl56648zntnm

Glimpse (Inglorious Apps, $5): Amp up your TouchPad multitasking to 11 using this customizable and addictive split-screen interface.

    Canada code: ojvdq15477umaqv
    UK code: bgaja80086eqgbj
    Ireland code: tjayz54321qtpke

Free Portable Spider Player Pro MP3 Audio Player & Stream Recorder

2011-08-10T15:27:00.005-04:00

Spider Player Pro is a pretty cool free portable MP3 player that can rip CDs, record radio streams, skinnable, and can play just about any audio format. Read more

Use this info to get the Pro Version Free!
Username: 27U3Z909I95-KK147A893S4K6Y1M0F-780363812
Registration Code: 27U3Z909I95-KK147A893S4K6Y1M0F-780363812

32-bit sound processing for crystal clear sound
Spider Player can process sound with double precision internally. So even if your sound card is not capable of output in such resolution, the sound quality is still improved. The difference is especially noticeable, if DSP effects (such as peaking equalizer) are enabled.

Streaming audio support
Stream files from the Internet or LAN and listen to Internet radio.

Internet radio recording
Spider Player can continuously record any Internet streams to MP3 format, recording time is not limited. PRO version also allows to achieve the best possible quality by using lossless recording for any MP3 and AAC+ streams, i.e. an exact audio copy of an Internet stream is created, with both format and bitrate preserved.

Radio Directory
Discover thousands of radio stations around the globe with fast and easy search in Shoutcast and Icecast radio directories right within Spider Player.

Custom Hotkeys
Assign up to four local or global hotkeys of your choice to any program's action and have all of the tools and functions at your fingertips. Multimedia keyboards are supported as well as regular ones.

Multiformat Playback
Audio formats supported are: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, M4A, AAC, AAC+, AC3, MPC, MP+, MPP, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, TTA, APE, WavPack, Speex, WAV, CDDA, WMA, MID, RMI, KAR, S3M, XM, MOD, IT, MO3, MTM, UMX.

Converter and CD Ripper
Any supported audio file (see the list of supported audio formats above) or Audio CD track can be easily encoded to MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC or WavPack format. FREE version allows to encode only one track at a time, while PRO version can be used for batch encoding. With Spider Player PRO you can also use any command-line encoder with STDIN support. There is even a help on encoders' command line options and a preset manager.

Support for custom MIDI soundfonts
Spider Player allows you to choose SF2 soundfont used for MIDI playback to vary how your MIDI files sound. It is also possible to convert MIDI files to MP3 and other formats using soundfonts that suit them best.

DSP Effects Manager
DSP effects manager allows you to apply several high-quality 32-bit DSP effects simultaneously in any order. Winamp DSP plugins are supported too.

Unified Tag editor
Edit ID3v1, ID3v2, Vorbis, FLAC tags and WMA metadata (support for additional tag types and file formats can be added via plugins).

Portable version
You can place Spider Player on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without the need of installation or administrator rights.

Special version for U3 Smart drives (PRO version feature)

Multichannel Audio support

Crossfading support

Full Unicode support

Advanced Title Formatting support

Multilingual interface

Skin support - vary the player's look and feel by changing skins and their color tones

CD-Text and FreeDB support

Ten-band Equalizer with Preset Manager

Icon Sets feature lets you have a separate icon for each audio file type

Built-in Visualizations: customizable spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope

M3U, PLS and ASX playlists support

Incremental Playlist Search

And more!

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Free Portable MP3 & Audio Playlist Maker

2011-08-08T23:51:00.008-04:00

M3UDropper is a pretty cool free portable program that I use to make quick playlists for any type player that takes M3U such as iPod, Windows Media Player, Foobar2000, 1by1, etc

This program is fantastic because it's fast and to the point. Just drag and drop your MP3s, audio files or LINKS as well and it will create an M3U playlist for you.

Note: M3U Dropper can accept and launch any link drops. So, for hacker types, it could also be used as a portable hybrid bookmarker or program launcher. Configuration files contain a screen location, so different configs can open at different positions.

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32-bit (224K) or 64-bit (290K)

How to Create a Free Contact Form for your Website

2011-08-06T16:23:00.003-04:00

Using Google Docs you can create free contact forms for your website if you have no other way of creating a form such as if you're using Blogger as your website. The data will be sent to a spreadsheet in Google Docs. You can also have Google automatically send you an email alert whenever someone fills out your contact form.

How to Schedule Your Emails to Send at a Later Date

2011-08-04T14:04:00.000-04:00

Send Later 3 is a pretty cool free plugin for Mozilla Thunderbird, an email client, that allows you to schedule your emails to be sent ahead of time at a specific time or date. In order to use it you'll need Thunderbird. Check it out!

Download Send Later 3 Plugin free

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/send-later-3/

Download Thunderbird Portable free

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

Free USB Drive Partition Restore Tool

2011-08-03T17:56:00.000-04:00

Sometimes when you work with USB drives and create things with tools that create partitions such as bootable linux drives you can be stuck with a drive that is not it’s original capacity.

For example you can have an 8GB drive but your computer will only see it as a 4GB drive even after you format it!

Even more helpful is if you run into scammers on eBay who sell fake capacity drives. Just use this tool and it will delete any fake partitions and show you the true capacity of your drive!

If you run into such a situation download this tool to format your USB drive and it will return to it’s original capacity.

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Wordpress "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance" Error Fix

2011-07-18T23:51:00.000-04:00

Sometimes when updating Wordpress or plugins you might come across this error:

"Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute."

Follow the steps in this Wordpress "How to" video tutorial to fix that error problem!

Free Ebook Cover & Software Box Creator

2011-07-11T14:10:00.000-04:00

Rizone 3D Box Creator is a great freeware program which will help you design a professional looking software cover or product box in a few minutes. Watch the video tutorial.

Download it here for Free!

Free Ebook Software Box Creator

Ten Effective Ways to Motivate Yourself

2011-06-30T09:32:00.000-04:00

By Tristan Lee

There will be days where you don't want to do anything involving that dreaded four letter word - work. Whatever type of work you do in order to get to a specific goal you have in mind, sometimes we need that burst of energy to combat that "lazy," "procrastinating," "I-don't-want-to-do-it" voice in our heads.
Everybody goes through this; it's common, but it's important to understand how to quickly get yourself into gear so you are taking action. One of the best ways is to motivate yourself. Here are ten effective methods you use whenever you feel like you need motivation.

No, not this kind of motivation! - courtesy Emma

Looking to the Future
Knowing what it is that you want in life gives you motivation. You should have a vision of your ideal life. Where you want to travel? Where do you want to live? You could be cruising on Yacht in one of the beautiful beaches of the world. You could be living in a mansion with a beautiful, loving spouse and kids playing around you. You could buy that dream car you've always wanted ever since a teenager. Make a collage and post it on the wall. Don't be afraid to let other people see it if it's something that motivates you to do your work. It's for you, not for anybody else. Read More

Going Outside and Run
Yes, run. It's very healthy for you in fact. By running you'll be stimulating blood to your brain and allowing more oxygen in your body, letting you think better. But the point is to get you away from all this swirling chatter going inside your mind at the moment and just enjoy whatever is going on outside. Maybe you can just jog around the neighborhood and see people watering the grass, kids playing outside, people talking and help each other, etc. There's more to life than being stuck at work and sometimes getting your adrenaline running while seeing something else besides your work is a simple yet powerful source of motivation.

Getting Inspiration from Gurus
Everybody has role models. There are many inspiration people out there that have overcome feats in way worst situations than you. I mean Donald Trump is a good example. He was over 900 million dollar in debt at one point, but after ten years from that experience, somehow managed to pull himself out to become one of the wealthiest people on earth today. It may take some work to looking into their biography, but it's worth it. Find out who inspires you that works in the same field you are in and read up on them. Post a picture of them on your wall and use their pathway to success to help you give you motivation whenever you are feeling down.

Just Taking Action
Believe it or not, some people think it's ridiculous that one needs motivation to get to work. If you just take action, you might find that motivation will come to you when you are deeply in tuned with what you are doing. You will feel the momentum! An example might be turning something you hate doing and then diving straight into it and turning it into an obsession. And as you are taking action and "in the moment", you may gradually be more aware of all the little things that you never noticed before, which might interest you, give you more motivation to dive deeper into your work, and perfect it.

Stimulating Pain
Some people can't feel motivated if they don't feel pain or a sense of desperation to do something. These would be times of need, when there is no other option but to work. This type of "urgency" gives a person a burst of energy to get things done. You can create pain by going back and remembering the painful consequences you had to deal with when you needed to get something done or if you don't get something done such as getting yelled at by someone you're afraid of or the feeling of living out in the streets and having no home.
I remember my freshman high school basketball coach was one of the scariest people on earth; every time he barked, we would listen. He turned what I thought was going to be a fun basketball experience into a physical living nightmare, but it motivated each of us to struggle, work, and fight for our lives, or we would be punished at even more and eventually be cut from the team. Sometimes discomfort may be the best motivators of all, since if we feel to comfortable with ourselves we lack discipline and don't want to talk action at all.

Competition
Are you blood thirsty to be the best? Do you have that killer instinct to out compete your opponents? In every field of work, when more than one person is trying to achieve the same thing, there is always going to be competition no matter what. Some people are afraid of it, others use it to motivate them to become better and work harder. Maybe it's time for you to be aware of who is your competition right now, the ones that you see and don't see, and put it on your wall, so you know you're objective is beat them, to get ahead, to win. Go into the "survival-of-the-fittest" mode and use that drive to make you take action whenever you think about competition.

Music
It's a no brainer that music affects our mood. If you put on a blues song, you'll feel sad. If you put on a jazz song, you will feel relaxed. If you put on pop song, you will feel happy. If you put on a motivational song, you will feel motivated. And how many songs are there like this that you can find? Millions. People have different preferences of songs that affect them; you just have to find a song that motivates you. Songs that have made me motivated usually have a fast beat.

Creating Laughter
Laugh your way to motivation. Life doesn't always have to be serious, nor it does it always require a an awe-inspiring, perfectly crafted way to get motivation. Sometimes all you need is just a good laugh, shrug off your worries, and you're good to go. Imagine something funny in the past that was so stupid that it made you laugh, or if your good at improv, take any current situation and turn it into something so ridiculously pointless that it makes you laugh as well. Use self-deprecation, act stupid, be an idiot for once, pretend your work is funny and just wants your attention, then make fun of both of you guys. Use humor; it's a wonderful feeling.

Small Bits
One little, small, single, tiny... step goes a long way. When you feel you like you can't even get yourself to get to work, just do one thing that can, even if it's the littlest thing possible. Then, reward yourself every time you take small step. Give yourself a pat on the back. It's supposed to be a psychological effect to trick you mind into thinking you're doing more work than you actually are, but then end results are that you are already doing work so why not just go forth with it.
For example, I used to hate doing math homework in high school. Many times I'd procrastinate and put it off to the side. I found that if I just took the energy to just open my backpack and flip it to the page of my homework and just look at it for a few seconds; I knew I could at least do the first three problems. From there, I could do the next one, then the next one, and before I knew it, I would subconscious be in the process of doing my homework.

Knowing Why
Finally, do you know why you are working? Or are you just blindly working for no reason? We all do things for a reason and sometimes if you know exactly why you are doing what you do, it will be enough to motivate you. Maybe this beyond materialism, maybe it has to do with helping a love one, or getting yourself out of an ugly situation, or maybe it just has to do with personal growth. What is your purpose? Whatever it is, make sure your why is something that makes you desire it and motivates you whenever you think of it. This will help you take action.

What Motivates Me?
There isn't one thing that specifically motivates me. I usually get motivated by random things that happen to be around me during that specific time. But the one thing that usually always help motivate me is knowing what is going to happen if I do something. What is going the outcome or the result of something. What is going to be inevitable.
For example, I know if I take the time to read a book I will educate myself and learn something new. Sometimes reading isn't always fun, but I know it's inevitable that I'll at least get something out of it and that is enough to motivate me to take action. And if you keep doing something enough times, you know, what will be the result of not only for the short term but in the long term? Look ahead. I mean, sometimes motivation is necessary to give you that quick burst of energy but, ultimately you want to use it produce an inevitable outcome that you know will happen ahead of you. Don't rely on needing motivation every single time just to get something done.
Find a way to make your work into a consistent habit and you'll soon realize that you won't need that much motivation to do something; you'll motivation will die down but you'll be able to do what you need to get done. That, in my opinion, should be the reason for motivation - not just having a "high" and forgetting about the next day, but using it a crutch to make your actions a consistent habit so you can always take action without always thinking, "I need motivation today in order to get to work."

Dexpot - Free Virtual Desktop Manager Program for Windows

2011-06-29T09:30:00.000-04:00

Dexpot is a free virtual desktop manager for Windows.

With Dexpot you may have separate virtual desktops for different applications. One desktop might feature applications for graphic design, for example, and another might feature your business applications.

Switch between virtual desktops in order to keep track of your open windows. Using Dexpot, you'll considerably increase your workflow.

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OSFMount - Free Virtual Disk Image Mount Utility for Windows

2011-06-12T13:53:00.000-04:00

OSFMount is a virtual disk mount program for Windows 32 or 64 bit that is completely free!

Download it here:

http://www.osforensics.com/tools/mount-disk-images.html

Free Portable Desktop Icon Hide Program - AutoHideDesktop Icon Freeware

2011-06-09T00:41:00.000-04:00

AutoHideDesktop Icons is a great free portable software for Windows that will auto hide your icons and keep your desktop looking clutter-free!

Download it here:

AutoHideDesktop Icons Free

How to Find the TRUE Capacity of your Laptop Battery

2011-05-27T17:38:00.000-04:00

Tired of buying laptop batteries with FAKE capacities written on them? Find out the true capacity of your laptop battery or the capacity on your current battery.

How to Add a Sitemap to you Google Blogger Blog Tutorial

2011-05-10T15:05:00.001-04:00

How to create a sitemap for your Google Blogger blog

add these as sitemaps:
feeds/posts/default?=rss
atom.xml?redirect=false