Iconoid

Description: Use Iconoid to hide your desktop icons when your cursor is not on the desktop so that you can see your desktop wallpaper. Also, make your desktop icon backgrounds transparent or change the color of the text or background. Save and restore icon positions and Hide windows quickly. Iconoid can be hidden or it can live in the system tray. Other features as well. Very customizable. Not resource intensive. Help is included and full source is available.

ELATED

Back in they heyday of the World Wide Web, it seemed like one out of three sites had HTML tutorials, free corny graphics, and other resources for starting Web developers. I know I remember this period of time, and I’m sure you can also recall when every Web page looked like it had been regurgitated by a pelican. As time has passed, the resources have become much better, but remnants of the olden days can still be found lurking online. A site called ELATED contains nice tools and tutorials that you can use in your development projects.

These type of sites are a dime a dozen nowadays, but one of the things that makes this one a little more noteworthy is its collection of templates. The truth is that even if you can program HTML code with your eyes closed, if your design skills are nonexistent, you'll have a hard time in developing an attractive site. Most of these templates are very well done, and you can download all of the needed files in order to customize the template to your message. This is a great way to give your site the design kick that it has needed for so long. ELATED also features a collection of tutorials that are useful for beginners and slightly more advanced developers. Look through the free graphics and other content to help bring your personal creativity out of hibernation.

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Folder Lock 5.1.6 (Keep private files safe)

Platform Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP
Type function limited demo but well worth the price for the FULL download
Manufacturer: New Softwares Inc
Size 1.8MB
Folder Lock Plus is a file-security program that can lock, hide or encrypt and number of files or folders on your PC.

This protection isn't limited to files/folders on internal hard drives either - it can protect files/folders on any media (USB Flash Drives, Memory Sticks, CD-RW, floppies etc).

Conveniently, any protection on files or folders remains active, even if the protected items are transferred from one PC to another.

The program is easy to use thanks to its user-friendly interface.
SEE A FLASH MOVIE

The best of music, movies, breaking news & Hollywood headlines.

Music
Music Store Radio
Movies
Downloads & DVDs
Sports NFL
NASCAR
MLB
NBA
Soccer
News News

TV/Celebrities
Hot Stuff Playboy TV
Mobile
Games
Wow!
RollingStone.com

FILECLOUD

I have just found the brand new file-sharing site called Filecloud
They are giving users the ability to upload and share their own files with the whole world, just their friends, or keep in a private "locker" for themselves with 100 megs of storage accessible via a "username.filecloud.com" type URL system and user interface for uploading, downloading, and managing your buddy list.

They are basically allowing all the features that a paid user will have in the future to be completely free for the first 10,000 people that sign up. They will have these accounts free until March 31st; but we'll let everyone know a week ahead of time that they will be switching the site over."

PS -- Let me know if you open an account and i will add it to my friends list. If you wish to add me my filecloud name is uk-tony

Live ATC net

This site was launched as a resource for those who enjoy listening to live Air Traffic Control (ATC)...aviation enthusiasts, student pilots, student air traffic controllers, flight simulation enthusiasts, FBO operators, airline operators, and anyone with an interest in aviation communications.

LiveATC.net is a growing site geared to providing you with a sampling of live ATC radio traffic from around the world. We concentrate on providing ATC audio streams with high sound quality using MP3 streaming audio technology.


Other ATC Links

Via--Linkfilter

network cameras

A network camera is a camera which is linked to a network and/or the internet. There is no need for a PC. The cam has a mini-PC in it-self!



The camera can be easily accesed with an internet browser. The camera image is usually placed in a certain web page...

Someone has already done a lot of homework and compiled a list of open cameras, you can see this list at www.griffid.com/htm/live_images.html

EMS Free Surfer Companion 1.3.0.0

EMS Free Surfer Companion offers intelligent popup killing that eliminates browser pop-ups while you surf. It also includes a browser cache cleaner with cookie manager, and a search option to find items in your Favorites and the browser cache. Furthermore, the program offers an option to store site login information and automatically makes it available when you are entering the site. The automatic Washboard allows you to delete various internet traces automatically or at scheduled times. Additional features include URL aliases, web site snapshots, home page locking and more.

Browster

Browster makes it much faster and easier to browse through search results and other lists of links. Browster plugs into your current browser and preloads search results so you don’t have to wait. Its fast preview window lets you see web pages before you visit them. Learn more
Windows 2000 or XP ONLY

Mozilla - Home of the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird e-mail ...

Get Firefox 1.0, the faster, better web browser. Now available in 27 languages, for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. “Security, Cool Features Of Firefox Web Browser Beat Microsoft’s IE”

The Thunderbird 1.0 e-mail client makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with new features like intelligent spam filters, saved search folders, RSS support, privacy protection and much more.

Mozilla Suite
Web browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple.

NOTE
The Sunbird Project
The Sunbird Project is a redesign of the Mozilla Calendar component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform standalone calendar application based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language. At the moment the Sunbird name is a project name. It is not official and may change in the future.

Our intended user is someone who uses Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird and wants a calendar application based on Mozilla.

In addition, by focusing solely on standalone calendar, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the calendar application by removing components and chrome we don't need.

Our first release Sunbird 0.2 is available for download.

Site of the Day: Veepers

Looking for a crazy site? The one where you can animate your plain old photos and make your subjects say crazy things? Whant to send the Ultimate thankyou message or Birthday Greeting?

Click here for Veepers!

Only caveat: Firefox is still unsupported, but you can still use Netscape if you're trying to avoid IE.

I'd love to see your best efforts. Make sure to email me the gems when you're done!
Tony

Some People shouldn't get webcams.

Some People shouldn't get webcams. Just a little light music?????????

AndreaMosaic

Welcome to the official page of AndreaMosaic. With this freeware program you can create your own photomosaics made with your own pictures. A photo-mosaic is a mosaic where every tile is a photograph and not just a simple colored piece. Enjoy the program and feel free to contact Andrea at denzler at usa dot net.

Warren Simons: Photo Portfolio

Warren Simons: Photo Portfolio
and now for something different
On this site you will find a series of photo galleries—a portfolio of my work. Access the photos by clicking on each gallery link below. To return to this main page find the "HOME" link in the last photo in any gallery or at the bottom of the thumbnail window pane.

I live and work in New York City. I use a digital camera and edit in Photoshop. Most of my photos are reflections—in water, windows, or any other handy reflective surface. Among them you will find the people and places of New York City, New Orleans, Seattle, and Gloucester. No filters or plug-in utilities were used in Photoshop to create the effect seen in these photos.

I try to upload a new photo gallery every week or two so check back often!

UCmore XP FREE

Have this on my machine and it works a treat
UCmore XP works with any search engine in Internet Explorer to give you more substantial--and better organized--results. This toolbar auto-installs into IE. From its vantage point at the top of your browser, it lists several categories related to the subject of your search. You can click any of them for further lists of categorized links. If you want to know more about the site you're visiting, click UCmore XP's icon to see a description of the site's purpose.

Price: Free
Note--Though it mentions XP it will work on any IE version

Streamload

I have a backup copy of my music, photos, and other important data at home. But like most people I've put off uploading my stuff to an online storage service because, well, tinkering under the hood is more fun than doing something I really should do. Then I ran across a service that makes it worth the hassle, in more ways than one.

What if I said that you could access, and even stream, your favorite music and videos to any Web-connected PC in the world? Or how about sharing your fancy, high-resolution photos with the folks back home through a simple URL in an e-mail?

Okay, how about if I said you can do all this for free?
Check out Streamload:
It's an online storage service that offers all the goodies I mentioned, plus you can use it for free if you accept some restrictions. If you're willing to shell out a few bucks per month it gets even better, because the service doesn't charge you for predetermined storage limits (as Xdrive does) or even by the amount of storage you actually use (like Data Deposit Box).
NOTE For all the options INCLUDING the free one click on pricing on the main page
GREAT Help files HERE
It's also worth noting that Streamload isn't some new, fly-by night company. It's been around since 1998, and it's been profitable for the last three years. The company's not going anywhere, and neither is your data. Streamload keeps at least two copies of your stuff, in two different locations, at all times. And if something happens to one copy, the service automatically makes another one.

Get Your Gig On

Streamload recently updated its service interface, and for the most part it's a smooth operator. You can upload and download via the Web, or you can use its free uploader and downloader apps, which I found a bit more pleasant (plus, the apps offer a few extra features).

Uploading takes time, and lots of it. Obviously, your Internet service upload speed affects this greatly. With the T1 line at the office my upload speed maxed at about 162 kilobytes per second, but averaged somewhere closer to 100 KBps. Things were slower on my DSL line at home, where my average upload speed was in the 30-KBps range. Needless to say, uploading 30GB of music files will take a while: I recommend you start the process and go to bed.

Your stuff arrives at Streamload in your Inbox; once it's there, you can organize it however you want. The Web interface is fairly intuitive, and responds quickly to input. Once a file lives on Streamload you can access it from anywhere: You can play it, download it, and even rename it from within the Web interface. When you hit Play on an audio or video file, the service launches your desktop media player and begins streaming the file to your PC. Photos open within the Streamload interface, where you can even add comments.

Streamload keeps you informed about the amount of data you download (there's a ticker in the top-right corner of the Web interface). Streaming a media file affects your download total the same amount as transferring the file would. If you reach your maximum monthly allowance before 30 days are up, you're given the opportunity to upgrade your service and continue.

Send a Song

Streamload is worth a look for all the reasons I've just rattled off. But file sharing is where it really nails the deal. Now, I'm not going to get into a big discussion about the morality of sharing copyrighted material. Like Streamload, I'll just trust that we all know right from wrong.

So let's say you want to share photos from your last family vacation. While services like Ofoto and Yahoo let you upload and share images for free, they often won't display the photos at full resolution. From within Streamload's interface you can either send the files themselves to other Streamload users, or e-mail a link to the files to anyone, regardless of whether they use the service.

The e-mail recipient clicks on the link and sees a version of the Streamload site that provides access to the images. The service works the same way with music, video, and other files. You can also create an entire Hosted Files section with a Streamload URL, so you can simply point people to your shared files.

When a fellow Streamload user downloads one of your files, the download usage is charged against their monthly total. If a non-Streamloader accesses your stuff via a link you send, the download goes against your total. To prevent somebody with access to your files from using up your entire month's bandwidth allocation, you can limit the number of times they can download a file, and you can expire the link you send so it doesn't work after a certain date. If you're sending out links to multiple addresses you can even assign passwords for each person.

I like the Streamload service, even though it's not always flawless. I ran into a few error screens during regular use, and an e-mail address book would be nice. But overall, it runs well and the interface is solid. Obviously it's meant for broadband users, but dial-up folks can use it too--assuming they are absurdly patient.

Finally, I like any company with a sense of humor, and Streamload clearly has one. When you send a link via e-mail, pithy advertisements prefaced by meaningless numbers appear in the body of the message. For example: "#935. Streamload: Don't stream like a little girl!" and "#358. Streamload: More fun than watching a dog eating peanut butter."

Unlimited storage, easy access, a solid interface, and jokes about dogs eating peanut butter--what's not to like?

FoxyTunes (Control your media player from within Mozilla Firefox) Free

Users of Firefox, Thunderbird or the Mozilla suite can use FoxyTunes to control their music in a toolbar.

FoxyTunes can control a wide range of different media players from Windows Media Player to iTunes and Winamp.

You can set up keyboard shortcuts to make controlling the media player even easy and install different skins to match the stye of your web browser.

There is also an alarm clock and a sleep timer.

Don't email - vmail

Don't email - vmail
Introducing a new service from Tiscali, send video messages, make a live video call or video conference with up to six friends. The service is free of charge, doesnt require any specialist software and can be used by both broadband and dial up users. Use Vmail to

# Keep in touch with friends and family abroad
# Keep up to date with grandchildren
# Send a birthday or christmas message
# Make an announcement to a group of friends
# Have intimate video calls with loved ones far away

Creative Webcams
To use the service you will need a pc with internet access, the flash 6 plug in and of course a webcam. If you havent got a webcam don't worry Tiscali have teamed up with Creative labs to provide you with some great offers.