I will just list the Web sites that I find usefull:
Pandora.com - Online radio that you train to only play music you like
watchthatpage.com – will monitor for changes on a page an email you.
zamzar.com – will perform tons of file conversions
Popularity: 15% [?]
This is where I will catalog some of my favorite software
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7-Zip – Command-line and Windows shell utility for manipulating ZIP archives
Audacity – The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
AudioGrabber – a great, and simple CD to MP3 Ripping software
CamStudio – Free Video Screen Capture Software
Clamwin – Free Software Open Source Virus and Spyware Scanner
Folder2ISO – creates an iso from any kind of folder (with the subfolders).
Hardlink – Split directories up to Span CD/DVD
Icons from File - Ever wanted to extract the icon from an exe file? No? Well, here is the program anyway.
ISORecorder - Free CD Image Burner and CD to CD Copier program for Windows
NTSFLink – a set of Windows Shell Extensions which hook into Explorer, providing extended functionality for creating and using hard links, as well as junction points on NTFS file systems.
Nvu – A complete Web Authoring System
Pandora’s Jar – to “time-shift” Pandora internet radio
ScreenRecoder from UltraVNC – A free Screen Recorder software package
SDP Multimedia – If you want to save a streaming Microsoft video (like an ASX playlist), then this is the tool you need
UltraVNC – VNC that will authenticate users via ldap or AD.
VDownloader – If you want to save that great Google Video or YouTube video, you need this tool
Xenu’s Link Sleuth – Find broken links on your site
zamzar.com – Web-based File Converter
Popularity: 17% [?]
I never could find a good script to check to see if a Macromedia Contribute key had been installed for a user on a machine, and if not then to run the key. So I made one. This one is for Contribute 2, but I think it will work with 3 (if you change the Site folder to 3). And it assumes that the user will only be running one Site. I make the Contribute Icon/Shortcut point to this script.
You will need to change “h:\key.stc” to the location of your key. You will need to save the following script as a .vbs
Set objFSO = CreateObject(”Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject(”WScript.Network”)
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName
If objFSO.FileExists(”C:\Documents and Settings\” & strUserName & “\Local Settings\Application Data\Macromedia\Contribute 2\Sites\Site1\_mm\contribute.xml”) Then
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject (”WSCript.shell”)
wshshell.run “”"C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Contribute 2\Contribute.exe”"”, 6, True
set wshshell = nothing
Wscript.Quit
Else
Wscript.Echo “Your Contribute Key needs to be installed on this computer. Click OK to begin.”
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject (”WSCript.shell”)
wshshell.run “h:\key.stc”, 6, True
set wshshell = nothing
End If
References:
1) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jun05/hey0620.mspx
2) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jun05/hey0620.mspx
2) http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/Logon_HomeDirAdv.htm
Popularity: 37% [?]
Why would you want to, you ask? Because FLAC is a Lossless Format. So your music sounds much better.
First you will need the FLAC Codec (Here)
Then you will need a ripper, I use Audiograbber (Here)
Then you will need the Codec to play (Here)
Popularity: 20% [?]
To “Timeshift” pandora radio, you need Pandora’s Jar. It can be a bit complicated to get started, until now.
Here are the Windows installers to get Pandora’s Jar working.
Popularity: 22% [?]
I took me a while to find this answer, so I thought I’d post it. Just in case.
I was having trouble with it, because when I went into the card (Ctrl-A) there was no option to rebuild.
Hopefully the Raid failure has not left your OS FUBAR, because you need to run their software.
It can be found here.
You will need to register your board before downloading. So you’ll need the serial # off it.
You can rebuild the array from within the software.
Popularity: 100% [?]
Web:
Zamzar lets you convert many different types of files in addition to video files: http://www.zamzar.com/
Keepvid also lets you save Streaming Videos: http://keepvid.com
Apps:
If you want to save that great Google Video or YouTube video, you need this tool: VDownloader
If you want to save a streaming Microsoft video (like an ASX playlist), then this is the tool you need: SDP Multimedia
Popularity: 14% [?]