Resources

This section is for me to share helpful information that I have gained over time across various areas.

List of the Best Free Software I Have in My Library

Graphics / Photos

• Paint.net - Poor man’s Photoshop
• Picasa - Google’s free photo album software

Internet

• Fiddler - Excellent sniffing tool
• FileZilla - FTP Client
• Serv-U - FTP Server
• Mirc - For the rare occasions I use IRC
• Trillian - My preferred all-in-one IM client

Video

• DVIO - Simple no frills DV video capture program
• Win DV - Much more feature rich DV capture program
• Virtual Dub - Video Editor which I use to encode all my DVvideos
• Xvid - Mpeg 4 video codec which I use to compress and encode all of my DV video captures
• DVD Decrypter - Allows you to Rip a DVD to your hard drive removing the copy protection
• AutoGK - Allows you to take those files you ripped with DVD Decrypter and create a single Xvid AVI file
• DVD Shrink - Allows you to burn backups of a DVD
• VideoLan - My preferred Video file player. Handles any format.

Utilities

• A43 File Management Utility - Windows Explorer Replacement
• CCleaner - Clean up all the crap that is clogging your registry and other areas of XP
• Daemon Tools - Allows you to create a virtual CD or DVD drive
• Crimson Editor - Notepad on steroids. I use this to edit code
• ExamDiff - File comparison tool when you don’t know what the difference between two files
• Eraser - When you need to delete something off your hard drive with no possible chance of recovering
• Rnameit - I use this when I need to do bulk file renaming
• KeepPass - Excellent program to encrypt and protect all your passwords

Other

• Jbidwatcher - This is how I win my Ebay auctions