This weeks freeware pick is called WinDirStat. It allows you to view everything that is taking up space on your hard drive and how much space it is taking. It presents it in a visual format that is easy to read.
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Free Stuff: WinDirStat
// davisde // Safety & Security, Software Tips Tags: free, freeware, software, tips, tutorial, tweak, windows 1 Response
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Learn A Foreign Language For Free
// davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: diy, foreign, how, language, to, tutorial, websites 2 Responses
This is a collection of website to help aid you if you want to try taking on a different language. Here are the websites covered:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html
http://www.oculture.com/
http://fsi-language-courses.com/
http://babbel.com/
http://www.mangolanguages.com/
http://jvlt.sourceforge.net/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
http://www.transl8it.com/ -
Backup Your Stuff For Free
// davisde // Safety & Security, Video Tags: backup, data, drive, hard, safety, security, tutorial, windows 1 Response
This weeks freeware application is called “Syncback” by 2BrightSparks.com. It’s a Windows utility that you can use to back up your files or to synchronize them from one location to another. It’s very intuitive and has a lot of great customizable features. Download it here.
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How To Unlock Programs
// davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: diy, freeware, programs, tutorial, unlock 1 Response
This will be the first of a new series. This series will just be short videos exploring cool freeware that can be very useful. So the first freeware program to make the list is called “Unlocker“. If you’ve ever gotten a “Cannot move or delete folder: Access is Denied” error when trying to move or delete a file, this program will allow you to see what process is using it so that you can unlock it from any processes and delete it.
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Free Inbound Calls
// davisde // Hacks, Video Tags: cell, free, gizmo, hack, instructional, phone, programs, tutorial 2 Responses
Receive free calls from anyone using GrandCentral and Gizmo. Gizmo is a free VOIP (Voice Over IP) computer phone program. GrandCentral allows you to create a phone number in any area code and you can set it so that when people call that number, it will forward the call to any number of phones, including your Gizmo phone.
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VLC Tutorial
// davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: instructional, mp3, music, network, player, share, stream, tutorial, Video, vlc 1 Response
This shows you cool things you can do with VLC Player, a multi-platform video player. You can do things like rip and encode DVD’s, play videos as ASCII art, and even stream music and video over the internet.-www.videolan.org/vlc
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Run Linux Inside Windows
// davisde // Linux Tips, Video Tags: diy, how, instructional, linux, to, tutorial, virtual, vmware, windows 3 Responses
This will show you how you can load and run Ubuntu Linux on Windows without even having to restart your computer. The links used in this tutorial are listed here:
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ – (172.9 MB)
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download – (697.9MB)
http://linux.wolphination.com/data/OS.zip – (23.2KB) -
Make A Digital Picture Frame
// davisde // DIY Projects, Hacks, Video Tags: craft, hack, instructional, photos, pictures, technology, tutorial 2 Responses
This video will show you how you can make your own digital picture frame using a Mattel Juicebox (and MP3 kit) and a shadowbox that you can get at any craft store. All of the materials cost less than $30.
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How To Create Awesome DVD’s
// davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: burn, dvd, free, instructional, rip, tutorial, Video 1 Response
Create menu driven DVD’s for your digital videos using free programs. This video uses three programs: DVD Flick, DVD Styler and UnderCoverXP.