Thursday, October 4, 2007

[Free] Software Used

Text Editor [syntax highlighting/multi-language/multi-document]
Notepad++

FTP Server [lots of configuration options]
zFTP Server

FTP Client
FileZila

Subversion Client [document repository/windows explorer integration]
TortoiseSVN

Code Documentation [C, C++, Java code documentation with multi-output format]
Doxygen

PDF Creation
PDFCreator

Mass ID3 Tagger [amazing power]
ID3-TagIT
(it is now depreciated on the author's site, but you can still download it from various download servers)

Lyrics Viewer [automatically searches for lyrics from your media player]
Evil Lyrics

Video Player [plays many many formats]
VideoLAN - VLC media player

Podcast Receiver
Juice

MP3 Streaming Server
Vibe Streamer

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

If you have a program that you have tried to uninstall, but the system still thinks it is installed, you need to run this utility. It removes instances of the program from the installer database.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Crapware Removal and Protection

aka spyware/malware/grayware/badware

below is a section of the complete guide, found here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dwsc896_17hk27g9
  1. Antivirus **use only one antivirus software on a computer at any time
    1. Symantec Client Security (on Bevoware)
    2. AVG (free)
    3. Avast
  2. Firewall **use only one
    1. Symantec Firewall

    1. ZoneAlarm
    2. Sunbelt Personal Firewall
    3. Comodo
  3. Spybot Search & Destory
  4. Startup Control Panel
  5. Hijack This
  6. SpywareBlaster
  7. TrendMicro HouseCall (online scanner)
  8. Lavasoft Ad-Aware
  9. CCleaner


Languages Spoken

C
C++
Java
Perl
Ruby
VHDL
LabVIEW (G)
Javascript
(XML)
various assembly code [6812,6811]

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

My Library

Here is a link to my Google Book Library.

These are all the books I currently own in my physical library.

Some books are not in Google Books so i also have a LibraryThing listing.

Here is a wishlist of books I would like to own.  I also have wishlists on Amazon.


First Post

This blog is meant mainly for a repository of random resources and things around the net.