We Like Free - Lesley Cutting 2010-07-20

[jimnoble]

Lesley thoughtfully handed me a CD tonight containing her PowerPoint presentation in PDF form. I've now uploaded it.

Download presentation (5MB)

[deangsmith]

Thanks for the quick upload Jim, and huge thanks to Lesley for the presentation. It was very interesting.

Lesley, could we have links to the programs (or even just the names) that were discussed outside the bounds of the Powerpoint - I'm thinking of the dictionary based programs, duplicate finder, and other goodies. Ta muchly in advance. 

Dean

[Lesley Cutting]

Thanks for the thanks, Dean!
Yes, I thought afterwards that the Powerpoint presentation didn't give details of the little programs I mentioned in the talk - so, here we go:

TinyPic (www.efpage.de)

MWSnap (for screen captures)

Copernic Desktop Search

DIManager (saves - and restores - the position of your desktop icons)

PDF re-Direct (PDF file creation)

VLC Media Player

The Sage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus

WordWeb - thesaurus and dictionary

Rhymesaurus Free Edition- rhyming dictionary for Windows

Duplicate Cleaner - finds duplicate files

Stellarium - planetarium for your computer

JPEG Enhancer - helps to remove jpg artefacts

CleanSkin Fx (http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/cleanskin.htm)

Lego Digital Designer - make your own lego models!


Most of these titles can be found on CNet - http://download.cnet.com   A real mixed bag and please don't blame me if they don't agree with your computer and give it heartburn! But I hope some of them provide a bit of fun.

Lesley