Stuff I like That's (mostly) Free
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| Every now and again Hooliator stumbles
across something that makes his life easier. Hooliator
is a bit naive and he sometimes thinks that other people
may find it helpful too, so he lists it on his website.
This is one of those nows.
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this now Hooliator will compile a short list of (mostly) FREE software which he has found useful, fun, or simply
not annoying. (Hooliator is easily annoyed)
If you want to grab any of these I provide links to
the site of the software provider where you can download
the software and get all the information you could
ever hope for.
This short list will be compiled
alphabetically by function. |
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Okay, there's only one game.... but it's
fun in a goofy kind of way. |
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Chicken
Invaders!!! |
"Earth is being
invaded by chickens from another galaxy, bent on
revenge
against the human race for its oppression of earth chickens! You are the
only one standing in the way of total annihilation of the human race!"
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InterAction software
(Click the Bird) |
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These make collecting and sorting information
easier. Hooliator prefers simple over complicated. |
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EditPad
Lite
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EditPad is technically
a text editor. But I use it for everything
from my daily "to
do" list to starting web pages (this
page was started in EditPad).
There is also a Pro version tailored to programmers
or people
who
like really functional stuff.
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JGSoft
Just Great software
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FreeMind
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Freemind is "mind mapping" software.
Basically it's a way of organizing your thoughts
into a Tree structure. I've made a page for
Freemind so you can see what it does, and I've
included a downloadable mindtree which I have
made about the Paris Metro system.
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Joerg
Mueller
GPL
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These are applications
that work with Adobe PDF files.
(Who woulda thunk?) |
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Acrobat
Reader™
Version 5
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The current version
of Acrobat Reader is version x >
5.
Version five is the one
before they started adding the "intelligent"
(read:
annoying) features like
automatic update. Five also loads a lot faster.
Adobe is one of the
only companies considerate enough to
provide older versions of their software. Corporate
courtesy is RARE. It's one (of many) reason (s) why
Hooliator likes Adobe.
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Adobe®
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PDF reDirect
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| This is a really cool little applet which
works like a printer. Except instead of printing
to archaic tree-hating paper, it prints to
tree-loving PDF format. So you can creat PDF
files out of Word
documents or even web pages. This program is
Shareware. There is a free version and
a not free version. |
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EXP-Systems
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PDFill
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| Don't you just love filling out 3 million
identical forms? Or if you are really clever
you can just fill out one and photocopy the
rest. And if you are really really clever you
use PDFill and and just hit print. The free
version leaves a watermark on all the printed
files. But the paid version only cost 20 bucks! |
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Plotsoft
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This
is geek stuff. If you have already read this far,
it's for you. |
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Enig.
Periodic Table
of the Elements
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| I wish I had had this
when I was studying chemistry in junior college.
How much easier
my life would have been. This table comes in
7 languages including Deutsch, Français,
ehSpanish, Portuguese, Wo..errr.. Italian,
Croatian, and good ole fashioned English. It
calculates mole masses, physical state change
with temperature, it has a chemical calculator,
and lots of other stuff I don't even know what
it is. If you are studying chemistry, you need
this. If you are not studying chemistry and
you are still reading this then you have way
too much free time.
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Eni
Generalic
University of Split, Croatia
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Newton's
Aquarium
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| This is one of those
rare gems. I think I spent about 3 weeks
locked in my room making
stars collide and learning how not to make
planets spin out of orbit. What was really
cool was
when I figured out how to make a binary star
system that actually worked. Luke was lucky
he didn't get flung off into the outer reaches
of space or baked as his planet zipped between
the suns. By now you should have the idea that
this is basically a goldfish bowl, only with
astral bodies. It's a lot of fun, it's addictive,
it's educational, and it's only 20 bucks.
(30 day free trial period)
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Living
Graphs
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