Good Software for Free

Are you looking for software that will make you more productive and yet allow you to keep your shirt. Then check out these sites and their free software.

SoftwareFor.org

The Software for Starving Students CD enhances the Windows and Mac desktop computing experiences by providing an easy way to install free, high-quality software titles via a user-friendly interface. It includes popular open source programs like Firefox and OpenOffice, intended to help students learn about and benefit from open source and free software programs. The SSS team put all the most commonly used free programs onto one CD to make it easier for students to install useful software (including fully-featured office suites, 3D graphic editors and much more) for free. To preview the new SSS interface, check out some screenshots of the latest release.

TheOpenCD.org

TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation. We include only the highest quality programs, which have been carefully tested for stability and which we consider appropriate for a wide audience. Read more about TheOpenCD.

Greek and Hebrew Flash Card Program for the PocketPC and Palm

I have been waiting for SouthPaw Solutions to develop their PocketPC version of the MiniFlash program. Finally, the beta has arrived. MiniFlash for the Palm and PocketScholar for the PocketPC allow the user to keep his Greek, Hebrew, and additional language flashcards on their PDA. Now instead of carrying rings of paper vocab cards we can carry complete multiply vocab lists in one small PDA.

Pictured on the left is the PocketPC version.

MiniFlash is a working released version, but PocketScholar is only in beta which means it may still have bugs. Eventually PocketScholar will be fully developed and ready for the public to rely on. I look for ward to that day, but in the meantime I will try the beta version.

MiniFlash for Palm is an excellent tool. When I had my Handspring I found this language tool most useful. It was an immense help in learning my vocab while I was on the go. I expect that PocketScholar when it is fully developed will be no different.

Godspeed,
Wesley

Create your own Streaming Radio Channel

Do you love music? If so you may really enjoy this site, www.pandora.com. Their mission is "To help you discover new music you'll love." What they offer is streaming music of your choice. You create a radio station based on a artist or song you enjoy and then Pandora creates a music list for you of songs similiar to your first choice.