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PuTTY – Free Telnet/SSH Client

puttyPuTTY is a free, easy to use, telnet/SSH client. It is very lightweight, under 500k, and does not need to be installed. I use it for connecting to my servers. Learn more about PuTTY here or go straight to the download page

FreeRIP – Convert CDs and audio to MP3

FreeRIP is a windows based program that allows you to easily and quickly extract your CDs to MP3, WAV, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC. It can also convet from one of those formats to another. It has a MP3 tag editor so you can label your files.  FreeRIP is a great, free, solution to start listening to your CDs on your MP3 player.

Use Shortcut Keys – Save Time, Increase Productivity

kbscSeconds add up to minutes, minutes add up to hours, and hours add up to days. How much time can be saved by using shortcuts keys? Not sure, do the math. Lots of littles add up to a big. Anyway, I know it may take a little time to learn the shortcut keys but it is well worth it.  Here is a list of links to specific programs shortcut keys.  One question, what are you going to do with all the time you saved?

Browsers
Internet Explorer
Opera
Mozilla Firefox

Operating Systems
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Mac OS X

Software
MS Excel shortcut and function keysMS Excel keyboard shortcuts
MS Word shortcut keys1MS Word shortcut keys 2
MS PowerPoint 2003, MS PowerPoint 2007MS PowerPoint
Adobe Reader 1, Adobe Reader 2

Tux Paint – The Kid Friendly Paint Program

tool_stamps-tTux Paint is the easy to use, kid friendly pain program. Kids as young as three years old can be succesful artist.  Some of the features:

  • Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Simple thumbnail interface to save and load images
  • Fun sounds effects
  • Variety of tools, brushes, and stamps
  • Parent/teacher controls to set limits

To learn more visit TuxPaint.org

Daily Puzzles, Illusions, and Brain Teasers at SmartKit

smartkitSmartkit is a great place test your wits and brain skills. They post puzzles, illusions, riddles, brain teasers and more almost everyday. Go check it out.