Frugality on your Computer!
Why waste money getting stuff done with your computer?
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Free Games
Free Applications
GooglePack: Free!
Organize your photo's with Google's free "Picasa" software: it works great! It lets you host photos online for easy sharing and it's free, so why wait? You can download it for free at this link:
Firefox: Free Better Browser
Experts agree that the Firefox web browser is less vulnerable to viruses
et cetera than Internet Explorer. Download it for free here:
OpenOffice
Why buy word processing software, spreadsheets, et cetera - when you can use OpenOffice for free? Download here: http://www.openoffice.org/
See also: http://onguardonline.gov
Pandora: Free Music!
Pandora: Free music online, totally legit and you help science learn about musical tastes! http://www.pandora.com - 1/28/06
Free Games
I'll find some more. There's a lotta free games out there.
- Dice Wars: sort of like solo Risk
Et Cetera
- Free Wifi Access spots: http://www.wififreespot.com/
- Free Cyber Safety Tool Kit: The tool kit includes the Cyber Safety booklet, DVD, brochures, information
and a mouse pad. Send an email aarpwa@aarp.org
with your name, mailing address, city, state, zip code, and telephone number.
Type "Cyber Safety Tool Kit" in the subject line.
You can also view or download the Cyber Safety booklet.
- Excel Tips: http://exceltips.vitalnews.com/
- Product Reviews:
- Avast! Free Virus-Fighting Home Edition:
Avast Home Edition is a free, complete ICSA certified antivirus software for home noncommercial use. Use the Direct Download Link here or go to http://www.download.com and search for "Avast". Make those viruses walk the plank, me hearties, Argh! - 1/29/06
(Note: this has nothing to do with Talk Like A Pirate Day. Argh! - Got a technical problem with your person computer? Ask about it on the bulletin board at http://www.smartcomputing.com/
- Registry Cleaners: If you have a Windows machine, you'll gradually notice is slowing down over
time as its "Registry" accumulates garbage. More information at
article by Fred Langa.
You can, of course, buy things to clean the registry, or use some free downloads to do it almost the same. One of them recommend by Fred (and tested by me ... seems o.k.) is the 30-day-free-sample of jv16 Power Tools, available at http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/ - (05/20/07)
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Let Sam Spade get you information about websites.
- Small Dog Electronics: not free, but a very frugal way to get computer stuff: http://www.smalldog.com
- Seattle Laptop: another great place to get computer stuff cheap! http://www.seattlelaptop.com (05/14/07)
- Books - Free online books:
- Project Gutenberg
- http://www.free-book.co.uk/
- http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
- Free Comic Book day may have an event near you:
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/
- And let me point out my own "free online book contribution": Memoirs of William Sampson
- Consumer Reports (free subset of the web version): It seems insane how much useful information about everyday products you can get at http://www.consumerreports.org Of course, to get all their information, they want you to buy a paid subscription, but the purely free stuff has plenty of information that can steer you away from an expensive mistake. Before you buy anything expensive, look at http://www.consumerreports.org
- More Free Software links: http://freebies.about.com/od/freesoftware/Free_Software.htm
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READYMECH TOYS:
http://readymech.com/ - Readymechs
are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit
on an 8.5"x11" page and printed with any printer. You’ll need double-sided
tape, thick matte paper, and 10-15 minutes for build time. Very Cool! -
Word Tips (tips on MS Word): http://wordtips.vitalnews.com/
More Tech Links
Other Frugality Links:
- All Sorts of Free Stuff
- Pet Stuff
- Information & Education
- Misc.
- Periodicals & Magazines
- Transportation
- Other Freebie Sites
