[neatnettricks] Neat Net Tricks Standard Issue 193, August 1, 2008
- From: "Jack Teems" <jteems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <neatnettricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:13:09 -0700
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Way back in 1960, Pete Seeger wrote a war protest song. It comes to my mind
now with the title slightly modified: "Where Have All The Ezines Gone?" Now
that I've reinstated this free Neat Net Tricks edition, many have written
asking why, since it certainly seems that all the other free newsletters are
on their way out the door, or have merged with several others or gone to a
paid-subscription format. Maybe I march to a different drummer or felt
there was a need to restore a little enjoyment to our computers. Many of
the remaining ezines are little more than vehicles to convey ads and
affiliate links and I can't fault them for this since I know too well that
mail servers cost money. Perhaps indeed the days of the widely-read
newsletters are past, and time will tell with this effort. If you find NNT
a pleasurable read, then pass it on and urge others to subscribe. The
subscriber numbers (or lack thereof) will get the message to me. By the
way, speaking of numbers, this really IS Issue 193 of the free edition,
although only the second since the relaunch. Enjoy!
01. In this issue, let's talk email. After all, almost all of us use the
Internet for that means of communication, and in fact, many use the Internet
for no other purpose than to send and receive email in some form or another.
A common denominator is spam. We all experience it in our mailboxes in
varying extents and, if it bothers you, SPAMGOURMET at
http://www.spamgourmet.com/ can help by providing free disposable email
addresses and a spam blocker, with two modes: No Brainer mode and Advanced
mode. (I won't ask which one you opt for.) CORLIVE.COM is an alternative to
e-mail. Only humans can send messages, so there is no spam (since that stuff
relies on high-speed bots to spread). Also, there are no anti-spam filters,
because they are not necessary. This free service is at
http://corlive.com/help/ .
Many folks, particularly those on the road away from their home computers,
turn to Web mail instead of their traditional POP3 or IMAP accounts. GLOBAL
MAIL EXCHANGE at http://mail-us.gmx.com/ offers free Web mail, spam and
virus protection, and 5 GB email storage space. GMX also gives you a free
email address and forwarding of up to 10 other email addresses to your Web
mail account.
Instead of resorting to email for your casual exchanges, use PRIVNOTE. Post
a note at https://privnote.com/ , send the link to the person you want to
read it, and as soon as your message is read it will self-destruct.
Self-destructing is good, especially if you plan on entering the public
arena and fear that what you have written will come back to haunt you years
from now.
And, if you use Gmail and can't attach files, consider gATTACH. A free
download at http://chris.wood.name/gAttach/, gAttach allows you to easily
attach files to new messages in Gmail or Google Apps Mail. Its sister
product, yATTACH, allows the same thing for Yahoo! Mail at
http://chris.wood.name/yAttach/ .
Whatever email program you use, chances are you'll need the message you just
deleted five minutes earlier. MAILSTORE HOME enables you to backup all your
email messages from multiple applications and accounts into one secure and
persistent archive. It promises lightning-fast search, one-click backup and
powerful export. Download free at
http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx .
Finally, POP PEEPER is an email notifier that runs in your Windows task bar
and alerts you when you have new email on your POP3, IMAP (with IDLE
support), Hotmail\MSN\LiveMail, Yahoo, GMail, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite,
Lycos.com, RediffMail, Juno and NetZero accounts. IMAP support allows you to
access AOL, AIM, Netscape and other services. Send mail directly from POP
Peeper and use the address book to email your frequently used contacts. POP
Peeper allows you to view messages using HTML or you can choose to safely
view all messages in rich or plain text. Several options are available that
will decrease or eliminate the risks of reading your email (viruses,
javascript, webbugs, etc). POP Peeper can be run from a portable device and
can be password protected. Many notification options are availble to
indicate when new mail has arrived, such as sound alerts (configurable for
each account), flashing scroll lock, skinnable popup notifier, customized
screensaver and more. Download at http://www.poppeeper.com/ .
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02. Now that you have your email functioning more efficiently, its time for
a break. It's the dead of summer in much of our world and with it those
pesky flies return to mar our picnic. FLY SWATTER at
http://majman.net/fly_loader.html is is one of those diversions you'll
likely visit and then soon forget. But at least when you leave the site you
won't have to clean up all those dead flies.
03. SHOOT-EM-UPS. The NLOS CANNON CHALLENGE is an interesting little time
waster with good graphics and sounds. Set the elevation and velocity
correctly to knock out targets at
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/future-weapons/games/cannon/cannon.html . OK, I
know it's not videogame quality but it IS free after all. And if you can
stand one more shoot-em-up try MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION (MAD) at
http://www.addictinggames.com/mad.html .
04. OK, back to work to improve your computer's performance. AUSLOGICS
REGISTRY DEFRAG will defrag and compact the Windows Registry in less than
one minute. It will scan through the Registry to remove slack spaces,
reducing the Registry size and ultimately the amount of RAM the Registry
takes up. Download free at
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag/overview .
05. QUIKMAPS at http://www.quikmaps.com/ provides the mapping we've all
become accustomed to, with the added feature that you can mark the path with
an array of markers, labels, and doodles to help illustrate your route.
06. TEXT SNIP. Enter your text at http://textsnip.com/ and you get a URL
pointing to that text and it keeps all your formatting intact. Share the
URL with anyone you wish.
07. STATE OF THE AIR. The American Lung Association asks "What's The State
of Your Air?" Click on your state at http://www.stateoftheair.org/ and find
out. You may want to pack your bags and head for higher ground.
08. HOTT NOTES. Take out the trash. Feed the cat. Walk the dog. I don't
know about you, but sometimes my memory is about a half-sandwich short of a
picnic. Those little paper post-it notes are too expensive. Well, Hott
Notes let you post sticky note reminders and checklists on your desktop,
draw on them, archive them, even set alarms. You can forget about all that
stuff you tape to your refrigerator and download this free little program at
http://hottnotes.com .
09. WRAPPING UP. If you've forgotten how to manage your free NNT
subscription (change of address, setting vacation mode, etc.) just send
email to neatnettricks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and state simply "info" without
the quotation marks in the subject line of your email. If you have a
problem or just want to comment about NNT, reach me at
jteems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
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