Gsplit is the mother of all file splitting utilities

Overview:

This application is a free reliable file splitter that lets you split your large files (like Self-Extracting archives, Zip archives, disk images, multimedia, music, video, backup, image, archive, log, large text, document files...) into a set of smaller files called pieces.


Review:

Gsplit is a file splitter program with some very interesting features that put it above most other free splitters. For starters Gsplit can use two type of pieces when splitting files: Spanned pieces and Blocked pieces. Spanned pieces are used to split files directly into several disks like for example floppies. All you have to do is to to insert a new disk when prompted and Gsplit will automatically calculate the pieces size until it completes the splitting process. Blocked pieces are just your standard fixed size pieces. By default Gsplit creates a small executable (SFU) when you split files, this is used to unite all the created pieces otherwise you will have to use a small tool called "GUnite" to merge the pieces back to their original state. This SFU (self-uniting functionality) can be configured to display custom messages, set a default folder for extracting files and even set to work in silent mode among other things. You can store info into created pieces like dates and perform checks to see if a piece is corrupted and promptly replace it with a new good piece. Finally Gsplit is fully portable you can carry it with you all the time.
Gsplit is easy to use and is simple enough for the average user however it's large quantity of power features makes perfect for people that are just constantly sharing files on the web and need an advanced splitter. Available for all versions of Windows.


Get it at http://www.gdgsoft.com/gsplit/

Benchmark your applications with AppTimer

Overview:

AppTimer will run an executable a number of times and time how long it takes for the application to reach a state where user input is being accepted before exiting the application.

After each run of the application AppTimer will attempt to close the application in an automated fashion while logging the time measurements to a log file.

It's main use is in benchmarking an application's startup time.


Review:

Have you ever wondered how much time a program takes to launch? if the answer if yes then you may be interested in AppTimer. With this lightweight and portable program you can launch applications to time their startup time and put the results into a text file. You can choose how many program executions and delay between launches you would like. The window detection method and the window close method are important because is the way Apptimer detects a windows and closes it respectively, i would pay special attention to the window close method since some programs don't like to be closed a certain way which is something that i experienced.
AppTimer worked pretty well and should suffice people that need an app like it. Available for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista.


Get it at http://www.passmark.com/products/apptimer.htm

ReadPlease 2003 will read your text out loud

Overview:

Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software.


Features:

* Microsoft voices: Mike, Mary, Sam
* Customize font and background colour
* Reads text via Windows clipboard from any program (copy/paste)
* Control reading from system tray
* Reads e-mail emoticons such as :) or :(
* Adjustable voice speed (rate)
* Low vision colour option
* ReadPlease Enable your website


Review:

If for some reason you would need to have text read out to you using voices then ReadPlease 2003 is a good option. ReadPlease 2003 will read out loud any text that you copy or load up into it using 4 distinct voices (tough more can be downloaded even ones with foreign languages like spanish) the voices that come with ReadPlease 2003 can be pretty robotic when talking but for the most part they are understandable, one thing that i found to be pretty cool is that ReadPlease 2003 knows several abreviations and symbols and reads them as you would do normally. For example "Ave" becomes "Avenue" and "#" becomes "Number" this greatly helps the listening of text. Also you can place links in text files that you open that will take you to other text files (only if they are in the same directory tough) you can make a table of contents this way if you'd like. ReadPlease 2003 has a"Plus" version that you can buy if need a lot more features.
In conclusion ReadPlease 2003 is a pretty solid way of doing text to speech. Available for all Windows versions.


Get it at http://readplease.com/english/readplease.php

UltraSurf will let you browse the web while using a U.S. IP

Overview:

UltraSurf is a free software which enables users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely. Users in countries without internet censorship also use it to protect their internet privacy and security. With UltraSurf started, you can use web browsers (like IE, Firefox) the same as before, but all are under UltraSurf's protection now.


Review:

Some while ago i talked about HotspotShield and that it allowed me to browse U.S. only sites without too much fuzz, well recently HotspotShield has been failing me. Every time it gets connected to the Virtual private network (VPN) i get horrible speeds and then i get disconnected. This sucks so i was forced to find an alternative, i ended up with UltraSurf. This small and portable program was originally created to allow people in information repressed countries to browse websites that are banned by their goverment. Just download and run the executable (u.exe) and UltraSurf will automatically open Internet Explorer using a U.S IP, extra options include the ability to delete the cookies and history of Internet explorer when closing UltraSurf along with IE itself. If you don't like using IE too much (i can't blame you) there is also a Firefox addon available but i couldn't make it work, maybe you'll have better luck than me. While using UltraSurf for browsing webpages worked well and fast (no ads!) i did encounter some problems on specific pages, sites Like Hulu and Pandora just won't work when trying to streaming content, maybe UltraSurf has them disabled so that they don't suck all of their bandwidth, it's a free service after all. In conclusion UltraSurf is probably more useful for bypassing your work's internet filters than for watching video on Hulu when you are outside the U.S. Available for all Windows versions (I think...)


Get it at http://www.ultrareach.com/

IsThisYourName : Name Analyzer

Want to know more about your name? IsThisYourName is the right place for you! They've got information on the origins and meaning of thousands of names, along with some related tidbits from left field.

About IsThisYourName

Q: What do you get when you cross a bunch of firstname and surname lists with two cases of Red Bull and a month of evenings and weekends?

A: IsThisYour.Name

If you haven't already figured it out, this site aims to provide 60% entertainment, 35% "facts you never knew you didn't care about until now" and approximately 5% serendipitous connection to things directly related to you. We'll admit there is an educational aspect too. Did you know that fewer than 1% of people have ever considered their level of envowelment? This travesty is the single largest contrbutor to the dire state of the global envowelment enhancement industry. We've commited to erradicating this untenable situation by 2020. Join with us to spread the word. You'll love yourself for it.

S2 applications : S2U2, S2P & S2V

S2U2 (Slide 2 Unlock 2)

S2U2 is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don't use your device. It has CallerID function (but may not work on some devices, so please try it first); S2P control plugin; and volume control.

Requirements:
- WM5 Phone or WM6/6.1 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 1M for QVGA; 4M for VGA

S2P (Slide 2 Play)

S2P is a stylus-free MP3/WMA player application. It simply lets you browse your music files & play. It fully integrates with S2U2 & supports A2DP & AVRCP as well.

Requirements:
- WM5 Phone or WM6/6.1 Professional devices (with built-in Windows Media Player)
- free RAM: at least 3M

S2V (Slide 2 View)

S2V is a stylus-free picture viewing application. It can also be used to set up the wallpapers for S2U2 (v0.97 or later); assign a pic to a contact; set it as Today's wallpaper; or send it via MMS/email.

Requirements:
- WM5 Phone or WM6/6.1 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 6M for QVGA

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BayImg : No Copyright, No License image host from the makers of thePirateBay

You can upload about 140 different formats. There's even support for .RAR and .ZIP-archives! If you upload an archive with multiple images, you'll also get an album-address for all the pictures inside of it. Tags are separated by spaces, removal code is a password to let you remove images you upload.
Max file upload size is 100MB. If you're crazy and upload that much, then you should consider getting friends.

bayimg.com is a place where you can host all your images. We do not censor them. We believe in freedom of speech, it's of utter importance to us. As long as your pictures are legal they will be hosted here, but we reserve the right to remove images due to technical reasons though. If something crashes here, you better have a backup yourself - hopefully that won't happen. Usually we know what we're doing.

BTW - If you tag your content, we would like you to know that we did not build this site for any kind of porn. There are so many places on the net that host porn and we're on another mission here than hosting your fap material. Put the porn on Imagefap.com or some other site instead if possible, ok?

Questions goes to abuse at bayimg dot com.

NO COPYRIGHT. NO LICENSE.

GreaseMonkey & Firefox - How To Send a Trackback With Blogger

If you use Firefox, and the Greasemonkey plugin, this might be your ideal answer.

Install Greasemonkey

Lots of people might have it already and I know 65% of my readers use Firefox. If you don't have it already, it is extremely useful, and there are thousands of user scripts for it.

Install Blogger Trackback

After you have Greasemonkey installed, install the appropriate script - the developer says both can co-exist, but I haven't tested that.

If you are using New Blogger, you can use this trackback script for greasemonkey.

If you are using old blogger, there is an older script available

Trackback In Blogger

I think the picture near enough says it all

Yes that is a box within the Blogger interface where you just add a trackback URL.

After you publish, you even get a nice confirmation that it was sent

Del.icio.us

The script also pops up a window for your Delicious details, and tags your posts.

Pingoat & Pingomatic

Yep, it is meant to work with Pingoat and Pingomatic as well, though when I tested with Pingoat following the instructions, I didn't see any additional visual confirmation. I didn't test Pingomatic.

I am not 100% sure this part worked for me, I need to do some more testing

Good But No Banana… yet!

It isn't a perfect solution as is, because it is using the blog name for the link URL on the receiving end, rather than the blog post title.
It should be possible to hack the Greasemonkey script to use your post title, so that it uses the post title for links on the receiving end.

I will see what I can do to get a modified version made available

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