Free Software I Love (for windows)

I love free software. HEAVY emphasis on the free. However I do not like to sacrifice quality.

Here are some of my favorites(Note, these are all for the Windows operating system):

General Use:

Virus scanner - AVG Free
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

Two Way Firewall - ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm

File System Cleaner - CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Disk Defragger - Auslogics Disk Defrag
http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

MS Office Alternative - Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

Notepad2 - Better notepad (with syntax highlighting)
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html NOTE: Normally I use UltraEdit as it is my favorite text editor, but it is not free. If forced to us a free editor, Notepad2 is my 2nd choice.

Picture Editing -
Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Gimp - Hat/tip my friend Shambo
http://www.gimp.org/

Music Radio Listening - Pandora.com
http://pandora.com/
http://pandora.com/desktop - new desktop, no browser version.

Clipboard Manager - xNeat
http://www.xneat.com/clipboard-manager/index.htm

APP Updater - Filehippo
http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

Disk Usage - WinDirStat
http://windirstat.info/ A graphical disk usage tool on steroids.

DEVELOPER SPECIFIC - Many of these will not make sense to you, unless you are a developer.


Regular Expressions Editor - Expresso
http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm

HTTP Debugging tool for IE - Fiddler
http://fiddlertool.com/fiddler/

Web Service Tester - Web Service Studio
http://www.codeplex.com/WebserviceStudio

SQL Tidy - SQL Formatter
http://www.wangz.net/cgi-bin/pp/gsqlparser/sqlpp/sqlformat.tpl

Javascript development tools - JQuery
http://jquery.com/
http://jqueryui.com/

MSFT.Net

View State Helper - Binary Fortress
http://www.binaryfortress.com/aspnet-viewstate-helper/

.net Code Decompiler - Reflector
http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/

Linq - LINQPad
http://www.linqpad.net/

Windows Management and Debugging tools - Sysinternals
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx NOTE: Hands down the best free tools for managing and debugging your system can be found here.

Amazing predictions from 1958 that came true will blow your Mind

This is amazing. I guess the writing has been on the wall a long time.

Michele Bachmann calls out Napolitano

WOW, will they actually listen to her, or dismiss her as one of us right wing extremists she is trying to defend. I admire her bravery. However, I think she will join the ranks of the other brave Republican Conservatives who have voiced their outrage and become a target of smears and ridicule. Too bad we can’t clone her, or at least steal some of her mojo for the RINOs.

Oh, and Timothy McVeigh? Stop shoveling that crap. He was one of MILLIONS who were released. Myself included. The rest of us assimilated just fine back into civilian life.

Ooorah Michelle!