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Gmail Freebie (0)

I have a couple of Gmail accounts to give for free, so email me via my contact page. Just in case I run out by the time you read this message, Garret is giving out 45 gmail accounts for a small charity token.

Mobile Phone affects sperm count (3)

A research published/presented in Berlin has shown that carrying a mobile phone in your wallet can reduce your sperm count by almost 30%.

The Hungarian study is the first to look at how electromagnetic radiation from mobiles could affect sperm. The men who had their phone on standby throughout the day had about a third less sperm than those who did not. And, of the remaining sperm, high numbers were found to be swimming abnormally, reducing the chances of fertilisation.

The researchers say their findings suggest that mobiles do have a “negative effect” on male sperm and fertility.

I guess if you decided to carry the mobile phone in your breast pocket instead, your heart is not exactly safe.

Essential Apps (3)

I am not exactly anti-microsoft but I love opensource software as well tiny apps with great functunality. Here is an my essential must have applications.

Notepad2; replacement for Notepad. Notepad is nice piece but Notepad2 makes life even easier when it comes to editing. It has synatax scheme for most programming languages. Notepad2 is some whooping 500kb, if that is a problem I will suggest you have a look at metapad which is just as good. You can make Notepad2/metapad your default notepad by following instructions here.

xplorer lite; replacement for explorer. The only main feature xplorer lite is missing is the powerful search command for files that come with pro version. I currently use an earlier alpha build of the application which does have the search function.

K-meleon; replacement for Internet Explorer. K-meleon is based on the Gecko layout engine (the rendering engine of Mozilla). [check my earlier post]

Edexter; Internet filter for ads and offensive sites. It replaces the ads/sites with either a tiny image or a white background. (Host File Updated Regularly here)

Resource Hacker; nice little application. Use to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files

Izarc Zip; does a WinZip and more but for free.

Foobar2000; Winamp is good as well but foobar2000 has tabs for different playist.

WinScp; open source SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) and SCP (Secure CoPy) client for Windows using SSH (Secure SHell).

LiteShell; A tiny ultra-fast shell for Windows. Tray Module (replaces windows tray) and Task Module (replaces the taskbar).

Recommended Websites
Tiny Apps
Only the best freeware

Boyz II Men are back (3)

Slowly I am getting back into the routine of sleeping at night and staying awake during the day after messing up sleeping pattern because of the night shifts I did during my exams. Anyway I heard Boyz II Men’s single “You Make Me Feel Brand New” and got a bit excited (ok maybe single release is old news for some). A couple of changes have taken place, The group has setup a record label and have a new album called “Throwback” coming out in August 2004. The group is down to 3members after Michael “Bass” McCary retired. As I listen to their track, I realised why I always liked them - they’re purely soulful and old school (retro might be a more suitable word).

Apparently “Throwback” is meant to exhibit their interpretations of classics hits like Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” and Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.

Essential addition to summer collection in my humble opinnon.

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