Favorite Files

1. Ad Muncher
2. AnyDVD HD
3. Aston
4. BitWise for Windows
5. Directory Opus
6. DVD Shrink
7. ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Windows (32-bit)
8. FFDShow
9. GetRight
10. Microsoft Windows Defender (32-bit)
11. Nero
12. nLite
13. Opera (32-bit) for Windows
14. Paint.NET
15. Pidgin for Windows
16. UltraISO
17. UltraMon (32-bit)
18. Winamp 5 Full
19. WinRAR (32-bit)

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - Mozilla Firefox for Windows

   1.0.2 (Mar 26, 2005)

   I like Firefox, but I also like Opera. I have being going back and forth between Opera and some gecko based browser for quite some time now. I find myself liking the gecko engine over Opera's but have always liked the features in Opera better. Features such as integrated mouse gestures, the ability to turn off images and have them NOT load (unfortunately I'm presently on 56k), the reload every X feature, a good rss feed reader, and my favorite: the automatic return to the last session feature.
   
   The one thing that will be the downfall of Opera is its lack of support for user made extensions. Had it beaten Firefox to the table with that it might have come out in front in the long run, but the extension list has become far too robust for Opera to really catch up.
   
   That said I have finally come up with a list of extensions that allows me to do everything that I could in Opera (with the exception of Opera's very convenient RSS reader). Following the above order here they are: Mouse Gestures, Web Developer, ReloadEvery, and SessionSaver. I also use Tabbrowser Preferences, Gmail Notifier, WebmailCompose, Disable Targets For Downloads, AutoMarks, CookieCuller, BetterSearch, and Flashblock to further enhance Firefox beyond what I can do in Opera.
   
   Hope this list is helpful.

2. 
   Review - Opera (32-bit) for Windows

   8.00 Beta 3 Build 7522 (Mar 26, 2005)

   I like Opera, but I also like Firefox. I have being going back and forth between Opera and some gecko based browser for quite some time now. I find myself liking the gecko engine over Opera's but have always liked the features in Opera better. Features such as integrated mouse gestures, the ability to turn off images and have them NOT load (unfortunately I'm presently on 56k), the reload every X feature, a good rss feed reader, and my favorite: the automatic return to the last session feature.
   
   The one thing that will be the downfall of Opera is its lack of support for user made extensions. Had it beaten Firefox to the table with that it might have come out in front in the long run, but the extension list has become far too robust for Opera to really catch up.
   
   That said I have finally come up with a list of extensions that allows me to do everything that I could in Opera (with the exception of Opera's very convenient RSS reader). Following the above order here they are: Mouse Gestures, Web Developer, ReloadEvery, and SessionSaver. I also use Tabbrowser Preferences, Gmail Notifier, WebmailCompose,c Disable Targets For Downloads, AutoMarks, CookieCuller, BetterSearch, and Flashblock to further enhance Firefox beyond what I can do in Opera.
   
   Hope this list is helpful.

3. 
   Review - CDex

   1.51 (Feb 25, 2005)

   I have been using this piece of software for over five years now. In the last couple years I replaced the default "tinamp" mp3 decoder plug-in with the MAD decoder and it now creates the nicest (subjective) sounding WAV files I've ever created from my mp3's.
   
   I cannot recall a single time this program has crashed within a stable operating system environment nor does it contain any spyware, as I rescan my clean system after every software install.
   
   I normally do not give out five star ratings to programs as almost all software can be improved to some extent. That may very well hold true with this program as well. However, after spending the last five minutes going over the program I can find no real faults, nor anything that I would like to have the program do. So I leave it with a "5."