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    Oh the HEAT!

    My system is reading 43C case, 54 CPU (and it's usually 34 / 44) My cordless mouse died! I'm makibg twice as many errors as usual ... no patience, no concentration, not much sleep either - if this is Global Warming, then it's got to be STOPPED! And finally, my desk fan in the corner made a...
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    How about some replacements for the temporary buttons?

    With this Quickie Button maker http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/deknop/deknop.htm Found in a newsgroup, looks interesting ... and free (cardware) too!
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    Nero Multimounter

    http://www.nero.com/us/ns4_631940720275822.html Found in a newsgroup, not sure what prerequisites apply - is this a V5 tool or V6 Used for: Mounting a previous session if you forgot to import a multisession - might also have abuses in dealing with session based audio protection
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    More pictures

    The other section (Hot and spicy) is seriously adult, and contains material which is probably beyond the tolerance level of this forum.
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    Essential Wireless LAN upgrade!

    http://j-walk.com/other/wifispray/index.htm
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    Beneath a Steel sky (game) goes freeware

    http://www.gamershell.com/news_BBeneathaSteelSkyBFreewa.shtml http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=bass-cd&type=begins Possibly more mirrors than the official ones - I'd suggest caution with the EXE though, it may be a simple SFX conversion, but you never know!
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    Blaze FTP (flashpeak) - NOW FREEWARE!

    http://www.flashpeak.com/blazeftp/ What's New V2.0 BlazeFtp has become Freeware! Add chmod command support Add site drop-down menu from the toolbar Add jobs drop-down menu from the toolbar I looked at the screenshot, and did a double-take ... the style is VERY similar to Filezilla
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    Darwin awards

    http://www.darwinawards.com/cgi-bin/frames.cgi?/old/main200206a.shtml This BOGUS list seems to be doing the rounds - but some of the TRUE ones demonstrate superhuman stupidity.
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    This had to be from America!

    It's time once again to review the winners of the annual "Stella Awards". The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United...
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    VMYTHS virus hoax alert site winding down?

    http://vmyths.com/rant.cfm?id=619&page=4 Sad news from a newsletter - and how will popular sites survive now that: 1. Ad revenue is in the toilet 2. Ad companies are mostly thought of as VERMIN 3. Donation drives have limited success 4. People are often reluctant, or unable, to support a...
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    The best browser - a challenge of wits

    http://www.stephenbrooks.org/browserwars/ Of course, if you have both IE and Mozilla installed, you could probably play against yourself or cheat in favour of whatever result you want!
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    Need a good, cheap and QUIET PSU

    Planning a round of upgrades.... Already got an 80Gb Maxtor Plus 9 to treat my old heap to (overkill for an ATA66 chipset, but WTH) - bought NOW, as some guy at a computer fair reckoned one of Seagate's component suppliers had gone bust, and there'd be shortages and price rises. I cooked my PSU...
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    Philips "bless" high capacity media

    (copied from a CDR mailing list) Subject: 90+ CDR disks now standardised by Philips. Media Manufacturing Magazine "One To One" issue 155 june 2003 page 6 left column middle: "Philips has released a new document which describes High Capacity Recordable CD-R disc, with a maximum single session...
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    Yuck! I'll never eat sprouts again

    Read before you consider the poll - RIGHT to the end http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8778/aphids.html The very last sentence - HOW many! Are they SERIOUS!
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    Looking for free/cheap hosting, look here!

    http://www.jv-hosting.net/complan.php - $5 per YEAR, 25Mb / 1Gb/month transfer, feature packed http://ms11.net/ $11 signup / free - 25Mb / unmonitored (may be choked though!) choice of extra features, or FTP upload http://www.findmyhosting.com/searchresults.asp?page=1&op=1&sid=374583...
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    Great flash game

    http://www.project-design.com/kitoy/flash/arcane01.swf Now how do I stop getting killed? I fiddle with the door, the grating, nick the tramp's booze, go hand over hand across the pipe..... If you've come back up, and wasted too many clicks, you'll hear the tramp get his
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    Evening classes

    Evening classes for Men & Women EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN: Topic 1. How to fill ice-cube trays. Step by step with slide presentation. Topic 2. Lavatory paper rolls: do they grow on the holders? Round-table discussion. Topic 3: Differences between the laundry basket and the floor...
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    Mozilla 1.4 released

    http://www.mozillazine.org http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ Of course, this is the basis of Netscape 7.1 - on seeing that annouced, I knew this had to be close! You can also have your Mozilla core with a NETSCAPE flavour - with AIM and AOL-capable mail among other things...
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    Updating 2.4x DVD+R/+RW drives for 4x media compliance

    http://www.dvdrw.com/productupgradeportal/index_en.html This will NOT make your drive a 4x, but should make it tolerant of 4x media. Some DVD-R drives also require updates, but I don't know of a similar "central resource".
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    DashBoard Final 1.1 released

    Just spotted on another forum, link to original source http://www.tech-critic.com/comments.php?id=5350&catid=1 (scroll down, that's not good layout! ) http://www.snpsoftware.com/ - home site for it - and note - Win98SE / 2000 / XP (.net framework required) Can't see a price or registration...
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