David's Favorite Software and Website List
Here is a list of software and sites that I've found helpful in my travels in the personal computer world. Consider this my personal endorsement of each to my friends.
DSL
| www.dslwebserver.com | Great site with information on how to run your own web server on your DSL line. Very informative. |
| www.dslreports.com | Best source of information on DSL providers and current happenings. The only place you should go to for SBC-Ameritech DSL support! |
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Web
| www.aprelium.com/abyssws/ | Abyss web server -small, but powerful web server that runs this site. |
| www.palacio-cristal.com | Dynamic DNS updater that has worked great. Small application that runs on your PC and updates your DNS address to a DNS service like http://www.dyndns.org. |
| http://www.dyndns.org | Offers free DNS hosting service. When combined with a Dynamic DNS updater it makes it real easy for your PC on a DSL line to be available for the world. |
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Windows
| www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/ | Good list of Windows applications that run automatically in the background when Windows starts. |
| www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml | Great program that let's you easily control what programs run automatically under and Windows operating system. Nice replacement for msconfig that Microsoft screwed up in their implementation of Windows XP. |
| www.safer-networking.org/ | Spybot -the greatest spyware removal program -and it's really free. So good I sent in the requested donation. |
| www.grisoft.com | Dump Norton antivirus products and try this great free antivirus software. Installed it on one computer and only used a little over 2 Mb of RAM. Updates are also free. |
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Video Editing
| www.dvdrhelp.com/author | DVD R help site. Lots of good information to wade through the complex world of DVD authoring. |
| www.videoguys.com | Site with all kinds of no nonsense video advice. Does promote some products. |
| http://www.canopus.us | I use the Canopus ADVC-100 to convert my old videos to AVI using their hardware solution. I have used it several times and it has prove to be very reliable. No problems with video to audio synchronization -even on 2 hour tapes. I bought mine from some Macintosh company -hey it was cheap $259. |
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