Everyday Nerd

Absolutely the simplest photo sharing web sites I’ve ever seen, PiccDrop lets you upload ANY kind of image file - jpeg,jpg,png,tiff,bmp,gif,ico,icn,svg,pdf,icns,hdi,psd… you name it!  File sizes up to 6MB are hosted forever, and you can upload as much as you want!  

Nice thing is, once you upload your picture, it takes you right to it!  No crappy sign up, or free trial, or low res image - just the picture, just the way you want it

http://www.piccdrop.com/

On Tuesday, November 18th, you can grab yourself a free copy of ZoneAlarm Pro!  ZoneAlarm Pro is an antispyware, identity protection, and firewall for your PC - normally costing $40.00. 

At 6 AM PDT, Tuesday morning this page: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index.html will become live and provide instructions for downloading your free copy.  In addition, they will be offering a 50% discount on their airport friendly laptop bag.

We’ve all been there… you go to bed, leaving some programs open - maybe some of them unsaved documents.  The next morning you scream in agony because your computer was restarted from your friendly neighborhood automatic update service!

Now, you can safeguard your PC against this with Shutdown Guard!  Just a little tray application that prevents your computer from restarting, shutting down, or even logging off!  Nice huh?  Written for Windows XP, the author has not tested on Vista, it did not work for me on Vista Business.

When a shutdown, log off, or restart is detected, Shutdown Guard will prompt if you want to continue.  Only when confirmed will it continue the shutdown sequence.

Shutdown Guard

Have you ever wondered what is taking up the most space on your hard drive(s)?  It’s a pain to right click on each folder, getting the properties of each, just to see the size it’s taking up!  Like it’s big bother, TreeSize Free gives you a tree view of your hard drive, showing you exactly what is taking up space.  Can’t get any easier than that!

TreeSize Free comes in two versions:  a “portable” .exe, and a full installer.  If you install the full version, it also adds a right click context menu entry - allowing you to view the tree size of a certain folder, and it’s content.

For anyone, this is a great way to reclaim space on your drives!

Download TreeSize Free

I’m a bit of a photo fanatic - I really enjoy amateur photography.  I’m OK with Photoshop, but there is an easier way of creating some really cool effects - Dumpr.net.  There are many different effects to choose from - just upload your photo, choose a photo from Flickr, and that’s it! 

Above is just a sample of the effects you can do at Dumpr.  Go, upload, then brag about your ’shop skills!

  Link to Dumpr