Torrent2EXE will take a torrent from a bittorrent site or your hard drive, and create a self-contained EXE Program that when ran will download the files the torrent points to. Useful for allowing friends to download something off a torrent without having to teach them how to use a full-featured BitTorrent client.
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PBS has a new series that follows the USS Nimitz in its deployment to the Persian Gulf to support the Iraq War. The Documentary is insightful and gives a look at what’s going on over there off the land.
You can also watch the already aired episodes of the 10 part series on PBS’s website.
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A 22-year old student in Vancouver painted a large Waldo on a rooftop in the hopes of a few smiles among Google Earth users.
“I think that it’s within the spirit of the state of the Web now,” she told The Sun. Everything is a free-for-all, and I think the more Waldos, the better,”
Google Earth Now Featuring Waldo
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If you found this article interesting or helpful, feed my energy with some caffeine.Google Earth’s new mapping program takes you on a virtual reality tour with the UN refugee agency of some of the world’s major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims.
The first use of this geospatial tool focuses on refugees and displaced people located in remote areas of Chad, Iraq, Colombia and Sudan’s volatile Darfur region. Sit in front of your computer and, with a few clicks, see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a refugee.
Highlighted are not only the physical area of the camp and surrounding country, but key parts of daily life such as education and health in photo, text and video format. Within seconds, Google Earth brings the daily life of a refugee camp into your home thousands of kilometres away.
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If you’re like me, you probably get tired of looking at the same background picture everyday. Find some high-quality, high-resolution images to spruce up your background! InterfaceLift has a large collection of high-res background images you can easily use on your computer. Just find an image you like, choose the resolution of your screen, and set it as your new background.
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LocalCooling.com offers an easy to use piece of software that will help you manage the power saving features of your computer. With these features, you can save money by saving energy and helping the environment. It’s small and easy to use. Give it a look.
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If you’ve ever had networking troubles in Windows XP, you may have noticed there’s no easy way to remove & reinstalled TCP/IP. There are easy to find ways to “reset” TCP/IP, and the WinsockFix repair too is also useful. But sometimes you just need to uninstall TCP/IP and reinstall it. Here’s how:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
4. Right-click each key, and then click Delete.
5. Click Yes to confirm the deletion of each key.
6. Close Regedit.
7. Locate the Nettcpip.inf file in %winroot%\inf, and then open the file in Notepad.
8. Locate the [MS_TCPIP.PrimaryInstall] section.
9. Edit the Characteristics = 0xa0 entry and replace 0xa0 with 0×80.
10. Save the file, and then exit Notepad.
11. In Control Panel, double-click Network Connections, right-click Local Area Connection, and then select Properties.
12. On the General tab, click Install, select Protocol, and then click Add.
13. In the Select Network Protocols window, click Have Disk.
14. In the Copy manufacturer’s files from: text box, type c:\windows\inf, and then click OK.
15. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click OK.
Note This step will return you to the Local Area Connection Properties screen, but now the Uninstall button is available.
16. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click Uninstall, and then click Yes.
17. In Control Panel, double-click Network Connections, right-click Local Area Connection, and then select Properties.
18. On the General tab, click Install, select Protocol, and then click Add.
19. In the Select Network Protocols window, click Have Disk.
20. In the Copy Manufacturer’s files from text box, type c:\windows\inf, and then click OK.
21. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click OK.
22. Restart your computer.
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A guide to what to look for in a rechargable battery, explanation of what to expect, and some recommendations. A good read for anyone who has a lot of battery using gadgets. Save yourself some money, and save the environment.
Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries
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ZamZar is a website that allows you to convert files up to 100MB in size to another format for free.
Documents - .cvs; .doc; .docx; .odp; .ods; .odt; .pdf; .ppt; .pptx; .ps; .pub; .rtf; .wpd; .wps; .xls and .xlsx.
Images - .bmp; .gif; .jpg; .pcx; .png; .tga; .tiff and .wbmp.
Audio - .aac; .ac3; .flac; .m4a; .mp3; .ra; .ram; .wav and .wma.
Video - .ra; .ram; .3gg; .avi; .flv; .gvi; .m4v; .mov; .mp4; .mpg; .rm; .rmvb; .vob and .wmv.
Compression Formats - .7z; .cab; .lzh; .rar; .tar; .tar.ghz; .tar.bz2; .yz1; and .zip.
You can also download and convert videos from websites such as YouTube, etc.
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You can easily search multiple torrent sites like ThePirateBay, MiniNova, and more from the ease of NowTorrent.
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