TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 34 - September 10, 2003


"My greatest skill has been but to want little."
- Henry David Thoreau


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NEWS
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Google AdSense banners added to program, links, and
blog pages on TinyApps. For example, see:
http://tinyapps.org/text.html
Eerily relevant ads... more information below.

Knoppix - a short tour for GNU/Linux newbies
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixForNewbies

Knoppix-STD
http://www.knoppix-std.org/
Customized distribution of Knoppix which focuses on
information security and network management tools.

L.A.S. Linux
http://localareasecurity.com/
Customized Knoppix distro with emphasis on security
tools and small footprint. 54MB secure server version
and 185MB mini-CD version available.

What's wrong with iTunes Music Store
http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/index.html

Free Adrian Lamo
http://www.freelamo.com

Gizmodo : The gadgets weblog
http://www.gizmodo.com

MS-DOS 6.22+ commands
http://2dos.homepage.dk/batutil/help/INDEX.HTM

Jargon's Driver Museum
http://www.drivermuseum.com/
Archive of old drivers and hardware utilities.

Wounded Moon's Freeware Archive
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32_freeware.html
Freeware programs that either went commercial after
these versions or were discontinued, or are hard to
find or just plain good.

BenchmarkHQ
http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_main.html
Collection of benchmarking and diagnostic tools.

The Secret Guide to Computers
http://www.secretguide.net/read/index.php

Info Aggregator
http://rss.blogstreet.com/
Read RSS Feeds in your Mail Client. No software
download. 2-Minute Setup.

Tango
http://www.commutercars.com/
Tiny electric commuter car


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NEW APPS
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miniRelay 0.9.75 [269k] +
http://www.blat.net/miniRelay/
SMTP relay tool that shuts down when idle.

TYPSoft FTP Server 1.08 [456k] {S}+
http://en.typsoft.com/
Simple, clean and robust ftp server

ShareWatch 1.0 [33k] +
http://stevemiller.net/sharewatch
Monitor shares on local and remote servers; see who
is connected and what files they are accessing;
disconnect any file, user, computer, or share; more.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner 1.2 [670k] +
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
Multi-threaded IP and NetBIOS scanner with fast
multithreaded scanning, computer pinging, hidden
shared resources detection, scanning for listening
TCP ports, mounting and exploring of found resources,
no administrative privileges required to run.

PureText 2.0 [13k] +
http://stevemiller.net/puretext/
Quickly convert formatted text to plain text via
hotkey or system tray icon.

CDCheck [590k] +
http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/
Utility for the prevention, detection and recovery of
damaged files on CD-ROMs with an emphasis on error
detection. Features: readability verification, binary
compare, CRC file creation (and verification) and
file recovery. Registration encouraged, but not
required, for non-profit, personal use.

WinRoll [7k] {S}+
http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Rollup windows to their title bar like Mac OS's
WindowShade.


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GOOGLE ADSENSE
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Text ads from Google AdSense are being served on
TinyApps. It's astounding just how relevant the ads
are.

For example, this archived blog page:
http://tinyapps.org/blog/2003_06_01_archive.html
contains quotes from Thoreau and Bucky Fuller, though
the word "quote" is not used anywhere on the page.
The top two ads from Google are "Inspirational Quote
Print" and "Motivational Posters"!

Meanwhile, on the "Text" page of TinyApps:
http://tinyapps.org/text.html
ads for UltraEdit and other text tools appear.

Your comments on this new program would be most
appreciated:
http://tinyapps.org/contact.html

Links:

Google AdSense
http://www.google.com/adsense/

Try before you sell
http://google.blogspace.com/archives/000984

Review by About.com
http://ecommerce.about.com/cs/banneradvertising/a/aa080603.htm

About Google's AdSense
http://about-adsense.com/index.html


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THANKS
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