TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 25 - January 5, 2003
+++NEWS+++
0. Many thanks to Christopher Landers at Computer
Shopper Magazine for providing customer service above
and beyond the call of duty. You can check out the
current issue at:
http://shopper.cnet.com/shopping/0-7812391.html
1. Minimal HTML
http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/TechNotes/minimal.html
2. Installer/setup decompilers
http://linux20368.dn.net/protools/decompilers.htm
(scroll down the page to "Setup decompilers")
Tools like InCtrl are great for monitoring changes
made by install programs. But to dissect setup
packages before installing them, a decompiler is
necessary.
+++NEW APPS+++
Quick Editor 3.0 [35k] +
http://www.movsd.com/qed.htm
Powerful text editor with a scripting engine,
TrueType support, comprehensive search and replace
function, much more. From the maker of The GUN (which
is also included in the download).
LFNDOS v1.06 [23k] {S}+
http://saturn.spaceports.com/~dosuser/dosutils.htm
Provides the Windows 95 long filename API to DOS
programs.
LFN Tools [278k] {S}+
http://www.odi.ch/prog/lfn/index.php
Support for long file names in DOS
Many more LFN emulators for DOS & Windows NT:
http://sta.c64.org/lfnemu.html
GAG [164k] {S}+
http://gag.sourceforge.net/
Full-featured graphical boot manager with support for
up to 9 different operating systems.
RegSeeker [242k] +
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Powerful registry cleaner and more. Free for personal
use.
MenuSnap [20k] +
http://www.rietta.com/menusnap/
Sort Programs & Favorites shortcuts alphabetically in
Windows 9x.
PassKeeper 1.2 [85k] +
http://www.passkeeper.com/
Safe password storage. Free for individual &
nonprofit use.
+++GEM: A GPL'D MAC-LIKE OS FOR PC & ATARI ST+++
GEM, a Mac-like GUI and OS for Low-end PCs
http://lowendpc.com/box/2002/0530.html
Digital Research and the GEM OS - The Other "Windows"
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1187
GEM
http://www.deltasoft.com/
PC GEM and GEM-related news and development.
Owen's GEM Workshop
http://www.owenrudge.co.uk/GEM/
Downloads, screenshots, history, much more.
GEM World
http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/archive/unofficial/gemworld.html
Motherload of GEM downloads
Shane Land OpenGEM
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/index.html
The official website for OpenGEM, a FreeGEM
distribution that includes most of the GEM
applications and has extensive helpfiles.
Eathan's FreeGEM page
http://myweb.cableone.net/eathan/gem.htm
Home of the FreeGEM distribution.
Intel GEM main page
http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Gem/index.html
Software, screenshots, links, etc.
GEM programs, including an Internet browser
http://www.geocities.com/heinz_rath/
Original GEM files and applications
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6148/gem.html
Google Web Directory listing of GEM-related sites
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/GEM/
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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 26 - January 29, 2003 (This issue features a request for contributions to keep TinyApps running. The next regular issue will be February 5, 2003.) If you have found TinyApps to be of use, please consider making a contribution via PayPal to keep it running: https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=donate%40tinyapps.org&tax=0¤cy_ code=USD Contributors are eligible for: 1. Priority email response 2. Listing (with URL if desired) on Financial Contributors page 3. Premiums, as follows: Contribution Premium ============ ======= $10 or more: Knoppix CD-R $30 or more: TinyApps 100% organic cotton tshirt & Knoppix CD-R $60 or more: All of the above plus a Linksys USB Ethernet Adapter Your contributions will fund: + Testing of all apps for the Green Award (completed by 3/1/2003) + Adding screen shots for many apps (completed by 4/1/2003) Contributions may be sent via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=donate%40tinyapps.org&tax=0¤cy_ code=USD Contributors will be contacted within 24 hours of making their donation. Additional information available at: https://tinyapps.org/donate.html
TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 27 - February 5, 2003
+++NEWS+++
0. Fundraiser update appears below.
1. Obsolete Computer Museum
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/
2. Create a stand-alone, bootable Windows CD (a la Knoppix)
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/11/206/
3. Review of hex editors
http://members.tripod.com/HarryMNielsen/
+++NEW APPS+++
Speak Freely 7.2 [806k] {S}
http://www.speakfreely.org/
Conduct real-time voice conversations over the
Internet or any other TCP/IP network. Includes IDEA,
DES, and limited PGP encryption capabilities.
Binary to Hex Editor [16k] +
http://www.movsd.com/tools.htm
Ascii Hex editor & converter
FlexiCAT [34k] +
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/42912.html
Tiny database program
TinyResMeter [92k] +
http://194.6.133.21/pesoft/
System resource information tool
XCLONE [20k] +
http://members.cox.net/dos/fileuti2.htm#xclone
Disk/directory copying tool which preserves
attributes on all files & directories, thus creating
an exact clone of the original.
RUNit [39k] {S}+
http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit/index.html
Launchpad accessed via context menu.
nnCron LITE [217k]
http://www.nncron.ru/
A system task scheduler compatible with Unix
crontabs.
+++FUNDRAISER UPDATE AS OF FEB 5, 2003+++
+ Ezine subscribers: 3500 (exactly!)
+ Financial contributors: 49
+ Participation: 1.4%
+ Total contributions: $954
+ Average contribution: $19.50
+ Expenses (premiums, mailings, etc): approximately
$600 - $700
If you have not done so already, please consider
making a contribution to TinyApps. There are several
premiums available, including the Linksys USB100M,
which Tom's Hardware called "a must-have addition to
any computer guru's toolbox."
https://tinyapps.org/donate.html
+++Disclaimer: You are 100% responsible
+++for your own actions. Visiting a link,
+++downloading a program, in short, *living*,
+++is done entirely at your own risk (and joy).
TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 28 - February 28, 2003
+++NEWS+++
0. Site update: Green Award testing completed. Broken
links repaired. Screenshots will begin appearing over
the next month.
1. Courtesy of Matterform.com, several QBullets have
been added to the site. See the FAQ for more
information:
https://tinyapps.org/faq.html
2. BBS Documentary
http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/
3. Minimalist Web project
http://www.textbased.com/~minimalist/
+++NEW APPS+++
LeechFTP 1.3 [620k]
http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/downloads.html
Multithreading FTP client
Word Count [1k] {S}+
https://tinyapps.org/downloads/wc.7z
Count characters, words and lines in files.
Unix Tools [1166k] +
http://thinstall.com/unix_tools/
17 Unix utilities that execute from one EXE without
ever extracting to disk: Bash, Less, Gzip, Grep,
Find, Df, Du, Ls, Cat, Cp, Mv, Ps, Rmdir, Mkdir, Rm,
Pwd, Tar.
DE v3.0 [70k] +
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/7256/
Very powerful disk editor for 12 and 16-bit FAT
drives. Extensive documentation included.
ExamDiff 1.6i [204k] +
http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Visual file comparison tool
BK Renamer [24k] +
http://www.boolean.ca/renamer/
Rename files based on a UNIX-style regular
expression
g4u (ghost for unix) [1352mb] {S}+
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
Disk cloning/imaging via FTP. Works with virtually
any filesystem and operating system.
Handler [7k] +
http://www.obock.de/html/handler.html
Window information tool
+++GREEN AWARD TESTING+++
The "Green Award" is awarded to software which:
* does not require installation
* does not write to the registry
* does not create or modify files outside of its own
directory
Testing for the above criteria was done as follows:
1. Use grep to return all apps whose listings
include the + symbol (+=no install necessary):
grep "+" *.html > filename.txt
http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/grep.html
2. Take registry snapshots with RegShot before and
after testing each app:
http://regshot.ist.md/
3. Use the Windows "Find" function to locate newly
created/modified files:
Start -> Find -> Files or Folders -> Date ->
Modified/Created -> during the previous 1 day ->
Find Now.
Near completion of all testing, fileWATCH v3.30
(shareware) was discovered, which does an excellent
job of tracking the creation, modification, and
deletion of files:
http://www.apogeonline.com/libri/00483/allegati/software/Crypto/security/fw330.zip
The latest release is version 5, but it is larger
and requires Microsoft Windows Installer:
http://kevin.gearhart.com/filewatch/
Suggestions on other approaches to step 3 are
welcome:
mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
As a final note, *all* apps are checked for
dependencies using a PE (portable executable) dump
utility like PEBrowse or PEDUMP:
http://www.friends-of-fpc.org/tools/misc/pebrowse/
http://www.wheaty.net/pedump.zip
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Content Contributors for this issue include:
Iain Cheyne
Antonio Molina Jiménez
Alex Philips
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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 29 - April 7, 2003
+++NEWS+++
0. Added screenshots for 125 apps.
1. An excellent resource for users, developers,
and testers of Knoppix
http://www.knoppix.net/
2. Introduction to Unix
http://www.chrislott.org/classes/advweb/unix_shell_intro/intro_unix.php
3. OutBound! - the personal firewall tester
http://www.hackbusters.net/ob.html
4. Protecting your website's email addresses from
being used by spammers
http://istpub.berkeley.edu:4201/bcc/Winter2003/feat.spamharvest.html
+++NEW APPS+++
All of the new apps in this issue can be found at:
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=console
HTTP Get [15k] +
Download files from the web
SendMail [18k] +
Send email (and even attach a file) using any SMTP
server
IP List [12k] +
Enumerates network interfaces, showing all bound
IP addresses, their broadcast addresses, and their
netmasks.
Resolve [16k] +
Resolve an IP address to its DNS address, and
vice versa.
XWhois [21k] +
Look up information on registered Internet domains
and addresses
Uptime [6k] +
Displays uptime in console
CPU Info [17k] +
Determines CPU type, vendor, serial number, and
clocks CPU speed.
PassDump [6k] +
Similar to (and based on) PWReveal, but with just
one goal - PassDump simply dumps to the console
the text from any PassChar-protected textboxes
that it can find.
PWReveal [11k] +
Allows you to see the passwords behind most
PassChar-protected text\editboxes in memory
(allowing you to see behind the "*****" fields).
Includes stay-resident option and a patch option
to remove asterisks on the fly.
+++PC MAGAZINE UTILITIES+++
PCMag.com has a new policy for their utilities:
"The PC Magazine Utility Library is now available
by subscription only. For just $19.97 (or $14.97
if you're a current subscriber to PC Magazine's
print or digital edition), subscribers get full
access for 12 months, including: great new files
and updates throughout the year -- usually one per
month -- access to all 130+ useful, smart
utilities in the Library, and technical support."
Thus, the following have been removed from TinyApps:
InCtrl5 [766k] {S}
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9882,00.asp
Monitor changes made by install programs.
RoboType [348k] {S}+
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,427373,00.asp
Saves keystrokes by letting you type short
abbreviations in place of longer blocks of text.
SiteSnagger [272k] {S}+
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,22003,00.asp
Download the contents of a web site to your PC's
hard disk.
FileGrab [148k] {S}+
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,5748,00.asp
Save, Print or Copy a list of filenames from
Explorer.
It is also interesting to note that while PC
Magazine provided the source code for these apps,
they are not "open source", nor can the files be
distributed without permission.
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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 30 - May 7, 2003
"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less."
- William of Occam (c. 1285-1349), British monk
+++NEWS+++
F.I.R.E. (Forensic and Incident Response Environment)
http://fire.dmzs.com/
Bootable CD-ROM Linux distro with tools for
forensic analysis, incident response, data
recovery, virus scanning and vulnerability
assessment.
The Linux Cookbook
http://dsl.org/cookbook/
Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use
Linux From Scratch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
Build your own custom Linux system
Yet another reason to avoid using frames in HTML
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/04/30/2116207.shtml
Why Am I Getting All This Spam?
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Research Six Month Report
http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml
Mean Dean's Anti-spam Obfuscator
http://www.healyourchurchwebsite.com/obfuscator/
+++NEW APPS+++
GNU Wget 1.8.2 [271k] {S}+
http://wget.sunsite.dk/
Mirroring tool which supports HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
K9 Version 1.01 [52k] +
http://www.keir.net/k9.html
Automatic spam email filtering for POP3 email.
SlimFTPd [22k] +
http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd/
Standards-compliant FTP server with an advanced
virtual file system. Freeware version supports
only two concurrent FTP sessions.
TinyIRC Beta Build 1069 [54k] +
http://www.tinyirc.net/
The goal of this project is to create the world's
smallest IRC client for Win32, with as many (if
possible, all) of the features that you're used to
in your current IRC client.
Domain Name Status Reporter [328k] +
http://www.domainpunch.com/products/domainstatus/
Monitor the registry status of domain names.
PrcView 3.7.2.5 [92k] +
http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm
Process viewer/killer. Includes both GUI & CLI
versions.
Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) [1280k] {S}+
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
Self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the
hard disks of most computers.
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TinyApps.Org is offering a 100% organic cotton Tux tshirt for $20. An image of the shirt can be found at: https://tinyapps.org/tuxshirt.jpg Ordering information is at the bottom of this message. 10% of all profits from these shirts will go to Debian http://www.debian.org/ , the distro on which Knoppix http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html is based. This all started when I tried to send Klaus Knopper a donation for creating Knoppix, an insanely great Linux distro. He suggested that I instead offer the money to Debian, but they did not have an online payment system for donations. I decided to make a shirt instead and send a check for 10% of the profits. I also decided to offer a free shirt to Klaus and others who helped create this opportunity: Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/torvalds/ Larry Ewing (creator of Tux, which he crafted using The GIMP) http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/ Neal Tucker (creator of the EPS version of Larry's logo) (still looking for contact info) The organic cotton shirts were provided by Kumba Clothing http://www.kumbaclothing.com/ at a very reasonable cost, and printed here on Maui by Aloha T-shirt Co. http://www.alohatshirts.com/ Why use organic cotton? http://www.kumbaclothing.com/why.html To order, send an email to: tshirt@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please specify quantity, size (large or extra large), and how you will be making payment (PayPal, money order, or check). Please DO NOT send payment before receiving an email confirming your order. Shipping is $3 via Priority Mail anywhere in the U.S. and $5 via Airmail worldwide. Shirts ship within 1 business day of receiving payment.
TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 31 - June 6, 2003
"A well-used minimum suffices for everything."
- Philleas Fogg in Jules Verne's "Around the
World in 80 Days"
The TinyApps.Org ezine is distributed by:
http://www.freelists.org/
The FreeLists team offers MailandFiles - premium
email and file storage for only $5/month:
http://www.mailandfiles.com/
+++NEWS+++
0. shaman rss automailer
http://www.shaman.ca/rss/
News feeds (from Slashdot, Webmonkey, many others)
delivered to your inbox.
1. Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text
http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
2. Very tiny websites:
http://www.guimp.com/
http://www.dot16.com/
http://www.coolornot.com/
3. Common Unix commands
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ucs/unix/commandlist.html
4. Whois Source
http://www.whois.sc/
Whois on steroids
5. What was the first web page?
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Examples
6. Organic cotton Tux tshirts still available.
Email tshirt@xxxxxxxxxxxx to order. Photo of
shirt: https://tinyapps.org/tuxshirt.jpg
7. Powers of 10
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years
from the Earth. Then move through space towards
the Earth in successive orders of magnitude
until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the
buildings of the National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that,
begin to move from the actual size of a leaf
into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell
walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and
finally, into the subatomic universe of
electrons and protons.
+++NEW APPS+++
Obfusticated Email Link Creator [4k] +
http://members.tripod.com/semper.fi/oelc/index.htm
Create munged email address links with hex, dec,
or a mix of both.
STASH [30k] +
http://www.vega-tek.com/stash/index.html
Very simple database run from the command line.
Suitable for small fragments of text like phone
numbers, bookmarks, email addresses, etc.
WHATPIC 4.0 [18k] +
http://www.mike-d.com/freeware/freeware.html
Command line utility that returns the format,
width, height, number of colors, filesize and
drive volume of graphic files.
TestDisk [500k] {S}+
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Tool to check and undelete partitions. Will run
under DOS (either real or in a Win9x DOS-box),
Linux or FreeBSD, but can find lost partitions
for: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, Linux EXT2/EXT3, Linux
SWAP (version 1 and 2), NTFS, BeFS, UFS,
Netware, ReiserFS.
PowerMenu 1.5.1 [49k] +
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
Adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray",
"Priority" and "Transparency" (W2K/XP only) sub
menus to all top level system menus.
foobar2000 v0.667 [334k] +
http://foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org/
Simple yet powerful audio player with support
for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WAV,
MOD, more.
+++PALM OS+++
A Palm OS section will likely be added to the
website soon. In the meantime, here are a few
programs and links of potential interest to
TinyApps readers:
BigClock [64k] {S}
http://www.bigclock.de/
Full-featured clock
MileageX [94k]
http://www.pdasoftnet.com/mileagex/index.htm
Keep track of mileage
TiBR (Tiny Book Reader) [52k]
http://www.indevsoftware.com/products/tibr/
PalmDoc book reader. Lite version uses only 25k
of memory.
List [26k] {S}
http://www.magma.ca/~roo/list/list.html
Simple database app
ChangeName [9k] {S}
http://www.mulliner.org/palm/changename.php
Displays and allows you to change UserName,
UserID, RomID, and OS version string.
BatteryLog [31k]
http://www.palmbytes.coolfreepages.com/
Battery information & monitor
X-Master [53k]
http://www.linkesoft.com/xmaster/
Hack/extension management program. Lite version
also available.
Pilot Install v4.5.0 [465k]
http://pinstall.envicon.com/e/pinstall/pinstall.html
Installs PalmOS Software WITHOUT HotSync. Free
for private use.
Everything about hacks
http://www.dseifert.de/hacks/
Palm OS Device Reset Primer
http://www.tankerbob.com/palm/resets.htm
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Content Contributors for this issue include:
Yannick
Will Stevenson
Mike Mills
Many More
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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 32 - July 5, 2003
"Perfection is reached, not when there is
nothing more to add, but when there is nothing
more to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
====
NEWS
====
Palm OS software
https://tinyapps.org/palm.html
Converting address book formats
http://www.slipstick.com/config/convaddr.htm
Steal these buttons
http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/index.php
Backup Windows 95 install floppies
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:s909-HFKd1IJ:66.36.228.12/IDArchive/ID-
RIP/database/essays/volatility/w95fe.htm
Accessing the Internet by E-mail FAQ
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/
Hand-powered webserver
http://www.uclinux.com/hand-powered_web_server/
OS X Apps
http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/
BeOS Live CD
http://www.bebits.com/app/3225
How to Burn BeOS Live CD under Windows w/Nero
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/motoyama/index.htm
New version of JBMail (freeware & shareware
versions available)
http://jbmail.pc-utils.com/
========
NEW APPS
========
FTPpie [248k] +
http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/net.htm
Pie chart display of FTP file space use.
TAGCASE [6k] {S}+
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/24497.html
Converts the case of HTML tags without
disturbing attribute values.
TCP Optimizer [425k] +
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
Optimize your Internet connection
The Ultimate Boot Disk 4.3m [615k] +
http://www.startdisk.com/Web1/ubd/ubd.htm
Partial list of features: Restores system files,
installs windows faster, identifies pc hardware,
extracts windows cd files, troubleshoots startup
errors, clones drives or partitions, streamlines
the registry, optional virus scanner.
Infoman2 [20k] +
https://tinyapps.org/downloads/infoman2.7z
Tiny display of available free physical memory
and system resource data.
AxCrypt [230k] {S}
http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
File Encryption (AES-128), Compression, and
Wiping from the context menu.
SmartFormat [22k] +
http://members.tripod.com/ieeecrce/innovations99/tformat/
Format disks even with bad sectors on track
zero; format standard 1.44 MB disks for 1.72 MB
(without compression or TSRs); much more.
fileAlert! v3.5 [23k] +
https://tinyapps.org/downloads/filealert.7z
File change monitor. Reports every file created,
modified or deleted on the current drive since a
given date and time.
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SIMPLICITY
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Ultralight backpacking
http://bikerdave.murioi.com/
Live Simple: Reduce complexity, costs, and clutter
http://www.december.com/simple/live/index.html
Thoughts on Voluntary Simplicity
http://www.word-works.com/simple.htm
Facts and figures from "Diet for a New America"
http://www.geocities.com/~newliberty/robbins.htm
SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/gvp/gvp09.htm
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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 33 - August 8, 2003 "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." - Mark Twain ==== NEWS ==== Shrinking Windows http://www.wimborne.org/richard/shrinkingwindows/ Micro95 - Windows 95 in 4.47mb http://www.mskf.org/mirrors/slimline/slimline.htm http://www.skci.com/~nevlow/ irc://irc.xbetas.com/Micro95 Oneliners and other very short programs http://gene.wins.uva.nl/~srooij/programming/oneliners.html Secure your email traffic with PuTTY http://www.jfitz.com/tips/putty_config.html Links to "small Operating Systems (recovering old hardware) and One-Floppy-OS Projects (making terminals, routers, etc. cheap and easy to set up and maintain)". http://www.ugr.es/~ama/compro/ The 100 Oldest Currently Registered .COM Domains http://www.whoisd.com/oldestcom.php Heiner's SHELLdorado http://www.shelldorado.com/ Articles on Internet privacy, security and more. http://www.computerbytesman.com/ Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix (How Linux will be affected.) http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/linux_vs_sco_matrix.html 3 classic game conversions: Pac PC, Ms. Pac PC, PC*Bert http://www.jrok.com/games_orig.html ======== NEW APPS ======== ProcessMate v1.81 [19k] + http://weird173.tripod.com/apps/pmmate.html Lists active processes and resolves their unique IDs and paths. Stop/kill almost any process. Uses 4 different ways to create the list of active processes, and 3 different ways to resolve the process command line, or just its path. X-Pass v2.01 [9k] + http://weird173.tripod.com/apps/xpass.html Reveals almost *any* Win9x/2k/XP password field. CD Mate v1.11 [8k] + http://weird173.tripod.com/apps/cdmate.html CD player dialogMate v1.0 [11k] + http://weird173.tripod.com/apps/dlgmate.html Quick access to user-defined folders in most Open/Save file dialogs. Trans v0.15 [6k] + http://weird173.tripod.com/apps/trans.html Make the background of desktop icon text transparent. Calendar Program 2.0 [164k] + http://www.geocities.com/cgopg/ Simple DayMinder-like calendar Calcul-8! [50k] http://www.nutcom.fsnet.co.uk/palm/ Scientific Calculator with Conversion for Palm OS. ====== THANKS ====== Financial Contributors https://tinyapps.org/contributors.html Content Contributors for this issue include: David Steadman Joe Mezzanini Weird Free Mailing List Hosting http://www.freelists.org/ MailandFiles ($5/month for 50MB of mail and files storage) http://www.mailandfiles.com/ ============= (UN)SUBSCRIBE ============= Send a blank email to tinyapps-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with either 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. You can also use the web interface, which has additional options: https://tinyapps.org/ezine.html ========== DISCLAIMER ========== You are 100% responsible for your own actions. Visiting a link, downloading a program, in short, *living*, is done entirely at your own risk (and joy).
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:
https://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:
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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:
https://tinyapps.org/text.html
ads for UltraEdit and other text tools appear.
Your comments on this new program would be most
appreciated:
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Links:
Google AdSense
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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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TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 35 - Decemeber 13, 2003
"Very little is needed to make a happy life."
- Marcus Aurelius
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NEWS
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Please forgive the long ezine hiatus.
For near-daily updates, visit the blog:
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The ezine will once again be published monthly, and
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BLOG HIGHLIGHTS SINCE 2003/9/10
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Roberto Alsina's guide to turning a P75 with 800MB of
disk space and 16MB of RAM into a modern workstation
capable of performing: Graphical web navigation, E-
mail, MP3 audio, GNUTella and MPEG video
reproduction.
http://www.pycs.net/lateral/stories/4.html
Image and restore your hard drive with Knoppix via
remote ssh server, Windows/Samba file share or
another hard drive.
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/ImageYourHardDriveUsingKnoppix
A new section on the File page for finding duplicate
files has been added. DupeLocater has been joined by
CloneSpy and DoubleKiller. All three received the
Green Award, though DoubleKiller has an option to
store settings in the registry (and easily remove
them as well).
https://tinyapps.org/file.html#dupes
Computer First Aid Using Knoppix
http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/
ShowText has been added to the Text page. Only 6k in
size, it displays all ASCII text in a given binary
file. This can be especially useful in scanning for
cheat codes, dependencies, etc.
http://www.sylpher.com/dosuser/dosutils.htm
Keyring for Palm OS is an open source app which lets
you securely store secret information on your PalmOS
handheld. It offers secure triple-DES encryption, a
random password generator, export to MemoPad, and
support for a number of languages.
http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/
FMT [121k] + Format floppies to 360kb, 720kb, 1.2mb
,1.44mb, 1.68mb and 1.72mb. With seven special
bootsectors.
http://www.paehl.de/english.php
Delpart [123k] + Delete NTFS partitions that defy
FDISK.
http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm
Many thanks to CoAX for pointing out ViceVersa Free a
"Windows utility that Compares, Replicates,
Synchronizes and Backups your data." It has an
installer, but is only a 510k download. It saved me
from some tremendous hassle this afternoon while
syncing a slew of files and folders.
http://www.tgrmn.com/
If you're still using Telnet or FTP, you need to know
about SSH and SCP. The Freeware SSH and SCP for
Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 and XP page is a great place
to start.
http://www.jfitz.com/tips/ssh_for_windows.html
The folks at DriveSavers are simply amazing. Their
service, performance, and communication far surpass
the most optimistic expecatations. Based on my
experience with them a week or two ago, they will
remain my first and last call for data recovery.
http://www.drivesavers.com/
QuickTime Alternative - Play QuickTime files (.mov,
.qt and other extensions) without having to install
the official QuickTime Player.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1049831315
Real Alternative Play RealMedia files without having
to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player. Supports
RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx
.smi .smil), RealText (.rt), ReadPix (.rp).
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1054136293
The Meatrix (Flash required)
http://www.bancruelfarms.org/meatrix/
Audacity [1290k] {S}+ Audio editor that can
record/play sounds, import/export WAV, AIFF, and MP3
files, and much more. Windows, Mac, and *nix versions
available.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
From the mail bin: "I wrote some tiny apps I would
like to share with you and your readers. Most of them
are command-line utilities, written in C/C++ using MS
VisualC. Of course, no reg, no DLL."
http://debrock.org/
New Palm app: Strip (Secure Tool for Recalling
Important Passwords) v1.0 [45k] {S} Password manager
with 256 bit AES encryption.
http://www.zetetic.net/products.html
This looks interesting: DeepBurner, a freeware CD/DVD
burning app (with GUI) under 1.44mb! Features
include:
* Create and burn audio, data, and bootable CDs
* Create and burn DVDs
* Buffer underrun technology "Burn-Proof" (if
supported by drive)
* Overburning (if supported by drive)
* Creation of multi-session CDs
* Works with all IDE (Atapi), SCSI, USB and FireWire
CDR/W DVD/RAM drives
http://www.deepburner.com/
(via ShellCity)
http://www.shellcity.net/
Dariusz Stanislawek (creator of EDXOR) codes
wonderfully tiny apps. When asked about his design
philosophy, Dariusz replied: "(I)t's identical to
your site's motto 'Small is beautiful'. I choose C
and a bit of Assembler as my programming languages
and use the free Borland C/C++ compiler. I find
undocumented Windows API calls and every possible
programming/linking trick to make my apps small, fast
and efficient. My apps are very small, but please
note that they embed info/help, so effectively they
are even smaller :-)"
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/
Renamer v6.0 final [256k] {S} Rename multiple files
with change (very powerful), search/replace, insert,
trim and many other batch operations. Features undo,
preview, 'change'-operation and can work in sub
directories on specified extension. Can also change
name to ID3 v1 tags and modify files' ID3 tags which
makes it perfect for renaming MP3's.
http://www.albert.nu/default.asp?sub=programs/default.asp?sub=renamer/main.htm
Martijn kindly sent word of his project: "I have
written an application that may be applicable to your
site. It's called Enumerator, and is a moduler batch
processor, which, among others, can for example
rename a batch of files. Only two modules are
available at present, but more are in the making. It
can be found at http://enum.sereneconcepts.nl . It is
free and still in beta stage."
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