Sites Worth Your Time

Favorites

• Atomic Rocket Turtle – A great place to get linux Plesk servers up to date with recent versions of apps
• Slashdot – News for nerds
• SlickDeals – Easy way to get good deals on various products
• Dealnews – Email alerts for good deals on various products

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Theology

• Andrew Wommack Ministries – He teaches the Word without reservation or excuse. Check out Extras >> Audio Teachings
• Joe McGee Ministries – Many invaluable teachings on family and marriage.

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Mine

• Free Brazos – Website for a local political organization
• The Ultimate Word Search Tool – Search hundreds of thousands of words for any with your characteristics

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Family / Friends

• Travis Gadberry – My Brother’s Personal Site
• Tree of Life Church – My (old) Church

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Just Plain Interesting

• Was the 2004 Election Stolen? – jeez

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Software Worth Your Time

Utilities

• Synergy – Free utility allows the use of more than one computer with just one mouse and keyboard
• EditPlus – Everything in one text editor
• UltraMon – Multi-monitor management including a task bar on all monitors
• reCAPTCHA – Free captcha software that helps translate/digitize the Internet Archive
• Digsby – Free instant messaging client that supports profiles with accounts from all providers, support for email, twitter, etc

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Audio / Video

• ffmpeg – Free fast audio / video encoder, good for automated tasks
• MEncoder Shell – Free batch video converter
• LAME – Free mp3 encoder, good for automated tasks
• RazorLame – Free front end GUI for LAME, good for local tasks
• E.A.C. – Free very accurate audio cd to wav/mp3 file converter
• XviD – Free most excellent video codecs around
• Audacity – Free good audio editor and recorder

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Server

• Apache – Free best web server software out there
• MySQL – Free best database software out there
• PHP – Free best coding language out there
• Plesk – Pretty good control panel software (couple with atomicrocketturtle.com from above list)

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Development

• Eclipse – Free best Java IDE
• WordPress – Free quick and easy website and blog software

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References Worth Your Time

Web Design

• oswd.org – Open Source Web Design, free templates for all
• ColorToy 2 – Create a color scheme from a base color
• Complimentary Chromatic Colors – Create a color scheme using complimentary colors
• Color Palette Generator – Create a color scheme from an image on the web
• XHTML Character Entities – Find XHTML characters

CSS

• Wrapping text around images – Necessary technique for designers
• csszengarden.com – Inspirational site on the sheer power of CSS

Virus / Spyware

• F-Secure Security Information Center – Searchable database with virus characteristics