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Utilities and Other Stuff

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thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs up Google Earth  earth.google.com

If you haven't seen this, you just have to. Download. Install. Type in your address. Be amazed. Satellite-surf for hours.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs up Notepad++  notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

This one is more for programmers and people who edit PHP, C++, HTML, CSS, XML, and other acronyms. Notepad++ is a fancy text editor that autoformats and color codes your code in most of the languages that it recognizes. It has a built in hex editor and plenty more. (For the non-geeks reading this, a "hex editor" is how  programmers cast spells on you.)

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs upTrueCrypt  truecrypt.org

Let's you create a virtual disk drive that is encrypted and password protected.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs upKeepass  keepass.info

A protected database to hold your passwords.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs up Gamemaker  yoyogames.com/make

Want to learn a little about computer programming? Try the free "lite" version to program your own simple games with graphics and sound.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs up CDBurnerXP  cdburnerxp.se

If you don't already have good CD/DVD burning software that lets you create data or audio disks and control the recording speed, this is a good one.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs up Asynx Planetarium  asynx-planetarium.com

Great star charts on your computer! Based on your latitude/longitude and the actual time. Very cool.

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs up Stick-It desktop sticky notes  singerscreations.com

Post-it notes for your computer desktop.