At one point in time and not too very long ago, I fancied myself a decent system administrator with a decent resume and work history. When I finished a series of writing tasks working on technology subjects that included system administration, I thought the time had come for me to work in a shop with Linux and MS.
SoX is a power-packed command-line tool for various types of audio processing. It's very useful as an audio format converter, and it can be used for resampling audio files, converting between endianness, audio encoding and modifying other attributes of common audio file formats.
InfoWorld - A new company, Cloudsmith, has created a Web-based service meant to let developers access and exchange "virtual distros," or custom configurations, of open-source software.
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About 3D Runaway Sleigh Frantic Elf falls in and out of sleigh, loses his hat and struggles to control Runaway Sleigh during fierce snowstorm. Sleigh maneuvers in and around mountain scene as snow falls. Contains video and quaint elfy music in MP3 format. Select from falling toys: teddy bears, toy drums, ragdolls, toy soldiers, none or all. Select from pre-set tints or time of day presets to give a morning, evening or night effect or go wild and make everything purple. Demo contains full set of features: sound mute, volume control, background tint, brightness, selectable number, color, size, fade and velocity of falling animations. Have fun customizing this screen saver to your preferences. Registered version doesn’t have DEMO splash screen or the registration reminder overlay text. Contains 3D animated images and MP3 sound files. Sound can be muted. Password protection is available for your OS X system screen saver. Supports dual monitors. Available at a substantial per screen saver discount when purchased in a set. |
 | About Tables Enables you to organise and present data very simply. With Tables you can not only organise data but also do calculations and comparisons with it. Add, sum or multiply numbers or process data by using more than 100 functions. Data can not only represent numbers but a date or an amount, too. Tables offers extensive options to format the data. Format them as currency, as an amount, as percentage rate, scientifically or with different date formats. Create visually attractive invoices, lists or reports and even add some photos, PDF documents and charts to present your data with great visual impact. You can create your own named styles in Tables to quickly assign the same formatting properties to other cells and also receive a uniform look for your document. Tables offers a free 30-day trial. Tables 1.4 is available as a free update for all registered customers. |
 | About Newsgroup Image Collector The perfect tool for collecting images from Usenet newsgroups. NIC can search one or more newsgroups for images by scanning each posted message. When a message contains image content, the image is downloaded to your computer. You control which newsgroups to search and you can filter out unwanted images by using advanced filter settings. Optional advanced features let you filter your image search by using a variety of different methods. You can filter message subjects by keywords to allow or ignore certain images. You can filter images by width, height, file size, and file extension to skip thumbnail images or large space wasting images. You can save your images in one main directory or you can build a directory tree for a visual guide to where each image came from. You can share your images with friends quickly by using the built in email wizard. Simply highlight the images to send, click on the email button and share images with anyone. |
 | About RAID Monitor Will automatically check the status of any software RAID. If a fault is found with the RAID it will generate an email and play a system alert sound. Email alerts are repeatedly sent to the recipients until the error has been resolved. RAID Monitor will also send an email report every 24-hours to give you peace of mind that the RAID is functioning correctly and the email link between you and your RAID is functioning correctly. RAID Monitor will monitor the SMART status of all SMART support drives in the same way as it monitors your RAID. Email alerts are sent out if RAID Monitor detects a failing drive. |
 | About 3D Cozy Winter Fireplace Has all the warmth you will need during those frosty winter nights. Working clock and calendar keep you grounded in the present while you dream of a cozy nook by the fire. With highly active flames this looks like a real fireplace (no puny gas jet flames here!). Calico kitty in a rocking chair completes the warm cozy scene. Smoothing cracking fire and purring cat sound effects. Want a soothing nighttime scene? Just set the time of day to nighttime and a dark shadowy blue hue is cast on everything. Prefer a dusky sunset scene? The sunset setting produces a deep orange hue. Demo contains full set of features. Have fun customizing this screen saver to your preferences: tint, brightness, time of day settings, sound mute and volume control and for a festive touch you can select falling animations for Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day or mix them all together. Registered version doesn’t have DEMO splash screen or the registration reminder overlay text. Contains 3D animated images and MP3 sound files. Sound can be muted. Password protection is available for your OS X system screen saver. Supports dual monitors. Available at a substantial per screen saver discount when purchased in a set. |
 | About Web Image Collector The perfect tool for downloading thousands of images from the web. Simply enter a web site address (URL) or search keywords, and within seconds you will see numerous thumbnails of downloaded images. Junk images such as icons and advertisements are filtered out using the configurable filter rules. All images can be previewed using the built in slideshow and they can be sent to friends using the built in email feature. |
 | About iTunes Dupes Barrier Allows you to search the duplicate songs inside the iTunes and iPod songs’ databases. |