Some of my favorite Applications!

Category : Windows

Just thought I share with others what my favorite apps for windows are, not only are they my most used apps but all of them are free. Anyhow, lets just begin!

1. Google Chrome – the best browser imo.

2. Tight VNC – Just love this simple and easy to use vnc software.

3. FileZilla – good and free FTP client & server.

4. Spotify – need to say more?

5. Realtemp – CPU & GPU temp monitoring software.

6. InfraRecorder – the best all-round DVD/CD recording software I’ve ever used.

7. VirtualCloneDrive – funny thing, when Windows 7 was released daemon tools didn’t work. So I started using this instead, and I’ve been using it since.

8.  Songr – simple and easy to use mp3 downloader, uses 16 mp3 search engines.

9. HDD Health – use it to check if a disc is failing over time. Did a pretty good job when my 1TB disc died. Warned me some weeks before.

10. Paint.Net – I use this instead of Photoshop, since I got a kind of similar GUI.

11. ImgBurn – Great for burning image files, more settings than InfraRecorder.

12. Notepad++ – Beats notepad, great for viewing .nfo files.

13. uTorrent – the one and only torrent client.

Thats the most used and my fav apps. Anything you think I’ve missed? Please post a comment =)

Update: KeyPresser 0.41 Important Bugfix

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Category : Windows

Important bugfix! If you downloaded 0.4 please download 0.41 to get the customs buttons working!

Due to a user one the forums asking me to add some keys I decided to make it a release.
And add some more features!

Current & new Features:

 

NEW, F Key, +, -, Scroll Lock, Num Lock, Space, Print Screen
NEW,  More delays, 5 to 60 minutes!
BUG, Customs keys fixed! 0.4 to 0.41

Backspace & Arrows up down etc. Also Alt + F4.
Option menu.
Click sound (can be turned on/off)
You can now hide it from taskbar.
Many different intervals for buttons to be clicked.
Custom buttons, lets you write you’re own button combination to be pressed.
Default buttons, like enter, page up etc.
Minimize to tray, hides it while running if you want.
Also logs how many key presses made.
Delayed start.
F1-F12 and more predefined buttons.

Of course it’s freeware, and you might download and share it as much as you want.

Download KeyPresser 0.41

Arduino: Showing CPU load with 9 leds!

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Category : Arduino, Electronics

My new project, is a simple led-strip which shows CPU load. 9 led’s are used for this, could have used more but my tiny breadboard couldn’t hold more. Anyhow, it uses serial communication to receive how much the totalcpu usage is. For this you need a C# program running on your computer, it just sends a value from 0-100. And the Arduino reacts and lights up leds accordingly to how much load your CPU got.

I will not go into how you make the program in C#, therefore I’m uploading the .exe here for you to download. I’ll also include the source-code for it.

What you need?

1x Arduino
9x LEDs
Some wires

1. Wire it all up like in this Fritzing picture.

2. Load up the Arduino with the following program.

3. Download the C# program here.

When you start the .exe file, you only need to select which Com port the Arduino is using. And the click connect, and then it should start communicating with the Arduino. And show cpu load.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecbdUhiOWes&w=425&h=344]

PS. If you got any questions etc, please take it in my forums post here.

Program tip: EasyTimer 1.0

Category : PC, Windows

My latest small app, the easy timer. It’s a simple timer application, with alarm sound when the time runs out. Can be minimized to tray, and pops up when times over.

But it got a advanced set of extra features:

* No pop up from tray, stays hidden even after time runs out.
* Mute, alarm makes no sound. Nice for starting apps.
* Close after alarm is over, also nice when starting apps or such.
* No installation at all, just unzip and use. Portable and small.

Custom Launch:

Here you can specify what file to open when time runs out, can be used as a custom alarm sound if you select Mute Alarm, and points to a wav file. Or it can open a certain application. Endless possibilities.

Launch a web address:

Opens a web address of your choice when the time runs out. This could be anything from a web page you need to check when time runs out or just for fun at a friends computer showing up something funny or nasty tongue.gif

But the basic feature is for making stuff in the stove, pizza, baguette etc.

Download EasyTimer 1.0

And as always, it’s freeware.

LifeBiz 0.3 Release!

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Category : PC, Windows

Yes, finally 0.3 version is ready. It’s been quite a long time since any updates about lifebiz, cause islandbiz took at the time. Anyhow, version 0.3 contains many new features and fixes.

Also the GUI took some refurbishing, and I believe it’s better than before. One of the great new features is the fridge/storage. As before when you bought a Bread he ate it at the same time. That doesn’t happen now, you buy it and it’s stored in the fridge, so that you can choose when you’d like to eat it.

The game is now paused while you visit hospitals, cars hops, grocery stores etc. Anyhow, just download and try it. As always it’s freeware.

DOWNLOAD 0.3

0.3 Changelog:

+ Ability to buy, repair, upgrade and sell cars.
+ More features to the health, transplants, more pills etc.
+ Features a more floating stocks calculation.
+ Ability to purchase and rent out properties.
+ Better food system, you now buy food. And its stored in the main screen
and you choose to eat it when you want to.
+ Can develop alcoholism, the AI then drinks by itself if there are vodka, wine etc in storage.

+ Can develop nicotine-abuse, same as with alcohol.
+ Interest is now shown in the bank.

+ Some bugs removed.
+++++ Several other small things.

.NET Framework 3.5 is required.

Update: KeyPresser 0.3

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Category : Windows

Yepp, once again I got a new release of this keypresser.

Current & new Features:
NEW, Backspace & Arrows up down etc. Also Alt + F4 is now possible.
NEW, Option menu.
NEW, Click sound (can be turned on/off)
NEW, You can now hide it from taskbar.
Many different intervals for buttons to be clicked.
Custom buttons, lets you write you’re own button combination to be pressed.
Default buttons, like enter, page up etc.
Minimize to tray, hides it while running if you want.
Also logs how many key presses made.
Delayed start.
F1-F12 and more predefined buttons.

Of course it’s freeware, and you might download and share it as much as you want.

Download KeyPresser 0.3

LifeBiz 0.21 Release!

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Category : Freeware Games

0.21 is ready! Altho 0.2 has been out on the Osirisgames forum for a while. 0.21 is just a bunch of fixes from 0.2. But I’ll list the full changelog from 0.1 to 0.2 now:

### 0.2 & 0.21 Changelog ###

Added Show Values, so that happiness etc has numerick values too.
Added more toughts, when in pain etc.
Added Hospital.
Added some health issues.
Added Vitamins & AntiDepressant pills.
Added Body-Organ-Simulator.
Added Beer at the local Grocery Store.
Added a shopping mall. Currently only a liqueor store. And a discount drugs store 😛
Added a Casino, think you’re lucky?
Added deathreason is now written in the toughts textbox.
Added low-happiness warning blinker.

Adjusted Food, food is more food.
Adjusted workout to be more effective.
Cleaned up alot of code to be more effective.

DOWNLOAD 0.21

Now off to work on IslandBiz 2 😀

.NET Framework 3.5 is required (not sure if you can run it on 2.0):