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Signup is easy and only requires your email address. I have NOT received any unsolicited spam from these folks since I signed up.

This is NOT a spam blocking service.

It's only purpose is to send you an email notifying you whenever I post a new entry to our website.

Skype has rapidly become one of the most popular applications in the internet. And why not?? Free pc to pc telephony is a good thing.

Activating Skype is quite simple - as simple as MSN Messenger.

Requirements:
1) A computer with audio output (Can you play music? If so you can hear Skype.)
2) A microphone (a $3 mike will do). Some folks like to use a headset with mike and headphone.
3) A high speed internet connection. I've had some success using it on a dialup connection as well although the sound quality isn't as good.

First download it from www.skype.com - it's free - it's not a large download. If you already have a copy that is some weeks/months old don't bother using it. They are constantly fixing it and improving it so you can always get the latest and greatest at their website. There are currently two versions - version 1.4 is the voice only classic version and 2.x beta is the new one with built-in video (you need a webcam for the video but it will still work fine if you don't have one and only want to use voice).

A list of sites that track torrents for various tv shows.
www.xtvi.com/
www.tvtorrents.com
www.fulldls.com
www.tvtorrents.com
www.bttv.com
www.myspleen.net

The sites below provide lists of torrent files that include various types of downloads - tv, movies, software, etc.
www.torrentsearch.com
www.piratebay.com

To download torrents you will need bit torrent software.
There are two that I recommend... both are free.

Azureus - http://azureus.sourceforge.com (Needs Java - a resource hog)
µTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/ (Only 89k in size)

Too many security issues.... Now there's a great alternative.... Firefox which shipped last week.

Read this article in the Washington Post. There's lots more press around about this on Google and elsewhere if you'd like to read more about it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47146-2004Nov13.html

Then you can get Firefox for free at http://www.getfirefox.com

I highly recommend it !!

Fun with Google Searches

METHOD 1

put this string in google search:

parent directory /appz/ -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

parent directory DVDRip -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

parent directory Xvid -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

parent directory Gamez -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

parent directory MP3 -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

parent directory Name of Singer or album -xxx -html -htm -php -shtml -opendivx -md5 -md5sums

Notice that I am only changing the word after the parent directory, change it to what you want and you will get a lot of stuff.

METHOD 2

put this string in google search:
?intitle:index.of? mp3

You only need add the name of the song/artist/singer.
Example: ?intitle:index.of? mp3 jackson

METHOD 3

put this string in google search:
inurl:microsoft filetype:iso

You can change the string to whatever you want, eg. microsoft to adobe, iso to zip etc…

I've made some significant changes to the homepage lately, - a total re-design - you can take a look at it here.

A couple of other new areas include some short videos I shot recently with my little Olympus D-490 digital camera using the 'movie mode'. The quality isn't great but they were fun to make and I think are fun to watch.

I put up a photo gallery (using Gallery 1.4) and have loaded lots of photos of Ajijic. Please take a look and feel free to leave me comments.

This site is built using nucleus, an opensource content management system.

I recommend it highly for building database driven websites but be aware that it requires some moderate technical skill to install and configure.