ScottishPenpals.com is a free service that allows one to not only find new Scottish and Celtic penpal friends, but also allows people to get in touch with other penpals around the World as well. This is an excellent website, not only for finding penpals but also for the many interesting Scottish links to other services.
[continue reading...]
Would you like to run Linux on your netbook without actually installing it? This little free program creates a bootable Live USB drive. Try different versions of Linux before you decide to install it. My personal favourite is Linux Mint. Here’s a full description of the program’s features: UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live
[continue reading...]
I was searching for mindmapping software that I could use on my Windows 7 desktop PC and my Linux netbook. Running Windows XP on the netbook proved to be awkward and the screen looked cramped, so I installed Ubuntu Linux – an excellent free operating system with lots of goodies. XMind is a very good
[continue reading...]
I designed this simple flowchart in minutes. OK, it ain’t pretty and it could be laid out a lot better. But I did this example to show you how easy Meesoft Diagram Designer is to use. Best of all – it’s free! Simple vector graphics editor for creating flowchart, diagrams and slide shows. Features: •
[continue reading...]
Record Everything Record a commentary or PC sounds while recording the screen. Record a window, region or full screen. BB FlashBack Express free screen recorder has an easy to use interface that makes it a breeze. Review your recording frame by frame with the movie player. I used this free software to create my ScotchPotch
[continue reading...]
This is the fast, free and easy way to make crosswords in minutes. A nice easy interface, you can make the crossword interactive so that you can complete it online, or print out the crossword and the answers separately. Not as sophisticated as the newspaper crosswords, but nonetheless a great educational tool. CLICK HERE to
[continue reading...]
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 , 2008, Vista, Windows 7. This excellent graphics program lets you resize photographs, use special effects and filters, convert to different graphic file formats, change colours, capture screens – a very impressive
[continue reading...]
I loved this card game when I played it on my old Windows 95, then 98 then XP computers. Sadly, it’s not compatible with Windows 7 Home Premium. Until now! Skip98′s creator has created a new version that can be played online on any operating system and it works just as good as the original
[continue reading...]
WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words in almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Very handy program that sits minimised in the corner of your screen ready for use. Just highlight a word
[continue reading...]
This website lets you translate a piece of text to and from English. for instance, English to French, or German to English. Very easy to use. Tips 1: Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation for the highest quality translations. Tips 2: After you’ve translated some text, click the button marked “Search the web with this
[continue reading...]
