Wild Tangent, Fate

Ok, not freeware, but probably one of the best diablo clones to date. It is simple uncluttered, with added elements like a pet and fishing. All of which feature is bigger more expensive games.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.playfate.com

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Big Brother 8 : Billi truly stunned!

I think Billi was truly stunned when he left the Big Brother 8(UK) house last night. My favourite comment before leaving was "what have they seen?", well, we saw you playing games, acting like a spoiled child and wearing sunglasses indoors. Goodbye Billi!

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother

Viva Pinata : My Achievements(6)

Pigxie Prize

Cross romancing a Swanana and a Rashberry - 20G


Master Evolver

Evolved 8 species - 20G


Master Collector

Made 50 species resident - 20G


Master Challenger

Successfully completed 20 Factory requests - 20G


Macaracoon Gift

Player has been brought a Romance Sweet by a Macaracoon - 20G


Cocoadile Tears

Player has attained full bonus growth for a plant using the Cocoadile tears -20G

Eclipse, GraFx2

If you ever used Deluxe Paint then you will recognize this program, although some features are incomplete, it is worth a try.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.eclipse-game.com

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Freebyte, Disktective

Disktective is used to create a detailed picture of harddrive usage, allowing you to make informed choices on data addition or removal.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.freebyte.com/disktective

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Active@ Kill Disk

An excellent product that can be used from a bootable CD or floppy disk. This product is designed to securely erase data on harddisks by overwriting them. In the freeware version, only one method is available.

Requirements:
None

Download from:
http://www.killdisk.com/

Screenshots:
None

General : Is this global warming?

As a Brit, I like a bit of rain, but this is ridiculous. It is the middle of the Summer, I've turned my heating back on and watched hail stones bouncing off my windows. If this is global warming Britain is about to drown in it!

Floods in Carlisle, 2005

CDBurnerXP Pro

This a fantastic burning product, it does both CD and DVD. It can turn them into ISO files and back into discs. However, my favourite feature is the extraction of CD audio to MP3 and MP3 back to CD Audio, its just all drag and drop. Beautiful programming work and easy to use.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

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DVDShrink.org

DVDShrink is an excellent DVD backup program, which utilises build-in decoders. The product also allows for compression and DVD remastering.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.dvdshrink.org

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Freepascal.org

In time before Borland Delphi there was a programming language called Pascal. It wasn't as complex as C, but more complex than the COBOL. It was a strong robust programming language and I was amazed to see it is still around in the form of freepascal. On finding freepascal, I dug around and found my old 5 1/4 inch floppy disks and recompiled my college work. Excellent, but it gets better it's had an upgrade, it's fully Windows compatible and can use 32bit API calls. Awesome!!!

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP, Linux

Download from:
http://www.freepascal.org/

Screenshots:
None.

Big Brother 8 : Can you say "Fix"?

Last night, Big Brother 8(UK) decided to punish Charley and Billi for discussing nominations by cancelling their votes, thus stopping the British public getting a chance to vote out Charley. This was an inspired move by the Channel 4 producers.

However, I would have preferred that only their votes stood, which would have seen Billi, Chanelle, Charley and Nicky up for eviction and of course the other housemates informed of this decision.

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/

Spamihilator

Tiny little program that sits in your system tray filtering your email for spam. It's free and it really does work. The product also allows for third-party plugins, which improve functionality, not that it needs it. An excellent spam warrior!

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.spamihilator.com

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H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH, AntiVir

The Internet can be a dangerous place and viruses run wild. The best way to protect yourself from these electronic beasties, is with an AntiVirus(AV) product. AntiVir is just that, firstly, it is free for personnel use and secondly, it is updated regularly. It also passes the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research(eicar) virus test pattern, which is a good thing. However, having an AV product on your computer doesn't guarantee 100% protection, because new viruses are created all the time.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.free-av.com

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Kingdom of Loathing : Not so loathing, but sweet

How sweet! I was awarded for my long service to the Kingdom of Loathing with the following gift.

anniversary chutney sculpture

Isao Maruoka, Pixia

Pixia is an interesting art package which contains many powerful features, that are all jammed into a tiny download. However, I wouldn't say Pixia was a bad art package, nor could I rave about it. Its development seems to have been driven by its fan/user base, which makes worth a look, if only to e-mail the author a comment.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/

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MechCAD Software LLC, AceMoney Lite

I have to admit, that I have been looking for simple, well constructed home accounts package with reporting features, budget controls and transaction schedules. AceMoney Lite has all this and more, it also includes a portfolio section for stocks and shares that can be kept up to date via a download of the lastest values. The best bit is it is free. However, if you have more than one account to manage the upgrade is very inexpensive.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.mechcad.net

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Urban Dead

Are you bored of Kingdom of Loathing yet? You are! Try this instead, another free online game. It is called Urban Dead and is set in a fictionally town where the dead rise to eat the living.

Enjoy.

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Football : St. Bedes Club 6-1 The Separatists

I have never been so proud of a 6-1 defend, we play some of our best football against top of the table and lost.

Our keeper is a God and our tactics were sound, but St. Bedes Club were just better.

Bring on Belle Vue in our final match of the season.

http://www.kynson.org.uk/NHS/200704/

Viva Pinata : My Achievements(1)

Sherbat Dance

Player has distracted Dastardos with the Sherbat - 20G

Kingdom of Loathing

Are you bored? Fancy playing an online game, but don't want to pay anything? Kingdom of Loathing(KOL) is for you. Set in a Kingdom, where "meat" is the currency and "drinking" is cool. It's worth a try, its free...

http://www.kingdomofloathing.com

See you at the bar...

Football : Introducing "The Separatists"...

Introducing "The Separatists", our works Astro Soccer Sixes Team.

On the 25th June 2007, we are due to play top of the table "St. Bedes Club". It'll be a difficult task to come away with anything, but we are always confident.

The official website of "The Separatists" can be found at http://www.kynson.org.uk/NHS/200704/

Christian Kindahl, TUGZip

I need an ACE decompression program and this does it as well as ZIP, RAR and loads of other compression formats.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP

Download from:
http://www.tugzip.com

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Igor Pavlov, 7-Zip

Do you need a simple program that can decompress RAR files. This is it!

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 2003

Download from:
http://www.7-zip.org

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Fortech, Proxy+

The most complete and the fastest free proxy, I have used to date. I recommend this product totally. I have been using it on the free three user version for over a year and I can find no fault with this product. The proxy is driven as a service and accessed via a web interface, but note this product isn't for the beginner and you will need to learn it by reading the manual.

Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 2003

Download from:
http://www.proxyplus.cz

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General : In the white hot lava of hell...

In the white hot lava of hell there was http://www.troubleshooting.plus.net and life was good, but plus.net started to upgrade to 8mbps ADSL and taking money from my bank account without permission to balance their books.

So, I moved to http://www.troubleshooting.demon.co.uk but, sadly, I am too lazy to redesign the my website. I will be blogging it instead.

Why Generic Hell? Simple, I couldn't get http://troubleshooting.blogspot.com, however the owner of the blog "Joe" hasn't done anything for three years. Never mind...

What is Generic Hell all about? Well, anybody who visited my old website knows to expect freeware reviews and testing, useful links to informative websites, generic rants and a few other things. Enjoy