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LucasArts Game Posters Are Free For Download
If you're a big fan of classic LucasArts adventure games, Lucas Forums is offering the game poster files for free to download.
The posters are available in high-resolution format, so you can easily print them out to 23-x-34 inches and resolution is 300 dots per inch and hang them on your wall!
Download of the Day: Books
I know my geeks are a literate lot, so I've dug up a new, free application for Macs to keep your analog books organized electronically. Where GoodReads is a great way to keep track of all books you've read, the download Books is your electronic library for all the books you own.
All you have to do is enter titles of the books you own, and Books will quickfill all the details of that book, including the cover art (once you've selected a quickfill metric in preferences).
Student Sentenced to Death For Downloading an Article
As much as we debate the legality/illegality of downloading certain things on the Internet, I don't think any of us has ever feared for our lives because of our Internet download activity.
Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky as we are; a 23-year-old student in Afghanistan is currently sitting on death row because he downloaded an article on women's roles in Islam on the Internet. Seen as blasphemy, the young man now faces death.
Have Internet ADD? Use YouPlayer to Watch Videos in Sidebar
I have this thing where I can't always watch videos on the Internet when they come my way — and not because I'm not allowed to at work, but because I don't feel like I can take the time to focus on just one video. Turns out "my thing" isn't so weird, because some kind soul made YouPlayer, a Firefox extension that lets you watch videos in your sidebar!
Once installed, all you have to do is drag and drop the URL or your search results for the video into the player.
Geek Tip: Fix Misspelled URLs With URL Fixer
I love typing in www.google.con or yelp.lom to be told that the address cannot be found. I freak out, tell Firefox it's an idiot, and then head to downforeveryoneorjustme.con, at which point I develop an ulcer until I realize that it was just my butterfingers making me enter typos into the address bar.
URL Fixer is like my Zen-master — it keeps me calm by fixing my misspelled urls.
Did You Download Firefox 3 Yesterday?
The newest version of Firefox was released yesterday, and Mozilla pushed to hit their Guinness World Record goal — so hard that they overloaded their servers in the morning, as some of you experienced when you tried to download it.
I'd been using the beta version of 3 for a while, and now that my essential add-ons work (trust me, once you get used to them, Colorful Tabs and FoxyTunes are necessities), I'm loving how quick it is.
So did you download it yesterday and contribute to the big, geeky goal?
Cool Download: eBay Companion For Firefox
Although you might lose some of your Firefox extensions when you cross over to Firefox 3 – and trust me, you're gonna want the newest version since it's faster and more secure – you can still download the same sweet extensions that Firefox is known for.
I happen to have a few eBay bids out on some precious Polaroid film, and am watching others before I jump in. With the Firefox eBay companion, I can see the stats on my bids right on my browser — without having to stop what I'm doing to log in.
Cool Download: Pandora Desktop
I know there are a ton of you out there that are fans of Internet radio, especially Pandora. How awesome has it been to discover new artists, and listen to your all-time faves while you're at the office, surfing the web, or finishing up those term papers right from your computer. I've been a big fan of Pandora for a while now, and if it's possible, it just got better.
Make Wedding Planning Easier by Downloading Software
You don't have to be a geek to like wedding software, but if you like to be organized then perk up — this may be for you. If you've been using Excel spreadsheets to organize your wedding planning, that's great, but labor intensive, plus there is so much to remember to record and follow! Let some software hold your hand and tell you it's OK.
Geek Tip: Beware of the Dreaded Illegal Download Letter
Lifehacker reports that a reader recently got a letter from her ISP provider, warning her that Paramount/Dreamworks was aware of her illegal downloading via BitTorrent. And while they weren't suing her, nor was her internet being cut off, the letter from Cablevision was a warning.
This particular reader had downloaded over 30 movies when she received the letter and has stopped downloading and implored Lifehacker as to what's next.
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