Net Sieve

If you’ve caught the GTD bug (Getting Things Done) you know the importance of setting up a “tickler file” for yourself. Hinx RemindMe might fit the bill for you and it’s a free download. Here’s the rundown:

Hinx RemindMe is software for reminding you of important appointments by popup, sound and email. The appointments, messages, schedules, etc. are stored in file form and can be viewed at later time. Multiple emails are supported. Java and Windows supported.

Sounds simple and functional – both important in GTD. Get Hinx RemindMe free.

Here’s a cool freeware alternative to the standard post it note programs you can find around the Web:

Stickypaper is a sticky note application that has much more functionality than most of its kind. It enables you to create normal sticky notes as well as pictures, real-time notes with RSS, and just about anything else with its fully scriptable system.

The documentation is in Japanese, but the program is in English. It shouldn’t be too hard to figure out if you have basic familiarity with these type of apps. Also, this application requires GDI+.dll (883 kB). Download Stickypaper and the .dll file here.

Enjoy responsibly. Or not.

Since I never know what you people are getting yourselves into next, I thought it was a good time to branch out a little here. In the spirit, I’m offering you a tip to a California prostitution lawyer. No, not a prostitute turned lawyer. Meaning, you get yourself busted one way or another and the good folks at Stephen G. Rodriguez & Associates will do their best to help you out.

As they say, “we don’t take Criminal Law lightly.” In fact, it’s their one and only focus. If you wake up on the wrong side of the law and they will do their level best to get you through with reduced sentences or even dismissals. Of course, some of that depends on just what it was you allegedly did – but they’ll treat you like they’d want to be treated.

And isn’t that what we all want? Go ahead and bookmark the site. You never know…

While we’re on the topic of free things …

Duane Shinn, who allegedly has “more fun teaching piano than should be legal,” is offering free course of Piano lessons & piano chords. Just sign up for the newsletter and you’ll get 101 free lessons in your inbox. They arrive about every five days, so you have time to practice before the next one comes in.

And if you like what you hear, Duane has tons more available. You can learn jazz, gospel, improvisation and more. Have fun!

Take a look at IcoFX, a freeware icon editor.

You can easily create icons with transparency for Windows XP and Windows Vista. In the integrated workspace you can preview, save, and change icons with resolutions up to 256×256. Convert your favorite images into icons, or icons to images. With the tools and more than 40 effects, icon creation is made easy. IcoFX also has retouching tools like Brighten, Darken, Blur and Sharpen.

Give it a go. It’s free.

Everybody wants to be a published author, but there are only so many Book Publishers out there. If you’re having a hard time getting their attention, take a look at AuthorHouse, the leading self-publishing company in the world. Since 1997, they’ve been helping authors get published without the time-consuming hassles of the other publishers.

But just because AuthorHouse makes it easy doesn’t mean you won’t get help publishing, promoting and selling your book. In fact, they offer much more than most standard publishers.

Give them a try. You can see your name in print before you know it!

Now this is something I can totally get on board with … Books on Board has an incredible selection of nearly 200,000 ebooks from major publishers and small presses at hard to believe prices. No matter what your preferred format – Adobe pdf, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, or Palm/ereader, BoB has it.

Their genre list is quite impressive as well. You can find some of the best Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Romance Authors represented here. They also have a great selection of non fiction titles, too, including Self Help, Business, Sports, Spiritual and Textbooks.

Oh, and you get these great prices with no membership fees. Sweet.

Who suspected those nice pronographers would ever do something as underhanded as this? And to FaceBook? This is not MySpace, Buster, so take your feely cracking elsewhere.

Seriously, this for-profit hacking is not hacking at all. What do we learn from their efforts to break in? Only that people are greedy and greedy people suck. Teh loosers.

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