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.

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.

If you’ve been looking for a cool screen capture program for creating your videos, don’t waste any of your money before trying out oRipa. Check it out:

oRipa Screen Recorder is a handy tool to record your Windows desktop activity in real time and save it as a video file. oRipa Screen Recorder also captures anything you can hear on your PC, such as music and voice through the PC’s microphone.

oRipa Screen Recorder is great for making all kinds of movies, including:

1. Make software, Web site and product introduction demos and tutorials.
2. Real time record audio narration to your captured videos.
3. Turn PowerPoint presentations into movies.
4. Enhance your online help documentation.

Download the oRipa Screen Recorder freeware now.

Scorched 3D is a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth: “The Mother Of All Games.”

Scorched 3D adds among other new features a 3D island environment and LAN and Internet play. Scorched 3D is free and is available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.) operating systems. The graphics are surprisingly complex and beautiful. Enjoy them while you’re blowing shit up.

And yeah, it’s freeware. Woot.

If music is your thing, today’s download will be just your thing. Presenting Traverso – a free, cross platform multitrack audio recording and editing suite, with an innovative and easy to master interface for both professional and home users.

By supplying many common tools in one package, you don’t have to learn different applications – lowering the learning curve in a big way. Moving Audio Clips, adding and removing effects plugins or creating all-new tracks during playback is safe, which gives the chance for instant feedback. Traverso is a complete solution from recording to CD mastering so download away.

I haven’t tried Lens, but its creator, Markus Welz, says it is a very useful tool for software developers and computer graphics artists who need single-pixel-accuracy. Lens will assist you by magnifying the area around the mouse pointer. Unlike with many other magnifying tools you don’t have to pause during the process of magnification. Lens continually updates its window and always stays on top.

Among many other features it is possible to measure distances between two pixels within the Lens-window. The magnification factors range from one to ten fold.

A menu pops up when you click on the Lens-window with the right mouse button. Download Lens freeware.

If you enjoyed the first person shooter computer game F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), you’ll surely dig F.E.A.R. COMBAT.

COMBAT is a free online multiplayer version of the horror-themed F.E.A.R. It will allow gamers who don’t own boxed copy of F.E.A.R. to take on those that do online. Gear up for battle with an arsenal of 12 weapons. COMBAT offers 19 multiplayer maps and also supports the download of user-created content such as original maps and mods. There are 10 different gameplay modes and contains the same anti-cheating software as the boxed copy of the game.

Fire away!