iPhone Dot Matrix Flashback - iGameboy
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
A Creative iPhone theme based on the classic 1989 gameboy. Free Download from rob-sheridan.com.
Download: iGameboy.zip
Webpage: http://www.rob-sheridan.com/iphone/
[via NOTCOT]
Archive for the ‘Free Stuff’ Category
Reverse Engineering Video Game - Ruckingenur II
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Scenario: There is a bomb with an electronic counter and detonation system set to explode in just over a minute and a half. You have a few tools at your disposal such as volt meters, serial interface, debug interface, etc. Your Mission (should you choose to accept it), is to use those tools to backdoor the bomb and neutralize it, all while managing to keep all of your limbs attached.
This is one of the many reverse engineering scenarios you will get to play through in Ruckingenur II, the latest in a series of games from the Zachtronics “games for engineers” section. The game is designed around the spirit of reverse engineering. With video sequences, realistic electronic systems and datasheets, this free game delivers in excitement and a curiosity. It’s a little heavy at around 38mb, but well worth the gruesome 2 minutes it will cost you to download and install it. Also be sure and stop by Zachtronics Industries website for many other cool applicationa.
Zachtronics Homepage: http://zachtronics.emala.net/
Ruckingenur II: Click Here
[via hackaday]
Free Papercraft Guitars
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
If you should find yourself bored at the office, and need to kill an hour or so, PaperGuitar.com has a rather large collection of papercraft guitar templates to help spice up your desktop. Not quite as good as the real thing, but hey, they look cool.
[paperguitar.com via make]
Yet More Free Magazines
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Normaly a site such as Mygazines.com, who encourages users to “upload, share, and archive”, would have some serious issues with copyright laws. You can be most certain the law is pecking away at such a site however, Mygazines.com has an exception. They have registered their domain abroad and have kept their servers outside of the U.S. hence standing just outside the fire of United States copyright laws. Mygazines has some 16,000 users and about 1,200 magazine issues all available for free viewing or should you choose to sign up for an account, you may even download the full magazine.
Link to Mygazines.com…
[via cnet]
Free Online Guitar Tuner
Monday, July 28th, 2008Check out this neat little free application from Gieson.com for tuning your guitar online. The app loads right in your browser or you can download it as well. For PC and Mac.
Tuner Homepage: http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/
Download (PC): guitar_tuner.zip
Download (Mac): guitar_tuner.sit
Another Space Wallpaper - Lagoon Nebula
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Here is a picture (dimensions 2160px × 1389px) of the Lagoon Nebula which can be used as a great desktop wallpaper for the space geek. The Lagoon Nebula is a stellar nursery about 5,000 light years away towards the center of the Milky Way. The Nebula itself spans a distance of about 50 light years. Link to picture.
Picture Site @ NASA: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080715.html
Link to full-res File: m8_vanderhaven_big.jpg
200+ Free Online Flash Games
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Need to waste some time? Well here is some guaranteed hours upon hours of time wastin. Check out friv.com where they have a collection of about 200+ free online flash games made of pure digital crack. I’ve already killed about a half hour on the damn “FL Tron 2″. Stupid flash games. Link to site…
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Make your own Star Wars Opening Crawl
Monday, July 14th, 2008Apparently Darel Rex Finley has created a most excellent application for creating custom Star Wars opening crawls. It appears that you need only input a few tidbits of data and the program will take care of the rest. Unfortunately, it is currently only for Mac OS. TheDeadChemist @ instructables has posted a nice instructable on using the application and there is also a tutorial page at the application’s homepage here.
Homepage: http://alienryderflex.com/crawl/
Download: SWTSG v1.1.4 (mac)
Lazy Snake Free Electric Piano VST
Monday, July 14th, 2008The Lazy Snake is a free killer virtual electric piano synth from Andreas Ersson with several variations like wah an tremolo. Visit the vst’s homepage for audio samples.
Homepage: http://www.bostreammail.net/ers/lazysnake.html
Download: LazySnake_1_0_3.zip
[via freemusicsoftware]
TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source Encryption
Friday, July 11th, 2008
TrueCrypt is a totaly free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. TrueCrypt creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. You can use it to encrypt an entire partition or storage device like a USB flash drive or even encrypt a partition or drive with Windows installed with pre-boot authentication. Be sure and check out ZeroSource’s post on TrueCrypt where they have created a nice tutorial to get you started. Link to TrueCrypt…
[via zerosource]
A Crap Ton of Free Digital Music Software
Friday, July 11th, 2008Just as the title states. Making-Music has put together a killer list of free digital music software. Check out their post titled “100 latest FREE music making software - June 2008” where they have put together a list of 100 free excellent effects, instruments, and synths for your downloading enjoyment.
More Free Space Wallpapers
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Getawallpaper.com has a most stellar collection of geeky space wallpapers for your desktop. Almost 150 to be honest. With those numbers, odds are there is one in there to tickle your geeky fancy. Most are 1024×768 with some even in 1600×1200 and 3280×2606. Check em’ out here…
Free Music From Nine Inch Nails
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Its really great to see more bands out there jumping on the free digital music train. Since the demise of Napster and AudioGalaxy, and not to mention the greedy bite of the RIAA, it’s been more than painful to acquire free, quality music legitimately. But thanks to artists like NIN, and the thousands of Jam Bands out there, who offer their works free to their fans, the revolution is well on its way to resurrection. Nine Inch Nails is currently offering their new album “The Slip” for free download at nin.com. They also have a free download of “Lights in the Sky Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler” that features several tracks from several different artists (a place to bury strangers, does it offend you yeah?, crystal castles, deerhunter, and nine inch nail). You need only supply a valid e-mail address for them to email the albums to you.
The Slip Download Page
Lights in the Sky Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler Download Page
KORG Synth Printable Papercraft
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Matrixsynth recently posted a printable copy of a KORG synth papercraft to spice up your workspace. Just print, fold, and enjoy. Be sure to check out the post at matrixsynth as they also have a link to a pdf for a foldable Moog Modular V (MMV) as well. Link to papercraft image….
[via matrixsynth and makezine]
DriverMax - Update and Backup Drivers (free)
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 
How many times have you had to wipe your pc and re-install your Windows OS only to find out that you forgot a driver or two? Worry no more. DriverMax takes the hassle out of dealing with drivers. This free little program will allow you to backup all of your installed drivers into a zip file and even has the capability of listing all drivers installed and searching for an updated version of it. The program will run in Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2003 (all service packs) however, will only update drivers for Windows XP and Vista. It comes with a 30 day free trial however you can acquire a free activation code by creating an account. You only need to supply a nickname, password, and valid e-mail address.
Homepage: http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/
Download: drivermax.exe
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