Joodo is a next-generation p2p application for organizing and sharing your data between your network of friends and family.Joodo is a next-generation p2p app that helps you organize, search, and easily share your information with trusted friends. - elyse
Usniff.com is a fast, easy to use, cool looking and free real-time torrent search engine that crawls 8 different torrent web pages (for now) to give you the best results for your search. - elyse
Instead of completely replacing Windows Explorer with an alternative file manager, you can pick and choose the extra features you want and add them piecemeal. - elyse
Instead of completely replacing Windows Explorer with an alternative file manager, you can pick and choose the extra features you want and add them piecemeal. - elyse
Windows only: Free application StExBar adds a toolbar full of useful shortcuts and commands to Windows Explorer. Even better, the add-on binds keyboard shortcuts with virtually every action it adds, so you can create a new folder by hitting Ctrl-Shift-N, open a command prompt in the current folder by pressing Ctrl-M, or copy a full file path with Ctrl-Shift-C. We just highlighted several free tools to power up Windows Explorer, but StExBar is a new offering you might want to add to your list. StExBar is freeware, Windows only. - elyse
Windows only: Free application StExBar adds a toolbar full of useful shortcuts and commands to Windows Explorer. Even better, the add-on binds keyboard shortcuts with virtually every action it adds, so you can create a new folder by hitting Ctrl-Shift-N, open a command prompt in the current folder by pressing Ctrl-M, or copy a full file path with Ctrl-Shift-C. We just highlighted several free tools to power up Windows Explorer, but StExBar is a new offering you might want to add to your list. StExBar is freeware, Windows only. - elyse
Windows only: Free application Snarl is a universal notification system for Windows inspired by the popular Mac OS X notifier Growl. We mentioned Snarl once before, but the young project has improved a lot since then, with extensions supporting Firefox, Pidgin, Outlook, Sunbird, and more. Out of the box Snarl has built-in support for battery warnings, system events, and timer and clock support (like hourly reminders)—along with several attractive themes. It needs support for a wider range of apps if it's ever going to do everything Growl does, but it's got a good start. Snarl is free and open source, Windows only. - elyse
Windows only: Free application Snarl is a universal notification system for Windows inspired by the popular Mac OS X notifier Growl. We mentioned Snarl once before, but the young project has improved a lot since then, with extensions supporting Firefox, Pidgin, Outlook, Sunbird, and more. Out of the box Snarl has built-in support for battery warnings, system events, and timer and clock support (like hourly reminders)—along with several attractive themes. It needs support for a wider range of apps if it's ever going to do everything Growl does, but it's got a good start. Snarl is free and open source, Windows only. - elyse
Windows only: Have you ever wanted to lock down a few files behind passwords, but don't want to jump into a full-featured encryption system with multiple keys, virtual drives and whatnot? Free encryption utility EncryptOnClick is a dead-simple utility that gets the job done. Open the program, choose a file or folder to secure, and type in your password. The files or folder will get an encrypted icon, and you'll be asked for the password to open them—and that's it, at least with the freeware version. The app uses 256-bit AES encryption, so for hiding stuff from the average snooper, it's a tight and light solution. EncryptOnClick is a free download for Windows systems only. - elyse
Windows only: Have you ever wanted to lock down a few files behind passwords, but don't want to jump into a full-featured encryption system with multiple keys, virtual drives and whatnot? Free encryption utility EncryptOnClick is a dead-simple utility that gets the job done. Open the program, choose a file or folder to secure, and type in your password. The files or folder will get an encrypted icon, and you'll be asked for the password to open them—and that's it, at least with the freeware version. The app uses 256-bit AES encryption, so for hiding stuff from the average snooper, it's a tight and light solution. EncryptOnClick is a free download for Windows systems only. - elyse
Wait, what was that first step again? - Daniel Smith
I enjoy learning and that's my sole approach to using the Internet..maybe the question should be "Are you addicted to learning?" - Julian Baldwin
Of course. Isn't addiction required at this point? - Lindsay Donaghe
Yeah. But at least its not like I'm addicted to crack or meth or something. - K Welch
@k welch that's how people become addicted, they compare their own addiction to something worse.. - Julian Baldwin
yes :) It hasn't impacted my life yet. A component of my job is watching for trends on the internet. - Tony Haenn
@Tony same with me - it's integrated into my career. - Steve Rubel
@k I think I saw a psuedo-science article one time that said there is an "endorphin boost" when we access new information or are waiting for it. Hence the constant need to check email, flip through g. reader etc...So in a sense you are addicted to something just like crack or meth :) - Tony Haenn
Friendfeed doesn't mean addict in English ? - Jean-Charles
Hmm... lets see here.. Staying up until 1am catching up on news feeds and/or creating independent media content.... I think I might be. But I can quit any time! - Mike Wills
@Steve and @Tony...me too...does that make us addicted to work? - mike
I would feel like I'm cut off from the world if I didn't have *some* connection to e-mail, or Google, or whatever, but I don't think I'm addicted. There are many times (often weekends) where I barely do anything online besides check e-mail... That's why I'm not a very good blogger. :P - Cheryl Jones
"endorphin boost"? So that explains it. /me quits the internet... but will return when the DTs kick in. - DeathByNinja
Yup. But I'm ok with 7 days in the woods with no internet too. I think I'm addicted to breathing, eating, and movement. I asked an ex-girlfriend about her addiction to reading "When was the last time you went a day without reading anything?" .... "Uhhh. Can't remember." ;-) See Julian Baldwin's "addicted to learning" thread http://friendfeed.com/e/e90c58... - Mitchell Tsai
Addicted? No. Not at all. I can quit anytime I want. - Russell Holliman
To be honest, I am taking a week hiatus the end of this month. Middle of nowhere... no cell phone, no internet, no radio, no TV. I think I'll die! And catch a lot a fish while doing it. - Mike Wills
I am yes, a program I want to watch is on and I am here! - Joe Dawson
Absolutely! My wife despairs when she tells me to put the laptop away when we retire at night, and then I roll over and pick up my hiptop! :-) - Lee Hopkins
Oh, come one. Anyone who reads your confession can relate. After all, it's on FriendFeed. Does anyone other than Internet addicts even use FF? :-) - Brent Logan
The Internet.... My life...One in the same it appears to me :) - Keith Bilous
let's find a word stronger than addicted... :) - Goktug Gedik
I can survive without it for a while before dying of "noise" thirst. - Roberto Bonini
pretty much, find it tough to deal without Internet connection for more than a day, possible but feels weared, it's where I communicate mostly, it where I hear the news, where I learn something. It's vital oh ye it helps me make a living as well - Dobromir Hadzhiev
I've been away from the internet for hours at a stretch. Sometimes days. But usually, it's because I'm participating in other activities even more addictive than the internet. - Morton Fox
I'm not addicted to the Internet. It's not like I've been browsing FriendFeed constantly. I take a 30 second break every hour so nobody can say that I spent the whole hour on the Internet. :D - Here's... possible248! via NoiseRiver
I want to marry FF and have half FAIL WHALE babies.. addicted? Never. - Mona N.
I guess I am if I'm upset that I missed this for the past 2 hours. ;) - Kevin C. Tofel
I'm glad that Internet keeps me away from my other addiction: reading books. You know, from reading books you get those tiny, tired eyes, your elbows are getting sore from holding up the book and at a certain moment you don't know how the hell you got to move your body because of stiffness. Well with Internet, after all those hours... Well, I feel the same, but happy. ;-) - Ton Zijp