A 2D motocross platform game. Guide your motor bike to the end of each course by manouvering over unstable terrain and running through various objects. Make your own courses with the included editor and also submit your highest score to be displayed on the internet. This game reminds me of an old game I used to play on the commodore 64 called "kickstart", the only difference is, it shows bigger elements, it's a bit more difficult and it's not 2 player on the same screen.
Kind Regards
Tony
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Some time ago, I got sidetracked when I was looking at Autumn Themes. Now I've found a very nice one at Theme World, but it's really time to start putting on the winter themes.
Remember, be careful when looking for free themes and screensavers. This one is safe, but any time you see that the theme comes with an installer (.exe file) or a screensaver (.scr file), be very cautious. These types of downloads are a favorite way for bad guys to take over your PC.
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This is a beautiful autumn theme setting of a forest stream surrounded by colorful autumn treas. The sounds of water moving swiftly downstream, birds chirping in the trees, and soft piano tones blend nicely for soothing nature sound effects. Wallpaper is available in JPG format for 800x600, 1024x768 or 1152x864 display sizes. Other parts include cutout type icons of various color maple leaves, web view images, system logo screens, and a screensaver that literally makes the steam flow on your desktop.
Tiffany writes me occasionally to tell me about her favorite websites and new freebies she tries out.
From Tiffany:
Good news! I've discovered 2 great free programs that I'd like to share with you.
Snippy
The first one is Snippy: http://bhelpuri.net/Snippy and here is a brief description of it from their website:
"Snip, and you're done! How often have you carefully selected some text from a Web page and copied it to an email message? Snippy makes this a snap! Simply click on the little Snippy icon in the taskbar notification area, and mark out the region of the screen that you want to copy — that's it, you're done! The cut-out image will now be in your clipboard, and you can paste it in another application."
Here's an example of this ingenious little program at work:
Snippy makes it a snap to email a photo and text in 2 quick and easy steps - no saving of pictures first, etc. You really will wonder how you ever got along without it!
"M8 is the simplest of all multi-clipboard programs. Just have it running minimized and it captures everything you cut or copy from other programs. It keeps the last 25 clips. When you want to paste one back, all you have to do is restore M8 and click on the clip you want. If you prefer to work entirely from the keyboard, you can choose a function key to restore M8 and then paste any clip by typing the letter shown next to it. When you move the mouse over the clips, you can see them in the viewer. If the clip is text, you see several lines and if it is a graphic, you see a thumbnail."
I really like the fact that both of these programs capture not only text, but photos as well, and they do it so simply.
The current state of spyware - Should you be concerned? - Part 1 of a two part article by Microsoft MVP Tom Mercado of www.temerc.com.
Spyware test procedures - I'll explain what I've done so far to set up a test platform, gather spyware, and some basic preliminary findings about each program.
Standard Windows Keyboard Layout - Do you ever wonder what all those extra keys do? Carol tells all.
My recommended software - This is the software I recommend for a variety of purposes including protecting your PC.
The lighter side - Funny videos, sites, and games I find while surfing that I think will lighten your day and make you laugh.
A Few Website's You May Find Useful.
Online File Scanners - upload and find out what's safe
Tony from TopFreeware recently wrote to tell me about a free file scanning service. At VirusTotal's website, you can upload a file and they'll scan it several ways and give you report back.
I posted it to TeMerc's security forum and asked them about this. They said this one is good and suggested several others that are good also.
These sites are a great way to find out if something is safe before you install it. They aren't perfect, but they do help.
Mike writes in with something I may try out sometime. Keep in mind, this is a brand new beta service. Even McAfee SiteAdvisor hasn't rated the site yet.
CrossLoop is a FREE secure screen sharing utility designed for people of all technical skill levels. CrossLoop extends the boundaries of traditional screen sharing by enabling non-technical users to get connected from anywhere on the Internet in seconds without changing any firewall or router settings. It only takes a few minutes to setup and no signup is required.
I was reading the Hoax-Slayer premium newsletter and he'd mentioned that the poem below is often attributed to Dr. Seuss. This isnt' so. It was written by Gene Ziegler in 1994. I've shortened the poem up a bit, but you can see the whole thing if you follow the link at the end of the poem.
By the way, drop on by and visit the Hoax-Slayer website. It's a great place to find out the most recent email scams and you'll come away with a good laugh more often than not.
Quote from Gene Ziegler
This poem has probably received more attention and circulation than anything I have ever written. It was created in an hour, late one night in the fall of 1994 after my four year old grandson and his older brother had significantly rearranged the resources on my Macintosh.
Thanks to everyone who commented on the articles last week. You gave me more ideas and some good advice. If you see comments on an article, you will be missing out if you don't click on them to take a look.
If you commented last week, check to see who commented on your comment!
This is fun. Be sure to check out the snowmen and scenery that others have made.
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Creating your own snowman is easy. Just go to our snowman creation page and drag and drop various snowman parts into the scene. Then you can share your picture with friends!
You need a free 2.7 GB Gmail account to access many of the cool features at Google. I'll send you an invitation right away if you write me and say I WANT GMAIL.
I think Gmail works best in the awesome Firefox browser. It's free, easy to use, and it's way more secure than Internet Explorer. My favorite thing to do is to customize Firefox so that it does much more than IE ever could. You can select new button controls for your toolbars, install extensions to add new features, or change the look of your browser with themes - the way Firefox looks and works is under your control.
Wow! Over 400 people and still growing! I invite all of you to record your locations on this map. You can include as little or as much information as you wish. I think you'll enjoy seeing yourself there.
Here's a small look at my frapper map.
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