Favored Freeware Updates: December 2006

The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of December 2006:


The New Transformers Movie

The new live-action Transformers movie is on target for a July 4th release next year. It looks like all of the Transformers have been given a major redesign, giving them each a more realistic transformation sequence and a more “alien” appearance, and Peter Cullen will be returning as the voice of Optimus Prime. [...]


Blogroll Dive: 12/26/06

Here are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:

Khaled announced his picks for “the best of the Net for 2006.”
Sarah released three new samples of her compositions.
And, Tom discussed Microsoft’s filing for two patents on “finding and consuming Web subscriptions in a Web browser” and a “content syndication platform”.


How the Sith Stole Christmas

The holiday season is upon us, so grab a glass of eggnog (or any other seasonal beverage) and enjoy the first installment of Ted Bracewell’s holiday classic, How the Sith Stole Christmas. Happy Holidays!


Favored Freeware: Perian

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.
Pros: Perian adds support for most unsupported video formats, like DivX and Flash Video, to QuickTime Player and all other QuickTime-powered applications.
Cons: None significant.


Giant Chicken - Part 2

And if you thought it would end after that, you were wrong. Their battle will never truly be over.

(excerpt from Family Guy: Blind Ambition)


Giant Chicken

Don’t accept any coupons from giant chickens during this holiday shopping season. If you do, this could be you:

(excerpt from Family Guy: Da Boom)


Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2007

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