The Best Things in Life ARE Free

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The Best Things in Life ARE Free

• The Treasure Trove of TuDogsAACIS Conference
  2003
• Presenter John Robinson, Ohio University

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What is TuDogs?

• A Web-based directory of free, downloadable
  software and incredibly useful Web sites
• An optional weekly e-newsletter showcasing the
  latest finds (200,000 subscribers)
• Both supported by sponsors who pay for
  advertising space

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The TuDogs Website www.tudogs.com
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Website Features Recent Additions
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Website Features Search Feature
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Website Features Category Menu
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Website Features Alpha Sub-menu
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Website Features Platforms and Size
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Website Features The Dog Scale
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Subscribing to the Newsletter
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The Newsletter
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Spotlight on TreeSize (322Kb) TreeSize lets
you see the size of all files and folders.
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We interrupt this program . . . . . . to
recommend that you DOWNLOAD programs to your
Windows DESKTOP. . .
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. . . so that you dont forget to remove the
downloaded .exe or .zip file (can be deleted
after the installation).
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Spotlight on Babel Fish (Web site) Providing
translation of web-site text and free-form text
to and from English, Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
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Spotlight on Babel Fish (cont.)Use the link at
the bottom of previous web page to add text
and/or web-page translation to your web site.
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Spotlight on Babel Fish (cont.)Example Using
Babel Fish to translate AACIS website into Korean!
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Spotlight on Ad-Aware (1.7M)Scans computer
memory and drives to detect/remove known
data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking
components.
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Spotlight on InfoTag Magic (153 Kb)Displays
extra data stored in the tag fields of MP3 files,
reveals version info for all .EXE files, etc.
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Spotlight on Embassy World (Web site)1. All
embassies and consulates. 2. Dialing codes and
phone rates from any country to any other
country. 3. Searchable online phone directories.
4. Maps for all countries from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe.
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Spotlight on AIDA32 (2.1 Mb)System
information and diagnostics for Win32 platforms.
Extracts details for all components of the PC.
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Spotlight on AIDA32 (Cont.)Example Details
about the system MONITOR
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Spotlight on Pixel Ruler (495Kb) A two-way
ruler that floats over any application and tells
the exact position and size in pixels of any
element.
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Spotlight on XE.COM (Web site)The best
real-time interactive generator of cross-currency
tables
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Spotlight on XE.COM (cont.) Example U.S.
Dollar exchange rates
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Spotlight on Virtual Magnifying Glass Magnify
any area of your screen! (349 Kb)
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Spotlight on Education World (Web site) An
excellent resource for K-12 teachers, rich with
news, articles, classroom ideas, teaching
resources, and issues.
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Spotlight on Programmers Heaven (Web site)
Website that will cut down development time . .
. over 10,000 free code files, and the best links
to more.
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Spotlight on FontList (69Kb)Displays all the
fonts installed on your computer in a printable
list in a browser window.
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Spotlight on Free Fonts (Web site)Over 900
fonts free for the taking. (Z-named fonts shown)
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Spotlight on SearchEngines.com A website to
help you achieve good search engine positioning
. . .without paying through the nose.
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Spotlight on Meta Check (Web site) Analyzes
how well your websites hidden info is seen by
search engines. (OU IDLP result below)
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Spotlight on Internet Public Library (Web site)
Website linking to subject collections,
reference works, reading room, 2,300 online
newspapers.
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Spotlight on Stamp (1.99 Mb)Downloads your
digital camera photos, uses camera meta data to
DATE photos, renames photos so they sort
chronologically. No more file names like
dsc00001.jpg
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Spotlight on 1 Clipart (Web site)You can
save ANY image you find on the web by
right-clicking on the image and choosing Save
Picture As.
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Spotlight on Cooltext.com Easy online
graphics generator for web buttons logos. (The
following took 10 minutes TOTAL!)
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Spotlight on The daily.wav (Web site)Hundreds
of WAV quotations by the original actors or
perpetrators. Sound files that will say it for
you! (Click on speaker icons.)
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Spotlight on TuDogs NewsPlus As of 10/12/03
TuDogs launched a twice-weekly expanded
newsletter for paid subscribers (12/year).
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Contact Information

• John Robinson
• Instructional Design Specialist
• Independent and Distance Learning Programs
• Haning Hall 219, Ohio University
• Athens, OH 45701
• John.Robinson.1_at_ohio.edu
• 1-800-444-2910