One of the fastest and safest ways to get your files is through usenet. The only problem for a lot of people is that it’s quite hard to use, so I’ve planned to make 3 easy, step by step, guides that will open the doors to usenet for everyone who takes the time for it. In this first part I’ll show how to connect to usenet, in the second part I’ll show how you find and download files and in the third part I will explain how you can repair and make your files ready for use. This post is part 1 of the guide: connecting to usenet.
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Jan
03
Internetspotter’s Quick Guide to Usenet Part 1: Connecting to Usenet
Posted by Flo in File sharing on January 3rd, 2009.Jan
03
Tags: files, filesharing, guide, usenet
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Sep
10
Peazip: a multifunctional archiving tool
Posted by Flo in Open Source, Tech on September 10th, 2008.Sep
10
Tags: archives, compressing, extracting, files
A long time ago, and I mean a VERY long time ago, my worst fear was only to be able to get certain files in a rar format, because I wasn’t able to open them. That is, untill I got WinRar, but it kept nagging me that I should buy the full version. Of course I didn’t like that, so I stopped downloading rar files. That is, until about a year ago when I started to download through usenet, where everything is distributed in rar archives. So I tried to find a better free tool with less irritations than WinRar. This is how I found PeaZip, and it gave me a reason to start downloading rar files again.
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Apr
28
Refile, a fast renamer
Posted by Flo in Open Source, Tech on April 28th, 2008.Apr
28
Tags: bulk, editing, files, Renaming
Sometimes you just need some files to be used or played in a specific order. For example, on (old) mp3 players, your songs will be played in alphabetical order, not the order in which you’ve put them in the map. This problem also occurs when you want to burn files in a specific order, most burning apps just sort them alphabetically. The quickest solution to this problem is to add numbers in front of the songs, listing them in the right order. Doing this by hand would take ages, but luckily Refile can do this for you in no time, for free. Yes, free, some people want $30 for their bulk renaming tools.
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Mar
09
Extract Now: small but powerful
Posted by Flo in Freeware, Tech on March 9th, 2008.Mar
09
Tags: archives, extracting, files
Hundreds of extracting tools exist, of which most are free. There aren’t a lot of differences between them, but Extract Now does differ from the other free extracting tools. It’s small, it’s powerful, without any kind of ads and it´s incredibly easy to use.
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