http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Tag: free en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:07:33 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37228 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0000 graylox 37228@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>A short and contemplative introduction to ZEN<br /> <em>let your mouse find the clicks in each picture; and don't forget to ring the bell</em><br /> have fun:<br /> <a href="http://www.do-not-zzz.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.do-not-zzz.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.do-not-zzz.com/zero/swf/top.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.do-not-zzz.com/zero/swf/top.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37210 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:49:46 +0000 funkymom 37210@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>really beautiful stuff, maizey.<br /> thanks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37194 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:47:00 +0000 maizeydaze 37194@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><em>"Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors. Here close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context it is shot in are important. Hence, before considering the photos presented below please prepare some patience and time. This post presents some truly excellent examples of beautiful black-and-white photography."</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/">Black and white photography</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37121 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:58:37 +0000 maizeydaze 37121@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.fazed.net/out/?id=15819">Our Wonderful Nature</a> - The mating habits of the shrew, like you've never seen before. (Not what you may think.)</p> <p>A truly amazing animation by Tomer Eshed, an animation student in Germany. You will be very impressed with this one. I was! :)</p> <p>OR you can watch it from here to see a full screen view. Just click the magnifying glass icon on the player.<br /> <a href="http://de.sevenload.com/videos/uq8nm36-Our-Wonderful-Nature" rel="nofollow">http://de.sevenload.com/videos/uq8nm36-Our-Wonderful-Nature</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-37084 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:44:44 +0000 copmom 37084@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Quite often I have checked into alternate giveaways, and I have found that they are not ALL free of viruses, spyware, and a host of other things that I don't want messing up my machine! At least what we get here is safe!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-37082 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:38:59 +0000 Paali 37082@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Like some others have said, I find the alternative software suggestions one of the best things with the comment field. Especially if we are given at least some indication on what the freeware does in comparison with the GOTD. But I usually need more arguments than "This software is the BEST IN THE WORLD, SOOOOO much better than this junk!!!!!1" before I check it out. I also found it very useful when I a couple of times missed a good giveaway.<br /> I've found the best way for me to learn about a software from an evaluation in the comments is to compare it to a well known freeware. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37056 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:06:30 +0000 maizeydaze 37056@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Biologist rescues drowning, tranquilized bear</strong><br /> A Florida Fish and Wildlife biologist pulled off a daring rescue on Saturday in the Panhandle: He rescued a bear with his bare hands.</p> <p><a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/Drowning.Bear.FWC.2.759500.html">"I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I jumped in"</a>...(read the whole story.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1030279/Pictured-The-moment-wildlife-officer-risked-life-save-drowning-bear.html">Another link, in case you can't view the one above.</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-37053 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:43:34 +0000 ender 37053@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Personally I think the freeware recommendations are the best part of the comments.</p> <p>I agree with techgurl, i actually do know, that there is a separate threat for alternatives of the giveaway the day, but what if someone (like me) would want a freeware alternative, that might give you regular updates instead of the ones from giveaway team?<br /> I prefer to see it below of the actual giveaway ,than going to a separate threat.<br /> and for all annoying or senseless comments, i have learned to skip them all pretty quickly :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36968 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:53:27 +0000 goodgotd 36968@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>P.S.: for the same reason, I'm mot going to comment on that comment except here. </p> <p>A Very Proper Charlie- ignore at worst, ridicule if pushed to it. </p> <p>See Dean Ing's 'Soft Targets'. or the shorter 'Very Proper Charlies' that was in <em>Destinies</em> of october 1978.</p> <p>might actually be a workable strategy against terrorists- but with our current crop of 'OhMyGod' leaders and newsies I ain't holding my breath.</p> <p>I also recommend reading and pondering the logic and factoids in John Ringo's 'The Last Centurion'.</p> <p>good story, too. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36959 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:01:27 +0000 goodgotd 36959@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>heh, hoss, nice analysis- but also an example of what I look past in the comments. Kinda like not letting trolls get a response, ignore the nonsense attacks and bs, no-value ego postings- like comment 104 today-</p> <blockquote><p>For the last couple of days GAOTD luring people to visit thei website to download junk softwares. Thanks &#38; bye!!!!!!!!!! Now i am going to unsudscribe from junk supplier site. That’s all forever, will not even visit this site in future.</p> </blockquote> <p>no skin off my nose! 'luring' indeed. hypnotic attachments?</p> <p>and all for a couple of days of non-interesting offers.. idiocy at the speed of internet, what? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36944 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:37 +0000 HOSS 36944@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><em> 1) 99% of the recommendations are *not* better than what GAOTD is offering. Despite claims by others. </em></p> <p>99% sounds like your 'opinion' since you did not post any references to prove your point. It's just a number *you* picked. A better statistic might be - *you* didn't care for 99% of the alternatives that were posted. That's fine, you have the right to your opinion.</p> <p><em> 2) 99% of Alterative Free programs are a personal choice which is only useful to 1% of us. </em></p> <p>I would say that all (100%) of the alternative free programs are a personal choice (either you like it or you don't) but I would guess that they are useful to a lot more than 1% of other users. Again, just a number *you* picked.</p> <p>I will agree that you have a valid point, why bog down the comment section with all the clutter. But to me, in the long run, it's not much of a problem and it does help compare that day's offering to other programs that are similar. People can then compare similar programs to see which one they prefer. And if someone has a long list of programs or websites, they could post a link and put them in the forums. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36926 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:10:05 +0000 copmom 36926@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thought the following was inspiring:</p> <p>HEROISM COMES FROM THE HEART</p> <p>Bob Butler lost his legs in a 1965 land mine explosion in Vietnam. He<br /> returned home a war hero. Twenty years later, he proved once again that<br /> heroism comes from the heart.</p> <p>Butler was working in his garage in a small town in Arizona on a hot<br /> summer day when he heard a woman's screams coming from a nearby house.<br /> He began rolling his wheelchair toward the house but the dense shrubbery<br /> wouldn't allow him access to the back door. So he got out of his chair<br /> and started to crawl through the dirt and bushes.</p> <p>"I had to get there," he said. "It didn't matter how much it hurt."<br /> When Butler arrived at the pool there was a three-year-old girl named<br /> Stephanie Hanes lying at the bottom. She had been born without arms and<br /> had fallen in the water and couldn't swim. Her mother stood over her<br /> baby screaming frantically. Butler dove to the bottom of the pool and<br /> brought little Stephanie up to the deck. Her face was blue, she had no<br /> pulse and was not breathing.</p> <p>Butler immediately went to work performing CPR to revive her while<br /> Stephanie's mother telephoned the fire department. She was told the<br /> paramedics were already out on a call.</p> <p>Helplessly, she sobbed and hugged Butler's shoulder.</p> <p>As Butler continued with his CPR, he calmly reassured her. Don't<br /> worry, he said. "I was her arms to get out of the pool. It'll be okay. I<br /> am now her lungs. Together we can make it."</p> <p>Seconds later the little girl coughed, regained consciousness, and<br /> began to cry.</p> <p>As they hugged and rejoiced together the mother asked Butler how he<br /> knew it would be okay. "The truth is I didn't know," he told her. "But<br /> when my legs were blown off in the war, I was all alone in a field. No<br /> one was there to help except a little Vietnamese girl. As she struggled<br /> to drag me into her village, she whispered in broken English, 'It okay.<br /> You can live. I be your legs. Together we make it.'" Her kind words<br /> brought hope to my soul and I wanted to do the same for Stephanie.</p> <p>There are simply those times when we cannot stand alone. There are<br /> those times when we need someone to be our legs, our arms, our friend.<br /> Author Unknown </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36923 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:49:51 +0000 goodgotd 36923@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>freeware pointed out may already be known to me (and thus may be the same for any particular user), for good or ill- usually there's at least one that I haven't- but aside from the semi-fanatic zeal often displayed it's overall <em>never</em> a waste of time having alternates pointed out. </p> <p>I save a copy of each day's comments so if somebody asks for something, it <em>saves</em> me time searching for something to suggest at least trying first- and occasionally it'll save *my* bacon, too.</p> <p>some are good, some stink, but even so it's a start. </p> <p>And while some people couldn't pour sand out of a boot with instructions on the heel [readme.txt? whazzat? -sigh-] whether clueless, stupid or just not paying attention, the effect is the same.</p> <p>plus those with real problems that are just having 'their day in the barrel'. </p> <p>I'll wade through the chest-beating for possible gems just in case. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36916 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:23:51 +0000 maizeydaze 36916@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>A <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/jpozadzides/videos/97/">young lady</a>, filmed in Germany, doing amazing stunts on a bicycle. Fascinating! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36910 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:35:22 +0000 Messenger 36910@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I don't mind the posting in the comments about an alternate software to the Giveaway of the day. But instead of just saying that the alternate is better, I wish some would actually download the Giveaway to give us a honest comparison or why they think it's better or what makes is similar.</p> <p>We have some that comment that the giveaway is full of spyware and they can't seem to register it and their alternate for whatever reason is 100% better, all in the same paragragh. Then when you click on their alternate link you end up looking at a website with a program that isn't even close to what Giveaway is giving out. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/266#post-36892 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:12:07 +0000 hotdoge3 36892@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I Think it a good fun to read &#38; it up to you if you read or not. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36520 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:17:30 +0000 funkymom 36520@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>cool. thanks, maizey. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2964#post-36451 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:39:21 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 36451@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes, the free games given away are only available for a limited time hen they change the game. The thread needs locking and when a new came becomes available someone could post details in the forums. :) Thanks for the info on Carl the caeman. I'd only checked the gamebox the other day and it was still Snowy. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36450 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:37:02 +0000 maizeydaze 36450@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.lookybook.com/">Lookybook</a> is a website that allows anyone to browse through hundreds of children's books online and peek inside. Actually, it's more than a peek. If you want to, you can flip through the book and see each and every page. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2964#post-36424 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:22:32 +0000 guest32 36424@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think the giveaway is over now :( it's replaced with what tommy1 said. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2964#post-36392 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:32:39 +0000 tommy1 36392@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>New Free game for the GameBox!</p> <p>Carl The Caveman</p> <p>tom </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36370 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:22:47 +0000 maizeydaze 36370@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Photographer Carl Warner captures all forms of food in a series of still life's with edible ingredients he raided from his kitchen cupboards to design a series of dreamy landscapes and homey domestic scenes.</p> <p><a href="http://www.carlwarner.com/">Carl Warner’s Food Landscapes or Foodscapes</a><br /> (select, the orange square, "Fotografics")</p> <p><a href="http://www.lenswall.com/photographers.php?a=19">Carl Warner's 79 images</a> or you can browse the images here. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35909 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:04:35 +0000 copmom 35909@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Wasn't sure where to post this... I could be the last person online who has not heard about this. But, on the off chance there are some others who have not heard about it, here it is.</p> <p>There is no single place to list EVERYTHING on the net. However, someone sent me this website that has SOMETHING for just about everything. On one website, you can click on over 400+ different sites... all arranged by categories for easy perusal. Mark this one in your favorites if nothing else.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.allmyfaves.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allmyfaves.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35906 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:53:29 +0000 maizeydaze 35906@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/999584?pg=embed&#38;sec=999584"><strong>FireStorm</strong></a>; uncovers the fascinating world of altered time to the viewer, allowing a unique look at nature's fury. Shot with 3 cameras over a period of 28 hours during September 28-29th 2005. Firestorm shows a a unique look at the Simi Valley fire which consumed 25,000 acres. Look for Mars, Orion &#38; the Moon rising in the distance... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35891 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:58:41 +0000 Bobby 35891@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have to get one of <a href="http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/create-your-own-heaven-with-custom-made-clouds/offbeat-news">these!</a> Known as 'Flogos' or flying logos, they are made from specially formulated soap and water, i.e. bubbles! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35707 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:34:37 +0000 funkymom 35707@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>the <a href="http://www.petsugar.com/1717647">Churaumi Aquarium</a>, in Okinawa is the world's s second largesst aquarium. it is home to 4 whale sharks, the world's largest living fish species.</p> <p>check the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFrPoe8LwnU">video</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35702 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:47:22 +0000 maizeydaze 35702@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.lichtfaktor.eu/blog/?page_id=3">Lichtfaktor</a> Lichtfaktor creates amazing pictures and animations with light. Also known as Light Graffiti or Lightwriting.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lightmark.de/">Lightmark</a>, like Lichtfaktor, creates stunning pictures with light! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34890 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:07:06 +0000 copmom 34890@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thought you'd enjoy that one! LOL </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34831 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:37:40 +0000 funkymom 34831@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>wow, copmom- i am truly inspired! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34799 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:14:16 +0000 copmom 34799@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>First picture from NASA of water on Mars! Outstanding!<br /> <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg</a> </p>