The interface of this music player is very familiar if you have used iTunes or anything similar to that in the last few years.  You have your tracks listed in the main window, different folders and collections in the far left pane and you can also use it to listen to internet radio too.  Internet radio providers Last.fm, SomaFM, Magnatune, Icecast and Jamendo are all supported.

Clemintine has a lot of great features, here are a few worth mentioning:

• Create smart playlists and dynamic playlists.
• Tabbed playlists, import and export M3U, XSPF, PLS and ASX.
• CUE sheet support.
• Visualisations from projectM.
• Lyrics and artist biographies and photos.
• Transcode music into MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, FLAC or AAC.
• Edit tags on MP3 and OGG files, organise your music.
• Fetch missing tags from MusicBrainz.
• Download missing album cover art from Last.fm.
• Cross-platform – works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
• Native desktop notifications on Linux (libnotify) and Mac OS X (Growl).
• Remote control using a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-line.
• Copy music to your iPod, iPhone, MTP or mass-storage USB player.
• Queue manager.

If you are looking for a new way to listen to your music and your current music organizing program is giving you the blues, be sure to give the Clementine Music Player a download. It has a familiar interface and is really easy to use.

You can add any kind of file and save it into your Dropbox folder.  So say, Bill add a series of Word documents in his Dropbox folder and then shares that folder with me, I can then pull the documents out and edit them, view them and even add them back to the Dropbox to send back to him.  It is hard for me to hold back my urge to describe the service as some sort of odd time space worm hole – but to me, that might be the best way to describe it.

If you sign up for the free version of Dropbox, you get 2GB of disk space to save and send your stuff.  While that might not make it the perfect backup option – it does come in handy with collaborating on files with others. Check out Dropbox and let me know if you have found any other handy uses for it.

I have been playing a lot of Minecraft as of late.  It is a very addicting little game.  It is so addictive in fact, it has also taken over my desktop a number of times too. So, this week I thought I would share with you this awesome wallpaper I found based around the slimes in Minecraft.

You can find a direct link for the wallpaper here and for more Minecraft wallpaper, be sure to check out this thread from the Minecraft Forums.

Now, you might say, "Why do I need to change the colors of my folders?".  Well, by color coding your folders or folders inside of folders, you can more easily find the things you are looking for and create a more organized desktop environment.

Here is a little more about using Rainbow Folders from the developer:

When you’re exploring a directory which contains lots of subdirectories in Windows Explorer you can easily commit a mistake, e.g. by clicking the folder’s icon which has a similar name to the one you really wanted to go to. With the folders marked with the colors of your choosing, you won´t make any mistake and after some time you’ll be clicking the right folders by impulse.

This has to be one of my favorite desktop downloads, because I really love to organize things.  I hope you get some good use out of it too.  You can pick it up over at aionel.net.

Grab your own open source vector graphics editor, for free!  With capabilities similar to Illustrator, Xara X, CorelDraw you can create some really amazing graphics with just a little practice.  If you are wanting to create some original icons, art or anything else for you website layout, this is the program to use.

Before I get too far down the rabbit whole, let me explain real quick what vector graphics are.  It is a resolution-independent image.  No matter how big you make it, the image still looks relatively the same. In contrast, something like a bitmap (bmp) image is locked down to a specific resolution and can not be blown up or made smaller without distorting the original image a lot.

Inkscape will run on Windows, Linux and Mac – so nobody has an excuse not to try this great program out. You really should try Inkscape out for free.  I would recommend you go download it, and then head right over to the tutorials to see what kind of amazing things you can create. I am really amazed by how in depth this free program is.

Here are some of the neat features the Facebook Desktop program has to offer:

• Automatic login. Stay logged in until you log out!
• Notifies you of new messages
• Notifies you of new wall posts
• Notifies you of new pokes
• Notifies your of new friend requests

The requirements are pretty basic too.  You must have Windows 2000, XP, Vista or 7, a Facebook account and the .NET Framework 2.0 from Microsoft.  That’s it.

Want to give this great download a shot?  Go visit the Facebook Desktop website and download it right from the source. After authorizing the program with your profile, you will be one step closer to never missing a message on this social networking platform.

Everyone is a Marketer brings you some of the most popular advice, suggestions and tips I have shared with you in the past year all together in one convenient spot for you to download.  Within the 22 chapters, you will be able to learn really simple marketing techniques that anybody can use.  I do not care if you are starting out on day one of your business or day 141, I have suggestions and help here that can do anybody who reads it some good.

Go learn more about the eBook and download it (in the handy PDF format).

• Get the Free Marketing eBook for Beginners!

I would also love to hear your feedback too.  So if you have any reviews, thoughts or your own marketing tips you would like to pass along – be sure to send them my way.  I might even publish them here for the world to see.  This holiday season, I know we are all looking to save a buck or two – so let me give you this eBook for free.  The only thing I ask in return is you let me know what you thought of it once you’ve unlocked all the marketing secrets that are within the pages.

For many, Joomla is the prefect content management system for their websites. It can help you keep track of and organize your communities photos, audio or video. So, with that said – what extensions out there are the most popular for this script that seems to do it all?  I decided to take a look.

Here are the top ten most popular ways to extend Joomla and give it more power:

JCE

An award-winning, configurable WYSIWYG editor for Joomla! based on Moxiecode’s TinyMCE. Includes advanced Image/Media, File and Link handling, plugin support, and an Administration interface for editor configuration.

Community Builder

Community Builder suite (CB) extends the Joomla! user management system. Key features: extra fields in profile, enhanced registration workflows, user lists, connection paths between users, admin defined tabs and user profiles, image upload, front-end workflow management, integration with other components, like PMS, Newsletter, Forum, Galleries.

Exposé bridge

Exposé is a Flash-based tool which allows you to create eye-catching slide shows of your pictures on the web. A list of the features supported by exposé includes the following: – direct linking to a photo or album – a slide show can be automatically started and much more.

VirtueMart

The complete e-Commerce shopping cart solution for Joomla! – used by thousands of store owners. It can be run in Store- and Catalog-Mode. With its powerful Administration Tool you can handle an unlimited Number of Categories, Products, Orders, Discounts and more.

Jumi

Jumi is the set of custom code extensions for Joomla! 1.0.x and 1.5.x in their native modes. Since 2006 more then 200.000 downloads. With Jumi * you can include php, html, JavaScript scripts into the modules position, articles, category or section descriptions and more.

Joom!Fish

JoomFish is the solution for your multilingual website if control over the translations matters for you. The core extension is free of charge and allows the translation of any content within your Joomla system. With an easy extension it is also possible to translate any 3rd party extension available for your favored CMS.

ChronoForms

I always needed to create custom forms for my clients websites, Or to migrate their old websites forms fast and easy to new Joomla websites forms, this was pain, as I was using other components for doing this, and create everything from scratch at web based tools.

Akeeba Backup

Akeeba Backup Core is the successor to the now famous JoomlaPack component. In a nutshell, Akeeba Backup Core is an open-source backup component for the Joomla! CMS, quite a bit different than its competition. Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla!-capable server. Its possibilities: endless.

JCal Pro

JCal Pro is a W3C-validated, multi-language events calendar component with a gorgeous, CSS-based front-end display. Feature highlights include, native Joomla! permissioning for event creation/management and event viewing, multiple calendars including private or public calendars, WYSIWYG event descriptions, and more.

Ozio Gallery

Ozio Gallery 3 is available and ready for Joomla 1.6 Photo Gallery that uses a 3d flash animation (TiltViewer Design/Development by Airtight) to automatically display the images in a particular folder or from Flickr.com.

There you have it.  Have another favorite Joomla extension you think deserves to be on the list, or you would like to let others know about? Leave them in the comments!

I am a junky when it comes to notes.  I love taking notes, I love having notes, and really notes are how I am able to get as much as I do done on a day to day basis.  With that said, I thought I would give Notes on Top a shot.  This freeware program for Windows gives you a simple way to create a checklist and always keep it on top of your other windows.

This application is a smart and easy to use notes program. With it by your side, you always have access to your notes, while you are working away at your desk PC.  The notes can also be divided into several user-defined categories too.  So, if you have a hard time keeping track of what you need to do or have done before, this lightweight program would be your perfect companion. 

There are no bells, no whistles – just a simple program that does its job and does it well.  The requirements are pretty simple to give Notes on Top a shot.  You just need to make sure you have Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher installed.

 Download Notes on Top and let me know what you think.

Chances are there are a lot of people out there using Steam right now.  For the rest of you though, you might not know that Steam is a place where you can purchase games on the Web, and then download them via their special desktop client.  The idea here is to eliminate the need of keeping up with game disks and clutter – and it works, as long as you have an internet connection that is fast enough. 

After taking a look at the EA Store Digital Downloads, I was asked by several people to give Steam a shot too – because some say it might even deliver a better experience.  There is a wider selection of games on Steam, but I can’t recommend one over the other.  I think both services are worth checking out.

The process of buying a game through Steam is pretty easy.  You find a game you like, you then purchase the game, you download their client to download the game, and then you can download and install the game.  The Steam desktop application serves as a way to manage the games you have downloaded as well as another gateway into the store interface.

The big thing to love about Steam is they are always putting out great deals or discounts on games or game bundles.  A few week back, I bought both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 for around $10.

Now, I might still rather have the game disk, but as services like Steam get more popular I have faith that I am not tossing money out the window, and if anything bad happens – I can still re-download the games I have paid for.  You too can give Steam a shot (they now support both Mac and Windows) at SteamPowered.com.