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Small is Beautiful : Part Two

© Brian Hughes

Now how did I finish up last week... taking a nine iron to my trackball? No! Teethmarks and keyboards... I remember now!

Everybody must hate those advertising windows that pop open when you arrive at a home page on GeoCities, Tripod and quite a few others. They really make me mad, or I should say made, because I've found a great little solution. I think you will agree with me this is one of the best things since sliced bread.

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Close Popup : Author - Ryan Martinsen : Take a Hike Software

Quite simply it closes those pesky windows for you automatically. Installation is very simple and straightforward. Whilst it would be even better if it could be set to open and close with the browser it is a tiny program and can be added to your Windows Start Up folder. There is a tray icon, which can easily be hidden. In most instances the pop up windows are "killed" before they finish loading and it really is a pleasure to see it happening.

You will love this one as much as I do. Not a bad job of programming particularly for a sixteen year old! This is only one of a number of useful little utilities Ryan has to offer, a visit to his home page is very worthwhile.
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Ball Master : Author - Sergei Gussev :

Here's one I don't open very often... I'm too busy playing with my utility toys, and constantly searching for new ones. I depend on my wife Dee to tell me what's good. In case this creates the wrong impression let me quickly explain she is not a games fanatic - the deck of cards always on the screen is purely my imagination!... hopefully this will save me from being slapped round the head again(-:

I was asked by Freewarehome to have a look at this one and review it for them, so I handed it over to the expert...
A neat little game for everyone from 3 to 93! Click on a ball to make it "bounce" then either click on the square where you want it to go or drag-and-drop it into the square. The object being to line up the required number of balls of the same colour so that they score and are removed from the game board. You can make the game as easy or as difficult as you like with the Options / Game Set-up. The Help files too are excellent. Check out Sergei's home page.
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