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Free Barcode Creation Software

Being a designer requires at least some degree of perfectionism, a fact which often boils to the surface when working with imperfect tools– such as when one needs to create a barcode for a package or book cover design. We know of more than a few designers who have gone so far as to attempt to re-create an authentic looking barcode in Illustrator– something that takes way too much time and energy to be practical.

Fortunately for us and others (who probably need barcodes to, you know, allow the scanning of things), Wolf Software provides professional quality barcode creation software free of charge for both Mac and Windows. In addition to the old standby's of UPC and ISBN, users have the option to choose from a large variety of other barcode formats, including Datamatix (pictured here encoding "Download Squad").

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Filed under: Internet, Text, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Office, Productivity, Freeware

Ottobib - Automatic bibliographies for back-to-schoolers

OttobibI can't tell you how excited my wife was to find this site. She was almost as excited about the prospect of never having to carefully format another bibliography as she was to be able to point me to a site worthy of posting at Download Squad. Ottobib is a site that allows you to simply type in the ISBN number of a book that you need to reference, then choose the style that the bibliography must be written in, and it spits back your fully formatted bibliography. Simple as that. Yet another tool that solves a simple problem in a simple manner. In fact, I would think someone could make a killing writing a plug-in for Word that did exactly this. Hmm...

Filed under: Text, Utilities, Productivity, Web services, Freeware

Gurulib helps you track your stuff

GurulibGurulib is an interesting site (not a download, just so you know) that helps you track your stuff. CDs, books, movies, and others can be tracked with Gurulib. The interface is a little primitive looking, but seems to function well, and displays titles and artwork for each nicely. It is ad-supported but for the most part, the ads stay at the top, out of the way. Defining different bookshelves is one of Gurulib's strengths, allowing you separate all your media and books by where they are on your actual shelves. the search doesn't care where the book or DVD is, it lets you search all at once which is handy. Usually I would setup some kind of elaborate system in PHP, but for those out for a quick and dirty stuff tracking system, Gurulib may be worth a look. Too bad it doesn't keep track of downloads.

Featured Time Waster

Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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