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By skeet | April 3, 2007
There are a couple of freebie sites on the web that I find myself going to again and again. Two, in particualr, I should go to every day, but I sometimes forget. That’s why I’ve decided to add a ticker for Giveway of the Day to my sidebar as soon as I know that my WP is functioning properly. It never fails that if I forget to check them, that’s the day they will have had something I really wanted. Actually, I want almost everything that they give away, but they give away so much free software that I’m afraid I’d crash my computer if I took it all, so I try to exercise restraint and only download stuff I’m sure I’ll use. Giveaway fo the Day is just what its name implies. Each day they give away premium software. I’ve downloaded photo-editing, file management and audio software from them. A few days ago I missed something I really could have used: Clone Terminator - a program “designed to clean your computer from duplicate files. ” I’m always a little afraid to eliminate files that I think are dupes because I’m afraid I’ll disable something I need, so this would have been an ideal solution for me.
Giveaway of the Day has a sister site called Game Giveaway of the Day. Same deal: first rate software given away free. Today’s free game is Animal Empire. Looks like something I would want if I had kids in the house, but I don’t, so I’ll pass. That’s okay, because there will be games that I do want on other days. These are licensed, full verions, not the little teasing snippets you get from some sites to entice you into ordering full versions for big bucks. I like computer games, but they’re not something I want to spend a lot of money on, so I really love this site.
The free daily offerings on both sites change at midnight. Both sites have active user communities that jump in, download the software and begin evaluating and posting their findings. I find it useful to wait until a download has been available for a few hours, read the evaluations and then decide whether or not to accept a given offer. Bugs happen. Why waste time on a package that wasn’t quite ready for release? You have a full twenty-four hours to decide, so there’s no need to rush.
Once I get my ticker installed I’ll see it every day quit missing good stuff. Once you start visiting me every day, you’ll start making them a habit too. Win/win!
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