Picasa – Free from Google System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+  http://picasa.google.com Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums [...]

  SyncBack Works in Windows XP http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware SyncBack is a great little freeware program that helps you easily backup and synchronize your files to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc); an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.

LeoCad Website: http://www.leocad.org LeoCAD is a CAD program that uses bricks similar to those found in many toys (Just like Legos). Currently it has a library of more than 1000 different pieces. I downloaded and ran this program, the learning curve is a little steep, but there is an excellent tutorial on the website that [...]