Useful Links

Installation

  • Ghost-IP - [Required] Yahoo widget. This widget is necessary for Ghost-IP to work.
  • Yahoo Widget Engine - [Required] This program that runs yahoo widgets. Yahoo! Widgets are small, specific applications that you can run on your Windows or Mac OS desktop.
  • Port Forwarding - This site gives details on how to set up your router for port forwarding.

Web Sites

  • Server Software
    • Xampp - (free cross platform) Apache server, PHP and MySql installer for all platforms. Very easy installation of everything you need to get a web server up and running.
    • Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard - (Apple $499 10 client edition) The latest release of Apple's UNIX® server operating system, makes it easy for small businesses, workgroups, and enterprises to take full advantage of the benefits of a server. With Mac OS X Server, users can effortlessly share files, schedule meetings and events, exchange instant messages, send and receive mail on the Internet, access the organization's network remotely, publish podcasts, and host websites, wikis, and blogs.
  • Gallery2 - (free cross platform) A photo management system, display and sharing system similar to Flickr™
  • Blog Software - (free cross platform) This site covers Blogging in great deatail including a list of Blogging software packages and their pros and cons.
  • Forum Software - Run your own forum where you can ask and answer questions and run polls.
    • PHPBB - ((free cross platform) Fully scalable, highly customisable open-source bulletin board package.
    • vBulletin - ($160) Featuring unlimited forums, integrated search, user groups, and more.
  • Streaming Music - Run your own internet radio station.
    • SlimServer - (free) SlimServer can stream your music collection over the Internet to a software player such as Winamp or iTunes.
    • Andromida - ($20 free trial) It doesn't get much simpler than Andromeda. If you have a basic Web site and are capable of copying MP3s and the Andromeda script (PHP or ASP) into a folder on your server, you can offer streaming or downloadable music on the Internet.
    • SAM Broadcaster - ($299 free trial) SAM Broadcaster delivers professional sound with crossfading, gap killer, beat matching, volume normalization and 5-band compressor/limiter.
  • Streaming Video - Run your own TV station.
    • VideoLAN - (free) A cross platform, open source video server which can stream MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 files, DVDs, digital satellite channels, digital terrestial television channels and live videos on the network in unicast or multicast.
    • BroadCam Video Streaming Software - ($68 free trial) An easy to use video streamer designed to broadcast live video using a webcam (or other camera) and microphone. It will also stream most pre-recorded video files in formats such as a DivX avi files, Windows asf and wmv files, or cam-corder DV video files.
    • QuickTime Streaming Server - (apple) Add streaming media to your web site, deliver distance learning or provide rich content for your mobile subscribers

VNC - Run your computer from anywhere in the world.

FTP - Send and recieve files of any type from anywhere in the world.