The Battle for Wesnoth...

There are a lot of freeware games that can be downloaded from the internet, but only some of them are worth playing ;). One of them is The Battle for Wesnoth. The Battle for Wesnoth is a fantasy turn-based strategy game. It's licensed under GPLd. It means that everyone has a freedom to download the source code and modify it to whatever they like.

The Battle for Wesnoth can be played across many platform. So far it has supported Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and Open Solaris. Maybe in the future it will support more :). Compatibility accross many platform like this is really great because there are multiplayer mode that can be played online. To be played in online multiplayer mode, there is one restriction, i.e : all players must use the same version of this game. The latest version of The Battle for Wesnoth is 1.4 and player who wants to play online are encouraged to download 1.4 version because this version has the biggest online community players among other versions.

Just take a glimpse of this game for a while and soon our memory will recall classic games like "Romance of three kingdom" or "L'empereur" published by Koei long time ago. Don't expect graphical pleasure when playing this game, but for core gamers, graphics is second below storyline. That's what maybe will make this game have a big community. So far, The Battle for Wesnoth has been downloaded many times, until the number reached 2,1 millions. Wow.....

Wanna try it? The installer size is more or less 150 MB and it can be downloaded here.

Have fun ^_^

Free Live TV Channels become reality!

Wow, can you imagine if you can watch all live tv channels from all around the world..for free! Sopcast (www.sopcast.com), a peer-to-peer (P2P) broadcasting software offers you this kind of opportunity. Using sopcast, you're able to broadcast live channels freely, watch live channels freely, embed sopcast player on your webpage without any cost, and many more....:)

Of course, this come with some hidden cost-bandwidth. As we know that video streaming applications can be classified as bandwidth intensive applications. But the great news is for many countries, which internet has been developed majorly, this would not hinder sopcast usage. Indonesian people are among the unlucky people around the world that cannot enjoy this service widely. Well, maybe some rich people in Indonesia can use sopcast with decent fps to watch, but for most of people here...sopcast would not be an option.

Bandwidth in Indonesia is considered very expensive. It's ironic that Singapore, a neighbor country near Sumatra island, has a very cheaper bandwidth than Indonesia has. Maybe someday this would be changed and we, ordinary Indonesian people, can start to use sopcast anyway ;)...

Singtel Great Offer!

Singtel, an Internet Service Provider in Singapore, offers its subscribers packages that can not be missed without regret. This offer will be ended in March 7, 2008 so you'll be better hurry to catch it while you still have any chances!

Okay, so tell me what really makes this offers so interesting. With a SGD$88 per month subscription, you will have a 10 Mbps unlimited bandwidth through broadband connection. For people in Indonesia, that seems like WOW-in all capital letters! Why? Because bandwidth in Indonesia is still expensive :(.

That's really unfortunate for us living in Indonesia here, since Singapore, a small island near Sumatra island, can offer its citizen a very good and affordable internet facilities. I really envy people who live in there...

But if bandwidth is not make you interest to start subscribing, then how about this : On this package, Singtel also offers you a free MacBook. Yes, it's for free! Total packages would worth approx SGD$2576. You can start counting for SGD$88/month with 30 months subscription contract, is it worth your try or not ;)...

If only I were lived in Singapore......

Create Avatar Easily Using Mypictr

If you're tired of editing your photo or picture for avatar in blog or messenger, etc then it's time for you to try mypictr. Mypictr provide you very easy method of creating avatar. Using mypictr, Avatar can be created in only 3 steps. Simple isn't it?

Ok, so what are those steps? Here they are :

1. Upload your picture
2. Choose the predefined size for your avatar from the pull down menu (or you may choose your custom size)
3. Find the "G-spot" area on your picture and then click Mypictr button

After you click mypictr button, a pop-up window will be opened. You can choose whether you want to download the final avatar to your pc directly or want it to be emailed to you.


And you know what the best part of it? Mypictr is absolutely free....;).
Can't wait to try it? Please click this URL to go to mypictr website : http://mypictr.com.

Free virtual cd control panel

If you want to save your money to buy alcohol120%, but have a necessity to read iso images in windows xp, you can try to download small 60 kb tools from microsoft at this URL :

virtual_cd_tool

This is a tiny virtual cd offered for free by microsoft. Hey, how come microsoft does offers something for free? This is really unusual, but personally I don't care anyway since this tools is really helpful :)..

We don't need to install it. Just unzip it to any folder you like. And then double click VCdControlTool.exe and then click Add Drive button. That action will add virtual drive in your pc. Next step is to click Mount button. It will open a browse window. Please select the images you want to read. This awesome tool can read iso, udf, cdfs, jo or rock images.

Have fun ^_^

XPango : is it really free?

If you search through google for free mobile phone and free gaming console, then you will easily find XPango. First impression when I saw this site is : "wow, is it really free?". It even come with referral system that makes me think it's worth to try because there's nothing to lose anyway.

Unfortunately, after reading terms and conditions, I realize that the free stuffs are not really free, at least for me who reside in Indonesia. XPango has some rules that must be obeyed. Below I will explain the rules briefly if you still want to catch a free mobile phone or gaming console.

First, you must register and activate your account. The registration is 100% free, but the activation is not "free". In order to activate your account, there are three alternatives :

1. You must buy mobile accessories at XPango, of course this is not free


2. You can buy clix, of course this is not free ($34.99 for 250 clix and $49.99 for 500 clix)


3. You can complete XPango free offer which is not really free (unless for UK, which I saw a mastercard membership offer for free)

Second, you must collect a certain credit in order to get your free stuff. More expensive stuff you choose, more higher credit you must collect. You can do three methods above for gaining credit, but I think you will spend money more than free stuff you want :P. The other way to gain credit is to refer some other people join under your referral. Each one person join XPango, will cause you gain 1 credit. But remember, every person who join XPango must activate their account first!

Simple isn't it. Frankly speaking, XPango is really honest by telling you that they offer free mobile phones and free gaming consoles. It's not hoax anyway since there are many testimonial videos (which seem can be trusted). But the system they have, is it really free? You decide :)