The Free Site.Com By Larry Anders, Librarian, Tampa PC Users Group larryanders@msn.com

I’m running short on time this month, and William, our newsletter editor, has already issued his second notice for articles, so I thought I had better pull one of my reserves out of the closet so I can fulfill my obligation.

As anyone can attest that knows me or has read any of my articles, I like free stuff, especially software. That’s one of the reasons I became the librarian of the TPCUG years ago, so that I could be the keeper of all that shareware we made available to our users at the monthly meetings. Well… that was before the Internet became so user friendly and certainly before The Freesite.com "home of the web’s best freebies" (http://www.thefreesite.com/). It would be easy enough for me to say just follow the link above and be done with it, but that wouldn’t get this article written, now would it? So…

TheFreeSite.com is separated into many different categories to make it easier to decide which free stuff you want to download to fill up your hard drive. If you’re concerned about your privacy on the Internet there is Anonymous Freebies (Encryption, E-mail, Web Surfing) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Anonymous_Freebies. If you’re in the business world they have Business Freebies (Stock Quotes, Management, Jobs) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Business_Freebies. If you’re wanting email alternatives there is Email Freebies (E-mail Services, Free Newsletters) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Email_Freebies. If you’re into family computing then check out Family Freebies (Chat Freebies, Children's freebies) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Family_Freebies. If you don’t already have a million fonts or you need something to manage the million fonts you already have then see Free Fonts (True Type, Logos, Library) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Fonts. Just in case you need a few more games they have Free Games (Online Games, Freeware Games) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Games. For the graphic freaks, Free Graphics (Banner Graphics, Free Clipart) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Graphics. If you’re paying too much for your Internet service, Free Internet Access (DSL, 56K Access) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Internet_Access. They have links to Personal Management (Online Calendars, Bookmark) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Personal_Management, Free Samples (CD-ROMs, Magazines, Videos) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Samples, Free Software (Utilities, Graphics, Programming) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Software, Free Web Space (U.S. services, Non U.S. services) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Web_Space, and Free Postcards (Web Cards, E-cards, Wizards) at http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Postcards.

If you’re not sure about all this free stuff then you need to see Freebies FAQ (Who, What, Why & Where) at http://www.thefreesite.com/about/faq.html or Freebie Features (Question-and-answer interviews) at http://www.thefreesite.com/freebiefeatures.htm.

If after all this you still don’t have enough free stuff, then click on Other Free Stuff Sites at http://www.thefreesite.com/Other_Freebie_Sites for a full roundup of the Web's other Freebies Sites.