GMAN: FlickrDown

I use Flickr but had some trouble with the Flickr MCE lugin mentioned below... but how to get photos in bulk off Flickr? THis tool was easy to use and did the trick quickly.

GMAN: FlickrDown: "Recently a friend started using Flickr which is a great service. I personally like to save pictures locally and selecting them one at a time to download was too much of a hassle so I whipped up this program so I could download them more easily."

8 killer Windows Media Center plug-ins - Lifehacker

8 killer Windows Media Center plug-ins - Lifehacker: "Just as extensions make Firefox better, so do plug-ins add extra goodness to the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system (MCE).
For the uninitiated, MCE provides DVR and other multimedia features wrapped in an attractive 10-foot interface. Armed with a couch and a remote, you can record TV shows, pause live TV, view photo slideshows, listen to your music collection, tune in FM radio stations, and so on.
I am unabashedly in love with MCE. It's the one Microsoft product I consider just about perfect, which is why it's the heart of my home entertainment system.
With these eight plugs-ins, most of which are free, you can trick out your MCE PC like never before."