I lied about the Ornithology but I have / had use my PC for:
-Watching TV (Freeview) + recording using a BT878 PCI capture card
-Watch YouTube or DailyMotion Videos TV shows music clips etc
-IM with friends, send emails, read emails and laugh at my spam messages
-Transmit wireless audio @ 320kbps mp3 around the house using my Bluetooth USB dongle + headset
-Rip Audio CDs to create mp3 files for my iRiver mp3 player
-Download images and videos from my Sony digital camera and upload them to YouTube sometimes
-Help on other technical forums and mod for one
-Write scripts for mIRC (IRC: ban, filter, OP protection, trivia cheat | server emulation: IRCD, IDENTD, CDDP), eggdrop TCL, LSL
-Code using Turbo / Free Pascal with embedded assembly, and Microsoft Visual C++ (still learning the basics)
-Collect 8 bit home computer emulators + games mainly the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga
-Listen to SLAY Radio an Internet radio station dedicated to remixes and re-interpretations of Commodore 64 game music :)
I don't blog, I don't twitter the idea of talking to strangers just doesn't appeal to me.
My favourite stuff:
TV application: K!TV for generic BT878 cards without 2K/XP drivers
Media Player: VLC VideoLAN, Mplayer, WinAMP
Video Editing: VirtualDub, MS VidEdit, TMPGEnc DivXLand(sub encoder), CoolEdit
Media Encoders(audio and video): WinLame, ffmpeg + my front end, WinFF (ffmpeg front end)
Image editors: Paint Shop Pro, IrfanView, Gimp
Emulators: VirtalBox, Qemu, DOSBox, WinVice, WinUAE
EXE Compressors: UPX, PECompact (student edition)
System Tools: Process Explorer, Process Monitor, TCPView, Autoruns, Dependency Walker, Resource Hacker, PEBrowse Professional, Cheat Engine, Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows, SpeedFan
Rootkit detection: Rootkit Unhooker, Radix, IceSword, Kernel Detective, RkTrap, RootRepeal, RootKit Hook Analyzer
Nirsoft Tools: Regscanner, WinLister, WinExplorer, SmartSniff, WebVideoCap, HashMyFiles, NirCmd, SysExporter
AV: System Safety Monitor (HIPS control)
Firewall: Kerio Personal Firewall
Richard S.