Free Software: Miro Video Player

If you are a big fan of podcasts and internet provided video such as me, then you need a good and easy way to organize all of that content. I was sick of using standard RSS feeds that forced me to click on links and download all the videos manually.

That is where Miro comes in. Miro is an open-source video player that not only organizes your local media, but also handles podcast subscriptions, browsing youtube, bittorrent downloads, and handles all the formats you need, such as wmv, quicktime, h.264, avi, mpeg, divx, and xvid, and in full HD if available.

Podcasts are probably one of the most useful features of this program. It stores all of your subscriptions and list them by category. It will automatically download new episodes if you choose, and you can play it right there in the program. Once your done watching them, feel free to store them, or delete them right away with those options right in the UI.

I've been using Miro, previously Democracy Player, for a good number of months, and while it is still in beta, they are slowly fixing the bugs and making it better with each release. If you need a bit of organization, and iTunes is not your thing, then try this program out and see how easy it is.

Click here for the official site.

Free Software: And Yet It Moves

Looking for something to waste a few minutes on, then why not try out this perfect example to prove to Roger Ebert that video games CAN be an art form. In this simple yet elegant side-scrolling puzzle game, not only do you move your character left and right (and up with jumping), but also rotating the world to get through the game's two levels.

And beautiful levels they are, where they are composed entirely of pictures from crumpled up and ripped up paper. The puzzles, though slightly easy, will have you scratching your head for a few moments your first time, as you try to manipulate the game's physics, and try to avoid falling to death with a real sense of gravity.

Its short but sweet, and you can see a truly unique game that will hopefully evolve into something more in the future.

Download the game here.