Omnivorous Surfer

Kim Komando has great tips, and Calibrate your HDTV for better picture is a good example. Who knew that THX includes tools on some of it's DVD's?

Kim Komando no longer has the tool on her website to download YouTube videos, but I've found a site that will do the same thing. Instructions are here:
http://www.mydownloadvideo.com/. 
Links to a free FLV player and a video converter to convert from FLV to Windows Media or Quicktime format may be in later post.

I love to listen to books on my iPod: so convenient wherever I am, whatever I am doing. I have a long-standing subscription to Audible, but thanks to Kim Komando, I have recently found sites which offer free downloads.

Learn Out Loud has a good assortment of free audio (and also offers free video, though I haven't searched through that category).

Project Gutenberg, which I have used for years for online books, now also has free audio books.
If you want to see the myriad other sites offering free audio books, just use this Google search.

While I have other options for keeping myself occupied in retirement, I'm looking into Internet-based opportunities for working at home as well. Since I know there are lots of scams, and I don't think one should have to PAY to earn money, I'm looking to individuals I have come to trust who have checked out Internet sites. Both of these present a wide range of opportunities.
Clark Howard (http://clarkhoward.com/topics/workathome_help.html)
Kim Komando (http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=3700)
Reader's Digest also had an article sharing how some individuals have used the Internet to sell their hobbies and services: (http://www.rd.com/advice-and-know-how/using-the-internet-to-earn-money/article28467.html)

Kim Komando's 5 freebies for working with video at komando.com.

If you travel (or not...I had one stolen from my home!), your computer could be stolen pretty easily. LocatePC from ICONICO is free software that will send you an email message when the thief accesses the internet, giving you the information needed to track down the account used for that internet access. Given my experience, I'll probably install this one. Recommended by Kim Komando, so I trust it completely...well, as completely as I trust anything web related!