LINKS

Webcomics:
Zap! - Sci-fi adventures webcomic. Complete with robots and aliens.
Earth Song Graphic Novel - "The saga begins" - This is like a super-cool fantasy comic... thing.
Looking for Group - A Warcraft-like webcomic. Plenty of humor.
The Legendary Lilypad - LegendaryFrog comic... this is actually quite cool, and it uses flash.
Like the Wind - Sci-fi webcomic about a thief.

Friends (logos property of respective website owners/admins):


The World of Unknown - Adam's website.
World of Unknown: Forums - WoU Forums.
James' Water Hole - James' website.
RadTranceMan - Ben's website.

Recommended / Free Software :

OpenSource (free to use) programs:

Blender - 3d modelling tool (comparable to 3dStudioMax or Maya)
Dev-C++ - Programming environment (comparable to Visual C++)
GIMP - 2d image-editing tool (comparable to Photoshop)
NVU - Web Development tool (comparable to Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc.)
Firefox - Web Browser (comparable to Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.)
VideoLAN (VLC) - Video/Media player (comparable to Quicktime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, etc.)
7-zip - Archiver/Compression utility application (comparable to WinZip, WinRAR, etc.)

Freeware programs:

Sound Capture - Records from mic, or whatever your computer is playing directly to MP3 at whatever quality you want.
MP3Trim - Application you can use to trim seconds off the start and finish of a sound file, or add fade-ins and fade-outs.
MP3DirectCut - Edit MP3 files by cutting out selections, increase/decrease volume of an entire track, and more.
Free CD Ripper - Get the music off your CD and on your computer (I have no idea how this works with copy protection).
Free Download Manager - Resume downloads from where you got disconnected, pause downloads to download later, etc.
Blade FTP - File transfer application. Can connect to your website from another computer and lets you browse/download/upload between local and remote computers (if you have the proper login information and a stable connection).

Other Great programs:

Winamp - MP3/Multimedia Player. Free to use basic version(s) that can play music/video etc. Pay versions open up extra software features (such as ripping CD's).

Add a Link to Lightfire on Your Site:

Just add a link to www.light-fire.net, or use one of the following images as a link:

Send link requests to devon@light-fire.net, include "LINK REQ." at the beginning of your subject line. (This is what you can do when you want me to link to your site. )