Liberate Yourself from Old Email Addresses [How To]

If you've been on the internet for any substantial amount of time you've likely accumulated your fair share of email addresses. Old school addresses, an assortment of free web-based addresses from Hotmail and Yahoo, and so on all contribute to you having too many addresses and little desire to keep checking the old ones. What can you do to cut down on your email excess? Wired Magazine has a how-to guide to help you consolidate your past email addresses without simply abandoning them into the digital void.

In other words, you are a slave to an e-mail address that you don't want or which makes you use an interface that sucks. You can't give it up because thousands of your close personal friends only know you as ClassOf92@aol.com or ILoveNKOTB@hotmail.com. A blind switch to a new e-mail address is out of the question — you probably don't even know everyone who has the old one, and grandma wouldn't understand anyway.

The guide details how to set up a new email service, they use the robust GMail, and properly configure it to take in email from the old addresses and notify the people still using them of your current address. Taking a page from Gina's Future Proofing Your Email playbook, they suggest registering a domain name to keep a permanent address even as the services you use change over time. For more tips on wrangling multiple email accounts with GMail, check out how to consolidate multiple email addresses with GMail.

ISODisk Mounts up to Twenty Disk Images [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: You don't have a single .iso file to open, you have a pile you need to go through. ISODisk will help you cut through the pile and find the files you're looking for. ISODisk is a free application which allows you to mount a disk image and browse it like a regular drive. ISODisk won't mount other disk image formats like .nrg, .mdf, or .dmg files but shines at mounting up to twenty .iso images with unique drive letters. ISODisk will also create disk images from non-encrypted disks. If you need to deal with alternate image formats, check out previously reviewed CloneDrive. ISODisk is freeware, Windows only.

Sharepod Frees Your iPod From iTunes [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: You don't have administrative rights or iTunes at work, but you want to be sure you can beat box along to your favorite Kenny G album blasting from the Dell OEM speakers in your cubicle? Sharepod has you covered: it's a lightweight iTunes alternative you can launch directly from the iPod itself. We've shown you how to free yourself from iTunes with YamiPod, but Sharepod has a significantly more refined GUI which makes accessing your music all the more pleasant.

The media playback in Sharepod is smooth. On first play you may want to change the play settings from Random to Sequential lest you find yourself wondering exactly how an Alison Kraus gospel song ended up in the middle of your trance album. In addition to basic music playback and playlist management, Sharepod can back up and restore your entire iPod or simply copy individual tracks to and from the device. Note: Run Sharepod for the first time on a computer where you have administrative privileges to ensure it will run properly on computers where you have limited access. For more tips and tricks to get the most of your iPod, check out Adam's excellent 20 Best iPod Utilities feature. Sharepod is a free, Windows only, portable application for managing your iPod music collection. Thanks Philip!

DeepMemo Clips and Annotates Web Pages [Web Clipping]

Browser extension DeepMemo saves web page clips you want to refer to later or share with friends. After signing up for a DeepMemo account, download a toolbar for Internet Explorer or Firefox. Then, save highlighted text via the toolbar and create new notes independent of your clippings. Your text items can either be saved as is or with tags and comments. The social component of DeepMemo allows you to share your saved text with friends or even have DeepMemo automatically update your Twitter feed with your most current clipping. The web site is translated from Russian and, aside from a few grammatical quirks here and there, is user friendly. DeepMemo is a free web based service. Thanks DorianTelemachus!

More Travel Deal Web Sites Worth Checking Out [What You Said]

If you're just about resigned to hitting that "Book" button on an outrageously-priced holiday travel itinerary, hold up a minute. Last week we asked for your favorite web sites to find travel deals online, and we shared the top five vote-getters with you on Sunday. The comment thread from that post, however, was teeming with many more sites you can scour for cheap tickets, hotels, and savings on other travel-related expenses. Collected below, in no particular order, are some the lesser-known options you suggested. Photo by Cubbie_n _Vegas.

Skoosh has the standard hotel search options like location and number of occupants, plus the ability to search only "Tried and Tested Hotels." Skoosh has a review system built in and allows you to search only the hotels that have been reviewed to save you any surprises after a long flight. Thanks KerryDafoe!

Isango! is geared towards helping you figure out what to do, and save doing it, once you're at your destination. The search engine is activity-focused, and has helpful suggestions for everything from hang gliding to proposing. Thanks SigmundMongoose!

Flyertalk is a social site for frequent fliers. The forums are packed with informative posts, sharp eyed readers watching for deals, and tips to help navigate airline and hotel reward systems. Thanks Wizzy99!

VibeAgent lets you search by city or airport code to find cheap rates on hotels. It compares over 20 different price engines, including large aggregators like Priceline.com and individual hotel chain web sites like Holiday Inn. You can further customize your search by adding tags for ambiance and activities such as "historic", "modern", "night life", "spa", etc. Thanks HoraceCashman!.

Travel-Savings-Offers collects coupons and promotions from Travelocity.com in one place to help you find the best deal. You get the same results you would have gotten from Travelocity.com with the added bonus of finding out about promotions you may not have been notified about. Thanks CallaElephonkey!

StudentUniverse is a resource that helps students and faculty take advantage of academic discounts for flights, hotels, rail passes, care rentals, and other travel expenses. Status as a student or faculty member is verified, so pass on the great deals here if you're well out of college. Thanks AilsaStreit!.

InsideTrip searches for flights and ranks the importance of price, speed, comfort, and ease of travel. If you're willing to pay more for a comfortable and fast trip, InsideTrip can oblige. For details on how exactly they determine what they base their ratings on check out the detailed list in their FAQ file.Thanks YvesDarnsies!

If you know of a search engine with a particular niche or angle that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, post it up in the comments. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the list.