This one is via one of our readers, Ankur Jain. Check out Generate Data. It's a free tool that can generate test data in a number of formats. Ankur has a review on his blog.

If you need small sets of similar data, try Google Sets. You give sets a couple examples and it gives you a listing of 15+ items that match that general pattern.

Snipping is a free screen capture tool, no install needed on windows vista. The Snipping Tool has become my favorite screen capture tool. It's free.  For a good description read more here.