Arndt von Koenigsmarck, author of the fantastic plugin Translucent Pro. All of the 3d images on this site use it.
Corel Painter, great software for digital sketching. Fantastic colour work, brushes. Combined with Wacom is even better.
Maxon is the company that produces Cinema 4d, fantastic 3d software that I used for creating all of my 3d designs
Chris, now one of the administrators on 3d attack, is the author of a great plugin called light gen, now called Lumen.
OpenOffice. Free and great office software package. Wrote my diploma on it!
My browser. Firefox. Fast, safe, reliable. And easy on the eyes!