May 09 2008
I wrote a timer countdown program 4-5 years ago for Phillip. I recently remembered it because gHacks posted about a tiny timer program.
My Timer program is self-explanatory. I don’t think I’ve ever used it. I doubt Phillip even used it.
I have to update the email address in its About screen.
Downloads:
- Zipped up [...]
May 06 2008
I have an idea for a Firefox addon that I’m considering developing, despite having a few other projects on the go (eg. specialized ftp client for Steve, website for a client…). In any case, I’m creating this post as a repository of Firefox addon development bookmarks. You’ll be the first to know if [...]
Apr 25 2008
Post Is Clear is a WordPress Plugin I wrote to insert <br clear=”all”/> at the end of posts, to ensure images and objects don’t wrap into successive posts. Phillip and I were manually inserting the code, although I did hack the WordPress code to insert it, but that code is lost whenever I upgrade [...]
Feb 06 2008
I have never gotten a computer virus in my 30ish years of using a PC. I’ve purposely downloaded viruses to see if the damn scanners detect them, in addition to decompiling them to see how they work. I don’t use a virus scanner now; but then, I take pride in knowing what’s on [...]
Sep 25 2007
As reported on Slashdot, Excel 2007 appears to have a major multiplication bug:
The example first that came to light is =850*77.1 — which gives a result of 100,000 instead of the correct 65,535. It seems that any formula that should evaluate to 65,535 will act strangely.
Can someone confirm this? I don’t have Excel 2007.
Jul 19 2007
Firefox doesn’t support opening Windows executable files (i.e. files with an .exe extension); you have to save it, then manually run it. I missed the ability to execute a program directly from a browser (as Internet Explorer allows).
The OpenDownload add-on fixes that. When you click an executable, the dialog now has a “Run” [...]
Apr 11 2007
Although I won’t be on the mic again until sometime in June, the truly devoted Mud Radio listener(s) can now be notified when Mud Radio is on the air by installing a no-hassle little program called WebMon. The download takes about 5 seconds. The installation takes another 5 seconds. It might take 30 seconds to [...]
Apr 05 2007
Can anyone tell me how to access the ID3 tag editor in the recent versions of Winamp? It used to be a simple procedure, but now it isn’t. I’m still using version of 5.24 because the later versions seem to have complicated the tagging procedure.
One thing I used to like about Winamp is that when [...]
Mar 17 2007
The official Wordpress site finally organized their plugin page, showing the Most Popular, Newest, and Recently Updated plugins. I’m going to spend some time perusing its wares.
Wordpress plugins allow you to easily add additional functionality to your wordpress site. I’ve written about the plugins I use.
Aug 27 2006
Photo to Sketch:
With this fast, easy-to-use program, you can convert any photo-not just portraits-into an interesting, folksy sketch. While Photoshop can also perform this function, Photo To Sketch does it faster.
The following is an example from a photo of my son:
The standard version displays an annoying popup occasionally and has limited functionality, but it works.
(via [...]
Aug 08 2006
Borland is bringing back the Turbo brand:
In 1983, Borland revolutionized software development with one of the first PC development environments, Turbo Pascal®, which helped make the commercial development of PC applications possible. The new products revive the popular Turbo brand and provide users with a simple but powerful development environment that combines quick and easy [...]
Jul 05 2006
All bets off as casino refuses to pay jackpot:
Two men from Manitoba have hired a lawyer and are threatening legal action after a Winnipeg casino refused to pay out more than $209,000 in slot-machine winnings.
The machine said the win was worth a jackpot of $209,716.40. The casino said it was a software error.
A software error. [...]
Apr 26 2006
I recently discovered CamStudio, an impressive, free Windows program that…
is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using it’s built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
Here’s a short video I created of me starting to create [...]
Apr 13 2006
I want a Freeware Utility to … 300+ common problems solved is a useful list grouped in categories such as I want to … Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Rootkit/Security Freeware Utilities and I want to … Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities.
Looks like they’re all for Windows, though.
Apr 06 2006
TimeSnapper is a cool Windows application. It’s..
…an Automatic Screenshot Journal. It runs in the background of your computer, taking screenshots of your desktop every few seconds all week long… you can play back your week just like a movie. You can play it at any speed you like, and jump in at any time you [...]
