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Sites and reading (Sept 18, 2005)
Hey! You know what?! You could save recipes
on these things! (added Aug 23, 2003) - this is also a base
link on my home page.
Here's my way-cool "Babylon 5" theme that I've
been using on my PC since 1996 or so. I didn't
create it, but I've included some alternate selections that
you can choose. Note that the zipfile contains a subdirectory or
folder.
Compatible with Windows 95, 98, and possibly, but I'm not sure, Windows
2000 and later. 786 kB (binary; 1k = 1024). (Posted Feb 3, 2004).
-You'll need the Zip program, which you can
get from http://www.winzip.com or http://www.pkzip.com / http://www.pkware.com, if you don't
already have it. Microsoft Windows XP reads zip files as "compressed
folders" in Windows Explorer (right-click on the Start button and
select "Explore"). Lastly, here
is the final version for MS-DOS: pkz204g
(as of Feb 1, 1993!) -- .exe -- renamed to .zip -- when downloaded it
is openable as a zipfile (in WinZip, at least) or you can rename it
.exe and run it in MS-DOS to unpack it (which is all it takes to
install for MS-DOS). (Feb 19, 2006)
See my F&SF page for the link
to a B5 website (or two).
Here's a nifty little tune whistler.
You
can fairly quickly and easily type in music into a text file using a
simple scheme that's explained every time you run the program, and the
computer will play it for you, so that you can find out what the
printed
music would sound like. Click here to
download
this little "PC Player" executable that runs in DOS (a zipfile that
includes
the sample music files). Although I can specify an exe file in
Netscape
Composer and it works on browsers on my local system, Geocities won't
let
me upload a file of type .exe, not even if I rename it something else
first.
I've uploaded it as a zipfile, which is the easiest thing, because it
makes it a lot easier to send the .sng (actual song data) files,
which are simply in text format with a .sng extension. You can look
at those files as examples to clarify the description of how to create
your own music files.
Songs included are (Title, filename):
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic", BatlHymn.sng
"Fellowship Going South", by Leslie Fish, based on "The Lord of
the Rings", LFTB.sng
"Flight of the Bumblebee", Bumble.sng
"Hope Eyrie", HpEyrie.sng, by Leslie Fish
"O'Leary and O'Reilly", NCC.sng
"The Phoenix", Phoenix.sng
"Threes", by Leslie Fish, Threes.sng
See my F&SF page for Filk music
Here's a little "wav" file of a glass-breaking sound that you can
download (useful for your "exiting Windows" sound): GlasBk.wav. Geocities let me upload this.
Computer humor: see Humor
You might also be interested in my program that
plays "Life"
Other links of possible
interest
Linux Development: http://kernel.org