ReDim

I always wondered why the ReDim command existed in certain versions of BASIC. Now I've finally found out why in the final post in this thread on the old QBASIC Forum. I originally found that thread in this one.

Echo Basic

I found this site a few years ago when I was looking for a password program & found this.

It features a lot of BBS postings from the early nineties regarding QBASIC.

Comic Book Format

If you need a Comic Book Viewer or you need to store some images in the .CBR Format. Then I recommend that you take a look at some of the links on this Wikipedia page.

WorldWide Telescope

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is a bit like Google Earth but for the Universe.

Techfest : World Wide Telescope Demo
Uploaded by giiks

NASA World Wind

NASA World Wind is a lot like Google Earth & can be downloaded from here.

Make an Electric Motor

Computing is just one of the things that I'm interested in. I'm also going to deal with Science & Technology in this Blog. Here is a Video that I found on the Science Forum, it shows you how to make an 'Electric' motor from a magnet, battery & a piece of wire.

C++ FAQ

Here is a link to the C++ FAQ Pages where you'll find a lot of C++ questions answered & here is a link to the C++ FQA where you'll find a critique of the C++ programming language.

Both sites are very interesting & should help any new programmers out.

Basic4GL v2.5.5

You can download & read more about the new version of Basic4GL here.

Notepad++

Out of all the notepad replacements I've tried, Notepad++ has to be the best.

Buzzcocks: Preston walks out

Slightly off-topic for a Computer related Blog but here are some highlights of the Edition of 'Never mind the Buzzcocks' where Preston walks out.

Win32 API Helpfile

The Win32 API Helpfile is a must for any serious Windows programmer. It can be downloaded from here.

There's also a direct link to the file here. (12.8 MB (13,471,059 bytes)

Deciding on a Forum

Recently I decided to start a Forum, not because I'm interested in persuading lots of people to join but because I want a place to store links to useful information.

I remembered that exodus on the Basic4GL Forum had created a forum sometime ago & he used Forums Vibe, so I created a Forum here. I was soon disappointed however when I found that I couldn't embed YouTube videos. So I typed 'Free Forums' into Google & I came across a link to these people, their Forums are a lot like the ones at 'Forums Vibe' but you can embed videos in your posts but I had a problem creating new forum categories & found it unnecessarily complicated, I also discovered that I couldn't embed more than one video in a post, you can see the forum I created here. I finally created a ProBoards Forum, which I should be able to do a lot more with & you can see that here.

K-Meleon Browser

After using Firefox 3 for some time I've gone back to using the K-Meleon Browser, I've also removed a lot of programming software that I felt was cluttering-up my computer.

Ubuntu Google Bookmarks

Anyone who has ever used the 'Google Toolbar' for Firefox 2 in Ubuntu Linux may have had this problem where when you click the Bookmarks button & it just shows the words 'Downloading bookmarks...'.

Solving it is pretty simple & the solution is found here.

However now I've just installed Firefox 3 for Ubuntu Linux & I've run into the same problem.

I eventually looked here & I found the solution.

Just install the excellent add-on 'Deng Google Bookmarks' & it will solve your problems.

Linux FLTK Program

The following commands will allow you to compile an FLTK program in Linux.

Imagine you had a program called mywindow.cpp & a header file called mywindow.h

g++ -g -Wall mywindow.h mywindow.cpp -lfltk -lXft -lXext -lX11 -o mywindow

Eric Schwartz Amiga Video

Nice Amiga related Video by legendary Amiga Animator Eric Schwartz. The featured music is taken from Portal.

FLTK Devpak

You can get the Devpak for FLTK version 2 from here. Just rename it from .devpak to .tar.gz then you'll be able to extract the include and lib files.

Geany

Geany is a Code Editor (IDE) for Windows & Linux. It can be downloaded from here & there is a guide to compiling programs in various languages such as Java, Python, C, C++ here on my Wikispace.

FLTK - Finally Working!!!

I first heard about the Fast Light Toolkit in this post on the Ubuntu Forum.

I'd never heard about it before but it's a toolkit for designing GUI's & it's really good.

It's pretty simple to install in Linux but quite tedious in Windows.

After spending several hours trying, I finally figured out how to use it & I compiled & ran my first program.

Dark GDK Download

You can get Visual C++ Express Edition, DirectX SDK & the Dark GDK, to start creating your own games.

PCopy Issue 70

The new issue of PCopy is out & can be seen here. PCopy for those of you who don't know is a publication dedicated to the BASIC programming language.

Firefox 3 Download

Firefox 3 is available for download from here & here.

All the add-ons I've tried are compatible with it so far, even Google Toolbar.

Opengl Redbook & Bluebook

PDF copies of the OpenGL Redbook & Bluebook can be downloaded from the bottom of this webpage.

OpenGL Collision Detection

Interesting thread here on the Ubuntu Forum about how to achieve Collision Detection using the OpenGL 3D Graphics library.

Downloading Ruby

If you want to download the Ruby Programming Language for Windows, I recommend you visit the following site & download the 'One-Click Installer'.

Regina REXX & THE Editor

There's an installation guide for Ubuntu here.

Installing RPM Files

If you need to convert an RPM file into a Deb file then read this guide.

Final Fantasy XII Walkthrough

Final Fantasy XII Walkthrough available here.

Linux BASH Commands

A list of useful Linux BASH Commands can be found here.

Lego Digital Designer

Some months ago I came across this News post on download.com about the Lego Digital Designer which can be downloaded for free from here.

SpeQ Mathematics

I found out about SpeQ Mathematics on the Coding Monkeys Forum. It's a very useful Scientific Calculator program which is completely free.

Mathematica Demonstrations

An awful lot of Free Mathematica Demonstration Projects are available for download here.

Free CSS Web Templates

Download them here.

Managed Code Performance

Interesting article on the performance of managed code here.

Ionic Wind Software

Check out the Ionic Wind Software site for a lot of free programming software.

Mathematica Player

I've had a total nightmare trying to download the Mathematica Player from the official site. Neither the Windows version nor the Linux version worked. Whenever I tried to install them they complained about a corrupt installer or the md5 checksum failed.

I managed to find this site where I downloaded a working copy of the player.

Windows Shell Scripting

Here is a link to a page on Wikipedia that lists a lot of the Environment Variables for the various Windows Operating Systems.

You might also find this page useful as it contains information on the difference between .bat files & .cmd files.

Microsoft Express Edition Videos

The Free Learning videos for the 2005 range of Microsoft Express Edition programming languages can still be seen & downloaded from here.

Linux Google Earth Installation

The following link on the Ubuntu Forum will show you how to correctly install Google Earth on Ubuntu Linux.