Audacity in Vista

If you're having difficulty making recordings using Audacity in Windows Vista you should check out this page on the Audacity Wiki.

Midnight Commander Win32

A version of Midnight Commander for Windows can be downloaded from here.

Useful Java Links

Here are some links I've put together to help if you're trying to learn Java.

• Apache Ant can be downloaded here.
• An Apache Ant tutorial can be found here.
• Jogl can be downloaded from here.
• Jogl NeHe ports can be found here.
• A Jogl HelloWorld program can be found here.
  

Modern Warfare 2 Trailer

More Modern Warfare 2 Info

DOSBox 0.73

The newest version of DOSBox has been released & can be downloaded from here.

There's a Setup & Installation guide for using DOSBox here & games can be downloaded from the following sites here & here.

For anyone who is running Vista & is wondering where the dosbox.conf file is, you'll find it at the following location...

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\DOSBox

New WinUAE Version

The newest version of the popular Amiga Emulator WinUAE has recently been released.

You'll also need to download the Kickstart ROMs, so visit this page where you might find them.

Wubi

Is an Installer which will allow you to install Ubuntu in Windows & it's probably one of the best programs ever written.

I've been using a Windows / Linux dual boot since the beginning of 2006. Setting up such a system can be a pretty tedious process, what with defragging, partitioning & having to use chkdsk. Removing one of the OSes but keeping the other intact is even more hard work & involves using a program called MbrFix.

I'd been using XP & Mandriva Linux but decided to go back to using a Vista & Ubuntu system. But this time I decided to use Wubi to install Ubuntu & it was much easier than the previous installation method. In fact it was as easy as installing any other program in Windows.

Wakoopa

I first heard about Wakoopa on the BBC programme, Click. It featured a website called Wakoopa which tracks all the software you've got installed on your computer. I created an account there & you can see the programs I use the most in the widget below.

Wolfram Alpha

Nice video which can be watched here; will show you everything you need to know about Wolfram Alpha.

Rubygame 2.5.2 for Windows

I've compiled a new version of Rubygame v2.5.2 for Windows; you can find the download & some others in this thread at the Rubygame forum.

Mathematica Player 7

The new version of the Mathematica Player is out & can be downloaded from here.

I'd encountered installation problems with the previous version of the Player but version 7 installed first time without any errors.

Flash Presentations

Have you ever wanted to make a Flash Presentation or Tutorial like this for free?

If you have then you need to download Wink.

MD5 Online

Nice website here where you can enter some text & the site will generate an MD5 checksum of it.

Fallout 3

Recently I brought Fallout 3 for my Xbox 360, so here are some Fallout related links.

• Fallout 3 wiki here
• Review of Fallout 3 at IGN here

A nice video of what the game is all about can be viewed here on YouTube.

OmniFlop

If you need to read, write or test data in a variety of different floppy-disk formats you should check out OmniFlop.

Free Video Converter

In the past I've used Super to convert videos into various different formats but sometimes I'd be overwhelmed by the number of options available to me. However I found the following converter on FileHippo & it's very easy to use.

Pixel City

Found the following video at the thinBasic forum in this thread. It shows you how to generate a city by using simple programming routines.

TripleTags Wii Gamercard

I found this site called TripleTags where you can create gamercards for the PS3 & Wii.

Here is my Nintendo Wii tag & if you want to see my profile just click here.

Xbox 360 Hard Drive Guide

There is an excellent list here which shows you what games can be installed to hard drive on the Xbox 360 & what games can't. It also tells you what the effect of installing the game is, in the case of The Last Remnant it's essential & improves the games playability drastically but in the case of Halo 3 it increases the loading times by 10 seconds.

New Mandriva Version

Last evening while I was using Mandriva, I received a message asking whether I wanted to upgrade to the newest version. I accepted & after about a download time of 4 hours & 1,426 files, I'm now using Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring.

LHA for Windows

I've previously posted about LHA compression here but I've now found that another command-line version can be downloaded from the GNU-Win32 site here.

Usage is pretty simple as can be seen in the accompanying image...

Screen2Exe

Very nice screen capture program can be downloaded from here.

It allows you to capture moving images from your screen or multiple windows & save the recording to an .exe & it's completely free.

WinDirStat

Nice program here which will scan your hard-drive & produce a graphical representation of it's usage.

Vote for Basic4GL

Basic4GL needs your vote here.

Assembly from Terminator

Ever wondered what's in the Assembly listings from the Terminator movie?

If you have then visit this blog.

Basic4GL in China

It would appear Basic4GL is being used a lot in China by the looks of this site.

Digsby

In the past I've used Pidgin as my IM Client in both Windows & Linux but I've just started using Digsby.

It's available for Windows, Linux & Mac plus it isn't just an IM Client, it also allows you to check your E-Mail & Social Networking accounts.

A word of caution though, if you're installing the Windows version the installer will try & install a lot of unnecessary garbage on your computer like Registry Cleaners & so on. You are given the option to decline the installation of such programs & I recommend you do.

XNA Creators Club

I first messed about with XNA last year but I've recently joined the Creators Club, so I hope to do some XNA game coding in C#.

If you're interested in XNA you should visit this page as it will tell you everything you need to download.

SDL_gfx-2.0.19

A new version of SDL_gfx has been released, I've compiled a Windows DLL using MinGW.

You can download the DLL & the Code::Blocks project from here.

Rubygame 2.5.0 Windows Binaries

I recently found out that a new version of Rubygame had been released.

So I compiled a Windows version of it, which can be downloaded from here.

Eric Python IDE

Interesting thread here on the Ubuntu forum about different IDEs for Python. I'd never heard of Eric before so I thought I'd install it in Windows. Building & Installation was successful but I recommend looking at the list of prerequisites before trying yourself, to minimize any possible errors.