Miscellaneous
An assorted collection of items for your amusement or interest; this is where all the fun is to be found. There must be a law against pages this long.
Reviews
Misc misc stuff
- Java Girl
A striking title typeface for Mac OS, UNIX and even Windows with some help from a font guru - Windows cursors
- Screenshot cursors
Some “fake” but authentic Windows cursors in PNG and Photoshop format, for inserting into screenshots that need the actual Windows cursor complete with shadow. Also included are cursors that are impossible to screenshot. - PMS 64 k SRAM storage drive
A trip down memory lane to call at the house of the precursor to today’s Flash memory drives. - Colour blending conundrum
- Personal Audio Display Device 2294
Classic Winamp skin - Worms Reinforcements goody
Like Star War, just the one.
Informative misc stuff
- Technical:
- Tech tidbits
- Un-Asked Questions – answers to technical questions that nobody seems to ever ask.
- Totally random tidbits
- Electronic music sample sources
- Electronic music tracklist and cue sheet archive
- Forgotten graphical interfaces
A demonstration of some of the graphical user interfaces that have become largely forgotten - Anchor jump helper
A concept for more convenient use of fragment anchors on Web pages - Critter pics
Pictures of critters (obviously)
Anecdotal misc stuff
- My desk is possessed
Cue the Exorcist theme. - How to check to see that a printer is online
The hard way. - The Phantom Internet
Strange goings on in cyberspace.
Amusing misc stuff
- Steveish language
Fun with mixed metaphors and re-invented words - Assorted odd pictures
- Hawking and Arnie prank calls
A friend of mine known as the Arnie Prankster made a number of amusing prank calls to a British radio station; take a listen. - IRC quotes
Some of the fun and weirdness to be found in IRC - Listing at the Ram and Buffer
Some 80s humour for those of the retrocomputing persuasion.
Software misc stuff
Programs that I have written, worked on or enjoyed in the past, available to download.
- Gold Digger
A description of the first ever commercial computer game I got, Neil Forsyth’s Gold Digger for the BBC Micro. - Gorillas Deluxe
My enhanced version of the old DOS game of Gorillas. - LSAIT Hangman
The language learning package I developed voluntarily for my secondary school in 1996-1997, for the Acorn Master Series microcomputer. - Evil Invaders (originally IJK Invaders)
A nippy little space invaders clone by IJK Software for the BBC Micro that I cleaned up. - Lecture Battleships
A two-player implementation of Battleships written in OPL for the Psion Revo/Revo Plus and Diamond Mako palmtops. - LavaLamp
“Lava-Flow simulator” for Windows, or really, just a pretty picture generator. - Many Apps
My first fully-fledged utility application: a multiple file association program for Windows 3.1.
Classic Mac OS stuff
- Avoiding reboots in Mac OS 8 and 9
Mac OS 8 and 9 do not need to be rebooted quite as often as you might think. - Browser Plugin Install Hack
Install browser plugins under classic Mac OS without Internet Explorer or Opera installed, using this 3 kbyte file. - Fetch Silly Cursors
A patch for Fetch 3.0.3 to replace the doggy activity cursors with easier-to-use animated arrow cursors. - Psion MacConnect
Information about and software downloads from the MacConnect connectivity suite for the Psion Revo, for stranded Psion Revo (and maybe 5/5mx) owners. - ShadowIRC plugins archive
A collection of plugins and their source code for the Macintosh IRC client ShadowIRC, for classic Mac OS; makes available plugins that were previously lost to 404s. - Appearance soundtrack
An Appearance soundtrack for Mac OS 8.5 through 9.2.2. - ‘
kind’ resource template for ResEdit
Soap box
- Destruct
Anyone want to revive this classic video game?