Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Windows XP Tour Music

I've taken out the music out of the Windows XP Tour - now the only thing I'm wondering about is who made it. :)

These are good-quality stereo MP3s. Download them as a zip here, or download them one by one:


Saturday, September 13, 2008

Age of Mythology - Behold the Great Science Fi MIDI

Hope you like it! It is recommended that you use the Microsoft GS Wavetable Software Synthesizer (usually default on Windows machines) for playing the song back. No QuickTime complaints this time, other than it might end a tad bit too early. :)

Download it here: http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=8047

I was forced to make some substitutions, but (at least to me it feels so) it wasn't as bad as the agogo substitution in the Hoping for Real Betterness MIDI. ;)

I please ask you - if you find any wrong notes or any wrong melody, please report what time it occurs at and if you can, what instrument, and I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible. :)

Feel free to fire up a MIDI editor, check out the notes, and, even if you want, try and adapt it for the piano. I didn't create the music anyway. :P

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Age of Mythology - Hoping for Real Betterness MIDI

Another one of the songs from Age of Mythology, "Hoping for Real Betterness" has been turned into a midi. Now you can fire up a MIDI editor, check out the notes, and, even if you want, try and adapt it for the piano.

I'm uploading the MIDI here: http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=8041

In the middle you may notice that I am using an agogo instead of the ceramic drum in the original audio file. This is because I could not find the ceramic drum in the GM, and I couldn't use the bongo because I was using it already at the same time. Anyone who can find a better replacement, please tell me, and I'll try it out.

It is recommended that you use the Microsoft GS Wavetable Software Synthesizer (usually default on Windows machines) for playing the song back. If you are using QuickTime, it is known that you may have notes being cut off during the guitar's melody.

I please ask you - if you find any wrong notes or any wrong melody, please report what time it occurs at and if you can, what instrument, and I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible.
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Friday, September 05, 2008

Age of Mythology - "(Fine Layers Of) Slaysenflite" - MIDI'fied

Yes, that's right. Finally, at least one of the songs from Age of Mythology, "(Fine Layers Of) Slaysenflite" has been turned into a midi. Now you can fire up a MIDI editor, check out the notes, and, even if you want, try and adapt it for the piano.

I'm uploading the MIDI here: http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=8028

It is recommended that you use the Microsoft GS Wavetable Software Synthesizer (usually default on Windows machines) for playing the song back. If you are using QuickTime on Windows Vista, it is known that you may have the fade-in sound off-tune, and possibly other notes off-tune.

I please ask you - if you find any wrong notes or any wrong melody, please report what time it occurs at and if you can, what instrument, and I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

WobZIP

Ever wanted to uncompress a file that someone sent you, only to find out that you don't have the software to do it? Ever found an archive online and only wanted to download a select number of files in it?

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Now, with WobZIP, the online archive decompressor, you can "uncompress on the fly." You can upload to 100 MB of an archive from one of the most common archive formats*, or give WobZIP the URL of an uploaded archive, and WobZIP will display a list of the folders and files in the archive and let you download them one by one. WobZIP can also serve as a simple archive converter as it allows you to download your uploaded archive as a ZIP.

WobZIP scans for viruses, so you can be sure that what you're downloading is legit.

Because WobZIP is an online service, you don't have to install any software on the computer you're using it on, and neither do you have to have an admin account. This is great if you're on a work or school computer which lacks the proper decompression software, but you can't install any due to lack of user permissions.

WobZIP is a free service - so please to WobZIP so that they can continue providing this service!


Check out WobZIP, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

*7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
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*FREE* Microsoft Software for Students

Did you know that if you are a student of an accredited school or member of a Microsoft-recognized student organization in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or Belgium, you can get essential Microsoft tools such as Visual Studio Professional and Windows Server 2003 - for FREE!

The process of getting to the downloads is very easy - first, visit the DreamSpark website at https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ and sign in with your Windows Live ID (formerly MSN Passport - if you need to get one, check out http://login.live.com/.) Then, verify that you indeed are a student by choosing your country and what school you're in, filling out your information, and submitting (if your school/organization isn't listed, see this page in the FAQ.) Finally, download the programs you need, and you're off (hopefully you're not on dialup - the files are huge!)

I hope this works for you - it worked for me! :)
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Monday, September 01, 2008

ImageButton Class

I needed a button for a project I'm working on which would work like a hover button on a website, but on my windows form.

The result is the code here. (until the code is approved on CodeProject, you can download it here)



Check it out, tell me what you think, use it where you want.

Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
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Because it is so

This was my dream this morning:
As the sun rises, Timothy Gooding, an average 12 year old boy, with short black hair, blue eyes, and a curiosity which always begged to be filled, leaves the world of dreams to enter the world of reality. He sits up in bed and looks at his wristwatch, a present from his father, who passed away when Timothy was 6, which Timothy has never taken off.

The time is 6:15 AM.

Timothy lies down and stretches out from his fingers to his toes, and then proceeds to jump out of bed. He creeps into his mother's and his sister's rooms to see if they are awake yet, to find out that his mother is still asleep while his sister, Emily, in her pink cake pajamas, is sitting on the floor playing with her dolls. Emily is 6 years old, but can be easily confused with an 8 year old, because of her speech and the fact that is bigger than most 6 year olds. She has light brown curls, and hazel eyes which sparkle at any new, interesting discovery.

She looks up at Timothy and comments, "I'm giving Anabelle a haircut."

"Very well," Timothy replies.

"Timmy," she asks, "Have you seen Elizabeth anywhere?"

"No, I haven't. You probably left her at Aunt Rosenbaum's house when we were there Monday."

"Can we go check?"

Aunt Rosenbaum's house was a block away.

"No, it's too early. She's probably not even awake yet."

"But I want my Elizabeth!" Emily screams, and begins to sob.

It is Emily's scream which wakes up Marvella, Timothy and Emily's mother. Emily is quite big for a 6 year old, and has a voice to match. A creaking of the bed in the adjacent room can be heard, indicating that whoever was sleeping on it isn't doing so any longer. Then come footsteps, until Marvella walks into Emily's room, half-awake, and with her hair all over the place.

"What in the world is going on, and why are you up so early?" Marvella sleepily inquires, over the sound of Emily's crying.

"Emily lost one of her dolls," Timothy responded, trying carefully not to answer the second question.

"Oh, deary-dear," Marvella said, looking at Emily with a sense of pity, "we'll find your doll. Timothy, go back to bed!"

Marvella picks up Emily and rocks her to and fro, until Emily stops crying. As Marvella is leaving the room with Emily and is walking downstairs, a grin can be seen on Emily's face as she sends a wink to Timothy, knowing that she got her "downstairs ticket," while her brother - not quite.

Ah, girls - master manipulators.

At this point I woke up, to find that it was only a dream.
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Friday, August 15, 2008

The truth

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