Site Updates and News

Win32::InstallShield 0.5 Wed Oct 14 16:52:15 2009
Updated Win32::InstallShield to 0.5. Added methods to manage the summary table and component attributes.
 
A.V. Talk index Sat Dec 20 00:36:14 2008
I added a new page that has links to all the installments of the AV Club's A.V. Talk.
 
New Image::Embroidery and Weatherspect Sat Nov 10 11:17:24 2007
I updated Image::Embroidery to add support for Melco EXP files and fix a couple of issues parsing malformed Tajima DST files. I also updated Weatherspect to address a problem with incomplete weather data reported on freshmeat.
 
New Win32::InstallShield Tue Jul 10 19:13:10 2007
I just updated Win32::InstallShield to version 0.3. Just added a few new methods and tests, and fixed a doc error.
 
GUID Converter Fri Apr 6 16:26:48 2007
I made a small converter to switch GUIDs back and forth between the standard hyphen separated format, and the format used by Oracle that is stored in a RAW(16) column.
 
Drink machine update Sat Dec 23 20:10:49 2006
I fixed a problem with the drink machine that was causing sessions to expire instantly. I also made it much easier to create an account. Just type a username and password in, and if the account doesn't exist it will be created.
 
Weatherspect v1.7 Fri Dec 22 09:29:38 2006
The new version of weatherspect is now available. You can sign up for updates at freshmeat.
 
New Term::Animation Sun Dec 17 15:18:39 2006
Two new versions of Term::Animation this week. The first adds a couple minor new features that the new version of weatherspect will need, and the second fixes a bug that has been around for a while. New weatherspect in a couple days!
 
DUI / DWI info page Fri Nov 24 14:51:41 2006
I've started a index of DUI / DWI information sites. It will consist of links to official government sites with info about DUI/DWI laws and programs. Only a few states so far, I'll add more when I'm feeling less lazy.
 
New Drink Machine! Mon Sep 11 10:30:05 2006
I've rewritten the Drink Machine, and it is mostly functional. Buying a drink still doesn't do anything, but you can now repair the machine and I've added a few other new things.
 
Dislexicon update Tue Aug 29 17:34:44 2006
I just added about 90 new prefixes and suffixes to the dislexicon.
 
New hardware Wed Jan 18 04:11:17 2006
The new server is up and running again, and everything seems to be working.
 
Temporarily back online! Thu Jan 12 17:34:58 2006
I had a hardware failure last weekend, and the repairs did not go well. The site is temporarily running on my desktop machine. I should get new hardware next week.
 
More site changes Wed Jan 4 18:49:03 2006
The Projects page and the Dislexicon now look like the rest of the site, and the projects are a lot better organized. Plus, there's an awesome new logo.
 
New layout Mon Dec 12 07:32:37 2005
The page looks different now, hurrah! The Dislexicon is also slightly improved.
 
new WeatherSpect 1.6 Sat Nov 19 20:15:25 2005
There's a new version of WeatherSpect that works with the latest version of Weather::Underground. It has a few cosmetic updates as well.
 
New Text::BarGraph Thu Nov 3 17:40:11 2005
I finally got around to cleaning up the docs and packaging of Text::BarGraph.
 
Asciiquarium Sat Sep 17 13:35:18 2005
I've posted a new program called Asciiquarium on Freshmeat that uses the Term::Animation module. For KDE users, Michael Pyne and Maksim Orlovich have written a KDE screensaver based on it!
 
Term::Animation 2.0 Tue Jul 12 13:00:52 2005
Term::Animation version 2.0 is up on Freshmeat and CPAN. New weatherspect and some other stuff to follow soon.
 
Image::Embroidery v0.2 Wed Jun 29 16:58:21 2005
There's a new version of Image::Embroidery. This release just makes the module more forgiving of Tajima DST files that don't follow the file spec.
 
New Weatherspect Mon Aug 23 19:38:09 2004
Oops, forgot to post that there's a new version of Weatherspect that adds lots of new creatures.
 
New Term::Animation release! Mon Aug 2 11:04:26 2004
There's a new Term::Animation available that adds several new functions, and fixes one bug. I should have a new weatherspect available shortly, the bugfix in this version of Term::Animation is needed for the new version of weatherspect.
 
New Weatherspect release! Fri Jul 16 15:57:12 2004
I've made a small update to Weatherspect to fix a bug that was causing craziness with the number of clouds present sometimes. You can get the new version at freshmeat or here. As always, any ASCII art contributions to Weatherspect would be appreciated.
 
New tool Thu May 27 13:21:54 2004
I made a little page to help with selecting colors.
 
New Term::Animation and WeatherSpect Tue Jan 6 10:59:08 2004
Two new project updates! Term::Animation is no longer beta, and now has support for ANSI color. WeatherSpect is also updated to take advantage of the improvements in Term::Animation, and fix a couple of bugs.
 
New TextMaze Mon Dec 1 16:44:09 2003
I've added a 'score' to TextMaze and updated the entry on Freshmeat
 
WeatherSpect update Mon Nov 10 19:10:55 2003
Version 1.0 of WeatherSpect is now available. I've switched from Geo::Weather to Weather::Underground for weather data, so it should be much more reliable now.
 
New perl module Sun Sep 28 05:38:02 2003
I've created a perl module to parse and display embroidery data files (specifically, Tajima DST files). No, I don't know why you should care either.
 
New WeatherSpect and Term::Animation Sat Sep 20 22:06:13 2003
I've updated WeatherSpect and Term::Animation. WeatherSpect and Term::Animation are both available on Freshmeat if you want to subscribe to get automatic notification of updates. WeatherSpect finally performs its intended purpose, and I've somewhat arbitrarily decided that Term::Animation is now beta instead of alpha. If you actually use Term::Animation to produce something, I'd love to hear about it. Particulary, I'm interested in any shortcomings or features that you'd like to see added.
 
WeatherSpect Tue Aug 26 14:01:52 2003
I've added a new program called WeatherSpect that I've also posted to Freshmeat. It uses my Term::Animation module to give you weather info and an animation in ASCII. Eventually the animation will reflect the weather data, but it isn't there quite yet. Here's a screenshot of it in action.
 
EV Nova map Fri Aug 22 14:24:50 2003
Lately I've been playing Escape Velocity: Nova, and decided that I wanted to be able to look at the whole map full sized. I couldn't find one on the net anywhere, so I made one. This map is a composite of about 35 screenshots of the map fully zoomed in.
 
PDA comics list URL change Thu Aug 14 18:55:12 2003
I've change the URL for the comics list. Because it's more fantastical! If you were using the old URL, you will have to change. Sorry.
 
New project: Term::Animation Tue Jul 29 10:04:25 2003
I've got a new perl module on freshmeat and CPAN. It can be used to do sprite animation using ASCII art. I have one program that uses it that is nearly ready for release, so that should provide a good demo of what the module can do.
 
Shipping comics list for your PDA Sat Jun 7 00:10:13 2003
I've added a page that will produce an HTML version of Diamond Comics weekly shipping list, formatted for easy viewing on a portable device. It will let you select which publishers / sections you're interested in (so you can easily ignore stuff you don't care about), and give you a URL to grab with Plucker, or whatever HTML viewer you use. I've only tested it on my Tungsten, so let me know if you run into any problems. It's listed as the PDA Comic List on the main page.
 
TextMaze Update Mon Jun 2 16:16:30 2003
I've rewritten TextMaze to use Curses for display and input, instead of Term::Cap and ANSI::Color. The updated version is also on Freshmeat.
 
New Server! Sat May 10 09:42:19 2003
Geez, I haven't updated in a while. I'd say that I've been busy, but that's obviously a lie. I'm in the process of replacing my ancient UltraSparc I webserver with a shiny new Athlon XP 2500+ running Gentoo Linux. I should have a couple new things to add relatively soon.
 
new project Sun Sep 2 22:52:13 2001
i've added a program called TextMaze to freshmeat, you can check it out here. or you can just go here.
 
new job Sun Aug 19 12:16:23 2001
well i have a day job now, so i probably won't update anything for a while. if you discover a bug in something, let me know.
 
new drink machine features Mon Jul 30 03:52:37 2001
the drinkmachine has a few new features. you can now kick and punch the machine, or look under the machine for change. of course, this means you can also drop money under the machine if you are clumsy. i also added Jones soda, which i would highly recommend for your real life soda consumption.
 
Huzzah! Thu Jul 19 04:00:48 2001
i've decided to add a short section with updates and general news about the site. at least it will help fill the main page. i've recently gotten the drink machine into working condition, so go buy a drink! it doesn't do much yet, but i have a lot planned for it, and i'm open to suggestions. also, i have a new links page.