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Coming Up Gadget - A Windows Desktop Gadget

By Eric — 1 minute read

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Download Gadget
Version 0.9.3
08 Jun 2010
Around 20 KB

Coming Up Gadget is a reminder tool for upcoming events for Windows Vista or Windows 7. It retrieves events either from Microsoft Outlook or a Google Calendar account (including Google Apps). Coming Up is intended to remind …

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InspectionPrinter - Prepare source code for inspection

By Eric — 3 minute read

InspectionPrinter is a utility to help get source code ready for a formal inspection.

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Install via "ClickOnce"
Version 1.1.2326.36040
15 May 2006
Around 1.7 MB

Inspection Printer depends on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, which can be obtained through Windows Update.

Note: Installing the …

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Work Plan Editor - Maintain your personal schedule

By Eric — 2 minute read

Install via "ClickOnce" Version 3.0.2641.36770 25 Mar 2007 Around 300 KB

Work Plan Editor depends on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, which can be obtained through Windows Update.

Note: Installing the software means that you agree to the license.

Note for ** Firefox ** users: You may need …

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Work Plan Editor Release

By Eric — 2 minute read

A few years ago I got really frustrated trying to maintain a schedule for my current development assignment. I personally think that having a schedule, or work plan, is a very good thing. But it was too painful to maintain one, so I started writing a tool that would help …

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ByChance - An experiment with randomness

By Eric

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ByChance.exe
Version 1.0.0.28867
21 Sep 2005
84 KB

ByChance depends on the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, which can be obtained through Windows Update.

Introduction

ByChance is an experiment brought about after considering the effect of randomness in biological evolution. For more background, please see …

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By Chance - Can Order Come Out of Randomness?

By Eric — 2 minute read

A few years ago I was reading some books about biological evolution. At some point, probably reading something by Richard Dawkins, I was thinking about randomness and its ability to produce apparently non-random things. All you need is a little pressure that selects one random thing over another. So I …

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DeskMinder Release

By Eric — 1 minute read

I wrote DeskMinder as a Christmas gift for my family and friends. It originated as just a bit of HTML and JavaScript as an Active Desktop component for reminding me when special occasions were drawing near, like family members' birthdays and anniversaries. To make it easier to customize the events …

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InspectionPrinter Initial Release

By Eric — 1 minute read

I've released the first version of my InspectionPrinter utility. We have been renewing our efforts to do more formal code inspections at NextPage recently, which finally motivated me to finish this thing off, having originally started it nearly two years ago. It can be downloaded from the software section.

The …

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