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Applications

• DB File Viewer
  (Windows)

  	Displays *.dbf (DBase, FoxPro, Clipper …) files in a spreadsheetlike table.
  Available Files File Size (bytes) dbfviewer.zip 47643

• Get The Pictures

  I was asked if I knew a program which downloads JPEGs from a HTML page with thumbnails. I didn’t know one and offered to program it. The Perl version also downloads GIF and PNG images.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) gtp.exe (Windows) 300343 gtp.pl (Windows/Unix/OS X, needs Perl) 972

• Interval
  Timer(Palm)

  	This tool can be used to notify the user that an interval has ended (2 intervalls are possible). This can be useful for people who are observing animal behaviour. The application was tested on Palm OS 2.0, but should work on all Palms. The source code is included.
  Available Files File Size (bytes) itimer.zip 15589

• Crossfader (KDE/QT)

  	A crossfader for two mixer sources.
  Available Files File Size (bytes) crossfader-0.1.tar.gz 627384

Games

• Flut (Windows)

  It’s a really simple game. You can’t even win or lose . Your task is to catch drops of water with a bucket.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) flut.exe 594554

• Pacman (Windows)

  	This is a newer version of the Python script. It is an executable, so no Python is needed.
  Available Files File Size (bytes) pacman.exe 1333774

Java Applets

• 3d Starfield

  A 3d starfield

• Blobs

  Some nice blobs

Python

• A Pacmanclone in Python (needs the pygame library)

  	It’s an unfinished but playable version.
  Available Files File Size (bytes) pacman.tar.bz2 11233

Screensaver (Windows)

• 2d Starfield

  This is my first Windows DirectX Screensaver.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) stars.scr 56832

• Blobs

  My second Windows Screensaver, where I used the code from the Java Blob Applet.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) blobs.scr 58880

• Blobs (640×480)

  The same saver as above with different colours and a higher resolution.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) blobs_high.scr 131072

• Christmas Intro

  A sort of Christmas intro with a snow effect and sound.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) weihnachten.zip 181859

• Plasma

  A plasma effect.

  Available Files File Size (bytes) plasma.scr 62464