Tag Archives: tidying up my online presence

Before the Internet #2… “My First PC” featuring “MS-DOS Directory Changer”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

Following on from my previous post… In 1998, after a few years’ break from computers – give or take the occasional dabble with my Atari ST for nostalgic reasons or to help me with the odd maths problem during my … Continue reading →

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Before the Internet #1… 68000 light cycles

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

“Atari ST Internals – The Authoritative Insider’s Guide” by R Bruckmann, K Gerits & L Englisch (Abacus Software – Jan 1987) I find it crazy now to think that a single paperback enabled me to write a full-blown game for … Continue reading →

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SoundConverter – freedom, power and a little patience

Posted on April 17, 2011 by steveshomelab

The year is 2007. I’ve just bought an Aigo F529 (pictured). I want to squeeze as much music as possible onto its internal memory. I download SoundConverter. It seems to do everything I need. I think that if I could … Continue reading →

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“France 2 News Streaming Script” – gone but not forgotten

Posted on April 16, 2011 by steveshomelab

In 2005, my friend Liam and I wrote a bit of code collaboratively which enabled the French news on the France 2 website to be easily viewed in Linux. As well as the finished product being very useful to us, … Continue reading →

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“Taekwon-Do Theory Assistant” – making money for strangers!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by steveshomelab

After deciding to start this blog, I thought that now would be a good time to tidy up my general online presence. It would seem, however, that not all of it is tidyupable. One of my babies – Taekwon-Do Theory … Continue reading →

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