Just an update on the lack of updates: I am in the US Army right now actively training to get things going right. Once I leave all the training behind and get to a unit, I will be updating the site more regularly and get back to my programming niche.

 Until then, thanks for visiting and I hope that something here is found useful.

Stay tuned for the actual move, this will affect email and all links - I will be sure to put a proper referal page up here so that people can update their bookmarks.

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  As you can probably see, I have updated the website to be a tad more eye friendly. I figured that those little boxes I had the news blurbs in were not quite large enough so I widened them into full page view, and will use that area to post random information on top of site updates and program updates.

  I also have added and activated a comment system, much like most blogs have. This system is pretty basic at the moment, but runs with protection that I use for other scripts on the site - I also have it set to have all comments approved manually until I get a good custom automatic filter up and running.

  These updates should make the site more user friendly, and maybe allow me to get some feedback from people who use my software.

I have just discovered a hitherto unknown bug for my program PasswordTrack 3 - this affects the newest version 3.0.10 and seems to have something to do with how the resizing code works.

Bug:  When minimizing the PasswordTrack window to the title bar, users may experience a run time error followed by a program crash. No data is lost when this happens. 

Severity: Very High

Bug noted on 08/10/2007, Windows Vista OS. 

Announcement:

I have decided to supplement my very meager income by offering branded software. What do I mean by branded software? Well, some of my software applications I will offer as paid versions custom branded to a company/organization. These versions of the software will be able to be distributed by the customer with custom information in the help files/about fields and custom URL launch links.

As an example, the NFOView software - a branded version would display the customer information in the Title bar & about sections, as well as having a custom menu link directly to the website. This would be useful for software creators who want to use .nfo files for download descriptions - they can distribute their branded version of NFOView with their software selections so that their name is across all 'boards' as it may be.

The first incarnation of this branding will be hard coded executables only (full install packages customized for the customer), future incarnations may include full source code access with the ability to integrate into their custom applications.

There is no current ETA on this service, but expect it in not too long.

Nothing in life is truly Free, as most of us in the 'Real World' can attest to (i.e. living on our own, etc). I want to keep my applications free however, and to do this I am asking that if you like the applications, please send me a donation.

 I am using PayPal as my payment processor, and have not set a minimum for the donation, just put in what you think is fair and send it on its way if you are so inclined. The donation money will help me keep the software free and help pay for the web space I use to host this website and the files.

Thank you to those who take the time to help me out, and I hope that I can continue to bring small yet usefull free applications to you. 

Well I found a bit more recent set of my code backups that should bring me alot closer to the current versions of software I have on the site. I am one or 2 builds off for PasswordTrack 3 though, that should be easy to catch up on.

I still haven't gotten the data recovered from my secondary drive, I hope I can get access to it shortly and save as much as possible though.

Update: Ok, I found out that the code I recovered is pre-relese build. Most of the code is not finished for Passwordtrack 3 so I am still far behind. I am going to have to try and recover the data manually. 

A hard drive crash has lost me all of my ongoing software code, I didn't back up as regularly as I should and have thus received quite a setback in the programs I am currently developing.

I have an older backup of the PasswordTrack software (Version 3) but it does not include any of the most recent changes - I will have to get the software back up to date before I can continue on any projects listed on this site.

It is a good thing, though, that I have recent backups of the website (both Live and development versions) - otherwise bad things would happen.

This is just a notice to those who keep track of my programs - don't expect updates for a bit while I try and recover my old data / get the old codebases I have up to speed with current revisions. 

I have added a new project (planning stages) to the site; This program is to be called NFOView X [NFOView eXtended] - a modification of my current NFOView program.

The new iteration of the program will have more options such as parsing the .nfo file for URL's & email addresses (to display in special sections), customized NFOTags (sort of like XML Markup but for .nfo text files), and more.

View the Project Page for more information. 

Program Update Release for PasswordTrack Version 3 (3.0.9 -> 3.0.10  [m]):

Program: PasswordTrack v 3
New Version: 3.0.10
Priority: Minor

Changes / Bug Fixes:

• Updated UI to allow resizing of the window. Controls will dynamicaly size and move according to the window size. Previous versions had a static window size.
• Fixed bug with Cancel Button on Login Screen Not Working

Known Issues / Bugs:

• Odd file error when certain conditions are met.
• Window size status does not save between uses, so if you resize the window it will change back to default on restarting the program.

This is a pretty minor update for the program. All I did was make the window resizable and fix a small bug with the login screen. The next update should include some bigger changes (including integrated bug reporting and update checks).

Visit the Project Page for more information, or Visit the Download Page to download the updated version.

The new version of the website is now up!

This site is custom coded with PHP, MySQL & some AJAX (mainly backend for now). It has a custom control panel for updating the site, a hand coded RSS handler, and many other features that are 99% created from the ground up (The backend uses an opensource Ajax app [TinyMCE] for editing, but the rest of the code is custom).

This site now utilizes many of the practices I have learned over the years, and should be a much smoother experience overall (load times should be much faster for instance). I liked using Wordpress for a time, but I felt that in order to showcase my abilities I should really be using something that I designed myself.

I am probably going to see about packaging up the code (making it more modular) and offering it as a download at some point, but all that matters right now is that the site is working!

There might be a few small issues with links (it takes a while for the new Google Sitemap to update as well as search engine re-indexing) and the Download Links are changed quite a bit from what they were. I also have not settled on a good forum software set yet, I want something I can finally integrate seamlessly and may end up coding something custom.

Enjoy the new site and let me know how it looks!