My programs come after my ideas when there is a desire So, take my idea before you take my program,
please. You'll find my idea "bigger"
than my program.
My old guests would have noticed a major change in the layout of my
webpage. Yes, I build the first structure of my homepage when
geocities only support one single directory. Now I have spread them
into different directories. Under this "tools" directory, only the
collections of tools are list here, under the following different
directories. For my soothing music,
please check them out here.
The tables in the above directories are automatically generated by
my Perl script ZipTbl.pl, which is also included here. I'd like to add
a little more comments about Perl here. I am new to the Perl world,
but I'm really begin to be fond of it now. Nowadays, when writing
small tools, I would rather use Perl than C, although I'm also quite
fond of C and C++. Interested in Perl and want to know more? You will
find everything at www.perl.com.
People asked all kinds of questions to me, like "what is VB5? Do I need "VB5" to run ACE?". They
also may many suggestions, like "It seems to be a
good idea to have an opportunity to switch off the splash screen about the
admirable guy who knows everything.". Well, what're my answers to
those questions? See my Voices
Page for those Q&As. Besides I also make my public announcements
there. Come to my Voices
Page, we'll discuss about your concerning, or you can see what others have
said, with my replies... Come on
in and join us.
Have a question, a comment or a suggestion? You're welcome to voice your
opinions openly here, which will then goes to the Voices
Page. I'll notice your question and answer it soon. Just recently, I
always have problem sending out emails through Geocities POP server. So I'd
rather you speak out here
than send me an email. Besides, if you put your questions a/o suggestions
in the registration email, and do not received an answer within a week, most
likely the answer has been put here in
the Voices Page.
After I put up this page, I looked for famous
download sites where we can tell freeware apart from others.
There are too many sites where the first time we realize we have to pay is
after we've already downloaded the software, or even after installation. I am
sad to say that ZDNet is one of those
which fail to clearly label shareware. I am also astonished that famous search
engines (including Yahoo & Excite) failed to give me satisfactory
suggestions. For example, the following two site, although they alleged
"freeware" in their names or descriptions, both mixed freeware in
with shareware. That's not the fault of search engines. It's only because the
sites are cheating.
The Free Software Store's Archives
http://www.ausmall.com.au/freesoft/freesofa.htm
FilePile (Over 1,000,000 free software, game, and image files.)
http://filepile.com
So, are there any sites that review/include
only freeware? Yes, there are, as follows, finally, for you to
start with.
NONAGS' own site description: Here we try to sift through all
this, we do the work of selecting what really works, what's really free,
what really is worth your time and effort. So we have put together a
large collection of 32-bit Windows software that has no disabled
features, nags, time limits, or any other tricks.
As its name states. And, a serious collection. The CFS description of
their site: "This site was born from frustration - frustration that
many of the so-called 'free software' sites were not offering freeware
but shareware, time-limited, or demo software which will cost you money
to use or are not fully functionable. Only the download was 'free'. Even
when genuine free software was offered (usually mixed with shareware),
many times there was no indication of its quality, download size, or even
which of the listed programs were shareware and which were freeware. This
site is designed to cater to those requirements - good quality, genuinely
free software which has been checked and rated - programs I use and ones
which you will want to use too. While descriptions are brief, there is
usually much more information on the program's homepage (where the
hyperlink will usually take you)."
Finally, my gentle request. English is not my native language.
If you find something sounds odd here or in my documents, please leave me a note. It is eagerly
welcome, even more welcome than bug reports. :-)
