Most recent (not "last") update 2010 January 5. (Links verified 2009 September 4).
Welcome to SomerBits - assorted bits of (usually) software-related
information, hints, tips, trivia, files, and whatever else comes to mind.
The obligatory link to The Dilbert Zone
Developer.com - resources for programmers. A part of the larger
Earthweb collection of IT resources.
Netcraft - Lots of news, information, and resources about many
aspects of the Internet. PC Magazine judged it one of the
Top-101 web sites of 2003 (in the Computing Experts section).
NoteTab Light
multi-file editor with killer macro tools and multi-file search-and-replace
(great for HTML) by Eric G.V. Fookes, Switzerland.
EditPad Lite PostcardWare, fast,
multi-file editor by Jan Goyvaerts, Belgium.
Programmer's File Editor
powerful, multi-file, rules-customizable-by-language, VERY LARGE FILE (up to about 1.5 gigabyte) text editor by Alan Phillips,
Lancaster University, England. Development is discontinued, but it's still available here.
Large Text File Viewer 4.1 from SwiftGear.com fast VERY LARGE FILE viewer (not an editor). Now my large text file viewer of choice. I have used it to view files as large as 2.4 gigabytes with no signs of running out of gas. Links are half-way down the left side of his home page.
A 32-bit Windows program I wrote to use the :CueCat scanner (still available from some electronic surplus dealers
and on ebay) as a general-purpose bar code scanner and symbology-identifying tool. It requires an
un-modified scanner and will not work with one which has been modified (hardware hacked) to display data
un-encrypted. The hardware modifications remove the scanner's ability to return a code indicating which bar code
symbology was scanned, which is an essential part of the functionality of this program.
I believe it to be the most comprehensive of such programs with regard to usefulness as a general-purpose
bar code scanner. It identifies (and in many cases formats for readability) 26 different bar code symbologies and variations,
including all UPC/EAN/JAN supplemental bar codes. This is Version 1.1.22 (2009/06/10) and is placed in the Public Domain.
See the readme.txt file for detailed information and
a complete list of the bar code symbologies decoded.
Get the program and VB6 project source files.
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