portable apps

Sick of these things yet? ;)

One of these days I'm going to switch to Mono and check that out now that it supposedly has a Windows.Forms implementation. Someday.

For now, this is what I was doing this weekend when I wasn't visiting fam or fixing up my gameroom.

I present... Tail (shows you the last X lines in a file and/or monitors that file for changes). It's a lot like mTail but with a couple more features. Incidentally, mTail is a great program, so if this doesn't work for you I suggest you check it out (after letting me know how I can improve it of course ;) ).

Next up, Verify hash! This one will verify MD5, SHA1, and CRC32s of files that you download. The cool thing that I haven't found in other apps that do this (yes, I know there are about a million of them), is that it will look for one of these hashes in your Windows clipboard to verify against as well as a .md5, .sha, or .crc in the same folder as the file.

So, that means that when you download a file from a website and the hash is posted on the download page, you can simply copy the hash to your clipboard, right click on the downloaded file and select "Verify Hash" and you'll get verification right away.

It's portable too, unless you optionally register it to your shell (so you can right-click a file to get the hash).

So few steps, it's like taking a opening a can of beer!

I've been casually searching for a couple small functions that I haven't been able to find adequate implementations of. One is an IP gadget that lets me see what my current IP is and also /renew for me when I switch from NAT (work) to bridged (home) networking in my VM.

The other is a small calendar app that shows me "today" and any upcoming holidays/birthdays, etc (I'm constantly looking at the calendar for some reason). I want to enter in all my reoccurring dates (birthdays, paydays, etc) but I don't need a task scheduler. There are a brazillion calendar apps out there but they were all way overkill and didn't integrate with my system/workflow the way I was looking for.

I've been completely facinated lately with that old Busweiser commercial after seeing it again recently. Also recently, I've been getting back into C# trying to help out a friend of mine. Put the two together and what do you get?

True, True (*-style)!

Enjoy!

This is the first release of a new application I'm working on called PortaLaunch. It is an integrated menu and launcher, primarily used for launching "portable applications" At this point, the menu is fully functional and feature-complete, but the launcher needs to be converted over from my NSIS version. PortaLaunch is programmed in AutoIt, which should make it easier for other people to hop on in and help out with the project.