Core Dump

This is totally how I feel after figuring something complex out:

Be sure to check out more from PHD Comics, as well.

Don’t even ask me where I got this picture from. I can’t remember.

Nevertheless, what it says is still, sadly, very true.

Warning: may not be entirely “work safe.”

I do this all the time.

Yes, that’s right. A silly little program, really, but one I’ve released (for free) before – and now I’ve re-done it, using .NET.

Here’s the lowdown:

• The program runs in your system tray (sorry… taskbar notification area)
• Double-clicking on it shows you how many days are left until Christmas
• Right-clicking brings up a menu where you can choose to display a different screen with the countdown on it, get “about” information, or exit the program.
• I’m a nice programmer, so I did not make this program add itself to your start-up group. You have to start it on your own.
• The program does check for updates each time you open it – you can’t turn this off, but you don’t have to install updates if you don’t want to. It won’t install them without your permission.
• The source code is available for anyone who wants to see how it’s done.

The requirements are simple:

• Windows 98 or higher
• .NET Framework 2.0 or greater

Some screenshots:

That’s the icon there, the yellow and green balls. Yeah, I’m not good with icons, I know.

Right-click on the icon and this is what you get. Simple, eh?

Clicking “Show Countdown” gets you this fun screen. The rest you can figure out on your own.

Click here to download the Christmas Countdown Timer. Enjoy!

Some gems I found while browsing through my archives. Enjoy.

My old roomate in college used to argue that Bill most certainly DOES live here, since I used (and still use) Windows on my main machine.

I still laugh at this one. (Click for larger image.)

Please don’t sue me, Microsoft. (A friend of mine in college actually made this image, not me. I don’t have even that much graphic talent.)

Someone in a forum I used to hang out in made this picture for me. (I used to use Tails as my icon.) It’s a shame the forum kind of vanished… *hint, hint*

This was topical back in the day (click the pic for the full-size image), and it still amuses me today. Again, it’s a shame Sharkey stopped drawing it…

Well, that’s all for now.