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After updating the Nautilus -Terminal this morning, a grey Nautilus-Terminal tool bar/panel has appeared at the top of my screen. It gets partially covered by the panel at the top, but has a Preferences and Show button at the top - as if it is in a Nautilus window. Doesn't respond to right click...

Palfun is feature enhancer plug-in for AOL (R) Instant Messenger (tm). It can help you to modify your Instant Messenger on your choice, making your conversations easier and more comfortable. What Palfun offers to you? * Customizable buddy list: Palfun can help you to tune AIM windows, for...

Huge Clock is a very large digital clock. The black background covers everything including the task bar on the bottom. It has no frame so there are no borders. It shows the time, date, and day of the week. That is all it does. Just a clock. To exit the program just press any key, click the mouse,...


Platforms: Windows

Installed Codec is a very informative utility that shows a list of all the DirectShow codecs, codifiers and filters installed on your PC.For each of these components, Installed Codec shows you the following information on-screen: name, type, state, time of modification or installation,...


Platforms: Windows

DC CPUInfo is a simple command line application that gives you all the useful information related to your system processor and CPU. In just a few seconds you+ll have the following data on-screen:Name, CPU Identifier, MMX / 3DNow / FPU / RDTSC support detection, family, model, version, serial...


Platforms: Windows

Geography::States is a Perl module with map states and provinces to their codes, and vice versa. SYNOPSIS use Geography::States; my $obj = Geography::States -> new (COUNTRY [, STRICT]); EXAMPLES my $canada = Geography::States -> new (Canada); my $name = $canada -> state (NF); #...


Platforms: *nix

Statistics::Forecast is a Perl module that calculates a future value. This is a dummy Oriented Object module that calculates a future value by using existing values. The new value is calculated by using linear regression. SYNOPSIS use Statistics::Forecast; Create forecast object my...


Platforms: *nix

XML::Descent is a Perl module for recursive descent XML parsing. SYNOPSIS use XML::Descent; # Create parser my $p = XML::Descent->new({ Input => $xml }); # Setup handlers $p->on(folder => sub { my ($elem, $attr) = @_; $p->on(url => sub { my ($elem, $attr) = @_; my $link = { name...


Platforms: *nix

Custom Geometry is an extension which resizes and positions the window according to your settings. Custom Geometry adds a button to the Firefox status bar that will resize the Firefox window to your specifications. Many other extensions will resize the window, but only to preset dimensions,...


Platforms: *nix

PSA::Test::Builder is a backend for building test libraries. SYNOPSIS package My::Test::Module; use PSA::Test::Builder; require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw(ok); my $Test = Test::Builder->new; $Test->output(my_logfile); sub import { my($self) = shift; my $pack =...


Platforms: *nix

XML::Parser::Style::Stream is a Stream style for XML::Parser. SYNOPSIS use XML::Parser; my $p = XML::Parser->new(Style => Stream, Pkg => MySubs); $p->parsefile(foo.xml); { package MySubs; sub StartTag { my ($e, $name) = @_; # do something with start tags } sub EndTag { my ($e,...


Platforms: *nix

DPS-FTP is a multi-threaded FTP client for GNOME. It was originally called Kevlar FTP, since its interface was inspired by Bulletproof FTP, and Kevlar is bullet-proof. But DuPont actually sent me a notice telling me that I cant use their trademarked product names in my product name. They were...


Platforms: *nix

Fry::Shell is a flexible shell framework which encourages using loadable libraries of functions. SYNOPSIS From the commandline: perl -MFry::Shell -eshell OR In a script: package MyShell; use Fry::Shell; #subs sub evalIt { my $cls = shift; my $code = ($cls->Flag(strict)) ? use...


Platforms: *nix

pork is an ncurses-based AOL instant messenger client. It uses the OSCAR protocol (the one the windows client uses) to access AIM. Pork features Perl scripting; an online help system; the ability to configure nearly all aspects of the programs look-and-feel; an alias system; and a powerful,...


Platforms: *nix

I have lots of applications with lots of BIG windows and only one monitor. I wanted a quick way to see if I had any new mail in Mail without actually wasting the .35 seconds required to make the Dock spring up or to command+tab to Mail only to have my hopes dashed by not finding a little red...


Platforms: Mac

iChatTranscriptConvertor allows you to convert your transcripts saved from iChat (both iChat and iChatAV) to plain text or HTML files. It allows you to do this conversion by simple drag and drop of files and/or folders, or even by having a folder watched continuously for transcript updates....


Platforms: Mac

Wordsmith.org runs a mailing list called A.Word.A.Day. It's a great service and I've been a subscriber for a number of years. However, I can never retain the vocab word I get each day. I get a new e-mail in the morning, look at the word, think to myself "Oh, that's an interesting word. I should...


Platforms: Mac

What is Ahoihoi? Ahoihoi is software for the Windows PC platform created by Versoworks that is built on top of the Open AIM platform created by AOL. It allows you to communicate over the U.S. based version of the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) network exclusively. Ahoihoi can be used as an...


Platforms: Windows

DICE is a terminal-based infinite combat engine. It currently supports creating, loading, and saving characters and displaying their information, fighting monsters (but currently only cats and kobolds), and a hidden Easter egg. (Thanks to the admins for fixing my UNIX name!)


Platforms: Windows, Mac, BSD, Linux

This script allows you to use separate loggers to make specific sub-system debugging easier. You don't even have to pass the logger objects between modules; just use getLogger("my.hierarchical.name"). Messages sent to that logger would be handled by itself, then (if not removed by filters) by...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris