Obscure

Kernelcookies project consists of fortune cookies from the Linux Kernel. Kernelcookies is a datafile for fortune that contains some of the funnier or more obscure kernel messages. One of the most famous messages ("lp1 on fire") was part of the linuxcookies data file (and got me started on...

NeWBIE LiveCD is a NetBSD based distro geared towards the desktop user. It includes software for Web browsing, chatting, multimedia, and document editing. This acronym NeWBIE is pronounced just like the word "newbie" and stands for (Ne)tBSD (W)are (B)urned (I)n (E)conomy. Newbie is a NetBSD...

Kannel WAP and SMS Gateway project is a WAP and SMS gateway. SMS, short message services, are widely used all over the world in huge amounts. The main use for Kannel is to link HTTP based services to various SMS centers using obscure protocols. WAP, short for Wireless Application Protocol, is...


Platforms: *nix

Scrinchy is a tiny HTTP multitasking webserver that I wrote for my own purposes, but which is also a fitting response to the now fairly bloated Apache. Its name derives from an obscure English verb "to scrinch" which generally means to willfully compress a thing which is not very large into a...


Platforms: *nix

ChordLab helps you play, write, and distinguish musical chords.You select a chord's key note, such as B-sharp or F from a pop up menu and try out different chords by pressing buttons in the window. The symbols are somewhat obscure, but the built-in balloon help for this program is superb and...


Platforms: Mac

BarbaBatch makes preparing audio tracks for a website a one-step process. Files can be directly converted from an audio CD (or any supported format) to any supported file format, including Real Audio, MPEG or QuickTime. For users of digital telephony systems, conversion to the Dialogic (.vox)...


Platforms: Mac

TypeIt4Me expands your abbreviations as you type, and works in all applications, not just one. It also lets you define meaningful abbreviations, so you can type them naturally, as part of your writing, without memorizing - or reaching for - obscure ctrl-cmd-xyz combinations.Anytime you enter text...


Platforms: Mac

TaskMenuBar is a control panel that uses the empty space on the menu bar for many operations such as launching and switching applications, and opening files.Because it only uses the menu bar, unlike other utilities, it will never obscure or be obscured by other windows.


Platforms: Mac

Tn3270 is a terminal emulation program for connecting to computers which use IBM 3270 terminals. Major features of the emulation include color, extended highlighting, support for different screen and font sizes, and SSL support. Some more obscure features include support for the APL character...


Platforms: Mac

Have you ever tried to find something in your browser history or bookmarks, but couldn't quite remember when or where you saw it? Or perhaps you've got your bookmarks meticulously organized, but it takes forever to mouse through the menus to get to something you want? HistoryHound will chase...


Platforms: Mac

Tn3270 is a terminal emulation program for connecting to computers which use IBM 3270 terminals. Major features of the emulation include color, extended highlighting, support for different screen and font sizes, and SSL support. Some more obscure features include support for the APL character...


Platforms: Mac

>UNIX power tools conveniently packaged as Automator actions. Take your Tiger Automator workflows to the next level!Frustrated by obscure command-line syntax? Tired of juggling man pages and commands in separate Terminal windows? Want more capable, more flexible Automator actions? Shellac is your...


Platforms: Mac

PHP Studio is a powerful application for Mac OS X that gives you both substantial PHP editing tools and a great user experience. PHP Studio has all of the features you have come to expect from a code editor, such as syntax coloring, auto complete, and Regular Expression find and replace - but it...


Platforms: Mac

SuperSciCalc is a powerful scientific and conversion calculator. Save time and increase your accuracy: SuperSciCalc gives you easy access to 60 built-in physical and mathematical constants, so you spend much less time is looking up their values, and less is wasted by accidently typing the wrong...


Platforms: Mac

The Unarchiver is a much more capable replacement for "BOMArchiveHelper.app", the built-in archive unpacker program in Mac OS X.The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than BOMArchiveHelper, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. It can also handle filenames in foreign...


Platforms: Mac

Flash Menu Factory is a new software application that allows you to create stylish and impressive website navigation including flash drop down menus and more.Creating a flash menu is a matter of defining your text and the corresponding links, the rest is job of FMF. Flash Menu Factory comes...


Platforms: Windows

Have you ever been surprised just how many redundant or duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder? QuuSoft Duplicate Cleaner is the most advanced and efficient disk cleanup utility which is committed to organize duplicate files in your computer (dedupe) to release...


Platforms: Windows

NoZip is a file joiner and splitter with steganography capabilities. Generates from multiple files a single file called List Of Files (LOF). Each generated LOF file has an associated index file called LOFi. The LOFi file is needed in order to split the LOF file and extract the initial...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix

Here Comes the Most Practical and the Most Easily Understood I Ching Divination App Ever! The I Ching originated from ancient China. It is regarded as 'a reflection of the universe in miniature' and embodies the basic understanding about the Cosmos and philosophy of life in Chinese culture. As a...


Platforms: iPhone, iPod, iTouch

Visual Aspect Ratio is designed as a simple and easy-to-use application that allows you to enter two integer values so that the program can return the aspect ratio. For example; HDTV uses a 16:9 aspect ratio, with common resolutions such as 1920x1080 or 1280x720. If you have an obscure screen...


Platforms: Windows