Melodic Rock

Nasal is a language that I wrote for use in a personal project. Ostensibly it was because I was frustrated with the dearth of small-but-complete embeddable scripting languages, but of course I really wrote it because it was fun. It is still young and incomplete in a few places, but is under...

Menu Buddy plugin currently comprises a couple of Python scripts for creating GNOME panel menus from a directory hierarchy of music files. These menus can be used to play or enqueue songs in XMMS, as well as pause or skip XMMS. These scripts are not terribly powerful yet, but there is...

polyBSD is a "multi"-purpose (hence "poly") framework for building embedded systems based on NetBSD. Of the three major *BSD flavors, FreeBSD and OpenBSD are often in the spotlight. FreeBSD is touted for its stability, while OpenBSD usually claims the title of the most secure operatin system...


Platforms: *nix

Music::Scales can supply necessary notes / offsets for musical scales. SYNOPSIS use Music::Scales; my @maj = get_scale_notes(Eb); # defaults to major print join(" ",@maj); # "Eb F G Ab Bb C D" my @blues = get_scale_nums(bl); # bl,blu,blue,blues print join(" ",@blues); # "0 3 5 6 7 10"...


Platforms: *nix

MP3::Info is a Perl module that can manipulate / fetch info from MP3 audio files. SYNOPSIS #!perl -w use MP3::Info; my $file = Pearls_Before_Swine.mp3; set_mp3tag($file, Pearls Before Swine, q"77s", Sticks and Stones, 1990, q"(c) 1990 77s LTD.", rock & roll); my $tag =...


Platforms: *nix

WebXMMS is a general plugin for xmms. WebXMMS plugin can display informations about your running music file at your homepage. You can adjust your information string with wild cards, for example %f = filename or %t = title. Its very easy to uses. Example string: Hans Zimmer & Trevor Rabin -...


Platforms: *nix

Streamripper started as a way to separate tracks via Shoutcasts title-streaming feature. This has now been expanded into a much more generic feature, where part of the program only tries to "hint" at where one track starts and another ends, thus allowing a mp3 decoding engine to scan for a silent...


Platforms: *nix

VoR is an exciting Free Software video game, licensed under the GNU GPL. It is developed on GNU Linux but we occasionally release a Windoze binary. Variations on Rockdodger (VoR) is a fork of Paul Holts little gem Rock Dodger, which has now accumulated enough differences to be worth releasing...


Platforms: *nix

Score Reading Trainer helps you improve your (musical) score reading skills by practicing with random scores. It works in a very simple way, you choose the clef, the key and the accidentals you want to practice as well as thee range of notes and then, the program generates a on-screen score...


Platforms: *nix

Blu-ray video authoring tools package is a free open source suite of Blu-ray (BD-R and BD-RE) authoring tools that allow you to produce Blu-ray video discs. mkudfiso (Blu-ray authoring tool set), a utility to create ISO images containing a pure UDF filesystem, intended primarily for Blu-ray...


Platforms: *nix

Lunar is a source based Linux distribution developed by a talented team of programmers from all over the world, working together to extend the Linux technology into better-tailored and more optimized software for the end user. Lunar uses and builds upon the Linux kernel, the software started by...


Platforms: *nix

PC-BSD distribution has as its goals to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop operating system, based on FreeBSD. To accomplish this, it currently has a graphical installation, which will enable even UNIX novices to easily install and get it running. It will also come with KDE pre-built, so...


Platforms: *nix

Audio::MPEG is a Perl module for encoding and decoding of MPEG Audio (MP3). SYNOPSIS use Audio::MPEG; Audio::MPEG is a Perl interface to the LAME and MAD MPEG audio Layers I, II, and III encoding and decoding libraries. Rationale I have been building a fairly extensive MP3 library, and...


Platforms: *nix

Sudoku Susser is a free program that helps you play Sudoku. If youve been living under a rock and dont know what a Sudoku puzzle is, the London Daily Mail has a good introduction to the puzzles and basic solving techniques. Sudoku Susser project makes it easy to make your selections as you...


Platforms: *nix

ID3 mass tagger is a portable command-line mass tagger for audio files. ID3 mass tagger is designed for non-interactively adding, updating or removing meta-information in a number of files with a single command. It can generate tag fields from the filename and rename files using an intuitive...


Platforms: *nix

VetTux has been developed and perfected to suit typical veterinary practices. VetTux is easy, and fast to use, does not assume you or your staff are computer literate, or require fancy certifications. In short VetTux shows how computers can be used to enhance business. VetTux runs on Linux...


Platforms: *nix

Filesys::MakeISO is a Perl module to make iso images (portable). SYNOPSIS use Filesys::MakeISO; my $iso = Filesys::MakeISO->new; $iso->image(image.iso); $iso->dir(/path/to/burn); $iso->make_iso; INTERFACE drivers Returns a list of available driver classes. This method is provied...


Platforms: *nix

SDL_sound is a library that handles the decoding of several popular sound file formats, such as .WAV and .MP3. It is meant to make the programmers sound playback tasks simpler. The programmer gives SDL_sound a filename, or feeds it data directly from one of many sources, and then reads the...


Platforms: *nix

NoseDive Prowl is a game where the human colony on Tau Ceti is under attack by hostile alien forces. Take control over your spaceship and fight to save the colony.


Platforms: Mac

The Kisser is a totally new experience for sure. The goal in the game is to kiss things. If you are fast enough you get your name on the high score list among the seven best players. You can choose what thing to kiss among cows, hens or aliens. There is also a deadly enemy sneaking around trying...


Platforms: Mac