Fruitbox

Yesterday I started a small project to create a C# application that would let me play my MIDI keyboard from another computer over the internet. This application now works, and I call it MIDINet.
MIDINet has a client-server-architecture. The server listens for incoming UDP-packets, parses those and translates them into MIDI messages, which are sent directly to my Roland E-86. The client is set up to send packets to my server when the user presses certain keys on the computer keyboard.
Usefulness: questionable. Funness-factor: High!

Are you using MS Paint? In that case you might want to have a look at Paint.NET, which is like the new paint. It is free, runs on the .NET Framework, and has a lot of features that MS Paint lacks: layers and effects for instance. A very good thing about Paint.NET is that it is very easy to extend its functionality by plug-ins that are very easy to install and use (just put a .dll-file in a folder and you’re done). There are a lot of great plut-ins out there: effects, language packs and what not.
Check it out at www.getpaint.net.

The Large Hedron Collider, LHC, the giant particle accelerator in Switzerland, will apparently be operational some time in October this year. If I recall correctly we were waiting last year too, but the accelerator broke down, and the costs associated with bringing it up in the winter was decided to be too high.

Better luck this time!

ClipSpeak 1.5 will hopefully be out pretty soon. Some things to look forward to are:
* Save to MP3 — Put your texts on your MP3-player
* Lots of bug fixes — including a couple of bugs related to Adobe Reader and Firefox
* Change voice speed and volume — These settings can be changed in the voice selection dialog
* Toggle ClipSpeak on/off — via a keyboard command.