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font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">14</td>--> 378 </tr> 379 <tr> 380 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">6.</td> 381 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Flaming+Lips" target="_blank">The Flaming Lips</a></td> 382<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">14</td>--> 383 </tr> 384 <tr> 385 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">7.</td> 386 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Maroon+5" target="_blank">Maroon 5</a></td> 387<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">13</td>--> 388 </tr> 389 <tr> 390 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">8.</td> 391 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Lion+King" target="_blank">Lion King</a></td> 392<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">12</td>--> 393 </tr> 394 <tr> 395 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">9.</td> 396 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Scissor+Sisters" target="_blank">Scissor Sisters</a></td> 397<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">12</td>--> 398 </tr> 399 <tr> 400 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">10.</td> 401 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Streets" target="_blank">The Streets</a></td> 402<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">11</td>--> 403 </tr> 404 <tr> 405 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">11.</td> 406 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Airplay" target="_blank">Airplay</a></td> 407<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">10</td>--> 408 </tr> 409 <tr> 410 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">12.</td> 411 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Coldplay" target="_blank">Coldplay</a></td> 412<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">10</td>--> 413 </tr> 414 <tr> 415 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">13.</td> 416 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Moyles" target="_blank">Chris Moyles</a></td> 417<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">6</td>--> 418 </tr> 419 <tr> 420 <td valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">14.</td> 421 <td style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"><a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robbie+Williams" target="_blank">Robbie Williams</a></td> 422<!-- <td style="font-size: 8pt; 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456 457 </div> 458 </div> 459 460 <div class="rightcolumn"> 461 462 <h3><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net">Blog: The Life Of A Supreme Ruler</a></h3> 463 464 465<br /> 466 467 468 <h4 id="post-1189"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2024/11/28/25-years-of-owenrudge-net/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 25 years of owenrudge.net!">25 years of owenrudge.net!</a></h4> 469 470 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 471 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 28/11/2024 8:19 pm </h5> 472 473 <p>Well, itâs been 25 years since I unleashed this site on the world! Sadly I havenât had much time to update things in the past 5 years, though there have been some new additions to the <a href="https://www.transporttycoon.net/">Transport Tycoon Station</a>. But hopefully some of the content on here is still of some use or interest to folk. The web has changed beyond all recognition in the past quarter of a century, and little did I think in 1999 that the tiny site I knocked together as a 12-year-old would still be around 25 years later!</p> 474 475 <div class="feedback"> 476 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2024/11/28/25-years-of-owenrudge-net/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 477 478 <!-- 479 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 480 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 481 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 482 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2024/11/28/25-years-of-owenrudge-net/" 483 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2024/11/28/25-years-of-owenrudge-net/" 484 dc:title="25 years of owenrudge.net!" 485 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2024/11/28/25-years-of-owenrudge-net/trackback/" /> 486</rdf:RDF> --> 487 488 489 490<br /> 491 492 493 <h4 id="post-1142"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2020/01/17/updates-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Updates!">Updates!</a></h4> 494 495 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 496 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 17/01/2020 11:43 am </h5> 497 498 <p>I’ve made a few, admittedly quite minor, updates to the long-neglected <a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/GEM/">GEM</a> section of the web site. Nothing too exciting though, I’m afraid.</p> 499<p>I did, some years ago, mirror various old GEM sites which are now lost from the Internet, and hope to be able to restore their content at some point via a special Archive section of the site. Quite when that will happen remains to be seen.</p> 500 501 <div class="feedback"> 502 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2020/01/17/updates-2/#comments">Comments (4)</a> </div> 503 504 <!-- 505 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 506 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 507 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 508 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2020/01/17/updates-2/" 509 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2020/01/17/updates-2/" 510 dc:title="Updates!" 511 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2020/01/17/updates-2/trackback/" /> 512</rdf:RDF> --> 513 514 515 516<br /> 517 518 519 <h4 id="post-1139"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2019/11/28/20-years-of-owenrudge-net/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: 20 years of owenrudge.net!">20 years of owenrudge.net!</a></h4> 520 521 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 522 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 28/11/2019 9:20 am </h5> 523 524 <p>It’s hard for me to believe, but this web site is now 20 years old! On the 28th November 1999, I uploaded a little site I called “Owen’s Visual Basic Workshop” to the free web space my dial-up ISP offered (those were the days, eh!) – it looked something like <a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/hist/oldinfo.htm">this</a>. It’s evolved over the years, though I’ll admit it has stayed rather static for the past 12 years. As you might have guessed, I’m quite busy with “real life” these days, so updates are few and far between, but I do try to keep the <a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/utils/bacalc/">BAEC</a>/<a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/utils/starcalc/">Star Alliance</a> calculators up-to-date when I can. I also intend to release the source for most/many of the utilities that are available on the site when I get the time. Hopefully the site will still be here in 10 years time – maybe it’ll even get a redesign by then, you never know! ð</p> 525 526 <div class="feedback"> 527 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2019/11/28/20-years-of-owenrudge-net/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 528 529 <!-- 530 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 531 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 532 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 533 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2019/11/28/20-years-of-owenrudge-net/" 534 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2019/11/28/20-years-of-owenrudge-net/" 535 dc:title="20 years of owenrudge.net!" 536 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2019/11/28/20-years-of-owenrudge-net/trackback/" /> 537</rdf:RDF> --> 538 539 540 541<br /> 542 543 544 <h4 id="post-1088"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/28/owenrudge-net-turns-18/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: owenrudge.net turns 18!">owenrudge.net turns 18!</a></h4> 545 546 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 547 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 28/11/2017 10:12 am </h5> 548 549 <p>Yes, believe it or not, this web site is now old enough to vote! Although, being pedantic, the current domain only came into being in 2002 – however, the oldest content (the Visual Basic Workshop) dates back to November 1999.</p> 550<p>The web site hasn’t seen many major updates in recent years, I’m afraid, as I’ve been pretty busy with life in general. I am hoping to port <a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp">Foxamp</a> to the new Firefox 57 extension framework (which, if I understand correctly, should also allow the extension to work with Google Chrome), but that’s not completely straightforward due to the nature of it. I also recently released <a href="https://www.transporttycoon.net/ttdxedit">TTDX Editor</a> as Open Source, and may do so for some of my other software as and when I can get to it and tidy
550it up.</p> 551<p>Not long now until the big 20… see you in 2019!</p> 552 553 <div class="feedback"> 554 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/28/owenrudge-net-turns-18/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 555 556 <!-- 557 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 558 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 559 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 560 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/28/owenrudge-net-turns-18/" 561 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/28/owenrudge-net-turns-18/" 562 dc:title="owenrudge.net turns 18!" 563 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/28/owenrudge-net-turns-18/trackback/" /> 564</rdf:RDF> --> 565 566 567 568<br /> 569 570 571 <h4 id="post-1085"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/06/ttdx-editor-released-as-open-source/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: TTDX Editor released as Open Source">TTDX Editor released as Open Source</a></h4> 572 573 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 574 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li> 575 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/tt-station-news/" rel="category tag">TT Station News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 06/11/2017 2:36 pm </h5> 576 577 <p>I’m pleased to announce that the source code for <a href="https://www.transporttycoon.net/ttdxedit">TTDX Editor</a> has been released, and that the project is now licensed under the GNU General Public Licence version 2. You can find out more information on the <a href="https://www.transporttycoon.net/ttdxedit">TTDX Editor page</a>, or you can find the Git repository on <a href="https://github.com/orudge/ttdxedit">GitHub</a>.</p> 578 579 <div class="feedback"> 580 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/06/ttdx-editor-released-as-open-source/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 581 582 <!-- 583 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 584 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 585 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 586 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/06/ttdx-editor-released-as-open-source/" 587 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/06/ttdx-editor-released-as-open-source/" 588 dc:title="TTDX Editor released as Open Source" 589 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2017/11/06/ttdx-editor-released-as-open-source/trackback/" /> 590</rdf:RDF> --> 591 592 593 594<br /> 595 596 597 <h4 id="post-1072"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/08/15/winamp-control-centre-1-4-3-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 released">Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 released</a></h4> 598 599 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 600 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 15/08/2015 6:35 pm </h5> 601 602 <p>Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 has been released – new in this version is the /PLAYPAUSE switch, enabling you to start playing music if Winamp is currently stopped, or pause/unpause if Winamp is currently playing. Handy if, like me, you have a combined Play/Pause button on your keyboard that you want to map.</p> 603<p>As usual, the binaries and source can be found <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/winampcc">right here</a>, and are also now available on <a href="https://github.com/orudge/winampcc">GitHub</a>.</p> 604 605 <div class="feedback"> 606 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/08/15/winamp-control-centre-1-4-3-released/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 607 608 <!-- 609 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 610 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 611 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 612 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/08/15/winamp-control-centre-1-4-3-released/" 613 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/08/15/winamp-control-centre-1-4-3-released/" 614 dc:title="Winamp Control Centre 1.4.3 released" 615 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/08/15/winamp-control-centre-1-4-3-released/trackback/" /> 616</rdf:RDF> --> 617 618 619 620<br /> 621 622 623 <h4 id="post-1067"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/06/10/winamp-control-centre-1-4-2-released-and-open-sourced/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Winamp Control Centre 1.4.2 released, and open sourced">Winamp Control Centre 1.4.2 released, and open sourced</a></h4> 624 625 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 626 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 10/06/2015 7:54 pm </h5> 627 628 <p>Long time no see, I know. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve released <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/winampcc">version 1.4.2 of Winamp Control Centre</a>, a small collection of utilities for controlling Winamp playback – useful to add as a toolbar to your taskbar, or to use from scripts, etc. I’ve also taken this opportunity to release the source code on <a href="https://github.com/orudge/winampcc">GitHub</a>, under the GNU GPL v2. I’m planning to release the code to some of my other utilities as and when I’m able to – whether anybody will find them useful or not is another matter. ð If you have any queries or if there is anything of mine you’d particularly like to see open sourced, please <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/contact">let me know</a> and I’ll see what I can do!</p> 629 630 <div class="feedback"> 631 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/06/10/winamp-control-centre-1-4-2-released-and-open-sourced/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 632 633 <!-- 634 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 635 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 636 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 637 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/06/10/winamp-control-centre-1-4-2-released-and-open-sourced/" 638 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/06/10/winamp-control-centre-1-4-2-released-and-open-sourced/" 639 dc:title="Winamp Control Centre 1.4.2 released, and open sourced" 640 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2015/06/10/winamp-control-centre-1-4-2-released-and-open-sourced/trackback/" /> 641</rdf:RDF> --> 642 643 644 645<br /> 646 647 648 <h4 id="post-1058"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2014/02/01/a-few-updates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: A few updates">A few updates</a></h4> 649 650 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 651 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 01/02/2014 9:41 pm </h5> 652 653 <p>First of all, a belated happy new year to you all. I hope 2014 will be a good year to you. It’ll be a busy year for me – amongst other things, I’m getting married in August! I’m not sure how much I’ll get done with the site this year, but I hope to release a couple of new Transport Tycoon utilities at some point. I also have some Foxamp work I did last May, but never quite finished – shall try to get that out soon! In the mean time, I’ve made a few minor updates to the <a href="http://blog.owenrudge.net/aboutme">About Me</a> pages.</p> 654 655 <div class="feedback"> 656 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2014/02/01/a-few-updates/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 657 658 <!-- 659 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 660 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 661 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 662 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2014/02/01/a-few-updates/" 663 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2014/02/01/a-few-updates/" 664 dc:title="A few updates" 665 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2014/02/01/a-few-updates/trackback/" /> 666</rdf:RDF> --> 667 668 669 670<br /> 671 672 673 <h4 id="post-1049"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/05/21/foxamp-0-4-2-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Foxamp 0.4.2 released">Foxamp 0.4.2 released</a></h4> 674 675 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 676 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 21/05/2013 9:00 pm </h5> 677 678 <p>I have released version 0.4.2 of <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp">Foxamp</a>. (Maybe I should name a release “1.0” some day.) This features no new user-visible functionality, but removes the requirement for an internal Foxamp helper DLL (foxamp32.dll / foxamp64.dll) which caused problems with approval for the Mozilla add-ons site. Hopefully the new version will be available through the Mozilla site soon. Until then, you can download it right here, of course.</p> 679 680 <div class="feedback"> 681 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/05/21/foxamp-0-4-2-released/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 682 683 <!-- 684 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 685 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 686 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 687 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/05/21/foxamp-0-4-2-released/" 688 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/05/21/foxamp-0-4-2-released/" 689 dc:title="Foxamp 0.4.2 released" 690 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/05/21/foxamp-0-4-2-released/trackback/" /> 691</rdf:RDF> --> 692 693 694 695<br /> 696 697 698 <h4 id="post-1045"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/09/foxamp-0-4-1-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Foxamp 0.4.1 released">Foxamp 0.4.1 released</a></h4> 699 700 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 701 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 09/04/2013 10:29 am </h5> 702 703 <p>Hot on the heels of the release of <a href="http://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/">Foxamp 0.4</a> comes <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp">Foxamp 0.4.1</a>. The new version fixes a bug which might cause the buttons to stop working when no Winamp path is specified in the settings, and also adds support for 64-bit versions of Firefox (such as Waterfox).</p> 704 705 <div class="feedback"> 706 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/09/foxamp-0-4-1-released/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 707 708 <!-- 709 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 710 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 711 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 712 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/09/foxamp-0-4-1-released/" 713 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/09/foxamp-0-4-1-released/" 714 dc:title="Foxamp 0.4.1 released" 715 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/09/foxamp-0-4-1-released/trackback/" /> 716</rdf:RDF> --> 717 718 719 720<br /> 721 722 723 <h4 id="post-1043"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Foxamp 0.4 released">Foxamp 0.4 released</a></h4> 724 725 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 726 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 04/04/2013 10:36 pm </h5> 727 728 <p>I’ve released version 0.4 of <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp">Foxamp</a>, which features an architectural change in that Foxamp no longer launches an external process (Winamp Control Centre) to interface with Winamp, instead controlling Winamp directly through a DLL. This may lead to slightly better performance. It also seems to have fixed a bug where the song title wouldn’t update. You can download the new version <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp">here</a>, or it’ll be available on the Mozilla Add-ons site soon.</p> 729 730 <div class="feedback"> 731 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 732 733 <!-- 734 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 735 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 736 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 737 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/" 738 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/" 739 dc:title="Foxamp 0.4 released" 740 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/04/04/foxamp-0-4-released/trackback/" /> 741</rdf:RDF> --> 742 743 744 745<br /> 746 747 748 <h4 id="post-1038"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/01/15/happy-2013-everyone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Happy 2013, everyone!">Happy 2013, everyone!</a></h4> 749 750 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 751 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 15/01/2013 12:30 pm </h5> 752 753 <p>Figured I should post a message of some sort, seeing as it’s a new year. So, I hope 2013 is good to you all. I do have various plans for this site, and my other sites, but time is not on my side – too much going on in “real life” I’m afraid. So expect some dribs and drabs over the coming few months.</p> 754 755 <div class="feedback"> 756 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/01/15/happy-2013-everyone/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 757 758 <!-- 759 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 760 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 761 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 762 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/01/15/happy-2013-everyone/" 763 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/01/15/happy-2013-everyone/" 764 dc:title="Happy 2013, everyone!" 765 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2013/01/15/happy-2013-everyone/trackback/" /> 766</rdf:RDF> --> 767 768 769 770<br /> 771 772 773 <h4 id="post-1031"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/12/01/file3d-1-2-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: File3D 1.2 released (yes, really, I’ve updated an ancient Windows 3.1 utility)">File3D 1.2 released (yes, really, I’ve updated an ancient Windows 3.1 utility)</a></h4> 774 775 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 776 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 01/12/2012 6:50 pm </h5> 777 778 <p>In what must surely be a contender for “most pointless software upgrade ever”, I came across the source code to <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/file3d">File3D</a>
778 the other day. As one of the first things I ever programmed in C, back in 1999, the code was pretty bad. So I decided to tidy it up and release a new version. File3D 1.2 doesn’t do anything much different in terms of functionality, but it does have some installer improvements, and also features a Windows NT 3.51 version. (It should work in NT 3.1 and 3.5 too, but I haven’t been able to test it properly.)</p> 779<p>If you happen to be one of the 3 people still using Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT 3.51, or the lesser-spotted Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups 3.1, and you don’t already have a program like Calmira to make your entire Windows experience 3D, then feel free to <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/file3d">download File3D 1.2 today</a>. And then tell me about it, because I’d like to know that you exist!</p> 780<p>Coming soon: hopefully an update of something that is more useful!</p> 781 782 <div class="feedback"> 783 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/12/01/file3d-1-2-released/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 784 785 <!-- 786 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 787 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 788 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 789 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/12/01/file3d-1-2-released/" 790 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/12/01/file3d-1-2-released/" 791 dc:title="File3D 1.2 released (yes, really, I’ve updated an ancient Windows 3.1 utility)" 792 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/12/01/file3d-1-2-released/trackback/" /> 793</rdf:RDF> --> 794 795 796 797<br /> 798 799 800 <h4 id="post-1023"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/08/03/new-aegean-airlines-mileage-earning-calculator/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: New Aegean Airlines mileage earning calculator">New Aegean Airlines mileage earning calculator</a></h4> 801 802 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 803 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 03/08/2012 4:27 pm </h5> 804 805 <p>With the near-demise of bmi (British Midland), it seems many Diamond Club members have flocked to the Aegean Airlines programme, Miles&Bonus. So it seems only appropriate that I should create a <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/starcalc/">calculator for it</a>. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that I’ve labelled this the “Star Alliance calculator” – I intend to add some further airlines to this in time.</p> 806<p>If you have any queries about this, or discover anything is wrong, please let me know.</p> 807 808 <div class="feedback"> 809 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/08/03/new-aegean-airlines-mileage-earning-calculator/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 810 811 <!-- 812 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 813 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 814 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 815 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/08/03/new-aegean-airlines-mileage-earning-calculator/" 816 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/08/03/new-aegean-airlines-mileage-earning-calculator/" 817 dc:title="New Aegean Airlines mileage earning calculator" 818 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/08/03/new-aegean-airlines-mileage-earning-calculator/trackback/" /> 819</rdf:RDF> --> 820 821 822 823<br /> 824 825 826 <h4 id="post-1018"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/03/12/ttdx-editor-1-20-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: TTDX Editor 1.20 released">TTDX Editor 1.20 released</a></h4> 827 828 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 829 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li> 830 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/tt-station-news/" rel="category tag">TT Station News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 12/03/2012 10:07 pm </h5> 831 832 <p>Following in the footsteps of December’s <a href="http://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/">Saved Game Manager update</a>, I have released a new version of <a href="http://www.transporttycoon.net/ttdxedit">TTDX Editor</a>, the first since 2004! The main feature is improved compatibility with modern versions of Windows (although TTDX Editor was less broken in this respect than the Saved Game Manager). The new version also includes a handful of bug fixes and some other minor improvements. If you’re interested, you can <a href="http://www.transporttycoon.net/ttdxedit">download it here</a>.</p> 833<p>I’m intending to release a new version of TTDAlter with similar improvements at some point in the future (although I’ve yet to start work on it, and TTDAlter was by far the most complex of my Transport Tycoon utilities). In the longer term, I also would like to work on versions of TTDAlter and TTDX Editor that work with OpenTTD (manipulating GRF files in the case of TTDAlter), but those will both basically involve complete rewrites. Maybe in another 8 years, eh? ð</p> 834 835 <div class="feedback"> 836 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/03/12/ttdx-editor-1-20-released/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 837 838 <!-- 839 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 840 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 841 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 842 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/03/12/ttdx-editor-1-20-released/" 843 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/03/12/ttdx-editor-1-20-released/" 844 dc:title="TTDX Editor 1.20 released" 845 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/03/12/ttdx-editor-1-20-released/trackback/" /> 846</rdf:RDF> --> 847 848 849 850<br /> 851 852 853 <h4 id="post-1012"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/31/firefox-10-released-foxamp-should-still-work/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Firefox 10 released – Foxamp should still work!">Firefox 10 released – Foxamp should still work!</a></h4> 854 855 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 856 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 31/01/2012 10:49 pm </h5> 857 858 <p>As regular Foxamp users will know, I’ve generally had to release a new version of <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/foxamp/">Foxamp</a> each time Firefox was updated – despite the fact that this shouldn’t be necessary as of Firefox 4 or so. I wrote in <a href="http://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/">November</a> that that should no longer be the case – however, I was, it seems wrong. However, Firefox <i>now</i> seems to be able to upgrade Foxamp in such a way that it does work even without downloading a new version of it. I’ve tried upgrades and fresh installs, and it all seems to work, at long last. So, if anybody <b>does</b> have any problems, please let me know. Otherwise, happy Foxamping!</p> 859<p>Also, I know there are still a few issues with this version, and people have sent me other feature requests too, and I do hope to be able to release a new version at some point. Mostly the issue is finding the time, unfortunately!</p> 860 861 <div class="feedback"> 862 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/31/firefox-10-released-foxamp-should-still-work/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 863 864 <!-- 865 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 866 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 867 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 868 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/31/firefox-10-released-foxamp-should-still-work/" 869 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/31/firefox-10-released-foxamp-should-still-work/" 870 dc:title="Firefox 10 released – Foxamp should still work!" 871 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/31/firefox-10-released-foxamp-should-still-work/trackback/" /> 872</rdf:RDF> --> 873 874 875 876<br /> 877 878 879 <h4 id="post-1010"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/22/british-airways-executive-club-earnings-calculator/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: British Airways Executive Club earnings calculator">British Airways Executive Club earnings calculator</a></h4> 880 881 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 882 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 22/01/2012 5:22 pm </h5> 883 884 <p>As some of you know, I have become a bit of a frequent flyer over the past few years, and created an <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/bmicalc/">earnings calculator for bmi Diamond Club</a> a couple of years ago. With bmi’s impending sale to British Airways, I’ve now created an <a href="http://www.owenrudge.net/utils/bacalc/">earnings calculator for the British Airways Executive Club</a>, showing how many Avios and tier points you’ll earn on any given itinerary. There may be some bugs or incorrect values in it – let me know if you spot anything that’s wrong, or if you have any other comments about it.</p> 885 886 <div class="feedback"> 887 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/22/british-airways-executive-club-earnings-calculator/#respond">Comments (0)</a> </div> 888 889 <!-- 890 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 891 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 892 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 893 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/22/british-airways-executive-club-earnings-calculator/" 894 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/22/british-airways-executive-club-earnings-calculator/" 895 dc:title="British Airways Executive Club earnings calculator" 896 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/22/british-airways-executive-club-earnings-calculator/trackback/" /> 897</rdf:RDF> --> 898 899 900 901<br /> 902 903 904 <h4 id="post-1007"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-5/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Happy new year!">Happy new year!</a></h4> 905 906 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 907 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 01/01/2012 1:27 pm </h5> 908 909 <p>I’d just like to wish all visitors to owenrudge.net a happy new year. I hope you all have a great 2012!</p> 910 911 <div class="feedback"> 912 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-5/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 913 914 <!-- 915 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 916 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 917 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 918 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-5/" 919 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-5/" 920 dc:title="Happy new year!" 921 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-5/trackback/" /> 922</rdf:RDF> --> 923 924 925 926<br /> 927 928 929 <h4 id="post-1002"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager 2.3 released!">Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager 2.3 released!</a></h4> 930 931 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 932 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li> 933 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/tt-station-news/" rel="category tag">TT Station News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 24/12/2011 11:58 pm </h5> 934 935 <p>First of all, Merry Christmas!</p> 936<p>Well, believe it or not, I’ve released a new version of the <a href="http://www.transporttycoon.net/ttsgm">Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager</a>, nearly 10 years after the last version was released! For those of you who still enjoy playing TTDPatch, or even the original TT or TTD, the Manager helps you organise your saved games and scenarios with ease. I’ve updated it so that it works well on modern versions of Windows, as well as implementing a number of new features, including:</p> 937<ul> 938<li>Support for modern versions of Windows and user restrictions</li> 939<li>Win32 DLL plug-ins supported</li> 940<li>More detailed game information available</li> 941<li>More currencies</li> 942<li>Refresh option</li> 943<li>Plug-in installation improvements</li> 944<li>New “Play with OpenTTD” plug-in</li> 945<li>Assorted new plug-in functions</li> 946<li>Updated TTDIR utility</li> 947<li>New Setup program</li> 948<li>Plus other bug fixes and improvements</li> 949</ul> 950<p>Check it out and download it on the <a href="http://www.transporttycoon.net/ttsgm">Saved Game Manager</a> page!</p> 951 952 <div class="feedback"> 953 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 954 955 <!-- 956 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 957 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 958 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 959 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/" 960 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/"
961 dc:title="Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager 2.3 released!" 962 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/12/24/transport-tycoon-saved-game-manager-2-3-released/trackback/" /> 963</rdf:RDF> --> 964 965 966 967<br /> 968 969 970 <h4 id="post-999"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Firefox 8 is out">Firefox 8 is out</a></h4> 971 972 <h5>Filed under: <ul class="post-categories"> 973 <li><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/" rel="category tag">Site News</a></li></ul> — orudge @ 09/11/2011 3:27 pm </h5> 974 975 <p>Firefox 8 has been released today, and it seems that Foxamp should still work with this version. (I gave it a compatibility setting up to version 9 this time round.) So I’ll have to release a new version sometime after 9 is released in December, assuming Mozilla don’t fix that silly bug by then, but for now things should be OK. If anybody does have any problems, please let me know.</p> 976 977 <div class="feedback"> 978 <a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/#comments">Comments (1)</a> </div> 979 980 <!-- 981 <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 982 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 983 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> 984 <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/" 985 dc:identifier="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/" 986 dc:title="Firefox 8 is out" 987 trackback:ping="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/2011/11/09/firefox-8-is-out/trackback/" /> 988</rdf:RDF> --> 989 990 991 992<p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://blog.owenrudge.net/archives/category/site-news/page/2/" >Next Page »</a></p> 993 994 </div> 995 </div> 996 997 <div class="footer"> 998 Blog powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform" target="_blank">WordPress</a>. Content and design copyright © Owen Rudge 1996-2026. All Rights Reserved.<br /><a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/legal">Legal Information</a> | <a href="https://www.owenrudge.net/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> 999 </div> 1000 </div> 1001 </div>
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