Makin' Prograaaams

Apparently some people noticed that I wasn't around much lately, so this seems like a good place to dump the things I've been working on.

First up is a project I started a couple of weeks ago to keep the old Japanese reading skill sharp (or, you know, sharpen it for the first time). As of right now, there are two modes, one is a review which provides a kanji, its reading(s) and a definition of sorts (all according to the Tuttle Kanji Cards). The second mode is a quiz, which right now just shows a definition and gives five options of which one is the correct answer. Please note that the screenshots in the links are cropped to eliminate the considerable black space that makes up most of the screen, and the "review" shot is actually three screens on top of each other to show the two different styles of romanization for readings, and that there is the option to have the readings displayed in Japanese.

You can try the review mode of this program by downloading this

The other thing I was working on, but not so much lately, is Lisa Green Teaches Texting.



This thing is designed to satisfy mankind's need to practice texting? If you're using DosBox to run this one, make sure your CPU cycles are set to MAX, or else this thing will take forever to load. Also, there are a couple of things that don't quite work right: the text input screen doesn't word wrap to match the prompt, the cursor acts a little funny, and there was at one time a results screen that would rate and comment on your performance, but the formula pretty much praised everyone, so the results screen just gives a few stats.

You can download the mostly functional version of this here

Enjoy!