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This applet "Lunar Phases" is courtesy of Gary Nugent (shareware version is available here). [nb: The images of the four major phases were re-arranged to match reality.]
Here is a short table of the major phases of the moon during the current year (courtesy USNO, Astronomical Applications Dept).
Color Test
Using red text on a dark surface is said to facilitate viewing, to make it less tiring. Have a go and see for yourself...Color Names
The following table shows the 16 colours (in alphabetical order) which can be referenced by their names (instead their of RGB hexadecimal number equivalents) in HTML/CSS definitions:
| aqua | -- ff ff | black | -- -- -- | blue | -- -- ff | fuchsia | ff -- ff |
| gray | 80 80 80 | green | -- 80 -- | lime | -- ff -- | maroon | 80 -- -- |
| navy | -- -- 80 | olive | 80 80 -- | purple | 80 -- 80 | red | ff -- -- |
| silver | c0 c0 c0 | teal | -- 80 80 | white | ff ff ff | yellow | ff ff -- |
Here are the same colours, in different grouping (dim … bright):
| black | -- -- -- | black | -- -- -- | black | -- -- -- |
| navy | -- -- 80 | — | -- -- c0 | blue | -- -- ff |
| green | -- 80 -- | — | -- c0 -- | lime | -- ff -- |
| teal | -- 80 80 | — | -- c0 c0 | aqua | -- ff ff |
| maroon | 80 -- -- | — | c0 -- -- | red | ff -- -- |
| purple | 80 -- 80 | — | c0 -- c0 | fuchsia | ff -- ff |
| olive | 80 80 -- | — | c0 c0 -- | yellow | ff ff -- |
| gray | 80 80 80 | silver | c0 c0 c0 | white | ff ff ff |
Table layout has been achieved using an internal style sheet. More colours (and their names) can be found at e.g. W3Schools.
Testing for JavaScript
Check whether JavaScript is enabled in your browser's options/preferences:
[The following two sections were encoded using
Dodo's HTML Encoder.]
This snippet of code written in JavaScript displays part of the Standard ASCII table (the main printable characters); values 0..1F hex have been skipped as they are all control codes (for details see these tables provided by InjoSoft, or check the relevant table U0000 from Unicode Standard 5.1, or see this vintage quick-reference card found at Wikipedia). The last value shown (code 7F hex) is also a control code, DEL (for "Delete").
Special Characters
Here's a list of some letters/characters (excerpt from the IBM Extended ASCII table, DOS
Code Page 00437);
in most editors you will be able to insert them by holding down the [Alt] key while typing the decimal equivalent on the number keypad with [NumLock] set to
ON.
To the right you will also find the HTML coding according to Unicode table
U0080
(Latin-1). [Table is sorted by column 'U0080'.]
dec oct hex bin chr U0080 HTML Description
--- --- --- -------- --- ------ -------- -------------
038 046 26 00100110 & & & ampersand
060 074 3C 00111100 < < < less than
062 076 3E 00111110 > > > greater than
064 100 40 01000000 @ @ at
126 176 7E 01111110 ~ ~ tilde
… … … hor ellipsis
• • • bullet
– – – en dash
— — — em dash
§ § § section
© © © copyright
® ® ® reg tm
142 216 8E 10001110 Ä Ä Ä A umlaut
153 231 99 10011001 Ö Ö Ö O umlaut
154 232 9A 10011010 Ü Ü Ü U umlaut
225 341 E1 11100001 ß ß ß sz
133 205 85 10000101 à à à a grave
160 240 A0 10100000 á á á a acute
131 203 83 10000011 â â â a circumflex
132 204 84 10000100 ä ä ä a umlaut
138 212 8A 10001010 è è è e grave
130 202 82 10000010 é é é e acute
136 210 88 10001000 ê ê ê e circumflex
148 224 94 10010100 ö ö ö o umlaut
129 201 81 10000001 ü ü ü u umlaut
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This analog clock / calendar was found on The NoSpin Group, Inc Free PC Tech web site.
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Server time [when page was loaded] in (casual) plain English using/ checking JavaScript:
Official U.S. Time is found at: www.time.gov
Aviation Weather
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These used to come via teletype fed by ticker tape: actuals and forecasts. (Will take some time to load, be patient.) The photos are Copyright © Ruth Dewitz and used with permission. |
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Download Section
| System Files | ||||||||
| cdrom.sys | BenQ universal CD-ROM driver | 6 KiB |
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| Test Files for Connection Speed Tests | ||||||||
| test.txt | Download test file | 51 Bytes |
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| corrupted.exe | Download test file | 14,246,243 Bytes |
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| corrupted.exe | Download test file | 15.5 MiB |
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| corrupted.exe | Download test file | 92.3 MiB |
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| corrupted.exe | Download test file, not of much use either... | 148.1 MiB |
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| Siemens SpeedStream 4100 (ADSL Modem & Router) | ||||||||
| ssn4100cfg.pdf |
SpeedStream 4100 Telnet Server Command Reference: cfg (slightly modif raw session log – Firmware v004-D240-B25) | 62 KiB |
| (PDF; 15 pages) | ||||
| ssn4100clear.pdf | SpeedStream 4100 Telnet Server Command Reference: clear | 10 KiB |
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| ssn4100do.pdf | SpeedStream 4100 Telnet Server Command Reference: do | 10 KiB |
| (PDF; 1 page) | ||||
| ssn4100show.pdf | SpeedStream 4100 Telnet Server Command Reference: show | 10 KiB |
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Content Management Demonstration
This is text which is meant to be updated by Content Management Software.
This specially tagged section has been added via
Web Update Client (WUC) from XemiComputers.
Access is somehow restricted to keep things simple. (No fancy text formatting.) Anyway, within those limits it seems to work fine...
One more text section to demonstrate restricted updating.
This line was added after the page layout was changed.
And another line... Playing around...
Remote Access
 Free Remote Control |
This is the free (time-limited: 20 mins/session, 10 hrs/month) support tool. The advanced versions carry a one-time price (no monthly or yearly payment plan). Registration for the Free License requires putting up this link (or recommend the tool to seven other people). First tests revealed that a session is interupted every five minutes while in demo/trial mode. One will not accomplish much within such a time window... A while after registration, my license key for the free version arrived via EMail. Have tested features "Remote Access" (working at a customer's screen), "Presentation" (inviting a customer to your screen), "File Transfer". All have seemed to work well. One more restriction applies: Once the 20 mins session ends, you'll have to wait another 10 mins before being allowed to re-connect. Successfully worked with clients running Win2k SP4 | WinXP SP2. |
Site Search
FreeFind Site Search Engine – FreeFind adds a "search this site" feature to your website, making your site easier to use. FreeFind also gives you reports showing what your visitors are searching for, enabling you to improve your site. FreeFind's advanced site search engine and automatic site map technology can be added to your website for free. On the results page (besides some sponsors' links) you'll find links to the site's word index, to search tips, and to the advanced search feature.
Last modified on
2012-02-01 21:03 CET