» Games & Fun Stuff

Perhaps you find something useful here, but be aware that these programs are quite old, mostly. This is an archive.
The little programs on this page are all free, but I cannot guarantee compatibility with Windows Vista or Windows 7 / 8 and there will be no more updates - use at your own risk. Microsoft .Net Framework Version 2.0 is required for some programs.

Ear Test / Hearing Test The program is designed to give you a quick test of your ear's capabilities to hear all frequencies of the audible spectrum, separately for each ear. You can measure with good accuracy up to which frequency you can hear and compare your result with those of your friends and family. The test result is drawn as a graphcal chart. The upper frequency limit of the human ears is strongly dependent on a person's age. A child can usually hear frequencies of up to 20,000 Hz (oscillations per second), while for an old person it can be as low as 5,000 Hz and even lower. For a middle-aged person (40 years), a frequency of 14,000 Hz is an average value. Some people can have gaps in their hearing spectrum, due to inner ear injuries - this can also be checked. Due to the lack of calibration, this program cannot replace a medical hearing test. Please be careful when using it with headphones. » Download

Dream Scroller This program is designed to scroll any number of text items in a draggable and resizable window on your desktop, in a horizontal or vertical direction. You can configure the font, text color (for every message separately), background color and speed. When the mouse hovers over the window, the scrolling is paused. Using the mouse wheel, you can manually scroll the messages back and forth. Messages can be temporarily deactivated, so you can keep a large number of items in the list and only temporarily activate the ones you need. Left-click the tray icon to hide or show the main window. » Download

XML Address Book ...is a full-featured, easy-to-use address book application with all the essential features you really need and without any overhead. You can add any number of entries you like or import them from an Excel file. The table can be rearranged and sorted in any way (by clicking the table headers) and you can add or delete rows to fit your personal needs. All settings are saved to disk automatically. The address file is saved in the XML format. The program can also serve as a birthday planner - you can call a table with all the persons which are celebrating their birthday within the next 30 days, along with the days to go and their age. » Download

Multi Clipboard With Multi Clipboard you have access to nine clipboard texts (slots), which you can select either via mouseclick when the program window is active, or via Hotkey "Ctrl + NUMPAD 1.. 9", even if the program is inactive or minimized to the system tray. This copies the selected slot to the Windows clipboard, from which you can paste it into your active application (for instance with Ctrl + V). The hotkey "Ctrl + NUMPAD 0" hides or shows the program window, depending on the previous state. If nine slots are not enough and you need more, you can change to another of three available files. » Download

Week Scheduler Very useful to remind you of the lots of appointments you might have to keep during the working day on your computer. You can set 16 timers independently for each day of the week. When an alarm time has come, a blinking popup window comes up, with a message you can assign beforehand. Sound signal optional. Program window can be moved to the system tray, so it won't get in the way and it can be started iconized. If you leave your PC running overnight, the tab switches correctly to the next day. » Download

Program Launcher If you need to start several programs simultanously, this program can be useful to you. It can start 5 groups of programs with up to 5 programs in each group, either manually or timer controlled. You can start *.exe files or document files, for which the standard program is started then. You can also specify arguments for the programs to start with. Choose from 50 icons to assign with your groups. Program can be iconized to the system tray. Optional sound signal on timer start. » Download

Metronome Timer A special timer program, developed for speed reading training. Counts up or down, with customizable metronome tick (emphasized or not, variable speed), plus extra sound every x seconds (when you count up) or x seconds before timer runs off, and when timer has reached zero. All settings are saved to disk. » Download

Unit Converter Simple and intuitively to use tool for conversion of the most frequently used units of Length, Weight, Volume, Area and Temperature in both U.S. and metric types. Enter any value and convert it to the desired result unit. Result can be copied to clipboard. » Download

RGB-Mixer (Color Mixer) When you build homepages or any other kind of graphic artworks, a tool like this comes in handy. Mix any desired color with the three sliders. The program saves its last used color and all the settings to disk. Press ENTER or click button to put colorstring into the clipboard. You can make the program window stay "always on top" by clicking the pin button. » Download

Password Generator A useful tool for creating passwords that nobody can guess. Use a mixture of upper/lowercase letters, numbers and a selection of user defined special characters. Generate up to 1000 passwords at a time and save them to a file. In my program Super Diary there is also an advanced password generator included (in the "Logins" module). » Download

Multiple Choice Make up your own Quiz Show! Answer questions while picking the correct one among three or four available answers. The program comes with quite a lot of quiz files, which were kindly sent to me by several authors, but you can easily create your own! Text and background colors can be changed for every file. In the end you can review which questions you answered correctly and which you didn't. Easy and intuitively to use. » Download

Test Screens Eight different testmodes, some with submodes. Test your monitor for sharpness, moiré, geometry, convergence, high voltage supply stability, brightness, color quality and more. Adjusts to any given resolution (even odd ones, like 1280x1024). Comes with a tutorial text. You can step through the screens with ENTER and "hold" the auto changing screens in the submodes with SPACE. » Download