My Projects

Make your avatar the album art of the currently playing song.

This little project has really taken off, you can find all the details on the project's own sub-site, http://projects.r9paul.org/iTunes2MSN/ where you can find downloads, help, resources and more information.

A new version will be underway soon with new features and a new look, we are also looking to make language modules to accomodate our non-english userbase. To get involved with coding or translation please get in touch.

Manages the process of writing, storing and checking teacher's comments on students, before turning them into references (with UCAS specifically in mind).

Please visit the URMANT website for further information.

A business management suite, from Sale-Order Processing to Inventory Management, Bill Of Materials and Raw Material Purchasing.

Microsoft's solution was going to cost over £70,000; mine will probably end up at a few thousand to develop from scratch and implement. Bargain.

The solution is engineered for Jubilee Components Ltd, L. Robinson & Co. (Gillinham) Ltd, Jubilee Clips Ltd and the other members of the L.R. Group of Companies. to take over from a network of spreadsheets and simple databases to provide a single system for managing stock, orders, production, customers, suppliers, resources, costs, pricing, invoicing, and everything else. Written in VB, with MS-SQL server backend and an ASP web interface, this project is still in the early stages of development, you can trac its progress here or go straight to the SVN.

A tool for comparing two *.reg files for similarities and differences, can be used to understand registry tweaking or to backup the registry.

Ever got one of those 'Tweaking' programs for your PC and though 'Wow I wish I knew how to do that!' Well, using this tool all you have to do is export your registry before and after applying a 'tweak' and this program will find the differences. Once you have the differences you can 'tweak' yourself using VB or just plain old regedit. You can see a screenshot here.

Other Uses and Applications of the Program:

• Seeing how tweaks work. By exporting before and after applying a "tweak" to Windows with one of those shareware/freeware "Tweakers" you should be able to identify which key is being changed. Meaning you can then a) encorporate the tweak into your programs, b) use the tweaks beyond the expiry date of the program without having to pay for it. After all this is not copyright violation... all the tweaks are listed on various sites, all you would be doing is skipping the research stage.
• Scanning for possible Viruses. The program has now been adapted to include some basic scanning options. This means you could use this software to look for keys linked to specific viruses, also by taking regular registry backups and comparing them you may be able to spot unusual changes in the registry which may be caused by Data miners, viruses etc.
• General Registry Maintainance. Keeping you registry tidy will help your machine run faster. This program should help spot keys uninstalled programs have left behind etc.

Downloads:
Version 2.0: Executable
Version 2.0: Source
Version 2.0: Planet-Source-Code Article

A combination of partially and badly built Visual Basic projects concerning file managament, web browsing and file operations.

The project itself is probably of little worth to anyone, but the code might be of use. Whilst unfinished Terabyte 2 had a lot of potential and a lot of good code went into it.

Downloads:
Terabyte 1.1: Source
File Operations 1.0: Source [The File Management suite behind Terabyte 2]
Terabyte 2.0: Source

A coursework project for a theoretical Turkey Farm. Manages the production and sale of turkeys on a small farm.

If anyone's interested, let me know. Source and Binary going online soon.