A trip to Wilson Library dotcomboom 2023-07-23 | 320x240 20fps video journaling some library explorations with a fun slideshow at the end.Recorded on a Canon PowerShot A530 with CHDK installed so I could use optical zoom while recording. Didn't use the mute while zoom option. Adds to the ambiance.The A530 is also able to record 640 x 480 movies at 10 frames/sec, or 160 x 120 movies (compact; up to three minutes length) at 15 frames/sec.My bud mariteaux made this into an Earlimart music video!! Go watch!!youtube.com/watch?v=nZ2CXxOqGEwStills (uploaded Jul 25, 2023): http://somnol.net/dcbpics/10190:00 east bank1:25 bridge2:25 west bank2:33 library20:26 more west bank21:23 stills24:06 credits
oops installing windows xp dotcomboom 2025-04-02 | Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/dcblince
50 minutes of Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition ASMR dotcomboom 2025-02-14 | Making a daily journal application in real time. No cuts except for the one time I sneezed. Happy valentines day :')
Microsoft Photo Story 3 tie-in still in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition (Switch) dotcomboom 2024-11-24 | A lil oddity. Microsoft Photo Story 3 is a product which came packed in with PC CD-ROM releases of RCT3 Gold (possibly others, that's the one I had), that makes slideshows out of users' photos. Which includes snapshots from the game via this Photo Spot piece of scenery, and a picture camera piece of track (have not tried that one out, actually). I figured that Frontier would have taken its logo and trademark off of the Photo Spot but they left it in for whatever reason. I don't figure Microsoft out there really cares about what that wordmark shows up in, so.....I just got the game on sale (it's $7.50 on the eShop right now) so I don't know that much about its development (can totally believe it being based on the same codebase as the 2004 original) but this is a fun reference to see in my playing around with it lol(In case you're not aware of what you're missing out on from Photo Story, I direct you to this 11 year old video for an example: youtube.com/watch?v=ynVUr3FnsvQ)Strobe lights / epilepsy warning (sorry, it was the Dodgems...)Captured on a live Switch (30 second clip and all)
ocaml FUNction hour + zuma + bloons dotcomboom 2024-10-02 | Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at twitch.tv/dottcomboomIn this livestream, dcb studies for an upcoming exam live for the Internet to see, securing his place in the chess club and proving himself a worthy successor to Todd Howard. (We wrote some simple recursive Ocaml functions and then played Zuma.)Recorded live October 1, 2024, white rabbits
A campus walkabout dotcomboom 2022-08-30 | A slideshow of the pictures I took on my first day at university.Cameras used are a Nikon Coolpix S6300 and an HP Photosmart M517.A few were off my phone thoughEdited in WLMM, music credits at the end
Professor Teaches Netscape Communicator (2000) dotcomboom 2022-07-22 | 0:00 technical finagling1:40 Intro1:57 Lesson 1: What is the Internet?15:46 Lesson 2: Introducing... Netscape Communicator31:05 Lesson 3: The World Wide Web51:24 Lesson 4: Working with E-mail1:07:51 Lesson 5: Usenet Newsgroups1:21:50 Lesson 6: FTP and Gopher Sites1:37:10 Lesson 7: Searching the Internet1:49:49 Lesson 8: Web Extras2:07:28 Perusing the index
Being a pro dotcomboom 2021-06-22 | Mucking about on the Wild Tree Fun challenge in SSX Blur. Going uphill to hit flags I missed/already hit, going out of bounds(?), and going uphill once more to get 27/12 flags hit. What an experience.
Slightly better quality Mario Kart Wii stream for charity dotcomboom 2021-02-16 | Qwest's out of town and it's freezing outside. Let's play some video gmaes.
Tic-Tac-Toe - Visual Basic timelapse dotcomboom 2021-01-07 | I captured some footage last night hoping to do a sort of impromptu tutorial on making a 2-player Tic-Tac-Toe (or, Noughts and Crosses) game from scratch in Windows Forms. It totaled around an hour, and I was a bit sleepy throughout the process, so I thought it would be more fun to speed it up, set it to some nice music and let you see my general process for such things, mistakes and all. Apologies if the mouse tracking is a bit too quick to watch comfortably.Download: http://dotcomboom.somnolescent.net/software/progs/TicTacToe.7zMusic in order of appearance ------"In which the player speaks their piece with great precision" - Belle, Dear: belledear.bandcamp.com/album/dessus-dessous"sine" - Canslp: canslp.bandcamp.com/album/wet
Pocowrite - VB ink to bitmap program dotcomboom 2021-01-03 | Small thing I threw together in VB.NET today, WPF this time around, for quick handwritten messages/images to send on Discord. In use is an InkCanvas, for which there are other examples on YT. I've done a thing with Microsoft Ink controls in the past (Handwriting Tool on http://dotcomboom.somnolescent.net/software, mainly for saving MSN handwriting, though for that purpose Word is better, and it also turns out you can just paste it into Paint lol) but this is in WPF instead.The full source code, unless I decide to polish it on a rainy day: gist.github.com/dotcomboom/fa5aafcb9febdb3aa815c7e7a2fb4c6f Just copy the code into a new VB WPF project in your preferred Visual Studio. Zip upload on the software section of my site is a possibility.Recorded with FastStone Capture. faststone.org/index.htmMusic playing in the background is Paralax - Effervescence, as heard in Urban Flavour - Modern Jazz Drum n Bass. youtube.com/watch?v=8voQp7KDsngI'll probably edit music in with WMM in the future instead of just recording with Stereo Mix. (And frankly, I forgot I had music on.) This was just a test run.More program demos coming soon..? I think it could be fun.Note that the first 21 views were all me :coolssant:0:00 - Source0:47 - Writing1:16 - Erasing1:23 - Writing again1:46 - Differently sized window
Donkey Konga 2 Custom Audio dotcomboom 2020-08-21 | I've made a few discoveries since the last upload. For now you can read the basic process here: gist.github.com/dotcomboom/a0598d954ebf3809d9354a4444514993I have been able to inject the full song, and I was able to get the original score file into Reaper to make edits and change the BPM. I haven't gotten into actual charting or tempo mapping, at least not yet. There are spots in the replaced song ("Predictable")'s chart that actually match up pretty well, and that's funny.Recorded on my desktop, so it's less of a stutter-fest.
Donkey Konga 2 custom audio test dotcomboom 2020-08-20 | IT WORKS kinda(note that the stuttering is from the recording and was not noticeable ingame)process right now: - export standard mono l/r dsp with audacity fork[1] (has to be cut short enough so it isn't too large to inject over an existing track) - use dkdsp 0.4 (available in mariocube) to weave them into a stereo cStr dsp: i.e. dkdsp.exe "01 parrrtialL.dsp" -s "01 parrrtialR.dsp" 01newpartial.dsp (xmplay was used to compare it with dsp files the game came with) - replace like the first five dsp files in stream/score/ because i dunno which ones get mapped to which songs in game yet - ??? - profitnext steps, get the track in longer, see if i can change song titles[2], also plain midi files are used for scores so that'd need to be a thingdonkey konga 2 ought to have a customs scene, get acai on thissong: c.layne - Figures (A Collection of Musical Works: 2004-2015)[1]: github.com/jackoalan/audacity[2]: reddit.com/r/Gamecube/comments/cp11by/i_need_help_modding_donkey_konga_2/?sort=new
Obsidian (gameplay) dotcomboom 2020-05-10 | A small game I put together in Construct 2.newgrounds.com/portal/view/754700
AutoSite Gource visualization (Aug 2019-May 1, 2020) dotcomboom 2020-05-02 | Commands used:gource --path git\ --title "AutoSite" --highlight-all-users --output-ppm-stream gource.ppm --s 0.25 -1920x1080 git\ffmpeg -y -r 60 -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i gource.ppm out.mp4Gource: gource.ioGit: git-scm.comAutoSite: github.com/dotcomboom/AutoSite
Looking back on MyGameBuilder (v1, 2008-2013) dotcomboom 2020-05-01 | I don't know if many other people grew up with this site, but it was magical to me back in the day. The servers were shut down relatively recently (I'm guessing 2019, after people had a chance to move their stuff to v2), so all that I am looking at here is just in the MGB.swf file that's still up on the site. I remember making short "platformer" games on it back then that I'd show off to my elementary school computer class. These were still technically just top-down RPGs, all MGB games were, just with several blocks that would push you down if you went up to simulate gravity.They have indeed since relaunched the site at v2.mygamebuilder.com, and while I did have a peek at the ported over actor-based system early in v2's ongoing public beta (which was incredibly well done; notable older games were brought over pretty much perfectly, like the classic Ice Penguinz here: v2.mygamebuilder.com/u/dgolds/play/X8P7sLMovtS9uLafE) that has since been deprecated and you can't easily use it anymore. The focus instead of v2 is, well, introducing kids to JS game engines like Phaser with tutorials and whatnot. While that's well and good, I miss the idea of being able to make your own game using basic yet capable tools. A lot of really neat things were made with MGB, and yet I never hear anything about it.
DirectMusic Producer - Toots2 dotcomboom 2020-04-29 | Demo segment from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer.Author: David YackleyCopyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Information: A tribute to the great jazz harmonica player Toots Thielmans.MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/Toots2.middotcomboom.somnolescent.netw2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
DirectMusic Producer - New Trance dotcomboom 2020-04-28 | Demo segment from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer.Author: David YackleyCopyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/ntrance.middotcomboom.somnolescent.net w2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
DirectMusic Producer - Theme dotcomboom 2020-04-27 | Demo segment from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer. Pleasant, fantasy-sounding track. It reminds me of Runescape, though I haven't really played it.Author: (uncredited?)Copyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/Theme.middotcomboom.somnolescent.net w2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
DirectMusic Producer - Acousticgruv dotcomboom 2020-04-26 | A demo segment from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer. Author: David YackleyCopyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/Acousticgruv.middotcomboom.somnolescent.netw2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
DirectMusic Producer - Intermission Music dotcomboom 2020-04-25 | A demo segment from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer. Subject: Intermission MusicAuthor: Scott SelfonCopyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/Intermission.middotcomboom.somnolescent.net w2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
DirectMusic Producer - Hyper dotcomboom 2020-04-24 | A demo track from Microsoft DirectMusic Producer. More uploads will be trickling out in the coming week.Author: David YackleyCopyright: Copyright ©1999, Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.MIDI download: http://archives.somnolescent.net/directmusic/hyper.middotcomboom.somnolescent.netw2krepo.somnolescent.net/Audio
The worlds least satisfying Mario Kart Wii compilation dotcomboom 2020-03-08 | Composed of footage captured from (from what I can tell) January to July 2017, when I used the Wii Wheel and really didn't know how to git gud at Mario Kart but still wanted to record Wiimmfi competitions. The result is.. phenomenal. I had recordings of competitions #18-36, except for a couple I had missed back then and a couple that (afaik) have been corrupted so I couldn't fit them in. They're in no particular order in the video, unfortunately.Checking now, Wiimmfi is up to #136 which is borderline ridiculous. Bless them..More info on those here: https://competitions.wiimmfi.deAnd if you'd like to see more of them: youtube.com/results?search_query=wiimmfi+competition+wr
Low-quality Mario Kart Wii stream for charity idk dotcomboom 2019-12-29 | my internet screams in pain
UNO (WiiWare) Full OST dotcomboom 2019-12-25 | Direct rip of UNO's soundtrack from its .ogg files, which are also available here: http://archives.somnolescent.net/uno_ost(2-2-22 new link: archive.org/details/uno-wiiware-oggs)Timestamps:0:00 Main Theme0:45 BGM 12:38 BGM 24:47 BGM 36:41 BGM 48:37 BGM 510:28 Lose10:38 Win10:45 Congratulations!10:54 Score Screen
WebTV Dialing Music (Dialing.MID) dotcomboom 2019-10-07 | A high quality rip (aha) of the WebTV (pre-MSNTV, that used another theme) dialing music, as played by zefie's BeatnikX Player with the WebTV Classic (bootrom 105) patch bank installed.Dialing.MID is a weird MIDI file in the set. In every other program I threw it in, it was interpreted as a single 16 second long track (where I presume all of the instruments played at once), but with the BeatnikX player it played properly, with the progress bar being for each 16 second stanza. I had thought this MIDI was just for a certain segment of the song, but turns out that wasn't the case.Matt Man's WebTV server emulator video: youtube.com/watch?v=Wdb14M1jMX0His site has a modded WebTV Viewer available for download that does have all of the ROM's MIDIs and RMF files extracted, as well as being able to connect to the emulator.zefie's BeatnikX Player: github.com/zefie/BeatnikProject2019As well as playing this MIDI properly (with the exact soundfont as well) it's one of the very few programs to play RMFs, at least on modern systems. I'd highly recommend giving WebTV's RMF files a listen as some of them sound real dang good.
Introducing Windows NT - Windows NT 3.51 Server dotcomboom 2019-08-21 | A fresh recording of the Introducing Windows NT tour included in NT 3.51. Captured with VirtualBox at 640x480.Timestamps:0:17: Logging onto Windows NT1:46: Connecting to Other Computers3:18: Sharing Files on a Network5:08: Creating User Accounts and Assigning Groups7:18: Setting File Permissions10:17: Connecting to a Printer11:38: Using Clipbook over the Network12:58: Communicating with Other Users14:28: (end)
NetMeeting 3.0 Demo dotcomboom 2019-08-16 | This is a recording of a bridged virtual machine running Windows 2000 interacting with a connected Gateway 2000 Solo 2100 laptop (with Windows 98, 32MB RAM, Pentium MMX 150MHz processor, and an ethernet PCMCIA card). I show Whiteboard, Chat, File Transfer, and its screen sharing and control. Recorded 3/24/2019 with the video capture feature built into VirtualBox, decided to upload since I had the footage already and although I was going to record and upload an AutoSite '98 video today VirtualBox's video capture decided not to work. Expect to see that soon though; I'd preferably like to be able to record audio from the VM but Macs don't make that super easy.
A01 in 002473 (PB) - TrackMania Nations Forever dotcomboom 2019-07-23 | Personal best since July 1st, 2019. My replay files can be found at http://dotcomboom.somnolescent.net/archives/nationsCurrent world record is 00'23"87 for the curious: youtube.com/watch?v=DhB4slFUHEItmnforever.tm-exchange.com/main.aspx?action=trackshow&id=2233#autoDownload TrackMania Nations Forever on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/11020) or at http://trackmaniaforever.com/nations/.
GopherVR on Window Maker dotcomboom 2019-07-06 | GopherVR turns out to be in the Arch Linux AUR. Here's some footage running on Manjaro i3 with the Window Maker window manager.aur.archlinux.org/packages/gophervrMy other GopherVR video, on macOS Mojave: youtube.com/watch?v=mljHFaNHzhc
Songbird Gopher demo dotcomboom 2019-06-22 | This is a little demo of an intriguing media player application that happened to use an older version of Gecko with Gopher support. And yes, that means you can stream music over Gopher, although you can't skim through it on the fly. Songbird does let you download files right to your library which is pretty neat.As it's based on Gecko (the core of Mozilla/Firefox) there isn't necessarily any special integration with Gopher. Which is a shame, because it'd be cool to queue up and batch download tracks using it. (I've tried dragging the links onto the queue on the right, it unfortunately doesn't work.) Also of note is how clicking on a media link pops up with an error message but it still works anyways, which is odd.Songbird is overall a neat looking application and it's a shame that it's been discontinued with the services running it being down as well.
Pro Tools 5 SoundCheck Demo Track dotcomboom 2019-02-26 | The demo track included with distributions of Pro Tools 5 Free.
A variety of Gopher clients on Windows 2000 dotcomboom 2019-02-01 | A showcase of a bunch of Gopher clients, in mostly chronological order (with the exception of Blue Skies which belongs in the WSGopher family but didn't open so I had to record it later umu).Timestamps:0:00 BCGopher (1993)4:20 HGopher (1993)8:20 WSGopher 1.2 (1994)10:43 WSGopher 2.0 (1994)13:22 Not Blue Skies (umu)13:25 WGopher (1994)16:34 Digger Dwarf (2010)18:20 Gopherus (2013)20:00 Little Gopher Client (2016)21:10 Gopher Browser for Windows (2016)23:15 Blue Skies (1995)Blue Skies is based on WSGopher 1.2; it uses the same help file (not pictured) and keeps most of its features, but lacks the directory tree feature that WSGopher 2.0 has. It intrigues me mainly because of its general purpose of connecting to servers with weather forecasts.Directory trees are a novel concept for a Gopher client to have, and I hope to see it used more in the future; it offers a quick way to navigate through a Gopher server. WSGopher 2.0 and Little Gopher Client have realized this. WSGopher 2.0 for some reason removes directory selectors from the menu view, and the implementation is a little buggy, causing some menus to not function properly. Little Gopher Client is the better implementation, but I think backlinks should be hidden since they're already in the tree anyway. Netscape 6 implements it too, and while its implementation is actually very good, they make the mistake of using it as the only way to view the menu, without any information selectors. It's a shame, because it's excellent otherwise.A number of these earlier clients (HGopher, WSGopher/Blue Skies) do support Gopher+. I've never seen it in action as of yet (if you know a server that uses it, leave a comment) and I'm not entirely sure how it works.I'd definitely suggest to try some of these clients out and poke in their documentation for historical purposes, and I'll leave some links to where I found them below:gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/gopher/clients/win (HGopher, and a somewhat-updated bookmarks file)gopher://gopherspace.de/1/menu/Downloads/Gopher_Clients/jumpjet.info/Offbeat-Internet/Gopher/Clients/clients.htmhttp://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/software/ddwarf (Digger Dwarf, dead link)http://gopherus.sourceforge.net (Gopherus, developer's site)http://runtimeterror.com/tools/gopher (Little Gopher Client, developer's site)http://www.jaruzel.com/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows (Gopher Browser for Windows, developer's site)The older clients are 16-bit executables and will not run on 64-bit Windows. I did run this in a virtual machine: if you found the two--wait, no, three--times in the video where I accidentally broke the immersion, both congratulations and my sincerest apologies. If you did notice, yeah pEPsi is a great album.
GopherVR in action dotcomboom 2018-12-25 | Cameron Kaiser's build of GopherVR running on macOS Mojave (10.14). More information at gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/1/gophervr.To get this to work, I needed to use the MacPorts version of X11-server instead of XQuartz. Ultimately I just ran the GopherVR executable through xterm, since otherwise the application would try to launch under XQuartz. I don't really know why XQuartz didn't work, but the MacPorts version did so whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯gopher://gopher.somnolescent.net:70/1/dcb
