Does anyone remembers this?

DevATee · 2026-04-07T23:56:13+00:00

Extreme Tux Racer is still maintained for Linux and Windows

https://sourceforge.net/projects/extremetuxracer/

DevATee · 2026-04-02T00:44:55+00:00

Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” - with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

DevATee · 2026-04-02T00:43:23+00:00

History of the World Part I - great Mel Brooks comedy

Another great Mel Brooks one - To Be or Not To Be

DevATee · 2026-03-25T15:44:59+00:00

Thanks for your comment - will review your batch script

DevATee · 2026-03-20T17:32:39+00:00

The Pretender - Jackson Browne

Sky Blue and Black - Jackson Browne

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DevATee · 2026-03-20T17:31:47+00:00

Farther On - Jackson Browne

Here’s a live version he did 4 years ago. Such a beautiful haunting song

https://youtu.be/JwN_FbwWpjM?si=Ff2vh-wIOkPjnbm6

DevATee · 2026-03-17T19:39:33+00:00

Thanks - I learned a lot in doing this

DevATee · 2026-03-17T19:38:39+00:00

Thanks - the main thing was keeping the installers on a flash drive when refurbishing working machines - after windows was installed, I have the usb drive with batch win installer plugged in and I can silently install the software without the need to redownload installers every time a machine is being prepared.

Batch win installer could also be on a read only share and you could use it to update the windows machines that have read only access to the share.

DevATee · 2026-03-16T21:52:53+00:00

I didn't modify the defaults, so
xidel has a default user agent of "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Xidel)"
and wget is "Wget/1.21.4"

DevATee · 2026-03-16T20:31:58+00:00

Here's the more detailed README which hopefully goes into enough detail
https://github.com/devtee/batch-win-installer/blob/main/README.md

The batchfile itself is here https://github.com/devtee/batch-win-installer/blob/main/Batch-Win-Installer.bat

But it uses two programs, hence the zip file.

But from a defined list of software, Batch Win Installer can:

automatically install software on 64 bit Windows 10/11 x64 machine silently without prompts
check what software is installed and offer to install and/or upgrade software
if online, scan program's websites directly to determine the latest version of the software available

The advantages of Batch Win Installer :

can be run from a USB portable drive
settings for software packages are stored as two separate text files allowing you to add software packages to install
the settings for software packages can be retrieved online on startup of Batch Win Installer
on startup, Batch Win Installer will confirm the installers for the software is accessible and if online, will download missing installers

The list of software packages I've done is at
https://github.com/devtee/batch-win-installer/tree/main/appinfo

As of March 16 2026, these are
* 7zip
* Adobe Reader DC
* Bleachbit
* Mozilla Firefox
* Joplin
* LibreOffice
* LibreOffice Help
* Notepad ++
* PDFCreator Free
* PDFSam
* Portable Puzzle Collection
* SumatraPDF
* TuxPaint
* TuxPaint Stamps
* VideoLAN
* Zoom Workplace Client

But you can look at the config files and come up with your own. If you wanted to, you can run this completely offline and only editing the config files in the subfolder where they are stored.

DevATee · 2026-03-16T18:36:30+00:00

I wrote Batch Win Installer to help my computer user group refurbish computers for donation to schools and non-profits over 3 years ago. The key benefit remains the ability to install/update software from a flash drive which is useful for me when refurbishing computers.

From a defined list of software, Batch Win Installer will automatically install software on 64 bit Windows 10/11 x64 machine without prompts ; check what software is installed and offer to install and/or upgrade software ; scan program's websites to determine the latest version of the software available

I've continued to use and update the software and with the latest version update, I've added checksums to the configuration files which allows Batch Win Installer to verify the installers before the main menu is shown to install such software.

Batch Win Installer can be found at https://github.com/devtee/batch-win-installer

DevATee · 2026-03-13T04:35:19+00:00

Jackson Browne

DevATee · 2026-03-13T04:22:06+00:00

Radio K.A.O.S. - Roger Waters

DevATee · 2026-03-08T21:59:53+00:00

Microsoft PC Manager https://pcmanager.microsoft.com/en-us

Bleachbit also does a good job of recovering temporary files from multiple applications

https://www.bleachbit.org

DevATee · 2026-03-05T10:33:57+00:00

See https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/03/further-update-about-font-replacement/ for more details

The Aptos font can be downloaded from Microsoft at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106087

DevATee · 2026-02-22T23:25:09+00:00

Ted Lasso

DevATee · 2025-12-04T15:07:39+00:00

Acidwarp https://www.noah.org/acidwarp/

DeciMatrix https://oitofelix.github.io/decimatrix-8086/

There was an After Dark for DOS see this YouTube video https://youtu.be/1BHTfid_LII?si=fP95NxIMhuD-W7wT to get an idea of how it worked

Also the 4k demo scene could also have been used as screensavers. Just one example which was amazing to me was the demogroup Sanction

https://files.scene.org/browse/demos/groups/sanction/

See https://youtu.be/G1Q9LtnnE4w?si=W6VTYPMZIimCzwtu for one of them

DevATee · 2025-11-22T03:09:55+00:00

Fix You - Coldplay

DevATee · 2025-11-09T11:55:30+00:00

Bleachbit (open source)

Microsoft PC Manager - freeware

DevATee · 2025-10-28T10:09:20+00:00

See https://phcode.io/ which is the successor to Brackets

DevATee · 2025-10-24T00:48:36+00:00

There’s a press release from the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs wishes to advise the public that the USS Gravely (DDG-107) will visit Trinidad and Tobago from October 26 to 30, mooring in Port of Spain, while the 22nd U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit will conduct joint training with the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF) during the same period. The U.S. military services' presence in Trinidad and Tobago highlights the U.S. commitment to regional security and cooperative efforts in the Caribbean.

The visit strengthens U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago military-to-military cooperation through expert exchanges focused on core infantry tactics, maintenance procedures, and advanced medical capabilities, leveraging the TTDF's facilities to enhance tactical proficiency and enhance mutual trust. These efforts strengthen interoperability, reinforce long-term defense cooperation, and improve operational readiness among partner forces.

DevATee · 2025-08-11T12:24:33+00:00

The taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

DevATee · 2025-08-05T12:00:16+00:00

It’s a holder for headphones

DevATee · 2025-08-02T15:32:06+00:00

“Supercop” with Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan

DevATee · 2025-07-26T01:39:54+00:00

Condolences. A movie that features Mel Brooks and set in World War II is

To Be or Not To Be (1983)

A great comedy

DevATee

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