though my programs written in visual basic are working and doing most of what i want, it seemed it was time to grow up a little and move away from programming in vb. because of that, i am currently re-writing my visual basic applications using the .net framework in c#. supposedly using .net should make it easier for these applications to run on something other than windows, but i haven't tried it.
i've also been learning windows installer xml (wix) while working on these projects, so they all come in msi form, along with an optional cab file containing the source code (even the wix source). i like the level of control i get with wix -- i can make much nicer installers with it than trying to use the confusing deployment tools that are included with visual studio.
to run any of these projects, you will need to have the .net framework 2.0 which you can get for free from microsoft if you don't already have it. in order to build the projects from source you will need the .net framework sdk (also free from microsoft), and visual studio 2005 might be of some help as well but that's sure not free.
memory organizer
replaces the vb program known as pad -- coming "soon!"
movie enlister and tracker (meat)
movie enlister and tracker (meat) is designed to aid in managing large collections of digital movies and their backup status. it replaces movie information manager (mim) and should provide all the features that mim did.
shared libraries
shared libraries used by most analog underground applications (including the two above). it's not an application itself, and is pretty much useless to anyone who isn't a programmer. the two dll files are strongly-named which means they can be installed to the gac — in fact this is what happens when one of the applications using them gets installed.
