Ian Sharpe, Bath UK Retired software developer / computer journalist

Professional software development

I am retired and do not undertake new work.

My email is still active if you need help with something I did for you.

@random – my personal web site

That's retired too. It contained articles and files written during an earlier career in computer journalism (1986-2003). The material was no longer of interest to me and increasingly (and embarrasingly) dated but a few things remained popular. I kept it alive for that reason.

Popular files will be here for a while (see bottom of page) but eventually vanish. There is no support, hence no contact details.

I encourage people to host anything found to be of value. You do not need further permission. Each package contains a notice stating that I relinquish copyright. Do as you wish except link to the files here because they will disappear one day.

Downloads are provided as .zip archives. SetRes and Dial contain executable programs and may trigger a security notice. Ignore it on this occasion but heed such warnings if they occur unexpectedly elsewhere.

Do not work with files opened from inside an archive manager. Un-zip the full package first.

Adios!

Ian Sharpe

Ancient files… the list of the last and future lost

Random tiling

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Produce non-clumping random patterns with this Excel workbook.

Lottery numbers

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Generate sets of random lottery entries with this Excel workbook.

Dial

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Dial a phone number from a Windows command line, shortcut or script.

SetRes

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Set Windows display resolution from a command line, shortcut or script.