13s Version 1.01

My desktop patience card game for RISC called 13s has been updated to version 1.01

13s is played on a 3×3 grid and you have to make up 13 with one or two cards with the King counting as 13, the Queens are 12 and Jacks 11.

New in this version is that it now displays the number of Kings left and a slight display tweek. This is the first update to the game which was first released on 4th May 2010 about 14 years ago.

SteerFix Goes To Norway And Sweden

My United Kingdom appliction for viewing and reporting problems in your area called StreetTix can do the same for Norway and Sweden now.

The upgrade taking it to version 1.07 will now allow you to view and report things like street lights not working, potholes vandalism, etc to the relevant authority.

It does require a working internet connection and wget to work with the data for the UK coming from FixMyStreet. Norway coming from  FiksGataMi and Sweden from FixaMinGata.

To add more countries is a simple matter as long as they use the FixMyStreet platform. To add more countries all that is needed is that they be added to the country name be added to the Countries message file and the base url be added to the url file inside the default directory inside the application.

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Get The Station With TrainTimes2.04

My RISC OS train time table application called TrainTimes has been upgraded to version 2.04

New in this version is the ability to view the stations operated by a train operating company, also a bug fix in which during the month of February in a leap year when clicking on the future button would cause a crash this has been fixed.

The train operators station window will allow you to view the time table, the station info, the National Rail Enquires and Wikiepedia web pages for that station.

It does require a working internet connection, wget to work as well as an API key from the data provider for the time table information Realtime Trains whilst the station and train operators data comes from National Rail.

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VATGST Gets EORI Validation

My RISC OS application to validate VAT and GST numbers called VATGST has been upgraded to version 1.02

New in this version is the ability to validate Economic Operators Registration and Identification numbers, also only one copy of the application can be run a time.

It does require a working internet connection and curl to work plus an API key from the data provider VAT Sense.

I have only found one EORI number to check so far which was by luck more than judgement.

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Currency Gets The Textile Treatment

My currency exchange application for RISC OS called Currency has had a little upgrade taking it to version 2.04

New in this version is the ability to save the information as textile code for insertions into forums that use it such as the RISC OS open forums, which you can see an example of here.

It does require a working internet connection and wget plus an API key from API layer where the currency exchange data comes from, whilst the country data comes from the World Bank..

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Currency Get’s A Bug Fix

My currency exchange rate application for RISC OS called Currency has been updated to version 2.03

New in this version is a bug fix in which when viewing historical exchange rates if that went into October then an error would occur which was caused by me misspelling a variable. That has been fixed.

I have a very short YouTube video of this for those interested.

It does require a working internet connection and wget to work, with the exchange rate data coming from API layer and the country data coming from the World Bank.

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Hints & Tips Number 3 Video Released

I have released my third hints & tips video entitled Long Commands Dr Wimp and Wget.

This video shows how I get over BBC BASIC’s command line length with DR Wimp and using wget as an example. There are probably a lot better ways of doing this but this works for me and it might be of use to others.

It is part of my Hints & Tips playlist as well as being on my Tutorials Hints and Tips page on my website.

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Get Train Operator Info With TrainTimes 2.03

My Great Britain train time table application for RISC OS called TrainTimes has been upgraded to version 2.03

New in this version is a slight oversight fix in which if wget has not been seen by the filer then the buttons on the window informing the user about that did not work it does now.

The new feature in it is the ability to view the train operator in any of the windows by clicking on the icon Operator or from the more info menu in the station details window.

I have a short YouTube video of it in action.

It does require a working internet connection and wget to work.

The timetable data comes from Realtime Trains API, with National Rail supplying the station and train operator information.

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TrainTimes Version 2.02

My Great British train time table application for RISC OS called TrainTimes has been upgraded to version 2.02

This version fixes a few bugs, some cosmetic changes, some improvements and a couple of spelling mistake.

The bugs fixes are that on the future station time table window if a train had no train id that would create a crash, the other bug fix is that it was possible to have a line to long BASIC error when data that has been fixed by changing the way I get wget to fetches the data.

The cosmetic change is that between the hours and minutes on the times a colon is used.

The improvements is in the calendar which use current time and date and remembers them.

The spelling mistakes are in the station data window and corrected by Harriet Bazley.

It does require a working internet connection and wget to work with the data coming from Real Train Times and National Rail.

If you find this application useful or other of my applications useful why not purchase some of my merchandise or donate through my Ko-Fi pages.

I have some ideas for the next version so watch this space.