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Miscellaneous Items.

This page contains all those odd little snippets of information that you probably don't want to know, or perhaps you do.

Easter egg -- Spybot Search and Destroy.

In the computer world, an easter egg is a hidden feature, usually a message, visual effect, or game, hidden in a program by its creator. Usually they aren't worth the effort of finding (IMOP), but I saw this one mentioned in Micromart and thought it looked better than usual.
It is contained within Spybot, the popular antispyware program. If you click on the small binoculars by the title (it will work with any of the title logos), a sound will play and a game will show.

The object of the game, is to fully reveal Da Vinci's classic picture of  a spreadeagled man. You do this by moving from block to block, using the knights move in chess, that is an "L" shaped move, three blocks, by two. Available moves are shown, so you will soon see what I mean.
The game is considerably harder than it looks, it's hard to get the edge blocks. I haven't managed to successfully complete it, so I don't know what happens if you do, perhaps there is another surprise. 

Windows Tip.

This tip works with XP Home. (It may work with Pro, but I haven't got it, so I couldn't say. )
Instead of having to wait for the entire Control Panel to load, you can alter the menu settings so that it expands into a normal menu list, allowing you to select the section you want immediately.

Right click the Start button and select Properties -- select the Start Menu tab -- press the Customize button.
If you are using the standard menu select the Advanced tab -- Start Menu Items -- Control Panel -- Display As Menu.
If you are using the classic menu select Expand Control Panel.

About this site and me.

This site was born on the 15th of July 2003 in Great Britain, I previously had a small site on Freewebs, but this is my first proper site, it was created using Frontpage Express and a little bit of manual coding.

I initially decided to build a web site so that I could have somewhere to put my game Square Puzzle which I created using Game Maker, but the site has grown considerably over time as I have added various items of interest.

I first used computers for a few years back in the seventies, but have only recently become interested in them again with the advent of the home computing boom, I enjoy maintaining this web site and playing some games, mainly puzzles, old fashioned scrolling shooters and Real Time Strategy games, I also like testing freeware utilities.

As well as computing I like fish keeping (Coldwater) and cycling, luckily I live in a village with the countryside nearby, so I have some nice cycle routes close by, although with the continual spread of dual carriageway roads and business parks in my area, the countryside is diminishing quite rapidly.

I hope you enjoy your visit to my site and please come again.

Rob.

My Pictures

These Pictures were taken with a Style cam blink, a good little digital camera for fun pictures.

This is a very nice fish keeping shop, off the A1 near Henlow (I can't remember the shops name), it has a massive selection of tanks, accessories and fish. In the grounds of the shop is a large pond containing some of the biggest Koi carp I have ever seen, there is also a large display of fountains and garden water ornaments.

Some new lambs this springtime (2004), I really need a better camera for this sort of picture, but there are two lambs, one is feeding under the sheep in the righthand foreground.
A country house in its grounds, ( Not mine. ) its rather a long way off, but the end of the drive is as close as you are allowed to go, else you risk being shot by the landed gentry!

This is a popular local fishing lake, and a stream that runs down a system of concrete falls from the pumping station.

Some horses that live just down the road from me and a bit of the local countryside.

This is my fish tank its mainly Goldfish but with some White cloud mountain minnows, now if I could just train them to stay still while I photograph them!!!

Rob Goldfish Web Site