I wrote this to convert the CD-Recordable FAQ into HTML.  The FAQ was (and still is) written as a Usenet FAQ for the comp.publish.cdrom.* newsgroups, so it's expected to be available in plain old-fashioned 80-column text.  The HTML version of the FAQ needed to be split up by section, formatted nicely with hyperlinks, and have automatically generated table(s) of contents.   The original HTML version was converted by hand, and subsequent updates were merged in by hand, but I needed a single-command solution to keep from going insane.

faq2html does the whole conversion in about two seconds on a slow machine.  The output doesn't have to be modified at all.  You can judge the quality of it by looking at the pages on www.cdrfaq.org.  (Both the single-file version in the ZIP file and the multi-file version on the web site are generated automatically.)

I have used it to do quick conversions of other documents when the FrontPage HTML editor did a ghastly import job.  It's not meant to be used as a general tool, but I tend to format text documents the same way, so it works well enough.  There is a more general program by John A. Fotheringham called AscToHTM, available as Windows and VMS shareware.

The source is copyrighted, but it may be used freely so long as the code itself isn't sold.   It builds nicely under various flavors of UNIX, but I haven't tried it under a Windows or Mac environment.

I found myself writing simple config file parsing functions over and over that all did basically the same thing.   This is a chunk of ANSI C code that parses config files of the "name : value" variety.  It supports simple values, multi-part values, colon-separated values, and multi-line values, with '#' comment delimiters and '\' anti-line-breaks.

Sample code that shows how to use it is included.

This is in the public domain.

This is a collection of Makefile definitions that provide a recursive multi-platform build system with auto-generated dependency rules. I've used something similar at previous jobs, and got tired of reinventing the wheel. Sample libraries and applications are included. Requires GNU make, and works best with gcc.

This is in the public domain.

If you play Civilization II, and you'd like a gentle introduction to playing at Deity level, grab this archive of saved games.   It shows the state of my empire at 4 different stages. The starting position has excellent potential for rapid growth, and is well insulated from neighbors. If you want to get a feel for playing at Deity level without getting clobbered, give this a try, and see how your progress compares to mine at each stage.  (I played this again some time later, and in the year 2017 I had 2080 citizens (156,470,000 population), a score of 3148, and a rating of 409%.  With the favorable terrain and starting positions, this is a good map for high scores.)

This is for plain Civilization II, not one of the later variations.