Nonsense wombat
Nonsense as a way of life.
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  created Saturday, January 4, 2003 at 1:45 PM
updated Sunday, January 5, 2003 at 4:19 PM

From this page, you can download all of the programs that we have to offer. We hope you enjoy them. If you have any questions, please contact us. However, keep in mind that this software is free, and is not guaranteed in any way. Use at your own risk! NOTE: Our Windows programs require the VB6 runtime files.

You are free to give any of this software to your friends (and please do!), but unless specified differently below are not allowed to use it for any commercial purpose without permission from Nonsense Software. Cowtris may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.


click for screenshot Cowtris version 2.0

OS: Windows binary

OS: Windows (VB6 source code)

download cowtris2.exe

download cowtris2_source.zip

(579 KB)

(443 KB)

Windows 95/98/ME
Cowtris is a falling-block game featuring cows. Version 2 adds an exciting two-player mode. Read more here.

click for screenshot Birthday Reminder version 1.2 OS: Windows 95/98/ME download bdaysetup.exe (735 KB) Windows 95/98/ME
Do you always forget birthdays? This little program pops up a reminder before birthdays so you don't forget.

icon BST Tray Clock version 1.0 OS: Windows 95/98/ME download bsttrayclock.exe (24 KB) Windows 95/98/ME
This program shows the current time in BST in place of the normal Windows clock. For more information on BST, read our BST page.

icon Bovine Roulette version 1.0 OS: Linux (console)

OS: MS-DOS
view roulette.c source

download roulette.zip

(1.48 KB)

(33.1 KB)

Linux

MS-DOS
Bovine Roulette is a game similar to the notorious game Russian Roulette, except that you milk cows, with a chance of being kicked by each cow you attempt to milk.

icon Backwards Converter version 1.0 OS: Windows download backwards.exe (24 KB) Windows
Like the Pig Latin translator, but this program can reverse all the words in a block of text.

Pig Latin Translator version 1.0 OS: Windows download piglatin.exe (24 KB) Windows
This is a very "useful" program for translating English into Pig Latin.

Mastermind version 1.0 OS: Linux (console) view mastermind.c source (1.78 KB) Linux
Mastermind is Ben's version of the old fun board game of the same name.

Mad Cow version 1.0 OS: Windows 95/98/ME download madcow.zip (12 KB) Windows 95/98/ME
Mad Cow has been specially created for the purpose of driving people insane. It plays songs repeatedly, but that is not all. The program does not show up when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del, and the songs are played through the PC speaker so they can not be muted. Finally, the program sets itself to automatically run when Windows is restarted! WARNING: Make sure you read the included instructions detailing how to stop the Mad Cow!

ShowPassword version 1.0 OS: Windows 95/98/ME download showpass.zip (4 KB) Windows 95/98/ME
Have you ever set your computer to remember a password, and then forgotten what it was? This program will reveal the true contents of a text box, instead of just asterisks.

PID Roulette version 1.0 OS: Linux (console) view pidroulette.pl source (3 KB) Linux
PID Roulette is similar to Bovine Roulette except instead of the computer just telling you that you've died, it kills one of your processes! If you're really brave you could play this while logged in as root on your Unix box (just make sure you save all your stuff first). You'll need Perl to run this one.

VB6 runtime files from Microsoft OS: Windows 95/98/ME download vbrun60.exe (1.01 MB) Windows 95/98/ME
These are the files required to run any program written in Visual Basic 6 (i.e. our Windows programs). They may already be on your computer, so try running our programs before you download these files. If you get an error, download and run this program to install the necessary files.