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Create Text, File And Keyword Indexes With Index Author

Martin Brinkmann — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:31:54 +0000

Index Author could be one of the fastest way of creating an index of text, files or keywords in the Windows operating system. The portable software program supports all three options and comes with enough advanced features to make this an interesting option even for large textual information. A text index is an index of a single text that has been copied and pasted into the application. The user can alternatively point the app to a supported document on the local computer system. File indexes are indexes of multiple text files whereas keyword indexes index specific keywords of selected files.

The above screenshots shows a file index created by the program. Index Author analyses the text or files to find the most important words. It will then create an index of these words which can be saved as text, an index (idx) file or copied to the clipboard. It is furthermore possible to copy html code of the index to create a html file on the local computer system.

Several options are available that modify the output of the program. It is for example possible to use filters to exclude lower or upper case words, html tags, to define a minimum word length or use a whitelist and blacklist for the index.

The design of the index can be changed between html and text in the options. Index Author is an interesting program for users who want to create indexes of files or text. It is compatible with the Windows operating system and can be downloaded from the developer’s website.

CD to HTML

Martin Brinkmann — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:21:42 +0000

CD to HTML can create an html file that contains information about a directory, its subdirectories and files. The source directory can be any folder or drive connected to the Windows installation which makes it an excellent tool to create an index of files before burning them to CD or DVD. That index file could then be included on the media to provide users with fast access to all files on the disc.

The process itself is fast and simple. The source directory is chosen at the beginning. The user has the choice to select a CD drive directly or browse the computer to pick another folder.

The target folder and filename of the html file is defined in the second step. CD to HTML will automatically pick the name of the root folder as the title of the html file. The title can be changed in the same menu as well if another title is preferred.

Please note that the target folder will also be the root folder for the links to the files. This means that it’s important to create the html file in the root folder if you pick a folder on the hard drive as the source.

The program provides an option to create a autorun.inf file which is useful if you want to burn the html file and files to CD later on.

The html file that is created lists all folders and files on a per folder basis providing information about file sizes, creation date and time.

Download free music at the Hype Machine

Martin Brinkmann — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:30:31 +0000

The Hype Machine is a free music blog search engine that makes it easy to search and listen to music that is posted on music blogs. Whenever a music blog that is connected to the Hype Machine adds a new mp3 file it is added to the index of the Hype Machine as well and everyone visiting the website is able to listen to it using his favorite player.

The Hype Machine currently supports Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player, Real Player and a online flash player. All songs are downloaded as playlists and will be streamed to your computer. You could use streamripper with Winamp to download the files if you like.

Every time you search for an artist, song or concert you can download the playlist that was created on the fly. You could also download a playlist of the latest mp3 files that have been added to the index or search the most popular or most active music blogs.