Sir Orlando's Personal Profile:
Hardware and Software Info and Troubleshooting A compolation of some of my music Other MIDI links and awesome places! Page of Interesting Links... A chart of all valid HTML color names Delve into the greater depths of Michael's brain!
The "Get to know Michael" Top Ten List  
10.)   As a child, his family gave him the endearing nickname of "Pickle."
9.)   While working as a Microsoft Consultant for Windows95 / 98 / Millennium, and XP, one of his colleague's went by "Pickle."
8.)   Works as a web developer, programming internal applications in JAVA.  (Although he doesn't drink the stuff)
7.)   He graduated from Utah Valley State College in Computer Science and Information Technology.  Not too surprising, that. ;-)
6.)   Although he loves most animals, Michael has a certain afinity for felines and dolphins.  SOME dogs are great too!
5.)   Computers have fascinated him since the days of the 8bits.  He has owned and loved the Atari 400 and Commodore 64.  He still owns and plays on his Atari 2600.  It sits next to his wife's Nintendo Gamecube.
4.)   The Great Outdoors!  Be it Hiking, camping, BBQ'ing, or Swimming.
3.)   Music is one of his greatest loves. He also enjoys playing the piano and composing music. He owns a 1996 Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano.
2.)   Family is First.  Family is awesome!  He loves his two children, his parents, his brothers and sisters, and all of his inlaws.
1.)   His eternal sweetheart is the love and focus of his life!  This world would serve little purpose without his best friend to enjoy it with.

  • A Music section, including my own compositions *Started!*
  • A Technical Section, with help on a variety of common computer problems. *Started!*
  • Definitely a good introduction page on EMULATION... After all, not only is Emulation an exciting and nostalgic trip through time, but an example of true programming genius!
  • A bit more information on myself, my interests, etc.
  • A downloadable collection of some of the programming projects and exercises I have worked on during school and on my own. *Completed!*
  • Perhaps a Doctor Who or Star Trek page! *grin* As if they're weren't enough already!
  • Other odd or interesting things that occur to me through the coming months.

Life has been very busy for me throughout the past year, but the experiences that I have lived, and the joys which I have shared have changed my life! As busy as I have been, I would not change anything that has happened to me. As long as my schedule is not TOO insane, I thrive on life when it is full! I believe that it is only through fulfillment and accomplishment that a sense of purpose can be achieved. And if you succeed in working towards your goals, always striving to be true to your values and belief in God, true peace and real happiness are found. As I have been involved in more important goals and responsibilities, I have not chosen to update my webpage for some time. ;)

Today I discovered, through the built-in statistics of my web hoster, that my page of music and compositions have received the highest number of visitors. As my music page is visited most often from this page, I figured it was time for an update! :) Hopefully when I am done, you will know a bit more about me. *smile*

Now Playing: * Medival Memory *

Click to listen to: "Evening Winds"

This is the first MIDI I ever composed on my computer. ( Using my "Yamaha PSR-500m Keyboard" ) Since music's always been an enjoyable part of my life, I felt it only fitting that I should include this part of myself.

Click here for more of my music.


Personality Quiz Time!
 
Yes, I too have been sucked into taking the occasional so-called "personality quiz."  Have you taken them? My question is rhetorical, of course, for I would be quite surprised if you haven't ran across a few of them at one time or another.  They are about as ubiquitis on today's websites as the "GuestBook" was in the 1990's!  If you truly are new to them, you will find that the majority of them are not official phsychological accredited personality quizes at all, but someone's unique application of certain personality traits to a given fictional character, actor/actress, plant, element, object, etc. Some of the quizes are pretty lame, but others obviously took some time and have very interesting results.

Click the Graphic Below to View Michael's Personality Quiz Results
 
SirOrlando's Quiz Results Strip

Download my TITANIC skin!
Are you into MP3's?
MPEG Audio Layer 3 compression

My favorite MP3 player is "Win-Amp", down-loadable at "www.winamp.com" My skin, and others, can be downloaded and used with WIN-AMP to give it a new look.


Here's a list of the first programs I've written in my
C++ Computer Programming Class:

Be Aware!  Although all of the Console Applications I have written should run with no problems, many of the GUI programs I have posted may not.  Whenever you are running a windows application, it accesses certain system files.  Normally these files are installed during the initial program setup. Whenever you install a Windows application, library files are placed in the WINDOWS and SYSTEM directories.  If you attempt to run a program that requires library files not on your hard drive, the program will not run.

Although I have made an effort to compile all of my GUI programs as stand-alone applications, they still may not run on your system if you are lacking certain DLL (Dynamic Library Link) or VCL (Visual Component Library) system files.  If you lack such a file, many of them can be located by doing individual searches on the internet.

If you are STILL unable to get my programs to run, but still want to run my programs, send me an email with the EXACT name of the missing file, and I will add it to my downloadable list of files on this page.

Thankyou, and enjoy!



A Selection of Program's from School:

CSIS 111 ("C" - My first C class)
Fraction Calculator Note that this program is one of my first in C
Simple Madlibs The classic fun of MadLibs!
Computer Count! Want to see the computer's ability to count? (albeit slowed considerably by the C language overhead!)
Shape Generator Kind of dumb, this program lets you create simple geometric shapes. (User Definable!)
Tic Tac Toe! The classic game of "Tic Tac Toe!" Written entirely in C, it's one of my better ones. (2 player!)
Car Race Kind of like betting on a horse race, except without horses, and no betting functionality. Maybe just GUESS who will win! :)


CSIS 1410 (Visual Basic)
Lightning A program to determine the distance of the lightning strike!
Currency A program to translate American Currency into other monetary equivelants
Michael's Cafe This program is an attempt at making TIP calculations at restraunts fast and easy! Calculate tips by percentage or dollar amount.
Lightning2 A return to our first program of the semester, this program allows for a more interactive input of the delay between the lightning strike, and the audible sound
Colors This program allows you to pick one of 16 different colors, and apply the color change to the foreground or background, to see how the colors match up. This is usefull for finding basic color combinations for designing applications. Returns the hexidecimal value as well.
Message Box Creator This nifty program allows you to create and test the functionality of your very own Message Box!
Loan Calculator Discover the Loan Prospects using a Simple Interest built-in Formula
Loan Refinancing The same program, enhanced, to allow for refinancing
ZipPad My own custom Word Processor, and probably the most advanced project I've ever developed under Visual Basic. ZipPad was actually created as a project combining three mini-projects. It's also my favorite program I wrote in VB. A very cute, yet functional, Word Processor.
Caesar Code A very VERY basic example of the beginning concepts behind the creation of Encryption.
Rocket Blast! The closest thing to a video game we wrote in this Visual Basic class. Although fun to watch... once, the only interactivity between the user and computer is pressing the "blast-off" control. :)


CSIS 2010 ("C/C++" - Intermediate)
Program #1: The 12 days of Christmas!
Program #2: Number Guess.
Program #3: The Elevator Ride!
Program #4: Fraction Calculator using text. (Console Version)
Program #6: Fraction Calculator using objects. (GUI Version)
Program #7: A "deque" of cards that can be shuffled and dealt (using the STL "deque" data type
Program #9: Here's an unfinished ditty that can database your collection of video's. We were given 3 days to write it at the end of the Semester, so don't expect perfection! Furthermore, it was the last program of my beginning C++ class, and lacks much functionality! But it's still kinda cute!


Required Library Files

Download Borland BPL Files (0.6 Mb zipped) Download the Borland C++ 4.0 files: vcl35.bpl, vclx35.bpl and bcbcmp35.bpl. Install in the windows\system directory.
Download Visual Basic 6.0 Library File(0.7 Mb zipped) Download the required Visual Basic 6.0 Library Component file: MSVBVM60.DLL in ZIP format. Install in the windows\system directory.


Since my birthday (November 22nd, 1999), aproximately Counter entities have visited my "profile page" :)