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K F 8 R V
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
P R A C T I C E C L O C K P A G E
'Is yer computer's internal clock right on time?'
PRACTICE CLOCK APPLET & BACKGROUND MIDI TUNES
THIS WEB PAGE IS INTENDED FOR EVERYONE WHO GROWS UP TOO QUICKLY IN OUR WORLD.
DEDICATED TO MY NIECES' AND NEPHEWS':
MELINA HEIDI TIMMY ALIAH DANNY MALLORY HALEY JACOB HOLLY PETER MEGAN STACI
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keyboard commands are provided immediately below the practice clock applet.
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MAKE THE GRADE IN THE TEST MODE AND THE CLOCK(S) WILL REALLY WORK!
KEYBOARD COMMANDS - PRACTICE CLOCK APPLET
THE JAVA APPLET ABOVE MUST BE SELECTED OR ACTIVATED FOR THESE COMMANDS TO WORK.
SELECT A CLOCK AND GIVE IT A SPIN.
I - INCREMENT TIME
D - DECREMENT TIME
L - CLOCK LARGER
S - CLOCK SMALLER
P - PLAY YANKEE DOODLE BY BUGS BUNNY
ARROW KEYS - MOVE CLOCK IN SELECTED BOX
ESC - INACTIVATE CONTROLS AND ABORT UNFINISHED TESTS
1 - ONE CLOCK 2 - THREE CLOCKS 3 - SIX CLOCKS 4 - TEN CLOCKS
NUMBER KEYS DO NOT WORK WHILE YOU ARE IN THE TEST MODE!
C - CHANGE (OR CYCLE) THE STATUS TEXT BOX DISPLAY.
STATUS BOXES DESCRIBED:
[0] - CURRENT AND TOTAL SCORES, PLUS MODE OF OPERATION SHOWN.
[1] - MOUSE, BOX, AND CLOCK PIXEL COORDINATES SHOWN WITH ACTUAL APPLET COORDINATES IN PARENTHESIS.
[2] - OTHER INFORMATION.
[3] - EMPTY OR BLANK.
BACKGROUND MUSIC
YOUR COMPUTER MUST HAVE A SOUND CARD AND MIDI COMPATIBLE AUDIO PLAYER SUCH AS WINAMP.
ALL MIDI FILES PRESENTED HERE FOR BACKGROUND MUSIC ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
PATRIOTIC SONGS
UNITED STATES NATIONAL ANTHEM
"STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
CLICK FLAG FOR ANTHEM!
OTHER U.S. PATRIOTIC MUSIC:
CANADA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM
"O CANADA"
CLICK FLAG FOR ANTHEM!
A NATIONAL ANTHEM IS THE OFFICIAL PATRIOTIC SONG OF A NATION.
THE U.S. ARMED FORCES BANDS OR MILITARY BANDS ARE TRADITIONAL BRASS BANDS.
CANADA IS A NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
KIDS MUSIC
HYMNS
CLASSICAL
TCHAIKOVSKY IS THE GREAT COMPOSER FROM RUSSIA WHO POPULARIZED THE BALLET.
BEETHOVEN WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TO COMPOSE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ARISTOCRACY OR COURT MUSIC OF THE DAY.
MOZART WAS COURT MUSIC AND OPERA AT ITS BEST!
BACH IS CONSIDERED THE BEST OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD, BUT SO ARE HANDEL AND MONTEVERDI OF THIS ERA.
BACH CREATED HUNDREDS OF CANTATAS, AND HE IS THE BEST OF THE ORGAN MUSIC LITERATURE.
ROSSINI WAS A GREAT ITALIAN OPERA COMPOSER DURING THE 1800's, BOTH WILLIAM TELL AND THE BARBER OF SEVILLE ARE OPERAS.
COUNTRY
* CONTEMPORARY OR MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC.
COUNTRY IS A FORM OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC THAT STARTED IN THE SOUTH.
CHET ATKINS IS CONSIDERED THE CHIEF DEVELOPER OF COUNTRY MUSIC, PLUS HE WAS A GREAT GUITARIST.
PATSY CLINE'S STYLE OF MUSIC AND DRESS GREATLY INFLUENCED OTHER FEMALE COUNTRY PERFORMERS.
HANK WILLIAMS HELPED SPREAD COUNTRY MUSIC OUT OF THE SOUTH WITH HIS RECORDINGS AND RADIO PERFORMANCES.
THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC GO WAY BACK AND INCLUDE MANY GREAT PERFORMERS.
BLUES
| BLUES |
| BOOM BOOM - JOHNNY LEE HOOKER |
| DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR - BB KING |
| GET OFF MY BACK - BB KING |
| LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL - BB KING |
| ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, ONE BEER - JOHN LEE HOOKER |
| TROUBLES |
JOHNNY LEE HOOKER IS KNOWN AS "THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLUES SINGER."
HOWEVER, BB KING IS THE UNDISPUTED AND LEGENDARY "KING OF THE BLUES."
RAGTIME
| CHAMPAGN RAG - JOSEPH LAMB |
| GRACE AND BEAUTY - JAMES SCOTT |
| GREAT SCOTT RAG - JAMES SCOTT |
| MAPLE LEAF RAG - SCOTT JOPLIN |
| THE ENTERTAINER - SCOTT JOPLIN |
SCOTT JOPLIN IS A WELL KNOWN RAGTIME PIANIST, THE PRINCIPAL COMPOSER OF RAGTIME, AND KNOWN AS THE "KING OF RAGTIME."
OTHER IMPORTANT RAGTIME COMPOSERS INCLUDE JOSEPH LAMB AND JAMES SCOTT.
JAZZ ASSORTMENT
JAZZ IS AN INTERNATIONAL ART FORM THAT BEGAN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
JELLY ROLL MORTON WAS THE FIRST IMPORTANT JAZZ PIANIST AND COMPOSER.
BENNY GOODMAN IS "THE KING OF SWING" AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REALLY GIVE JAZZ RESPECTABILITY.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, KNOWN AS "SATCHMO," IS THE GIANT AMONG ALL NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSICIANS.
MILES DAVIS, A GREAT JAZZ TRUMPETER AND BANDLEADER, GAVE RECOGNITION TO OTHERS INCLUDING JOHN COLTRANE.
THE SAX TONE QUALITY OF JOHN COLTRANE GREATLY INFLUENCED OTHER JAZZ MUSICIANS.
DUKE ELLINGTON IS A GREAT JAZZ PERFORMER AND SIGNIFICANT COMPOSER.
BOOGIE WOOGIE IS A NICE JAZZ FORM PLAYED ESPECIALLY ON THE PIANO.
KATIE WEBSTER IS WELL REMEMBERED AS "THE SWAMP BOOGIE QUEEN."
GLENN MILLER IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF SWEET SWING OF THE BIG BANDS.
THELONIOUS MONK WAS AN AMERICAN COMPOSER, PIANIST, AND BANDLEADER.
CHARLIE PARKER IS ONE OF THE MANY OTHER JAZZ LEGENDS.
DAVE BRUBECK IS A REALLY GOOD JAZZ COMPOSER AND PIANIST.
THE ROOTS OF JAZZ CAN BE FOUND IN POPULAR, BLUES, RAGTIME, BRASS BAND, AND GOSPEL MUSIC.
TV/MOVIE THEMES
* I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE ACTORS IN THIS MOVIE VIA HAM RADIO.
CHEERS IS THE LONGEST RUNNING TV SITCOM (13 SEASONS)... (MUST VERIFY).
PINK PANTHER...?
HILL STREET BLUES THEME IS NICE PIANO MUSIC.
ROCK ~ POP ~ DANCE
MIDI REFERENCES
THE FOLLOWING IS JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF SEARCHABLE WEB PAGES THAT HAVE MUSIC MIDI FILES ON THE INTERNET. THESE WEB PAGES PROVIDE A BROAD SELECTION OF MUSIC. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE THEM A LISTEN TO EXPAND YOUR APPRECIATION OF MUSIC EVEN MORE. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC PRESENTED ON THIS PAGE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHOM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE WEB PAGES SHOWN BELOW. A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEIR WEB PAGES MAKE THE INTERNET A MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.
A TRIBUTE TO HISTORY'S GREATEST GUITARIST
ALL THAT JAZZ
ANGEL'S COUNTRY MIDI SITE
*
BELLE'S LIBRARY 1
*
CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND MUSIC
CLASSICAL MUSIC MIDI PAGE
COUNTRY MIDI
DAVE'S J.S. BACH PAGE
DEDICATION TO DUKE
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FOR KIDS PAGE
JACKS MIDI MUSIC
JAN'S JAZZ PAGE
JAZZ AND RAGTIME MUSIC PAGE
JOE SATRIANI
JUN MUSIC STUDIO
LAURA'S MIDI HEAVEN
**
LAYNE'S WORLD (AE1N)
M-FILES
MIDI DATABASE
MIDI EMPORIUM
* NSO'S KIDS PAGE & MIDI
RAGTIME PIANO MIDI FILES
PATSY CLINE
THE BOND LOUNGE
THE LOUNGE
*
WORSHIP IN MUSIC (KNOX CHURCH)
* RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN - KIDS MUSIC AND HYMNS.
** A VERY NICE SELECTION OF MUSIC IS OFFERED AT THIS WEB PAGE FOR ALL AGES.
THE MIDI LINKS PAGE
PROVIDES LINKS TO THE WEB PAGES SHOWN ABOVE.
THE INTERNET HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON THE TOPIC OF MUSIC. PICK A SEARCH ENGINE PAGE SUCH AS YAHOO, GOOGLE, METACRAWLER, OR USE AOL SEARCH IF YOU ARE ON AOL AND THEN ENTER A WORD OR PHRASE TO BEGIN YOUR SEARCH. MY BEST ADVICE TO GET YOU SEARCHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS TO PICK A KEYWORD OR PHRASE SUCH AS THE KIND OF MUSIC OR GENRE, NAME OF A COMPOSER, NAME OF A MUSICIAN, NAME OF A SINGER, OR NAME OF A SONG. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU CAN CONCENTRATE OR NARROW THE SEARCH EFFORT EVEN MORE BY TACKING ON WORDS SUCH AS MIDI, MP3, HISTORY, TIMELINE, BIOGRAPHY, ETC. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORD "HISTORY" APPENDED TO A GENRE SUCH AS "JAZZ" BECOMES THE SEARCH PHRASE "JAZZ MUSIC HISTORY" OR JUST "JAZZ HISTORY" WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE SEARCH RESULTS SPECIFIC TO THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUSIC. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE SEARCH RESULTS, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY A DIFFERENT PHRASE TO REFINE THE SEARCH OR PERHAPS TRY USING A DIFFERENT SEARCH PAGE. SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PHRASE TO FIND WHAT YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. PICK A SEARCH ENGINE PAGE AND DO YOUR BEST!
FROM THE COMPUTER DESK
THE JAVA APPLET IS A GOOD SIZE PROGRAM SO IT TAKES A MOMENT TO LOAD. A DIAL-IN PHONE MODEM CONNECTION IS PERFECT FOR RELIABLE ACCESS TO THIS PAGE BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE IT A MOMENT TO LOAD. THE BASIC PHONE MODEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RELIABLE CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET, SO NEVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING LEFT OUT OR BEHIND THE TIMES FOR NOT BEING ON BROADBAND. AS THE INTERNET CONTINUES TO PROGRESS IN THE YEARS TO COME, THE DIAL-IN CONNECTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SAME BASIC SERVICES AND OPTIONS AS THE BROADBAND CONNECTION. EVEN VIDEO APPEARS NICELY USING DIAL-IN, THOUGH IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS BROADBAND AND IT TAKES LONGER TO TRANSFER. BROADBAND VIDEO STREAMING OFFERS BETTER QUALITY IMAGING BUT THE BASIC DESKTOP COMPUTER IS NOT THE TELEVISION AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THE COMPUTER IS CERTAINLY NOT A SUBSTITUTE OR REPLACEMENT FOR OTHER EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE THEMSELVES AN INFRASTRUCTURAL STANDARD IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTIMISTIC PROGRESSION OF IDEAS OR IDEALS BEYOND THE BASIC ONLINE SERVICES FOR PRACTICAL REASONS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE DIAL-IN CONNECTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE A VIABLE CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET.
THE APPLET USES THE MULTITASKING CAPABILITIES OF THE JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. A HEAVY USE OF FLAGS AND THREAD YIELDS ARE USED NOW WITH THE INTENTION TO SOMEDAY SYNCHRONIZE THE THREADS. THE APPLET WORKS NICELY RIGHT NOW SO I AM GOING TO LEAVE THIS PROGRAMMING PROJECT ALONE FOR A WHILE AND COME BACK TO IT AT A LATER TIME. THE OTHER PROGRAMMING ASPECTS OF THIS PAGE AND APPLET ARE COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MINIMAL CHANGES UNTIL FINAL COMPLETION.
'SET TIME' BUTTON CHANGE TIME COLOR ERROR DETECTED!
DIGITS ROLLOVER ERROR!
ROTATION BUMPS!
THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED ON SEVERAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
OPERATING SYSYSTEM / xxxMHZ / xxxMB RAM / 56K MODEM.
BROWSERS:
THE RECOMMENDED BROWSER TO USE WITH THIS PAGE IS PROBABLY ...
AOL BROWSER - PROGRAMMER'S PREFERENCE.
NETSCAPE - RELIABLE AND NICE TO USE.
INTERNET EXPLORER - STANDARD ISSUE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
THIS PAGE PROVIDES FEW LINKS TO OTHER WEB PAGES BECAUSE THE JAVA APPLET IS ALWAYS STARTED UPON ENTERING THIS PAGE. THEREFORE, THE INCLUSION OF LINKS TO OTHER WEB PAGES IS MINIMAL FOR THE SAKE OF A GOOD PROGRAMMING PRACTICE WHICH STATES THAT ALLOCATED MEMORY SHOULD ALWAYS BE FREED UPON EXITING A PROGRAM. THE UNNECESSARY RETENTION OF ALLOCATED MEMORY PLACES OTHER PROGRAMS AT RISK OF GETTING AN ALLOCATION ERROR ESPECIALLY AS THE LINKS GO ON AND AS MEMORY IS NEEDED BY APPLICATIONS. IT SEEMS THAT MEMORY PROBLEMS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY ADHERING TO THIS ONE SIMPLE PRACTICE BEFORE UNNECESSARY PROBLEMS HAVE A CHANCE TO OCCUR. ON THE OTHER HAND, I DO NOT KNOW THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT AND BROWSERS WELL ENOUGH TO ENSURE TOTAL RUNTIME INTEGRITY WHEN THE INSTANTIATED VARIABLES OF THIS PAGE AND ESPECIALLY THE APPLET ARE RETAINED BEYOND REASONABLE LIMITS.
THIS PAGE AND MARK'S PAGE (LINK AT BOTTOM) ARE PART OF AOL HOMETOWN. AOL HAS BEEN A GOOD ONLINE SERVICE IN ALL WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AS FOR AOL HOMETOWN, THEY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT MAKING WEB PAGE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD, PLUS THEY OFFER A GOOD AMOUNT OF FTP SPACE, RELIABLE ACCESS, AND DOWNLOADS. MY VERY FIRST WEB PAGE WAS CREATED IN 1999 USING HOTDOG EXPRESS FOR AOL SOFTWARE, WHICH HELPED ME TO LEARN ABOUT FTP SPACE AND WEB PAGES. AOL HOMETOWN CAN BE SEARCHED BY ANYONE AT http://hometown.aol.com/ OR AOL MEMBERS CAN USE THE KEYWORD 'HOMETOWN' FOR SEARCHING THE HOMETOWN PAGES AND GETTING TO THEIR FTP SPACE. AOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A QUALITY SERVICE PROVIDER AND THEIR DEDICATION TO MAKING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE A NICE ONE FOR ALL OF US HAS ALWAYS BEEN EVIDENT TO ME.
MARK'S ADDRESS: MapleLeafsMarkR@aol.com
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO EMAIL ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, AND/OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS WEB PAGE.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMMER
THE PROGRAMMING AND OTHER CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE ARE MAINLY THE RESULT OF MY OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS AND STUDIES.
THE JAVA APPLET OR CLOCK PROGRAM BEGAN DURING A COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE TAKEN AT MY ALMA MATER TO UPDATE MY PROGRAMMING SKILLS. THE COURSE PROVED TO BE A NICE LESSON IN ABSTRACTION AND JAVA GRAPHICS. MY ARSENAL OF OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES INCLUDES BASIC, ASSEMBLY, ANSI C, AND C++. MY FIRST COMPUTER WAS AN ATARI 800XL, WHICH I USED TO WRITE PROGRAMS AT A YOUNG AGE USING THE BASIC LANGUAGE. MY FIRST PHONE MODEM WAS 300 BAUD, AND THE DIAL-IN SERVICES AT THAT TIME WERE CALLED A BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM OR BBS. IN THOSE DAYS, LOCAL DIAL-IN FOR ME INCLUDED THE HOBBIT'S HIDEOUT BBS, GREAT WHITE NORTH BBS, MEDICAL CENTER BBS, AND THE ENTERPRISE BBS. MY FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUBSCRIBED TO ONLINE SERVICE WAS GENIE WHICH WAS OPERATED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION.
ALL WRITTEN STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS ABOUT MUSIC ON THIS PAGE ARE GREATLY ATTRIBUTED TO A MUSIC IN SOCIETY COURSE THAT WAS TAKEN DURING MY COLLEGE YEARS. THE WORLD BOOK ONLINE REFERENCE ON AOL PROVED TO BE AN EXTREMELY HELPFUL RESOURCE TOOL FOR VERIFICATION OF SOME FACTS AS THIS WEB PAGE WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER. THE ACTUAL MUSIC FILES WERE PRODUCED BY OTHERS AND ASSUMED TO BE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
I HAVE BEEN AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR SINCE 1984 AND MY CALLSIGN IS KF8RV.
MY EDUCATION IS IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.
HAVE FUN LEARNING AND BEST REGARDS...73!
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