These files have been inherited from Pocketinfo, reproduced by kind permission from Steve Litchfield of 3lib
Music:
Music Discographies of 50 Top Artists (Thanks to Martin Sharp)
Fields are: Collection, Artist, Title, Medium, Label, Catalogue no, Release date, Deleted?, Owned?, Rating. (Added 22 June 1999)
The Eurovision Song Contest(Thanks to David Hirst)
A history of the Eurovision Song Contest since its inception in 1956. Contains all the songs, singers, host country, points received and placings. You can sort the entries according to your interest. (Added 3 June 1999)
Number One singles (UK)(Thanks to Jeffrey Wood)
Added 10 Mar 1999
Celine Dion discography (Thanks to Richina Diego (Rid)
Added 25 Feb 1999
Top 500 songs
As voted by Capital FM (a London-based radio station) listeners
Top 100 albums (Thanks to 5Alive)
As voted in December 1997 by HMV, Channel 4 and Guardian listeners
Oblique strategies (Thanks to Dominique Fresnay)
Psion version of the original idea cards for overcoming 'musician's block'
Loop'O'matic sample calculator(Thanks to: Igor Akaev)
Calculates lengths and BPMs of drum loops, time stretch, pitch changes and more
Beats Per Minute calculator (Thanks to: Igor Akaev)
Calculate millisecond delays in the studio for any tempo
Musician's tracklist worksheet (Thanks to W. Palmer)
Plan your CD track listings, with a running total in minutes and seconds
Musical terms (Thanks to David Brown)
Mainly italian and french, these are the standard ways to describe music
Fitness and diet
Exercise pulse rate calculator (Thanks to Tony Gale)
Just enter your age and the spreadsheet calculates the optimum pulse rate range for beneficial exercise, together with the maximum safe pulse rate. The figures are for an averagely fit person with no medical problems - if in doubt consult a doctor before commencing an exercise regime for the first time. Added 20th Jan 1999
Comparison of different types of exercise(Thanks to Simon Williams)
Calories burned and many other statistics for all forms of exercise
Body Mass Index (W/H2)
Weight/Height comparisons - check if you're over or under weight!
Lottery profit checker (Thanks to David Ruhm)
A time saver and a good argument as to why not to play the lottery! 8-)
Food and Drink:
Wine cellar information logger(Thanks to Coen Fierst)
A spreadsheet file used for registering all information about a wine cellar. It includes such field types as region, type, tasting notes, etc. It can be used to register the years in which the wines can be drunk, too. A graph of the projection of drinking wines over the years is also included in the Series 3 version. (Added 12th July 1999)
Five language Sea-food Gastronomical dictionary (Thanks to Joerg Hanisch)
Do you know the feeling sitting in a nice foreign restaurant with a wonderful menu - but having no idea which fish is meant when you read "carrelet" or "angulas" or "luccio"? Well, here is a little database in 5 languages (F, D, E, I, Sp) to get some relief. Added: 18 May 1999
Grands crus classés & bourgeois (Thanks to Daniel Dueze)
Grands crus classes & bourgeois, from Medoc, Sauternes, Saint-Emilion & Pomerol (Bordeaux). Abbreviations used:
1er, 2e, etc. : premier cru classe, deuxieme cru classe, etc.
CC : cru classe
CB exceptionnel : cru bourgeois exceptionnel
CB grand : grand cru bourgeois
CC A : cru classe categorie A (St-Emilion)
CC B : cru classe categorie B (St-Emilion)
NC : non classe (not classified) - : jamais deguste (never tasted)
Added: 26 Jan 1999
Malt whiskies (2) (Thanks to Christian Buchberger)
More malt info for the alcoholic on the move(!) This database of over 1000 malts shows how the value of a malt differs quite a lot within one type - it depends on age, size and type of bottle
Malt whiskies (Thanks to Gerry Strachan)
Types, distilleries, contact details and comments
Champagnes and sparkling wines (Thanks to Andrew Whaley)
Names, regions, typical prices and star ratings. More info and large databases of reds and whites on Andrew's web site.
Alcoholic drinks (Thanks to Simon Williams)
Common alcoholic drinks, with calculations of their alcolhol and calorific content
Others:
Biorhythms-based Compatibility tester (Thanks to Stephen Prudames)
A fun application, showing mutual compatibility between any two people. (Added 8th July 1999)
Companion plants (Thanks to Russell Hansen)
A list of plants and their good and bad companions. The former help each other grow, the latter affect each other's growth adversely. Note that this is far from an exact science, though many people will attest to its use to help reduce the use of pesticides and poisons that are spread so liberally throughout our food supply these days.
Cigars (Thanks to Jeff Brock)
Types, makes, sizes and ratings
Computer games:
Psion-compatible games codes and cheats (Thanks to Darren Prescott)
GameInfo, a database of cheats for games (such as health or level skips) and codes for games that need codes. If you are a software author, or have discovered codes/cheats in programs not listed so far, please send them to Darren for inclusion in future updates. (Added 8 July 1999)
Indoor games and quizzes:
Chess openings (Thanks to Stephen Cotterell)
60 common openings, move by move, with a few comments. (Added 2 July 1999)
Quiz trivia question sets (Thanks to David Aldous (fax: +44 1491 576837) and Tony Smith)
15 complete sets of 60 (tough) questions and answers, designed as 'pub quiz' material but fun to test yourself and your friends on! Many questions follow naturally on from the previous one. Updated 25 Feb 1999
(15 sets, all files are under 32k)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chess handbook
A portable handbook to the game, with tips, hints, openings and information
Chess rules
The Official Rules of Chess, plus FIDE extensions
Photography:
Simple photographers calculator (Thanks to Manfred J. Kaufmann)
A calculation spreadsheet to check the influence of the basic conditions (object's size and distance, aperture setting on camera) of their subject to the result on the film (size on film depending on the lens used, depth of field). Added 26th March 1999
Flash Photography calculator (Thanks to Endre Korcsak)
The spreadsheet calculates information about the usage of a flash if the guide number and the film speed is known etc.