Scripts
Games
Cowthello (JavaScript)
Version of the board game Othello using cows instead of counters with simple computer opponent: http://www.aurochs.org/games/cowthello/.
Cow Solitaire (JavaScript)
Version of peg solitaire played instead with cows: http://www.aurochs.org/games/solitaire/.
Tools
Hours Calculator (JavaScript)
Calculates flexitime or other weekly hours: http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucyltpm/pro/hours.htm.
Roman Numeral Converter (JavaScript)
Converts Roman numerals to arabic numbers. I have programmed this again from scratch. It shouldn't now accept any illegal numerals: http://www.aurochs.org/roman/.
Kalends roman date converter (Perl)
Converts Gregorian dates to Roman-style dates: http://www.aurochs.org/kalends/.
Web Tools
CSS/JavaScript Drop-down Menu (JavaScript/CSS)
Used on the Aurochs.org index page, i.e. this one: http://www.aurochs.org. It was inspired by a number of other sites who discussed the idea, namely Kryogenix's article on Unobtrusive DHTML, and the power of unordered lists, gazingus.org, and Code Style. I know it works on Mozilla, Netscape 6, and IE5/5.5 (although I've had to do unnecessary things to the CSS to make it display properly on IE). On Netscape 4, it degrades to a nested list.
Realtime Ticking Clock (JavaScript/CSS)
Shows the current time in the format MM:SS with a ticking colon, used on the Aurochs.org header. It uses JavaScript to manipulate the DOM and therefore uses no images. It hides on non-DOM-compliant browsers if you set the initial colour of the colon to the background colour. Insert the following HTML where the clock should be
<span id="clockHour"> </span><span id="clockSecond" style="color:#ffffff">:</span><span id="clockMinute"> </span>
<!-- THIS SETS UP THE CLOCK ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. CHANGE THE COLOUR OF "CLOCKSECOND" TO MATCH THE BACKGROUND -->
Add the JavaScript in the header either between <script> tags or in a separate file accessed via the src attribute of empty <script> tags.
date_roman: Roman date plugin for Blosxom (Perl)
Produces Roman-style dates for the Blosxom weblog system. Essentially the same programme as Kalends described above. See appropriate Aurlog entry for more information and to see it in use. Code: http://www.aurochs.org/zlib/cgi/date_roman.
Last Modified (JavaScript)
Produces last modified date for web pages in format 1 January 2000. Put the JavaScript in the header either between <script> tags or in a separate file accessed via the src attribute of empty <script> tags.
