Welcome to ChadWeisshaar.com

Making free software

September 2007

Added board games to my MediaDB program. Uses BoardGameGeek's public XML API to get information about the board games.

August 2007

Took a trip to Spain and Portugal. Check out the pictures.

July 2007

I decided to improve my simple icon converter program and make it easier to use because it is getting more use than I expected. It now allows you to edit the transparency mask, create Vista compatable icons, create icons with multiple resolutions, and create cursors. Check out IconConverter 2.0

August 2006

Took a short trip to San Carlos to sign the trust paperwork. Took a few more pictures while we were there. It has rained some this summer, so things look greener.

20 July 2006

Land Bridges is finally done. Check it out.

June 2006

I have written some small applications while learning C#.
I re-wrote the Media Database which tracks your books and DVDs using Amazon Web Services to download book/dvd data. It now uses C# instead of Java, so it is faster. And it uses SQLite to store the collection instead of a bunch of little files.
I wrote a Gallery Builder for creating a web page out of a set of digital photos.
I wrote a program to convert an image (jpg, gif, png, etc) into an icon.
And last, and least, I wrote a color picker app that bring up a color dialog and then lists the RGB/HSB values, the web hex code, and the color name.
Thanks to Paragon Dynamics for continuing to pay me while I learned C#.

May 2006

We bought a house in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Follow the links to see pictures.