This section of my web site contains various articles and bits of code that I thought someone might find useful.

The information on this page and following pages is provided for personal use only. If you would like to redistribute any of the articles, programs, or sample code on the following pages, please contact me.

Enhance your applications with Microsoft Agent
Learn to create interactive applications using the animated characters provided by Microsoft Agent. This article covers controlling the motion, actions, and speech of characters through Visual Basic. Originally appeared on-line on the Newtech Developers Journal in December, 1998.

Creating interactive web pages with the ASP Request object
Discusses the many properties and methods of the Request object in Active Server Pages. Includes sample code for an online quiz, using cookies, and for pointing multiple domain names to a single web site. Originally appeared on-line on the Newtech Developers Journal in April, 1999.

Application Variables in PHP
When I moved my leosolutions.com web site from ASP to PHP, I discovered a major obstacle: PHP lacks application variables. This article describes my workaround for application variables in PHP. (July, 202)

Custom Digital Video Effects
Source code for a simple wrapper class for the AVIFile interface. Using this wrapper class, you can create custom digital video effects in minutes using Microsoft Visual C++. Includes eight sample video effects.

Raytracing Source Code for POV-Ray
Sample code for the POV-Ray, a popular raytracer available free on the Internet. Scenes include a futuristic city, model airplane, and a convertible.