Download Files
This page contains links to various files that we have created or on occasion, supply by permission. To download one of these files, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) on the light blue text and select "Save as".
FairTax PowerPoint Presentation
FairTax Presentation -
This is a PowerPoint presentation that was developed for use at the FairTax booth, at the Texas Libertarian Party Convention, in Houston, Texas, a couple of years ago. It should work equally well at other convention booths, too. Furthermore, I have also found it useful as a tool for short FairTax presentations that I have made to political groups. In that case, you need to turn off the auto-advance feature, so you can have time to talk about each feature, before advancing to the next slide.
As it is now, it is designed to run continuously, with each slide displaying just one key feature of the FairTax. It is not designed to answer all the questions about the FairTax, but rather to provide just enough information to create questions about the FairTax that will make the passer-by want to stay and ask those questions, of the person manning the booth. I have personally found it very useful.
For example, during the various breaks, at the Libertarian Convention, I would be busy talking to a few deligates, while other deligates were watching the slide presentation. As soon as one group moved on, others were usually waiting to ask questions about something that they saw on one or more of the slides. (Interestingly, later on, I even overheard several of those people at Ron Paul's autograph session at the next desk, asking him if he would support the FairTax.)
It is made available, with no strings, to anyone who wants to use it to promote the FairTax. All that we ask is that you mention our site once in a while.
Macintosh Widget PowerPoint Presentation
Widget Development SIG Presentation -
This is the PowerPoint presentation that was developed for and presented to the Houston Area Apple User Group (HAAUG) Widget Development SIG. It was developed with PowerPoint2004, but it has been validated to run with versions as far back as PowerPoint2002. It is not for commercial use.
Macintosh Dashboard Widgets (ZIP files)
The following widgets are zipped. When you download them, just unzip them and drag the widget to either:
- your system widgets folder (/Library/Widgets) or
- your user widgets folder (/Users/username/Library/Widgets).
Gun Self Defense Counter -
Tracks the number of times guns have been used in self defense, since the beginning of the current year.
Automatically resets each January 1st.
Wham-Bam-Tram Ram Counter -
Tracks the embarrassing and continuously climbing world record crash total
of Houston's disastrous light rail system. This widget updates when the Official Wham-Bam-Tram Ram Counter, on the web, is updated. The Wham-Bam-Tram Ram Counter is recognized as the most accurate tally of MetroRail crashes publicly available, as links are provided on the site, to source data for each crash.
Houston Version of World Clock Widget -
This is the Apple World Clock Widget, with an option added for "Houston", as one of the possible cities. It is based on the version of the World Clock that is in OS-X 10.4.2. If the only additional city that you need is Houston and you are running 10.4.2 and have no plans on installing future system updates, then this may be all that you need. However, since Apple has updated the World Clock widget with previous system updates, we recommend that you download and use the World Clock Add City script, below, instead. That script will allow you to quickly and easily reinsert Houston or any other city, back into the World Clock, whenever an Apple update overwrites your previously modified widget.
Hula Cartman -
This is a modification of the Hula Girl widget, that has an option added for a Hula Cartman. Hey! If they can have a Hula Homer, they should have a Hula Cartman. We are also thinking about creating a Hula Mr. Hankey ("Hi-de-ho!").
Macintosh World Clock Add City Script
World Clock Add City Script -
This is a UNIX Shell Script that will correctly add the city of your choice to Apple's World Clock Widget. This is the tool that was used to add Houston to the above Houston version of the World Clock widget. It was created because of the many forum postings on the net, describing incorrect or incomplete methods of adding a city to that widget. This script is extensively documented, internally and may be viewed with the Apple TextEdit application. The internal documentation clearly lays out exactly what you need to do to the script, to make it add your chosen city. Once those 4 or 5 changes are made, it must be run from the UNIX Terminal application. Because of the protection level assigned by Apple, to the World Clock Widget, you must be logged in as "root" for this script to be able to make any changes to the widget. A backup of your original widget is saved to the selected user's Desktop, before any changes are made.