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Making Your Own Web Browser- VB

First of for those that don’t know, a ‘web browser’ is the thing
that allows you to be reading this blog right now, it is the
software eg. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari etc.
And here I will be showing you how to make you very own
web browser using Visual Basic.

First off, if you don’t have Microsoft Visual Basic then click here.
It is entirely free, once downloaded, installed and registered (which is also free) then we can begin.

Congratulations! If you managed to pull it off and follow the instructions in the
video above then I congratulate you.
If you couldn’t manage to pull it off and need some help feel free to
comment, I will always be providing support if you need help.

Now I have some EXTRAS that you can add to the web browser:

This is the code for the YouTube Download button:

WebBrowser1.Navigate(“javascript:if(document.location.href.match(/http://[a-zA-Z.]*youtube.com/watch/)){document.location.href=’http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=’+(isHDAvailable?’22’:’18’)+’&video_id=’+swfArgs[‘video_id’]+’&t=’+swfArgs[‘t’]}”)

If it doesn’t work make sure it is 1 line, when coding make sure that all the script
only takes up 1 line and not more, like above which takes up 4 lines.
Again, if you need help feel free to comment or click the contact me link at
the top of this blog.

Hope you enjoyed making your own web browser!!!

Getting to know how Visual Basic works yet?

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Just Macbeth!


Just Macbeth
Andy Griffiths

When I heard that Just Macbeth, another addition to the Just series by Andy Griffiths was coming out I was very much delighted.

I imagined what Andy would get up to, what different stories would there be like in the other just books.
So off I went to purchase the book.

I opened the book, and straight away I saw Terry Denton’s funny illustrations on each page and the flick-book animation in the corner just like all of the other Just series.

I began to read the first part, but I found that the whole book, was layed out like a script.
It doesn’t have any of the stories like in the other just books where he was swatting flies or flying down a steep hill in a pram.

Instead it was a script that in this type of layout:

Andy: Danny, stop it.

Danny: Why?

Andy: Because I said so.

Lisa: Both of you stop it!!!

Now personally I hate this. I hated it when there was only 1 chapter in Just Disgusting when they used this layout for a story, now he’s gone and made a book out of it!!!

This should not have been made into a ‘Just’ book, it clearly doesn’t keep the same feel as the rest of them, when Just Shocking came out it fit straight in, this on the other hand. Does not.

Hopefully ‘Mascot Madness’ a new addition to his ‘Schooling Around’ series will cheer me up from this disappointing array. . .

Because personally this book was not my cup of tea.

Rating: 2/5

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Thriller – Michael Jackson


Song: Thriller

By: Michael Jackson

Lyrics:
It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed

‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it’s thriller, thriller night
You’re fighting for life inside a killer, thriller tonight

You hear a door slam and realize there’s nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin’ up behind
You’re out of time

‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain’t no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know it’s thriller, thriller night
You’re fighting to survive inside a killer, thriller tonight

Night creatures call
The dead start to walk in their masquerade
There’s no escapin’ the jaws of the alien this time (they’re open wide)
This is the end of your life

They’re out to get you, there’s demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night I’ll save you from the terrors on the screen
I’ll make you see

That it’s a thriller, thriller night
‘Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost who would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight

Rap:
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y’awl’s neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse’s shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
(mechanical laughter)

[ Thriller Lyrics from http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

The music video for this could not be placed on this website, watch it here:

Review: This song is one of the biggest hits, it’s music video completely changed the way music videos were forever, instead of a band standing in a room playing, Michael was running from zombies and teaching them how to dance!

Rating:5/5

Download from iTunes: CLICK HERE
Download music video from iTunes: CLICK HERE

 

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Don’t Stop Believin’ – Glee Cast

Song: Don’t Stop Believin’ (REMAKE)

By: Glee Cast

Lyrics:

Just a small town girl
livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin'
anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in
South Detroit
He took the midnight train goin'
anywhere

A singer in a smoky room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the nights
Streetlights, people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the nights

Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time

Some will win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
And now the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Don't stop believin
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight, people
(repeat)

Don't stop!

(From http://www.lyrics-celebrities.anekatips.com)

Review: Overall I found this song to get reasonably catchy, bit sad when it seemed to be building up to a really good chorus but it didn’t . . .
If the “Don’t Stop Believin, hold on to that feelin” had been next I probably would have liked it better.

Rating: 3/5

Note: Due to a copyright claim the music video can not be placed on the website. The video was blocked from YouTube. Thankyou for the understanding.

Download from iTunes: CLICK HERE

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Welcome!

Id like to welcome you to Ben A Ball Music.
Here is where you can get reviews on different music, get lyrics, watch music videos etc.I’d like to thank the contributers that have offered(been forced) to help with the posts on this website. Thanks alot.Well enjoy Ben A Ball music, and I hope that you find another song that sticks in your head.

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Welcome

I’d like to welcome you to Ben A Ball Developer!!!
Ever wanted to make your own software, games, snazzy cardboard structures, iPhone apps, iMac applications???

This is the place to do it.
Ben A Ball developer gives those that wish a chance to actually make their own software and so forth.
With video tutorials it makes it easy for you to make your own software, inventions and more.

So please enjoy.

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