The programs offered from the list below are all fully-functional freeware and should be entirely nag-free. Only a select few programs which I consider to be unique or superior to comparable offerings are still available here as installable applications or program-only ZIP archives.

The top five red-backgrounded titles are downloadable as ready-to-use Windows software. Green-background titles link directly to Delphi source code downloads.

This software was created prior to 2005 and has not been updated for several years. You can obtain a CD containing every program I've ever released and much more besides in return for a donation via Paypal or Interac. See below for details.

This software is no longer supported. Bug reports and feature requests are not encouraged. Source code is provided free to allow users to create their own modifications. These programs have been tested on XP only and may not be fully compatible with newer Windows operating systems.


Title Category Version Description
ASCII Chart & Character Picker Text, word processing tool, writer's aid 2.22b (23/03/02) For several years the world's premier Character Map replacement, screen capture, installed/uninstalled font browser, character selector and converter,character-type reference tool. Still a very useful writer's tool.
I Ching Reference, philosophy, fortune telling 3.02b (23/03/02) Believed to be the most flexible, best-documented and most textually complete Windows implementation of the I Ching; still one of the very best of its kind.
The Jargonizer
Jargonizer source
Creativity tool, desktop toy 1.02b (23/03/02) "Recombinant word/phrase generator", uses up to nine elements to recombine word and phrase parts for creative exploration; includes a wide range of word/phrase part lists for casual word fun.
Help Decompiler Shell Third-party software enhancement 2.02b (23/03/02) Four discrete personal helpfile utilities, highlighted by a point-and-shoot interface for the free HELPDECO Windows helpfile decompiler. My most-requested utility.
Pixel Tools Graphic design utility 1.10b (24/03/02) Compact, low-resource color selection with 2-way screen capture, 2 screen loupes and 3 six-way screen rulers. A simple and very handy graphics tool.
Third Party Components Delphi components used in PBP software n/a These components are required for compiling the source code offered in this section. It is strongly recommended that you download these along with any source code packages which may interest you.
Quick Text Tools Text, HTML filter 1.02b (23/03/02) Fast, flexible and accurate text and HTML file reformatting and cleanup with clipboard text browsing and filtering.
ASP/SSI Optimizer HTML authoring utility 1.00b (01/02/02) Strips nonessential ASP/SSI scripting from HTML files to decrease download time and server load and simplify site management
Block Replace Heavy Text, HTML utility 1.42b (23/03/02) Advanced text/HTML search/replace, text cleanup with batch processing, search/replace term management.
Block Replace Light Text, HTML utility 1.42b (23/03/02) Fast basic search/replace, text cleanup.
Body Tag Builder HTML authoring utility 1.02b (23/03/02) HTML <body> tag constructor/manager, auto-replace tool.
Color Tools Graphic design utility 1.10b (27/03/02) Full-featured color selection/management, screen capture, screen loupe, screen rulers, HTML body tag construction, HTML gradient design.
Disk Cataloguer Information storage/retrieval application 1.52b (23/03/02) CD/hard disk/removable media/directory lister and cataloguer with plain-text data storage and extensive search, archiving capabilities.
Font Reviewer Text, HTML, graphics utility 2.32b (23/03/02) Advanced font browser, installer/uninstaller, screen capture, character selector, font cataloguer, font sample printer.
Font Viewer Text, HTML, graphics utility 1.02b (23/03/02) Basic font browser, installer/uninstaller, screen capture, font sample printer.
HTML Gradient Designer HTML authoring utility 1.02b (23/03/02) HTML text gradient constructor/code generator.
Icon Dock Productivity utility 0.96b (01/08/02) Iconic menuing system, advanced file/program launch control, clipboard monitor/stopwatch/ screen loupe/multiutility.
Note Stack Information storage/retrieval application 1.63b (15/04/02) Sophisticated professional's jotter pad for keeping brief notes, sets of notes and task lists.
Password Bank Information storage/retrieval application 1.10b (05/04/02) Full-featured storage and retrieval database for passwords, account information and other "secret stuff", basic password generator.
Password Generator Dev, admin tool 1.02b (23/03/02) Sophisticated eight-mode professional single or bulk password and word list generation and management.
Password Recovery Tools System tool 1.10b (25/03/02) Windows lost-password revealer and recovery.
Shortcut Recorder Development utility 1.52b (23/03/02) Quick, easy and fully-configurable management of accelerator key assignments for application, interface and web developers.
Ticklist Productivity utility 1.53b (23/03/02) A simple checklist utility and data organizer for tracking projects and tasks and organizing files, text and URLs.
UPX Shell Third-party software enhancement 1.42b (23/03/02)

Windows shell, compression manager, hard disk space saver for the UPX executable packer.
(UPX.EXE is a free console-mode program prduced by the UPX development team. UPX is provided with the software, but UPX is not produced by or in any way affiliated with Cub Lea)

I Ching Fortune Cookie Baker Toy, fortune telling 1.10 (01/02/02) A "toy" version of the I Ching software above; minimalist interface and simple, newspaper-horoscope-style readings.
File Splitter File management tool 1.50 (01/02/02) A simple tool for breaking large files into equal-sized chunks, or "slicing off" a small chunk of a large file.
Batch Decompress/
Archive Optimizer
File management tool 1.00 (06/03/02) Handy downloader's tool for managing extraction of multiple ZIP, LZH, CAB, RAR, ACE and EXE archives and reorganizing archives into a single preferred format.

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feature creep (FEEˇchur kreep) n. The innate capacity of features to multiply until they overgrow a software application or hardware device, completely obscuring its original purpose with nonfunctional accessories, superfluous peripheral utilities and pointless configuration options; the defining symptom of featˇurˇitˇis.

- The Geekspeak Lexicon -

You can obtain a CD by mail containing all Windows-specific software on this site, including source code for every app for which I made source available, and/or e-mail delivery of any single package, in return for a gratuity of not less than $20 sent to the current e-mail address listed on my contact page (Paypal or Interac funds transfer only. See below.)

Among the sales-life-expired products included on the CD as fully-enabled free software, including source code, are:

  • WebTrimmer (1998): This was the premier HTML optimizer when it was first released in late 1997, and actually spawned a dot-com startup in 2000.
  • WinHelp Sorcerer (1998): This Jolt Award judge-nominated Help authoring extension package was the second highest-selling product ever published by Software Interphase
  • PC/Internet Lexicon (1996): For nearly a year, this was the most thorough and comprehensive desktop PC/Internet dictionary, acronym guide and general term reference available for Windows.
  • First Train for the Internet (1996): In its day, it was the bar-none best Internet training package available for Microsoft Windows and Windows 95. Now obsolete but still available.
  • Every e-book released under my imprint (this menu includes only the most popular or most recent titles)
  • ...plus a host of specialized tools and toys produced from 1996-2002 which were never part of the Plain Brown Power project.