Extreme Productions

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Updates

03/27/06
Wow...a year and a half between updates. Robyn and I are now happily married and nearing graduation. I will start a software consulting job in Dallas/Fort Worth with Software Architects on June 2. Time flies...

08/12/04
Forgot to add this very important update...I'm Engaged! Whoop! On July 7, 2004, I asked my girlfriend Robyn to marry me, and thankfully she said yes. :) We are going to get married next summer. Visit our Wedding Site for more information!

06/30/04
Okay, so I guess you've noticed that ExtremePad 3.0 is a few months behind schedule. Unfortunately, it will probably stay on the back burner for a while. I just got too busy during the spring semester of school to work on it, and now I am in Boise, ID, for the summer doing a software engineering internship with Micron Technology, Inc. I just don't have the time to work on ExtremePad. However, maybe I will get back to working on it next semester. I'll just have to wait and see. Sorry for the holdup!

01/18/04
If you have any suggestions for ExtremePad 3.0, please let me know so that I can work on getting them included before I release the final product. Just e-mail me at blake@exproductions.com.

01/16/04
ExtremePad 3.0 is coming soon!! I am working very hard on the new version, and it should be released in at least a month, but hopefully sooner. Read about all the new features and then check out the screenshot below.

Some of the features in the new version include:

  • Syntax Highlighting for 35+ languages
  • Code folding like in Visual Studio .Net
  • Automatic bracket matching
  • Unlimited Undo/Redo buffer
  • Page Setup, Print Preview, and Printing that support syntax highlighted documents
  • Line numbers, Horizontal and Vertical Split Views, Visible whitespace, etc
  • Bookmarks
  • Breakpoints
  • HTML Export
  • RTF Export
  • New group feature for creating groups of files, similar to projects in programming IDE's
  • Completely new interface (Microsoft Office style)
  • Much, much more!

Click for full screenshot of ExtremePad 3.0

E-mail me at blake@exproductions.com if you would like to be notified when ExtremePad 3.0 is released.

07/10/03
Extreme Productions now has a new look! I'm still in the process of upgrading all the sites, but it is coming along nicely. Also, I am going to start doing some website design when I go back to school. That's all for now.

04/25/02
I just finished ExtremePad v2.2, so be sure to go download it. It contains a few new features and fixes some minor bugs.

03/17/02
I am currently working on version 2.2 of ExtremePad. There are a few new features that you will see when I release it. Hopefully it will be finished within a few weeks. Take care!

07/25/01
I have just completed ExtremePad v2.01 and it is available for download. It features a tabbed-interface for multiple file editing and contains a new MinLock feature to protect important information. This version is a great improvement over v1.1.

02/28/00
Release of Extreme Dice and beginning of the Extreme Productions website.

Company Information

My name is Blake Birkenfeld, and I started Extreme Productions in February of 2000. I am now a 19 year old college student at Texas A&M University. I started Extreme Productions after the completion of my first game, Extreme Dice v1.0, and my intention was initially to create many freeware games. However, after Extreme Dice, I became very busy and didn't start working on another program until July. The first version of the program, ExtremePad, was finished in late August of 2000. I finished v2.01 on July 25, 2001, and version 2.2 on April 25, 2002. I have a lot of ideas for improvements to ExtremePad, but I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on it. Maybe I will in this upcoming school year.

Copyright 2000-2003 Extreme Productions and Blake Birkenfeld