README.TXT
FOVAL-OS v1.988 . READ THIS FIRST
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You are looking at my personal website, johnfoval.com. It is dressed up like a
computer from 1988 because that is the year I was born and because I think it is
funny. Underneath the costume there is real stuff here, some of it I have spent
years on. Here is the map.

WHAT IS ACTUALLY HERE
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LEARN.edu     The Foval Learning Institute. A real online school, free for
              everyone. History, philosophy, math, science, literature, plus the
              practical classes almost no college bothers with: money, sales,
              health, self-reliance, using AI. No paywall, no account. Your
              progress saves in your browser. If you only click one thing,
              click this.            https://www.fovallearninginstitute.org

PRODUCTIVITY  Mainline. My free app built on Getting Things Done. Every open
SYSTEM        loop out of your head and into one system you can trust. I run my
              whole life on it and I am not exaggerating.
                                     https://mainline.support

CAIRN.exe     Cairn Timer. A pomodoro timer for people who lose track of
              where the day went. Every session becomes a stone on a pile,
              tagged with the task, so you get real numbers on where your
              time goes. No streaks, no leaderboard. Free, works on a phone.
                                     https://cairntimer.online

ARCADE        Nine games I built for your browser. Bunker Brigade is the new
              one, a pixel run-and-gun with a tank and room for a friend, and
              the one I would hand you first. Cards and Marbs is the one my
              family actually plays at the kitchen table. Room codes, no
              accounts, works on a phone. A downhill bike game is bundled
              right into the arcade page. These are worth a few minutes a
              day.
                                     https://johnfoval.com/arcade.html

DAD.BOT       Bottom right corner of the desktop, exactly where every website
              puts a support chatbot. This one only tells dad jokes. Thousands
              of them, and it never tells you the same one twice. Bookmark
              johnfoval.com and come back any time you need one. See if you can
              reach the end.         https://johnfoval.com/#dad

BOOK.exe      Knowledge Workers: A Practical Guide to AI. Read it free or buy it
              on Amazon. Comes with a copy and paste prompt library.
                                     https://guide.nurik.ai

NURIK.exe     My company. We help businesses use AI to get real work done. No
              jargon, no hype.       https://www.nurik.ai

THEORY.mid    Music Theory Bootcamp. Learn the actual language of music in 30
              days.                  https://www.musictheorybootcamp.com

KAZETE.exe    A synthesizer you play with your hands in the air. Your camera
              watches your hands, the right one plays and the left one shapes
              the sound. Free, in your browser, and it works on a phone. Yes,
              really.                https://www.kazete.online

FALENI.sys    A whole language I invented, built to be the easiest to learn and
              the clearest to speak. wa ha mu we means I love you.
                                     https://jfoval.github.io/faleni/

JESUS.mov     The most important file on this drive. Jesus changed my life. If
              you need prayer, write to me. I mean it.

ME.txt        Who I am. The long version: https://johnfoval.com/bio.html

52X.exe       An AI health coach that knows your whole picture. Coming soon.
FOVAMP.mp3    Songs I wrote and recorded. Coming soon.
SEND_IT.bat   Downhill mountain biking. Videos and pictures coming soon.

CONTACT.me    Goes straight to my personal inbox. I reply.
                                     johnfoval@gmail.com

HOW IT WORKS
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Double border means it is a window. Drag it by the title bar. The - minimises to
the taskbar and the X closes. Escape closes the top one. The FOVAL-OS button
opens the start menu, which has everything on it, including SHUT DOWN. The MUSIC
button plays synthwave that is generated live in your browser. There is no audio
file. It is being written as you listen.

EASTER EGGS
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I am not going to list them all. A few to get you started:
> The bouncing photo. Watch for a corner. It knows.
> Send the contact form, then stick around for a second.
> If you owned a computer in 1988 you already know the code. Up, up, down, down...
> The boot screen counts every single joke. That number is real.
> 404 pages are for quitters. Visit one anyway.

THE FINE PRINT
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No cookies, no ad tech, no third parties. One HTML file, written by hand. I count
pageviews so I know if anyone is out there, and that is all.

Thanks for stopping by.
John