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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Draw on your desktop
« on: March 25, 2008, 01:25 PM »
This actually isn't super-easy to do, for a number of reasons... one would need to resort to kludgy hacks, or injecting code into explorer.exe (which is also quite a hack, and won't work if the user has another shell than explorer, and will impose 32/64bit trouble as well).
hmm... didn't know that. Not good with this coding stuff...

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Draw on your desktop
« on: March 25, 2008, 10:15 AM »
This is so simple I can't believe I can't find apps that are good enough for this one!

I want an app that lives in your taskbar and runs all the time (starts at startup, runs all the time unless you exit it) and when you rightclick it you get simple options like "red, blue, black, green". No more colors, only those. It will let you "draw" on your desktop wallpaper, and the scribbles will be autosaved (so if you reboot your computer, the notes will still be there).

I have seen apps like this before, but they have disadvantages...

-The good ones are not freeware.
-They have big chunky toolbars instead of a simple taskbar icon.
-They have too many unnecessary colors. (Who needs to scribble captions and reminders in pink? And what's the difference between scribbling them in dark blue and light blue?)
-The app is like a transparent window, so when you are using it you can not use the desktop icons. The app I want should be "integrated" with the Windows desktop wallpaper, so that you can scribble AND click the icons without having to close the drawing app.

Thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 22, 2008, 09:56 AM »
You still want to be unhappy, eh?  8)

The most simple solution would be to use a .txt file for the gratitude 'log' - then you could either open it manually or write a simple AHK script to open it daily to prevent you from forgetting about it.
yes, ur right. I'll try that, seems like a good idea  ;D :) ;)

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 22, 2008, 05:03 AM »
The black circles on the mood lines show the days you have written describing text for the moods. For the yellow "love line", there is a tooltip (appears on mouseover) showing what happened that day to make the love line go so low (the breakup).
That's a great idea! ...if your goal is to stay as unhappy as you are. :huh:

You get what you focus on, so forget about the 'bad things' that 'happened' and write a daily list of 5 or more things you are grateful for. If you can't find big things ("*great* evening with some friends") start with something small ("breathing is painfree").

I'm not kidding.

oki, ur right. This forum is starting to split into 2 apps, the mood diary and the gratefulness thingy. But they could be merged into one, I think.. or someone could make these 2 apps and you could use them side-by-side if you wanted to... I dunno..

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 12:39 PM »
I think there are a few programs (and websites) that do this and i look forward to seeing what DC people know about.
I have to confess i've thought quite a bit in the past about writing such a program.
a few programs and websites? Can you tell me about them? thnx

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 12:38 PM »
By the way, my Point Motivator program is different, but captures some of the ideas:
https://www.donation...Motivator/index.html
I know. I have tried it  :)



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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 10:26 AM »
Ooops, I posted this in the wrong forum. Can you move it to Post New Requests Here? Pleeeease?
oops, i wrote the wrong thing on this one  ;D

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 10:26 AM »
thanks :-)

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I have some ideas:... not sure if they will count as snacks though;

Virtual pet: No description necessary.
Hangman: obviously
Tic-tac-toe: Would be very easy to code, we might need to include more games in that one  ;D
 my brains empty. If you looking for my good idea that is not a game: look at my post "IDEA: Mood diary/graph

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 10:19 AM »
Ooops, I posted this in the wrong forum. Can you move it to Post New Requests Here? Pleeeease?

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General Software Discussion / IDEA: Mood diary/graph
« on: March 21, 2008, 10:17 AM »

I wish I had an app. I have seen apps like this but they are too expensive and I want freeware. Every day you were on the computer you would start the app and write your "daily entry". This would include:

Mood+describing text in different categories (work, self, family, friends, etc. Preferably customisable)
A few sentences (diary entry) to describe your day and what you did


When you have saved the entry, you come to a screen that looks something like the attached screenshot (but waaaay prettier than mine of course)

In the screenshot is my ideal window. It has a little calendar to show which days you have written diary entries and stuff. It also has a graph showing the "moods" over one week.

The black circles on the mood lines show the days you have written describing text for the moods. For the yellow "love line", there is a tooltip (appears on mouseover) showing what happened that day to make the love line go so low (the breakup).

The little calendar can be scrolled through to view last month, last year or whatever, so you can read the diary entries for that day.

Clicking on a day in the calendar or on the graph will enable you to read the diary entry for that day.

At the top of the screen you can click the buttons to view this week, month, year, whatever. Clicking on a date in the calendar will "move" the graph to show that week/month/etc. (so clicking on January 15th will show that week/month/year depending on what you have selected)

If this is too complicated to be a "coding snack" it doesn't matter if you move it to another forum, I just so want this app!

DonationCoder rules!

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I just love this app. I have made it a permanent part of my computer, as I practise simplified GTD but that is pretty hard for procrastinators like me. The "time to work" makes me feel bored but by the last 3 minutes of working I truly enjoy it. Enjoying work for 3 minutes is waay better than not working at all! Thanks.  :up:

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Point Motivator / Re: Rewards give me points.
« on: January 07, 2008, 10:20 AM »
Yes, you need to put - signs in the point amount if you want it to subtract points. Then you can make activities that lose you points, like forgetting gym kit/lunch, or not handing in homework.

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This thing is awesome. I always come up with new stuff to add to the list. I am one of the people that love  :-* this prog.

But let me quote a person in the lifehacker forums:
You need the correct self-control. If you have too much self-control, you will find yourself following this "point system" without needing to use a program. If you have too little self-control, you will be more likely to take the rewards, rewards, regardless of how many points you have.

But for me, this program is probably the best you have made  :)

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