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Regarding kitchen scales, i just got one and I'll tell you why.  For years i've been trying to figure out the best way to make a cup of coffee.  I've tried all the gimmicks and methods.  The one I like the best is called a "pour over" using a V60 or something similar.  But to do it right, you need to properly measure the amount of beans you use, and the temperature of the water.  So i got the scale to measure the means.  I'll be trying it out this weekend.

I love to provoke the Beethoven crowd in the Bach vs. Beethoven debates. This is awesome!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGppYkpnLA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGppYkpnLA</a>

this happened once to my previous computer.  it ended being the power supply that went bad.  and once it went bad, the graphics card also went bad and the ram.
I find this kind of issue the most frustrating to figure out and deal with.

I'm not a huge fan of evernote anymore, but it still is a good program.

They just added reminders to the Web and Windows Phone app. Hook is set so much harder...

true, the wp8 evernote app is pretty nice.

i tell you what though, if notefrog's mobile version works with windows phone 8, I'll definitely be excited about that.  Even though I have evernote, and evernote can sync with rightnote (my preferred notetaker), I wouldn't mind another alternative.  I'm not a huge fan of evernote anymore, but it still is a good program.

It doesn't look like notefrog mobile can do syncing.  It's more like an export to a webpage, which is handy in itself.  but I still would prefer some kind of syncing method.

There's a lot of good in Notefrog.  But on a completely shallow personal level, the interfaces leave me taken aback with shock as a user and a developer.

Completely shallow, I know... but as someone who loves designing the UX, it's something I have a hard time getting past.

This. I bought a license when Notefrog was really young, despite it being the ugliest software I've ever seen. Bad by Windows 3.1 standards. I figured it was just an awkward early phase but... years later I can only deduce that it is by "design". I can get behind function before form (Love ArsClip), but this is absurd.

I agree.  I got a license too and tried somewhat committing to it.  But it never stuck with me.  Still, it has some features i really enjoy.  The interface is difficult to get past though.  I've used arsclip, clipmate, CHS, notefrog, aceclip.  They all have certain features that are unique, but in the end, my current workflow uses CHS and clipmate.  CHS for the mouse popup and text cleanup features.  Clipmate for hardcore archiving, complicated queries, and complex cut/paste jobs.  CHS replaced Arsclip, especially once mouser implemented the icon feature.  interface-wise, I liked aceclip the best, I love that program, but too much overlap, and not enough uniqueness with the other two I use.

I think what was initially attractive about notefrog was the find as you type.  But eventually, all these programs got that, so now I don't know what is so great about it.

They zapped Mouser bio page? What can you say? Supposedly Kurt Vonnegut once tried to correct some factual errors in a Wikipedia article somebody had written about him. The corrections were not accepted because, per Wikipedia's guidelines, Vonnegut cannot be considered a "reliable source" of information on Kurt Vonnegut.

Shades of the movie Back to School where Rodney Dangerfield's character hires Kurt Vonnegut (who puts in a brief cameo appearance) to write a school paper on himself. Dangefield's English Lit professor marks the paper "F" along with the comment "You obviously don't understand a the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut or his philosophy."
 

freaking people.

When you deleted the message and it still said you had 1 new message, did you make the face in your avatar?

(Mosaic Screensaver...) Where you at somebody's house and saw the screensaver on their Mac?? The neighbor had a (Mac Leopard) mosaic screensaver running that was positively mesmerizing. A quick Google search turned up these (for Windows):

http://www.animosaix.com/
http://mosaicinfinite.com/

...I'm thinking of trying out the second one.

I did see the photo wall thing on the mac, very cool.  I'll check these out and see how good they.  MPQ is doing a pretty great job so far, except for those performance comments I had.  I don't quite understand's MPQ's algorithm, but whatever it is, it has a nice effect on multiple monitors.  If you set the crop settings properly, the photos cycle through really nicely.  Some photos will randomly be fullscreen, and if you set the the changing frequency to something fast (i have 3 seconds), it makes for a nice photo wall display.

This is working great.

Just one comment:
I have a lot of directories loaded with large files.  MPQ seems to have some performance issues with it, if it's simple to fix, that would be nice.  If it's too much, no big deal.  Loading the configuration screen and exiting, and also the launching of the screensaver can take a while.  On my computer, it was about 10-20 seconds for each of those things.  And it's a pretty beefy computer: 12GB ram, i7.

Multi Photo Quotes does a pretty dang good job of this.  Very nice.

damn...didn't see this.  I just made a similar thread.  Will have to try MPQ again and picasa.

I want a screensaver or a software that can display a bunch of pictures from a group of folders.  But I want it to display the pictures like dozens at a time, not just one or two at a time.  Like a mosaic or tiled interface.  I'd like some snazzy effects, and the pictures to change often randomly, and the tiles don't have to be consistent sizes, they can be all over the place.

Anyone know of such a software?

Yeah...I just looked up some videos about creative cloud.  It looks like a normal, local install of adobe stuff.  The only difference is some synchronization of your work files, digital delivery of installation files, and digital license stuff.  That's it.  very minor.  If you think about it, most of our third party tools work exactly the same way.  All the little sharewares we use don't come boxed, several offer cloud syncing services (e.g. MLO, Evernote) and licensing is verified through some online portal.

 

What does it really mean for software to be "in the cloud"?

Because I don't see anything interesting in Adobe's change, in terms of software architecture. So far as I can discern, the only things that are changing are:

• Only available via download, no physical media
• Auto-update via download
• Change from a single payment perpetual license to a recurring subscription payment
• Optional online storage of data (which we already have via tumblr, etc., anyway)

So it's a minor tweak to delivery, and a fundamental change in how you pay for it.

Given that, where are the benefits to the user that are so undeniable? The *only* benefit I can see is the convenience of automatic updates, but to me that's quite minor. It doesn't make the pricing model change undeniably better, and the once actual change is something that I'm not willing to pay any extra for.

True.  Initially, it sounded like the software would be run through the browser or something.  Especially with the talk about HTML5 and what not.  But now, it sounds like you describe, basically same local installation and a different license verification technique.  I don't see how "cloud" is being used except for license transactions.  I guess if your work files are being synced online automatically, that's also part of the cloud.  But the question is, is the actual software running online or locally?  Fully cloud, to me, means I work on photoshop within firefox.  Meaning I didn't install anything on my computer.

Did you hear anything, superboyac?

Apparently it takes 3 years for a sound from 4wd to reach superboyac.  So no.  I'll check by in '016.

You know, I've been noticing that the media seems to insist that the benefits of subscription cloud services are "undeniable".  And I'm getting really annoyed by it.  Not because there are no benefits, there are.  But the way they say it, it makes it sound like the local installation does NOT have any benefits.  And those who don't understand the differences hear this and it seems like it is gaining momentum.

They both have benefits.  I'd argue that an individual user would most likely prefer the benefits of a local install vs. a cloud service.  I wish they would just flat out say "we are doing this mainly to combat piracy" don't confuse the issue.
This reminds me of a random story.  I'm playing pickup basketball, there are 11 people.  So one has to sit out.  You shoot free throws to see who gets to play.  I missed mine so I have to sit out.  The person who sits out automatically gets to play the next game, and the losing team's players shoot to see who gets to stay.

OK, so I'm sitting out, my buddy comes up to me and says "Don't worry, buddy!  You got the next game." and I get all pissy and respond "Yeah, I know I get the next game!  You don't have to tell me!  It's not like you're doing me a f---ing favor.  that's the rule, everyone knows that! !@#$!$"  Totally mean response.

But that's what cloud services are.  A company goes cloud to protect their product, possibly a very minor part of that decision was really based around benefits to the customer.  But when selling it publicly, they will obviously make it sound like it has everything to do with the customer. oy.

Stay positive! 

4wd: Syncrify!

I can't believe you totally mentioned this here and I glossed over it.  Syncrify is exactly what I wanted!  I'm testing it out right now, very impressive.  Apologies!

 
I'm sure alternatives will eventually take off.  Recently I've been playing around with Smith Micro's Anime Studio and Motion Artist.

These are great. 
There's one ( I forget the name) that does a really nifty trick:  you are clicking the next-next screens, then there is one screen that doesn't appear immediately and you're next-clicking momentum or rhythm has already been established, so you autmoatically click next without even seeing the screen appear.  SO that slight flicker makes you accept an ask.com installation.  I thought it was an anomaly but then it happened on different computers.  very clever.

Galway Girl performance is lovely.  Perfect party music, i love those sing alongs.  reminds me of a time I met a bunch of french people on a cruise...they invited me in and sang traditional french tunes all night (plus drinking of course!).

Looks like I may have to get another sata controller for the mobo, since I'm out of sata slots.  SOmething like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sta...4&keywords=esata+pcie

Still, why can't any product out there go for more that 4 of these high-speed plugs?  All motherboards I've seen have 4 sata slots plus 2 more of a "special" variety (so 6 max, usually).  Then, all the addons with pcie have up to 4 max.  This one (above) has 2, but you can use either one internally or externally.  But why can't they make one with 2 internal AND 2 external?  Seems like the technology for esata or USB 3.0 can't go past 4.

They have usb 2.0 hubs that can have 10, even 28 I've seen.  Maybe there just isn't much demand.

OK, here's what I need:
Some kind of hub to attach mount to my desktop so I can have USB 3.0 and eSATA connections.  Right now, I have neither, although the tower has two unused usb 3.0 slots, but the motherboard has no place for it (doesn't support it).  I have two PCI-E slots available.  I've looked around, I've found a couple of PCI-E things that have two of each connection on it.  I don't know why this seems to be the limit (4 total) but it is everywhere I look.

I also have a bunch of unused 5.25" bays, so I'd like to mount a hub in one of them that has few of each connector on it.  I'm not having much luck finding it, but as far as that goes, how would it connect to the motherboard?  I'm guessing the 5.25 hub would connect through a normal usb 3.0 or sata cable to some pci-e device, but I'm not sure.

Any recommendations?

Here's an interesting one...I like how the bay plugs into the motherboard directly with some funky pci-e cable!
http://www.aliexpress.com...2-0-All-in/722192611.html
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http://arstechnica.com/in...ropbox-no-cloud-required/


This is the one I've been waiting for!  See this post:
http://www.donationcoder....31925.msg296807#msg296807

I've always been interested in a way to access your files from everywhere, like dropbox, but without the cloud and without the size limitations.  So this is a very interesting development.  The main issue with private file access like this is that most residential upload speeds are so slow that downloading anything other than simple word documents would be a pain.  And you don't have all the seeders of a torrent to share the bandwidth and make it faster, so that seems to be the main obstacle for me.  That's where the benefit of a cloud comes in.  But with the cloud, there's the privacy issue and normally the size limitations.

Is one cup of good, black coffee in the morning all that harmful?

Supposedly, that's almost ideal from what I've heard.

"The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce."   ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
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My new favorite coffee quote.