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[Windows Live Mail]

Have you tried using Windows Live Mail?

Isn't that another online deal? I'm trying to get my stored email to my PC without forwarding one by one.  I tried setting up Thunderbird to access hotmail following guides but I get not accept password.

I don't know why they don't just have right click on folder to move it in one shot.

Seems like the easy way should be to copy email folders to SkyDrive, then download.  But I see no clue anywhere how to do it. I've wasted about 3 hours screwing around with POP3 AddOns that claim to access hotmail but don't work.

Has anyone found the easy way?

I wish Microsoft would have taken the boatload of money likely spent on Metro and instead given it all to... Mouser! MS should have simply brought in FARR and used it as start menu replacement.

That is just ... terrifying! Because it might just work!
(Some restrictions apply. I have never tried FARR.)
But it's still funny.

Not to mention all the puns it would generate. Like FARR-fig-newton,Lew-is-FARR-akan, FARR-a-fawcett etc..

I have an idea.  We could have something similar to a Scavenger Hunt. Every week a new clue is posted. The first one to find Skrommel gets $100 donation credits.  No fair Skrommel "finding himself" to cash in though.

Did anyone get the major version number?  It's probably still 6 in reality anyway.

I don't have any experience with touch screen/smart phone/tablet.  But from everything I've read on forums the thing should have been released as an OS for the above type of devices. Not for Desktop PCs. Then the controversy would be non-existent.   Any technical advances for the desktop could just have been included in W7 SP2.

Hmmmm, controversy >= free publicity?  Look how they survived Vista!!!  They must have direct electronic transfer from everyone's Swiss Bank Accounts to draw on.  Evidently there ain't no tip to the iceberg. Just just iz de iceberg period.

[SrtStrip 1.3.3.0]

SrtStrip 1.3.3.0 I reworked this to output filename.srt.strip as it avoids clashes with wild cards. Also it now expects .srt files to be dropped on the program shortcut.  This makes it easy to strip .srt files in an entire folder sub-tree via Explorer search. The output file will end up in the same folder as the input but with .strip appended.  See Readme.txt for details.  Run with no params for usage dialog.

At present the program reports no count of files processed. Since it is written in AHK_L it's not a true console app. The processing is done silently.  But it is just a hack after all.

I know there are web radio capture apps. But what I'm curious about is portable FM broadcast radio with memory. Just like DVR it would have buffered the current station. If you miss what was just said, hit the back up button for a few seconds, then resume. Seems like it should be out there with the cheap memory available these days.

Anyone heard of it not costing arm + leg??

I'm not big on Woody Allen, period. :p

C'est la vie. I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

[SrtStrip 1.32]

SrtStrip 1.32 Now filters out filenames with "_strip.srt" on the end.  This avoids reading the output files as input. This could happen if used with the For command on the command line, as in:  For %s in (*.srt) do SrtStrip %s

Conceivably one of the filename_strip.srt output files could get sucked back in as input.
Now the app just quits if this is detected.

I could change it to use an input and output folder without changing the filename but to be honest it's not the type of app that gets much use.  Just good to have in cases where the .srt file is full of Italic tags.  

[Chinese]

This is no laughing matter! I challenge you to a duel! Hand grenades at 10 paces!

You probably want to know the universe when you can't even find your way around Chinatown.

Only Chinese people can find their way around Chinatown! Everything is in Chinese!

You're not big on Woody Allen quotes eh?

Vista WinCal has a feature where you can set appointments to notify even when the app is not running. It uses Task Scheduler. Thing is I've found it to be unreliable. Not good for a calendar app.  The file would fail to fire in the Task Scheduler due to corruption or some other error.

Basically I'm looking for a simple calendar where you set an appointment and close it. When the due date/time comes around it opens and notifies you.  I'm only looking for a free one.

I've found some nice looking calendar apps on Softpedia but be they simple or complicated they seem to need to be running to notify.

[sed]

Esp. with raw substitution this kind of filtering is ideal for sed stream editor. Only hassle is it's a Linux command.  But you may find binary Windows ports.  All you need is something that searches every file for the target character, such as grep and when you find a hit, you pipe it into sed.

In fact the Windows port of the find command will do it. Depends how much of this type of thing you need to do. If these types of tasks pop up all the time it may be worth setting up a Linux shell like bash that natively handles Linux command line binaries ported to Windows.

There are dozens of sed "one liners" you can find on the web that can do quite a bit when it comes to substitutions.
For a one-shot it's not worth it though.

I just looked on the .NET 4 redist. download page. Apparently you can use it on XP if you have SP3 installed.

I wouldn't if I were you.
To be honest I haven't tried it. But from what I hear it's fine for devices but not great for desktops. If you have a desktop PC I'd go with W7.

There's nothing wrong with XP if it drives the devices you have. What kills OS first is usually device support.  Then eventually they are just obsolete for capacity. Things outgrow it. I loaded Win98 in a virtual machine about 6 months back just for grins. I was shocked to remember the entire supported file system was smaller than some of my downloads. 

Goodness, quite the assortment to choose from.  Thanks for all your help!

Out of curiosity what flavor of Windows are you running?

I havn't tried this one but the features seem a match. Requires .NET 4 though. Might be alright if you are running W7 or later.  There may be a run-time download if you need the .NET 4.

I'm with you there on the duster. I use a synthetic feather duster on my CRT monitor and TV screen. I only Windex 'em a few times a year.  On the HDTV I'm a bit more prone to break out the Windex. Sometimes I turn off the A/C and open the windows there using a fan to pull in the cool air. It's more prone to encounter tire grit from the nearby road.  It helps cut down on the electric bill but that tire grit is a pita.

If there's one thing I hate it's somebody with big tits and an attitude!!

 

If the B&D vac had a reverse it would be ideal.  But this pump is working out pretty well. I blew off the loose dust that was on the back of my stereo for the last 10 years.  Just a little area in the back where the bottom unit is deeper than the one on top. All wires in the way. Wicked pain to pull the stuff off by yourself.  This gets the loose dust.  My desk is the cleanest it's been in a long time. The only way to get all of it would be to clear the desk and wipe with paper towels and Windex or something similar.

Big improvement. Now I just have to figure out how the get the dust off of hundreds of CD cases without wiping each one individually.

edit: another good use I found for the pump.  TV screen is not really dirty since I Windexed it a couple weeks ago. But it has collected a bit of dust.  A quick blow off with the pump saves me getting out the spray bottle and paper towels.

Last night I watched this documentary, Reel Injun about the way Native Americans were portrayed in films and on TV. One of the clips they showed was the Injun Joe cartoon character. But the worst Warner Bros. cartoon clip was Bugs Bunny picking off Indians with a rifle as they attacked a fort. Each time he shot one he drew a line to keep count.  Then he shoots one and only draws half a line(I forget if the chalk broke or whatever) and he recovers his cool by saying "that one was only a half breed!"

Portable apps and ERUNT for the other. I did OS only partitions in the past. But it seemed like the space I set aside for Windows was always half what I eventually needed. But I never reinstalled just to remove the chaff. It was more to have multiple OS installed with the Windows flavors sharing the same programs on neutral partitions. There wasn't the plethora of portable apps like we have now. Most apps that need Registry worked pretty well "multi-installed" but as might be expected, Visual Studio was the fly in the ointment.  What a pain in the ass that thing was!!

I just got the Sport Pump.  Works faster and easier than the vac.  Not perfect. But for $3 I can't complain. I can chase out most of the dust bunnies tangled up in my docking station wires. Beats moving that stuff around for sure. 

She seems similar to Sherry Jackson in that she was too sexy for her time. The one flick where Sherry Jackson displayed the merchandise was edited for American release.  All the Playboy pics from the movie GUNN are from the Italian version.

I think there'd be more Joey Heatherton around if they released a collection of the Merv Griffin shows. She did that show more than any. I think the only person Merv had on more frequently than JH was Regis Philbin as guest host.  As soon as I saw RP was the host I changed the channel. Man I could never stand that dude!

Out of curiosity... when you do the fresh install how to you restore application registry settings?