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Darwin:
Newsletter for October 7th, 2008Codename "Tech News Weekly"

"If you read nothing else on our site, why bother to read this?"
(new rss feed with images)



1. Newsletter Editorial

Greetings! We hope that this (tardy) newsletter finds you well. We'd like to start by reprising our reminder from the last newsletter about the new "Member Map". Follow the link below to take a look at it and, if you haven't already done so, add yourself! This is a fun way to see where everyone is - putting places to names, so to speak.

A month or so ago, mouser and veign awarded an MSDN Visual Studio Bundle to longtime DC member Eoin O'Callaghan. It was a very tight race, though, and they almost awarded it to new DC member VideoInPicture. Another bundle became available and they have recognized the contributions that VideoInPicture has already made in such a short time by awarding it to him. See the link below to read mouser's announcement and join us in congratulating VideoInPicture (Eric Wong).

We'd also like to highlight DC member Ehtyar's Tech News Weekly threads, posted in the Living Room section of the forum. He highlights interesting technology and software stories and is seeking input on refinements that he has made to the layout. While you're reading the thread, check out 40hz' cool graphic and weigh in on the suggestion that a dedicated child board be started!

Finally, in the northern hemisphere we welcome with mixed feelings the arrival of fall. For our southern friends spring is here!


* View the New Member Map (see link at bottom of page to place your pin)
* Ehtyar's Tech News Weekly: #41
* A Special Recognition and Present for DC Member Eric Wong (VideoInPicture)
* September 2008 Giveaway Results

2. Your Participation Requested

Jump right in, go on, you know you want to... If you need some inspiration for your first post, look no further than the following threads. We'd love your input!


* One answered question before you died?
* What Sports Do You Participate In?
* What are your opinions on fan-editing?
* Programs you can use during a financial meltdown?!
* Requesting Ideas for DonationCoder Podcast #7
* New Getting Organized Experiment?

3. Help and Advice from Member to Member

No, this is not an agony-Aunt column! However, if you need get some input on tech related issues and decisions, the DC forum is a great place to turn. Read on for some recent discussions and feel free to join in the conversation or post an issue of your own.


* Magic Jack Phone Opinions?
* Mathematics symbols OCR?
* I am looking for system wide proxy changer-configurator
* Does anyone use an online snippets manager?
* Do you keep two computers synchronized? i.e. work + home. If so, how?
* Creating a document template?

4. Fun And Games

Work, work, work, work... Yawn! We can't be serious all the time... Let's have some fun!


* TechCult.com: The 150 Best Online Flash Games
* TIGSource Demake Game Competition Results - Download+Play
* Hedgewars: Excellent Free Clone of the Classic Game "Worms"
* SplitWords - fun new flash word game
* Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?
* Planet of the Cats
* Garden Inventor: Tower Defense Game of the Week
* Stephen King's "N." - 25 Short Videos - Scary cool online videos
* Try out the Spore Prototypes
* News Article: The Growing Perils Of Online Game Play

5. The Weird Wide Web

Here are some recent items from around the web that Donationcoders thought were noteworthy. As always, your input is encouraged, so if you come across something interesting while you're surfing the web, feel free to post a link to it.


* You might want to skip the whole Blu-Ray generation?
* News Article: Insecure Cookies Leak Sensitive Information
* MakeUseOf.com: 15+ Podcasts Every Geek Should Listen To
* Vuln. Alert: Browser 'Clickjacking'
* News Article: Microsoft & Cray Release $25,000 Supercomputer
* UserNameCheck: A very cool way to see what sites your username is available on
* Selectively Print Only What You Want From Webpages

6. Software Discussion

A love of software is the glue that binds us together at Donationcoder. Here are some recent threads of interest:


* See if your singing is on pitch!
* how to give each USB stick a specific drive letter?
* Installers Hall of Shame
* FinePrint vs. priPrinter
* Windows 7 -- ribbons for everyone!
* POP Mail checker?
* The New (And Improved?) VLC
* CCleaner Or Not?
* [How To] Control your computer by voice commands
* Excellent RSS reader
* Use this modified version of Chrome for more privacy
* Firefox tab lock?
* ExtractNow: Pop out from directory

7. DC Software and Member Contributions

There is a lot of quality software available on Donationcoder, all of it coded by our members. Read below for some recent announcements and discussion.


* Amazing New FARR Plugin: FarrMilk - Remember The Milk
* 3 Questions about Circle Dock
* Easy Unicode Paster 2.1 is Released
* New Portable Mode for My Apps (Screenshot Captor, FARR, etc.)
* New Release of Screenshot Captor
* New Release of MiniCap

8. Coding Snacks and Member Contributions

Coding snacks are lite treats for the software afficionado. All you have to do is ask... Post a clear description of what you're looking for and one of DonationCoder's resident coding gurus might just take up the challenge.


* Always-on-top transparent picture viewer (Desktop Logo)
* Toggle Fullscreen of Control / Smart Zoom Control
* DonationQuote - Silly DonationCoder Quote Database
* Dina Font Converted to TrueType
* Click counter
* Resize window with mouse click and scroll wheel
* Vista style filename editing in XP
* Single-Click Switch Audio Input Channel
* Simple timers

9. Developer's Corner

The Developer's Corner is more than just a forum for the discussion of software development, it's also a place in which entrepreneurial issues can be discussed.


* Web Developer Tools Needed: Website Downloader and Broken Image/Link Checker
* Checking internet connection regularly for possible disconnection?
* It's time to do something about these AutoHotkey antivirus false positives
* XULRunner - XUL & JS For Desktop Applications
* stackoverflow.com - programmers Q&A site by jeff atwood + joel spolsky is public
* OSNews.com Multi-part Article on User Interfaces and Usability
* Universe Game Project
* LifeHacker Seeks AutoHotkey Coders for Open Source Projects

housetier:
Yay for another great newsletter. I really need those newsletter so please keep em coming!

Deozaan:
Nice newsletter! Thanks for the work putting it together!

einstein999999:
Great newsletter!  *goes on link clicking spree*  :D

Darwin:
Ouch! I completely missed crediting mouser on this one - these newsletters are a big collaborative effort so I must give credit where it is due  :Thmbsup:

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