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Newsletter for May 8th, 2007 - Codename "Discounts Galore"
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Newsletter for May 8th, 2007Codename "Discounts Galore"
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1. DonationCoder.com News
Do you wake up in the middle of the night with a cold sweat fearing that you missed some important news on our website? We didn't think so. But you might still be interested in catching up on some official news from the site.
* FreeThesaurus.net - A new online thesaurus from DonationCoder goes live -- Anderson Hu, the brains behind the free windows thesaurus program Mobysaurus, has created an incredible new web site for word lovers needing an online thesaurus.
* Carl Thorpe (cthorpe) has agreed to be the new official Discount Coordinator on the site - We're celebrating with a bunch of great new discounts and giveaways this month, and if you have a request for a program you'd like to see a discount on, send cthorpe a message through the forum, and he'll see what he can do to make it happen.
2. Discounts for May
Supporting Members, you've only got until May 15th to enter this month's shareware giveaway, and until May 31st to take advantage of this month's discounts. As we noted above, Carl Thorpe has volunteered to take over as Discount Coordinator on the site, and will be contacting companies on your behalf to get discounts on your favorite software. So if you have a program you'd like to see a discount on, stop by and send cthorpe a message on the forum -- he'll try his best to make it happen.
* ArtRage Pro 2.2 (15% discount)
* ED for Windows (50% discount)
* Super Flexible File Synchronizer (Pro and Std) (30% discount)
* SynchronizeIt and CompareIt (50% discount)
* ZuluPad Pro (33% discount)
3. Your Input Requested!
We want your participation on the DC forum! It's ok if you're normally shy and reserved and scared to post questions and comments -- we give you permission to make an exception for these posts. Some people think our forum is only for expert power users, but it's really a giant mix of users, and we want you to participate, regardless of your background. So take a deep breath and jump in!
* Whats the best program to learn typing?
* Funny small software company names?
* More offensive — Resource bloat or Feature bloat?
* What's your pet's favorite toy?
* Volunteer to help me with some (blog-related) posting on daily basis?
* To Vista or not to Vista?
4. Mini-Reviews by Members
The mini review section is where members on our forum can post short reviews about programs they like. It's a great way to spread the news about an under-appreciated application, and discover a new program. We've got some nice new mini-reviews for you this month. What's that? You want to read more? You can view them all at: http://minireviews.donationcoder.com.
* Quality Comparison: 8 x freeware PDF Readers / Viewers
* Super Flexible File Synchronizer Mini-Review
* Wubi - Painless, partition-free WindowsXP/Ubuntu dual booting
* Sumotori (Sumo Wrestling Game)
5. Fun and Games
Our readers are obsessed with productivity and time management, but even the hardest workers need an occasional quick burst of recreation and diversion. Nothing too complicated -- just enough to recharge your batteries.
* Flash Game of the Day: The Last Stand
* OMGLOLWTFBBQ! They set us up teh b0mbs!!11 -- very funny computer geek spy satire
* Video: Insane Ping-Pong ball tossing skills
* Laser Graffiti Video
* Flash Game of the Day: P.O.D Arcade Defense
* O Cofre: Flash Game of the Day (violence/mature)
* Very Funny Ads.com
* Feedback on a new RPG Tower Defense flash game?
* Want to watch deleted YouTube videos? Check this one out!
* Unhealthy amounts of image generators
* Map of online communities (xkcd)
* How to own a 128-bit number
6. General Software Discussion
Above all else, discussion on the DonationCoder.com forum focuses around software, old and new, and finding the best tool for the job. Have a question or want advice on what program to use? Ask it!
* Caller Id Programs
* Workrave - Repetitive Strain Injury prevention software
* Looking for a RSS Feed Reader for Firefox
* Envelope printing freeware?
* What's a good memorization software?
* U3 Portable Smart Drives pros and cons
* How to extract links from a site?
* Best Free text/file comparison tool?
* 15 Cool (Free) Tools for easy Expense Tracking and Budgeting
* Software gone social? Wakoopa is quite clever
* Transfer OS and APPs. from one laptop to another
* Program to string together series of images into an animated gif?
* Any freeware alternatives to Instant ThumbView?
* Excel plugin to quickly export selection to text file (csv, tab-delimited, etc.)?
* PC Diagnostic Software Recommendations
* Cybernet Recommends 5 IE Addons
* Pidgin 2.0 Review (updated open source instant messaging client - formerly GAIM)
* Sound Borb: Ambient Sound Generator (free and simple with user packs)
* Nature Studio - Cool Shareware Program
* Irfanview4 released
* E Texteditor experiences?
* MyPenDrive: Extended autorun functions for all USB drives
* Does anyone use PhraseExpress?
* Auto ftp v2
7. Coding Snacks and Software Updates
Do you know about our Coding Snacks section? If you don't then you need to fire your personal assistant. In the Coding Snacks section of our forum people can post ideas for small utilities that they need, and coders who hang out on our site try to implement them as freeware for everyone to use. Do you have an idea for a small tool you really wish existed, post it!
* Using AutoHotkey to auto-download and update programs
* Level - Copy files from various sources into one flat folder
* Mircryption/XChat 0.4.0-alpha w/ DH1080 Key Exchange ! - If you're a user of the xchat version of our mircryption irc encryption tool, then this is for you.
* Argus (non-exact search tool) v1.1 released
8. The Wonderful World of the Web
Are you suffering from IOS (Internet Overload Syndrome)? We thought so. Have you just figured out what web2.0 means? (get ready because web3.0 is coming soon). To help reduce your overload, here's a list of some of the more interesting website discussions, debates, and discoveries that have come up on the forum over the last month..
* Coolest Piece Of Computer Hardware I Have Seen In 10 Years - advanced external backup drive (DROBO)
* Best Buy Geek Squad Confession (long and interesting)
* The Citicorp Building Repairs: A Tale of Engineering and Ethics
* The Virtues of Monoculture
* How AMD plans to take over the market by adding DRM directly to CPU
* Tech Without Wires Blog - Cool Member Site
* Science a Go Go Website
* The Shopping Bags (tv show)
* PC World Editor Resigns - Bravo!
* A Very Simple Ethical Principle for Search: Google Fails Miserably
* Getting things done with Tracks
9. Developer's Corner
Don't be thrown off by the name of this section on our forum. It's not just for programmers. It's also for people interested in starting their own business and website developers, students and entrepreneurs. Even if you're not sure whether you belong in that category, you might want to peek your head in and see if there's anything interesting out there that might want you to start up a new hobby.
* Nine tips for dealing with home office isolation
* Online Marketing for Beginners
* 28.8k, 33.6k, and 56k Modem Emulator
* VersionOne Releases Free Community Edition of Agile Project Management Software
* What do you do to learning a new programming language?
* The OMGWTF Programming Contest - Design Purposefully Buggy Code and Win
* Adobe to Open Source Flex
* 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them and other freelancing essays
* Forrester Research Soon To Begin Study On Dynamic Languages
* Outsourcing web design
* Hackety Hack — the Coder's Starter Kit
* Microsoft's Silverlight
10. Website of the Month
Did you know that DonationCoder.com has a list of all of our past best-of-the-web recommendations.
* Our website of the month in May is ghacks.net - a great daily blog for software news and discovery, and pc optimization tips.
Thank you for your continuing support of our site. Your donations make everything we do possible!
Darwin:
Great newsletter, mouser! Now, where are the cody club tasks then (not that I've finished with the last batch of tasks, but they're on my "to do" list!)?
Thanks!
Mike
mouser:
Allen is writing php to manage all your cody tasks so you can see where you stand..
Furthermore, Cody has picked out his first selection of a gift to send to cody club allstars, so stay current with your tasks!
Lastly, for this newsletter, consider the "3. Your Input Requested!" section to be your cody task, i.e. post in any one of those threads that you have something to contribute :)
Darwin:
Most excellent, meow-mesiter! I'm off the finish of my mini-review then...
tomos:
6. General Software Discussion
We normally just have one "Software Discussion" section in our newsletter, but in the last month there have been so many noteworthy discussions about software that I've split up the posts into two sections. This section has the more general discussions where multiple programs are referenced.-mouser
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It's always good to see an overview mouser :-*
a proposal
but
not wanting to complicate things tooo much for you :)
how about including threads that are older but "hopping" again
what i had in mind was Superboyacs Notetaking thread & the one on image organisers which were both pretty busy in the last (i think) month or so
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