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PBOL / High res version of PBOL?
« on: December 24, 2018, 10:15 AM »
I noticed that you have fixed the high resolution issue with launchbar commander. I wonder if you could do the same for Progress Bars Of Life? I love this program, but I have had to default to one bar type in order to read what it there. I know that this is not your most popular program, but I use it all the time and would love to be able to use it without the magnifying glass.  :D

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Living Room / Internet Forum Lightbulb Maintenance...
« on: September 17, 2007, 12:15 PM »

How many online forum group members does it take to change a lightbulb?
 
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.
 
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
 
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
 
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.
 
53 to flame the spell checkers.
 
41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.
 
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive
 
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".
 
15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.
 
156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".
 
109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group
 
203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.
 
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.
 
306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
 
27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
 
14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.
 
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
 
33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".
 
12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
 
19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three".
 
4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
 
44 to ask what is a "FAQ".
 
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
 
143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".
 
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / a very quick look at evernote
« on: September 29, 2006, 10:06 PM »
I promised vixay that I would upload my Evernote database (empty of contents, of course).  Anyone who read my earlier posting on using Evernote to support your GTD efforts can find an empty database attached to this post  which could provide you with a starting place.
I also promised to generate a short tutorial to give some sense of the flow of items through this database .  I decided to go ahead and use vixay's request as an example.
I started by  cutting the relevant piece from the e-mail using the Evernote web clipper.
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 Now I have a new item in my inbox. 
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I very quickly type a few keywords into the body of the clipping somewhere.  I usually type "to do" or "project" and then  a short sentence telling me exactly what I'm supposed to do with this clipping .  This is the equivalent of taking a piece of paper that someone handed me, writing myself a note on the top and putting it into a file folder for action later.
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 This item is now a part of my regular workflow. What makes this work for me  is the intersection panel.
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  I simply click on next actions to highlight it then go to the intersection panel, click on context. Since I am at home , I choose  home .  This gives me a list of all todo items that I have I identified as being doable in this location.  I also assigned to this item a context of today so I select today and see a bit shorter list of items I have agreed to with myself to do today. This is my attempt work on a closed loop . 
 If there is any significant interest in this tool I would be happy to write a longer piece as I am sure that this particular database reflects my peculiar way of looking at the world, and that with just a little bit of effort you can make it reflected your peculiar way of looking at the world too. Anyway here it is. enjoy!

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Finished Programs / DONE: Static IP address changer
« on: February 08, 2006, 09:49 PM »
I frequently need to interface with different networks, some with DHCP and some that require static IP addressing.  I would love a simple set of buttons that I could set up with the most common Static IP addresses I use, and then easily change back to DHCP. 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / MiniMinder: lightweight reminder with some special features
« on: January 14, 2006, 09:43 PM »
So, I lost my palm pilot (it got run over, actually :'(). My single favorite thing about the palm is its ability to remind me, and until I got a replacement I needed a way of "placing a stake in the ground" to help me track what is coming up. I use evernote as my chief planning tool, but it is stronger at looking backward than at looking forward.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/thomthowolf1/miniminder%20review/Screenshot-1_14_20068_17_10PM.png

MiniMinder,  by vellosoft,http://www.vellosoft.com/miniminder/index.html is really great at filling that gap. It is a simple reminder program with a small footprint, that is easy to edit and actually does at least one thing that much more complicated programs don't. It not only tells me whose birthday is coming up, but which one.
I have used this program before, but I frankly didn't like its appearance. It has been updated since then with a full set of customization tools http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/thomthowolf1/miniminder%20review/Screenshot-1_14_20068_38_39PM.png

and now supports window XP skins, as well as some of its own. It also now allows you to use any existing mp3 file as an alarm.
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