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176

Finished Programs / DONE: move Miranda's IRC window to lower position on screen when not active

« on: March 07, 2006, 03:40 AM »

Hi,

I'm using Miranda's tabbed IRC window and thought this could be quite helpful:

Because I'm always having loads of windows open on the desktop it would be helpful to automatically move Miranda's IRC window down so that I could see the tabs at any moment (because no other window will be lying over it at that position).

Maybe something using

[Select]

SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinNotActive, Chat Room

would work ("Chat Room" is always displayed in IRC's window title) for this task?


Normally it looks like this (bottom left of my desktop):

This is what I want when the window is not active/focused:

(Before you start to laugh about the big font size: yes, I'm using my monitor at a 2 metre's distance right now)

177

Post New Requests Here / IDEA: KCOAW - keep cursor over active window

« on: March 07, 2006, 03:04 AM »

Hi,

since using skrommel's HideDesktop (https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2259.0) I found that it has a problem with the way my W2k is set up. When a program closes its window automatically the previous active window gets its focus back - but the mouse cursor stays in its old place. When that happens to be over the desktop HideDesktop can't kick in...


So I guess either HideDesktop needs a new option or I need a little script/tool to make the cursor always stay over the active window. Any ideas?


Side note: even if KCOAW is an acronym for WACO and the über-psycho David Koresh it's meant to *solve* a problem, it isn't related to the Waco disaster which resulted from *trying* to solve a problem.

178

General Software Discussion / SiteAdvisor - or do YOU like spam, spyware, & safety threats?

« on: March 02, 2006, 05:01 PM »

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

digg said:

SiteAdvisor is testing all Web sites for spam, spyware, & safety threats. You browse and search as normal and their empirical data (green=good, yellow=caution, red=bad) appears in an icon in IE or Firefox & next to results in Google, Yahoo, & MSN. Every site gets its own site details page w/ in-depth analysis. They launched a slick redesign today.

They say:

Sounds like a really, really great idea!

SiteAdvisor currently works with Internet Explorer and Firefox.

I will link to this thread from the Firefox extension thread too.

179

Living Room / Ketchup? Anyone?

« on: March 02, 2006, 07:40 AM »

180

Living Room / CowAbduction.com - numbers of missing cows are on the rise!

« on: March 01, 2006, 08:07 AM »

Alien cow abduction. It's a serious problem.

http://www.CowAbduction.com/

Watch the video and hover over the cow at the top with your mouse 

181

Finished Programs / DONE: set transparency for the taskbar

« on: February 26, 2006, 01:30 AM »

https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2553.0 made me think about this related idea. I saw this being an option of bigger (and not free) programs. This Coding Snack should just have an enable/disable option and some way to set a value (enter field/slider?) for the transparency.

For those of you who can't imagine what it would look like:


(Screenshot from http://www.actualtoo...es/detail.php?ID=878)

182

Finished Programs / DONE: auto-sync system time with atomic clock at night (AboutTime)

« on: February 23, 2006, 08:21 AM »

I just fulfilled my own request I came up with an hour earlier

Since I don't reboot my almost perfectly healthy Windows 2000 too often and also don't want to run an app 24/7 just to sync my system time I came up with this script, which uses http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ to do the job at night - AboutTime starts, syncs, and quits after a few seconds.

I love AutoHotkey doing stuff for me while I sleep!

As always, feel free to comment and improve it!

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GoSub, AutoExec10

; other scripts in your auto-execute section of AutoHotkey.ini ;
; other scripts in your auto-execute section of AutoHotkey.ini ;
; other scripts in your auto-execute section of AutoHotkey.ini ;

;2006-02-23
;auto-sync system time at night
#Persistent
AutoExec10:
SetTimer, AutoSyncTime, 9000000
;
; 3600000 milliseconds = 1 hour
; 5400000 milliseconds = 1,5 hours
; 7200000 milliseconds = 2 hours
; 7200000 milliseconds = 2 hours
; 9000000 milliseconds = 2,5 hours
;
AutoSyncTime:
SyncTime=%A_Hour%
If SyncTime > 1
  If SyncTime < 8
  Run, C:\Programme\AboutTime\AboutTime.exe, C:\Programme\AboutTime\
return

183

Finished Programs / DONE: AutoHotkeyUpdateChecker

« on: February 21, 2006, 12:40 PM »

Hi,

I was told about a really great idea - a tiny script to automatically check for new versions of AutoHotkey!

From http://s89775182.onl...um/viewtopic.php?t=8 :

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;---2005-10-16 garry, check AutoHotKey for new version -------------
F1=%A_ScriptDir%\AHKURL.TXT
A=%A_AHKVERSION%
URLDownloadToFile,http://www.autohotkey.com,%F1%
I=0
Loop
{
        I+=1
        FileReadLine, line, %F1%, %i%
        if ErrorLevel <> 0
        exitApp
   IfInString,line,The latest version is
        {
   stringmid,BA,LINE,25,18
        GOTO A2
        }
}
A2:
FileDelete,%F1%
B1=%BA%
I=0
loop,parse,B1,`
{
   Transform,B2,ASC,%A_LOOPFIELD%
   I+=1
   if B2<46
   GOTO A3
   if B2>57
   GOTO A3
}
A3:
stringmid,B,B1,1,I-1
if A<>%B%
{
msgbox,(Changed) Your existing version is=%A%, Actual version is=%B%
run,http://www.autohotkey.com/download
ExitApp
}
else
{
msgbox,(Equal) Your existing version is=%A%, Actual version is=%B%
MsgBox, 4, , Start AHK Forum?
IfMsgBox,No
return
Else
Run,http://www.autohotkey.com/forum
ExitApp
}

I'm sure someone in here could even optimize that? To maybe let it auto-check at a given interval, add some other stuff, ...?

184

Finished Programs / DONE: tiny right-click shell extension for Sysinternals' Contig (defrag)

« on: February 21, 2006, 03:07 AM »

Hi!

Could anyone please code something so I could use http://www.sysintern...tilities/Contig.html by simply right-clicking a file and choosing "Defrag with Contig" from the context menu?

Right-now I'm using the Power Defragmenter GUI for Contig but would like a faster approach to defrag single files.

185

General Software Discussion / video editing software

« on: February 18, 2006, 04:24 AM »

Hi,

what are you using to edit videos? I'm not talking about making some TV quality edits with lots of cool edits, just simple editing (cut out a bit here and there etc) of AVI and MPG files.

A not-too-messy interface would be nice.

186

General Software Discussion / PlayWave.exe + Timed ScreenSaver

« on: February 13, 2006, 09:22 AM »

Just saw this:

PlayWave.exe by Jim Chevalier - jimbug.org
Version 2.0 - Now plays long wave files.
Description: Plays a wave file directly.
Syntax: PlayWave.exe sound.wav
Platform: Windows 95?, 98 and up.

http://www.jimbug.or...oads/files/PlayWave/

Might come in handy to add sound to batch files/AHK scripts!

TimedSS.exe - by Jim Chevalier - jimbug.org
Description: Runs a program or a screensaver for a set number of seconds.
Optional - low or idle priority.
Run from a batch file or a shortcut.

Syntax: TimedSS.exe seconds [low] a_screensaver.scr
Example: TimedSS.exe 60 low "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssstars.scr /s"
Note: Use quotation marks around the program's path.
Platform: Windows 98 and up.

http://www.jimbug.or...loads/files/TimedSS/

Could be helpful for scripting too... thinking about how I could use this already

187

Living Room / Mind Control Parasites in Half of All Humans

« on: February 12, 2006, 05:17 AM »

According to a Yahoo News story, half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, a parasite shown to alter the brain function of rats, inducing them into behavior that benefits the parasite but is suicidal for the rat. So what affect does it have on humans? Article comes complete with Heinlein 'Puppet Masters' reference.

http://science.slash...sid=06/02/12/0738233

http://news.yahoo.co...ndcontrolbyparasites

188

Finished Programs / DONE: IdleClose - exit certain programs after x minutes of idle time

« on: February 09, 2006, 03:08 AM »

Hi,

I'd love a little tool to automatically close certain programs after I haven't used them for x minutes. I'm not sure if that's an easy task or not, but I could really use such a tool to auto-close some programs!

It would be perfect if I could specify the number of minutes for each program/exe after which IdleClose should kick in.

189

Living Room / I just LOVE it! :)

« on: February 08, 2006, 07:03 PM »

Don't you just LOVE IT when ads somehow match the content on a site?

(it says first the good news:)

190

Living Room / Fon - Google, Skype and the chicken-and-egg problem

« on: February 07, 2006, 03:51 PM »

[...] in an innovative new Internet access network called Fon.

The company, founded by Spanish entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, aims to build a network of WiFi hotspots far larger than those from companies like T-Mobile and Swisscom, none of which have more than 30,000 hotspots worldwide.

Fon aims to exceed that in its first year, and to have one million hotspots in four years. It hopes to achieve this by getting individuals and businesses to contribute their own hotspots to the network in exchange for getting access wherever they go. [...]

Full (interesting) article on http://money.cnn.com...on=money_mostpopular

My personal prediction: this will work.

191

Finished Programs / DONE: WinampKiller

« on: February 06, 2006, 09:55 AM »

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=1580.40

I wonder what would be the best way to implement "after 30 minutes of IdleMuting, kill winamp.exe" - any ideas?

-brotherS (February 02, 2006, 02:07 AM)

If skrommel prefers not to add that to IdleMute, maybe make a new tiny tool for this?

What I want is basically this: if I happen to fall asleep while Winamp is still running (so, like IdleMute, this should only work in a specified time-frame), I want it to be automatically killed/closed after x minutes. I like that skrommel's IdleMute only mutes the PC and doesn't immediately close Winamp, so if I'm at the phone I could just push my mouse to unmute the PC again.

Maybe WinampKiller could use a different approach than IdleMute though, feel free to suggest/code anything

And maybe http://www.myplugins...nfo/activewinamp.htm (thanks to jgpaiva for finding this) could help you?

192

Mini-Reviews by Members / DClock 2

« on: February 06, 2006, 06:39 AM »

I am currently developing a small app as a tray clock replacement, mainly because I want one too. I keep my taskbar hidden and needed something that is easy to read.

You can download a beta of my freeware clock at my site. Keep in mind it's a beta and I am still working on it. Keep checking back from time to time to get the latest version of it.

features currently include:

• always on top
• customizeable size
• customizable colors
• option to remove tray clock
• stopwatch
• countdown timer
• hourly chime
• ToDo List
• small utility to aid in making alphabetical lists
• display system uptime
• date as tooltip
• copy date to clipboard
• copy system uptime to clipboard
• copy current time to clipboard
• can not accidently be dragged off the screen
• remembers user settings
• remembers where on the screen you placed it on last run
• menu accessable by right clicking either clock or tray icon

http://www.appsapps.info/dclock2.php

-app103 (January 25, 2006, 11:57 PM)

Thanks app103, sounds promising! I didn't test it (yet), if anyone else wants to do it in here feel free

Also, since it isn't on http://fileforum.betanews.com/ (yet?), you can use this thread to notify us about new versions/features of your program.

Could you perhaps add a screenshot of the options? And how much RAM does it need? CPU load should be low, right?

193

Living Room / TyperA - test your typing skills

« on: January 30, 2006, 06:19 AM »

http://typera.tk/

Your score: 341 keys per minute ~ 68 words per minute
Language/mode: de
Ranking: That was fast - you can still improve, though.
Comparison: 23% of registered TyperA users using this language have typed a better result; 77% have a lower or equal result.

How fast are you? Just paste the results in here like I did.

194

Living Room / Filthy Rich

« on: January 27, 2006, 12:55 PM »

195

Living Room / Rubber Johnny

« on: January 18, 2006, 09:24 PM »

Thanks to this great and free service and my inherent curiosity I found this video.

Before you click it, make sure you can hear the sound too! Do not watch it if the only kind of movies you like is Dirty Dancing.

Ready? Go! http://www.wimp.com/rubberjohnny/

Screenshot:

196

Living Room / Vegetarians

« on: January 17, 2006, 04:04 AM »

197

Living Room / 84.40.3.164 = WOW!

« on: January 14, 2006, 03:14 AM »

Really great video at http://84.40.3.164/ - check it out!

198

Living Room / What the US will look like *after* the neo great depression

« on: January 12, 2006, 03:20 AM »

(mouser will love this)

after the neo great depression, the U.S., which was the only affected country for some reason, had to sell "some" of their territory

As always, http://www.worth1000.com/ = great stuff!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / FeedBlitz - THE new way to track and read blogs?

« on: January 10, 2006, 04:43 AM »

http://www.feedblitz.com/

RSS, Blogs, XML, readers and aggregators can be confusing. Adding email services to your blog isn't.
[...]
It's easy too! No gurus required. The basic service is free to all - no restrictions, no ads. Plus, you can subscribe to any blog or RSS feed by email with FeedBlitz, even if that blog does not use FeedBlitz itself.

http://www.feedblitz.com/features.htm

http://www.feedblitz.com/bloglet.htm


I've been using FeedBlitz for a few days only, I like it a lot already. Until now, I prefer this way over using one of the RSS readers I tried. I bet FeedBlitz will become quite popular! It's not for you if you have to track news feeds that are updated every few minutes, but since most of the blogs I read are only updated once a day (or less) I don't mind.

FeedBlitz benefits:

• You don't have to use another program to track
• You can archive the emails you get from FeedBlitz - and search them later! (For example with Google Desktop Search)
• It's free

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General Software Discussion / Kodak Photo Voice - free add-on for Skype

« on: January 10, 2006, 04:00 AM »

http://www.kodakgallery.com/photovoice

I like the introduction movie there

"Today's families and social networks are scattered around the globe. Staying connected through photo sharing remains an important element in maintaining closer personal relationships," said Sandra Morris, general manager of Consumer Imaging Services at Kodak. "Traditional social gatherings that once took place around the radio, television or telephone are now happening around the computer, mobile phone or camera. KODAK Photo Voice marks the next step in this evolution."

What exactly is KODAK Photo Voice? It lets two people connected via Skype to simultaneously view a customized photo slideshow as they "reminisce and react" to each picture.

[...]

How do you use it? After downloading KODAK Photo Voice and Skype, the host selects pictures from their computer, quickly and easily compiles them into a KODAK Photo Voice presentation and calls a friend via Skype to watch the slideshow live. Hosts can submit orders for prints and other merchandise that guests select and have them mailed directly to the guest’s home.

Read the full story with URLs at http://www.bigblueba...owthread.php?t=33542