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Living Room / Has anyone here used Novicorp WinToFlash?

« on: February 10, 2014, 08:46 AM »

as per title, just wondering if anyone had used this software? it basically makes a bootable usb from from the following OSes if you have the install disks: Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8.

the app is ad-ware and costs $5.77 for a personal license.

• http://wintoflash.com/

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Screenshot Captor / Take a full page screenshot in Firefox using built-in commands

« on: February 04, 2014, 08:07 PM »

here is a tip i found at Stack Overflow with regards to taking a full page screenshot within Firefox using built-in commands.

as posted by user enreas:

Since Firefox 16 you can press shift-F2 or go to Tools > Web Developer > Developer Toolbar to open a command line. Write:

screenshot

and press Intro in order to take a screenshot.

To fully answer the question, you can even save the whole page, not only the visible part of it:

screenshot --fullpage

source: http://stackoverflow...eenshot-with-firefox

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Screenshot Captor / imm.io no longer available

« on: February 03, 2014, 09:39 PM »

imm.io has officially shutdown, the following message is posted on their site.

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DC Gamer Club / Rose & Time by Sophie Houlden - Pay What You Want Promo

« on: February 03, 2014, 05:17 AM »

This games developer, known for her Swift☆Stitch game, is doing a PWYW promo for another of her game, Rose & Time. The game is available in several platforms such as Windows, OSX, Linux and Ouya.

Rose is desperate to unravel the mysteries of time travel, so she can rescue her parents who are trapped in the past. One day she feels close to an answer, but must be careful to not cause any paradoxes.

This is a puzzle game for Windows, Mac and Linux that combines time-travel and stealth gameplay.

• http://sophieh.itch.io/roseandtime

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Living Room / Rare Twitter username 'stolen'

« on: January 30, 2014, 11:08 AM »

as online handles are becoming scarce due to their finite nature, service providers should review their policy on security surrounding these online identities. this is a subject close to my heart as my email id has been targeted several times in the recent past..



• http://www.bbc.co.uk.../technology-25963662

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Living Room / Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $3bn

« on: January 30, 2014, 05:04 AM »

looks like Google is not keen to enter smartphone market, hardware side at least.


• http://www.bbc.co.uk...ws/business-25956284

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General Software Discussion / SkyDrive no more, it's now OneDrive!

« on: January 28, 2014, 05:52 AM »

a legal dispute with the British Sky Broadcasting prompts this name change.



• http://www.maximumpc...kydrive_onedrive2014

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Screenshot Captor / How to make SC go to the last file?

« on: November 30, 2013, 01:31 AM »

as per title, i have a custom ahk script running after each capture (post-capture options). after the script runs, SC auto-refreshes the thumbnail panel and does not set focus on the latest captured file. is there anything i can do about it?

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Community Giveaways / SteamGifts Giveaway: Payday 2

« on: November 29, 2013, 08:45 AM »

Welcome to Payday 2 giveaway! please click on the image to participate.


• http://www.steamgift...eaway/UKFEQ/payday-2

as usual, the following rules apply:
1. Open to the Donation Coder group on Steam.

2. PM  "wraith808","Deozaan", or "lanux128" your steam name, and tell him/her you want to join the group.
• http://steamcommunit...groups/DonationCoder

3. Log in to http://www.steamgifts.com via your Steam account.

4. Follow the Steamgifts rules and read the FAQ: http://www.steamgift...b/faq-and-guidelines

5. Enter the giveaway.

6. The entrants will have to post their forum profile as a comment on the giveaway.

Note that the Steam community for DC is not a general purpose community- it's for active members of DonationCoder.

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Living Room / Going cold turkey on the unholy trinity

« on: October 10, 2013, 09:56 PM »

for some reasons, i am trying to keep Flash, Java & Adobe's PDF off my computer (more specifically out of my home network).

i am quite determined to get by without these ubiquitous trinity, therefore i am wondering if there are any methods being used by the community to do that currently.

as it stands, PDF is the easiest to replace and Flash is in the middle ground, being gradually replaced by HTML5 at most sites. however Java is a different kettle of soup/fish/tea, with it being the prerequisite for some apps/games (damn you, minecraft!). in the long run, i am thinking of a sand-boxed version of java being made available just for those software that requires it.

with my weak google-fu, i could only find this article - http://www.pcworld.c...eader-and-flash.html

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DC Gamer Club / Play Guild Wars 2 for Free from September 27 – October 3

« on: September 25, 2013, 11:34 PM »

just saw this in my e-mail. in case you're interested, the game files come to about 18GB.

The Free Trial period starts at 12:01 AM PDT on September 27, 2013 and ends at 11:59 PM PDT on October 3, 2013.

Have a question about the Guild Wars 2 free trial? Visit our Support Site.

   

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Screenshot Captor / Taking a screenshot of Steam client

« on: September 25, 2013, 01:26 AM »

ever since it was introduced, i had always used the %nicename% field in my file-naming template section. however recently when i took a screenshot of the Steam client, i noticed that Steam had somehow messed up in naming its interface and the following is returned when i use %nicename% field:

Steam Client Bootstrapper (Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)) [Steam]

with that the filename becomes unnecessarily lengthy. i was weighing up my options and they are as follows:

1. use another field like %windowtitle% instead of %nicename% but that would be a global change.
2. use the post-capture command-line tool option to run a script that truncates the excessive parts.
3. to post here so that i can dawdle over my coffee while mouser comes up with a response.

so over to you, mouser..

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Found Deals and Discounts / GOG.com offers Stargunner for Free

« on: September 13, 2013, 06:12 AM »

GOG.com is 5 years old & they're giving away Stargunner. your move now, Steam. *



• https://secure.gog.com/game/stargunner


* Steam is 10 this year

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Found Deals and Discounts / DisplayFusion Pro - 25% off until September 9th, 2013

« on: September 03, 2013, 05:17 AM »

DisplayFusion Pro (DFP) is a very capable multi-monitor tool. It has many, many useful features but the one that attracted my attention was the multi-monitor taskbars. they somewhat clicked in my multi-monitor environment, unlike plenty of other multi-monitor tools that i have tried. DFP adds a taksbar on each monitor complete with its own start button, tray clock and display active windows that are relevant to each monitor (this feature is customizable) and as an added bonus DFP handles non-standard windows (such as MS Office, Steam, Winamp, Chrome, etc) pretty well.

Check here for a rundown on other prominent features. btw, DFP is extensively customizable, which is a boon to if you like to tweak your workspace to suit your needs. Another plus point is that the devs are accessible and are quite attentive to the users' suggestions and requests. They also promise a lifetime license for all purchases, as mentioned here.

• http://www.displayfu...on-51-now-available/

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Screenshot Captor / Turn off INI backups

« on: September 02, 2013, 09:34 PM »

i am using the latest version 4.6 beta and i am wondering if it is possible to turn off SC's auto-backing-ups of the INI files. thanks.

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Found Deals and Discounts / You Need a Budget 4 - 75% off (Steam version)

« on: August 27, 2013, 09:34 PM »

You Need A Budget 4 (YNAB4) is on sale for $14.99 (75% off) at the Steam store. YNAB4 also provides companion apps for both iPhone and Android for free.

Note: This version requires that you run the app through Steam at least once for verification purposes. More info about that here.

• http://store.steampo...ered.com/app/227320/

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DC Gamer Club / Steam Summer Getaway Sale!

« on: July 11, 2013, 01:09 PM »

Steam Summer Getaway Sale is here! Today's Daily Deals include:

• Bioshock franchise    - 50% to 75% off
• Endless Space   - 66% off
• Antichamber   - 66% off
• Hotline Miami    - 75% off
• Scribblenauts Unlimited    - 75% off
• Don't Starve   - 40% off
• Defiance    - 66% off
• Toki Tori 2+    - 34% off
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger    - 33% off
• Left 4 Dead Franchise   - 75% off


- http://store.steampowered.com/

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DC Gamer Club / Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed - $5

« on: July 07, 2013, 02:38 AM »

having bought Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed 4-pack on Steam, i have 3 to let go at $5 each. PM me if interested (Paypal).

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DC Gamer Club / Torchlight FREE for 48 hours!

« on: June 18, 2013, 08:13 AM »

Every GOG.com user can grab a free copy of Torchlight until Thursday, June 20, at 12:59PM GMT.

To celebrate the beginning of our phenomenal 2013 #noDRM Summer Sale, we're giving away the hack-and-slash masterpiece Torchlight for absolutely free to all of our users. ... visit the Torchlight product page and put it in your cart. You'll pay exactly $0.00 for it, as long as you complete your purchase before Thursday, June 20, at 12:59PM GMT.

• http://www.gog.com/gamecard/torchlight

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DC Gamer Club / Incredipede for free! (Linux only)

« on: June 17, 2013, 09:38 PM »

Incredipede's dev is giving away the Linux build of the game for free. expiry date unknown, so be quick about it!


• http://www.incredipede.com/linux.html

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DC Gamer Club / Skyrim officially done, Legendary edition coming soon!

« on: April 19, 2013, 07:39 PM »

Bethesda Softworks stated this morning it's "moving on" from Skyrim, which it began working on back in 2006. The developer will continue to provide "minor updates to Skyrim as needed," but don't expect any more official downloadable content.

Skyrim produced three pieces of major DLC: the vampiric Dawnguard, homey Hearthfire and the best-reviewed expansion, Dragonborn. The last included Solstheim, an entirely new region imbued with Lovecraftian tones.

now the dev work has officially concluded, there has been plans for a 'Legendary Edition' which compiles the base game and all 3 DLCs into a single package. good for those who have been waiting for a complete experience of Skyrim.

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DC Gamer Club / Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

« on: March 20, 2013, 08:22 AM »

after the disappointment that was Sniper: Ghost Warrior, surprisingly a sequel got greenlighted. in any case, the game was released recently to a generally disapproving reviews.

• http://www.gamespot....or-2-review-6405542/
• http://www.computera...ustrating-ai-review/
• http://www.metacriti...iper-ghost-warrior-2

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DC Gamer Club / Bastion's dev announce a new game!

« on: March 19, 2013, 08:11 PM »

Supergiant Games' follow-up to Bastion, Transistor is expected to be released in early 2014!

In Transistor, players assume the role of a young woman who gains control of a powerful weapon after a mysterious group of assailants nearly kills her with it. Now she must fight from street to street against forces that will stop at nothing to recover the weapon. During the course of the adventure, players will piece together the Transistor’s mysteries as they pursue its former owners.

• http://supergiantgames.com/?p=1816

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DC Gamer Club / Don't Starve

« on: March 18, 2013, 03:03 AM »

wondering if anyone here is playing this game? being developed by Klei Entertainment (Mark of the Ninja, Shank, etc), this promises to be "an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science & magic!"

currently still in beta, but there is an Early-Access Beta promotion which knocks off 20% from the price and provides an additional copy for free (both Steam redeemable). plus if you get it from their store, the devs also throw in a pair of Chrome keys which means you can play right in your browser!


• http://www.dontstarvegame.com/

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DC Gamer Club / Frozen Synapse gets a sequel - Frozen Endzone!

« on: March 18, 2013, 12:47 AM »

Frozen Endzone is not a direct sequel, more like "combines the strategic depth of Frozen Synapse with an elegant interface, completely original creative gameplay".

• http://steamcommunit...etails/?id=130862114