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General Software Discussion / Re: Software recommendations for writers

« on: May 06, 2011, 01:45 PM »

I wonder if WriteMonkey might be of use to you - ability to use whole screen, keyboard shortcuts, very flexible... and free!

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Living Room / Re: Wilderssecurity site down ?

« on: April 27, 2011, 11:42 AM »

  Fine here...

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Living Room / Re: Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading List

« on: April 27, 2011, 11:40 AM »

The City & The City by China Mieville - though I preferred Perdido Street Station by the same author...

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Living Room / Re: England Is Grinding To A Halt.

« on: March 10, 2011, 05:53 PM »

Ugh! And talking about crowded and smelly - when I was in London, it was either take the Northern Line or walk 30 minutes to get to the client. In eight years, I used it maybe 3 or 4 times, and even that was too much.

-timns (March 10, 2011, 05:35 PM)

The northern Line...I may not sleep tonight remembering that!

By the way Beth - Twiggles is having a moment over your avatar

May I remind Twiggles this is a public place!

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Living Room / Re: England Is Grinding To A Halt.

« on: March 10, 2011, 04:59 PM »

Crawley and Leatherhead junctions (ahh, two lovely-sounding town names eh?)

-timns (March 10, 2011, 04:13 PM)

I grew up between the two - and wondered if the people who name towns have a problem with imagination sometimes!

I used to live in London where at least you get a tube or one of any number of (crowded smelly) buses - but living in Cambridgeshire means a car is essential for what I do - and the mileage allowance being less than the cost of fuel means I end up subsidising my own job. (Working in the NHS already feels like a criminal offence without the extra expense this imposes)

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Living Room / Re: Let's face it: the ebook market is FUBAR, thanks to pure greed

« on: February 04, 2011, 04:32 AM »

What about Project Gutenberg? Can all that be read on the Kindle and other readers? Or have they locked that out?

-Renegade (February 04, 2011, 02:33 AM)

Project Gutenberg have a lot of kindle/ePub content that can be read 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« on: January 13, 2011, 12:30 PM »

No - I missed it completely! But now I have seen it! Is there a way that instead of the total popping up in a window it can be inserted into a cell at the bottom of column in question - perhaps beneath a divider line or something? That would make it perfect for what I need!

-Beth UK (January 12, 2011, 06:34 PM)

My hesitation is that I didn't intend for Snap DB to become a spreadsheet at all.  I mean, it's trivial to do what you want but then that summation line becomes part of the database information and its data would then be used in further calculations unless you were to delete that line.  It just seems a bit kludgy.  Does that make sense? 

-skwire (January 13, 2011, 08:56 AM)

Hi,
I totally accept your point. I was thinking that being able to display the total would make it ideal as a 'time logger' for a University course I am doing - I have to declare personal study time - and this would make it near perfect. Currently I use a spreadsheet which is OTT for what I need, and not portable either. My suggestion was more a personal whim and I don't want to drag you away from your overall goal for the project. 

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Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Photos of BCs trip to Afghanistan

« on: January 13, 2011, 08:01 AM »

  Fantastic!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:34 PM »

I think I was probably looking for something different with the formula thing - just a way to total all figures that might appear in a single column (e.g., 4+5+6+7+4 = 26). That way I could total up time spent on a task for instance, or quoted prices etc.

-Beth UK (January 12, 2011, 06:22 PM)

Hmmm...did you see the "Sum column" option when you right-click a column's header?  That will pop up a message box with the total of any numbers in the column.  Is that not what you wanted?

-skwire (January 12, 2011, 06:28 PM)

No - I missed it completely! But now I have seen it! Is there a way that instead of the total popping up in a window it can be inserted into a cell at the bottom of column in question - perhaps beneath a divider line or something? That would make it perfect for what I need!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Quick Cliq

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:29 PM »

This is a cool NANY offering! Will try out some more!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:22 PM »

:: Double clicking in an empty row opened the 'add record' dialogue (whereas currently it opens the 'edit record' dialogue
:: There was the possibility to use a basic 'add and total' formula for any figures entered in a column

-Beth UK (January 12, 2011, 08:38 AM)

Both added in the latest build.  Please let me know if that's what you had in mind.



Love the 'click to add new record' - works well!

I think I was probably looking for something different with the formula thing - just a way to total all figures that might appear in a single column (e.g., 4+5+6+7+4 = 26). That way I could total up time spent on a task for instance, or quoted prices etc.

Could probably find some uses for this!
 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Snap DB

« on: January 12, 2011, 08:38 AM »

Liking this!

Would be great if:

:: Double clicking in an empty row opened the 'add record' dialogue (whereas currently it opens the 'edit record' dialogue
:: There was the possibility to use a basic 'add and total' formula for any figures entered in a column

 

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Living Room / Re: complete 180 on mouse preference - what's the best cheap mouse?

« on: December 27, 2010, 10:40 AM »

Note: for day-to-day web use I still prefer this trackball. Takes a little getting used to at first. However, once you've acclimated, you can absolutely fly with this thing. Not cheap ($99.99 list! - and seldom discounted) but still well worth its asking price IMHO.

-40hz (December 27, 2010, 08:50 AM)

40, could you explain a little the specific advantages of using a trackball like you mentioned?  i tried it out a while back, but I couldn't understand how it made anything faster or easier or anything.  What am I missing?

-superboyac (December 27, 2010, 10:11 AM)

I use a trackball too from time to time. The advantages I find are that I use 'finer' movements to flick the mouse round the screen (fingertip control rather than arm/wrist); they can be great when you have a cluttered desk like I do (you don't bump into cups, books, pens, pot plants) and... they just make a change sometimes!

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Living Room / Re: Need help with finding info on Pocket Fujica 200 camera

« on: December 27, 2010, 10:34 AM »

@Xenonym

I will dig through the attic later this week - I keep having this idea that somewhere in amongst the cobwebs I have a couple of unopened 110 films kept for sentimental reasons. If I find them you can have them (well past their expiry date so you may have some unusual colour shift!!).

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Living Room / Re: Need help with finding info on Pocket Fujica 200 camera

« on: December 27, 2010, 08:45 AM »

Found this - don't know if it helps finding film:
http://www.goshops.c...&shopid=02111201

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Living Room / Re: Not thrilled by you Christmas gifts - could have been worse

« on: December 23, 2010, 11:53 AM »

  I have the same problem (<----- see avatar!)
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Upgrading RoboForm from v6 to v7: worthwhile?

« on: December 22, 2010, 04:14 PM »

I'll try! Password Depot is a desktop password application made by AceBit. It's not new, but it is regularly updated. I have run it alongside Roboform and LastPass and keep returning to it as my preferred password app.

-Beth UK (December 22, 2010, 11:29 AM)

Thanks!  Is it "limited" to passwords?  The key feature of RoboForm is its ability to fill in forms, not just store passwords.  For "just" passwords, I use KeePass, which is free, and can fill forms as long as you tell it how beforehand (I haven't tried the addons for formfilling as such).  I presume you've tried KeePass and prefer Password Depot?

-rjbull (December 22, 2010, 11:46 AM)

I use it for all online log-ins so it'll remember your username and password and other fields too

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General Software Discussion / Re: Upgrading RoboForm from v6 to v7: worthwhile?

« on: December 22, 2010, 11:29 AM »

I mentioned earlier that Password Depot is quite decent (though not perfect) as a desktop app.

-Beth UK (December 20, 2010, 04:47 PM)

Could you expand on Password Depot, please?

-rjbull (December 21, 2010, 03:02 PM)

I'll try! Password Depot is a desktop password application made by AceBit. It's not new, but it is regularly updated. I have run it alongside Roboform and LastPass and keep returning to it as my preferred password app. It can run in a number of ways but I tend to have it as an autohiding toolbar at the top of the screen. You can store program passwords as well as www passwords, do backups, print lists for extra precaution if you choose, and it works across browsers (you define your primary and secondary browsers). I use it with Opera, Firefox and rarely IE. Later versions have the ability to capture and store passwords (mostly successful but with glitches here and there just like RoboForm). You can store to FTP, hard drive or USB, and also run it from USB (no extra cost).

I don't have time to do a full review right now but having used it for several years I do find myself returning to it in times of crisis. Importantly, you are not locked into to server-side storage.

Far more features than I can describe here (password generation and time-limiting on passwords so you are reminded to change them - if you choose. There is a trial period so you can try before you buy.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 12:08 PM »

and ended up installing several new apps as a result! Better than wrapping Xmas pressies!

-Beth UK (December 21, 2010, 11:51 AM)

There's no cure for this disease.  Just ask Curt, or Darwin, or....   

-skwire (December 21, 2010, 12:00 PM)

Time for rehab again I guess - thought I could resist, but no...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 11:51 AM »

This is Donationcoder at its most dangerous!  I only joined the thread to add a mention for AceText and ended up installing several new apps as a result! Better than wrapping Xmas pressies!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 11:46 AM »

Clipboard Help+Spell

  In all the time here I have never tried Mouser's own program! But now I have! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 10:33 AM »

There's also AceText - made by the same person that makes EditPAd Pro. Again, this may be a bit of an overkill as it is a little like ClipMate.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Upgrading RoboForm from v6 to v7: worthwhile?

« on: December 20, 2010, 04:47 PM »

Anyone know an easy (and multi browser) desktop app that allows import of Robofrom and works entirely on the PC?

-Carol Haynes (December 20, 2010, 03:39 PM)

I agree that lastpass is a bit buggy in places - still purchased the premium package on a whim ($12, and then you get to use a USB 'key' that adds in a layer of security) in an effort to find an alternative to Roboform. I mentioned earlier that Password Depot is quite decent (though not perfect) as a desktop app. I don't know if it imports Roboform passwords though it says it imports .csv and .xml (never tried).

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Living Room / Re: Need a New Mouse

« on: December 20, 2010, 07:15 AM »

I am using this Sidewinder Mouse (only because it was given to me) but it is a bit big for my hands. It's not bad though I find the scroll wheel a bit 'clunky'.Before that I had a Logitech Wireless Trackman Explorer (trackball) that I loved to bits but the wireless signal kept dropping out.

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Living Room / Re: Great Britain is frozen!

« on: December 20, 2010, 07:05 AM »

Aw crap. My drains froze today (it is -8C) which meant that the out-flow from the washing machine had no where to go out to... so it all came in instead. All over the kitchen floor

Had to wash the dishes in the bath too.

-Ampa (December 18, 2010, 05:32 PM)

My bath outflow has frozen as well