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Living Room / Re: The Greatest Graphic Novel of All Time: Watchmen

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 08:10 AM »

I've been reading Irredeemable lately, and really loving it.   Like Watchmen, it is a much more adult and dark look at the traditional Superhero story.  I'm a sucker for these kinds of graphic novels because they light up the nostalgia memories for me of old comic books and play against those expectations for greater impact.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Links to Review and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 05:21 AM »

Really sweet review of FARR on GuidingTech.com:

"I was impressed within the first 20 minutes and in the next one hour I was already falling in love with its features."

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 05:15 AM »

Nice screenshot-filled walkthrough of setting up and using Screenshot Captor on AppStorm:
http://windows.appst...h-screenshot-captor/

"This is a very versatile tool and whether you are capturing images for fun or need screenshots for a work project, you have all of the tools you would expect to find in a commercial product in this fantastic free utility."

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.07.01 - June 19, 2012

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 03:44 AM »

Mostly bug fixes with this release:

v3.07.01 - June 19, 2012

• [BugFix] Access Violation Errors could be triggered (especially on selected region capture) after the disconnection of a monitor on a multimon system (perhaps also after monitor resolution changes, hibernation wakeup, remote desktop connection/disconnection).
• [BugFix] Scrolling capture option dialog settings were not being saved.
• [Documentation] Added documentation on automatic installation of license key, configdir, and settings files.
• [BugFix] Fields for memo after a scan would sometimes include filename of last application window captured.
• [BugFix] Using timed autocapture tool to do scanner captures did not work.
• [Default Change] Set default option to print captions on printouts.
• [Options] Added options on "Print Options" tab to use default units/page orientation, which should remember last used values.
• [Change] If option is set to stay minimize and hide main widow on capture, main window will stay hidden after capture even if it was showing at time of capture.
• [BugFix] Copying and pasting objects using menu could result in new objects pasted out of view.

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Living Room / Re: Computer Hardware Chart

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 03:34 AM »

nice 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Access violation error every morning

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2012, 02:13 AM »

Thanks for the report Ath, and thanks to everyone for their patience and help with this nasty bug. 

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Living Room / Help Me Find My Dress

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 09:15 PM »

Matt Drake writes a great board game review blog that I read regularly, and seems like a genuinely cool guy.

He posted today asking for help in locating a wedding dress and other clothing that went missing from a dry cleaners after a house fire.  If you know anyone in the Dallas & Fort Worth metropolitan area, please pass along the request to be on the lookout for Matt's lost items.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Access violation error every morning

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 06:27 PM »

can you guys try this version and let me know if it fixes:
[beta link removed -- new release is officially uploaded]

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Access violation error every morning

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 03:40 PM »

Ok I think i have it fixed; new version coming up tonight.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Invalid Monitor Handle

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 03:39 PM »

Ok I think i have it fixed; new version coming up tonight.

New release is up and official -- hopefully solves the problem.

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General Software Discussion / Re: From ZDnet writer - Final Thoughts on Windows 8: A Design Disaster

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 12:25 PM »

Nice find panzer  

I've said it over and over and over on this forum:  Microsoft is infiltrated, from top to bottom, with saboteurs doing their best to destroy the company from within -- that is the only explanation for why they do what they do.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Invalid Monitor Handle

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 11:26 AM »

im working on the new sc release as we speak.. i've fixed a couple of other bugs and there's is not much left to do but fix this evil one.

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Drag&Drop Robot / Re: GUI/form bugs v1.13.01 in w2k

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 06:04 AM »

Hi kefrey,

Welcome to the site and sorry for the delayed reply!

Looks like you are right about the mislabeled fields -- I think the reason it's gone undetected for so long is in my version i've got some saved configurations that overide those values, so i never noticed it.

You can actually click on those "Field 3" labels and edit them directly, and they will be saved with your configuration.

Now the drop zones are more troubling -- looks like i need to make a new release since those cannot be so easily fixed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: From ZDnet writer - Final Thoughts on Windows 8: A Design Disaster

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2012, 12:21 AM »

And more:
http://betanews.com/...ke-a-bad-blind-date/

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2012, 08:58 AM »

Rover actually mentioned the "Symfony2", and I've actually been giving some thought to whether Yumps might eventually benefit from a major rewrite to use the Symfony2 components, and shift to being more of a standalone mini-framework rather than a yii module..

You can see how other people have been building micro-frameworks using the symfony components, and that seems like an intriguing possibility for Yumps.

Unfortunately while yii feels absolutely natural and synchronized with the way i code, symfony is the opposite -- it feels alien, awkward, and ugly.

However, it's still something i'm thinking about, if only because using symfony components seems to offer some advantages in terms of having less of a commitment to pieces that are unrelated to Yumps.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Linus Torvalds on NVIDIA -- "F**k you!"

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2012, 08:47 AM »

I've never been a huge fan of Linus and especially his attitude when giving talks, but you have to appreciate someone who isn't afraid to speak his mind.

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General Software Discussion / From ZDnet writer - Final Thoughts on Windows 8: A Design Disaster

« Last post by mouser on June 16, 2012, 05:58 PM »

From zdnet writer:

I’ve been following Windows 8 closely over the past few months, spending a lot of time not only with the official releases but also with a number of leaked builds, and I’ve had the chance to install the operating system on a variety of hardware platforms, both old and new. However, since my primary working platform is a desktop system, this is where I’ve had the chance to spend the most time with Microsoft’s new operating system.

I’m now ready to sum up my Windows 8 experience with a single word: awful.

http://www.zdnet.com...esign-disaster/20706

He later sums up with a thought that strikes as true to me:

Windows 8 wasn’t born out of a need or demand; it was born out of a desire on Microsoft’s part to exert its will on the PC industry and decide to shape it in a direction — touch and tablets — that allows it to compete against, and remain relevant in the face of Apple’s iPad..

I just can’t shake the feeling that Windows 8 would be better off as two separate operating systems. A ‘classic’ Windows 8 for regular desktop and notebook systems - which would feel more like a service pack for Windows 7 than a full release — and a separate ‘Metro’ version for touch-enabled hardware.

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Living Room / Re: Techie News Roundup

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2012, 07:54 AM »

Thanks for the Tech News! 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Auto Capture from scanner (webcam)

« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2012, 10:23 AM »

Ok well if it works when you manually trigger it then its just a small bug on the timed autocapture and i should be able to fix it very easily.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Auto Capture from scanner (webcam)

« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2012, 07:20 AM »

Ah.. I didn't even realize you could select a webcam from the scanner page.

So let me ask, if you manually trigger a "Scanner" capture, after having configured your webcam as the "scanner" device, does it capture from the webcam?  If so, i can fix the Auto Capture Timer thing.

Additionally, you might want to check out my Webcam Video Diary application, as it also has some timed capturing options and is specifically made for webcams.

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Living Room / Re: The Board Game 'Renaissance'

« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2012, 06:51 AM »

For the last few years i've been bitten by the board gaming bug..  I think it's as much about the live social interaction as anything.

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Living Room / Re: Soccer, Football, Fussball, etc.

« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2012, 12:29 AM »

The Denmark v. Portugal game on 6/14 was great with some really nice goals.

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Developer's Corner / Help me think of a small ipad app idea to code

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2012, 11:15 PM »

Hi all,

I have a long and entirely negative history with Apple, especially with coding for apple devices.  In high school I had a programming job that was smooth sailing until it came to porting code to a first generation macintosh, which was pure hell.  And I am definitely not a fan of the company.

However, I have been gifted an iPad, and after a few decades my curiosity has gotten the better of me and I want to experiment with coding an ipad app that could actually go into the app store for a buck or so.

Any small app ideas?  I'm not looking for anything groundbreaking or large -- chances are high that I'm going to dislike the process of developing for Apple as much as ever and not want to spend much time on it.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Auto Capture from scanner (webcam)

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2012, 09:17 PM »

I'm a bit confused; this is for the Screenshot Captor program? And what are you trying to do? And what is the option you are setting?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Inconsistency in Permanently Deleting Files From Screenshot Panel

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2012, 09:05 PM »

Thanks for the report -- to be honest i never know about the shift+delete trick to bypass recycle bin. Let me look into it.