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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Emergency Release - Dad's Around
« Last post by Darwin on January 02, 2009, 08:51 AM »
gHacks reviews Dad's Around today: http://www.ghacks.ne.../01/02/panic-button/ and mentions Donationcoder and NANY 2009!

Cool!

Well done, scancode  :Thmbsup:
1552
Find And Run Robot / FARR mentioned on the Download Junkie
« Last post by Darwin on January 02, 2009, 08:50 AM »
Just thought I'd direct DC'ers to a short review of the latest FARR release at VUNet's Download Junkies. Very general, but favourable, review. Congratulations, mouser  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by Darwin on January 02, 2009, 08:38 AM »
Thanks for pointing that one out, Curt. I tried it this time last year and kept it on my computer for a while. It didn’t survive the purges of the spring of ‘08, though!

I should add that I did use it a fair amount and actually never got on to the GUI conventions used... Just found it confusing. But, having just quoted this

Yes, there’s a learning curve. And if you insist on using those techniques you learned back in the last millennium with software that was designed differently, you will be frustrated. But I believe that an open-minded XP user who actually takes a few minutes to learn how the new UI works will be more productive very quickly. The secret is breaking old habits and developing new ones.

from Ed Bott in another thread re: Windows 7, I perhaps shouldn't have been so quick to judge it!
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General Software Discussion / Re: WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)
« Last post by Darwin on January 02, 2009, 08:34 AM »
My favourite line(s) from Ed Bott's reply are these:

Yes, there’s a learning curve. And if you insist on using those techniques you learned back in the last millennium with software that was designed differently, you will be frustrated. But I believe that an open-minded XP user who actually takes a few minutes to learn how the new UI works will be more productive very quickly. The secret is breaking old habits and developing new ones.

This has certainly been my experience going from XP Pro (which I still run with the Classic theme) to Vista.

Windows 7 looks interesting, but hardly earth shattering. I still (grumpily) feel that it amounts to Sp-2 (or 3), rather than a major new OS. A lot of self-interest there, I suppose... having just upgraded to Vista Ultimate  ;D
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Living Room / Re: This coming year, I am SOO looking forward to __________ .
« Last post by Darwin on January 01, 2009, 05:20 PM »
- I must have missed something!? I expect you didn't become a father, by risking go blind, so to speak? Maybe you better not tell...

Bad, and ill-advised, joke/pun. I'd rather not explain  :-[
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Living Room / Re: This coming year, I am SOO looking forward to __________ .
« Last post by Darwin on January 01, 2009, 02:03 PM »
;D

Well, at least now I know what I need!   ;)

 :up:

Me too  :o Heh, heh, and everybody said I'd go blind! (Did I say that out loud?)
1557
General Software Discussion / Re: Best Auto-complete Intelli-sense type utility ?
« Last post by Darwin on January 01, 2009, 09:06 AM »
Does Type Booster count as an auto-complete intelli-sense type utility -- and does anyone have experience with it?

Looks like it fits the bill, ewemoa. The price is nice ($24.95) as well. However, I've not tried it, so can't say whether it is a good option or not.
1558
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: The Journal - 51% Discount at Bits on 1/5/2009
« Last post by Darwin on January 01, 2009, 09:04 AM »
All a bit academic for me atm as I haven't had access to BdJ for a few days. I've assumed it was server problems/changes so it might be back soon.

Same for me. No access for the last few days. Getting a "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)" message at the moment...

Me three...  :(
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Living Room / Re: HAPPY NEW YEARS DC!!!
« Last post by Darwin on January 01, 2009, 08:27 AM »
Merry New Year!



I love Trading Places as well... one of Eddie Murphy's best movies (c/w dross like Metro to really appreciate this!) ;D
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Thanks, Hirudin - just received my key  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: This coming year, I am SOO looking forward to __________ .
« Last post by Darwin on December 31, 2008, 05:55 PM »
Yes - congratulations, codebyte. Very attractive - clean, simple, and accessible  :Thmbsup: Thanks to Curt as well for drawing it to my attention!

Now... This coming year I am most looking forward to watching my children explore the world around them  :)
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Living Room / Re: This coming year, I am SOO looking forward to __________ .
« Last post by Darwin on December 30, 2008, 09:51 PM »
You guys are so ambitious. I'm jealous. I've saved all year and by Spring 2009 I should have enough money to buy a Bumper Dumper. Life will be so much simpler. The Romans may have had running water, but damnit, I've got plastic baggies!

(see attachment in previous post)

Are you sure you want this? Looks kind of crappy to me, Zaine  :o
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General Software Discussion / Re: Large Text File Viewer
« Last post by Darwin on December 30, 2008, 08:53 PM »
Awesome, Phil, you’ve outdone yourself this time  ;D
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Living Room / Re: Microsoft's Pay-Per-Use PC: ...Worst? Idea? Ever?
« Last post by Darwin on December 30, 2008, 08:51 PM »
Last time I checked, these were the same entities who want me to buy diamonds and cars as xmas presents, give them consecutive taxpayer bailouts, and all the while they want make sure grandpa doesn't lose his erection for 96 hours. Tell grandpa he's had enough, zip it, and turn on the TV!!

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Living Room / Re: Microsoft's Pay-Per-Use PC: ...Worst? Idea? Ever?
« Last post by Darwin on December 30, 2008, 06:04 PM »
It's just the old "rent clicks on a time-share terminal connected to a mainframe" decked out in Web 2.0 lingerie.

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Living Room / Re: Microsoft's Pay-Per-Use PC: ...Worst? Idea? Ever?
« Last post by Darwin on December 30, 2008, 04:57 PM »
+2 for a big, fat NO! Vote  :down: :mad: :o
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 06:58 PM »
Congratulations, Curt  :Thmbsup: I'm sorry I missed it - I'd been watching for it as well (not closely enough it seems  :-[:o
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Congratulations, mouser!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 04:05 PM »
FWIW - Firefox + Adobe Reader 9 did let me open the link from within the pdf  :P

The pricing of NitroPDF is confusing - it's usually listed as $99. Avanquest's offer is based on a discount from $79.95 and Fry's is offering it for $59.99... Makes one wonder about the markup on software!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 01:29 PM »
That's weird, Curt, webate.avanquestusa.com opens fine for me. It won't help you much, though, as the rebate is only available to people located in the US and Canada (you'll need a US/Canadian postal address as the rebate cheque will be posted to you).
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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 11:09 AM »
PS Both Carol and Zaine have had good things to say about NitroPDF in the past...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 10:25 AM »
Avanquest US is flogging Nitro PDF Professional for $49.95 at the moment (couldn't find Nitro on the UK site). I've purchased from the UK store in the past (from Canada), so assume that you should be able to buy from the US store? At any rate, worth a look, I think. The only thing that I can see that is not "built in" is OCR functionality, but that's easily overcome if you have an OCR app on your computer (if you even care about it?).
1573
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: StopKa - desktop search tool
« Last post by Darwin on December 29, 2008, 09:30 AM »
muntealb, Darwin - you both wrote what StopKa was unstable - tell me please did you use latest version - or it was first version from [December 02, 2008]?

Hi vitali,

I used the latest version that was available the day I made the post (in the other thread). It was the release that you announced and linked to here, on Dec.23.
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Living Room / Re: site:donationcoder.com [your username]
« Last post by Darwin on December 28, 2008, 08:03 AM »
Google.ca = 32,900 hits
Google.com = 17,900 hits

Hmm... both report 17,900 now  ;D

Must have been a ghost in the machine!
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Living Room / Re: site:donationcoder.com [your username]
« Last post by Darwin on December 27, 2008, 10:07 AM »
Interesting:

Google.ca = 32,900 hits (my browser defaults to this site)
Google.com=17,900 hits

 :o

EDIT: nothing -was trying to quote this :-[
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