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Found Deals and Discounts / CHIP Online: a different program for free every day!

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 05:26 AM »

The page is German, you get a free program every day (though maybe not always the latest version, I don't know)

http://www.chip.de/a...rtikel_12827094.html

Today it's Ashampoo Privacy Protector 2005, please help to keep the full list in the wiki up-to-date: https://www.donation...advent_calendar_2005


A few examples what was in there 2003:

2003-12-03 WinOptimizer 2002 German
2003-12-04 Namo WebEditor 3.0 Englisch
2003-12-05
2003-12-06 Herr der Ringe Schachspiel / Lord of the Rings chess game
2003-12-07 Ashampoo Privacy Protector 1.0
2003-12-08
2003-12-09
2003-12-10
2003-12-11
2003-12-12
2003-12-13
2003-12-14
2003-12-15
2003-12-16 Word 2002 tutorial
2003-12-17 Ashampoo Photo Illuminator 1.53
2003-12-18 AllSeaSaver screensaver
2003-12-19
2003-12-20
2003-12-21
2003-12-22
2003-12-23
2003-12-24 Sygate Personal Firewall Pro

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: [Flipbook Printer] Suggestions for use..

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 04:04 AM »

Most excellent!!  

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Living Room / Re: Useful tools for blocking known malware sites via your HOSTS file

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 03:40 AM »

A HOSTS tool I tested once would leave those customized entries alone, it would just add and delete entries in its own 'section' in the HOSTS file.

Hmm, it seems that someone should code a program that would have auto-updates AND customized-entries-protection

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: script to prevent near-sightedness!

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 03:32 AM »

How about my TakeABreak v1.1?

It supports user defined messages.

Skrommel

-skrommel (December 01, 2005, 08:41 PM)

I read about TakeABreak, that's why I posted this new IDEA post: I would need a tool that won't block my desktop access completely, as useful as that may be for others

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Living Room / Re: Useful tools for blocking known malware sites via your HOSTS file

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 03:06 AM »

Hi Carol!

I used to update my HOSTS file regularly but didn't like to update it manually regularly. Is there any solution out there that allows me to fully automate the updating process?

I'd like to put it in my Autostart folder and forget about it then

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by brotherS on December 02, 2005, 02:43 AM »

I will post some of my most useful extensions later, for now let me just say I'm still looking for an easy extension to save my bookmarks online so I can access them from any PC, where-ever I am.

I tried to use one extension for that once but couldn't get it to work, so hints about these extensions (or easy services without extension) are greatly appreciated.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: script to prevent near-sightedness!

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 04:09 PM »

I prefer to not being forcefully interrupted in what I'm doing at that moment, but maybe a nagging popup or something like that would be nice

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Finished Programs / DONE: script to prevent near-sightedness!

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 03:52 PM »

Thanks to mouser I found this:

14. Prevent near-sightedness!

Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. "It's usually caused by near-point stress." In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. So flex your way to 20/20 vision. Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles -- like the eyes -- into relaxing as well.

So all we need is a bit of code what would let the user set the interval and a way it will alert the user to do exactly what's necessary!

This seems not only to be healthy but would also be a cool program to mention on lots of different sites, including lifehacker and stuff.


Source: http://www.menshealt...793cd____&page=4

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: use hotkey to minimize the active window

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 02:32 PM »

I'm sure skrommel is able to come up with the code for this with the blink of an eye

-brotherS (December 01, 2005, 08:21 AM)

Ctrl-M minimizes the active window.

[Select]

^m::WinMinimize,A

-skrommel (December 01, 2005, 09:45 AM)

Ha! I knew it!! Thanks!

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Skrommel's Software / Re: Problems with Ghoster

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 02:21 PM »

https://www.donation.../Skrommel/index.html still says "Ghoster v1.1" - I downloaded it and CPU performance really is better, thanks!

Problems:
- it now has the AHK tray icon and not its own icon anymore
- I still experience that "makes windows to stay front-most only" bug when I start and quit it with my remote script! Is there a way to make Ghoster.exe check for a running copy of itself when it's started so one would just have to run the exe to start AND to quit it?

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Best Dialog Extender / Re: Hello world!

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 08:22 AM »

I did try Autohotkey some time ago, but the only thing I needed at the moment was minimizing currently active window on hotkey. I didn't find how to do it with Autohotkey in an hour, so now using Hotkeycontrol XP, which in fact has this function right out-of-the-box. Although, I open for suggestions on how to do this with Autohotkey.

-wasker (December 01, 2005, 04:52 AM)

If you can't find out yourself, the AutoHotkey community is very helpful, nice forum over there too. But first, please read and reply in https://www.donation...index.php?topic=1670

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Finished Programs / DONE: use hotkey to minimize the active window

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 08:21 AM »

Cross-post from https://www.donation...index.php?topic=1638 :

I did try Autohotkey some time ago, but the only thing I needed at the moment was minimizing currently active window on hotkey. I didn't find how to do it with Autohotkey in an hour, so now using Hotkeycontrol XP, which in fact has this function right out-of-the-box. Although, I open for suggestions on how to do this with Autohotkey.

-wasker (December 01, 2005, 04:52 AM)

I'm sure skrommel is able to come up with the code for this with the blink of an eye

I'd also like to add the code to my main script, there are times when this might come in handy!

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Living Room / Re: Finally a DonationCoder.com License Key for Time Travelers..

« Last post by brotherS on December 01, 2005, 03:10 AM »

Haha, nice!

I can't believe that nobody's commented on this one yet.

-clif_notes (November 09, 2005, 11:48 PM)

I just didn't see this post yet, just stumbled over the last reply in the IRC channel...

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General Software Discussion / Re: RealPlayer or RealAlternative?

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 04:28 PM »

I've found it annoying that RealPlayer

-nwtim (November 30, 2005, 04:14 PM)

I know how you feel, I uninstalled that and QuickTime and am a happy user of Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative - since months!

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General Software Discussion / Re: A different kind of forum

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 02:36 PM »

Nice layout, but does it have all the important features too? Like subscribing to topics and getting emails on new posts? Don't have the time now to compare all the details, but if it's good someone somewhere will do it soon

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General Software Discussion / Re: flow|state - nice blog on user interface design

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 10:44 AM »

http://miksovsky.blogs.com/flowstate/

-mouser (November 30, 2005, 09:38 AM)

Cool, I love this example:



The last line: so simple - but so creative!

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PopUp Wisdom / RAM and CPU usage?

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 05:58 AM »

Hi,

how much does PopUp Wisdom use?

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Tray utility to mute speaker when you are away from the computer!

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 05:55 AM »

I don't think this is IdleMute... On the other hand, I don't see how another program could mess up the activation, unless it somehow disrupts the idle timer in AutoHotkey.

-skrommel (November 30, 2005, 05:21 AM)

Hmm, I tried the 1.5 now with a much shorter interval and it works... maybe this problem is/was related to my other active AHK scripts?

When you double-click the icon it stays green and switches to red only when totally muted. But when you double-click it again it switched to green immediately, even before unmuting.
No big deal, just wanted to mention it

Btw, is it possible that you didn't yet update to the latest version of http://fileforum.bet...otkey&os=windows ?

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Living Room / Re: 18 Tricks to Teach Your Body - cool

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 04:59 AM »

Thanks for posting stuff like this here, I really like it!

 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: non-users can't view added images

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 04:42 AM »

Ah, cool!

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Tray utility to mute speaker when you are away from the computer!

« Last post by brotherS on November 30, 2005, 02:35 AM »

Hi Skrommel,

I didn't update to 1.5 yet but want to tell you about a bug in 1.4 that still might be present: in the "idlemute time frame" I set IdleMute did *not* mute the volume after the specified time. Only when I - after some hours - moved the mouse IdleMute kicked in, muted the volume and immediately unmuted it again.

I experienced this two nights in a row.

The last night I also noticed that Winamp was using almost 100% of the CPU until I moved the mouse, might be related?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: non-users can't view added images

« Last post by brotherS on November 29, 2005, 04:30 PM »

i've updated the permissions to allow guests (people not signed up at the forum) to view attachment images; if it's abused we'll worry about it then.

-mouser (November 29, 2005, 04:29 PM)

Thanks How much % of the allowed traffic is the serving now using?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: non-users can't view added images

« Last post by brotherS on November 29, 2005, 04:22 PM »

that's the only thing im a bit reluctant to do.

-mouser (November 29, 2005, 04:13 PM)

Then it would IMHO only be logical to disable internal forum uploads and just use http://imageshack.us/ instead. I hate to stumble over forums where I have to signup just to see what they are talking about.

And as I said in my first post above, it limits your ability to spread funny/great/helpful forum URLs a lot! But exactly *that* is *one* nice unobtrusive way to spread the word about DC...

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Living Room / Re: CD/DVD burning service vs download

« Last post by brotherS on November 29, 2005, 03:26 PM »

Sounds quite interesting, I just don't know (yet?) what to use it for. Any ideas?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: non-users can't view added images

« Last post by brotherS on November 29, 2005, 11:02 AM »

our new server is doing 4gb of bandwidth a day, i wouldnt worry about picture links taking up too much bandwidth

-mouser (November 29, 2005, 07:52 AM)

So you are going to allow ALL users to see attachments?