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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat: Fix all the wrapping issues...now!
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 12:07 PM »
Without auto-format, I can't go back and edit a paragraph and have it automatically reflow and rewrap. I'd have to use the Alt-L trick to fix the paragraph after I've finished editing it.


that's what i use.
it is a bit annoying i agree.  but it's just a minor annoyance for me.
18527
Living Room / Re: A Dog Goes Blind: It's nighttime always now. Huh. How about that.
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 10:48 AM »
Joto is one of the funnest and friendliest persons in our irc chat channel.. He brightens up the whole place and you'd be hard pressed to find another with such a friendly disposition.

In fact there is something called "Joto Hour" in the chat channel, which happens at 1am, which is when Joto usually signs on, and there is always much celebrating.  :Thmbsup:
18528
Living Room / LockHunter: Fix file-in-use problems on Windows x64 (free donationware)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 10:42 AM »
From the Raymond.cc blog today:

Without a doubt that The Unlocker is the best and its one of my must-install software after I’ve finished installing Windows. If you don’t know what is Unlocker for, it is a utility used to determine what file a process is using if a user tried to delete it, and displays a list of processes as well as choices on what to do with the process (kill task, unlock, etc.) along with a list of file function options (delete, rename, move).
...
However, until today there’s no update to support 64 bit of Windows XP/Vista/7. If you’ve been searching high and low for an alternative, look no further because LockHunter does the same thing as Unlocker and it supports both 32 and 64 bit of Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 7. Most importantly it is free and very light in system resource usage.



from raymond.cc ( http://www.raymond.c...orks-on-windows-x64/ )
18529
General Software Discussion / Re: 30 Days of DonationCoder Screencasts - Video Links Here
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 10:02 AM »
More real advantage of doing multiple short screencasts:
  • less trouble for people on slow connections
  • easier to replace one small screencast if you change a feature
18530
General Software Discussion / Re: A new model for donations: tip now, pay later (tipjoy.com startup)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 09:08 AM »
yeah it's a good point and one that financial-idiots like me always seem to forget.  vc (venture capital) funding isn't a gift -- it's an investment by people who expect to either make the money back double or else own you like marbles for their playground games.
18531
Living Room / Wired Science: Best Science Visualization Videos of 2009
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 09:04 AM »
All of these videos seem to be modeling of physical phenomena so this list seems a bit biased -- but they are cool.

Some of the most impressive images in science are produced when researchers take numerical data and represent it visually through modeling and computer graphics. The Department of Energy honored 10 of this year’s best scientific visualizations with its annual SciDAC Vis Night awards, at the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing conference (SciDAC) in June. Researchers submitted visualizations to the contest, and program participants voted on the best of the best. From earthquakes to jet flames, this gallery of videos and images show how beautiful (and descriptive) visual data can be.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A new model for donations: tip now, pay later (tipjoy.com startup)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 08:58 AM »
This actually reminds me i've been wanting to make a fun thought-experiment post about what we would actually do with such large funding/donations. I'm going to start a thread on it this coming week, and we'll see what we can come up with, could be interesting to see what people can dream up.
18533
General Software Discussion / Re: A new model for donations: tip now, pay later (tipjoy.com startup)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 08:54 AM »
whenever i hear about people getting a million dollars in funding it just blows my mind.. the cool things we could do with a million dollars in funding.. and yet people just throw it away like candy.

but i suppose one of the benefits of operating the way we do is that it's impossible for us to die 8)
18534
General Software Discussion / Re: A new model for donations: tip now, pay later (tipjoy.com startup)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 08:39 AM »
tipjoy announced today they were shutting down:

Tipjoy is shutting down.

...

We have decided against continuing to pursue additional funding. After a long and hard look at the market and the situation, we didn't feel it made sense.

When we evaluate why there's been so much hype about payments on Twitter, and yet so little traction for us (and even far less for our competitors) it is clear to us that the reason is that a 3rd party payment service doesn't add enough value. We strongly believe that social payments will work on a social network, provided that they're done within the platform and not as a 3rd party. "Simple, social payments" is *the* philosophy needed to do digital payments right, but once a service groks that, they need only to implement it on their own. We've been the thought leaders in this space, we see the hype and excitement, and yet we know very intimately the difficulties in gaining actual traction. The only way to get around this is for the platforms themselves to control payments - then all people wanting to operate on that platform would have to play along. We believe that a payments system directly and officially integrated into social networks such as Twitter and Facebook will be a huge success.

Thank you to everyone who has supported and helped us along the way.

If you have any questions, get in touch: [email protected]

Thanks,
Ivan & Abby - Team Tipjoy

See their blog entry for more: http://tipjoys2cents...ks-for-all-fish.html
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General Software Discussion / 30 Days of DonationCoder Screencasts - Day 21 - The General Options Tab in FARR
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 08:07 AM »
DAY 21:

Today's video takes a look at the General Options tab of FARR:



The entire screencast video series can be seen here: https://www.donationcoder.com/3ds/
18536
General Software Discussion / Re: Recent Sightings: Process Tamer is on Ziff-Davis's Baseline website
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 08:04 AM »
cool. thanks for letting us know, 40hz!
18537
Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Asteroids of Orion
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 07:48 AM »
hey i just got an email saying the download link was broken and they are right.
tinjaw can you upload a working version somewhere?
18538
Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 07:38 AM »
hahahhah great photo!
18539
N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)
« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2009, 12:58 AM »
by page 16 of this thread this shouldn't be a surprise..

from Elite Freeware blog:
"..suggest you give it a chance, i did and now Trout is my main music player. "

http://elitefreeware...-portable-music.html
18540
General Software Discussion / Re: FileBox eXtender Alternatives
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 08:59 PM »
we should include a clear link in this thread to Filebox Extender itself, which is free and is being updated, and is a terrific program:
http://www.hyperioni....com/files/index.asp
18541
Older Newsletters / Newsletter for August 20th, 2009 - Codename "Screencast Summer"
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 06:58 PM »
Newsletter for August 20th, 2009
Codename "Screencast Summer"





1. Newsletter Editorial

It's the dog days of summer here in the US Midwest, and it's time for another DC newsletter.  In the last newsletter I announced that I would finally be recording and posting some screencasts showing how to use various features of my larger applications.  I started with a series of about 15 videos demonstrating different features of my Screenshot Captor program, and am now about 20% of the way through a series of about 50 videos on my Find and Run Robot program (yikes!).

So if you've ever wondered what these programs are about, now's the time to stop by the DonationCoder.com blog and have a look -- each video is only a few minutes long and none of them are as painful to watch as the movie Transformers 2.  Furthermore, I'm happy to announce here that I am extending the summer of screencasts for another month, and will be posting a new screencast every day all the way through September.  And I reiterate my plea that other coders on the forum take the opportunity to post some videos of their own software.

Next up, some more donationcoder gatherings to tell you about. Let's be honest, these aren't exactly assembly hall conventions, and it's usually just one or two people getting together.  But anyone within driving distance of my house on August 29th is welcome to stop by to have some dinner and play board games -- the dc server admin (john) and his wife (traci) are moving to my neighborhood and are staying with me for a bit and so I figured the more the merrier.  And in germany there will be another gathering at the famous c-base geek club (i wish we had one of those here).  Check the threads below for details and to rsvp.

Lastly.. Baby Cody, the stuffed animal version of the DonationCoder site mascot, has begun his travels around the world visiting donationcoder forum members; you can check out some pictures of him in England in the links below.

Oh, and if you have some web design and user interface skills, please do see the link in section 2 below -- one of your fellow dc members wrote a very fun experimental interactive fiction text "game" and he really needs some help polishing up the user interface.



2. Your Participation Requested

We welcome everyone's participation on the forum, no matter what your level of computer knowledge or how long you've been a DC member. If you're still waiting to make your first post, see the links below for some good places to jump in.  DC member Carl Thorpe has come out of retirement to once again try to organize some more discounts - so don't miss the link to the thread discussing what programs you would like him to try to arrange discounts on.



3. Giveaways and Discounts ending this month - only a few days left

Because of the lateness of this newsletter, you have only a few more days to take advantage of August's discounts and enter the August giveaway drawing.



4. Coding Snacks and DC Member Stuff

The Coding Snacks Section is where people can request small utilities to be coded while they wait.  Since the last newsletter we've had a *LOT* of new requests that have been filled -- several forum members are on fire lately!  We've also got a few new member mini-reviews this month:



5. Website Discoveries

Recent discoveries shared by forum members:



6. General Software Discussion

Almost half the posts on the forum fall into the category of general software discussions, questions, recommendations, etc. This is one of the most active sections of the DC forum and a great resource if you're trying to solve a software or hardware related problem. We get so much traffic on this board that we've split the recent content into to sections in the newsletter - general software and specific software discussions.



7. Specific Software Discussion

This section of the newsletter draws attention to some of the standout discussions about specific programs that have been started since the last newsletter.



8. Fun, Games and Amusements on the Web

If you've read the newsletter up to this point, take a break and check out some of the lighter fare from the forum - humour, videos, and games..



9. News You Can Use

DC Member Ehtyar produces wonderful weekly summaries of important tech/computer/security news articles that he comes across on the web.  A big hit on the forum.  We're still wondering how he keeps up the pace and when will he collapse from exhaustion?

18542
General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 06:51 PM »
welcome to the site piecu  :up:
18543
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-review: LineByter - Find and Extract Patterns (emails,etc) from Text Files
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 06:29 PM »
i use this program every month to help me prepare the newsletter mailing list -- just wanted to say thank you again for it.  :up:
18544
General Software Discussion / Re: 30 Days of DonationCoder Screencasts - Video Links Here
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 04:55 PM »
:)

ps. i have now finished recording all of the base FARR videos (38 of them in total), and i will be moving to work on the plugin screencasts next.  looks like i will definitely be doing "Another 30 Days of Screencasts" through September.
18545
Find And Run Robot / Re: Small feature requests
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 03:02 PM »
ampa, this should be an easy fix, ill try to escalate it on my todo list.
18546
Find And Run Robot / Re: Property doesn't display
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 02:29 PM »
welcome to the site, don't be scared! we are all very friendly here.
i think i remember this bug.. i'll put it on my todo list -- microsoft windows is always full of these little wonderful surprise incompatibilities..
18547
General Software Discussion / Re: An easy software to make street/road maps?
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 12:49 PM »
related article at downloadsquad today:

Open Street Map - wiki-based user created street mapsby Jason Clarke (RSS feed) Aug 20th 2009 at 10:00AM
http://www.downloads...created-street-maps/
18548
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Updated: GooglePlus - View Google search results in FARR as you type
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 11:22 AM »
every time i try google plus again it blows my mind more than the last time.. it's just so amazing that i think my brain refuses to remember all it can do.

if you have a fast web connection, this plugin really can change the nature of the way you search the web.
18549
General Software Discussion / Re: 30 Days of DonationCoder Screencasts - Video Links Here
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 11:19 AM »
Here's another tip for making screencasts, that i have to keep reminding myself.

If you're recording a screencast that may last more than a couple minutes, make sure to pause every once in a while between demonstrating concepts, saying and doing nothing.

That gives you an edit point if you need to cut out some material or splice in new stuff, or overdub some audio.  Without the pauses you'll find no good way to edit stuff without having to jump into the middle of sentences, etc.
18550
General Software Discussion / 30 Days of DonationCoder Screencasts - Day 20 - Directory Browsing in FARR
« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2009, 08:22 AM »
DAY 20:

The video shows how to use the directory browsing features of FARR:



The entire screencast video series can be seen here: https://www.donationcoder.com/3ds/
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