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General Software Discussion / Re: CPU Usage shoots up to 100% !?!
« Last post by KenR on August 19, 2007, 03:52 PM »
... however in one of the threads, i noticed that there was a mention of CpuIdle to "cool" the system. i've heard of these type of software before, such as Rain, CpuCool and WinHLT but didn't think much of them. but among others, CpuIdle claims to "enhance stability" and i was desperate enough to try it out..

Cool find lanux. I'll try it out after I reboot, so maybe sometime next week :)
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 18, 2007, 01:17 PM »
Hey Ken, nice to hear the surgery has been scheduled!

I'm not religious so I won't pray for you, but I'll keep my fingers crossed! :up:

Thanks f0dder! I take crossings as well as prayers (and a whole host of other things too actually) :)

Ken
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 18, 2007, 12:08 PM »
Now this is love...

I made this diagram to illustrate why I'm not getting a present for Ken:

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God, did that ever make me laugh. :beerchug: Chapeau Mouser!



Now, while that would have been enough for most people to communicate their feelings,
Mouser was not quite finished cutting off my balls. He finishes up shortly thereafter
however in his response to App's funny statement when he tells her to:

I already promised to buy him his freeware application of choice.

Lease it.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

P.S.: Ken is probably still laughing his ass off over this entire part of the thread ;D
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 18, 2007, 06:46 AM »
My take on Wordy's question was that he was meaning something like Amazon's wish-list...

Ah, Ok, Thanks Darwin. Then the answer is "No".

Ken
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 17, 2007, 10:30 PM »
Ok, I have it. I have considered VoIP for a while. You can figure out what is the best freeware for it and get that for me. Given my ISP, I know it will have to have encryption, since they want to provide this service themselves. Ok Wordy, have at it!

Ken
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 17, 2007, 08:30 PM »
Ken do you happen to keep a Wish List somewhere?  ;)

Hmmm, a most intriguing question! Wishlist of what Wordzilla? If you're talking about software, App is going to get me some freeware. Maybe you and she could go in on it together and split the cost.

Ken
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 17, 2007, 06:57 PM »
Hi everyone.

I just wanted to let you know that the surgery has been scheduled for Sept 21. The doctor's office called me today, late this afternoon, to let me know. No one except Mouser should feel like they have to send me any software to help me feel better. Seriously, I really appreciate the support and assistance from everyone.

Take care, Ken
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Sounds great Darwin. I'll look forward to it.

Ken
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Well, some of the ones that exist are Hot Sites (called Marked), Changed, Checking Now, etc. (By the way, another thing I would like the program to have is a button to check just the hot sites. I forgot to mention that last night.) What I would like is the ability to create additional folders and then specify the criteria. So when you click on that folder, it shows the bookmarks that meet the criteria. If you would like to discuss this more, I can give you my phone number and I am also on line.

Ken
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accommodate clipboard managers (or maybe it only happens with AI RoboForm) and only add the site to C&G if it is the current item in clipboard. As it is, C&G pops up the window to add it if there is one anywhere in the clipboard manager whenever anything is copied to the clipboard

Interesting - which clipboard manager do you use? I use Clipmate 7.2 and don't have this problem (if I select a non-url item from within ...

How interesting! I have the current version of clipmate as well.
Ken
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Hear, hear! Where Is It? is awesome. I like SoftCat Pro's abiity to auto-catalogue the s/w on my system but I wish it would search my registry... I'm not sure if Where Is it? will auto-catalogue my installed software or not... I know I can have it catalogue the contents of whatever folders I tell it to, but that won't get to the registry, either.

Check&Get 3 is great - I don't use it's URL organizing features (even though evidently this was its original "role") and have found the developer to be quite friendly and helpful, but then I haven't been requesting features and such. Ken, what features would you like to see added - or bugs fixed for that matter? I'm curious... and might try writing to the developer myself, raising the same issues. Never hurts to try, try again... Actually, the developer has been active here in the past - why don't you start a thread and we can try to get him to respond there?

Yeah, Where Is It? will not do that as far as I know and I am pretty familiar with it.

I'm not sure what to think or say about your comments about the developer. I saw some post from him and thought he seemed interested in feedback. After not gettomg any responses to my emails though, things seemed pretty clear. Everyone else (aside from JoTo) gets my emails.

I was going to make a post. I even talked to Mouser about it. In the end though, my body/health won out and I never got around to it, like the pile of paperwork sitting patiently in front of me.

Here is a partial list of the changes I thought would be useful:
  • accommodate clipboard managers (or maybe it only happens with AI RoboForm) and only add the site to C&G if it is the current item in clipboard. As it is, C&G pops up the window to add it if there is one anywhere in the clipboard manager whenever anything is copied to the clipboard
  • Be able to control when the time cycle begins, such as 6am rather than just how often it is checked.
  • Be able to set sites as unread
  • Accommodate FTP sites
  • Allow the program to ignore changes without wiping that information out in the display
  • Go to changes, seek them, etc when the site is opened
  • Be able to create folders, like the ones that exist, that meet specified criteria
  • Use a live, progressive search for urls when the user begins to type rather than having to bring up a search window, specify criteria, initiate it, etc
  • Be able to update just the links in a folder without having to select them
  • Specify the criteria for dulplicate URLs, such as the base domain
  • Speed up how long it takes to show the image of the page
  • When an error occurs, recheck the urls after an adjustable interval instead of just waiting for the next check

Those are the ones I can think of right now. I'm pretty sure I had more, but maybe not. Let me know if any of these need clarifying.

Ken
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Living Room / Re: ARGHHH .... CD/DVD burning woes ... any ideas.
« Last post by KenR on August 15, 2007, 09:41 PM »
Hmmm ... just burned 10 DVDs without a single error - so presumably it was a bad pack.

Now what do I do with about 35 Verbatim discs that don't record properly?

Make a holiday decoration with them or a sun block for your car windows.  :wallbash:

Regarding the time spent, don't worry Carol, the rest of us make mistakes all the time!  :-[ We will however, expect you to return to your normal self and not make any more.  8)

Ken
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Yeah, I've tried Secunia Personal Inspector. It's not bad - it works, but I uninstalled it as I use Check&Get to monitor the version history pages of all of my applications. I like this better than having to download a db file and scan my system. It's more accurate, forces me to read the history notes and make a decision about whether or not I want to update/upgrade and I'm used to it, so it works for me!

I use Check and Get as well. Before that, I used Website Watcher, but Check & Get also serves as a url organizer. I think the program needs a lot of work, but I haven't found anything I like better. I tried writing to the developer, but he didn't seem to give a shit and I gave up after sending my third message to him. If there is a better way, I'd love to know about it. That's the problem with being on this site looking for great software: you find out about it, then you need to keep it updated. :)

I would suggest to anyone considering buying SoftCat that they take a look at Where Is It? You can use it like a catalog program as well and it is a wonderful program. I wish all software was written with as much thought and attention to detail.

Ken
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Thanks Zaine and TinyVillager!!!
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Living Room / Re: Smashing Magazine's Best of July links — holy freakin' moly
« Last post by KenR on August 14, 2007, 01:52 PM »
Wow! What an interesting way to present data. Too bad a 3D bar chart is too complex for people. The stuff you find on the internet never ceases to amaze me Zaine. Thanks for your numerous contributions.

Ken
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Oh, hey Darwin, one thing...

As I read steeladept's post, I realized I was focused on making Video DVDs. If that's what you are wanting to do, then I'll stand by what I said. If you are wanting to make other types of DVDs, such as program with installers, then Nero might or might not work. I have not really seen those features in it - though I guess it's possible I've just overlooked them.

Ken
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Hey Darwin,

Nero Ultra Enhanced Super Stupendous (current version) has some really nice features for this. I have not used them, but I have noted them while I was doing other things with the program. It's features in this area seem to be pretty thorough. Although Nero gets a lot of flack for being all wasted space, I have found the utilities to be both well thought out and very capable. You might take a look and see what you think.

Ken
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:harhar: I guess I stand corrected! I have both Snag-It and ...
AND the kitchen sink" approach to software coding...

Ken - I know your tongue is in your cheek/fingers are crossed when you write:

On the other hand, I barely have 600 posts (unlike most of the others commenting) and JG wants it, so ...

but don't sell yourself short! You cast a long shadow around here and your opinion is highly valued!

Hey Darwin. You were right about my comment being tongue in cheek.  :D Seriously though, I really appreciate what you said! Even if not true, it was very gracious and kind.

Ken
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On the other hand, I barely have 600 posts (unlike most of the others commenting) and JG wants it, so ...  ;D
Ken
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I think it would be better to write a separate app. SC is a good app as it is and I think that adding features to do an entirely different app would clutter the interface with irrelevant stuff. Better to write one of your typical best of its class apps to do just one thing.

Ken
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General Software Discussion / Re: Top 3 programs you use
« Last post by KenR on August 08, 2007, 09:28 PM »
Hmm, Brandon, Brandon, Brandon, Made me think.. DAMN YOU! Umm, hmm I would have to say Pidgin, Opera, and Adobe Photoshop. :)

Wow Loki15, what do you do that you use Photoshop every day. I thought that was illegal.

Ken
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General Software Discussion / Re: Top 3 programs you use
« Last post by KenR on August 08, 2007, 09:22 PM »
Cool post. For me, most basic are FeedDemon, The Bat, XChat.
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by KenR on August 08, 2007, 07:50 PM »
And Ken makes his 600th! :Thmbsup:

Thanks Darwin. I didn't realize it. My numbers were going up fast for a while, but came to a screeching halt for reasons obvious to everyone now. :)

Ken
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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: I really need a XoftSpySE license key
« Last post by KenR on August 08, 2007, 04:40 PM »
My car really needs a good washing and waxing. So, could someone please steal me a new one and bring it over?

Hmmm mine to, maybe someone has a good program and can rip us a copy  ;D

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
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Living Room / Re: KenR's health and situation
« Last post by KenR on August 08, 2007, 04:39 PM »
Everyone,
From the bottom of my heart, thank you all very, very much! I appreciate the sentiments and well wishes expressed by everyone more than I can say. I did see the doctor today so now I just await the results. Hopefully he will clear me for surgery and I can get this over with. I'll keep you informed as much as I am able.

Also, after it became public that several people had sent me cards, I got a few requests to put up some pics of the cards. I said I would do so, but I was just stalling. The truth is that I was not able to do that. If I am better after my surgery and am able to handle more activities, I will try to get some pic pics up ASAP. Until then, don't look for them.

Sincerely, Ken
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