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Living Room / Re: PHP... is the name self-realizing?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 25, 2011, 06:31 AM »

CT,

For what it's worth, PHP can be used with the Azure Framework.

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative to filehamster?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 24, 2011, 09:24 PM »

I confess I don't always use a version-control system when programming.  I know I should, except for the smallest of tasks, but in practice I have only done so for relatively larger projects -- say, those that will take me several hours to code.  For smaller stuff, when I take a break after polishing a particular function or whatever, I zip the dev directory and back it up to an external drive and to my SkyDrive account.

"But that takes longer than a quick commit with SVN!" I hear you argue.  True, but setting up a SVN-local-repo-to-online-repo pair is a bit more annoying for me personally than using the above slightly more clunky system.

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

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 24, 2011, 09:22 AM »

Tried NukeAnything.  That is crazy-cool, for taking custom screen shots!

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative to filehamster?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 24, 2011, 08:32 AM »

I normally use SVN.  Yes, I know Git and Mercurial are more sexy, but SVN is simple and adequate for my meager needs.  If I were involved in a very large project with multiple developers, I'm sure something else would be in order.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any Software that would record the Activity in a PC !

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 24, 2011, 08:30 AM »

OP, if you use some of the command-line switches with Nirsoft's "Opened files view", you can have activity logged to a specific text file that you can later review, after "friends" have been on your computer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative to filehamster?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 09:39 PM »

Tried it.  Meh...

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative to filehamster?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 09:12 PM »

Hmm, AutoVer is reviewed by gHacks.  I might actually try this.

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Living Room / Re: I am so sick of google's search result urls with tracking info

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 04:09 PM »

Now using scripts "Search No Evil..." and "Tracking Be Gone..."

Thanks for the recommendations!

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Living Room / Re: "We're Alive" - Online Radio Show Drama

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 02:18 PM »

I've finished the first eight chapters of "We're Alive".  Great stuff!  I have to say, so far my favorite character is Saul, though Burt runs a close second.  Anyone else have a favorite?

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Living Room / Re: PHP... is the name self-realizing?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 01:53 PM »

(fugly in the extreme).

+1

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 23, 2011, 01:45 PM »

Great work, SJ!

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Living Room / Re: PHP... is the name self-realizing?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 09:41 PM »

CodeTRUCKER, while I agree with Fodder that a lot of the PHP code you run into is a mess, and that PHP itself has some pitfalls, I can testify that in a few days piddling with it I was able to hack up the code to run my primary NANY 2012 entry's web-based database.  So, it can be done.  I have to say, I don't like the language much, and the layout of the online help manual?  Meh...

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Living Room / Re: AWOL

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 08:45 PM »

Welcome back, CodeTRUCKER!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge: De-stress

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 04:35 PM »

I'd like to stress that you have plenty of time remaining, worstje, so please don't be stressed out 

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Living Room / Re: When to add features, and when an apps feel bloated.

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 12:40 PM »

I like these criteria at first blush. But I think a developer and his or her users might differ signicantly in their opinion of what qualifies as "discoverable". A developer is biased toward a belief that his or her app is laid out intuitively. And as far as not having to read the help file, I think very simple apps can get away with this by conforming to GUI standards, but I've used many apps whose features weren't immediately apparent, but which demonstrated internal consistency and logic after a quick browse through the help file.

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Living Room / Re: Beware of YouTubeDownloader 3!

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 12:21 PM »

Good info, thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Why Are Hackers Becoming So Angry?

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 12:13 PM »

I find myself in agreement with the sentiments being expressed here. Thank goodness that, in addition to the laziness of the human animal, there are also specimens that are exceptional. I say more power to hackers who are using their skills to be modern-day revolutionaries.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: App that keeps track of money you find

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 11:34 AM »

Note to self: ensure that next version disposes of form object when user exits a screen.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: App that keeps track of money you find

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 07:28 AM »

Version 1.0.1.1 is released.  Update using "Help"->"About"->"Update".

Adds "Version History":

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 22, 2011, 06:20 AM »

Nice work.  Using it here, too.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 21, 2011, 11:25 PM »

I don't expect any more bugs related to apostrophes or rare symbols (fingers crossed).

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 21, 2011, 09:13 PM »

Thank you for the bug-report.  The bug has been squashed: version 1.0.4.2 is the fix.  You may use "About"->"Update" from within the program to update to the fixed version.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: App that keeps track of money you find

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 21, 2011, 12:11 PM »

I also plan to impement:

• compressed backup of record files
  
• statistics for ranges of records (mean, mode, median, etc)
  Possibly graphs of data (if I can find a free .NET control)
  

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: App that keeps track of money you find

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 21, 2011, 07:37 AM »

Version 1.0.1.0 is released.

This version adds greater ease of use to the program, in that editing a record can now be achieved either from the main menu or by selecting a record from a listbox of records:





Still to come: smart-querying of records.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: App that keeps track of money you find

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 20, 2011, 03:14 PM »

I hope to be able to finish the query-records feature this coming weekend (fingers crossed). This will constitute a major update (v1.0.1.*), at which point I think the app will be slick enough to release to the public).