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Living Room / Re: Why did it never occur to me.. You can wash a keyboard in water.

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 02:38 PM »

Nope, it had to be Mitch, so you must be mistaken. I am a Comedy Junkie.

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Living Room / Re: Be Careful What You Download - Or Go To Jail...

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 01:45 PM »

Hehehe! I have that same attraction there.

-Renegade (December 08, 2012, 08:40 PM)

I'm still looking for the Necronomicon - giant, evil Gods...who wouldn't want to see that?

 

-4wd (December 08, 2012, 09:40 PM)

You just lost 6 sanity points for even mentioning that book~!

-Renegade (December 08, 2012, 10:53 PM)

I once played a CoC session where we were all on Gilligan's Island. I played Ginger. About 40 minutes in, Mrs. Howell lost her last sanity point and killed Giligan, the Skipper, Mr. Howell and Mary Ann. The professor took her out. :p

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Living Room / Re: Be Careful What You Download - Or Go To Jail...

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 01:42 PM »

Incidentally, the top murder weapon is???

-Renegade (December 08, 2012, 05:16 AM)

I think more people are probably killed by cars.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 01:29 PM »

My ferocious pit bull

Live a day in your own shoes...they are far comfier than the other persons!

Before you pick a fight with someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then, no matter how you feel, you will be a mile away. And you will have their shoes. :p

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General Software Discussion / Re: split table

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 01:27 PM »

The Word and Excel UI for spitting tables/cells sucks. I use VBA to do it. 

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Living Room / Re: Why did it never occur to me.. You can wash a keyboard in water.

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 13, 2012, 01:23 PM »

But like anything else, "it's not what ya' know, it's who ya' know." 

-MilesAhead (December 13, 2012, 09:43 AM)

I plan to be on a box of Rice Crispies - Snap, Crackle, Mitch and Pop. Because in Hollywood, it is all about who you know and I know Crackle. - Mitch Hedberg

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Living Room / Re: Why did it never occur to me.. You can wash a keyboard in water.

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 12, 2012, 06:14 PM »

lol   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Script for word microsoft

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 11, 2012, 02:10 PM »

No, it is Visual Basic. Way more powerful than AHK

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General Software Discussion / Re: Script for word microsoft

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 06:12 PM »

All Office products support VBA macros. You can do it that way.

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Living Room / Re: Facebook seems to be erased from existence?

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 06:07 PM »

I have lots of books. Most of them have a face on the dust jacket. That is all I need.

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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 06:03 PM »

lol...InfoSelect. I used it when it was a memory-resident program called Tornado Notes and dropped it when it got to IS 4. Too much feature bloat for too high of a price.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SilverNote

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 04:59 PM »

When I launch Silvernote, I get an error. The program works fine after I dismiss it. Re-installing the program doesn't get rid of the error.

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: NANY 2013 Pledge - Skyrim Character Manager

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 04:32 PM »

This sounds awesome!

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 04:26 PM »

I am with NigelH. I have owned an Aeropress for years. It makes a better cup of coffee than a Keurig machine and a better cup of espresso than a $2k commercial espresso machine.

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Living Room / Re: Why did it never occur to me.. You can wash a keyboard in water.

« Last post by robinsiebler on December 10, 2012, 04:18 PM »

I have a Logitech G-19 keyboard. All of the keys are caked with dust on the sides and between them. I don't know how to clean it and looking at it disgusts me. What is the best way to handle this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Are you going to wait for Windows 9?

« Last post by robinsiebler on November 23, 2012, 03:56 PM »

TBH, I have not looked at a single review for Win 8, nor do I intend to switch to it for personal use. I am quite content with Win 7 and see no reason to upgrade. The company I work for has no intention of switching to Win 8 either, aside for having a few PCs in SQA for testing purposes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Small free form db/notes software

« Last post by robinsiebler on November 23, 2012, 03:52 PM »

Thanks, rjbull! I have looked at the other suggestions, but I have not tried any of them yet. I was waiting to see how many fish I could catch. Since yours is the first to meet my optional requirement, I shall give it a go first!

Ok, I tried HanDBase. It definitely has bug! For example, once I create database and save records when I try to edit one I get a form that has no buttons! I can't save any changes. I've sent their tech support about 5 bug reports so far. I hope these issues are resolved because so far, the program seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

Ok, the HanDbase demo is quite buggy, but their technical support is very responsive and I was able to do everything I wanted to do with this program, so I am going to buy it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Small free form db/notes software

« Last post by robinsiebler on November 22, 2012, 03:59 AM »

I so hate Excel and Word and especially Powerpoint, which I had to test when I worked at M$.

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General Software Discussion / Small free form db/notes software

« Last post by robinsiebler on November 21, 2012, 07:55 PM »

I am playing an MMO called Guild Wars 2 and I have a lot of friends there. The game only allows me a single text line to describe a person an all of their chars and the company deletes this entry every time there is an update, so I need to find an external solution.  Here are my requirements:

I need the following text fields:

Account Name
Character Name (5 or more characters per account)
Character Description - Needs to be able to handle at least 3 -4 paragraphs of text.

I need to be able to sort on the first two fields, and I need to be able to search. I don't need any more features at this point. I want something small (under 20 MB) and if possible something with an iPad or web option as well.

Any suggestions?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Readerware 3 Book Cataloging software

« Last post by robinsiebler on July 16, 2012, 05:51 PM »

I've used Readerware for years and have been happy with it. I requested several times that they come up with a version for games, but that never happened, so I use Game Collector(z).

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Living Room / Re: New iPad owner. Please suggest Apps.

« Last post by robinsiebler on July 16, 2012, 05:32 PM »

My favorite apps (in no particular order):
MotionX GPS
MotionX Helpr
AppShopper
iMailG
Mr. Reader
Awesome Note
Dilbert
Where To?
Games
Kingdom Rush
Fluke
Elder Sign
Yahtzee
Puzzle Quest 2
iBomber Defense

(Cydia app - req Jailbreak)
Dock
Folder Enhancer

And since I hate iTunes - http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/

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General Software Discussion / No newsletter?

« Last post by robinsiebler on July 09, 2012, 02:22 PM »

It's been 3 months since the last newsletter. What gives?

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... opinions on code snippet libraries

« Last post by robinsiebler on June 14, 2012, 08:16 PM »

Cherrytree comes with several different color schemes and you can create/import others. Here is the scheme I am using (the red on black you see is my WindowBlinds theme, not the program).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« Last post by robinsiebler on June 13, 2012, 12:45 PM »

I use Pinnacle Studio and I am quite happy with it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... opinions on code snippet libraries

« Last post by robinsiebler on June 13, 2012, 12:41 PM »

CherryTree - Here is a review