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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on May 11, 2007, 04:41 PM »

believe it or not, i'm *STILL* not done!!!
but i am damn close.  updated picture:



corner closeups:


you can see now the 1x2 trim over everything but removable shelves, which will also get the trim treatment soon.

im still planning on painting everything white, though i do like the dual-tone look so i'm tempted to paint them darker than the bookcase.  thoughts?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Show/ Do not Show Hidden files and folders

« Last post by mouser on May 11, 2007, 02:56 PM »

cpilot, nice, that could come in handy to add to a toolbar 

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Official Announcements / Re: FreeThesaurus.net - new official DC web service, is now up and running!

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 11:06 PM »

I have only one question, how did Wordzilla become such a good php/ajax coder in so short a time 

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Living Room / Beautiful Stylish Flash Adventure Game

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 09:06 PM »

Over at jayisgames.com, one of the bloggers (dancemonkey) writes about Automaton, which is a beautiful flash game which has a distinctive (steampunk) style and an engaging storyline.  [if you are a robot lover you might find the story touching].

I've just started playing it but i found the story immediately compelling.

http://www.arcadetow...m/automaton/game.asp

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Developer's Corner / BackupBuilder: Free backup and restore tool you add to your programs

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 08:55 PM »

This could be extremely useful to add backup features to your programs to help make sure users dont lose their data files in your program.  I'm really interested to hear if anyone tries adding it to their software.

BackupBuilder is a free backup and restore tool for software developers.

You can call it from your applications or from the command line in order to give your customers the possibility to save and restore their files.

BackupBuilder is script driven and multilingual. It has a lot of configuration switches so you can set it up the way you need it. You can define different backup tasks and you can use several path, date and time constants in the scripts.

BackupBuilder is free of charge, even for commercial use!

http://www.backupbuilder.com/

from http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld

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Finished Programs / Re: Copy-paste with the right text format

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 08:43 PM »

nice 

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Living Room / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #3 (My Unique Data Backup Solution)

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 08:40 PM »

That gives me the ability to recover from a full hard drive failure or recover up to two weeks back  from my own stupidity (something deleted I shouldn't have, or screwed up by me)

This is a really important point and it's why i stress so much the need for a versioning update system as i dicussed in my old power-user backup article: https://www.donation...ckUpGuide/index.html

The thing to remember is that if all you are ever doing is making a full backup of your system, and you only keep one copy, then you can become your own worst enemy, because the more frequently you re-backup, the more frequently you are permanently making unrecoverable any older file you accidentally deleted or corrupted without realizing it.

You need to have some backup regime that allows you to say "oops! i just realized i overwrote my novel with a shopping list last week", and then be able to get the week (or month) old copy back.  That's why i favor both a full-image backup procedure, AND an independent backup system which makes versioned preserved backups of my key working documents.

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General Software Discussion / SharedView: Free tool to share your desktop with others for viewing / control

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 08:33 PM »

There are quite a few tools to do this kind of stuff, but Microsoft's new free one looks good..

Effective collaboration requires getting everyone’s ideas and input, and doing it in a way that is clear, easy to follow, and produces usable results. With Microsoft SharedView, it’s never been easier to put your heads together and see results instantly:

Using SharedView, you (or anyone else in the session) can share your Desktop or an application.
 
The sharer has initial control of a shared application or desktop, but any session participant can request control at any time so everyone can actively contribute. The sharer can immediately take control back by simply clicking the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard.

Not in control? Relax! Even if you are not in control, you still have a voice. Each participant has a personalized pointer to use to point out specific items or highlight an area--perfect for keeping everyone involved and making sure details aren’t missed.

You want to track results and contributions? Easy! When working in a Word document with SharedView tracked changes, each change is clearly marked and identified with the name and a custom color of the user making the change.

Here is yet another cool feature - any participant can provide handouts that other participants can download. No email required. Great, isn't it?

http://www.connect.m...ehome.aspx?SiteID=94

from http://www.downloadsquad.com/

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Living Room / Save Pooky: Flash Game of the Day (for all ages)

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 04:26 PM »

Here's a fun point and click adventure, suitable for all ages.

http://www.worteldri...com/pooky/index.html

from http://monkeyfilter.com/

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: PhotoFiltre - excellent raster graphics editing tool

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 03:06 PM »

great mini-review.

ps. people please remember to send a credit or two to the mini-reviewers along with a thank you comment when you do, to let them know you appreciate their efforts. 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: PhotoFiltre - excellent raster graphics editing tool

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 02:41 PM »

from the New Post form, there is a drop down menu for "Preset Text".  Select that and it will automatically insert Josh's excellent Minireview template, complete with table. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: IE7Pro : An ultimate Add-On for IE7

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 09:34 AM »

Note that we do not at all mind people posting about their own software.  Unlike many forums we do not consider that a bad thing.  But we do require that you identify yourself as being affiliated with the company when you do!

(ps. actually ie7pro sounds interesting)

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Living Room / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #3 (My Unique Data Backup Solution)

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 02:09 AM »

how do we order the record!!

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Living Room / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #3 (My Unique Data Backup Solution)

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 02:07 AM »

another great blog - my backup solution is pretty similar, except i also bought a cheap external usb drive and put a rack INSIDE that.  you could do the same with an additional quickswap bay if you wanted..

 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Maze Craze - Fun 2D game by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 01:55 AM »

12 is EVIL AGAIN 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Maze Craze - Fun 2D game by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 01:53 AM »

9 is fun!!! 

ps i *JUST* discovered the space bar 

let it be known all across the world, i completed 1-7 without spacebar. 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Maze Craze - Fun 2D game by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by mouser on May 10, 2007, 01:48 AM »

level 8 is pure evil 

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Living Room / Money, Not Spare Cycles, Drives Open Source?

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 11:45 PM »

Money, Not Spare Cycles, Drives Open Source
 Wired Magazine editor, Chris Anderson, recently published an article on his blog, The Long Tail, suggesting that, much as spare CPU cycles drive projects like SETI, human “spare cycle” are powering the open source movement and Web 2.0. It’s a really nice metaphor, the problem is, for large open source projects anyway, it isn’t true.

While Anderson’s theory may explain smaller open source projects and web 2.0 sites like Flickr, big open source projects, like the Linux kernal, are built not by the mythical open source volunteer, but by paid programmers working for large corporations.

Jonathan Corbet of LWN.net released a study a couple of months ago that pegged corporate contributions to the Linux kernal at 65 percent. The breakdown of corporations involved included Red Hat with far and away the most contributions, along with IBM, Novell, the Linux Foundation (which employs Torvalds), Intel, and Oracle.

More recently OpenSUSE released a survey of users which found that very few of them actually work on the distribution. 84.7 percent are simply users of the distribution. Only 1.9 percent actually create new programs, and just 0.9 percent work on patches.

The salient point isn’t that open source is somehow tainted by corporate involvement, but rather that open source is ultimately a capitalist venture like any other software.

I’ll confess the Anderson’s notion of volunteers creating software in their spare time has more appeal, though like the blogger at Neosmart, I disagree that it’s out of boredom.

Which brings me to the best part of the open source community. Open source’s brilliance is not that it’s created by volunteers, but that it could be created by volunteers.

Unlike proprietary software, with closed teams of programmers, open source projects are open to any contribution.

Just because the majority of the Linux kernel comes from corporate employees doesn’t mean that those contributions are the most significant.

http://blog.wired.co..._not_spare.html#more

from http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 11:13 PM »

in ati's similar tray icon, you go to advanced video settings for the ati graphics card and there is a checkbox somewhere in there.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: new forum feature coded - ability to inline link attachments!

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 11:11 PM »

lanux, can you explain a little more?
basically you just right click on the attached image, and youll see something like:

[Select]

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1996.0;attach=17894;image

the forum always automatically makes a thumbnail of attached images, and that thumbnail url will be +1 of the attachment # for the fullsize pic, so:

[Select]

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1996.0;attach=17895;image

so those urls are actually image urls, so if you wanted to show that picture in another post you could do:

[Select]

[img]https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1996.0;attach=17895;image[/img]

here it is in action:

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Maze Craze - Fun 2D game by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 10:48 PM »

just passed level 7.. level 8 looks impossible..

have you yourself passed each of these levels?? 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: new forum feature coded - ability to inline link attachments!

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 10:42 PM »

this almost always happens because the package installer only modifies the default theme; if you use another theme i think you have to make the modification manually, but it's really easy and the included readmes in the modification show you how.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Backup my Dial Up Network Setting (DUN) in WinXP

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 09:17 PM »

there are a couple of network switching tools which may work
http://www.netswitcher.com/

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Conflicting shortcuts

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 08:49 PM »

thanks, will fix. any suggestions for which one to change to what?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review of Ink$aver (Money$aver)

« Last post by mouser on May 09, 2007, 08:47 PM »

very nice minireview