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Living Room / USB sticks - do you need a famous name?

« Last post by rjbull on August 18, 2006, 08:50 AM »

When you buy a USB stick / key / thumb drive, do you need a famous name, or are cheap generic no-name clones perfectly adequate?

I bent my Buffalo one - it still works, but I'm worried that one day the connectors might fail to connect.  Someone at work has a no-name he says works fine, even though it's been through the washing machine twice   

Thanks...

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

« Last post by rjbull on August 16, 2006, 04:56 AM »

Suppose you keep a copy of an organizer at home, another at work, and you want to keep the files in step via a USB key.  Normally you'd just copy the file over, or just keep it on the USB key permanently, but there will always be the odd occasion when you forget.  Does any notekeeping program have a way of reconciling the files by importing new or changed nodes only, without overwriting the whole file?  I assume that's the way Palm PDAs work, but I wondered if it were possible with USB keys.

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General Software Discussion / Re: good software review site

« Last post by rjbull on August 13, 2006, 04:24 PM »

A review site that will out perform all others will, IMO, get more into tabulated reviews, charts and graphs

-Veign (August 13, 2006, 11:54 AM)

I would beg and plead, be sure to state version number, .EXE date and date of review.  Things change over time and you need to know how out of date the review is.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Windows (98SE) "Copy/move" replacement/enhancement w/ auto rename

« Last post by rjbull on August 10, 2006, 05:07 AM »

More or less the same problem, and a solution, were mentioned in TinyApps Blog
http://tinyapps.org/..._drop_plus_plus.html

Sanity check: DROP++ is written in compiled AutoIt, so you would need to check whether it will run on Win98.

Question about drag & drop with auto incrementing of filenames #
Is there a method for dragging and dropping a list of files with the same name into a new folder and have them automatically increment the filenames rather than give an overwrite warning? Two instances where I've seen this work: when dragging files from a search result window into Nero (screenshot) and when dragging email messages from Outlook Express into Explorer. I'm not looking for a renamer to change the original filenames, but rather a way to create new files with incremented names. Answers sent to "mail AT tinyapps DOT org" will be appended to this post.

UPDATE: Jorg Kliemann has kindly crafted a solution.

DROP++
Jorg Kliemann has generously crafted DROP++ (source available here) using AutoIt (itself a mostly open source project) to address the drag & drop overwrite problem mentioned recently. Simply drag and drop a group of files from search results or any other Explorer window onto its icon; DROP++ will copy the files and autoincrement the resulting filenames. If you're tired of seeing "Confirm File Replace - This folder already contains a file named foo. Would you like to replace the existing file with this one?", give DROP++ a try. (By the way, holding Shift while clicking No to the above dialog behaves like "No to All", which is otherwise not provided.)

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Living Room / Re: BookMooch - exchange your used books

« Last post by rjbull on August 08, 2006, 10:05 AM »

rjbull maybe you need to drop him a line and tell him to stop by and contribute to the notetaking thread 

-mouser (August 08, 2006, 04:53 AM)

I e-mailed him in August 2004 with some thoughts on his page, mainly programs he hadn't included.  He sent me a courteous reply but never updated it.  I'd be surprised if he feels he has the time to get involved here...

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Living Room / Re: BookMooch - exchange your used books

« Last post by rjbull on August 08, 2006, 04:48 AM »

Interesting idea, but I'd be more interested if it there were a more UK-centred version.  On the other hand, we do have the BookBarn.

I see BookMooch is a brainchild of the John Buckman, who wrote the best but now very out of date group review of outliners/notekeepers.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: One of our posts is missing

« Last post by rjbull on August 07, 2006, 10:31 AM »

Here is the link you are looking for...

https://www.donation...88.msg28858#msg28858

It is part of the thread of interesting links by Thunder7.

Ampa

-Ampa (August 07, 2006, 10:20 AM)

THAT'S THE ONE!!!   

Ampa,

How did you find/remember it?  I couldn't use just the word "cancel" because it threw up far too many hits.  I see the post didn't contain any of the other words I tried, so no wonder search didn't find it.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: One of our posts is missing

« Last post by rjbull on August 07, 2006, 10:15 AM »

you can also use google search:

site:www.donationcoder.com "cancel subscriptions"
or
site:www.donationcoder.com cancel subscriptions

there is no such post.

-kimmchii (August 07, 2006, 10:00 AM)

There may not be such a post now, but there was once.  True, I can't remember the exact form of words.  But if the post was deleted, it won't be there for Google to search, and may have disappeared from Google's cache.

Nobody could expect CarolHaynes to go through her post list one by one - not with 2482 posts and counting...   

<Later edit>

kimmchi,

Tried Google search again with keywords that did appear in the original post, and it found it OK.  Good idea, thanks.  The problem is remembering the right keywords...

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Site/Forum Features / One of our posts is missing

« Last post by rjbull on August 07, 2006, 08:35 AM »

I remembered an illuminating post by the magisterial CarolHaynes on how to cancel subscriptions from companies that make cancellation excessively difficult.  I didn't seem to have a local copy, so I went looking for it using DC's search feature.  I couldn't find it, despite a fairly determined attempt.  CarolHaynes remembers the message herself but also couldn't find it, and  points out that she thinks SMF has been occasionally losing messages.  Obviously searching wouldn't turn up a message that was no longer in existence.

So...  has anyone else seen this problem?  The search facility may not be very good, but it should have turned up something.  Has anyone else found that posts they know they made have quietly disappeared?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: AceText - Your text/clipboard manager god.

« Last post by rjbull on August 07, 2006, 03:59 AM »

I am interested in some sort of clipboard "Manager" that also saves txt notes

-tomos (August 05, 2006, 02:02 PM)

If that's all you want, try the free version of ClipCache (1.41).  A copy can be found at http://www.woundedmo.../win32_freeware.html

The latest, shareware version is at http://www.xrayz.co.uk/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to send email when a folder content changes

« Last post by rjbull on August 04, 2006, 08:48 AM »

This isn't a complete solution (rather a lot of assembly required)  but you might try looking at LOGMON.  It's been mentioned in these two DC threads:

DONE: Backup My TXT Files Everytime I Save - AKA incremental saves / wiki(-like)
https://www.donation...71.msg16866#msg16866
    
Re: Recommend directory tracker?
https://www.donation...99.msg10742#msg10742

I don't think it e-mails you directly, but as it can execute an external program, you could use something like the command-line e-mailer BLAT to send a list of changed files or whatever.

[edit]
Both LOGMON and BLAT are free.
[/edit]

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by rjbull on August 04, 2006, 05:41 AM »

In the "Advanced" tab, I have only the first option checked - you too?

-brotherS (August 04, 2006, 05:24 AM)

I haven't got anything ticked in "Advanced"...

But why are you using an old beta? I use 2.99.6.7240.

Looks like that might be the reason.  Installed 6.7240; multiple wildcard searches work now.  Many thanks! 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by rjbull on August 04, 2006, 05:16 AM »

Update: Searches like *URL.txt;*lol*.jpg work in the latest beta now!

-brotherS (November 01, 2005, 09:17 AM)

I must have misread that.  I thought you meant that it would search for both *URL.txt and *lol*.jpg at the same time.  It doesn't seem to, using Version 3.0 beta 5.10100.  Is that correct?

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Living Room / Re: Furry Friends

« Last post by rjbull on July 28, 2006, 03:48 AM »

She is smart, agressive and thinks she is a queen.

-Rover (July 27, 2006, 06:19 PM)

3,000 years ago, Egyptians worshipped cats.  The cats never forgot it.

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Living Room / Re: Furry Friends

« Last post by rjbull on July 25, 2006, 10:48 AM »

Leslie Fish's (true?) cat stories  http://www.kayshapero.net/FishTale.htm

And if you're interested in furry fiction, click on the link at the top, which is http://www.kayshapero.net/furindex.htm

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Find And Run Robot / Re: appending text to todo.txt file?

« Last post by rjbull on July 21, 2006, 10:00 AM »

Addnote.exe is basically a commandline tool for adding notes to top or bottom of a text file with a date stamp.

-mouser (July 19, 2006, 02:28 PM)

Horst Scaheffer's LOGECHO in his PBATS collection;


LOGECHO - custom entries for logfiles, with enhanced date handling

LOGECHO 2.2 (c) 1997 Horst Schaeffer
ECHO using time/date information (case sensitive tokens):
   $D  day (01..31)   $h  hour
   $M  month (01..12)   $m  minutes
   $N  month (Jan..Dec)   $s  seconds
   $H  month (hex 1..C)   $c  sec/100
   $Y  year (00..99)
   $C  century (19|20)
   $W  day of week (Sun..Sat)
   $V  day of week (0..6)
   $Z  day of year (001..366)
   $$  '$'
   $+  new line


These are the tokens, you can mix them with any other text.

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

« Last post by rjbull on July 21, 2006, 04:52 AM »

A while a go I came across the GemX range of pims / notetaking products
[...]
Do-Organizer http://www.gemx.com/doorganizer_features.php

-Plasma Man (July 20, 2006, 11:33 PM)

Interesting and almost semi-relevant sideline: GemX Do-Organizer can be set to send notes to Zhornsoftware's popular sticky notes application Stickies over a network.  More >here<

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General Software Discussion / Re: Browsers, Bookmarks, & synching

« Last post by rjbull on July 21, 2006, 04:39 AM »

While we're on this subject I'd always thought that the Bookmark Manager in FFwould benefit from a number of power features such as
[...]
- sanity for people who have to do a lot of reseach!

-Plasma Man (July 20, 2006, 10:02 PM)

Plasma Man,

Shouldn't you be looking at the ScrapBook plug-in for FF?  Or, as alternatives, NetSnippets, Evernote or Surfulater, the first two of these having completely free versions, and all mentioned (frequently) elsewhere on DC, notably the General brainstorming for Note-taking software thread?  I see you've posted there, but it's an awful long thread to work through.

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General Software Discussion / Re: QuickCorrect function for Thunderbird?

« Last post by rjbull on July 17, 2006, 04:50 AM »

You can also add abbreviations of commonly used words that it will then fill in, e.g. if I type "Su" it replaces it with "the Sun".

I would love to see an extension to the Thunderbird email program that offered the same functionality.

-HankFriedman (July 17, 2006, 12:18 AM)

HankFriedman,

If you're interested in abbreviation expanders, take a look at these three DonationCoder threads:

Instant Text V Pro - more than the usual features of a text expander

DONE: abbreviations importer

Word AutoCompleter

Most of the programs listed are not are quite spelling checkers/correctors, but you might take a look at Mouser's Clipboard Help & Spell.  I personally use The Bat! as e-mail client.  It has a spelling checker built in, and is excellent value for money if you accept the DonationCoder special offer to members 

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

« Last post by rjbull on July 16, 2006, 12:29 PM »

I keep jumping from specialist programs (e.g. the elegant but expensive Notemap (http://www.casesoft.com/notemap/) for outlining, the well-designed Notesholder (http://notes.aklabs.com/) for on-the-fly notetaking) back to all-in-ones.

-johnk (July 14, 2006, 09:13 AM)

Big difference in price.  Notesholder looks a bit like an alternative "sticky notes" program.

I waste too much time trying out programs, and not long enough making the most of them.

There should be a club tie   

I currently have a self-imposed ban on trying new note-taking/data capture programs

I wonder how long that will last 

Thanks for your comments w.r.t. UltraRecall.  I think it got briefly mentioned far back in this thread.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by rjbull on July 14, 2006, 08:40 AM »

I've been asked to play Santa Claus so many times, I've even developed a standup comedy routine as Santa when I do it.

-zridling (March 18, 2006, 06:06 PM)

zridling,

A couple of years back, one of the big British daily newspapers pointed out that you could tell what stage a man had reached in the four ages of life, by looking at his position relative to Santa Claus.  Thus:

• You believe in Santa Claus.
• You don't believe in Santa Claus.
• You are Santa Claus.
• You look like Santa Claus...

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Living Room / Re: Born in the wrong time...

« Last post by rjbull on July 14, 2006, 05:56 AM »

Ahhh, nostalgia isn't what is used to be 

And you might try listening again to The Who's "Pictures of Lily" 

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

« Last post by rjbull on July 14, 2006, 05:43 AM »

johnk,

Having said all that, the program I am using more than any other in recent months has taken me by surprise — because I didn't install it either as a notetaker or as a data capture tool. It's Clipcache, one of many clipboard enhancers.

I registered ClipCache mostly as a "thank you" to the author, but I've never bothered to install the shareware version because the last freeware one (available e.g. from http://www.woundedmo.../win32_freeware.html) did all I wanted as a clipboard enhancer.  Perhaps it's time to look at the newer versions.  Clipcache has been mentioned on DC before, e.g. this thread     
ClipCache Plus 3.xx Preview...Don't Get Too Excited  where the OP (the currently very quiet Nighted) was distinctly underwhelmed.

Lately I've been using NetSnippets for Web capture, because it can hold Web pages complete, or in part.  You can add to them and you can organise them.  Unfortunately, at work, I can only use it with IE.  I prefer Firefox, but I can't install any Firefox plug-ins.  I think they're blocked by corporate IT policies (I have no problem at home).  However, superboyac's main focus for this thread is note-keeping applications with the accent on text, and that's my main interest, and evidently yours too:

currently I am a big fan of both Ultra Recall (http://www.ultrarecall.com/) and nevf's excellent Surfulater. Both good in very different ways.

-johnk (July 13, 2006, 02:31 PM)

I'd be interested in how you compare them with the other two of superboyac's Big Three, MyBase and Evernote?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nvu: crossplatform wysiwyg webpage editor

« Last post by rjbull on July 14, 2006, 04:59 AM »

I got to say that PortableApps is a boon when you have to deal with StormTrooper IT people (God love them!)

-pmowbray (July 13, 2006, 09:51 AM)

We have that sort of  IT too.   Nice to know that Nvu is still usable 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nvu: crossplatform wysiwyg webpage editor

« Last post by rjbull on July 13, 2006, 08:49 AM »

It is nice, I've got Portable Nvu

-pmowbray (July 13, 2006, 08:43 AM)

I thought Nvu saved things in the Registry.  As you have a portable version, and it's cross-platform, that must not be true?