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29576
Living Room / Cool Flash Game - Surf the Tunnel of Death
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 04:45 PM »
Hard to describe this mystery game where a skeleton surfs a tunnel of obstacles.. Pretty cool though.


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29577
Living Room / Cool Poster of How the Domain Name System Works (and other posters)
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 04:01 PM »
this is just one of those cool nerdy posters for those of you who like this kind of thing, and for those of you like me who feel like DNS is completely perplexing.


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29578
The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: PhinisheD
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 02:15 PM »
agree, fantastic find.  :up: :up: :up:

vrgirll is on a phd mailing list she also likes (might be from same site?); if not i'll ask her to post it.
29579
General Software Discussion / What Labeler / Cover Printing Software Do you Recommend?
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 12:33 PM »
I've never found the perfect labeling / cover printing software.. Does anyone have recommendations?

I'm interested in things like:
Printing out a song list on a cd tray.
Printing out mailing addresses from an (avery) sheet of mailing addresses.

I'm interested in ease of use as much as power.
And having a program that knows about lots of existing label layouts so i don't have to configure labels manually is important.

Any suggestions?
29580
The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: who dares wins - my challenge to you.
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 12:27 PM »
I'm in.
I have to write an outline/draft for a series of papers i want to write.  I'll make that my end-of-september project.
29581
Official Announcements / LATEST PODCAST: "Getting Things Done - An Interview With David Allen, Parts 1+2"
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 11:58 AM »
Podcast #5 - "Getting Things Done - An Interview With David Allen, Parts 1+2"

Produced by Marcus Codling (Mukestar) [JavaJones - voice talent]

Part 1 - September 15th, 2006 - 29 minutes
Part 2 - September 23th, 2006 - 14 minutes

http://podcast.donationcoder.com



(discuss here: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=5274.0)
29582
Podcast Radio Show / Re: LATEST SHOW: "Getting Things Done - An Interview With David Allen, Part 1"
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 11:56 AM »
Part 2 has been posted (http://podcast.donationcoder.com)
thanks again to mukestar and JavaJones.
29583
Living Room / Re: Interesting Links
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 11:50 AM »
Alice looks extremely impressive.
29584
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: powerful screen capture-----ACA capture PRO
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 09:57 AM »
im not defending anyone specifically, but authors are in a kind of no win situation regarding getting the word out, unless they have tons of money to spend on advertising.

most forums they might post on, if they admit that they are the author, most forums will kill the post and say "SPAMMER!!!"
so there is a strong incentive not to admit you are affiliated with the company.

that's why we made this section so that authors and companies wouldnt have to do that.
29585
General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 09:42 AM »
ok ok let's get back to fun stuff.
29586
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: powerful screen capture-----ACA capture PRO
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 09:41 AM »
ok let's all take a deep breath and move on, i think the point has been made.
29587
Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Bad key
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 08:57 AM »
you can email me at [email protected] for more help,
but a common problem is people copying and pasting the wrong thing.
you want to copy from the *r1 all the way down to the end of that block.
29588
Developer's Corner / Re: Help: How to make a bitmap resource for component in C++ Builder?
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 08:26 AM »
it's not hard but it's one of those things that you really need a tutorial to help with, because things have to be named very precisely.  hopefully you can find a tutorial on the web and tell us where you found it, or someone else can.  if you give up trying to find one perhaps i can help. i have a very old c++ builder book (http://www.amazon.co...oblem/dp/157169109X/) which is quite out of date but still incredibly useful for such help.
29589
The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Procrastination vs. Having Great Fun Wandering
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 08:11 AM »
I've been thinking a little that maybe one of our problems in trying to "fight procrastination" or "be more efficient with our time", is that we often classify things as "wasting time" that are really sources of real enjoyment for us, though we don't consider them to be; and that maybe admitting how much we actually enjoy doing them might help us to manage our time better.

For example, many of us surf the internet a lot and search for new software, etc. And we sometimes view this as a huge time waster.  But if we admit that we obviously get real pleasure out of this, maybe it would help us to figure out how to fit it into our schedules and time management.

Maybe it just means pro-actively allocating yourself time to surf and treating it like a daily item that you need to make time for.
29590
The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: i'd like to buy some discipline please.
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 08:06 AM »
great post arjendk.

i find this intriguing:
Decide for how long you would like to work as the first "burst" (say, 20 mins.) and set the time on your timer.
Feel how that feels. :-) If you get this really ugly feeling in your stomach or if it feels like someone is grabbing you by the throat, go back to the previous step and choose a shorter period. Repeat until you say "I can do that!", then...

to me this seems clever because (as forster points out) often the hard part is just STARTING.  once you get started its not as hard as it might feel.  so this is sort of a trick to make it possibile for you to kickstart the thing, even if you end up telling yourself, ok im just going to work on this for 2 minutes.

as for internet addiction and procrastination - it's very real and i suspect many of us hear suffer from it.  make sure you read this:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=5287.0


29591
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Please Read This Before Posting Here
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 07:56 AM »
We want people to express their opinions about software.
We understand that authors have opinions too - and personally i think the general rule most forums have that prevent people from talking about their own software is silly.

BUT we take VERY seriously the obligation of disclosure - you absolutely must disclose when you have a relationship with a company or product when you post about it.

(if you post in this section it will be assumed you have a relationship with the company so it's not necesary to reiterate that when posting here).
29592
General Software Discussion / Re: MOVED: powerful screen capture-----ACA capture PRO
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 07:55 AM »
I just want to reitterate something:

Unlike most forums, we actually companies and authors to post info/announcements about their software on our forum.

However, we do have a few requirements for such posts:

  • Such posts need to be made in this section of the forum: https://www.donation...ndex.php?board=172.0
  • If you post there, it will be assumed that you have a relationship with the company you are posting about.  If you ever make a post in another section praising some company or software and you have some relationship with the company (especially financial) then you MUST make this relationship clear.  (If you are posting a complaint about some software and have a relationship with a competitor you also need to make this clear).


We understand that authors have opinions too - and personally i think the general rule most forums have that prevent people from talking about their own software is silly.

BUT we take VERY seriously the obligation of disclosure - you absolutely must disclose when you have a relationship with a company or product when you post about it.
29593
Living Room / Overkill Apache: Well Done Old School Helicopter Shooter Flash Game
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 06:51 AM »
Overkill Apache - nicely done flash side scroller where you pilot a helicopter and shoot things.  Feels like the old days..


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29594
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: powerful screen capture-----ACA capture PRO
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 06:18 AM »
cough cough
https://www.donation...hotcaptor/index.html
29595
Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Entering SMIRF 8x8 + 10x8 Chess Program
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 05:30 AM »
cool  :up:
29596
Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Buglet report on Keys page
« Last post by mouser on September 23, 2006, 04:31 AM »
Thank you - that is a bit embarassing.. Fixed now.

"buglet"  ;D

29597
Developer's Corner / Re: Free Computer Books, Tutorials & Lecture Notes
« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 09:10 PM »
don't forget: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=3353.0
29598
Developer's Corner / Re: Why I Prefer Procedural/Relational Over OOP
« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 09:00 PM »
Don't miss this long discussion we had previously:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2874.0

(personally, i am a huge OOP fan, i think it's one of the greatest ideas of man).
29599
The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: pc fasting (from lifedev.net)
« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 08:46 PM »
I also use his No S diet (No S Diet: No snacks, sweets, seconds, except on days that start with S. http://www.nosdiet.com/) and it's MUCH easier for me than any other diet plan I've tried.

hahahhah! love it  ;D

The everyday systems thing is very cool - going to blog about that now.

btw:
i wonder if these don't suggest something else about having a system, which is the effect of pride and fun that comes with *creatiing* a system of your own.  i think for many of us, sticking to a diet or time management system might be easier if we recognize that we take some pride in creating things, and that by actively embracing the idea that "i'm going to create a system of my own" might have value just in the fact that we have created it for oursleves.  ie. make up your own interesting rules and the fact that you have invented them might be that special ingredient that makes it possible to stick with it.

ps.
brownstudy i enjoyed your blog.
29600
ProcessTamer / Re: Process Tamer - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.06.01 - Sep 21st, 2006
« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 08:39 PM »
Although i have been known to occasionally forget to update the about box, in this case the new version does indeed say 2.06.01, and so does the installer.

so if your version says 2.05 then you are not using the latest beta version.

make sure you
1. download the BETA link (the webpage has both 2.05 and 2.06 available for download, make sure you grab the latest)
2. exit process tamer from the tray before installing the new version over the old.

direct download of beta: https://www.donation...eta/ProcessTamer.exe
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