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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: GETTING ORGANIZED EXPERIMENT - WEEK TWO+THREE ASSIGNMENT

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 03:26 PM »

Nice blog talking about GTD stuff:
http://www.punkey.com/gtd/index.php

This weblog deals with everything GTD and the five phases of projectplanning as written by Dave Allen in his book "Getting Things Done" I will try to record and publish my thoughts and experiences with this system to really "Get Things Done" in my personal and professional life.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Ultra CPU Monitor

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 03:17 PM »

Great find!  Love the multiple tray icon history spanning trick.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Motherboard Monitor, or Something Else?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 02:48 PM »

i'm liking systool the best so far.



ps. 4mb background usage (compared to 3.5 for motherboard monitor)

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Living Room / Re: Save the web!

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 01:38 PM »

priceless.
the end where they have cameos from other internet video stars is great 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Motherboard Monitor, or Something Else?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 01:26 PM »

ooh everest looks fun..
official home page: http://www.lavalys.c...products.php?lang=en

looks like there is an older freeware home version?
http://www.softpedia...t-Home-Edition.shtml

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: frugal life, pc fasting: do not install any new applications in 30 days

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 01:25 PM »

it's fun installing new programs, but i do think one could benefit from as you say not installing them on spur of the moment impulse.

in fact i would suggest you adopt a version of this habit always.

install new software ONLY on the 1st or so of each month.  if you find something before then that looks fun, put it on a list to install at your next date.  another benefit of this is you can back up your system first once a month., so you can more easily roll back if something goes wrong.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Motherboard Monitor, or Something Else?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 12:39 PM »

speedfan is ok but didnt grab me.. would be nice to be able to show a few stats in tray instead of just one.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: keeping fit kind of tip.

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 12:07 PM »

good tip!
i think we should all be trying to get in a bit of shape during gtd as well, might help positively reinforce the thing.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR v1.10.04 Trayicon Bug

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 12:04 PM »

Thank you!

I haven't said this in a while but let me make clear, you guys who test things and report bugs are a lifesaver - it means so much to have people willing to take the time to report things like this so i can fix them.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: "Custom File Explorer" option...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 09:36 AM »

i can make an attempt to get rid of it, but it's just the edit control responding saying it's not a character it normally expects.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: "Custom File Explorer" option...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 09:21 AM »

it does work though right, and cancels any ongoing search, right?
you just dont like the sound? 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: "Custom File Explorer" option...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 08:52 AM »

just hit escape to stop searching.
hitting escape also re-selects the current search string so you can just type another.

It opens everytime a new TotalCMD.exe window with the directories c:\ and d:\
and not within the directory of the file i right clicked.

ok i see the problem, i probably need to pass the directory in quotes.  ok i'll update tonight or tomorrow.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: "Custom File Explorer" option...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 08:31 AM »

just testing it here and it works fine..
maybe it's a miscommunication about how to use it.

you would set the custom file explorer as you say above (C:\Program Files\totalcmd\TOTALCMD.EXE)
and then try right clicking on an item and saying "explore here" or "explore at linked location"

does that not work? if not, what happens?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Motherboard Monitor, or Something Else?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 07:51 AM »

speedfann looks nice, going to give it a try. simpler is better.

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General Software Discussion / Motherboard Monitor, or Something Else?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 07:12 AM »

I've been using Motherboard Monitor (http://mbm.livewiredev.com/) in my system tray to monitor cpu temperature.

Does anyone else have an alternative they thing is better?  I just want it in the tray, not taking up space on my screen.  My main concern is cpu temperature but i wouldn't mind options to display other stuff like hd temps.  Should be very light on cpu resources.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: "Custom File Explorer" option...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 06:57 AM »

robbero, are you testing the new v1.10.04?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone know a good mov (Quicktime) to Mpeg converter

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 05:47 AM »

remember that just because you convert it and can play it on your pc well, does NOT mean it will play well in your dvd player.  If you are interested in making a vcd, svcd, dvd, or just mpg to play on your dvd player, you really need to test it thoroughly because if noticed lots of troubles when going from pc to dvd player, even those designed to play avis, etc.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Best Freeware...no, Best Audio File Tagger Period.

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 05:44 AM »

Actually hirudin did a nice minireview of The Godfather and it sparked a lot of discussion:

https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1492.0

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 04:54 AM »

one of my favorite features in directory opus is the display of folder sizes.

xyplorer has this feature BUT it's not quite usable yet imho, because it doesnt transparently scan and update folder sizes in a background thread the way dir opus does.  this is a deal breaker for me.

i'd like to see it do folder size reporting like dir opus: basically the program operates entirely normally and with no waiting, but in the background when you are in a folder it starts calculating and displaying folder sizes.. if you change directories at any time its completely seamless.  so there is no reason to "cancel" from directory sizing or wait for it to complete like you do in xyplorer.

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Living Room / Re: Blattophobes, click not...

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 03:52 AM »

i have a deep fear of roaches and this certainly gave me the creeps.

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Living Room / Re: hard drive resurrection [I'm desperate!]

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 03:46 AM »

i had a hard drive die on me today and the freezer trick worked!  I couldn't believe it but it did.

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Living Room / Mind Performance Hacks Book

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 03:09 AM »

This could be relevant to our Getting Organized Experiment.

Use mnemonic tricks to remember numbers, names, dates, and other flotsam you need to recall
Put down your calculator and perform complex math in your head, with your fingers, or on the back of a napkin
Spark your creativity with innovative brainstorming methods
Use effective systems to capture new ideas before they get away
Communicate in creative new ways-even using artificial languages
Make better decisions by foreseeing problems and finding surprising solutions
Improve your mental fitness with cool tricks and games

Sample Chapters: http://www.oreilly.c...s/chapter/index.html

http://www.oreilly.c.../catalog/mindperfhks

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: For cats who have trouble looking for the Mouse "pointer"

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 01:26 AM »

cool.  pictures please! they are easy to attach/upload to a post (see button at bottom when making a new post).

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UrlSnooper / Re: incomplete urls on video.aol.com?

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 01:20 AM »

there may be, i'll check to see if i put a limit in url length.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone know a good mov (Quicktime) to Mpeg converter

« Last post by mouser on September 22, 2006, 12:53 AM »

in trying to convert some quicktime files to play on my dvd player i had good results with:
http://www.aone-soft...icktimeconverter.htm

Note i did have to do a lot of experimenting to get the format right for my dvd player, like setting framerate and size (the program does that too).