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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Visual "bug"/annoyance

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 18, 2009, 06:53 PM »

No, they don't. Not sure if they are hard-coded for XP or not, but they don't do anything (no errors, but no action either).

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LaunchBar Commander / Visual "bug"/annoyance

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 18, 2009, 03:12 PM »

Not much of a problem, but I'm always picky about the stuff I run on my computer and how it looks and all that... LBC's Control Panel drop down list doesn't show about 10 of the 25 icons. I *think* it worked fine on XP, but I've since moved up to Vista and brought LB with me. Just hoping that you could fix whatever is causing the "blank file" icons, mouser.

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Living Room / WTF Moment: BSoD on a... printer???

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 18, 2009, 02:16 AM »

Alright, this is a new one for me. In my entire life I have never had a printer do a fatal error such as this, and certainly not one being so reminiscent of the Windows BSoD. It was so weird I took a picture of it with my dad's (crappy) Treo 650 camera. You can barely make out the error message- it was something like STOP 0x86C4872 or something, along with some random diagnostic jargon a couple lines down. All the LEDs on the thing were blinking every 1/2 second, has to be one of the strangest things I've ever seen in tech.

As a side note: The printer has been acting up the last month or so, and will miss approx 1/2 of the page unless set on the "BEST" mode. We are looking for a new printer/copier/scanner/fax combo, with Wi-Fi, if anyone could recommend anything...

General image:


Up close:


EDIT: Also, the printer was AFK/Idle (no one was using the printer/PC for several hours) when this happened. My dad picked my sister and I up from our schools and when he went into his office once we got home, he exclaimed that his printer "went insane and is blinking with errors everywhere". That kind of made my day, too.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: MiniBrowseIE

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 18, 2009, 02:10 AM »

A heads up, I plan on releasing an update to MiniBrowseIE sometime within a week or so, provided something doesn't change at school.

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: About signing up to download freeware license keys - READ IN PLEASE

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 17, 2009, 11:21 PM »

All the apps here @ DC that are made by mouser/skrommel/the main coders ARE Vista compatible 100% (including mine)

Also, welcome to DC!

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Living Room / Re: Wreckedcarzz vs. scannie (The Return of The Sound Recorder from Hell)

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 17, 2009, 08:02 PM »

Needs more cowbell. Use this to get it:

http://www.morecowbell.dj/

 

-40hz (January 17, 2009, 01:20 PM)

Rofl

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Living Room / Re: Wreckedcarzz vs. scannie (The Return of The Sound Recorder from Hell)

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 17, 2009, 12:16 PM »

Oh god no. Huh-uh. You didn't.

This can not wield anything but negative things.

Oh god, I sound even worse than before

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Mini-Reviews by Members / SharePod Mini-Review

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 17, 2009, 01:47 AM »

Alright, my first review of anything here on DC, so please don't be too hard on me if I completely screw this up...

Basic Info:

App Name	SharePod
App URL	SharePod Website
App Version Reviewed	SharePod 3.8.7 (25 September 2008)
Test System Specs	CPU: 3.6GHz Intel Celeron D (Single Core) RAM: 2048MB DDR2 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 iPod: Nano 5th gen (newest) 8GB USB interface (2.0 and 1.1)
Supported OSes	Win 2k and up I *think* (.NET 2.0+ required)
Support Methods	Forum
Upgrade Policy	Main program free, developer options appear to be lifetime (not sure)
Trial Version Available?	Freeware, developer source code available but no trial
Pricing Scheme	Free, source code and commercial license available
Author Donation Link	Donate to the creator of SharePod
Reviewer Donation Link	Link to your profile, in the format similar to this Donate to wreckedcarzz, the Author
Screencast Video URL	Somewhat basic video on how to set up SP, however the video author (not me) uses iTunes alongside SP - modify to your own situation (I merely skimmed the video)
Relationship btwn. Reviewer and Product	None - just a satisfied (and occasionally annoyed) user

Intro:

SharePod is an application to allow you to circumvent the use of iCrap (iTunes, for those of you still attached to the demon that have yet to realize it). I utilized this, along with the temporary assistance of SongBird, to prepare my iPod and skip iTunes altogether.


Main GUI:


Media GUI:


Copy completed GUI (same GUI when copy is in progress, just shows animated image instead of "Copy finished" text:



Who is this app designed for:

Anyone with an iPod/iTouch/iPhone that wants to ditch what could possibly be one of the worlds most annoying applications. Simple, smart, straightforward.


The Good:

• Simple GUI
• No frills options
• Easy to check for updates
• Well designed website
• Fast import and export
• Exports XML files to help those still using iTunes alongside SharePod (not sure WHY, but hey, whatever floats your boat)
• Light on resources
• Built in media player (!) - play RIGHT from your iPod
• Organizes music and videos automatically, drag, drop, forget (pictures and other items untested as of this writing)
• Tag editor and album art changer
• Eject iPod right from the window, single click

The needs improvement section

• The splash screen is a bit annoying
• You can NOT edit a song/video/etc more than once per launch or you lose all your changes in a nice little crash
• The organization options (title, album, etc) don't seem to work together with multiple rules (ex: Artist and Title)

Why I think you should use this product

It is a fast, lightweight and great little alternative to iTunes. Free and well built, I see no reason why any other application should be chosen over this one for the task of iPod syncs. It does its job, does it well, and does it fast.


How does it compare to similar apps

I tried a bunch of different odd programs around Google, including SongBird (I speak highly of this media player) - SB could not sync with the iPod, BUT it did prepare it so I could sync it with SharePod. SP basically blew everything out of the water for me.


Conclusions

Definately recommend it - anyone can use and understand it, and it can save you in the case of catastrophic computer reformat. SharePod sits on your iPod (not required, but why not?) so you can pull your music back in seconds (or minutes). Worth taking a serious look at if you are like me and hate iTunes, or just want a simple way to sync and go.


Links to other reviews of this application

None that I know of.

Extras

Below is my personal Autorun.inf from my iPod - it will autostart SharePod.exe in the root folder of your iPod (directly in the iPod, NOT in any subfolder). Note that I got this as a new iPod, set it up with SongBird and then use SharePod to sync it, so you may have to follow those steps to get the full disk space and potential out of your iPod as well.

Spoiler

[Autorun]
ShellExecute=SharePod.exe
Action=Start SharePod
Icon=SharePod.exe
Label=Brandon Seal's iPod
UseAutoPlay=1

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Monkeys Have Hit The Button

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 16, 2009, 06:57 PM »

Certainly isn't going to be lighter on resources than the explorer shell, considering it's written in dotNET.

-f0dder (January 16, 2009, 06:41 PM)

Whats wrong with .NET? >_<

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 16, 2009, 06:29 PM »

Wondering: Could there be an implemented function in the search box or something to search for a user on the map? Maybe even a search box on the map page itself? It would make finding people much easier (I know you can go to their profile, but this way it kind of integrates a bit). Just a thought.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Monkeys Have Hit The Button

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 16, 2009, 01:12 AM »

screenshots anyone? 

-electronixtar (January 15, 2009, 11:13 PM)

SS are available on the website, specifically the forum - any posting of screenshots anywhere BEFORE public alpha/beta/whatever comes after that (charlie? Too much COD4? My MP5 has no more ammo? ) is prohibited and bla bla bla...

Basically: Go to forum, see pix!

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Living Room / Re: eBay USB Thumb Drive Buyers: Beware

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 15, 2009, 10:32 PM »

LMAO nice poster Josh. Time to download and show it to everyone

Good article, too; I'll tell my dad about it

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Living Room / Re: The last Mac vs. PC video?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 15, 2009, 10:32 PM »

I want a copy of that "pwnage.exe"

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Monkeys Have Hit The Button

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 14, 2009, 11:55 PM »

Grr. Oh well, at least a model is out now. It's that much closer to being public, then.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Wheel macbook - revolutionary

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 14, 2009, 11:30 PM »

Everyone I know prefers it to be dark... doesn't that defeat the purpose of shininess? (That's a word?!?!?!)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Please fix this

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 13, 2009, 12:54 AM »

Hmm... kind of strange and logical at the same time I guess. Just kind of unusual to override a Windows hotkey, I suppose.

Last second thought: You can also double click the top left of FARR (where the icon would be) to close it as well. That might work better if your hand is on the mouse and it is faster... depends on the situation I guess. Figured I would point out that it works even with the skinning system, though.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Please fix this

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 09:11 PM »

But that should be Alt+4 not Alt+F4...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [FIXED TOPIC] TrackMania Nations Forever - Free, fun, and totally awesome!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 09:08 PM »

o_O I didn't know about that option

I need to fix UploadForever and DownloadForever sometime soon (spring break, maybe) and get them up here - I haven't forgotten!

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General Software Discussion / Re: teracopy: copy your files faster

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 09:06 PM »

"Why do you say that?"

-Curt (January 09, 2009, 01:24 PM)

Because we can.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Wheel macbook - revolutionary

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 09:00 PM »

Next one is replacing your *** and making sex using wheel

-fenixproductions (January 08, 2009, 10:05 AM)

That sounds painful and incredibly awkward...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Relog

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 08:54 PM »

Still, TweakUI won't help here - its a Vista box that I need to do this on. Grr. Microsoft makes such an awesome program, then doesn't update it. Kill off the good and update the bad. Gah.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 08:51 PM »

LMAO SCANNIE where did you find that picture LOL!!!

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 05:22 PM »

Whomever beats mouser's post count first gets an e-cookie and lots of "congrats"

I'm almost 1337: 1,312 and counting

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Please fix this

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 12, 2009, 05:14 PM »

  Same problem here, just launched FARR via PB (Pause Break) and hit Alt F4, and Trackmania launched!

Mouser... we have issues! Please fix!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Seeking Programming Language To Learn

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on January 08, 2009, 01:06 AM »

I started making little scripts in AutoHotkey and worked my way up to complex AHK programs and now do stuff in Visual Basic .NET, going for C# (did Java in school... ugh... no comment) - AHK is a great starting language IMO, and the help files and online documentation are just awesome. You can do a ton of things easily in AHK that are difficult in other languages, too (sending keystrokes to apps/control of the computer, plus the logical syntax allows for simple ways of doing complex things). Only downside is the way the AHK script files are converted to EXEs sometimes triggers virus false alarms ... stupid AV companies.

Start small, work your way up. Once you have a basis, you can always fall back. Keep going, and once you get into it, it is so enjoyable...