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Seedling's Software / Re: New App! WTF!? Music Info
« Last post by cthorpe on January 31, 2008, 04:51 AM »
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals
« Last post by cthorpe on January 29, 2008, 09:30 PM »
I also didn't get the impression that we were going to have a place where every single offering that comes down the pipe is advertised.  I was thinking more along the lines of a certain place that people could post about interesting programs, good deals, etc that wouldn't get lost in here with all of the longer term offers.  That way, someone will know immediately that there is a timetable for the offer.

Carl
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals
« Last post by cthorpe on January 29, 2008, 03:45 PM »
I think a sticky would be a great idea.  I have purchased quite a few applications through bitsdujour.  And let's not forget woot, though that not software.  I very rarely even bother with the giveawayoftheday and their games offerings, however they occasionally offer something really good, so I check them daily (I have both GOTD and bits feeds on my start page).

Carl
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Official Announcements / Re: JANUARY 2008 GIANT SHAREWARE GIVEAWAY AND DISCOUNT CELEBRATION
« Last post by cthorpe on January 25, 2008, 11:18 AM »
That's right.  Look for the drawing to close at or around midnight Central Standard Time with winners posted shortly afterwards.

Carl
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General Software Discussion / Re: Need to limit all but a few applications to keep my kids focused on homework
« Last post by cthorpe on January 16, 2008, 11:20 AM »
There is a program called Temptation Blocker (http://www.webjillio...-temptation-blocker/) that allows you to restrict certain programs from being easily run.  Unfortunately, any user can disable the block, but they must type in a long random string of characters to do so.  This might at least deter your kids from the easy distractions, but it won't do much if they really want to be off task.

C
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Official Announcements / Re: JANUARY 2008 GIANT SHAREWARE GIVEAWAY AND DISCOUNT CELEBRATION
« Last post by cthorpe on January 10, 2008, 10:01 PM »
In all cases, the discount applies to whatever version is available for sale at the site.  In many cases, you can use the code for upgrade purchases, additional licenses, or other programs offered by the developer.  As for giveaways, they will also be the latest version.

Carl
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Official Announcements / Re: JANUARY 2008 GIANT SHAREWARE GIVEAWAY AND DISCOUNT CELEBRATION
« Last post by cthorpe on January 10, 2008, 05:34 PM »
FontExpert and My Life Organized discounts are live now.
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Official Announcements / JANUARY 2008 GIANT SHAREWARE GIVEAWAY AND DISCOUNT CELEBRATION
« Last post by cthorpe on January 09, 2008, 02:29 AM »
January 2008 - COME CELEBRATE WITH US!



Yippe! As part of our upcoming fundraiser and our three-year celebration of DonationCoder.com, we are excited to bring you a very special month of discounts and giveaways.

Below you will find big discounts  on some of the best shareware on the internet, plus a ton of copies to give away to our supporting members. These are the programs you asked us to get discounts on, and include new discounts and giveaways from some of our favorite companies.

Learn more about the programs featured this month:

Quick Links:


Thank you for making it a great year,
Carl Thorpe, Discount Coordinator for DonationCoder.com
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Found Deals and Discounts / ScreenSteps 50% off on bitsdujour until December 19 at 12:00am EST
« Last post by cthorpe on December 18, 2007, 09:24 PM »
This is a quick and dirty review of ScreenSteps that is currently on bitsdujour.  I don't have time for a full mini-review, as the discount has 2 hours remaining.  Discounted price is $19.9 USD.  That purchase gets you all 1.x version of the software (currently at 1.2.1).  The program is available for both Windows and Mac.  One registered license can be used on both Win and Mac by a single user.

Disclaimer - I am not affilliated with the developer of the software or bitsdujour in any way, and I am not receiving any compensation for this review or any sales it generates.  I am just a customer who purchased the software during this current discount after running the trial for just a few minutes.  There may be bugs or other problems with the software that I have not encountered.

ScreenSteps helps you create visual tutorials and HOW-TOs on your computer very quickly.  You use it like a screen capture program as you perform the steps that you want included in the tutorial.  After you are finished with all the steps, you go into the program's interface and add explanatory text to each step.  In addition, you can add graphical annotations like arrows, circles, highlighting, numbering, etc to the images.  Once you are finished with the steps, the program exports the tutorial to an html file and images or to a PDF.  This could be great for doing quick documentation for your own programs and the like.

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Video screencast from the developer.

I created a very quick tutorial for compressing images.  This took me less than five minutes from the minute I fired up ScreenSteps to publishing it on my host.
http://carlthorpe.co...compress_a_file.html

There isn't a lot to the interface of the program.  This is a plus, because it is easy to learn how to use it.  More advanced users may look for more control, and it can be found in customizing of the templates used for the creation of html files.  I haven't looked at that yet, but it seems like you can do quite a bit with it from the samples offered by the site:
http://carlthorpe.co...compress_a_file.html
http://carlthorpe.co...compress_a_file.html

The PDF export is a little iffy, as you don't get much control over how it looks, but it works well enough:
http://carlthorpe.co..._compress_a_file.pdf

Overall, I am impressed with the ease of use for this program.  As I teach 6th graders at a 1:1 laptop school, I am constantly showing them how to do different things with their iBooks.  This program will allow me to quickly create tutorials for them to host on my school website.
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Official Announcements / December Software Giveaway
« Last post by cthorpe on December 04, 2007, 08:50 PM »
December Software Giveaway

We are gearing up for the January Fund-Raising Extravaganza A Go-Go, so we don't have any discounts for December, but that doesn't mean we will leave you empty handed.  Neville Franks has graciously donated a few copies of Surfulater for us to give away this month.  Be on the lookout for a discount on this program, and quite a few other exciting offers in January.


The drawing will be open until December 31, 2007.  Enter today!
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Official Announcements / November Software Drawing Winners
« Last post by cthorpe on November 29, 2007, 10:35 PM »
Winners of the November 2007 Giveaway Drawing


November 2007 Giveaway Drawing

Supporting Members, you've got until the last day of December to take advantage of this month's Discounts.

This Month's Special Discounts and Giveaways:



Winners of 'DefenseWall HIPS' (10):
  • edbro
  • leland
  • zoril
  • nosie
  • drvipuldave
  • Wepver
  • faircot
  • rendez2k
  • romulus86
  • richmich
All winners are now being notified by email to their forum email address.  If you haven't received an email but your name is listed above, check spam filters and forum email address, and then mail [email protected] and let us know you never got any mail.  It can take a few days for companies to send you your serial number; if a few days pass and you haven't received it - send a reminder to the company email as noted in your winning notification email, or to us by replying to the email you received or to us directly.

Curious about how we award prizes?  See https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1684.0 for a discussion about our custom prize optimizer utility. Winning something one month reduces your chances of winning the next month, and being helpful on the forum slightly increases your chances.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Could a Directory Opus 9.0 user PLEASE try this for me?
« Last post by cthorpe on November 28, 2007, 08:51 PM »
It took me quite a few right clicks to get a crash, but it came eventually.

313
Living Room / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #5 (The State of MiniDisc and Sony)
« Last post by cthorpe on November 26, 2007, 04:34 PM »
I have a MD player.  It is definitely cooler looking and much more satisfying to hold and use than any mp3 player I have ever had the opportunity to get my hands on.  Also, I came across Sony branded MD 8 packs selling for $1.00 on Wal-Mart's clearance shelf about a year ago, so I had tons of storage space.  Unfortunately, getting music onto it is such a hassle because of the horrid sony soundstage software. 

Now that I got a Zune off Woot, I can't see myself using the MD player often if at all.  If I ever get my hands on a powered mic, however, I will probably start using it to record my lectures at school.


Carl
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Official Announcements / Software drawing closing at or around 10:00pm CDT
« Last post by cthorpe on November 26, 2007, 04:25 PM »
So the drawing has been running for a few extra days.  That means I'll be closing it later this evening.  Be sure to enter now!

Carl
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Official Announcements / November Discount and Giveaway - Updated!
« Last post by cthorpe on November 12, 2007, 11:31 PM »
November 2007 Discount and Giveaway

This Month's Special Discount and Giveaway:


Members, you have until November 25th to enter the drawing.

(CPUIdle is still in the works, but I decided to go ahead and run this one instead of waiting on the final details)
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Official Announcements / November Discounts and Giveaway
« Last post by cthorpe on November 05, 2007, 09:21 PM »
Just a quick note to let you know that discounts and giveaways will be posted shortly.

At this time, we have the following discounts on tap:

DefenseWall HIPS - 30% discount with quite a few licenses to give away
Gizmo reviewed this on Techsupport Alert and had good things to say:
Of the products tested DefenseWall was the outstanding performer with near perfect test results across the board. Additionally, it is small and consumed few computer resources.

It's exemplary performance could be attributed in part to the fact that this was the only sandbox based HIPS product in this series of reviews.
The review is located here: www.techsupportalert.com/security_HIPS.htm (right now his site appears to be down)

CPUIdle - 30% discount and possibly licenses to give away
This program was mentioned favorably by lanux128 here: https://www.donation...87.msg72537#msg72537
however in one of the threads, i noticed that there was a mention of CpuIdle to "cool" the system. i've heard of these type of software before, such as Rain, CpuCool and WinHLT but didn't think much of them. but among others, CpuIdle claims to "enhance stability" and i was desperate enough to try it out..

and after several days of usage, i am happy to report that CpuIdle manages to tame the high cpu activity and make the system usable. the spikes in cpu usage does occur, though not as frequently as before.. and since my other alternative is to get a new motherboard, this is much welcomed.



Carl R. Thorpe
Discount Coordinator - DonationCoder.com
[email protected]
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General Software Discussion / Re: Advice PLS: New drive in my laptop and FirstDefense-ISR trial edition
« Last post by cthorpe on September 29, 2007, 10:08 PM »
Does FD-ISR play well with disk defragmenters and disk repartitioners?
-tinjaw (September 29, 2007, 01:57 PM)

Jane is right that excluding the $isrbin file is recommended when running a defragmenter.  If you don't the program may not be able to find it properly on the next boot.  If it can't find it, you won't get the preboot isr screen, and won't be able to change snapshots.  Fortunately, once the computer boots once, it will relocate the irsbin file and it won't be an issue after that.

Carl
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General Software Discussion / Re: Can you recommend Selkie Rescue Data Recovery??
« Last post by cthorpe on September 27, 2007, 12:17 AM »
From what I can tell, it just lets you boot a computer that is having system problems and access files on the discs.  It looks like something you could do with a BartPE disc.

Carl
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Official Announcements / Re: September 2007 Software Discounts and Giveaways
« Last post by cthorpe on September 22, 2007, 11:48 PM »
Actually, if you go to the site and check it out you will notice that you can get both discounts on the same order. This means that you get no less than a 50+30% discount in total. Also, it is impossible to not get the 50% discount no matter if you follow the link in the DC discount post or if you visit the site. That means that nobody taking advantage of the DC offer could have purchased it at at anything more than $20.96 while this offer is/has been running.
-Dirhael (September 22, 2007, 10:57 PM)

Thanks for clearing that up for us.  I did mention that the 30% was in addition to the 50% in the members only section, and I have gone ahead and edited the first post in this thread to include that info as well.
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Official Announcements / September Drawing Winners
« Last post by cthorpe on September 22, 2007, 11:20 AM »
Winners of the September 2007 Giveaway Drawing


September 2007 Giveaway Drawing

Supporting Members, you've got until the last day of the month to take advantage of this month's Discounts..

This Month's Special Discounts:



Winners of 'BufferZone' (10):
  • scancode
  • tsaint
  • J-Mac
  • moonwatcher
  • gdarino
  • IconBoy
  • lpgagolf
  • a_lunatic
  • cemole
  • decrypt
Winners of 'RecentX' (5):
  • alotia
  • katydragon
  • raindew01
  • lls
  • wraith808
Winners of 'Tech Support Alert Premium Subscription (12 month)' (3):
  • mwfuss
  • Mongoplus
  • Don 1
All winners are now being notified by email to their forum email address.  If you haven't received an email but your name is listed above, check spam filters and forum email address, and then mail [email protected] and let us know you never got any mail.  It can take a few days for companies to send you your serial number; if a few days pass and you haven't received it - send a reminder to the company email as noted in your winning notification email, or to us by replying to the email you received or to us directly.

Curious about how we award prizes?  See https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1684.0 for a discussion about our custom prize optimizer utility. Winning something one month reduces your chances of winning the next month, and being helpful on the forum slightly increases your chances.
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General Software Discussion / Re: soft and hard links in ntfs
« Last post by cthorpe on September 19, 2007, 04:47 PM »
using junction points:

deleting doesnt seem to be an option -
I was thinking - great I can store some of the my docs stuff elsewhere,
but now they (all the folders within the junction point) are read only & I cant delete them*,
well I could with unlocker but for everyday use it dosent seem suitable for this purpose at any rate

*or change their status [EDIT]

shame...
-tomos (September 19, 2007, 11:06 AM)

That's odd.  I've never had a problem like that.  Are you sure the problem occurred because of making junctions and didn't already exist?
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Found Deals and Discounts / 2gb Kingston flash drive for $6.95 at Buy.com
« Last post by cthorpe on September 18, 2007, 08:22 PM »
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Just got this off of CyberNet News

A 2gb Kingston flash drive that is Vista Readyboost compatible for only $16.95.  If you have a Google account that hasn't used Google Checkout before, you can get a $10 instant rebate.  That makes the drive $6.95, and you can get free shipping.  That's all you pay.  This isn't a rebate that you will have to wait for or anything like that.  The drive has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars on Buy.com with 83 ratings being counted.

This seems to be a US only deal.  Sorry  >:(

Get it here: http://www.buy.com/r...;dcaid=17070#cRevSec

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Official Announcements / Last chance to Enter the September Drawing
« Last post by cthorpe on September 17, 2007, 05:21 PM »
I will be closing the September software drawing on the 19th around 5pm CDT.  Make sure you enter before then.

Up for grabs this month:

Premium subscriptions to Gizmo's Tech Support Alert newsletter
RecentX licenses
Bufferzone licenses


Carl R. Thorpe
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General Software Discussion / Re: Find me a problem solving corpus. I'm willing to pay $100 for each one you f
« Last post by cthorpe on September 16, 2007, 04:40 PM »
What about http://www.mabiweb.com/index.php

It is a play-by-web site for a number of strategy board games.  If you select "Completed Games" on the left under "Game Manager" you can get a list of recently completed games.  When you select one, you can see the game board at the end of the game, and get a full log of all the moves made by the players.  The completed games list only has the last 7 days, but you may be able to get access to older logs if you ask.


Carl
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Living Room / Re: encrypting an already encrypted file
« Last post by cthorpe on September 05, 2007, 03:53 PM »
I can't see how it would be an issue unless the second encryption program is known for making corrupt files.  But then that would be a problem even if you weren't layering or chaining encryption.  The encryption program won't care if the file it is working with is plain text, a regular word document, or an encrypted file.  Then when you decrypt, it will just put it back to however it was before you encrypted.



Carl
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