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General Software Discussion / Re: recommend a good world cup scores/reminder/etc tool for system tray/desktop?
« Last post by mouser on June 16, 2006, 05:27 AM »
cool - i'll check it out.
31177
Developer's Corner / Re: Builder 6 jpg components
« Last post by mouser on June 16, 2006, 03:25 AM »
martyjn, there are a couple that work well and support jpg, png, and a whole lot more.

here is the one i think i've used:
http://www.delphi-gems.com/Graphics.php

31178
Living Room / Re: OISV - Organization of Independent Software Vendors
« Last post by mouser on June 16, 2006, 03:19 AM »
carol you are right, that is not good.

I am a bit wary about the organization - we'll have to see how well they live up to their admirable stated objectives.

Ryan, i gave them permission to reprint the article i wrote here :)
https://www.donation...icles/One/index.html

31179
Screenshot Captor / Re: Post your Programs where Scrolling Window Capture Fails
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 06:29 PM »
:)
hmm.. this is a bit out of my expertise.. if you mean printing from screenshot captor itself, it should give you an option to scale the image to the page so it all fits.

there may be better programs for printing images that will split an image over multiple pages (or printer drivers that do this).
31180
Find And Run Robot / Re: Also search IE History
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 02:06 PM »
yes, that would be nice.
farr v2 will have a plugin system so it should be possible to add such things.
31181
DonationCoder Projects / Re: DC Homebrew Mini-CMS Discussion
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 01:43 PM »
i've looked at CmsMadeSimple, and nearly every cms i can find.. so many my head is spinning.

i've tried hard to find an existing cms that i thought would work for us, and have come to the conclusion that the best thing is for us to design our own mini one.

some primary things that rule out most cms:
1) we want it tightly integrated with the forum login info
2) we want it to use flat files
3) we want the generated pages to be pure html and not make the entire site a php based dynamic page generation thing (almost every cms on planet fails here; only moveabletype adopts this rebuilding of static pages approach).  this is desired to reduce cpu load.
4) our expectation is that most of the articles and posts and blogs will be generated from actual forum posts - so that demands a custom approach.

it's been a real struggle trying to figure out the tradeoffs between using an existing cms and embarking on our own.  i don't take such a decision lightly and i would rather find one existing one that suits us - but in this case i don't think we need a lot of the heavy cms stuff and i think the existing cms systems don't quite match our needs so.. i think its a custom one for us..
31182
Developer's Corner / Re: web-based logo design companies
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 01:38 PM »
we appreciate your intentions  :up:

best place to post is probably in our coding snacks section:
https://www.donation...index.php?board=71.0

post with informative info in the title, like: "Request for a custom logo design" or something like that, and explain as much as you can about what you are interested in and why, etc.

keep in mind that this site is not filled with graphic artists, but i suppose it can't hurt to ask right?
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Developer's Corner / Re: web-based logo design companies
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 12:24 PM »
anybody know of anybody who does free logo creation?
you can always ask here :)
it's been suggested that we set up a special forum section for donation based log design - keeping with our current approach to software.  the only difficulty in this case is that a logo is by design a private thing not available for the public, so that makes it different than writing freeware on request.
31184
General Software Discussion / Re: recommend a good world cup scores/reminder/etc tool for system tray/desktop?
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 11:57 AM »
there's also a firefox addon, footiefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/725/
and a microsoft soccer scoreboard: http://www.microsoft...86-ad1d-a38e8bfda82f

neither of which are perfect, imho
31185
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SmartWheel, scroll text in inactive windows with the mouse wheel (Download Here)
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 11:34 AM »
welcome to the site alex  :Thmbsup:
some very neat programmers tools on that page with Wheeler (http://www.eluent.com).

31186
Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 10:16 AM »
ahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaa
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
31187
Living Room / Re: Interesting tad bit - MS Windows Genuine Advantage Phones Home Every day
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 09:28 AM »
gibson seems like a good guy to me but he is a bit out there sometimes.. some controversy over his statements.  for example he recently flat out said ms planted backdoor stuff recently but it turned out not to be true..

he does do some entertaining podcasts with leo laporte every week that are worth listening to:
http://grc.com/securitynow.htm
31188
Older Newsletters / Re: Newsletter for June 15, 2006 - Codename 'Banners and Betas'
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 09:08 AM »
site map - YES exactly, this is what we need - and to have it in the top nav bar.  yes, i will put that at the top of the todo list.
31189
Older Newsletters / Re: Newsletter for June 15, 2006 - Codename 'Banners and Betas'
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 07:59 AM »
May I suggest that you add a link to the links page?
yeah it's a good point for sure.

there used to be one on the top nav bar but we ran out of space..
now the only place you'll find it linked is from help page (https://www.donation...com/About/start.html) or bottom left "website of the month" link on home page.
31190
Podcast Radio Show / Planning for the Third DonationCoder Audio Podcast Radio Show, July 16, 2006
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 07:27 AM »
The Third DonationCoder Audio Podcast Radio Show
(scheduled for July 16, 2006), at 8pm New York Time

we need your help recording segments!




Question of the Month:
  • Question of the Month: What's your favorite program? or What program do you wish existed?
  • For each show we ask our members to submit their answer to a different question. We'll include a few of our favorite answers in each podcast.
  • Please don't forget to introduce yourself at the start of your voicemail using your DonationCoder.com forum name.
  • Record your answer on your computer and email it to [email protected] in mp3 format or upload anonymously to ftp.donationcoder.com.




More on the DC Podcast show:
31191
Older Newsletters / Re: Newsletter for June 15, 2006 - Codename 'Banners and Betas'
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 06:30 AM »
too much for one newsletter.. we may have to start going weekly..
31192
Older Newsletters / Newsletter for June 15, 2006 - Codename 'Banners and Betas'
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 05:24 AM »
Newsletter for June 15, 2006
Codename 'Banners and Betas'

"If you read nothing else on our site, read the newsletter!"



1. New Coding Snacks From the DonationCoder Forum
Lots of new coding snacks for download from our forum, including GridMove, CloseAndEject,WinCovers,FadingTaskbar,ToolTipPrompt, and a script for putting together multiple pages of a multipage article.

2. 3d Party Beta Programs Announced at DonationCoder
Authors have been making programs available to DC readers for beta testing. Read more about SmartWheel, ChameleonNavigator, and TrID.

3. June's Podcast is online - have you listened to it yet?
If you haven't heard June's podcast, you don't know what you're missing. 40 minutes of fun software talk from forum regulars.

4. World Cup 2006 Mania
Have you caught World Cup Fever?  The world cup has evenly split the forum, with some people loving it and others who couldn't care less.  Check out the new online World Cup Predictor Tool, which will teach you about statistical estimation, and learn about other World Cup software.

5. Website Banner Contest Winner Chosen
After months of entries, we've finally chosen a winner in our contest to design a new banner for our website.  Come see the new banner and tell us what you think.  What do you think the new design means? We also gave away some Cody mugs for the best Haiku poems, and we'll be giving away more in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

6. Developer's Corner
Read about testing MS Office 2007 and Microsoft VISTA beta 2.  Learn how to get a free copy of Visual Studio 2005.  Learn where to get custom logos made. Learn why Firefox should be your choice for web scripting. And the new programming school section is really heating up, with lots of people having fun rediscovering the joy of coding.  Come see the medal badges we've awarded to people who have finished a series of assignments.

7. Call for Coders
We've finally settled on the details of the new mini Content Management System we are going to add to the website.  If you're a PHP coder, we want your help implementing it.  There's also only 30 days left in our Borland C++ Builder programming contest, with over $20,000 in prizes.

8. Fun and Games
We take software pretty serious, but that doesn't mean we don't like to have fun.  Read about some of the latest discoveries this month, including a few amazing flash animations (NameVoyager, World Stats, Animator vs. Animation).  Teach your kids Rock, Paper, Scissors 25.  And of course we've got a great round up of the latest best click adventures, including Mr.Tupkins and Pricilla Gone Missing.  And don't miss the Mentos fountain video, UV Art interactive display, and the Game Innovation site.


9. Security and Technology News and Views
This month brought some new security patches for Windows and Firefox.  Read about avoiding spam, and new troubles with Adobe and Microsoft.

10. Web Discoveries
Lots of new discoveries on the web as usual, including nice software for sharing files with others, saving file/icon associations, accessing your bookmarks from any computer, and serving your mp3 files remotely.  Learn about Structured Procrastination, Swaptree, and the cool Jack PC.

11. Website of the Month
Each month we honor a website we love.

12. Site Annoncements and Specials
We're not giving away any software this month (we're saving up for July), but we still have tons of discounts available in our members only section, and we've rearranged the Specials page to help you see the other special offers on our site.

Special thanks to jgpaiva for preparing this month's newsletter!


Support DonationCoder.com:
[url=https://www.donationcoder.com/Donate/index.html?ref=nl]
31193
Living Room / New Microsoft Security Updates for June 2006
« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2006, 04:28 AM »
As part of Microsoft's routine, monthly security update cycle we released the following security updates on June 13, 2006:

• MS06-011 - is a re-release, addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2003 only, and has a maximum severity rating of important
 
• MS06-021 - addresses several newly discovered vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-022 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-023 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-024 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Windows Media Player and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-025 - addresses two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-026 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-027 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Word and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-028 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint and has a maximum severity rating of critical
 
• MS06-030 - addresses two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of important
 
• MS06-031 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 only and has a maximum severity rating of moderate
 
• MS06-032 - addresses a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and has a maximum severity rating of important

31194
Living Room / Re: Mosquito tones
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 02:16 PM »
i could hear it.. and i did not like it  >:(
sounded like my ear was broken.
31195
Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 08:40 AM »
well i guess it depends on if you pronounce poem with one syllable or two..
seems like 7 to me.
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 08:16 AM »
they were all great so don't feel bad if you didn't win one - we will be giving out some more cups in the next couple of weeks.
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 08:04 AM »
I just received an angry missive from Cody himself insisting that jdd also receive a cup for his haiku (my home is the road).

so congratulations to jdd and Rover both.
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 07:57 AM »
the time has arrived to pick a winner, and it seems everyone has a personal favorite..

but since nudone is cody's creator, it seems only fitting he should choose the winner.. so Rover gets the cup today.
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's Haiku Mug
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 07:56 AM »
Sweet little Cody ...
Don't eat all donated coins!!!
Mouser will be cross

hahahaahah. brilliant!
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Living Room / Re: Has any one seen this site?
« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2006, 07:51 AM »
nice freeware on r2 site - another winner.
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