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Living Room / Re: calling all creative game inventing type people.. READ IN

« Last post by mouser on September 30, 2005, 01:08 AM »

sounds like a nice idea, assuming their aren't already freeware implementations of it.

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Living Room / Re: new ergonomic keyboard - natural ergonomic keybaord 4000

« Last post by mouser on September 30, 2005, 01:07 AM »

yeah, we talked about that one when it was first making the rounds.
it's still vaporware afaik, but lots of companies are trying to bring similar things to market..

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Living Room / Inspired by Lifehacker..

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 05:54 PM »

http://www.lifehacker.com/

is our site of the week this week/month - it's kind of fun place to get esoteric tips on spending time wisely.  combines software tips with life tips.

Inspired by lifehacker I thought maybe we could add non-software related tips in this section as long as it's kind of slow in here.
Just silly things that we have each discovered to make life a little more fun

i'll start by posting my 3 favorite drinks:

1) black tea with chocolate milk
i make a big batch of like 5x sweeter than normal chocolate milk using dried milk with ovaltine and irish cappucino mix and keep it in a container in the refrigerator; then when i make my normal black tea, i add a half an inch of it or so.  very delicious.

2) new york egg cream
learned this one from my father.  it's just seltzer (sparkling water) with that same chocolate milk mixture above in it.

3) to help your heart:
a shot of half whiskey and half sake.
beginners should start out with a bit more sake and a bit less whiskey

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Found Deals and Discounts / Free StuffIt Deluxe 9

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 05:24 PM »

http://www.popdeal.c...-stuff-it-deluxe-90/

found via lockergnome post.

keep in mind that stuffit deluxe got pretty bad ratings in zaine's recent review of archive tools so this may not be something you want!

https://www.donation...hiveTools/index.html
(look under ZipMagic)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Archivarius

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 04:43 PM »

fantastic review!!! 

really nice to hear the background also about what drove you from the mainstream tools.

i tend to agree with your desire to have a search tool that you have real control over which doesn't index stuff unless and until you tell it to, which is another reason i liked archivarius as well.  plus the fact that it indexed .chm files.


i will see if i can't find a way to reference images attached to posts - seems like it should be possible..

you can always email me pics and id be happy to upload them to https://www.donation...r.com/Forums/userup/ where you can easily link to them.

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Living Room / Re: by the way mouser,how long can i use the processtamer's key?

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 12:19 PM »

after 180 days you must come back and grab a new key just like you did today - you can do this forever.

but if you have considered what our site is about, but cannot donate, email me in a few weeks at [email protected] and i will give you full key so that you do not have to come back for a new key every 180 days.

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Living Room / Re: Stupid IE question

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 12:13 PM »

i agree with wr975 about using an improved front end.
(i use netcaptor - not free).

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Living Room / Re: who can tell me how i can get the lisence key?

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 12:10 PM »

1) go to this page: https://www.donation...r.com/Keys/index.php

2) on bottom, click on Process Tamer link

3) your key should be displayed.

4) select and copy license key.

5) go to process tamer about box, press "Enter New License Key Information" button

6) paste the license key into the box.

let us know if it works for you or if you need more help.

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Living Room / new ergonomic keyboard - natural ergonomic keybaord 4000

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 11:11 AM »

http://www.microsoft...Details.aspx?pid=043

praised by the coder who runs the Coding Horror Blog for having a "non-mangled" keypad:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/

actually this looks quite nice to me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Worst. Interface. Ever.

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 06:55 AM »

nikkho i'm with you about total commander,
though in fairness its one of the most beloved programs by a large number of people,
so i think it's one of those programs you either totally love, or totally can't bear to use.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Find&Run Robot owns desktop search

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 04:44 AM »

i tried archivarious and liked it; it was also the only one at the time to index .chm files (i think a couple others do now too).
HOWEVER, it crashed trying to index my thebat files at the time i tried it

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Living Room / Re: Fabric of the Cosmos, Audible.com, $11

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 04:04 AM »

thanks for the itunes tip - ive been waiting for an excuse to try itunes; the audible software is a bit weird, though it's never done wrong by you (ps the size of their catalog is huge, and you definitely have to be careful you don't download abridged by mistake)

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Living Room / Fabric of the Cosmos, Audible.com, $11

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2005, 02:28 AM »

I've been listening to the 22 hour audio book "Fabric of the Cosmos".  I got it through an account at audible.com, which if you like listening to audio books is a really nice reasonably-priced service.  (Especially good if you do a lot of driving [not me], or have insomnia [me]).

I'm really loving this book on physics and space+time.  One of those books trying to convey the amazingness of the history and current state-of-the-art thinking on phsysics to laypeople.  stuff that makes your jaw drop and realize that the real world is just as amazing as any science fiction story.  the stuff on einstein's relativity is wonderful.

Seems as a new member you can get it for $11, might be interesting to some people:

http://www.audible.c...uctID~BK_BKOT_000174

note that audible uses a somewhat annoying drm system that may make it difficult to listen to this on some portable mp3 players, etc., so check that out first if that's what you want.  It's a shame they make it so hard to convert these audio books into mp3 format even for your own use.  having said that, i still think audible is a great deal if you like audiobooks, and they have nice reviews and good searching, etc., so i give them a thumbs up.

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PopUp Wisdom / An idea for a gift to your significant other

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 07:09 PM »

if you have someone you love who has a computer, especially if you are long distance, a fun gift might be to make a special "book" of sayings from you to them - be creative, write a hundred or so small ones - and then send it to them with PopUp Wisdom and help them install it to pop up a new message from you once per day.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Divx.com Create Bundle free for one day only(!) Sep 28,2005

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 07:00 PM »

http://www.divx.com/anniversaryoffer/

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Find&Run Robot owns desktop search

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 04:27 PM »

if there isnt a plugin for searching thebat mail from google desktop search / msn desktop search, there will be one soon -
i think the strategy for F&R will not be to try to compete with these search tools, because its not a winnable battle.

INSTEAD,
i propose that F&R get some plugins that let it search the databases of google desktop search, msn search, etc.
that way we can take advantage of all their hard work.

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PopUp Wisdom / Re: VERY nice! ...but

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 04:14 PM »

thanks very much sandro - it sounds like the program is probably not saving its settings when it is shutdown with windows -
i will fix this right away since it will surely afflict everyone!

very much appreciated bug report.

ps.
if you have feature requests i'd love to hear them - check the todo list in the help file for stuff i already plan to add.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: 2.0 Beta problem: cannot find Chinese fonts in Text objects

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 03:50 PM »

I have decided to implement my alternate solution for this - hopefully i will have a version that supports all such chinese, doublebyte, unicode fonts in a week or so.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Request ... foreign Characters

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 03:46 PM »

btw -
i apologize to everyone for not doing more work on CHS in a while - it really does need a lot more work to be a good application.
i have not abandoned it - it's just taking a little longer than i planned to get to another round of work on it.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: crop confusion and suggestion

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 03:04 PM »

yes, i was saying before that as a programmer, it is so incredibly wonderful to have friendly beta testers who are willing to report issues and test stuff - it makes development a lot more fun and enjoyable, so i can't tell you how much it helps me to have you guys+gals reporting these things.  it really does make it more of a team effort

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Request ... foreign Characters

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 03:01 PM »

i need to add a feature to chs that let's you tell it to ignore certain apps, and ignoring pastes smaller than n characters is a good idea too. both should solve your problem.  let me try to get a new release of process tamer, screenshot captor, and chs out in the next week.

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PopUp Wisdom / Re: VERY nice! ...but

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 02:57 PM »

can i ask you to test one thing for me -
if you change some settings, then exit the program (fully exit it by right-clicking on system tray icon and choosing Exit),
and then restart it from start menu, does it remember the settings then?
i.e. is it only when you restart computer that it forgets settings, or every time you restart program?

are you using windows xp/2k? do you know if you are logged in with a restricted account?

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Official Announcements / Re: WinRAR GIVEAWAY - INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ENTER DRAWING

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 10:08 AM »

just an update:

winrar sales support are as dysfunctional as the worst of them - it really boggles my mind sometimes how these companies operate...
but have no fear, we are on it and should have the free copies and discounts any day now.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: crop confusion and suggestion

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 09:52 AM »

btw, i should say this before you get tired:
these bug reports are super useful - they are the kind of little details that need to be fixed and i really do appreciate them.
i will try to have a new release of screenshot captor before monday which addresses everything you've found so far -
keep reporting the bugs and ill keep fixing them 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: crop confusion and suggestion

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2005, 09:51 AM »

in real life ants like to eat your foot from the table and rarely just walk around in a square forever

but i think you've found a bug - i'll report it to the author of the image selection routine.

as for the crop button - you don't have to push it twice, you just have to have something selected before it will work. i think the solution to your problem is that it should show a little message when you push crop and don't have anything selected yet; i will add that.