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Living Room / Re: Android tablets to rival iPad

« Last post by Lutz_ on February 10, 2011, 01:16 AM »

The Notion Ink tablet looks pretty tempting to me - usable in bright sunlight for example.
I would really like to get my hands on one of these.
http://www.notionink.com/
http://www.engadget....ds-on-preview-video/

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Living Room / Memorable holiday gifts

« Last post by Lutz_ on December 03, 2010, 07:01 PM »

Since a lot of people will still be searching for just the right gifts for the holidays, I would suggest a thread with gift suggestions that are certain to be memorable and might gain you long lasting  gratitude. 

The snuggies wearable blankets http://www.youtube.c...dSU&feature=fvsr are already well known and the commercial has been amended frequently (e.g http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y ).
Now, we are finally getting some technical improvements to this softwear product. The "forever lazy" overall (ForeverLazy); also on Youtube; please note the ingenious zippers on the back an how good it looks worn to a party.
 

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Living Room / Re: 5 New Favorite Sites

« Last post by Lutz_ on December 03, 2010, 03:39 PM »

Hi Zaine, glad that you liked it.  There is a lot to discover on the Wholehealthsource site.
But tell us more about your "Ding Dong Diet"     Sounds not exactly tasty but interesting.

Lutz, that's exactly the blog I need -- an author who explains the research! His explanation of why the Twinkie Diet worked is true to my "Ding Dong Diet" experience I conducted from 2007-2009. Too bad (for me) that the price of fresh/healthy foods are prohibitive.

-zridling (December 03, 2010, 06:06 AM)

The FiveBooks site is bookmarked for some leisure time enjoyment!

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Living Room / Re: 5 New Favorite Sites

« Last post by Lutz_ on December 03, 2010, 12:16 AM »

A blog with rational and scientific literature based healthy lifestyle recommendations, which is also a fascinating read:
WholeHealthSource

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Living Room / Re: Fake Coffee Shop in China (NSFW) (Can you guess?)

« Last post by Lutz_ on November 19, 2010, 09:38 AM »

I guess it it a nice joke, but likely fake.  Why would anybody in China add "p@@n queen" to the mermaid?

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Living Room / Re: iPod - tell me why I should buy one

« Last post by Lutz_ on November 18, 2010, 12:12 AM »

The SanDisk Sansa Fuze works for me just fine, nice soundquality, long battery life, small, has a micro SDHC card slot, cheap and it is .... simple.  It is just a music player and radio; it does not require any special software. You can also find some accessories for it online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze

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Living Room / Re: Laptop choice: better CPU or more RAM ?

« Last post by Lutz_ on October 31, 2010, 12:02 AM »

Perhaps OT,  but I really hate the latest generation of notebooks because of their abysmal vertical display resolution (something like 720 pixels).  
The designers apparently assume that watching videos is the main reason of existence for a notebook and not reading and working with texts or anything else a bit longer. Perhaps something to watch out for.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: [Freeware] Text Filter - search and filter text files with ease

« Last post by Lutz_ on October 23, 2010, 10:32 PM »

Does it, or is it going to, support regular expressions?

-kfitting (October 23, 2010, 01:57 PM)

The demo video says: Yes.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Zoner Photo Studio Free

« Last post by Lutz_ on October 15, 2010, 03:15 PM »

Hello Armando,
I guess such a comparison can become almost endless.  
"Helicon Photo Safe" is another free and very neat and easy image viewer and organizer.
http://www.heliconsoft.com/safe.html

Thanks for the compilation on Wikipedia!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Lutz_ on October 01, 2010, 05:47 PM »

Hi Rob,
I would suggest to keep the nomenclature as short and distinct as possible. As Jim suggested, Basic and Advanced modes are just fine but perhaps a bit boring. I do not have a good idea of your planned UI design but I cannot associate anything meaningful with "Kayak mode" although the name is certainly attractive.  Reducing the current nomenclature to Quick mode and Pro mode would at least spare the users one or two redundant words each time. But are these two modes the only ones or are there any others?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Lutz_ on October 01, 2010, 12:25 AM »

Rob, I just wanted to mention perhaps you could use some more  simplified nomenclature - e.g. currently there are the "quick edit mode" and "pro quick edit mode"?  Is there also a "pro slow edit mode"?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Magmahost.com | cPanel 11 + Fantastico! w/ 99.9% Uptime [24/7 Support] | Only $1

« Last post by Lutz_ on September 22, 2010, 12:34 AM »

Your experiences do not seem to be soo great.
But the price is still very attractive! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Kingsoft Office

« Last post by Lutz_ on August 24, 2010, 12:39 AM »

Is it a good sign or a bad sign, when the website for an office software suite has as many typos as the one from Kingsoft?   

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Review/Tips: "Scanning - VueScan and Associates" Pt.I: Intro & Bookscanning

« Last post by Lutz_ on August 13, 2010, 11:40 PM »

Thanks a lot for the great review.
Would you know by chance the degree of support for 64bit Windows OSses?  I tried to get my scanner working with the Vuescan trial on Win7/64bit without much luck (but there are no Visioneer 64 bit drivers either).  Are there some tricks available online anywhere?

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Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad

« Last post by Lutz_ on July 29, 2010, 06:08 PM »

These super-simple stands look practical for desk usage:
http://www.dealextre...0#open%20full%20view

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by Lutz_ on July 23, 2010, 10:58 AM »

The ribbon offers several buttons that are bigger than before - wow!; it also asks you to find more detailed tools behind some rather clumsy and non-intuitive folding out menu structures etc..  
Overall it only looks good. It does not save any time and requires more mouse clicks than than the standard interface for most tasks - for me.
The ribbon is change but unfortunately no progress. Consequently, I also purchased the "classical interface" add on for my work PC.

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Living Room / Re: Charlie Brooker's take on the new Jabscreen, er, i mean iphone 4.

« Last post by Lutz_ on July 17, 2010, 10:13 AM »

Thanks!  A great read.
I will have to check what  Mr. Brooker is up to more often.

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Living Room / Re: Some initial reflections on using an ebook reader

« Last post by Lutz_ on July 16, 2010, 12:22 AM »

That sounds like a great idea: ebook reader for children  

.... And it's one of the few technological devices that can't be used to waste time and rot their brains.

Although I am pretty confident this, too, will change soon enough - likely before our son will be able to appreciate an ebook reader.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Buzz Folders - Open/Save Dialog Box Extender ( + Free Version )

« Last post by Lutz_ on July 08, 2010, 12:20 AM »

Looks like a interesting program but I can't install the latest free version on Win7/64 and do get a "install failed #101" error message.  I am running the installer as administrator.   ???

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General Software Discussion / Re: File Managers! Windows Explorer replacement! Come one, come all...

« Last post by Lutz_ on June 24, 2010, 11:22 PM »

Yes, Expicula seems to be pretty straightforward, intuitive and quick.
Thanks for the reminder!

 

Users speaking German might also want to try Expicula which looks promising indeed. 

-Tuxman (June 24, 2010, 05:51 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend disk imaging software?

« Last post by Lutz_ on June 17, 2010, 04:12 PM »

I had problems with restoring an Acronis "TrueImage"  a few years ago - and it installs all kinds of background services programs that will be running on every startup.  I tried the Terabyte solution but it was way too geeky for me.  I have not the slightest clue what most of the options are about.  Paragon Hard Disk Manager seems to be right for me; dumbed down just enough for me to be able to use it; it has been reliable so far and has a wonderful rescue CD that offers exactly the same user interface and tools as the full install of the program.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Lutz_ on June 09, 2010, 05:04 PM »

I guess you could just sent the donation by Paypal to the author at " rob at sagelighteditor dot com " - the email address should be enough, or not?

I gave the promo a try, paying just the few dollars I happened to have sitting in my PayPal account. Having finally tried it and really enjoyed it, I'm wishing I had paid more.

Does anyone know if there's a way to donate additional money?

-CWuestefeld (June 09, 2010, 01:24 PM)

-Lutz_ (June 09, 2010, 05:03 PM)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Lutz_ on June 09, 2010, 05:03 PM »

please see next post

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Lutz_ on June 08, 2010, 10:12 PM »

Sorry, if this was posted before:
http://qttabbar.sourceforge.net/
QTTabBar is developed further.   

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Chameleon Startup Manager - Bits du Jour today May 25 2010

« Last post by Lutz_ on May 25, 2010, 06:38 PM »

Thanks for the notice, Steven.  I will use this deal.