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General Software Discussion / Re: New App - Floating Ruler - Feedback?

« Last post by app103 on September 28, 2006, 04:17 AM »

That's exactly where I tried it...doesn't move.

And that section is "transparent" and I can click through it as if it's not there.

Not like it is in your screenshot.

This is a screenshot of it over my browser window. I can actually click my browser's refresh button right through the floating ruler form:

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Living Room / The Last Smiley: Shockwave 3D game

« Last post by app103 on September 28, 2006, 01:07 AM »

OMGHI2U!!! lol ^_^... did u see wut he posted???
ummm neo is broke, smileys arent working :[ :[

Yes, on that fateful day the smileys were indeed not working. They had been stolen and whisked away to a place far, far away where they would have all the colour removed from them and would become plain, boring text. The players of Neopets would no longer laugh out loud, there would be no more rolling on the floor, and they could try as hard as they liked but their ... ummm .... arms would never come off.

In this game you play The Last Smiley. You must find, and liberate the other smileys and make your way through the world of Neopia back to the NeoBoards where you belong.

http://neopets.com/g...mes/lastsmiley.phtml

You do not need an account to play. You only need one to register your score.

This one makes my heart jump when I fall off the platform.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New App - Floating Ruler - Feedback?

« Last post by app103 on September 28, 2006, 12:47 AM »

I tested it on XP and I can't drag the window at all.

I have not tested it on my WinME machine yet. (royal pain in the butt to download things with that one's 33.6k dialup)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What IRC client do you use?

« Last post by app103 on September 28, 2006, 12:38 AM »

I also use xchat, but I use one of the free windows versions. (not linux)



I have also been known to use the old MS Chat just for fun.

This was the ancient IRC client from Microsoft that was eventually replaced by MSN Messenger. It's unique in the fact that it presents conversations in comic form and each person can have their own character file, complete with expressions and body poses.

The characters in my client are not the default standard black & white ones. They have been replaced with full color ones. This is not a client for regular use, as it puts additional codes in the channel along with your text that can be annoying to users with normal IRC clients.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting Links

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 02:10 PM »

YES.COM
http://yes.com/
This is what's starting to play on radio.
Right Now!.

-thunder7 (August 03, 2006, 01:48 PM)

I just took a look at the list there and I think I am out of touch. I have never heard of any of those songs.

And I am not sure if this is a bad thing or not.   

I have been spending most of my music listening time either at Delicious Agony or Pandora and those songs don't come up in the playlists.

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Living Room / Re: Hungy Space: today's flash game

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 12:58 PM »

I used to play a similar game called Jelly Blobs of Doom. (you only need an account if you want to register your scores)

Hint: play it on a slow PC...like say 233mhz 

ok, I know...it's cheating...but that was all I had at the time

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder.com wallpapers (set 01)

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 12:46 PM »

I love the hill one!

There is even coin crumbs...lol!

I can almost imagine Cailin hiding in that tree ready to jump out, grab the coins off the plate and yell "Gimme those gold coins, bird, kthx!" and then running off down the road.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: New App - Floating Ruler - Feedback?

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 12:23 PM »

If I can get used to using this one it might be better than the pixel rulers I currently use. It's much more precise.

I like how you can set the thickness of the rulers...and the color.

It would be nice if there was a way to drag the control window instead of having to set the position with the controls. Or maybe make the control window not attached to the rulers and able to be dragged.

And I noticed it doesn't play well with Snagit. It disappears when I try to do a screenshot with the floating ruler in it.



It would also be nice if there was an additional setting so you could set a point to be considered 0-0 rather than it using the screen's 0-0 x-y coordinates. Measuring position in a browser window for setting CSS positions would be much easier if the 0-0 was relative to the space within a browser window rather than the screen.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Search programming book source code for numerous languages

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 07:08 AM »

Nice find! 

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: a great post on the lifehacker Bruce Lee :)

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 06:57 AM »

Bruce Lee was quite an incredible man off screen. I have known about the off screen story of his life for quite some time. I am an admirer of his accomplishments, and especially his "nothing will stop me" attitude. He wasn't a guy that took "no" for an answer.

One very awesome dude, he was. 

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: who dares wins - my challenge to you.

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 06:41 AM »

I am in.

I have something that needs to be done by this Saturday, I have procrastinated for the last 3 weeks, got the definite deadline this past Saturday and am still procrastinating about it.

I didn't speak up about it before because I thought I might have to say what it was I am procrastinating about and I'd rather not. 

All I know is if I don't get off my butt and start doing it today it will never get done in time. 

And I still don't want to do it....but I will.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to add/delete files of an installer?

« Last post by app103 on September 27, 2006, 06:19 AM »

Ghost Installer has a free version available

and there is Nullsoft Installer

a bunch more listed here:

http://www.thefreeco...gramming/setup.shtml

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Official Announcements / Re: --> SEPTEMBER SOFTWARE DRAWING RESULTS - POSTED!

« Last post by app103 on September 26, 2006, 12:49 PM »

Whoo hoo!

Your estimated happiness value from this prize: 100%.

That part is wrong though...it's more than that. 

This was one heck of a drawing. Great work Ampa! 

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« Last post by app103 on September 25, 2006, 10:11 PM »

the monitor of my dreams:

http://216.127.51.88...s/features/index.htm

If I remember correctly, it's about $18,000 

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by app103 on September 24, 2006, 09:36 PM »

I can only recommend/praise linux software, I am not sure how others would benefit from that...

-housetier (September 24, 2006, 12:09 PM)

Let's hear about your favs. There are other linux users around here.

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Living Room / Re: Game: Funny Farm

« Last post by app103 on September 24, 2006, 06:02 PM »

Just got an update from the guys in my chatroom:

Spoiler

http://shygypsy.com/...cmd=guess&guess=+

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Living Room / Re: Game: Funny Farm

« Last post by app103 on September 24, 2006, 03:47 PM »

I have some more:

Spoiler

http://shygypsy.com/...cmd=guess&guess=+

Upper left corner unlocked! 

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Living Room / Re: Game: Funny Farm

« Last post by app103 on September 24, 2006, 10:03 AM »

I have more for you to add if you collaborating:

Spoiler

http://shygypsy.com/...cmd=guess&guess=+

I can't take full credit for the answers. Two of the guys in my chatroom have been working on it too.

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Living Room / Game: Funny Farm

« Last post by app103 on September 24, 2006, 02:19 AM »

It seems easy but it's not...

Type in things you would find on a farm.

All things are related to other things in some way.

One thing leads to another.

Click yellow blocks on the minimap to reveal different areas of the puzzle.

It will be quite an accomplishment if you can solve this puzzle...and an even bigger accomplishment if you can solve it alone.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

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Living Room / Re: What slows Windows down? See for yourself....

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 05:10 PM »

Part 2 just published:

http://www.thepcspy....slows_windows_down/1

He included much more in this one.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Labeler / Cover Printing Software Do you Recommend?

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 03:28 PM »

Printing out a song list on a cd tray.

Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker (works well with their burning software)
http://www.acoustica.com/cd-label-maker/

Printing out mailing addresses from an (avery) sheet of mailing addresses.

Page O' Labels:
http://www.rkssoftwa...belsml/overview.html

(check main site for other labeling programs)

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: i'd like to buy some discipline please.

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 02:57 PM »

I think the problem is abrupt extreme changes.

I think it works better if you make small changes you can live with and don't change more till you have adjusted to the first ones you have made.

The abrupt extreme changes are what cause most to fail.

Giving up the bad habits all at once makes you feel deprived and miserable...as if you are trying to be someone you are not...so you revert back to your old ways.

But if you made one change, like giving up one bad habit and replacing it with one good one, instead of a million changes, it is easier to live with that change...then add others 1 at a time as you can accept them.

I think 3 months is too short of a time to reinvent yourself...the changes won't last.

For me personally, a change or 2 a month is about all I can handle without losing my identity and becoming confused & depressed.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / PhinisheD

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 01:09 PM »

How is your dissertation (or thesis) coming?

Is it finished yet?

This site is the discussion and support group for people that just can't seem to get it finished.

http://www.phinished.org/

_{Thanks for the tip, Tracy!}   

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: frugal life, pc fasting: do not install any new applications in 30 days

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 02:11 AM »

Of course, I continue to tinker and customize, I'm always on the search for new goodies. But I like mouser's suggestion of only installing new stuff on the 1st. I already have designated the 1st and 15th of the month to do my financial housekeeping, so designating the 2nd of the month as install night would be a good reward.

-brownstudy (September 22, 2006, 09:20 PM)

Don't forget to schedule an uninstall night for all the goodies that you lost interest in about a month later. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by app103 on September 23, 2006, 01:54 AM »

Paintshop Pro 7 (I don't like the newer versions and will only use that one)

-app103 (September 21, 2006, 06:15 AM)

Any reason you don't like 8? Haven't tried 9, but after corel bought PSP it *did* turn darn awful.

-f0dder (September 21, 2006, 06:19 AM)

I have full versions of 7 & 8.

Somewhere between versions 7 & 8 the guys at Jasc decided that it would be a great idea to toss out the window half of the good things that made it worth buying.

Without removing 1 feature they managed to take this away:

• Simplicity
• Speed
• Familiarity
• ability to run it from a thumb drive on another pc without actually installing it

In addition to all the useless new crap they added, they also gave you the following:

• An environment that can now compete with Adobe Photoshop...in the confusion category.
• It's now quite bloated.
• No matter what drive you install it on, it will create unnecessary files and folders on your C drive rather than keeping them in the program folder like it used to.

So now, instead of getting a faster program that was easier to use than Photoshop, yet just as powerful, and for less money, you ended up with a cheap imitation of Photoshop, which is not what Paintshop Pro users want or need.

The exception to this is the trial of version 9. That was worth installing on a slow Win9x or 2k machine alongside version 7 for one reason only:

The ability to see thumbnails of .psp & .tub files in Explorer. There is no way you can actually run PSP 9 on a 233mhz machine with 64mb ram, but those thumbnails are really nice. And even after the trial expires, you can still see the Explorer thumbnails.

But you can also get that with this freeware utility and it actually works better than what is supplied by PSP 9+ and they have finally updated it to include 9x and 2k versions:

http://www.botproduc.../pspthumb/index.html