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Screenshot Captor / Re: BUG - .objects listed in file tab

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2015, 03:11 PM »

the beta and latest official are both the same (4.15.2).
the version confusion has occurred because i wanted to get this latest fix out early but unfortunately it came after the official 4.15 release and i didn't want to immediately put out another official release so soon after the previous one.

if the fixes in 4.15.2 hold up as expected you can expect an official update soon.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: BUG - .objects listed in file tab

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2015, 03:05 PM »

I uploaded 4.15.2 as latest official, but haven't updated website/updater to show it is yet.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: BUG - .objects listed in file tab

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2015, 02:48 PM »

https://www.donation...otCaptorPortable.zip

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 10:25 PM »

Create your online notes using a template for printing on index cards?

-cranioscopical (November 07, 2015, 09:30 PM)

this was one of the things i was thinking about in terms of coding a custom app for this -- making it a digital notecard system with good features for printing out notecards.

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:49 PM »

I've thought quite a bit about using a software tool for this task, and about custom coding one..

The truth is that there are very good reasons to use a software solution -- a major one being the power to tag and search items.  There are tons of advantages to using notes in digital form.

But the bottom line is that the tactile advantages or being able to physically handle and lay out cards, separate from what's on the computer screen, is non-trivial.  The physicality offers some unique advantages that I have not been able to give up so far.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: update noway to use the program

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:29 PM »

error DBG103:DBISAM Engine Error # 11013 Access denied to table or backup file 77280

that error does suggestion a problem with the OS/antivirus blocking access to the database file.

older version worked for you on the same computer? what version of windows are you on?

can you get into the options dialog? if so go to the Tweaks tab and change the "Temprary DB file location" setting.


Previous (april) version is here: https://www.donation...pellSetup_042815.exe

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.15.0 - Nov 3, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:19 PM »

I can do so without difficulty, so I will do so in future releases.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:06 PM »

Thanks for sharing the Karina Wipper video -- I *really* liked her take on the song -- very nice.

And so now here's my favorite:

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 05:45 PM »

Any thoughts on the other 3 portions of Minimal ZTD (process, plan, and do)?

Only to the extent that i don't view them as being important or universal enough to make them worth talking about.

To me, the key is getting ideas and todo items out of the head and into bite-sized chunks (index cards) that can be conveniently organized and extracted for processing with minimal mental load.
From there you can figure out what works best for you in terms of allocating your time working on them.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 05:17 PM »

Philosophy of Set Theory:
Thin stuff, not for the faint of heart; some good sections but mostly confusing.


Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory:
Very hard to get purchase here without a better background in the history of the math.


Surfing Uncertainty, Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind:
Just started it but so far it's excellent.


More Than Two: A practical guide to ethical polyamory
Interesting and very nicely written; useful for getting a perspective on an alternate lifestyle

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 05:09 PM »

when you're on the go mouser, do you carry some index cards with you?
If so, how -- do you have some sort of box or protection for them ?

There are all sorts of tiny portable or big permanent index card boxes.

But then, i'm not opposed to jotting things in a notebook while traveling and then TRANSFERRING to index cards.

Getting back to why a list on paper is such a bad (non-transitional) solution, one of the counter-intuitive (to me at least) lessons from the original GTD book was the idea that "neatness" can make a difference in terms of mental load.  I have found that viewing attention and mental capacity as a limited resource makes sense for me -- and it's one that is taxed by messiness.  Trying to work with a list where half the items are crossed off is just too much noise for me.. Being able to spread out cards in a grid and physically remove the ones i complete is a noticeable reduction in mental load.

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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 04:07 PM »

It's wonderful to hear from all of you 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Thumbnails not showing

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 09:49 AM »

Out of curiosity, what was the problem for it to not detect the files with dots for me

-dszklarz (November 07, 2015, 08:46 AM)

The basic problem was this:  to gain some flexibility, at some point in SC's recent history, my code took over from another library the task of filtering which files were displayed, and in that code, i was checking file extensions, but it turns out i was checking file extensions against the file "caption" (instead of the full path) as computed by windows explorer registry settings which on some (many) people's computers is configured to not include the file extensions for common file types.  Because by default SC was showing files with no extension, this only showed up as a real bug when files had dots in their names, confusing my code as to their true extension.  Once i determined the cause of the program (with help from dc member lanux128), the solution was simple and just involved checking the true filename instead of the reported caption.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Incorrect Filenames

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 07:00 AM »

This should be fixed in latest beta (v4.15.2).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: BUG - .objects listed in file tab

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:58 AM »

Can you confirm problem is still gone on latest beta (4.15.2)?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Thumbnails not showing

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 06:57 AM »

Can you try the latest beta i just uploaded? (4.15.2)

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 05:44 AM »

I thought you'd never ask 

The minimal system I use is:

1. Ideas and Potential ToDo items must get written on (3x5) INDEX CARDS, one card per idea, with date written prominently on the card).
(a notebook is NOT a viable alternative; only an index card will work because only index cards may be easily and independently shuffled, sorted, laid out neatly).

2. Never try to keep anything in memory -- immediately log ideas/todo items to a card to get it out of mind.  Ideally you should not act on cards immediately -- give yourself time to decide the idea is not worth pursuing.

3. Keep TWO collections of cards -- one should be easily accessible at all times, and consist of cards still under active consideration.  The other is a storage collection for cards that have fallen to such low priority that they could be thrown away (just throw them away if that doesn't bother you; i find keeping them in storage less traumatic).

4. Occasionally go through your active consideration collection and organize cards by project/theme, and move cards to the storage collection.  Paperclips can be useful to group cards logically.

5. When working on a project, grab the cards related to the project and lay them out and decide which ones you can tackle.  When a card is completed it can be thrown away.

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 03:37 AM »

Ok so i read the minimal ZTD.. i think it's ok and close to but but not quite the minimal gtd i would/do use.

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Developer's Corner / Re: ZTD and transitioning to using GTD

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2015, 03:33 AM »

Thanks for sharing the minimal links -- I agree with your assessment that books like this are designed to "sell" a system, and that you can't sell an organization system unless it has been inflated to the point of needing assistance and accessories, and you can't write a full book about a system unless you bloat it up with unneeded stuff.

Simpler is better!

Going to go check out the ztd stuff now..

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.15.0 - Nov 3, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 06:27 PM »

I just went and checked the 'aero' button and it still fails to capture.

im fairly certain you want it unchecked.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.15.0 - Nov 3, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 04:36 PM »

If its capturing full screen fine just not windows, then go to "Window Capturing 1" in options and toggle the "try to capture aero glass" option.
Didn't we go through this before?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v4.15.0 - Nov 3, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 04:34 PM »

I guess I can fall back to whatever version I was running [4.13?] since it was capturing Electricsheep fine.

i wonder if it isn't your security app blocking the new version?

does that problem happen even when capturing full screen?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Hotkeys don't persist

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 02:51 PM »

Ok I can confirm that settings were not being saved immediately.

Can you try this beta version:
Download beta version (4.15.1 BETA) from here (or portable).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Hotkeys don't persist

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 02:18 PM »

I'm still of the opinion that the .ini file should be saved at the time settings changes are "Accepted". 

I thought it was.. let me check.

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Developer's Corner / Blog Essay: Reconsider - Startups Don't Need to Disrupt the Universe

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2015, 09:15 AM »

Long interesting essay ranting against the culture of startups that are trying to "disrupt" the universe, and in favor of a gentler slower approach.

https://medium.com/@...onsider-41adf356857f

Part of the problem seems to be that nobody these days is content to merely put their dent in the universe. No, they have to fucking own the universe. It’s not enough to be in the market, they have to dominate it. It’s not enough to serve customers, they have to capture them. In fact, it’s hard to carry on a conversation with most startup people these days without getting inundated with odes to network effects and the valiance of deferring “monetization” until you find something everyone in the whole damn world wants to fixate their eyeballs on.