Recent Posts

7376

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2012, 04:39 PM »

I didn't get these steps at the end... did you use Paypal?  I just clicked the paypal button under the family option and paid by paypal and that was it...?

7377

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2012, 04:23 PM »

I just bought a family pack as well, which got me a page with a code for Task Catcher .

Check what you get when you order, the process seems a little flaky.

-Jibz (April 16, 2012, 02:24 PM)

I didn't get a code at all yet...

7378

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2012, 01:39 PM »

Thanks... grabbed a family pack! (which are $9.99 for the duration of this sale)

7379

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Swift To-Do List 7 Standard FREE today 2012-03-26 Only on BDJ

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2012, 10:48 AM »

Well, the hush hush is because of the other part in the e-mail... which is something I didn't know.

7380

Living Room / Kickstarter Highlight: Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

« Last post by wraith808 on April 12, 2012, 10:09 AM »

So, the newsletter thing isn't working for me... so I'll just post them as I find them and they intrigue me.

	Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android
Goal	$100,000 ($880,449 as of this posting)
End Date	2012-05-18
Project Creator(s)	Pebble Technology
Excerpt	Customize Your Perfect Watch. It's as Easy as Downloading an App. Pebble is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, we strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life.

Makes me think about wearing a watch again.  And one of the fastest I've seen to a large goal- $100K in 2 hours!

7381

Living Room / Re: I'm Going to Build a PC. Suggestions?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 12, 2012, 09:19 AM »

I'm also thinking about this monitor, mainly due to it's 2ms response, size, price and the reviews are pretty good.  Thoughts?

-MilesOhToole (March 30, 2012, 09:21 PM)

That price doesn't look so good to me... especially in a non-LED backlit monitor.

http://www.newegg.co...Item=N82E16824236175

If I'm paying near $150, I'm going for a bit larger monitor, LED backlit.

I wouldn't touch reburbished motherboards with a barge pole.

-Carol Haynes (April 10, 2012, 06:37 AM)

This.

7382

Living Room / Re: New iPad owner. Please suggest Apps.

« Last post by wraith808 on April 10, 2012, 05:13 PM »

The ones I use all the time:

Productivity
1. Pocket Informant HD
2. CarbonFin Outliner
3. SimpleNote
4. QuickOffice
5. Evernote
6. GoodReader
7. OneNote

Utilities
1. Save2PDF
2. 1Password
3. iCabMobile
4. Splashtop (LogMeIn is better... but more pricey)
5. XMarks
6. ReadItLater
7. InstaPaper
8. Dropbox
9. XDisplay (MaxiVista is better... but more pricey.  I haven't tried AirDisplay)
10. KeyPad Plus Pro
11. Reeder

Writing
1. Index Card
2. Storyist
3. iA Writer

Books
1. Stanza
2. Nook
3. Kindle
4. OliveTree BibleReader
5. MegaReader

Development
1. Textastic
2. Gusto
3. iLuaBox Pro
4. NimbusPlus

Board Games
1. Samurai
2. Carcassonne
3. High Society
4. Kingdoms
5. Money
6. Ticket to Ride
7. Risk
8. Gold!
9. Neuroshima Hex
10. Tigris & Euphrates
11. Medici

Other Games
1. Ascendancy
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Dungeon Solitaire
4. Anomaly Warzone Earth HD
5. PuzzleQuest 2

Music
1. OnSong
2. Rebirth
3. Amplitube
4. Etude
5. FL Studio HD
6. djay
7. Guitar Pro
9. TabToolkit
10. Guitarist's Reference
11. Mixr DJ

Reference
1. Articles
2. Terminology
3. Imdb

Entertainment
1. HBOGo
2. Netflix
3. Pandora
4. Spotify

7383

N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: NoteMe

« Last post by wraith808 on April 10, 2012, 08:06 AM »

A tip for NoteMe users:

With NoteMe and gmail, you can actually take your task system for notes a step further- you can send it to yourself + [email protected] and it will still come to your email.  So if your email is [email protected], you can send it to [email protected].  Then you can set a filter on that e-mail address and do whatever you want with it (that gmail filters allow).

7384

Living Room / Re: MakeUseOf just lauded three (3) NANY 2012 products ...

« Last post by wraith808 on April 10, 2012, 08:03 AM »

Whoa... I didn't know anyone actually used DesktopURLEmbed.  Neat!

7385

General Software Discussion / Re: Next big opportunity - ditching the laptop in favor of mobile computing

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2012, 06:25 PM »

I could not sit there all day talking to my stupid PC - I shall stick with typing until I can connect something directly to my brain. And imagine trying to work alongside someone else!

Plus I always have music on. How is one going to compile

[Select]

public never static void going to main(String[] give you) { up SwingUtilities.never going to .invokeAndWait(new Runnable() etc. etc.

Personally, I think the future will be sensors that track the nerve impulses that go to the fingers. So you think about typing, and the words appear.

-timns (April 09, 2012, 04:59 PM)

other than for coding, which I don't think could be reliably done with another input

-wraith808 (April 09, 2012, 04:33 PM)

7386

Living Room / Re: Hack a Mac, or 500,000

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2012, 06:23 PM »

...

I guess I'll bow out of this.

* wraith808 shakes head

7387

General Software Discussion / Re: Next big opportunity - ditching the laptop in favor of mobile computing

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2012, 04:33 PM »

I wonder when the keyboard as an input device will be something that hasn't been done before successfully but has been hinted at, i.e. a roll up sheet that pulls out of the device or a series of input keys that are projected onto a surface.

But looking realistically at it, is this form factor meant for things that require a keyboard, i.e. coding and such?  If dictation gets better (as it seems to be), then writing wouldn't require a keyboard, nor many other things that we use it for.  Then biometrics could be used in place of password manipulation, and other things can already be reliably done using the screen.  Is it truly that the expectations of keyboard input (other than for coding, which I don't think could be reliably done with another input) the only thing that ties us to the keyboard?

7388

Living Room / Re: Hack a Mac, or 500,000

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2012, 12:24 PM »

You're not laughing at Apple- you're laughing at a terrible situation for multiple users, including those that don't fit the mold of the imperious coffee shop drinkers that look down their noses at PCs being victimized by some nameless offenders.  Just my view of it...

7389

Living Room / Re: Hack a Mac, or 500,000

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2012, 10:27 AM »

It's pretty amazing that something as detrimental as this, people are actually happy over.  I mean, vindication I can understand.  But happiness?  At something like this?   

7390

Living Room / Re: Hack a Mac, or 500,000

« Last post by wraith808 on April 08, 2012, 04:13 PM »

Reported last year, patched last month... don't know what's up with that.  They say it's because Java isn't automatically included in the patches for Macs.

/shrug

7391

Developer's Corner / Re: Opinions sought: should I open source Auspex?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 05, 2012, 10:12 AM »

Is there an existing community that will pick up development? From what I've read, you will simply spend the time stimulating the community around your project instead of developing otherwise.
Just open sourcing a project doesn't make it active.

What about giving yourself an incentive to develop it by making it a commercial product?

-justice (April 05, 2012, 04:17 AM)

This.  Or actively solicit help from other parties before you attempt to open source it.

7392

Developer's Corner / Re: Any DC members thinking of trying Kickstarter?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 05, 2012, 10:01 AM »

Yeah... I've been on there a lot; I guess I need to start my articles again

Some that I've recently backed/have been looking at that are still open:

Shadowrun Returns - Shadowrun CRPG
Bendi - The iPad Stand Exactly Where You Want - Ipad stand
Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack - Wargaming with legos
Artisan Dice - Carved wooden dice
Wasteland 2 - Sequel to Wasteland the classic CRPG
The Astonishing Adventures of Doc Wilde!!! - Pulp fiction series (a la Doc Savage)
Tectonic Craft Studios New Line of War Games Terrain - Wargaming Terrain
Conquest - Boardgame on your ipad to reduce setup time.
Spriter - Animation tool
The Dead Linger - Zombie Shooter
Starlight Inception - Space Combat Game
Aura Tactics - Unity Tactical RPG
Valdis Story: Abyssal City - Side scrolling video game


And on a side note: something that was started by InXile Entertainment (Wasteland 2 creators) - Kicking it Forward - putting proceeds from Kickstarter projects back into Kickstarter.

7393

General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend a Free simple Database program for Windows XP

« Last post by wraith808 on April 04, 2012, 12:04 AM »

Have you looked at SnapDB?  For simple stuff, it works really well IMO.  It's only flat files/single table- but for cataloging sometimes that's all that's required...

7394

Living Room / Re: the home PC network enigma

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 06:39 PM »

It is quite a bit harder than it needs to be.  I've found that it works... sometimes.  More reliably if you're going to static IPs.  Other than that, I'm not much help... I have a hard time at times connecting from one computer to the other.  Thankfully my printer and NAS being on static IPs means it doesn't matter as much... but still, every time I try to connect to other computers (or use software that does), it's hit and miss.  I've even profiled the connection, and I see what's wrong.  But I just don't know how to fix it/don't want to invest the time.

The only step that I've found means anything (at least most of the time) is if you can ping the other computers.  If you can do that, then you're at least on the right path.

7395

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: TaskCatcher, $1.99, today only

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 06:34 PM »

Good idea... can't hurt.

UPDATE: Bill contacted me, and sorted it all.  These are the kinds of developers I have no reservations about supporting!

7396

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: TaskCatcher, $1.99, today only

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 04:47 PM »

Wish I had seen this earlier.  Looks like a neat program, but $12.95 per computer is a bit much for such a niche to me unfortunately.

7397

Living Room / Re: Windows 8 is just a Service/crapware pack for Windows 7

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 04:09 PM »

Didn't seem to work for ePub attachments (and yes the Kindle app was installed)

-Carol Haynes (April 03, 2012, 03:48 PM)

Strange... I did it for just that...?

UPDATE: I was curious, so tried again.  It worked for my other book readers (stanza, megareader), but apparently Nook nor Kindle set themselves up to be able to handle epub.  Strange oversight, but that's more B&N and Amazon's fault (I'd say it was b/c they don't want people using their apps to read non-drm books...)

7398

Living Room / Re: Windows 8 is just a Service/crapware pack for Windows 7

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 03:03 PM »

This is going to be almost as silly a iPad emails where you can't open some extension types!

-Carol Haynes (April 03, 2012, 02:50 PM)

This again?  Look at the bottom of the e-mail on the attachment.  Click and hold.  A slide up dialog will come up with  the default action and a button for open in.  Click Open In, and it will show the registered applications.  Not much different than windows, other than there's no 'browse for application'.  Applications can also register themselves as generic handlers for attachments.

7399

General Software Discussion / Re: Shades of FidoNet!

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 01:47 PM »

You haven't heard of Tor before or something in that article about Tor? 

-rgdot (April 03, 2012, 12:07 PM)

I think he meant the way you can have an anonymous web site through TOR.

-Renegade (April 03, 2012, 12:09 PM)

Bingo.

7400

General Software Discussion / Shades of FidoNet!

« Last post by wraith808 on April 03, 2012, 10:38 AM »

TOR is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis

How To Create A Hidden Service Tor Site To Set Up An Anonymous Website Or Server (via MakeUseOf)

I've never heard of this until now... has anyone had any experience with it?