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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: RSSParser.lisp: A Web-to-RSS parser in a language that doesn't suck

« Last post by Ath on November 06, 2016, 02:30 AM »

You could enter this in the NANY 2017 thread, it's a very nice project

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General Software Discussion / Re: Problem login videolan forum : No route found for "GET /ucp.php"

« Last post by Ath on November 02, 2016, 02:24 AM »

And you report this on the DC forum because...?

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2017: Waveme (Digital timing diagram drawing tool)

« Last post by Ath on October 10, 2016, 04:24 PM »

I made a colleague quite happy with a link to this post 

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Living Room / Re: better battery life out of a laptop

« Last post by Ath on October 10, 2016, 04:00 AM »

I was just installing this app on a laptop and realised that I had omitted to mention it here and its relevance to laptop battery-saving. It's a very effective app - it simply switches OFF the laptop display (i.e., it doesn't just dim it). The display comes back on at the touch of any key.
Turn off your notebook LCD with one-click

-IainB (October 10, 2016, 12:09 AM)

That's much easier that the <fn>-F<num> found on some laptops that can turn the screen off/on. You have to use the same hotkey there for turning it back on, and that can be annoying.

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by Ath on October 10, 2016, 03:55 AM »

You'd get that for 'free' with the Philips Ambilight TV-models...

And there is even a way to apply that to any TV... Lightberry HD review

But I do like your much more 'billiger' solution

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Living Room / Re: Is there a reliable printer?

« Last post by Ath on October 10, 2016, 03:48 AM »

All the printers I have owned, around 10,...

-kalos (October 09, 2016, 07:13 PM)

That's not very informative.

What brand(s) & models have failed you most recently?

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: MemoList DC (Android Memo app)

« Last post by Ath on October 06, 2016, 03:21 PM »

I'm getting a 404 on the direct download, atm
I'll try again later

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General Software Discussion / Re: Number of monitors (or virtual monitors) and productivity

« Last post by Ath on October 05, 2016, 06:23 AM »

GridMove's default hotkey Win-G isn't going to work on Windows 10 (and probably Win 8.x) as it has a different function predefined. (I tried that already and changed it to Win-W)

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PBOL / Re: Android version of Progress Bars of Life

« Last post by Ath on October 05, 2016, 01:46 AM »

Just like already implemented in When Last you mean?

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PBOL / Re: Android version of Progress Bars of Life

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2016, 07:28 AM »

Once you publish it, I will start using it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Number of monitors (or virtual monitors) and productivity

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2016, 07:25 AM »

Seems the more simple program.

-Contro (October 04, 2016, 06:22 AM)

I'd say GridMove is a not very simple application, so it might take some more time to get used to, and get the configuration just right.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Number of monitors (or virtual monitors) and productivity

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2016, 01:35 AM »

You surely would need JGPaiva's GridMove to manage all the windows nicely on your large monitor.

You failed to mention what OS is on your system.
Seeing the specs it is a rather modern, top of the line, powerful PC, even though you stated it isn't .

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on October 02, 2016, 02:40 AM »

That is working great, thanks

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Freeze projector display

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 12:53 PM »

Well, I did some searching, en even though there was a thread here on this forum with a somewhat similar request (the output had to be mirrored on a second monitor) the tool presented there has disappeared for as far as I searched

I did find a commercial tool called Ultramon that does have mirroring and a freeze option.

Another contender in this market is Actual Multiple Monitors, that has a mirror feature but I can't find a freeze feature there.

Also, competitor Display Fusion does have some display mirror features, but I couldn't find much info on the website, and again nothing about any freeze feature.

Maybe a feature request for AMM or DF is feasible, but there's always a 30 day trial period, and you can have Actual Multiple Monitors for 'free' using TrialPay.

(NB: No connections to Realtimesoft, Actual tools or Binary fortress here.)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Freeze projector display

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 11:03 AM »

That depends on both your use and the software:
If you need to work in the same application, but it doesn't support multiple instance or multiple concurrent documents open then no, it won't work.
If you only switch applications then you just need to drag/move it to the desired monitor, and you can work independently.

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 10:56 AM »

Found it 

Tried the sort option (score desc) but it doesn't sort as expected yet: I'd expect a live resort after the score is updated, but even switching tabs doesn't update the order, going into settings and returning to the list does. Immediate resorting has the risk of accidetally increasing another users' score, but that's something to get used to, IMHO.
Maybe for another option, 'Immediate resort'?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Freeze projector display

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 09:19 AM »

Well, as there is no communication from the computer to the projector, other than the screen-contents through the (probably) VGA cable, you can't sent commands to the projector. Unless some manufacturer has added that feature to the projector. And then it would most likely be proprietary and the software would/should be delivered with the projector. Highly unlikely you'll find this on your range of projectors.

The advice given all over the internet (as you linked and more) is to use the projector as an extended screen, Powerpoint will by default use that to display the presentation on even when PP itself is on the main screen, and once you minimize PP, or give focus to another application on the main screen, you can continue different work there while the projector is happily displaying the original content.
To switch the external monitor to be used as an extended desktop, use the <Win>-P keyboard combo, and select the desired output mode. Works with 99.99%+ of all laptops, AFAIK. Once extended you can configure the resolution for the projector using the standard Windows Screen Resolution configuration screen item, if it's not set correctly by Windows while detecting the external 'monitor'.

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 07:08 AM »

a button on the Edit dialog to pop up a window showing all internal data for an item including last modification date.

-mouser (October 01, 2016, 04:52 AM)

That could be enough to make this usable, I guess. Thanks.

will be in next version.

-mouser (October 01, 2016, 05:26 AM)

Great!

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2016, 03:23 AM »

Great features already
Just the 'keep screen on' to be done to complete my feature requests

Can the last modification date be shown too (optionally ofc)? It's a sort selection, but I can't see it yet

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on September 24, 2016, 03:28 AM »

You didn't update the date on the About screen, though version is updated there, and maybe the text around the downloadlink (first post) should be updated?

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Living Room / Re: External 5.25 floppy usb drive or another way?

« Last post by Ath on September 22, 2016, 03:20 AM »

I was pretty proud of this and it was a huge undertaking ...

-mouser (September 21, 2016, 11:17 PM)

You should be proud!
It sure looks impressive

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by Ath on September 22, 2016, 03:16 AM »

Anyone here still using Win 7?

-Arizona Hot (September 21, 2016, 11:54 PM)

Yes, on my work-pc I don't have enough free diskspace to do the upgrade Think I'll wait until my next system-replacement, next year.
W7 'just works' so as long as it works... And yes, I'm mainly developing software and related tasks on that system

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General Software Discussion / Re: software to build ebook by importing PDF files and creating table of contents

« Last post by Ath on September 19, 2016, 01:21 AM »

Calibre ?

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: ScoreTracker DC (Android Score/Event Counter/Tracker)

« Last post by Ath on September 17, 2016, 05:03 AM »

I didn't get to installing before, but I've just installed it and will be testing it for the next few weeks.

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Living Room / Re: How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?

« Last post by Ath on September 17, 2016, 04:33 AM »

To stop all that, just stop posting and liking on facebook, take away the cause and your worries will go away too.

The sole purpose of facebook is letting others (your connections/friends) know what you write and read/like, so there is only one real solution: don't do that.