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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: List of disc catalogers

« Last post by tomos on November 17, 2008, 07:34 AM »

You must also add Camel Disc Catalog to this list. Very few cataloguers can rival with it.

-Tobeus (November 16, 2008, 07:08 PM)

FF3 doesnt like it (Camel Case)
Lists it as a "reported attack site" and give these further details:

Spoiler

Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for cameldisc.com

What is the current listing status for cameldisc.com?

    Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this website may harm your computer.

    Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 3 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

    Of the 24 pages that we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 10 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time that Google visited this site was on 2008-11-16, and the last time that suspicious content was found on this site was on 2008-11-16.

    Malicious software includes 30 adware(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 0 new processes on the target machine.

    Malicious software is hosted on 6 domain(s), including allinone-scanner.com, 89.28.13.0, pro-scan-online.com.

    2 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including viewallclicks.com, 89.28.13.0.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

    Over the past 90 days, cameldisc.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

    No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

    In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

dont know are you related to the software in some way Tobeus?
looks like some sorting out needs to be done with google at any rate

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Countdown Timer Showdown

« Last post by tomos on November 16, 2008, 03:32 PM »

I wish there was an application that would remind me to do something at certain times annoyingly like WorkRave.
For example, something that would annoy me to go to sleep early would be great .

Anyone knows anything like that?

-vitalyb (November 16, 2008, 03:16 PM)

a live-in partner ?   .. maybe ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Countdown Timer Showdown

« Last post by tomos on November 16, 2008, 07:00 AM »

Instant Boss - Too bossy I didn’t like all the preconfigured messages either.

...

Workrave - A bit too complex for my needs, but has short stretch intervals and other reminders to help reduce strain.

I commented there (had to tone it down a bit first !!) :

First, thanks for the comparision! I’m afraid I find that a ridiculous comment on Instant Boss - what do you mean by it being “too bossy” ?? and just commenting on the messages then seems pretty superficial to me… I used to use Workrave before Instant Boss. I gave up on it because it was too in your face and didnt credit me with any intelligence/initiave - i.e. far too bossy for me at any rate (unless they’ve toned it down in the last year or so) In fairness Workrave is aimed at people who have wrist/arm problems from use of the mouse & keyboard and who are trying to regulate their use of same

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Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - huge price hike (166%) + where is the Firefox add-on?

« Last post by tomos on November 14, 2008, 01:48 PM »

it certainly makes me extremely gun shy about purchasing expensive software from small developers. There are no guarantees at all!

-J-Mac (November 14, 2008, 12:22 PM)

true, I worry about that at times, unfortunately there's no guarantees from big companies either ...

EDIT/ apart from (maybe) the guarantee of bloat and (probably) the guarantee of slow or no response to your queries and/or bug reports 

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Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - huge price hike (166%) + where is the Firefox add-on?

« Last post by tomos on November 14, 2008, 04:57 AM »

I hadn't noticed the 2 year rule on upgrades!

That's the nail in the coffin for me - no way I would be tempted to pay for the product from scratch

-Carol Haynes (November 14, 2008, 04:19 AM)

Yeah, I find it a bit harsh in any product but especially in such a relatively young product
hmm ...
in fairness it upgraded to version 2 Dec 2006 which is almost two years now .. but still - I think he should at least offer 25% reduction to people who bought a version 1

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Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - huge price hike (166%) + where is the Firefox add-on?

« Last post by tomos on November 14, 2008, 03:33 AM »

I was suprised by the price hike allright 

I notice if you actually go to buy, you (all) get a 12% discount, but the 50% upgrade is only valid if you bought Surfulater in the last two years - must check when I got mine, about two years ago I'd say

from the email announcement

# Tags: Tag your articles with single or multi-word tags in addition to the existing folder structure.
# Tag Tree: View trees of tags, allowing you to sort and organize your articles in almost any conceivable way.
# Editable templates
# Full Windows Vista IE7 support
# One-step Firefox install
# Expanded rights: A single license now gives you the right to install it on up to five computers for a single user.
# Many other features. Read them in the Release Notes.

blog post here

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Living Room / Re: DC first! A work of collaborative poetry!

« Last post by tomos on November 13, 2008, 04:51 PM »

well done !!

hadn't seen the last three lines, love it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Reliable web page capture...

« Last post by tomos on November 13, 2008, 04:07 AM »

just installing it now

Version 0.9.24 Pre-release 3 is out

New in this (pre) release:

    * Firefox extension to ease web page clippings. Details here: http://sqlnotes.wiki...paces.com/WebClipper

 

-Armando (November 12, 2008, 09:46 PM)

more info on installation and use here
http://sqlnotes.wiki...paces.com/Webclipper

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General Software Discussion / Tidy Favorites

« Last post by tomos on November 13, 2008, 03:33 AM »

This is more like me announcing someone else's software so I hope it's okay here
from Dennis Nazarenko, the man who brought us Vista Start Menu (upgrade there recently too)
here's a new project

What Makes Tidy Favorites Unique?     * Tidy Favorites     * Freedom     * Cut & Save     * Security A New Breakthrough in Working with Bookmarks Tidy Favorites is a next-generation program that makes working with bookmarks safer, faster and easier. Intuitively designed and fully customizable to suit your exact needs, Tidy Favorites sets a new standard with dozens of exclusive features: - Find websites instantly by viewing easy-to-recognize thumbnail images - Open, copy, delete and update bookmarks in a single click - Drag and drop to resize and rearrange bookmark thumbnails - Add temporary links to a "stack" keeping your Tidy Favorites looking tidy - Search through any website in seconds using a Command Line - Use the same list of bookmarks in every browser - IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.

-
 

there's a free version
I have a (promotional) key for the pro version that's valid for 6 month's if anyone interested (PM me see Curt's post below - he may still have one)

Purchase the PRO version right now and get a possibility to:     * choose one from 4 available skins     * add or remove search buttons     * take advantage of FREE UPDATES during the whole year     * benefit from the many functions which will appear in future releases     * be supported on a priority basis What is more, by purchasing the PRO version, you play a vital role in its development as the project needs your support!

-
[edit]  http://www.tidyfavorites.com/
thanks Justice [/edit]

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Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!

« Last post by tomos on November 12, 2008, 01:55 AM »

Not a formula for Shell oil, but one that if followed may yield a cheaper and altogether more cozy way of heating your home:

62 O2 (g) + C52H84O22 (s) --> 52 CO2 (g) + 42 H2O (g)

-Darwin (November 12, 2008, 01:13 AM)

I seem to be needing lot's of help these days -
anyone else understanding that ?
I tried reading out loud but dont know what C52H84O22 is
Actually searching for it I found
http://answers.yahoo...0061130123830AAh3Sxc which gives the answer ...

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Living Room / Re: "What is Cody's breed?" Contest

« Last post by tomos on November 11, 2008, 06:09 PM »

Hell, all this time I thought Cody was a turducken. Darwin described such a species from the Beagle way back, no?

-zridling (November 11, 2008, 05:09 PM)

Darwin, ?

-tomos (November 11, 2008, 06:01 PM)

Charles Darwin, Esq. Not yours truly 

-Darwin (November 11, 2008, 06:04 PM)

damn, we missed your 5000th post   enjoyed the link though

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Living Room / Re: "What is Cody's breed?" Contest

« Last post by tomos on November 11, 2008, 06:01 PM »

Hell, all this time I thought Cody was a turducken. Darwin described such a species from the Beagle way back, no?

-zridling (November 11, 2008, 05:09 PM)

Darwin, ?

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Living Room / Re: "What is Cody's breed?" Contest

« Last post by tomos on November 11, 2008, 12:30 PM »

He/she/it is a leucoderm.

-cranioscopical (November 11, 2008, 08:53 AM)

need help with that one - anyone?

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by tomos on November 11, 2008, 04:25 AM »

It has also made Ctrl+O a universal hotkey here

didnt notice till now cause I usually launch files from a file manager
will reboot later and see if it's still a problem after

EDIT/ I've left it running and ticked suspend hotkeys

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on November 11, 2008, 03:00 AM »

I agree. But that's exactly the problem: Why DO items show up sometimes - and not show up at others? If it is due to filters, then I'm baffled, as I have not touched any of the filters.

-J-Mac (November 10, 2008, 11:42 PM)

In this scenario, I think you'ld have to explain in detail what happened - the problem is, as you say: you dont know what happened.
This happend to me at the beginning & I've no idea why but now I'm reasonably familiar with the programme it hasnt happened since so I'm presuming I did something wrong somewhere.

If you figure out how to get those items back, I think that will also help with your understanding of the programme and maybe help you find out why they stopped showing - search will find individual items but probably better to use the date filter if they all created around the same time ( [item created] on such n such dates).  When you find the items have a close look in the properties pane at what fields are filled. Possibly what happened (if they were sub-items in a grid) is that for some reason the parent link got broken. If they were top level items the source field was deselected but I cant imagine that happening.

Filters include the Date filter and the Alpha-numeric filters as well as the filter in the sourcebar

Dont know if any of that help (I'm also possibly repeating things you know...)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


RE all items meeting source or not -

I was happy with current situation (only top-level items meeting source) because it meant I could display hierarchy in an expected way
As far as I know if I use hierarchy display mode and some sub-items also meet source they are displayed twice (once as sub-item, once at top-level) which disturbed my sense of "order"
Correct me if I'm wrong there - I havent checked this in a long time so situation may have changed - will test it later

If I could get the display to ensure that an item only shows once (presuming it's only in grid once) I would be happy to have some sub-items meeting grid-source -as Pierre says sometimes it would be appropriate, sometimes not.

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by tomos on November 10, 2008, 07:11 AM »

eh ..
I have the same problem with AXEM.exe as I had with JustToToIt -
the universal restore hotkey (Ctrl+R) clashes with another program I'm using.

(I've actually figured out now how to change shortcuts in AHK scripts (rocket science - for me!) but that the script itself isnt working properly for me ...)

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by tomos on November 10, 2008, 06:30 AM »

I only got around to trying this today

The exe works well here so far
The AHK file doesnt though - when I select a script to run, it runs the script above it on the list and there's loads of error messages - I just went to the exe then - if you need more details I'll try it again

WinXP home SP2

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Living Room / Re: Drawing with 2 mice

« Last post by tomos on November 10, 2008, 06:04 AM »

looks good tsaint

nice that it's free for personal use
199$ for commercial use though !!ouch!!

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by tomos on November 10, 2008, 05:55 AM »

Great stuff !

I had been considering asking you about the sort and would have missed a hotkey to restore window so I'm very happy with the update :-)

I'm not making huge lists in it - I had the idea of having two panes with two different lists (or even to show the "Done" list) but agree with you that the simpleness is nice (and clean)

Actually the two pane idea would be nice from the "do it Today" "do it Tomorrow (or after)" lists perspective
With drap and drop for tasks but maybe I'm just getting carried away

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General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?

« Last post by tomos on November 10, 2008, 04:54 AM »

I remember Zaine recommended a couple of cheaper alternatives in his older (windows) Software list - maybe someone remembers or knows how to use google to find older webpages
(was one by Abby - Fine Printer people .. not sure though)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Battle of the Free Online Storages

« Last post by tomos on November 09, 2008, 03:40 PM »

Currently trying spideroak as the feature set in the marketing speak is appealing - they alas dont offer a competitive enough deal on larger plan - I dont mind paying 10/month but 100Gb is just too little to back up all my photos and music files as well as my documents. So I need two.

-iphigenie (November 08, 2008, 11:36 AM)

have you checked out Carbonite (I havent used it) the offer unlimited storage for 50$ a year
there was a thread about it here somewhere - ah I see you've posted there

I'm using Jungle Disk/Amazon S3 for important backups
and
DropBox (because of it's versioning and partial file update capability) for my SQLNotes database (otherwise I'd be backing up over 10MB every 15 mins or whatever ..)

but I havent gotten as far as backing up photos which I'd like to do at some stage - about 60GB at the moment
so will be curious to hear if you find something suitable to requirment #2
-

- things that are purely a "in case my house burns down or is burglared" things - things that are already backed up on an external drive at home but whose loss would be irretrievable

-iphigenie (November 08, 2008, 11:36 AM)

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Living Room / Re: Donationcoder in a timezone of its own?

« Last post by tomos on November 07, 2008, 03:45 AM »

In my profile preferences it's +7 hours -
I just tried "auto detect", it doesnt work here (GMT-1, I'm not sure if that's central european time)
When I click auto detect "NaN" shows in the box, when I click Change Profile it goes to "0" which is 7 hrs out of synch

no big deal to me, just mentioning it ..

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General Software Discussion / Re: beyond compare and superflexible both say I have gigs to synch, when it's kb

« Last post by tomos on November 07, 2008, 03:22 AM »

did you figure out the problem with the file dates urlwolf ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on November 07, 2008, 03:20 AM »

clipping several parts of one page in one item sounds great - I guess it would be unfeasible to clip parts of various pages to one item?

This is probably your intention anyway:-
How about if the new item window comes up with Title of webpage in "Item Text" and if one simply presses return, the new item is saved (i.e. pretty much same as now except all areas automatically filled)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Battle of the Free Online Storages

« Last post by tomos on November 06, 2008, 09:19 AM »

Interesting that I came across this just now. I just came from the Free Download A Day website and was thinking about downloading A Drive.  Ever since my computer crashed and wreaked such havoc in my life, I live in fear of it happening again. I keep backups on an external WD drive and some of the most important files I also keep on a flash drive but I'm still not comfortable. I mean, what would I do if my house burned down or someone stole my precious Gremlin (yes, my 'puter has a name)??? And A Drive offers, not 2, not 5, not even 25 but 50 GB of free storage.

-sazzen (November 06, 2008, 08:57 AM)

ADrive has a very slow upload acording to the test Crush links to above
160 mins (almost 3 hrs) for 300mb
75 mins to download same
and
a generally slow and/or problematic connection - still got third place though!
Just so's you know

50GB is tempting though