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mouser:
Newsletter for April 23rd, 2008Codename "Summer Feathers"

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1. Newsletter Editorial

Hi everyone and welcome to another edition of the DonationCoder.com newsletter.  It's been almost a month since the last newsletter so there are a lot of noteworthy posts to tell you about (we'll be resuming our twice-monthly newsletter schedule soon).  I've been working on freelance projects for the last several months to pay the bills, but my plan is to spend a couple of months starting at the end of May working on new software updates and releases for DonationCoder.  Until then, maybe we need to figure out other ways to encourage the programmers who hang out on the site, and new programmers who haven't found us yet, to participate and share some of their creations.  If you have any ideas for how we might do this, or any ideas about how to improve the site in general, please let us know.
-mouser


2. Your Input Requested

A warm welcome to all the members that have joined over the last month.  Here are some good topics to make your debut post on.  Don't be shy, just jump right in, we are always happy to hear from new people.


* How many people work from home?
* So how long is too long for a thread?
* Do you collect anything?
* Poll: Favorite On-Line Dictionaries?
* We need to do something about Skrommel.. but what?

3. April 2008 Discounts

Because of this month's late newsletter, you only have a week to take advantage of the 30% discount on Linkman and other Outertech.com products.  Check out the minireview by DC member KenR to read more about the program.


* Linkman: 30% discount
* CachemanXP Other Outertech products (CachemanXp,etc.): 30% discount
* Read DC post about discounts
* KenR's minireview of Linkman

4. DonationCoder.com Software

Lots more new Find and Run Robot plugins to tell you about this month, and a couple of coders on our site got some recognition too: Skrommel's utilities were mentioned in a PC Magazine article, and mouser's Screenshot Captor get recommended as best Screenshot Tool for advanced users. Woot!


* Skrommel in PC Magazine 91 Utils
* The great free screen capture shootout for Windows (Screenshot Captor gets nod!)
* Find and Run Robot (FARR) development in hibernation?
* FARR Thesaurus Plugin
* FARR Output to Farr's memo mode Plugin
* FARR TodoTXT Plugin
* UrlSnooper and Downloading YouTube? A Better Way.
* User Submitted Coding Snack: Tv_out - a shortcut for quickly turning extended desktop on/off
* User Submitted Coding Snack: ExtDesk - control the primary desktop from the extended desktop

5. Mini-Reviews by Members

Mini-reviews are a great resource for people researching software solutions and may be found on a dedicated Mini-Review Board.  Please remember to acknowledge the efforts of the reviewers with a few donationcredits if you find their reviews interesting and/or helpful.


* AIMP: tiniest memory usage for a music player, library, tabs; beats XMplay
* Breakaway Audio Processor for Windows System

6. Fun, Games, and Humour

One of the things that makes the forum a nice place to hang out is that there is a good balance of serious expert discussion and just plain silly fun.  There are always a few truly sublime discoveries posted by DC members every month, and this month was no exception.


* FLEEP: Cool but strange web comic
* Untitled Story: Great Free Game (Like Knytt Stories/Dark Forest)
* Flash Game of the Week: Sonny (RPG)
* Dropclock - 137MB screensaver
* 25 interesting things that you learn about computers only in the movies
* Where to Find Good Freeware Games
* Game: TrackMania Nations Forever!

7. Living Room

The Living Room section of the forum is where we discuss general issues that don't belong anywhere else.  It's kind of a catch-all section -- lots of website discoveries and recommendations, etc.


* Low-cost Laptop cheat sheet
* Home Networking Recommendations?
* Mibbit.com - high quality irc chat via the web
* If you get angry about frivolous lawsuits by big company bullies you'll love..
* Online Illustrated Manuscripts Gallery
* USGS: Cool site with up-to-the-minute list of USA earthquakes with cool info
* [Shell-fu]$
* Vista Aero vs. Linux Compiz
* Verifying if an email has been spoofed?
* Freeware Forum
* Cool Secret Page for tracking new firefox extension updates!

8. General Software Discussion

Almost half the posts on the forum fall into the category of general software discussions, questions, recommendations, etc.


* Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware
* Animated Drawing of any Photo?
* Monitor system changes?
* Mp3 Audio OUTPUT volume normalizer? Any such thing?
* Drafting/Architectural Software?
* Ideas or suggestions for mostly free html editor?
* Family/Roomate LAN Software: Who used up the bandwidth/allocated traffic for the month?
* Shared hierarchical toDo list software? (not web)
* FTP Client - freeware with scheduler
* Just got a 2nd screen. Recommended software for dual screens?
* Cool Free Color Picker Tools
* Cybernetnews: Top 10 Copy & Paste Firefox Extensions

9. Specific Software Discussion

This section of the newsletter draws some attention to a few noteworthy specific programs mentioned on the forum since the last newsletter.


* New kind of spreadsheet: Resolver One
* Mailstore Email Archiver
* Shell Tools.... Moonsoftware
* Mikogo: share screen or access remote PC
* Bytescout XLS Viewer - Freeware
* Regshot Registry Snapshots
* Q-Dir (File Manager)
* Cool Iris Firefox Plugin
* Web-Forum Reader Lite
* Carbonite Online Backup
* Xnview vs. IrfanView - integrity issue examined

10. Developer's Corner

A pretty thin set of posts in the Developer's Corner section this month -- why is that?  Remember that this section isn't just for computer programmers, it's for entrepreneurs of all kinds to discuss the issues involving creating things and running a small business.


* Jeff Atwood from Coding Horror Starts a New Website for Coders
* Programming in the Linux operating system: where to start?
* Software protection and registration recommendations?
* BeyondCompare 3 Beta released
* ASP Members/Posters, Come Out of the Woodwork!

tomos:
nice name
nice newsletter :Thmbsup:

mouser:
I'd love to have more feedback about the newsletter -- what you guys would like to see more of, less of, etc.

J-Mac:
I'm hunting around for KenR's minireview now - a Link would be great!!

Thanks!

Jim

mouser:
j-mac, I just added a link at the end of section 3.

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