Part of human nature is to become obsessed about what others think about something you produce. This seems to be especially true with respect to writing. I know many authors (including myself) who have become obsessed with monitoring their Amazon ranking or star rating (I weaned my self off of that one with great difficulty).

Did you know there are three ways to open the options window? 

The options window is the single interface for controlling all aspects of Window Clippings. It is a tabbed window that allows you to specify what you want it to do with captured images, whether you want an icon to appear in the notification area, whether you want to include window shadows, and much more. It is also where you register Window Clippings using your license key. So naturally it is important to know how to find the options window!

Window Clippings will by default show an icon in the notification. The simplest way to show the options window is to right-click this icon and select “Options” from the context menu that appears.

If you have chosen to hide the icon you still have a few more options. You can right-click the capture screen itself and select “Options” from its context menu. Finally you can use the “/options” command line argument to show the options window directly:

windowclippings.exe /options

Stay tuned for more “How to ...” articles.

© 2008 Kenny Kerr

Requires a download.

United States at Night

This is a snapshot. WorldWide Telescope lets you zoom in and out and then there is the rest of the Solar System to see.

David Bergman presented Groovy: Java++ by being Java– at Lab49 which inspired me to record this 7min video doing the same with C# and PowerShell.

Best viewed in IE.

Press Ctrl-Shift-G if you want to speed up the presentation.

It looks like the public mail servers used for receiving mail sent to @microsoft.com addresses are regularly blocking the emails that are sent automatically with your Window Clippings license keys. In these cases I need to manually send an email with your license key.

The anti-spam content filter is kind enough to let me know when they refuse to deliver the automated messages but it might take a few hours before you receive your license key. (I might be sleeping when you place your order!) Feel free to contact me directly if you haven’t received your license key.

Anyway, I’m sorry for any inconvenience due to the delay. I’ll hopefully figure out what’s offending the anti-spam filter soon. If anyone from Microsoft ITG/MSIT is reading this then here’s what a license email looks like (the email contains only text with no attachments, images or markup):

From: info@windowclippings.com
Subject: Your Window Clippings 2.1 License

Thank you for your purchase!

To register Window Clippings simply enter the following information on the About tab of the Window Clippings Options window:

Email address: <your email address appears here>
License key: <your license key appears here>

Enjoy!

Should you have any questions or concerns simply reply to this email and I will be more than happy to assist.

Cheers,
Kenny Kerr

http://www.windowclippings.com/

 

 

via Keith Combs

Radio 1’s Big Weekend http://bigweekend.external.bbc.co.uk/

What? Yet another dynamic scripting language for the JVM? Are you not fed up with the Java-based, and rarely used, implementations of the hyped languages Ruby and Python? Sit down and let me explain. Groovy is actually not a brand new language, but rather an extension of Java. The difference between this extension and that of, say [...]

Recently I lost my cell phone. It was a pretty plain-jane Nokia and my contract was up and so I was planning to buy a new phone anyway. My initial inclination was to buy an i-Phone. I actually went to my local Apple Store with that very intent. Lucky for me they were out of stock.

Several of my friends own i-Phones while others own Blackberries. I was beginning to think I was missing out. However, the out-of-stock condition at Apple gave me just enough time to pause and rethink before caving into my impulse to buy the hot gadget.

First off, I hate AT&T. I did not always hate AT&T but several recent experiences made me swear never to give them my business again. Still, I almost caved and got an i-Phone anyway. Such is the power of techno-lust.

The real reason I'm glad I settled for my new phone (An LG Voyager with Verizon Service) is that it is somewhat cool but nowhere near cool enough. Why is this good, you ask?

Watch an owner of an i-Phone or a Blackberry. I often do. Watch them stroke their phone, caress their phone, slide their thumb wheel or finger their screen. It really makes you wonder what they did with their hands before these touchy-feely phones were invented.

Now, my Voyager has a touch screen and a keyboard. But neither is such a turn on that I feel the need to constantly fiddle with it. So what do I do with my phone? Well, it pretty much stays in my pocket or briefcase until I need to make a call or check my email. I also use the MP3 player.

This is great. My hands are free to do more productive things like doodle on the margins of presentations, scratch my head over some obscure code or even pick my nose when no one is looking (yeah, sure, you do it too, liar).

So think twice before plucking down 400 bucks on a device whose interface is so amazingly fluid you just want to stroke it all day. I am sure you can find more productive ways to use your hands.

Dmitry posted a VBA script, a PowerShell script and an Outlook rule in Execute Scripts from Your Smartphone.

• The rule triggers on $PowerShell$ in the subject
• Starts a VBA Outlook script
• Fires up PowerShell
• Passes the PoSH script in the email body

Things that make you go hmmm.

According to Tim Sneath.

Patient Journey Demonstrator