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DonationCoder's 35 Free New Year AppsAfter browsing through all of the apps I have to say that there are a few that could actually prove to be useful. Here are the ones that we really like, and I'll tell you my favorite at the end of the article.. And I'll save what I consider to be the best for last. It's called JustCloseSomeTasks, and it's designed to monitor how often you're using the programs you currently have open. With a quick press of a hotkey you can see all applications that have been inactive for a specified period of time, and in a few clicks you can close them all. This is a great tool for anyone who finds themselves overwhelmed with the number of windows they have open. Congrats to DonationCoder for another successful NANY challenge, and a big thanks to all of the developers who took the time out of their busy lives to make contributions! You can checkout all 35 of the entries here.
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Building reputation: great o'reilly book and blogThe book: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596159801 The blog: http://buildingreputation.com/ Some quotes: Karma is a reputation score for a user in a community, it may be comprised of many components, such as: |
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Newsletter for April 10th, 2010 - "Nesting Feathers" 1. Newsletter Editorial
Hi all, and welcome to another edition of the DonationCoder.com newsletter. April seems like a good month to get into the renewal spirit, wipe the sleep out of ones eyes, and get back in the spirit of living life to its fullest. Have you embarked on any new projects lately? In addition to my software projects I've been experimenting again with making a board game or two.. The one thing that never ceases to surprise me is how often what seems like a good set of rules on paper does not translate into a fun game. I think it's just another example of the value of putting ideas into practice, and the importance of being humble when estimating your own ability to translate an idea into something real in one shot. The bottom line is: Don't just sit in your room dreaming up with ideas -- pick one idea and follow it through to a complete implementation and evaluation. And then tell us about it on the forum! 2. User-to-User: Your Input Requested We welcome everyone's participation on the forum, no matter what your level of computer knowledge or how long you've been a DC member. If you're still waiting to make your first post, see the links below for some good places to jump in. |
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Flash Tower Defense Game of the Week: Penguin Attack TD 2This Tower Defense games has some of the smoothest and nicest looking cartoony graphics of any tower defense game i've seen. Enemies have to go around towers as well, making for some nice strategy. Looks good. http://www.freewebar...enguins-attack-td-2/ |
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Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)In association with Gizmo's Freeware, the devs of Sagelight Image Editor are offering their V3.0 in a 'pay what you want' sale! this offer is valid through April, 2010. more info can be at Gizmo's site. • http://www.techsuppo...ght-Photo-Editor.htm |
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Article: Donation-based Funding of Basic ResearchArticle in the New York Times on several organizations that are trying to facilitate raising donations to fund people wanting to do basic research but without the financial resources. Eureka Fund, based in San Francisco, is one of a handful of new nonprofit organizations created to give the general public an opportunity to pay for scientific research that is not fully supported by government or private sources. They are part of a fledgling movement to take the idea of crowd-sourcing and crowd-financing, which has worked in arenas like small business and education, to scientific research. http://www.nytimes.c.../02sfenterprise.html |
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Monkey Dash mini reviewMonkeyDash is a 2 player strategy board game. A match takes about 15 minutes. It is made by DC member Ampa, who also play tested the game here on DC: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=12523.0
I won't follow the minireview template and will only post my own impressions and scattered thoughts from playing the game. For game overview and game details, check out the video and these two resources: Great video tutorial from the game site: http://monkeydash.co.uk/tutorial.html Information and other reviews: http://www.boardgame...me/33605/monkey-dash |
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