Making Your Life Easier

[Raistlin]

Okay, prompted by a couple of recent threads.

If you could have one small program on your PC, somthing that would automate a task that you do regularly, something that would help you out in some way, what would it be.

I'm thinking along the lines of the applications for printing directory listings that are in THIS thread.

[Gareth]

Bash - nuff said.

[Chris W]

I thought Apple's Automator that comes with Tiger would be useful, but so far the only thing i have automated is running the various cleanup utilities...

A program that would allow Linux to play Windows games (all of them) without configuring anything and giving top performance.

[Keytops]

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

A program that would allow Linux to play Windows games (all of them) without configuring anything and giving top performance.

Isn't that called 'Windows'

[Raistlin]

Ok, this may be yet another post that I need to clarify (perhaps I need an application that will automatically check all of my posts for clarity ):

I'm looking for a programming project, can't decide what to have a go at, was hoping to get some ideas for simple applications that I could have a go at putting together

Originally Posted by Keytops

Isn't that called 'Windows'

No, because I want to play my games on Linux as I prefer Linux to Windows.

[eric@]

A small unobtrusive icon on the desk top that when pressed produced a crisp new banknote.

[Scrubbs]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Ok, this may be yet another post that I need to clarify (perhaps I need an application that will automatically check all of my posts for clarity ):

I'm looking for a programming project, can't decide what to have a go at, was hoping to get some ideas for simple applications that I could have a go at putting together

speech to text? might be worth havin a go?

[marky]

a spell checker for cf

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Ok, this may be yet another post that I need to clarify (perhaps I need an application that will automatically check all of my posts for clarity ):

I'm looking for a programming project, can't decide what to have a go at, was hoping to get some ideas for simple applications that I could have a go at putting together

A desktop background manager.
Something which runs in the taskbar using little RAM that gives you several options on right click such as "Random picture", "Next picture" etc.
You configure the program with a choice of 10-20 backgrounds and it can then display a different image each day, either sequentially or randomly.

[MetaWraith]

Originally Posted by markymoan

a spell checker for cf

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Richard M

A desktop background manager.
Something which runs in the taskbar using little RAM that gives you several options on right click such as "Random picture", "Next picture" etc.
You configure the program with a choice of 10-20 backgrounds and it can then display a different image each day, either sequentially or randomly.

Hmm.....

That's a nice idea, I'll have a tinker with that

Thanks.

[marky]

Originally Posted by MetaWraith

http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

allways one isnt there

[MetaWraith]

Originally Posted by Richard M

A desktop background manager.
Something which runs in the taskbar using little RAM that gives you several options on right click such as "Random picture", "Next picture" etc.
You configure the program with a choice of 10-20 backgrounds and it can then display a different image each day, either sequentially or randomly.

http://www.ivory.org/index.html
it's called Panorama 32,
and dont worry that it doesnt appear to have been updated in years and doesnt say it runs on XP, it does.
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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Hmm.....

That's a nice idea, I'll have a tinker with that

Thanks.

No need check out the above