Annoyingly even Android paid apps now have adverts, Tapatalk I'm looking at you.
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Annoyingly even Android paid apps now have adverts, Tapatalk I'm looking at you.
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
Ditto. Always.
If the Android ads are annoying and it's an offline thing like most games I just stick it in Airplane Mode (usually need to restart the app too if it was already running).
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
I don't think anybody has mentioned my tool-of-choice for audio work: Audacity. I prefer "portable" versions if available (Audacity has one) - settings etc are stored in Win3-style ini files held in the program folder instead of the bloody Registry.
If Handbrake can pass as "cheap", my graphics tool is CorelDRAW! (much better than anything else I have tried, but you tend to prefer the one you are used to) - I know it doesn't even scrape "moderate", but I bought a graphics tablet I don't need for £35, specifically because it came bundled with an OEM copy of CorelDRAW! Essentials.
If Handbrake can pass as "cheap", my graphics tool is CorelDRAW! (much better than anything else I have tried, but you tend to prefer the one you are used to) - I know it doesn't even scrape "moderate", but I bought a graphics tablet I don't need for £35, specifically because it came bundled with an OEM copy of CorelDRAW! Essentials.
OP
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Advanced IP Scanner, to find what is in your local network. (My router only gives half the story!)
http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/
http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/
Pugwash
New Member
Here's a nice company who have remade a few old BBC Micro games for the PC.
http://www.ovine.net/retro-remakes/
http://www.ovine.net/retro-remakes/
OP
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Google Drive, of course! 15Gb free storage.
But now, in reaction to someone using the 2Gb storage dropbox, I have discovered Copy. Anyone else tried this? Another 15Gb of cloud storage, free!
https://www.copy.com/home/
But now, in reaction to someone using the 2Gb storage dropbox, I have discovered Copy. Anyone else tried this? Another 15Gb of cloud storage, free!
https://www.copy.com/home/
OP
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Calibre is wonderful, especially if you have an ebook you want someone else to read and it is DRMed.
But now, how about Calibre Cloud?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intrepidlogic.calibrecloud
You stick your Calibre library on Google Drive or another cloud drive and it is accessible anywhere. If you want a book reader on Android, AIreader seems good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neverland.alreader
But now, how about Calibre Cloud?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intrepidlogic.calibrecloud
You stick your Calibre library on Google Drive or another cloud drive and it is accessible anywhere. If you want a book reader on Android, AIreader seems good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neverland.alreader
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Black Hole
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What's a book?
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
Hmm. Google, as in "we'll let you search for stuff, store stuff, do all sorts of stuff, for free, as long as you don't object to us rifling your content and serving up adverts at every possible opportunity"?
Now't wrong with Dropbox, especially if one's been using it since before Google Drive came along (and as some people have found, even Google gets shirty if there is too much downloading going on).
OP
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak
If you want security, stick all your files in an encrypted archive and upload that. Google targeted ads can be switched off too.
An extra 13Gb of free storage is not to be sniffed at.
If you want security, stick all your files in an encrypted archive and upload that. Google targeted ads can be switched off too.
An extra 13Gb of free storage is not to be sniffed at.
kevindickinson
Active Member
BH it's like a manual but with no useful information in it.
Come to think of it what happened to manuals? They used to be a good read but now it's all online and indexed.
No fun anymore.
Black Hole
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Oh, I see.... I think I might have read one once, but if so it was a very long time ago.
OP
Deleted member 473
I read at least one book a week. You should try it.
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
My partner does that for me.
Request for Software Recommendation
I'm looking for some free software to watermark images.
I have various image sizes and need the software to apply a watermark proportionally.
It only has to be text but due to the number of images I have I need it to just work on a folder without any intervention.
Portable would be a definite bonus.
I'm looking for some free software to watermark images.
I have various image sizes and need the software to apply a watermark proportionally.
It only has to be text but due to the number of images I have I need it to just work on a folder without any intervention.
Portable would be a definite bonus.
kevindickinson
Active Member
Can't recommend anything but there's a list here
http://louisem.com/1912/free-watermark-software-watermark-online
http://louisem.com/1912/free-watermark-software-watermark-online
Have a look at Visual Watermark it is Not free, but is very good. The Basic version is $19.95, I use the Plus version at $29.95, and there is also a Premium version at $39.95.
OP
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ian_j, you don't say whether you want a visible or invisible watermark.
Invisible watermarks can be removed by simply editing and saving a photo.
Almost any image software can add a visible watermark. If you want free and batch, Gimp is free and there is a plugin for batch watermarking:
http://registry.gimp.org/node/21834
Invisible watermarks can be removed by simply editing and saving a photo.
Almost any image software can add a visible watermark. If you want free and batch, Gimp is free and there is a plugin for batch watermarking:
http://registry.gimp.org/node/21834
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Black Hole
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I've just discovered KC3.exe - it's a (free) croquet simulator that runs under Windows. It's a bit clunky, but if you want to find out what croquet is all about (and it's a damn sight more interesting than its popular image - like a mash up of crown green bowls, billiards, and snooker) it provides an opportunity to have a go without having to hunt down a croquet club and some decent weather.
To make the most of it you need to get your head around Association Croquet rules first (Association mind, not American or Golf or any of the other weird and wonderful variations), and there is some video on YouTube (but again beware of version).
The AI players are not up to much though - clever though it is to code them at all, even at my beginner level I have no trouble winning. It would be different on a real court, when not only do you have to make the appropriate shot selection, you also need the skill to pull it off. What it provides is an insight into play without the limitations of being crap!
To make the most of it you need to get your head around Association Croquet rules first (Association mind, not American or Golf or any of the other weird and wonderful variations), and there is some video on YouTube (but again beware of version).
The AI players are not up to much though - clever though it is to code them at all, even at my beginner level I have no trouble winning. It would be different on a real court, when not only do you have to make the appropriate shot selection, you also need the skill to pull it off. What it provides is an insight into play without the limitations of being crap!