| AHK Script: Show Date/Time of Boot and Elapsed Time Since Boot |
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012 18:14:50 GMT |
| Site Update |
To the Windows section, I added Show_Date_Time_of_Boot_and_Elapsed_Time_Since_Boot.ahk - a simple script that displays a message box showing the approximate date/time your computer booted and how many hours, minutes and seconds have elapsed since then. The elapsed time doesn't update.
Thanks to "closed" at the AHK forum for the FormatSeconds function, which I slightly modified.
If you want a clock that shows the elapsed time since boot and which updates in real time, you might prefer boottime.zip by AHK forum member "closed", which is available at this AHK forum thread: Elapsed Time Since Boot - Displayer
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| Firefox Add-Ons page update: Apollia's Favorite Stylish Style v1.0; and a link to Memory Fox |
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011 05:45:06 GMT |
| Site Update |
I updated the Firefox Add-Ons page with:
If anyone out there would like to send me donations or microdonations, thanks. If I weren't under so much financial stress, I might be more likely to update this website more often.
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| Lunar Phases Animation |
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011 12:33:45 GMT |
| Astrology |
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| Updated Windows section; added AHK script |
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 21:03:47 GMT |
| Site Update |
I updated the Windows section a bit, adding links and info about AutoHotkey and Perl.
I also added an AutoHotkey (AHK) script - Cover_Taskbar_Borders_and_Side_Panel_Borders-Script_for_use_with_a_Windows_classic_theme.ahk
I didn't make that from scratch - it's a heavily-modified derivative of Skrommel's DimScreen (source code).
Cover_Taskbar_Borders_and_Side_Panel_Borders-Script_for_use_with_a_Windows_classic_theme.ahk simply removes some (but unfortunately, not all) minor annoyances with the dark high-contrast Windows Classic themes - the white borders at the top and bottom of the taskbar, and the borders at the left and right of the screen when windows are maximized, or if you have some pop-up side panels set up.
More details are available on the Windows page and in the script's source code.
I highly recommend those links. Tons of useful programs there. (Skrommel's page will also help give you an idea of the incredible range of things AHK is capable of.)
You can get the AHK source code of Skrommel's programs by clicking the AutoHotkey logo (a box featuring a white H on a green background) in the description of each program.
Tons of Skrommel's awesome software, including DimScreen, is available at:
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| Added a list of Firefox add-ons I use |
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 17:34:21 GMT |
| Site Update |
In the Firefox Add-Ons section, there is now a list of Firefox add-ons I use. It has various tips and comments.
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| All or Nothing At All |
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011 11:39:24 GMT |
| Music Video |
I love finding little-known gems on YouTube. :-)
This video currently has only 1,135 views:
ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL - BIG BAND 31
It's the most entertaining rendition of All or Nothing At All I've ever seen or heard.
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| Untitled painting done with software |
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 17:40:11 GMT |
| Pictures Art By Me |
I very rarely bother to make visual art, but, today, I made a painting using a demo of the software ArtRage Starter Edition 2.5, which is quite easy to use and fun.
No title. I guess it looks better in the thumbnail than full-size. I didn't put much effort into it, and it was done with a ball mouse, not any kind of fancy computer art equipment. It took less than 15-20 minutes. I didn't start with anything in mind that I was trying to depict, but, I guess it turned out like a landscape with a colorful sky overhead.
I keep my computer monitor tinted with extra red, and didn't bother to untint it while painting, so, apologies if the colors don't look so great on your screen.
But, maybe someday I'll go to the trouble of getting much better at visual art.
I highly recommend that book. It made an amazing difference in my ability to draw. (Sorry, I don't have any examples on hand to post.)
Amazon.com link to a newer edition I haven't read: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence
Probably the edition I used: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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My art tends to be pretty primitive, due to impatience, disinterest, laziness, and knowing I have better things to do, as well as things I'm better at doing.
I've rarely tried to create nice visual art since I was a child. Back then, I never had much luck drawing anything at all nice until I read a book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Will I continue being inspired to update this website? Maybe. I have a lot to take my mind off of.
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| Apollia's Zip Backup Perl Script for Linux v2.0 |
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011 17:53:37 GMT |
| Site Update |
I updated the Linux zip backup Perl script to version 2.0.
apollias-zip-backup-script-for-linux-v2.txt
It includes the fix and improvements the recently-released Windows zip backup Perl script has.
The glitch in the original version was, if you listed multiple items for backup which all have the same parent directories, then, only one of those items would be zipped.
There are no serious problems that I know of in either the current Windows or Linux version - but, the Windows version still has some minor absentminded annoyances.
For instance, I forgot to make the $halt_script_if_any_things_to_zip_dont_exist setting actually do something when you change it to false. Instead, the script always halts if you put any nonexistent files or folders in the @things_to_zip array.
So, next time I'm in Windows (maybe this weekend), I'll test and release my updated Windows version of the script.
Edit, 9:03 PM, 8/25/2011. Done already: apollias-zip-backup-script-for-windows-v2_1.txt
Version 2.0 of the Linux script is actually slightly more polished than the Windows zip backup script.
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| Apollia's Zip Backup Perl Script for Windows |
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011 04:40:47 GMT |
| Site Update |
I finally made the Windows version of the zip backup script I made for Linux.
(Edit, 9:00 PM, 8/25/2011. I updated it to v2.1 already, to fix the minor annoyances I mentioned here.
apollias-zip-backup-script-for-windows-v2_1.txt)
I also added a new Windows section to this website, which contains nothing new except the zip backup script.
That glitch is - if you list multiple items for backup which all have the same parent directories, then, only one of those items will be zipped. (I never noticed that before because I hadn't been using the script on items which share the same parent directories.)apollias-zip-backup-script-for-windows.txt
Currently, it's actually a bit better than the Linux version, since I fixed a glitch I originally didn't know was there, and it's overall more polished.
I haven't yet updated the Linux version of the zip backup script to fix the glitch I discovered.
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 23:03:32 GMT |
| Journal |
OK, I changed my mind. I guess I won't take a long vacation from updating this site.
I just would like to reiterate that donations are extremely welcome.
Edit, 8:06 PM. By the way - sorry, but Astroblahhh Desktop will definitely not be released on July 1st, because it probably won't be done by then, and even if it is, I ought to test it out for a longer period of time.
Edit, 6/23/2011, 8:25 AM. Edited some mopey stuff out of this post. I really ought to focus on productive and positive things instead.