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Main Page - EMule Wiki

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:55:24 -0700

Admittedly, this site doesn't contain all mods of eMule, but it does contain the main ones. Very useful for understanding the different features of each more in-depth and for deciding for yourself which you'd prefer.

http://Age-zero.stumbleupon.com/review/34769516/

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:37:09 -0700

Some Unknown Roman Guy?

OR

Open-Source Goodness

While working on another quest that shall remain unmentioned until some progress is made, I discovered a very useful resource: gitorious. Gitorious was intended to replace a type of SVN quickly. As such, it has many of the same features as SVN except that it's more intuitive and user-friendly depending on the client that you use.

Having that said, the most easy and user-friendly client is Git Extensions. It contains everything you need to use git and more: the git core and a merge tool all combined in a GUI that's all encompassing and user-friendly.If, however, you prefer something more minimal, you can just install the git core, msysgit. It includes a GUI and a toolkit for patches, but it is mostly invoked through a command-line bash that was designed for the application.

So, what could I want with subversioning software? Well, gitorious is also a free host for open-source software. And now, the purpose is revealed: Dark Rainmeter Mod and Dark Rainmeter Dock have a new home on gitorious found here. On gitorious, you can either make your own personal clone on your computer via git, or you can download a tarball (.tar.gz) of the entire project. Should you go the tarball route, you'll find 7-zip a great, flexible tool. Best of all, because of gitorious, you can get the latest, bleeding edge versions of the dock and mod before I even compile them together for a full release.

Now, go ahead and enjoy the wonders of open-source -- I know I do.

http://Age-zero.stumbleupon.com/review/34769399/

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:32:50 -0700

The Darkness Keeps Getting Darker

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Is it Just me or is it Cold in Here?

Since I couldn't sleep for reasons blogged about earlier, I spent the rest of the day using my new-found button-making knowledge to finally update the Dark Rainmeter Dock. Admittedly, the first version was very basic, cumbersome, and not too easy to manage (which explains why there was 1 download all of this time). Now, however, every single icon that I made has been consolidated into one, easy to manage dock widget.

Included in the release are all the new images I made for the buttons and the dock itself as well as the .psd's of those images so that you can customize your own. Also included are the custom .lnk files so that you can customize what each button press does.

The Dark Rainmeter Dock 20090715 is exclusively available at the eMule ContentDB (unless I get a webspace/server donation). There, you can find a changelog excerpt and a screenshot.
Enjoy the fruit of my sleepless toils.

http://Age-zero.stumbleupon.com/review/34769306/

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:29:23 -0700

The Darkness Continues

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The Cool Just got Cooler

After a long and sleepless night, the latest update of the Dark Rainmeter Mod is ready. Okay, so, here's what's been going on. Rainmeter has made a deal with AccuWeather to use their API (more info here). For those who feel uncaring and decide to not conform to the new features available (mainly for advertising on both parts) you're in trouble. As it happens, Weather.com (where the original LocalWeather.ini got it's weather data) changed their XML policies, and, apparently, require you to register in order for LocalWeather.ini to work. Considering the sudden bandwidth drop, i don't blame them.

To sum, it is basically recommended that developers use the AccuWeather API to not only prevent litigation due to bandwidth theft, but also to promote advertising for Rainmeter. As a result, developers are urged to conform to the conditions set by AccuWeather to use their API. A learning experience, let me tell you. Nevertheless, i am proud to announce the latest releast of the Dark Rainmeter Mod. Within is the latest weather widget using the AccuWeather API. Additionally, it conforms to AccuWeather's conditions so that this privilege is not taken away from the Rainmeter community.

Dark Rainmeter Mod Version 20090714 is exclusively available on the eMule ContentDB. There you can find a changelog excerpt as well as a screenshot.

Enjoy.

eMule Morph Mod Official Website

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:32:47 -0700

This is a mod of the original eMule P2P client. Having that said, MorphXT is like the latest version of eMule except that it adds some desirable features such as Upload controls, A4AF controls, and sharing controls.

Plus, the ninja mule looks cool, too.

The SeaMonkey& Project

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:22:38 -0700

From the page: "Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application. "

SeaMonkey is to Firefox as C++ is to C.

" 'Nuff said."

Frontpage - ReactOS Website

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:08:36 -0700

From the page: "ReactOS� is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows� XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows� architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the unix architecture. "

They're trying to make an exact match of Windows. To the point where you'd not notice the difference between the two.

Good or bad, i wonder...

Welcome to The Alternate World ‎(Main Site)‎

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:00:22 -0700

From the page: "We're an alternate server for The Mana World, a 2d MMORPG."

There are fewer users on this fork of The Mana World, but they make up for it by having more events and their own tweaks to the eAthena server.

The Mana World

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:57:33 -0700

From the page: "A free open-source MMORPG in development."

It's the way MMORPG's should be: free and open-source. It's simple and still in development, but you get far more than you bargained for because it is currently run on a hacked-up Ragnarok server: Athena.

msysgit - Project Hosting on Google Code

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:48:23 -0700

From the page: "Historically, Git on Windows was only officially supported using Cygwin. To help make a native Windows version, this project was started, based on the fork."