Archive for June, 2009

Not a Flash game

Just doing some playing around with flash and am working my way through the solid tutorial by Emanuele Feronato.
Why am I doing this? Just some skill development.
Moved the flash apps to my dedicated flash page.

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Canada – Health Care

Is Free Medicine, Good Medicine?
Until this last week I would have strongly defended the benefits of the Canadian Health Care system (versus the horror stories I hear about what occurs south of the border). I think, that’s because, I seldom have to use it.
Before I go further, this will not a criticism of the men [...]

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Link System

YourOtherMind Link System
What does it do?
YourOtherMind, the Writer’s Organizer features a link system allowing users to link:
pages to each other
external files (such as Word documents)
web documents
to other pages as a popup (sometimes a user won’t want to jump to another page when clicking a link, using this feature [...]

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Feedback form for Keeper now available

If you would like to provide feedback on YourOtherMind, please use the following form.
I really want to make YourOtherMind as useful for as many writers as possible and any feedback sent will be considered carefully. Thank you.
- Brent Knowles

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Edit multiple notes at once

Multiple Note Windows
What does it do?
The user can have as many notes open at one time as they want.
Reason for this Feature
This allows the user to copy and paste information between notes, or to use one note as a reference.
How To Use It
Simply go to Window|New Notebook Window and a new notebook window [...]

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AnthologyBuilder – submit your artwork!

I just created a fantastic anthology with AnthologyBuilder but I would have loved more cover art to choose from. If you’re an artist and have some art you think might be suitable for covers, check out the art submission guidelines.

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AnthologyBuilder – my first anthology

I’ve built my first anthology from AnthologyBuilder and am eagerly awaiting its arrival.
The process for constructing the anthology was painless and it was a lot of fun going through the story lists looking for stories that were appropriate. I’ll let you know what I think of the quality when the book arrives. Here’s the table [...]

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Big… big change coming

Still working out the details. More info when I’m ready to share.

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Editors interview at Clarkesworld

Clarkesworld has posted an interview with several editors answering questions about what their magazines are looking for.
Originally discovered from the Black Gate blog.

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Text Resizing for ‘Tired’ Eyes

What does it do?
Allows the user to change the size of the text, without modifying the actual text.
Reason for this Feature
Every user has their own preference for text size. Larger text is generally easier on the eyes.
How To Use It
Press the “Toggle Different Zoom Levels” (magnifying glass) button on the editing toolbar. This [...]

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