http://www.braindotty.com we all get a little dotty Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:06:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've created an extremely simple application that wraps an internet explorer window inside a frame, and adds an icon to the system tray so you can easily open your Google Calendar, and keep it open in the tray. That's pretty much the only thing it does. There's no installer, just ... http://www.braindotty.com/google-calendar-tray/ Thanks to Tim Dallmann, there's now a new release of Google Reader Notifier. Here's the changelist: A new preference option to “Start when windows starts” The default item in the context menu (Go to Reader) is now bold The app now checks for updates immediately after any preference ... http://www.braindotty.com/google-reader-notifier-103-new-stuff/ I've created a timer application that lives in the system tray. It's really simple.   Set a timer. Wait for it to be up. That's about it.Get TimerQ here. http://www.braindotty.com/officially-announcing-the-simplest-timer-ever/ Another very small update for the Google Reader Notifier... now when you double-click on the icon, it'll immediately take you to the Google Reader homepage. I have no clue why I didn't add that in the first place. As always, leave feature requests in the comments. Download ... http://www.braindotty.com/google-reader-notifier-102/ I've updated the Google Reader Notifier to show a different tray icon when there are updates. Now it'll show a shrunk version of the original icon, but with a little exclamation point. It's not the greatest icon, but it does the job. If anybody has a better idea for an ... http://www.braindotty.com/google-reader-notifier-101/ Since I was already adding an installer for my Google Reader Notifier, I decided to go ahead and add an installer for LocalDeli as well. The installer will automatically add the notifier to your startup folder, so it should start up with windows. There's no preferences page at all, so ... http://www.braindotty.com/added-installer-for-localdeli-delicious-client/ I've finally done the obvious: added an installer for the Google Reader Notifer application. Now you don't have to bother figuring out where to put it. Just run the installer and it's all good to go. The installer will automatically add the notifier to your startup folder, so it should ... http://www.braindotty.com/added-installer-for-google-reader-notifier/ I'm a big fan of Google Reader, but I don't always have firefox right in front of me, so I sometimes don't notice when new items come in. There's a great notifier for Mac already, but nothing for windows... until now. I was originally trying to make this version work ... http://www.braindotty.com/announcing-google-reader-notifier-for-windows-alpha/ Per request, I've added in proxy support, although I haven't tested it out. Here's the changelist: Added proxy support using WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy() to access the Internet Explorer proxy settings. Note that this will only work with a static proxy configuration. If your proxy is autodetected, it will still not work. ... http://www.braindotty.com/added-proxy-support-untested-to-localdeli/ I've updated the localdeli client to fix some of the bugs: Fixed network timeout never restoring update link. Fixed problem with crashing on update. Fixed problem with keyword searching causing crash if no items. Fixed problem with right click menu crashing if no items. Disabled some unused code Fixed ... http://www.braindotty.com/bugfixes-for-localdeli-windows-delicious-client/