A Week of Software Updates

If you have not been by the site recently, I have updated a few my applications this week, and I have added a pair of new apps as well.
The newcomers include AudioX and RAIDFix.
AudioX is a labor of love several years in the works. A process born in batch files, migrated to Perl, and [...]





Suction Updates – Version 1.1.3 Released

Suction version 1.1.3 fixes a few bugs hanging around in the 1.1.1 release.  With the help of Gary M. who reported these bugs and tested fixes, I was able to knock out a few annoying issues.
The 1.1.3 release includes:

Fix for the auto-exit bug that would cause the application to remain open when initiated from the [...]

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Concurrent Programming – Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Threads?

Is there such a thing as too many threads?  Of course there is.  Well, for the time being, that is.
I am currently putting together an audio conversion application, and I was doing some testing to see what number of concurrent conversions produced the best results in respect to time.  Conventional wisdom says that “bigger/more is [...]

MailBin Updates

Over the past few days, I have made some changes to MailBin that fix some lingering bugs as well as enhance performance.  Make sure to check the MailBin page frequently for program updates!
 

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MailBin – Remotely Queue up NZB Files Using Gmail

Written from the ground up in C#, MailBin is a small application that checks your Gmail account for NZB,  Zip, and .Torrent files, allowing you to remotely queue up Usenet and BitTorrent downloads at any remote location.  It’s a great tool for when you find something you want to download while away from home, but [...]

Suction, A Lightweight Directory Consolidator

I have put together a little program that will accept any number of directories as input and “Suction” the contents of any subdirectory to the top folder, deleting all empty subfolders left behind after the operation.
Morehpperliter was quite fond of the “Unify” function in DirUtils, which does not run on 64-bit machines and as far [...]

Do You Do Icons?

I’m looking for an “artist” self-proclaimed or otherwise to do a small bit of icon creation for an application I am working on. The position is non-paying (it’s a free application), though you will be credited accordingly. Enticing, I’m sure.
If you are interested, drop me an email at drnathan (at) teamhackaday (dotcom).
 

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