May

29

amb3b1 dev update

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beta 1 is mostly finished now.  i’ve written the cd/dvd data burn engine and will be writing the ftp upload engine soon.  the burn engine saves iso images, burns data, etc. but i have yet to add a display for total space used/available on the disc.  this is trivial, however, and will be in the software prior to release.  i’d estimate that development of b1 is roughtly 85% complete.  do understand, however, that this BETA quality software and may have a bug here or there.

May

25

Backup 3.0 beta 1 Development Update

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Well, development is roughly 60% finished.  The software now has a full GUI and can do everything 2.0 did, except copy “entire folders” (other than favorites and My Docs).  This feature is pretty much moot as Windows Explorer can do the file copies via drag and drop AND the integrated burn engine must be run manually, so you can burn folders from anywhere on the drive anyway.  I will consider adding the functionality for FTP uploads, however.  I will be adding ZIP functionality, as you can see from the screenshot.

I expect beta 1 to be released sometime next week, depending on how busy I am with work.  I will not be able to work on it much this weekend, but I maybe able to start writing the burning functionality sometime during Friday evening.

May

25

AM Software Backup 3.0 Teaser

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Here’s a teaser screenshot for AB3.0b1. The GUI is nearly complete now. A lot of the time was spent writing my own “wizard” system since .net didn’t have a form item I could use (that I could find, anyway). It’s quick, and I left out the transition effects because I want it to be fast. I just need to add one more page to the wizard for part of the FTP Backup engine, and the GUI will be completed. I’ll then start adding the functionality.

May

24

AM Backup 3

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development is around 30% done now.  i’ve almost finished the GUI (80% or so completed).

May

24

AM Backup 3 development started

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Well, as promised, I’ve started basic development on the backup program. Not much is done, atm, as I’m pretty much rewriting it to clean up the code a big (and hopefully make it slightly faster).

May

22

the video card gods

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well, they’ve blessed me with a new 7900gt today. i’m hoping it ends up working a little better than the last. we’ll see what happens. i’m starting the ambackup 3 development tomorrow. first comes the gui change w/ the same functionality, addition of backup zip, then ftp, then burn support.

May

20

not so good thing

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my 7900gt started artifacting, i think the memory died, which is odd because i didn’t voltmod it. hopefully eVGA will overnight one to me :(

May

19

Cool stuff’s happening to me

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In order of increasing “coolness”:

May

16

Heather’s the best!

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May

16

I give up

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I think my video card is in another dimension–with the millions left socks that are lost in laundry process each year. The other theory is that it was swallowed by a brown sarlacc pit. Both seem likely. I wonder how many complaints the BBB gets about these guys? I’d like to answer the question they ask during their commercials: “brown can eat my video card.” :D

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