Recent content by commissarmo

Almost 2 years after posting this, someone is actually manufacturing something VERY similar to what I envisioned... I assumed it was just a matter of time! https://www.getkanoa.com/ Kanoa Headphones. They're buds (inside the ear); but they're very close to what I had wanted. Amazing; glad I...

Ok this is one of those frustrating technology problems that has a decade long lifespan and never went away... Skip down to "Solution [Perfect] if you hack hardware and don't care to read rants. ---Background I LOVE the idea of wireless bluetooth earbuds (WBE) for a mobile phone (or just in...

Latest Work: I am quite convinced at this point that the act of creating the MAFF file is what basically kills the browser when a page loads that has a lot of photos, etc. Surprisingly, I detect no browser issues with most pages. But still, the fact that it basically shuts down the browser...

Ah wow I didn't know (any of) that. I'm fiddling with all manner of settings but it seems it's not going to go away. Text pages like Wikipedia are completely fine. But when it comes to a blog-like page it locks up due I assume to the huge number of images, ads, and buttons and what not on the...

Still testing and it seems to have improved in performance a bit, I suspect this has something to do with the way Windows allocates virtual memory (I've always noticed performance with browsers with a lot of tabs improves after a while of being open). Is there a way to write add ons that don't...

After testing Shelve More, AND realizing that it works BEST when you combine it with the MAFF Firefox addon (Shelve will then archive every visited page (if you want that) as a .maff file which is a SINGLE file for every page (rather than the mess of files that HTML creates) this is much...

1. Ok wow. I have played with Shelve a bit and while it's not exactly what I want in terms of functionality, design, the GUI is confusing and not very good, and it doesn't have the option (or I can't figure out how to make it) save entire websites (though I note I originally said I didn't care...

This "Shelve" Definitely seems worth trying! Seems like it's not updated for the current version but I will also try contacting the creator of the Add on to get their take of possible! I'll reply here for future users what I discover - thanks!

Hmm... ok - (and thank you for reading the long post), I'm not sure if that necessarily would impinge on the ability to at least get something that is similar to this built? I understand that you're saying that the browser would need to create a history entry to create a 'page' that can then be...

Design My Own Web Archiving Software I am investigating the possibility of designing my own program to solve a rather esoteric problem that I have not found a solution for - I am wondering whether it will be possible, and if anyone can validate my idea before I go through the efforts of working...

Unfortunately, the problem is not NEARLY that simple. Basically, DevonThink works ok (import OR Indexing data) so long as several things are true: 1. You only have one local machine where you store ALL your data (and can thus import/index it into DevonThink) OR 2. You only use...

I have managed to get my Goldberg machine for data transfer working... it transfers the data, but it does miss some files, which are then basically impossible for me to detect which ones out of thousands of total files... But for now at least 90% of the data I have gets sent to the database...

DevonThink is highly praised in the academic (my) community, for its ability to centralize one's personal data. http://alternativeto.net/software/devonthink/ Other database programs like FileMaker, are much more set up for very formal "database" needs like inventory or personnel directories...

Well to be honest, it's very simple to use (it's not technically a "database" I've been told by those who know such things - it's more of a file organization system apparently), has an AI engine which runs various comparison/similitude functions, allows in-system opening of various filetypes...

This is a Complex file-transfer problem - I hope someone with more experience can offer their candid advice - I already know I'm probably trying to solve a a semi-unsolvable problem... BACKGROUND I am trying to use DevonThink, the Mac-based personal database software. While it has its...