Re: Book - Programming LiveCode... - What if you don't hear form us after purchasing

2020-02-16 Thread Marian Petrides MD via use-livecode
Mark, I purchased the book and I think I responded to your email regarding mailing address. However, I have not received my book. Has it been sent? For the record, my mailing address is: Marian Petrides, MD 39 Wild Turkey Lane Waitsfield, VT 05673USA Thanks. Marian Sent from my iPad

Re: another list test

2019-08-27 Thread Marian Petrides MD via use-livecode
Got it. Sent from my iPad > On Aug 27, 2019, at 6:12 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode > wrote: > > maybe this one arrives... > > > Heather Laine > Customer Services Manager > LiveCode Ltd > www.livecode.com > > > > > ___ > use-livecode maili

Re: Awful quiet around here

2017-11-14 Thread Marian Petrides, MD via use-livecode
Got this message. Just lurking, hence no posts. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 14, 2017, at 6:49 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode > wrote: > > Just checking if the list is functioning correctly. Seems impossible you all > stopped talking at once... > > If you receive this message, ignore it. >

Re: How do you find beta testers?

2017-04-13 Thread Marian Petrides, MD via use-livecode
When I wrote an app to teach Transfusion Medicine, I selected 10 friends and colleagues--5 of them content experts in the field with no particular computer expertise and 5 of them friends I knew from Apple User Groups from way back in the days when all Apple ][ users were "hobbyists." The latter

Re: New Indy License Correction

2015-07-22 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
Rick, It might be better if you just sent an email to Heather directly at supp...@runrev.com (if my memory is correct). There's no guarantee that she'll see a post here, but she's really good about replying to emails and resolving problems like these. Marian Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22,

Re: Anybody Hear From Jan Schenkel?

2015-06-02 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
Glad to hear you are OK, Jan! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote: > > Hi All, > > My apologies for the scandalously late reply. Yes, I am still alive. > I've been lost in personal issues and am only now finding back the energy to > return my attention to my L

Re: New LiveCode book revised web address

2015-04-13 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Thank you, Stephen! This looks like it will be very helpful! > On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:00 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > Got off to a bad start! The Medmaster web address in my last posting today > had a typo, which is corrected below. We try again: > > >I am pleased

Re: [OT] And You Thought Richmond Kept Old Macs Alive

2015-03-26 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Gotcha all beat. I still have my Apple ][+ (purchased 4/4/1980) and it still works—did a power supply transplant 20 years ago. Plus three Apple ][ GSs—two work, one is parts for the others. And, of course, my 512K Enhanced Mac (Fat Mac), which also works. And a bunch of newer Macs, LC 2, gumdr

Re: Beginner reference materials

2015-02-27 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Cool! I’m familiar with your other medical education books, although they came to late to help me in medical school. I’ll be on the lookout for your book on LC. Will you let us know on this list when it becomes available? Thanks. > On Feb 27, 2015, at 7:47 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: > > I am

Re: testing

2014-10-22 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Post came through here, if that’s what you are asking. > On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Heather Laine wrote: > > Does this post... > > > Heather Laine > Customer Services Manager > http://www.livecode.com/ > > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-

Re: Teaching LiveCode to Children

2014-10-06 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
Voted. Good luck! Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 6, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Terica Lynn Swangin > wrote: > > Good Afternoon, > > I emailed Heather about this and she suggested that I post this request to > you. > > My name is Terica Lynn Swangin and I am emailing to ask for your help. My > busine

Re: From my spam box:

2014-07-20 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
I'm picturing this now--and the picture is hilarious! :-) Sent from my iPad > On Jul 20, 2014, at 4:40 AM, Richmond wrote: > > _F-I-T--_I N-T O..--_Y O..U_R--..B..I-K_I..N-I---_E-A..S-I_L Y_- A-G..A..I-N, > Richmondmathewson > > I couldn't resist posting this. > > Sorry! > > Richmond. > _

Re: Look what I found

2014-04-05 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Thanks, Richmond! There are even ePub (works w iBooks) and Mobi (works with Kindle) versions. On Apr 5, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Richmond wrote: > On 05/04/14 21:01, Richmond wrote: >> https://archive.org/stream/The_Complete_HyperCard_Handbook/The_Complete_HyperCard_Handbook_djvu.txt >> >> >> Ric

Re: [ANN] Coding Nine LiveCode Games eBook

2014-03-03 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Looks interesting! I sprang for a copy. On Mar 3, 2014, at 8:00 PM, LiveCode Feeds wrote: > Hi, > > Way, way back, "Basic Computer Games" by David Ahl was the definitive book > about > coding and playing games on what were then called "home computers". I wanted > to > make a similar book with

Re: [OT] MIA

2014-01-20 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
Oh, Monte! I'm so sorry to hear that. My deepest condolences to you and your wife. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Monte Goulding > wrote: > > Hi Folks > > I'm going to be off the reservation for a little while. For those that knew > we had a baby due in a couple of weeks

Re: Apple Safari 6.1 issues warning

2013-09-07 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
I wondered about that :-) On Sep 7, 2013, at 4:48 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > < abdominal ! > NO! > > abominable ! > > > > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM, stephen barncard < > stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > >> (for mac desktop users) >> I got a notice there was a new be

Re: revOnline and Open Source

2013-08-01 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Heather, I'm a late comer to this discussion so I might have missed a crucial piece. However, I can conceive of situation in which I might freely share something I've written, e. g. a lecture, but include a copyright notice to forestall someone else using my work verbatim (or nearly so) and pas

Re: Looking for Mac Flow Charting Software

2013-06-09 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Thanks, Richmond and Mark. I hadn't realize that Strom was made with LC. I passed your recommendations on to my friend. In the meanwhile, he had tried the demo version of Diagrammix and liked it enough to buy it. But just in case it doesn't meet his needs in the future, I thought he might like

Re: Looking for Mac Flow Charting Software

2013-06-09 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Thanks, Richmond. He found something called Diagrammix on the App Store and is trying the demo now. I was hoping someone would have firsthand knowledge of flowcharting software, either as the author of the software (in LiveCode, natch), or by having used it. If he gives me feedback on Diagrammix

Looking for Mac Flow Charting Software

2013-06-08 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
I hope this isn't a verboten use of this list and, if it is, my apologies in advance. I have a friend who is looking for Mac software that does flowcharting. Do any of the developers on this list have a product that does this? If not, can someone recommend a good product for this purpose? Tha

Mark's book

2013-06-03 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Just when I thought Mark's book would not arrive before I left town for the summer, there in my mailbox was my copy. I only had time to take a brief glance through it, but it looks great. Mark, thanks for taking the time to write this book! Now that the first printing has sold out, I hope yo

Re: [ANN] Book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" sold out!

2013-05-29 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
t; Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > On 5/29/2013 21:04, Marian Petrides, M.D. wrote: >> Mark,

Re: [ANN] Book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" sold out!

2013-05-29 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Yes, congratulations, Mark! And I hope you will go ahead with a second printing, even though I bought one the first time around. It's always good to have at least one book for beginners available to help people get started. On May 29, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Rick Harrison wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Co

Re: [ANN] Book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" sold out!

2013-05-29 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Mark, For those of us who ordered the book early on, is there some way of tracking the shipment on our order? Do you know offhand how orders were shipped in the US? UPS? FedEx? USPS? Thanks Marian On May 29, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi, > > For now, the book "Programming

Re: [ANN] Book. Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner

2013-04-25 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Well, I just ordered a copy. I just hope it gets here before I leave for Vermont for the summer. Can't wait to see it. Thanks for doing this Mark! > >> Mark Schonewille >> April 25, 2013 7:48 PM >> Hi LiveCoders, >> >> A new book about LiveCode, title

Re: Is it just me, again?

2013-04-15 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Great news--not because it affects me but because this was the only negative commentary about LC going Open Source on macintouch.com. No reason to take criticism for something so small and obscure the virtues of LC. BTW, maybe some of you other LiveCoders would like to go to macintouch and pos

Re: Non_Open Source materials being embedded in OS stacks/standalones.

2013-04-13 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Good point. And furthermore, even if an image is not watermarked, it may still be copyrighted. I'm no lawyer, but it is my understanding that in the US there is an implied copyright applied to anything that is not explicitly put into the public domain--which is why I created the music backgroun

Re: 101% and rising - YIPPEE!

2013-02-26 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Yippeee!!! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: 100%

2013-02-26 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Well, we're already 4,000 pounds above the 100% point so there is already some room for play, should someone be such a scumbucket. On Feb 26, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Hopefully nobody will reduce their pledge in the next 35 hours! ___

Re: how my book is doing...

2012-12-01 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Good point. Tell that to the scumbag publishers… On Dec 1, 2012, at 11:37 AM, "Lynn Fredricks" wrote: > A venue that does no marketing for you, no real support, and basically > "shelves" your product for access is a retailer. If you look a the old > model, retailers could expect anywhere from 2

Re: how my book is doing...

2012-12-01 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Unfortunately, Colin is right. The going royalty rate tends to be around 10% On all the medical books I have published, the royalty was 10% divided among all authors. One extremely big project got 12% divided among 6 editors, each of us getting 2%. I think Amazon's Kindle bookstore gives autho

Re: My Choice for President

2012-11-06 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Clever, very clever! On Nov 6, 2012, at 11:30 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > Whether or not I win, it is an historic moment that so many of you are > willing to support a female Gay nominee. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: [Half-OT] Free intro eBook about SQL

2012-10-19 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
Thanks, Andre! Sent from my iPad On Oct 19, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I was browsing reddit when I found this little eBook about SQL aimed at new > users. > > http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/blog/48/entry-4251-my-free-ebook-a-primer-on-sql/ > > It's 42 pages lon

Re: [OT] Facebook [was: What does Richmond do with Livecode?]

2012-10-01 Thread Marian Petrides MD
Wonder if they can do facial recognition on canine faces? Those are the only photos I ever post. :-)) Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote: > On 10/1/12 12:31 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> I resisted Facebook for a long time, not only because of security >> concer

Re: Standalones not opening in Mountain Lion

2012-07-28 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
That was true until Lion. Now Rosetta is not even an option--unless someone has found a trick I'm unaware of. Sent from my iPad On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:19 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > I seem to remember that Rosetta is still available. It is just not > installed by default. I think the installa

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

2012-07-26 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
You can use PayPal at the same site, avoiding WorldPay entirely without having to find somewhere else that has the book in stock. On Jul 26, 2012, at 11:03 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > On Jul 26, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > >> WorldPay sucks. Always has. >> >> I'll find someplace e

Re: breakdown of my book

2012-07-26 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Yup. I got that, too. I figured it was because I've had problems using my Visa card with WorldPay before when trying to buy Livecode itself. I accepted that it was true and went ahead and ordered the book today as soon as it became available--but I paid via PayPal this time. The payment went f

Re: special prize, all my money to the winner!

2012-07-26 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
If you're using an iPad, then why bother with the Kindle for iPad app? iBooks is at least as good a choice for PDFs, probably better. A couple of alternatives for reading PDFs on the iPad are: iAnnotate PDF (which does VERY well at allowing you to highlight and annotate a PDF with either typ

Re: [OT] Apple Rant

2012-05-26 Thread Marian Petrides, MD
I think you have 30 days from the date of purchase to start watching and 24 hours from the time you start to finish the movie. Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > If I recall correctly, when you rent a movie you have 24 hours to watch it > starting at the time y

Re: PayPal IPN & LC - and Beef Stew

2012-05-03 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Mine came a bit quicker--as in a minute or two after I finished paying via PayPal. Hope this helps you out, Jacque. On May 3, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, I wrote: > >> Just received the download -- appeared to take about 15 min or so. > > By "received the download" I mea

Re: PayPal IPN & LC - and Beef Stew (OT)

2012-05-03 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Do you really think a mere recipe is enough? After looking at the photo, it seems we should hold out for a sample of the real thing. ;-) On May 3, 2012, at 12:49 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I've set up a test page with my working PayPal button and LiveCode CGI > script. I'm hoping some of you

Re: [OT] Justified boast?

2012-04-04 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Ad writers have no ethics, that's how :-) On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Richmond wrote: > "Real Studio is the only object-oriented, cross-platform software development > tool that enables users at all levels to create powerful, stand-alone, native > applications for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and

Re: QUESTION FOR ANYONE WHO HAS DONE IT

2011-12-02 Thread Marian Petrides
Sounds off to me. I've never gotten anything like this either. On Dec 2, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > Hi Jacqi, > > No, not from RR or the this list, but from xxx...@unot.in I've always > received a lot of spam, so I am extremely careful. I've been using the same > email addr

Re: [OT] Can someone help me acquire a HP TouchPad?

2011-08-23 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Andre, Amazon lists the Touch Pad, but they want $300 (16 GB) to $350 (32 GB) for it. I doubt you'd want to pay that much, right? On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hello Folks, > > As some people know, WebOS is my favorite mobile OS and now HP just killed > it. Now, to get rid

Re: [OT] Can someone help me acquire a HP TouchPad?

2011-08-23 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Andre, I'd do it for you in a heartbeat, but Best Buy's website is showing the Touch Pad as unavailable online and in stores :-( Same thing on HPs website. Marian On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hello Folks, > > As some people know, WebOS is my favorite mobile OS and now HP

Re: Rev Customer Databased Hacked?

2011-07-11 Thread Marian Petrides
Not bruised egos, Richmond--at least not in my case. Simply concern about whether I was one of the intended recipients of the email but did not receive it for sometime. I would rather NOT change my password but will if I have to. On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > I fee

Re: Rev Customer Databased Hacked?

2011-07-11 Thread Marian Petrides
I am an On-Rev lifetime subscriber but don't recall getting this message. So it must be something else, I guess. On Jul 11, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I have received it. It's probably legit. I don't see any links to a site to > authenticate, so what would anyone gain by telling y

Re: [ANN] AndreGarzia.Com new web page.

2011-07-09 Thread Marian Petrides, M.D.
Very nice, Andre! Sent from my iPad On Jul 9, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Hello Folks, > > It is full of joy and pride that I announce my website redesign here. Those > that accessed my home page recently knew that it was not being updated > often, actually, it was not being updat

Re: [OT] Apple at it again

2011-02-25 Thread Marian Petrides
But only if you set it up to send a copy of the photo to the TSA screeners at your local airport :-) On Feb 25, 2011, at 2:55 PM, François Chaplais wrote: > oh, and the new camera on the iPad 2 will see through people's clothes. ___ use-livecode mail

Re: RunRev Live 2011 - Are You Going? Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

2011-01-18 Thread Marian Petrides
You had BETTER be, young man! :-))) --The Old F*rt On Jan 18, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: > I'll be there! :) > > Kind regards, > > Kevin > > Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ > LiveCode - Realize fast, compile-free coding > > > >

Re: RunRev Live 2011 - Are You Going? Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

2011-01-18 Thread Marian Petrides
No money for me to attend :-( On Jan 18, 2011, at 12:18 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 1/18/11 11:23 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: >> I will go! > > In that case, me too. :) > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyper

Re: [OT] Some Recognition

2010-12-15 Thread Marian Petrides
Well deserved award IMHO! Great game, fantastic implementation and graphics. On Dec 15, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > My iOS game PLEXXR recently won best art category in IndiePub Mobile Games > Competition. Nice to get some recognition for one's efforts. :-) > >