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] 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: [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: 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: [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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: [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: [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" 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.
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,

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

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

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

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