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I like visual indicators, and I’ve never really seen the point in the num lock key so one day I decided I wanted to use that light to indicate that I have unread email on my laptop.  I used AutoIt and Samurize to get a system working on my laptop. Here’s how”

AutoIt

; NUMLOCK ON

Send("{NUMLOCK on}")
SoundPlay("click.wav",1)

;NUMLOCK OFF

Send("{NUMLOCK off}")

I used autoit to create two exe’s. One that turns on the numlock and plays a sound. One that Turns off numlock.

Samurize

I then used the gmail.dll plugin to check my gmail account.  I then create two numeric alerts that trigger the exe’s I created above.

Download

Here’s the source code, exe’s and sound file:

http://floatsolutions.net/docs/numlock.zip

Cheap telecom in the internet age

This is my dedicated stand alone drupal irssi setup. Here are some features:

• Autoconnects to irc.freenode.net
• Joins my fav channels #php and #drupal
• Included customized and configured version of Console
• Custom reshacked system tray icon
• Custom irssi theme

You can of course easily change which channels and networks it joins by consulting the irssi documentation.

http://irssi.org/documentation/startup

Usage:

• Install the font: Dina
• Extract IRC.zip
• Run IRC.bat

Don’t forget to set your nick and such:

/set nick somenick
/set user_name someuser
/set real_name Bob User

To switch windows type:

/w 1 #To go to Status window
/w 2  ### To go to #drupal window
/w 3  ### To go to #php window

Download Link: http://floatsolutions.net/docs/IRC.zip

Irssi and Console are GNU Open Source Software Packages.