https://www.skylark95.com/categories/blog/Recent content in Blog on Skylark95.comHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 09 Sep 2016 23:11:18 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-context-menu-v1-2-0/Fri, 09 Sep 2016 23:11:18 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-context-menu-v1-2-0/Chrome extension Steam Context Menu has been updated to version v1.2.0. This release contains the following changes: Added option to search IsThereAnyDeal Steam Context Menu allows you to search for games on Steam, SteamDB, or IsThereAnyDeal using the context menu in Google Chrome. The extension is especially useful viewing games from retailers other than Steam. When viewing a game on another retailer’s web site, select the game title text, right click and select “Search Steam”.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-context-menu-v1-1-0/Sat, 13 Aug 2016 04:13:24 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-context-menu-v1-1-0/Chrome extension Steam Context Menu has been updated to version v1.1.0. This release contains the following changes: Added options page Added additional menu to search SteamDB Added option to use SteamDB Instant Search Added additional menu to change extension options Steam Context Menu allows you to search for games on Steam or SteamDB using the context menu in Google Chrome. The extension is especially useful viewing games from retailers other than Steam.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-1-1-1/Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:06:40 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-1-1-1/Steam Hover has been updated to Version 1.1.1 Fixes Tooltip will no longer be stuck loading if an HTTP error occurs when fetching details for the signed in user Fix for tooltip not appearing on https links Enhancements Add “Too Many Requests” tooltip on title if user IP is rate limited by steam See the full list of features on the extension’s GitHub Page.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-1-1/Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:37:57 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-1-1/Steam Hover has been updated to Version 1.1 New Features include: Show if Owned or on Wishlist Change the title color if game is owned or on wishlist Title will be green if owned (screenshot) Title will be blue if on wishlist (screenshot) Title will be white if you are not signed into steam or do not own the game TIP: Mouse over the title to view tooltip indicating if you are signed in (screenshot) Must be signed into Steam for title to change color Colors may be changed in options See the full list of features on the extension’s GitHub Page.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-new-chrome-extension/Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:41:40 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/steam-hover-new-chrome-extension/I recently developed a new Google Chrome extension called Steam Hover. The extension will show Steam app details with mouse hover on a Steam link. Below is a screenshot as an example. I developed the extension initially as a way to more quickly browse /r/gamedeals. For future plans I intend to look into indicating if the user already owns a game as well. More details about the extension as well as a button to add to Chrome may be found on the extension’s GitHub page:https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gulp-bookmarklet/Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:39:09 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gulp-bookmarklet/Gulp Bookmarklet is a Gulp wrapper for the bookmarklet package used to generate multiple bookmarklets. The plugin was created after the amount of Bookmarklets that I develop and use myself to automate my web browsing habits warranted automating. Recent examples of bookmarklets I’ve written would be removing the tracking links on slickdeals and searching for steam games from a /r/gamedeals table. To use the plugin with Gulp, simply install the package with NPM and add it to your development dependencies:https://www.skylark95.com/posts/windows-10-november-update-ubuntu-15-10/Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:26:31 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/windows-10-november-update-ubuntu-15-10/The Windows 10 November Update adds some nice new features such as find my device and colored title bars. It also had some nasty surprises such as resetting user settings including the telemetry “features” I disabled using ShutUp10 as well as resetting my default programs. Another feature it changed on me that messed up my Ubuntu 15.10 installation was enabling Fast Startup again after I disabled it previously. If you dual boot Windows and Linux and share your files between both OS’s using an NTFS formatted partition, you may find yourself unable to boot into Linux after the update if you automount using fstab.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-discontinued/Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:12:42 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-discontinued/The Free App Of They Day has been discontinued by Amazon and has since been replaced with the announcement of Amazon Underground. Without a Free App Of The Day to notify you about, I am shutting down Free App Notifier For Amazon. I want to thank all my users for their reviews and feedback. If you would like to see what I am working on and the potential for future Android apps from me, I encourage you to follow my blog at skylark95.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/chrome-extension-steam-context-menu/Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:44:09 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/chrome-extension-steam-context-menu/I frequent the Game Deals reddit to pick up indie games for cheap. When going through the comments section, I search Steam for more information on games others recommend. To accelerate that task, I created my first Google Chrome extension. Steam Context Menu provides a simple context menu to search selected text on Steam. The extension is available in the Chrome Web Store and the source is available on GitHub.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/windows-10-download-iso/Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:07:23 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/windows-10-download-iso/Windows 10 is available as an ISO download from Microsoft through this page, however when you visit that URL on a Windows operating system, it redirects you to a page to download their “Media Creation Tool” instead of the ISO. If you run into problems with the Media Creation Tool like I did (error 80070002 to be specific) and want to trick Microsoft’s web site into giving you an ISO download you need to spoof your user agent to be a different operating system.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/new-host-digitalocean/Mon, 08 Jun 2015 02:35:21 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/new-host-digitalocean/Over the past month I have migrated from a shared hosting server to a 1GB memory DigitalOcean droplet. My reasons for migrating were such: I wanted more control over the server Learn more how to manage my own Linux VPS My shared hosting was expiring As a part of the migration effort, I used the opportunity to enhance the site. Many of these changes are transparent to the visitor, but some are obvious like the new mobile friendly theme.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imguralbum-sh-download-imgur-albums-with-this-script/Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:04:09 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imguralbum-sh-download-imgur-albums-with-this-script/I created a short little script so I could download wallpaper albums from Imgur. It is a Linux bash script so you will need to be running on Linux or using Cygwin on Windows in order to use the script. It also requires the library xmllint, however many Linux distros already include this library.   Download it here: (https://gist.github.com/Skylark95/5970915)[3]https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-2-1-1-beta/Tue, 07 May 2013 03:41:23 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-2-1-1-beta/An update to Amazon App Notifier (now named “Free App Notifier for Amazon”) has been released on Google Play. This update includes the following changes: Some Users reported the new notification icon was hard to see. How about some different icon colors? Find them in the settings menu. Will add label to settings tab later. For more details about the app, please see my previous post for the initial 2.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/help-design-a-new-icon/Sun, 05 May 2013 04:57:18 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/help-design-a-new-icon/In a previous post I mentioned the icon for Amazon App Notifier (Free App Notifier for Amazon) had to be changed by request of Amazon. Currently the icon that is being used can be seen above. I am no graphic design expert and put the icon together in just under a week. Even though the icon turned out well, I believe it could be better. If you would like to help out, see this page over at GitHub and email me at derek@skylark95.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-2-1-beta/Sun, 05 May 2013 03:24:48 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/free-app-notifier-for-amazon-2-1-beta/An update to Amazon App Notifier (now named “Free App Notifier for Amazon”) has been released on Google Play. This update includes the following changes: Changed App icon at the request of Amazon. If you can design a better icon email me 😉 Changed App name at the request of Amazon. Will move in your app drawer as name is now Free App Notifier Enabled in-app donations Added help button and help screen Added button to rate this app For more details about the app, please see my previous post for the initial 2.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-app-notifier-2-0-1-beta/Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:46:57 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-app-notifier-2-0-1-beta/An update to Amazon App Notifier has been released on Google Play. The update includes the following fixes: If the device does not have an internet connection on boot, wait for a maximum of 5 minutes for a connection before timing out and displaying device offline notification Change notification text on offline notification to “No Internet Connection” Hopefully fixed force close bug that occurred on some Android 2.1 devices  https://www.skylark95.com/posts/reddit-image-downloader-not-currently-in-development/Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:39:31 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/reddit-image-downloader-not-currently-in-development/A few months back I was working on rewriting Imgur Album Downloader to the more feature filled Reddit Image Downloader. Judging by some of the comments I have seen it seems there is still interest in the project being completed. I am sorry to say that I have not been actively working on Reddit Image Downloader lately as most of my work is being put towards my newly re-written Android app Amazon App Notifier as it now has over 10,000 active users.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-app-notifier-2-0-beta/Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:17:42 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-app-notifier-2-0-beta/Download The app is available on Google Play. Will also be available to download from F-Droid once out of beta status About Version: 2.0-BETA Amazon App Notifier is a free and open source notification manager for providing notifications for the free app of the day on theAmazon Appstore. Developer: Derek (Skylark95) Contact: derek@skylark95.com Website: http://www.skylark95.com/ Permissions This app requires the following permissions. Permissions labeled with _“optional”_ can be changed in settings to no longer be used.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/reddit-image-downloader-status-82712/Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:41:05 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/reddit-image-downloader-status-82712/    I have recently completed most of the work on the backend of the application and just have to write the UI before a working copy of the program is released. Above is a preview of the log output the backend generates when given my Reddit username (I don’t post many images as you can see). Also, as it stands right now I am still going for a “When it is done” timeline for release.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-v1-0-1-released/Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:00:21 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-v1-0-1-released/An update to Amazon Free App Notifier has been released on Google Play. Free Version Donate Version Both the Free and Donate versions are exactly the same, however buying the donate version is appreciated 🙂   Fixes for Version 1.0.1 : Fixed notifications not appearing on some phones Increased timeout for reading app name and price to 30 seconds Fixed notification so when clicked on it launches the appstore on the main store page instead of the last open viewhttps://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-update-v1-0-1-coming-soon/Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:40:15 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-update-v1-0-1-coming-soon/An update to Amazon Free App Notifier will be coming soon to Google Play. Fixes for Version 1.0.1 will include: Fixed notifications not appearing on some phones Increased timeout for reading app name and price to 30 seconds Fixed notification so when clicked on it launches the appstore on the main store page instead of the last open view A new permission as also been added to the app as it is needed for newer phones.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/plans-for-imgur-album-downloader/Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:58:45 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/plans-for-imgur-album-downloader/First of all I apologize for the prolonged silence on the status of updates for Imgur Album Downloader.  The program was originally written by me back in March/April for me to get practice for job interviews.  Now that I have a new job doing Java development my time to dedicate to the program has greatly dwindled (although Steam Sales and Skyrim are also to blame). Now for those of you wondering when the next update for Imgur Album Downloader will be coming… well I don’t have any more plans to update it.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-v1-0/Sat, 19 May 2012 19:08:49 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/amazon-free-app-notifier-v1-0/Never forget about another free app in the Amazon Appstore! Download Free Version Download Donate Version Readme This app will ALWAYS be free and without ads. Why? I personally am not a big fan of ads taking up space in apps and I am sure you are too. I want to give the user exactly what that want and that is it a quality app nothing more, nothing less.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-now-on-google-play/Tue, 08 May 2012 22:18:06 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-now-on-google-play/The Gamercide App is now on Google Play! Click here to download it from the app store.  For always up to date details on the app, see the following thread over at Gamercide: http://www.gamercide.org/forum/topic/5815-gamercide-android-app-beta/https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imgur-album-downloader-v1-0-beta/Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:40:46 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imgur-album-downloader-v1-0-beta/This program may no longer work properly due to changes on Imgur and Reddit. I am working on a new program as an alternative: Details Here Download Here previous versions REQUIRES JRE 7: Link to download   Update (5/22/2012): I have still been doing off and on development for the next version.  As I have had less time to work on this program, I am going to release “nightly builds” in Dropbox.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/version-1-0-coming-soon/Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:39:53 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/version-1-0-coming-soon/I’m working on a new update for the Imgur Album Downloader. Above you can see the finished UI, however I am still working on completing the new features. Proposed new features (subject to change): Download all Imgur images from a Reddit user – By entering the URL to a Reddit user profile, the program will download all images the user has posted in either links or comments. Save to field history – Program will save a user defined number of previous entries for the save to field, preventing the need to browse for a folder every time you open the program.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-android-app-v0-9-2/Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:40:44 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-android-app-v0-9-2/  The Gamercide Android app has been updated. A recent update to the forums caused the app to no longer function properly. See the Change Log for full details.   Download Here View previous versions About the app For complete details about the Gamercide Android App, please see the following post on Gamercide for always up to date info: http://www.gamercide.org/forum/topic/5815-gamercide-android-app-beta/https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imgur-album-downloader/Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:11:35 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/imgur-album-downloader/[portfolio_slideshow] There is a new version out! CLICK HERE to view the new features that have been added Download Here Imgur Album Downloader… a small Java application that I wrote to solve a problem I had. I know that there are other programs already on the web like this however the most popular one contained ads and I really dislike ads being placed in programs. Since it is a Java program, it also has the benefit of working on multiple operating systems.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/computer-upgrade-3302012/Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:11:51 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/computer-upgrade-3302012/[portfolio_slideshow] Added a second graphics card and another 6GB of DDR3 memory. Updated system specs are below: MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1 Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz Bloomfield 12.0 GB G.SKILL Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 534MHz (8-8-8-20) ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 (LGA1366) 2x GTX 460 1024MB (SLI) (PNY & EVGA) 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2 SSD Safe to say I can run just about anything on max. And thanks to Newegg extra memory and a second graphics card came cheap.https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-android-app/Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:55:20 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-android-app/  This is an outdated version. Please BROWSE BY CATEGORY to find the most recent version.   DOWNLOAD HERE   For more information please see the following thread on Gamercide: http://gamercide.org/forum/topic/5815-gamercide-android-app-beta/          https://www.skylark95.com/posts/same-site-new-face/Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:29:04 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/same-site-new-face/I finally got tired of working in the days of html, CSS, and JavaScript organized websites for one large reason… they were a pain in the butt to update.  So now I went ahead and installed WordPress. All the old site material is still hosted on this server and I don’t know if I’ll incorporate it into WordPress later, but for now here are the old links that will still work: Classic Home Page Photos Videoshttps://www.skylark95.com/posts/toggle-carry-weight-hat/Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:46:07 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/toggle-carry-weight-hat/[portfolio_slideshow] There are a large amount of mods out there that change a player’s carry weight. This mod was created simply because I wanted the option to toggle an insane carry weight on and off for when I move item from one player home to another. Could also be used just for those who what to up their carry weight by a million for whatever reason. To install simply extract the .https://www.skylark95.com/posts/jtv-request-hat/Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:05:24 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/jtv-request-hat/  This hat was a mod I made for Fallout 3 that was requested by someone on Justin TV. As it was custom made for a specific purpose there is not much more I can say about it. If you would ever like me work to work on simple clothing mods for Bethesda games (Fallout series, Oblivion) let me know.   Download Here Readme – Directory listhttps://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-new-vegas-hat/Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:00:04 +0000https://www.skylark95.com/posts/gamercide-new-vegas-hat/  Original Post on Gamercide: http://gamercide.org/forum/topic/4379-gamercide-falloutnv-hat/   Download Here readme – directory list