Catfood Software Blog Archive

 

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Utica, New York, USA
Utica, New York, USA

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 5/31/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Play Battleships by Text Message

Catfood TextShips is a simple play by text message version of battleships for Windows Mobile 6 (both smartphone and professional). There is no single player version so you'll need an opponent with a Windows Mobile phone to play. You'll also want an unlimited text message plan as one game could potentially send hundreds of text messages.

Download TextShips

Catfood Software TextShips

TextShips requires the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 - if the game won't start on your phone you probably need to download and install this.

After installing if you receive text messages starting with "CFBS" click Menu -> Settings and enable reading your SMS inbox. TextShips tries to intercept text messages automatically but this fails on a some devices. If you need to switch this setting on then I'd recommend exiting TextShips (Menu -> Exit) when you're not actively playing.

I've added a mobile download page at http://www.catfood.net/m - bookmark this on your phone to check for TextShips updates and to download other Windows Mobile products from Catfood Software.

You can get help with Text Ships using by sending me email.

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Posted by Rob on 5/25/2009, 1 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Tottori, Japan

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 5/24/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Tampa, Florida, USA

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 5/17/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Catfood WebCamSaver 3.00

I just released Catfood WebCamSaver 3.00.

The main new feature is Catfood WebCam Browser. This application is installed with WebCamSaver and allows you to browse the database of over 800 controllable webcams. When you find a webcam you like you can click Control Cam to open the web page where you can take control of the camera. You can also just watch the webcam in WebCam Browser if you prefer this to the screen saver.

Catfood WebCam Browser

WebCamSaver now starts and displays webcams much faster than in version 2. It's also easier to customize - you can disable webcams from the list and still use automatic update. The default is now to only show webcams where it's likely to be daylight and you can set an outline color for the description text.

Several bugs have also been fixed. WebCamSaver now displays accented characters correctly in webcam descriptions. The screensaver will shut down at the same time as your monitor, saving power by not running when you can't see it. A resource handle leak has been fixed (this caused excessive handle consumption over time and could lead to stability problems if run for long enough).

WebCamSaver has been in beta for a couple of months. I've had a lot of great feedback from the beta testers - both bugs to fix and new ideas for making WebCamSaver better. Thanks to everyone who took part in the beta.

Download Catfood WebCamSaver 3.00.

Posted by Rob on 5/16/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Mexico

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 5/10/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Twitter Screensaver and Catfood Follower Updates

I've just posted an update to the Twitter Public Timeline Screensaver - by popular request you can now add your account (actually as many accounts as you like) to display on the screensaver as well as the public timeline. It's also now possible to change the colors for the screensaver including setting a custom color scheme for tweets from each account.

Catfood Folower has also been updated recently. This is a tool to automatically follow and unfollow people on Twitter based on rules that you set. It's useful for company accounts where you want to follow everyone who follows you, and also for finding and removing friends that no longer follow you back.

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Posted by Rob on 5/08/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

 

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
Clearwater, Florida, USA
Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Las Palmas, Canarias, Spain
University Of Richmond, Virginia, USA

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 5/03/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)