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@10der1: A couple of days ago, I had a strange experience generating an image link with my Techsmith Capture program.

Instead of a clean Screencast(dot)com link that ended with an image extension, I got this long jibberish-filled link that had what looked like JavaScript code embedded in it. I instantly contacted TechSmith about it and while I was waiting, I used it in my forum post. Strangely, the image displayed as it should... for a minute. The next time I checked, the link broke and it left an ugly text string instead.

Supposedly, my support ticket has been escalated to a higher tier, so Techsmith's customer support folk are looking into it.

But in the meantime, I needed to put images in my forum posts, so I asked Google what to do? I needed something fast, free and easy that I could use right away.

I needed something good. About as good as the screen capture app I was paying $99 a year to use.

So Google told me I should be using Ice Cream Screen Capture and, well... "Bless your heart, Google!"

I think I'm in

!!!

Ice Cream Screen Capture is free (there's a PRO version you can upgrade to right from within the free version's interface).

It has all of the bells-and-whistles my paid screen capture program does! And I'm so happy with it that I whole-heartedly recommend that you download it, too!

It's super easy to use and it hosts your images in the cloud, I believe. With Techsmith, my images are stored in an area in my account.

And this little sucker is F-A-S-T.

There is also the option to save your images to your computer so that you can copy/paste them into emails or other applications. Just click COPY.

It captures audio, games, video and screen shots.

Now, the free version should have some limitations but you'll need to read the website to see what those are. For my purposes, the free version is enough but I'm going to upgrade to PRO. That's how excited I am about it!

Here's what the user interface looks like:

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After installation, just open the program on your desktop and click on SCREENCAST. A drop-down menu gives you the option to choose which kind of capture you want. There's video, whole screen capture and certain areas. That's the one I use to select what I want to capture using my computer's mouse.

Just like other programs, it gives you the dimensions of your capture in pixels so if you are capturing a long web page, you can do it in sections and make a note of the number of pixels horizontally and then as you proceed to capture the next portion of the screen, make sure the number stays the same so that your final image will show uniformly in the screen (with no jagged edges with the text looking askew).

When you're done capturing what you want, click one of the following:

URL: As soon as you capture an image, click on URL and it generates a URL that links to where your image is saved to virtually. Ice Cream also shows you the status of the image uploading so that when it reaches 100%, the link appears in your computer's system tray (bottom-right). Just click that URL to open your image in another browser window. Go to the opened page and you will see the image you captured on a web page. Next, right-click on that image and select the option to "Copy Image Link" --- be sure NOT to select "COPY" --- it must be "Copy Image Link." Then paste that link into the forum's text editor, where you want the image to show in your post. Next, add the opening [img] and closing [/img] tags, the first one in front of and the last one behind the link, after the image extension (.png). You can then center the entire link by highlighting/selecting it with your mouse and clicking the CENTER icon in the formatting section of the forum's text editor (upper left of the UI). And that's it.

COPY: Click this if you want to copy the image to your computer. It will be saved to your clipboard and you can right-click and paste it into an email, a word processing document or elsewhere.

As I mentioned, you can capture gaming, audio and video but since I've never used those functions, you will have to explore those on your own.

You can read more and download it below...

FREE ICE CREAM SCREEN CAPTURE PROGRAM

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And since I'm here, I'll drop my Wordle solve for today...

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Sunday, May 22, 2022

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I've never used a tool that was so quick and easy! It has the same features that Techsmith Capture has. And it's free; and even less expensive than TS for the PRO version.

So while I'm waiting on Techsmith to solve the link problem, I am going to let my subscription expire when it ends this fall. I've always been faithful to things that work as they should but I'll be taking up with Ice Cream PRO now. It's a no-brainer!

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

Below, I'm sharing my Wordle solution for today. This is the first time I didn't get a single letter out-of-place (or gold-colored tiles); but this one makes up for all the ones I have ripped my hair out over.

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Tuesday, June 1, 2022

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Keep playing Wordle, everyone! It's fun!

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

I want to share my Wordle solution for today but with it comes a little "inside hack" I'd like to share for anyone wanting to improve their solving skills.

First, here's the puzzle...

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Monday, June 6, 2022

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PROBLEM: In the past, trying to determine if a letter appears more than once in the solution has been the bane of my Wordle solving skills. I don't like wasting chances and that's what you do if you guess a letter TWICE and get it wrong because you've used two letter tiles. It's better to guess 5 different letters and have at least one and possibly more vowels as possible, in a single word. Wordle does not tell you if a letter appears more than once in the solution.

Below, I will explain how I solved today's puzzle with a little HINT (it's more of a hint than a hack after all) so you can make an informed decision as to whether a letter appears more than once in Wordle's Word-of-the-Day.

LINE 1: To begin, of course, you just take a wild stab at some arbitrary 5-letter word. And as you can see, none of my letters were in the solution.

Bummer!

LINE 2: I took that approach again and the letter M was there but out-of-place in the solution.

LINE 3: I made sure the letter M was in my next guess and discovered that the letter O was also in the word; but (again), out-of-place.

So looking at the puzzle grid, I knew that the letter M was not in the 1st and 4th place positions and that the letter O was not in the 2nd place position in the word I was looking for.

And here's where the puzzle becomes a bit more challenging (and most people get stumped).

I found it tricky to come up with a good word with what I had to work with. Plus, I was aware that I was running out of opportunities with each guess, so I wanted to make an informed guess.

So, the first thing I did was to take an inventory of the vowels I had used in my previous word guesses.

As you know the vowels in the English language are A, E, I, O, U and (depending on how the letter is used in the pronunciation of the word) Y.

The thing is, most standardly common words in English use vowels. I had to do a bit of research to see if there are any words that contain no vowels and to my shock-and-awe, there are. Here's a link to read more about them if you're a word-nerd, like I am...

WORDS WITH NO VOWELS

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So while there are "words" that contain NO VOWELS, they're not common words --- or even recognized as words. They're mostly "initialisms," meaning they are made up of the initial letters of the words that form their meaning such as HTML (hyper-text markup language) or expressions such as hmm (a sound made to express hesitation or uncertainty)... that we take as words because they stand alone and convey a meaning.

But getting back to Wordle...

We need to use standardly common words that most educated people know and use. In fact, the one GOOD benefit of Wordle is it won't allow you to waste a guess with a non-recognized word. When you type something in that it doesn't deem to be a proper word, the line of letters does a Shakira-like shimmy and you get the message that your submission isn't a word. Wordle allows you to keep that line blank so you can guess again.

Looking at my puzzle grid, I learned that I had used ALL of the vowels in the words I previously guessed but only O was in the Wordle solution. And using a bit of logic, that led me to assume that maybe O could possibly appear more than once in the word solution. Now, it's only an assumption but when you consider that most standard words contain at least one but possibly more than one vowel, it's a safe one.

And since Wordle doesn't make an effort to suggest that a letter you successfully guess appears in the word multiple times, you've got to find a way to do that yourself.

LINE 4: I decided to guess a word with the letter O twice. I realized that the Os might appear together or in different positions within the 5-letter word. So, I took a chance on BLOOM. Wordle told me that I was close... but no cigar. I had all of the letters in the word in their rightful place except the initial letter; so I had to guess again.

LINE 5: I replaced the B with G and came up with the word GLOOM.

And EUREKA! --- that's how I solved today's Wordle!

So what's my "hack" (I mean, "hint")? It's this...

GET THOSE VOWELS OUT AND ON THE PUZZLE GRID
WITH YOUR FIRST FEW GUESSES

If you find it hard to guess the first word to start Wordle, think of any word with one (or more) vowels. That's easy.

A word that contains 2 or more vowels, like HOARY (which means white with frost) is great because it contains 3 vowels (A, O and Y) and since most words have a vowel, chances are you will get green tiles that can help in solving sooner.

Notice that the first word I guessed includes the vowels: A and Y.

In my second guess, I have the vowels: I and E.

In my third guess, I used the vowels O and U.

That strategy can go a long way in helping you to come up with better words using the consonants (all the remaining letters of the alphabet that are not vowels) to help make solving Wordle a lot easier

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

Here's my puzzle for today...

LAYNA'S WORDLE
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022

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Sometimes, you simply need to come up with a word that has none of the letters you KNOW are in the puzzle (green tiles) in order to find new letters that may be in the puzzle but in the wrong place (gold tiles).

In the case of today's Wordle, after discovering that "T" was in the right place when I used VAULT, I found myself stumped to guess another word that had ended in "T" but had a "U" elsewhere in the word (not in the 3rd letter position).

So, on a whim, I came up with POINT --- a word that has the "T" in the correct position to solve the puzzle but didn't have a "U" in it at all. And by doing that, I was lucky in that ALL of the remaining 4 letters to solve the Wordle were correctly guessed --- just not in the right position.

And with a little repositioning of the letters, I guessed that INPUT was the solution.

Whether or not you share your efforts at trying to solve it, keep on Wordling, people. It stimulates your brain cells.

My only regret is that you're limited to doing only one a day.

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

I was plain lucky with today's Wordle, so I'm proudly sharing it...along with suggestons for where to get inspiration when you get stumped for quickly coming up with 5-letter words.

LAYNA'S WORDLE
June 29, 2022

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I sometimes come up with word guesses for Wordle in the strangest ways. Today, I had the TV on in my office while playing and this commercial was on. Two young male teens playing video games in a split screen (two different households).

It was for one of the internet service providers boasting of boosted bandwidth for playing games, streaming movies...yada-yada-yada.

One guy kept gaming but the other one started losing his connection and the drop in his speed cost him the game.

After typing my intial guess (CRAFT), I had the correct letter "A" but it was out of place in today's Wordle solution.

I then decided to turn to that TV ad for inspiration and typed my next word (GAINS) because I figured that is the goal of every gamer: to achieve something of value or to win the competition for the prize.

That was a wasted guess. It earned me no additional letters.

So thinking back on that ad, I remember that the two players were young teen boys --- tall and lanky. Nerdy.

And Eureka! The word GAWKY came to mind.

And Wordle said "YAY!!!"

(Actually, they said it was SPLENDED --- which is even more awesome IMHO!)

So, when stumped for getting started (or going forward) in Wordle, take a look around you for inspiration. You're sure to find a 5-letter word by looking at the CLOCK on your wall, or noticing the PROMO for an upcoming series on your television or even looking forward to the CRISP bacon on the BLT you'll be having for lunch.

But whatever you do in the course of your day, people ... be sure to WORDLE!

SO MUCH FUN!!! Happydance

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Layna61524

Wordle is such a mentally stimulating challenge that, even when you don't succeed in solving the daily puzzle, it gets those brain cells energized. And to that point, I'm saddened to see that this thread has been Viewed by thousands yet so few of my forum friends have shared their Wordle results.

It's easier to solve when you keep your eye on the colored tiles that give you clues you can use as ammunition in this "war of words." Not heeding the clues, I think, is what gets most people off-track... or frustrated to the point of giving up.

So, again --- remember that the GREEN letter tile means you have guessed the right letter and it is in the correct position in the word of the day; the GOLD letter tile means you have guessed the right letter but it's in the wrong spot in the word, so you need to be sure this letter is included in a future word guess but not in the same space or position in the word; and the GRAY letter tile means the letter is nowhere in the word. While it's a good move to avoid using it again in a future guess, you may need to include it in a word guess just to pick up one or more additional letters that may be there.

Additionally, you can use a letter more than once in a solution; this is particularly true for vowels, like A, E, I, O, U and sometimes, Y. Yet, Wordle gives you no clue about that. So if you are having a rough time coming up with a word based on the letters that are left on the board, try going for a word that uses a vowel that you already guessed correctly and place it elsewhere in the word. That has been an extremely useful strategy for me.

Lastly, using the letters you have correctly placed, mentally or manually joust about any of the letters remaining on the Wordle board to come up with a 5-letter word for the solve.

Sometimes, I solve it mentally --- just repositioning the letters around in my mind's eye; but for more difficult words that aren't in my day-to-day vocabulary, I like to manually reposition the letters using a paper and pencil, like this...

S _ _ R _

S P A R K

In the example above, I write out the letters in green that are in the solution and fill in the blanks (unknown letters in the word) with either a dash (-), underscore (_) or a question mark (?).

Then, going back to the Wordle's keyboard, I look at the light gray letter tiles (unused letters) and plug them wherever they will logically fit to come up with a 5-letter word for the solve.

And one last thing...

GIVE WORDLE THE TIME IT DESERVES!

Don't try to rush through it. Don't do it if you're stressed or have other things going on that you can't focus properly.

It's only a game and it's supposed to be fun. So, relax and enjoy.

And here's my solve for today:

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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Whether you share or keep your Wordle results "close to the vest," keep Wordling everybody!

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

...And some days, you just get LUCKY with Wordle...

LAYNA'S WORDLE
July 12, 2022

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I know... guessing the answer on the first attempt would be lucky. Extremely lucky.

But this is pretty good.

Me thinks I'll go and buy myself a lottery ticket 'cause that's what "The Luck 'O the Irish" looks like!

Keep Wordling people!

Thanks

for reading!

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Sunday, July 31, 2022

Some days, you'll Wordle better than others.

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Keep Wordling people...

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Saturday, August 13, 2022
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Wordle called this Impressive... and that just made my day!

Thanks

for reading!
Layna61524

I'm sharing the solution to today's puzzle because it holds special meaning to me, an avid fan of the NFL, in general, and of my home-town team, in particular.

I must admit, though, I'm more than a little worried about them. Only 2 games into the new season, they managed a stunning, last-moment comeback (but by-the-skin-of-their-teeth) victory against our hated NFC South rival Atlanta Falcons but lost to another NFC South rival in Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers --- in a 4th quarter collapse after that embarrassing brouhaha/free-for-all brawl.

TBH, they look lethargic on offense. Jameis is back to throwing interceptions. The defense is struggling. And it's early to be hearing about so many injuries to players, league-wide.

Yeah --- I'm worried.

LAYNA'S WORDLE
Thursday, September 22, 2022

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So, I dedicate this Wordle to my beloved New Orleans Saints. I'm wishing and hoping they get their sh*t together and show up to give the WHO-DAT Nation something to be excited about. Let's GEAUX, Black-and-Gold!!!

Thanks

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Layna61524

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