Reflections rights

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I Asked the Copyright Holders for Permission

The website is gradually growing. Since March, I have been publishing my commentaries on A.A.’s Daily Reflections, and recently English versions have appeared as well.

Then Natasha—my AI editor—unexpectedly drew my attention to something I had never seriously considered before: Daily Reflections is protected by copyright, and I regularly reproduce the full text of its entries on my website. Even though the site is non-commercial and each entry is accompanied by my substantial personal commentary and a review, the copyright holders may have perfectly legitimate questions.

BSL-Timer Can Now Update Itself

Васильев Александр Life

I suddenly realized what the current version of the Timer was still missing. It seemed I had already implemented almost everything I had planned. There is one more feature that, in my opinion, absolutely belongs in a countdown timer, but I’ll talk about that when I get to it. And I think that will happen pretty soon. 😉

For now, I managed to implement something that seems completely obvious at first glance — something I had simply forgotten about: automatic updates when a new version of the program is released.

Until now, BSL-Timer worked roughly like this: I released a new version, uploaded it to the website, and then the user had to somehow find out that an update existed, download the new installer, and install it over the old version. For a small program, that is perfectly acceptable. But not for me.