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title: "[Larkware Contest Winner] Snapper: Snap your daily computer usage"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/16/larkware-contest-winner-snapper-snap-your-daily-computer-usa.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/16/larkware-contest-winner-snapper-snap-your-daily-computer-usa.html"
published: "2005-11-16T19:12:00"
updated: "2005-11-16T19:12:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The Larkware Coding Contest came to an end this week , and boy, were they giving out some grand prizes. As a judge I couldn't participate in it, but I did get to check out all the cool stuff. The first place goes to…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# \[Larkware Contest Winner\] Snapper: Snap your daily computer usage

By Roy Osherove November 16, 2005 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 16, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

The [Larkware Coding Contest came to an end this week](http://www.larkware.com/contests/contest2005winners.html), and boy, were they giving out some grand prizes. As a judge I couldn't participate in it, but I did get to check out all the cool stuff.

The **first place** goes to Snapper (By [Leon Bambrick](http://secretgeek.net/) & Atli Björgvin Oddsson) , which simply sits in the tray and captures your daily computer activities into images ever X seconds. Then you can looks back at your day to remember what you've done for the hourly report.

I like the concept, especially since I was listening the other day to an [ITConversations](http://www.itconversations.com/) recorded show regarding [cool stuff coming from the Microsoft Research Labs](http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail451.html). One of the things mentioned there is a "life recorder" which you wear around your neck and it takes pictures and records sound based on various events. Very cool.

## More in Cool Tools

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- Nov 12, 2005

    ### [Test Driven .NET's new version supports all versions of VS 2005 including Express](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/12/test-driven-nets-new-version-supports-all-versions-of-vs-200.html)

- Nov 3, 2005

    ### ["Ask The Pros" article about favorite .NET addins at VisualStudioHacks.Com](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/3/quotask-the-prosquot-article-about-favorite-net-addins-at-vi.html)


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