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Title: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darryl on March 16, 2005, 09:58 PM
Hi "Mouser":

So far I kinda like what I'm seein'. This sounds like an interesting concept, and I've been doing this computer stuff for 20 years so I've seen Freeware, Shareware, Donationware, Postcardware, and I can't even remember some of the others.

Since you're just starting out, I think you should tell new members a little about yourself. Things like your age, experience level, background [like how you got started with computers, etc.], education, et al. Just give out general info.

Good luck in your endeavor.

Darryl
Title: Re: BIO
Post by: mouser on March 17, 2005, 01:00 AM
i was thinking about putting up a little bio.
i'm one of those people who are kind of private but i realize people like to know who they are dealing with; we put a real snail mail address up on the contact page for people who want a real person to contact about registering, but it might be helpful if i put up some info about myself so people can feel like they are interacting with a real human being :)

i was actually thinking about making a blog for developer's with their software here (so far i'm the only author here but i think we will have more once i figure out the best way to do it).  might be interesting for people to hear about whether this approach is going to work or not..

i tried in the past offering my software and just making a passing reference to donations and no one ever donates, so i'm trying to do a more pro-active approach this time, while still keeping with the core idea that the software remain free for all, but just trying to offer some incentives for donating, and making it more of a community thing.
Title: Re: BIO
Post by: swing on March 27, 2005, 05:10 PM
Yeah a bio sounds nice, i'd love to get a better grip on who that weird person on irc really is *hehe*

And hey, some of us donated before u made this site, so it isn't all true that noone ever donates  ;)
Title: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: randiroo76073 on April 13, 2005, 04:33 AM
Hi, I'm new here & thought this would be a good way to get aquainted with other members, so w/o futher ado:

Went in Air Force right out of High school[1964], was told I was a BPC[bedpan commando] aka: Med tech. Spent 18 mos in Turkey[smelt bad], made it to Independant duty tech, on flight status got to fly all over region, came back to US & retired from AF after 4 yrs Worked at Borax mine as laborer,then heavy equipt operator.Drove amulance 1yr[lousey pay & hrs] Went into Mfg, became supervisor,quit[don't like playing politics] Worked at K-mart for awhile. Went back to mfg, became plant mgr,quit[again politics] Worked at steel mill[now thats hard work,hot too]in Illinois. Moved back to Calif, went to work at Rhor aircraft for awhile[assembling 747 engine struts]. Moved to Lake Havasu,Az,played darts, formed dart league, also filled in spare time being a sheetsewer at local waterbed sheet factory[1st male ever in job] Wandered to Texas, became a carpenter, done all kinds of construction[21 yrs worth] Had a stroke 3+ yrs ago, NOW THAT WAS FUN! Now am a wanabe puter something, enjoy trying to help people. Am married to "EXCEPTIONAL" lady[she has to be to put up with me!], 2 daughters, 7 grands[a set of triplets increases # fast]. Still in Texas[found home?] That's my sorid tale & I'm stickin to it :)
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: mouser on April 15, 2005, 11:42 PM
I'm a ph.d. student in computer science who should have gotten his degree about 5 years ago.  Projects like this keep me constantly in debt and delayed :(  grew up in nyc, now living in midwest.
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: Ozzy1 on April 16, 2005, 06:27 AM
I'm a 30 year old man from Norway. (No, there is NOT white icebears jogging around in the streets, and Norway is NOT a part of sweden.)
I live together with my girlfriend, who is a nurce, its nice to have that in mind getting older:)

So, what do I do...
I work in a company called "Logistix". We own a chain of stores in norway that sell boat-stuff to all kind of people and other stores.

What I do there...
Ok, most of the times I am a buyer of goods (I buy all the goods that the stores needs) I don't know what this is called in english, but I guess there is a fine name for it :)
The rest of my time at work is divided on many parts: I make a 178pages catalouge for the stores, it is printet in 100.000 copies, and is sent out to all of our customers. I'm not alone doing this of course, but I am the guy who put it all together in Quark Express (make the design, making the pages work and look nice at the same time).
I also run the computers at work. I am not reallt an IT-guy, I am more a IT-manager,making things work and when soemthings go to he##.. I'm the guy they call.
I also make all the ads the company needs in its marketing, and I also make the web-pages we have work. www.maritim.no is one of them, its only useful if you know norwegian, and well.. need boat-stuff ;)

What do I do in my spare time?
Making the most of it.. As Mouser know, I am a busy guy.. trying to be with my gf as much as possible, we have a house that alwasy needs something (yes, i hate paint, its offisial).
I love computers (thank god, my gf loves them too), and use much time using it. I make little games in VB sometimes, www.acino.org is where you can find the resent ones. I am also learning php, trying to make a norwegian questuion-game that my gf will be running.
I dont play games much, but CivIII and Superpower2 is getting the minutes I have.
I love new software, tinker tinker... Dopus, Samurize, Firefox, Thunderbird and now Mousers software is what I love when I am in tinker-mode.

Being an old amiga-user I always look for good programmers that love to well.. tinker... I think I have found a new home here.. :)

Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: JeffK on April 16, 2005, 07:00 PM
I am a 52 yo guy who lives with his wife and 16 yo daughter in a provincial town in Australia called Kingaroy.  Kingaroy is approx. 220km north west of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland.  We have about 12,000 people.

I work as a mechanical engineer in a power station, looking after monitoring the non financial parts of the business eg plant reliability, energy efficiiency and greenhouse gas issues.

I am a Christian and like to read, watch sport, computing especially mucking around with software as a user (I can't/don't program).

I moderate on a forum at www.emailaddresses.com which is about email and is a good place to visit if you are looking for a provider or have email problems.  I have mentioned donationcoder.com over there but no advertising is allowed so I have to be careful not to breach the forum's guidelines, especially since I am a moderator.

Ozzy1's home, Norway, is also the home of an excellent email privider at www.runbox.com which has a forum over at emailaddresses.

Regards,

Jeff
Title: Re: BIO
Post by: Scott on April 17, 2005, 02:00 AM
 
OPEN UP YOUR WORLD TO ME





Ah, emm.  Just wanted to freak you out ever so slightly!  :)
 
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: Scott on April 17, 2005, 02:31 AM
Hey, I didn't post that here!  Mouser, you forgot to change the subject line.  :)
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: mouser on April 17, 2005, 02:40 AM
i just thought it would be good to merge the two similar topics and give you a chance to freak out more people in the process.
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: mouser on April 17, 2005, 11:15 AM
wow nice site and forum jeffk - i just added to our Best Of links page.  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: zridling on April 20, 2005, 04:54 AM
I'm 43, a professional writer, and am consumed by the pursuit of great software (see signature below). I spend my entire day and most of my night on the computer, usually writing books, articles or translating between Canadian and US English dialects — ha!— so hardware ergonomics, along with user interface and sound design are keys to what I favor in software. As a result of my sedentary lifestyle, I watch too much TV, eat too much chocolate, and fully intend to exercise again when I win the lottery. I have a PhD in philosophy and taught college undergraduates for ten years, though I did not enjoy the departmental politics and game-playing by too many faculty in modern academia. That came to an end in 2002 when I moved to St. Louis with Access Foundation and I haven't looked back. I've lived all over the place, but hope to move back to Nova Scotia someday.
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: Scott on April 23, 2005, 05:06 PM
A smart, educated guy who spends an enormous amount of time on the computer, and who has tested and used an endless list of software titles.  It's no surprise, then, Zaine, that I almost always agree with you!  :)
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: jpfx on May 30, 2005, 08:37 AM
43, from UK.
Joined british army at 16. Became an electronic warfare operator, learnt (some) arabic, left in 88.
Truck driver for a while, then drainage engineer (no Job too big!). Spent summers working in France as an area supervisor for camping holiday company. Got first PC.
Called back to army in 91 for a brief waste of time.
Went fulltime with holiday company, running warehouse in winter and supervising in summer. Left in 94 to start a degree in Computer Science (systems). Did some contract PC engineer work for us army in Germany.
96 I was offered a job overseas as sotware support for british army. Had to leave university with one semester to do. Did that for 3+ years. Met my wife (to be) on Yahoo.
2000 moved to USA and got married. Got a job as Network Admin (read all IT) in small local company and been there ever since. Learning/using various languages. I remain a beginner at all of them. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Title: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 31, 2005, 08:05 AM
Following up 'lucky dog Stefan' living in Heildelberg ....

I live in the North of England in the Yorkshire Dales National Park ...

here is a local view ... (basically nearly out of the back of my house)

(http://www.lairdswood.com/lairdswood/whereilive.jpg)

and some local visitors to my garden:

http://www.lairdswood.com/lairdswood/garden-birds.html

How about adding your own so we get to be a little more friendly around here ...
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: rjbull on August 31, 2005, 08:23 AM
Nice to see someone else from the UK.  I'm in north Somerset.  Is that Ingleborough or something rather like it on your horizon?

Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 31, 2005, 09:01 AM
The nearest hill is Penhill, the one to the right of it in the distance is Buckden Pike.

How about a photo of your part of Somerset?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: zridling on August 31, 2005, 09:22 AM
St. Louis, Missouri, US, right in the middle of the country, and five hours south of Chicago. The eastern side of town is French, the western is German. All the parades and celebrations here herald French kings and saints and German settlers who built the roads and museums. In my part of town, all the streets are French, "Rue St. Germaine" and so on. It's a cool place. Below is the 633-ft. St. Louis Arch, and a locator map.

(http://www.anova.org/target/dcc/stl-arch100.jpg)   (http://www.anova.org/target/dcc/stl01.jpg)
________________________________________________

Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 31, 2005, 09:28 AM
Nice arch - did you take that photo?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: zridling on August 31, 2005, 09:45 AM
Yea, I got a couple of others. If you catch the sun just right, it's easy to get a good photo of it from almost any angle.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: zridling on August 31, 2005, 10:33 AM
Carol, I meant to say that half my current imagination of England is framed by the photos at the Sensitive Light (http://www.sensitivelight.com/blog/) blog.

So it's either one:
(http://sensitivelight.com/favourites/9.jpg)

Or the other...
(http://sensitivelight.com/rain/7.jpg)

Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: AbteriX on August 31, 2005, 10:36 AM
(http://www.tiscover.de/de/images/RGN/494/RGN11994de/2-112-s51-burg_bergwartstein-175x200.jpg) <==  Burg Bergwartstein bei Erlenbach im Dahner -Felsland

-->  German map and facts  (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gm.html) broken
-->  German map and facts  (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html)
-->  English <-> German Translater (http://dict.leo.org)


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EDIT: 4 years later, i have to fix the broken links.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 31, 2005, 10:44 AM
LOL - i presume the Jolly Green Giant is a tribute to US drug laws ;)

Are they flying saucer trails Stephan?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: AbteriX on August 31, 2005, 10:50 AM
Are they flying saucer trails Stephan?
-CarolHaynes (August 31, 2005, 10:44 AM)
I don't think so, Tim  :)
No, i hope not, either from a jet or clouds  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on August 31, 2005, 11:08 AM
I don't think so, Tim  :)
-Stefan (August 31, 2005, 10:50 AM)

Who is Tim ?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: AbteriX on August 31, 2005, 11:14 AM
Home Improvement - Tooltime - Tim Allen ( Hör' mal, wer da hämmert! )
An TV serie.
Sorry, maybe useful only only for "insiders" how had looked that  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: rjbull on September 01, 2005, 04:26 AM
The nearest hill is Penhill, the one to the right of it in the distance is Buckden Pike.

How about a photo of your part of Somerset?
-CarolHaynes (August 31, 2005, 09:01 AM)

Hmmm, isn't Penhill a launchpad for broomstick aviators?

Sorry no photo of my part of the world - I don't have the technology...
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: nudone on September 01, 2005, 06:06 AM
this isn't the view from my window but it's not far away - Alport Heights, Derbyshire, England.

the scenery is typical for around where i am but without the standing stones. oh, and several million houses popping up out of nowhere every couple of years.

(http://www.dcmembers.com/nudone/Alport%20Heights%20reduced.jpg)

the dude in the picture is 'Reado' a friend of mine - he's now gone missing in the good old US of A. in the unlikely event that you come across someone by the same name with an English accent (he's from Derbyshire, so he'll say things like 'Eyup me duck' and swear a lot) can you tell him to get in touch with someone back home. ta.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 01, 2005, 06:12 AM
Hmmm, isn't Penhill a launchpad for broomstick aviators?

Sorry no photo of my part of the world - I don't have the technology...
-rjbull (September 01, 2005, 04:26 AM)

Something like that - actually the is a really good beacon site on the eastern end of the ridge (left as we are looking) which looked magnificent as the Millenium Celebrations kicked off across the UK.

You have the technology! Surely there must be an internet image you can link to of somewhere nearby ;)

You could try here for starters:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=somerset&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=somerset+photographs&btnG=Search&meta=
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 01, 2005, 06:14 AM
this isn't the view from my window but it's not far away - Alport Heights, Derbyshire, England.

the scenery is typical for around where i am but without the standing stones. oh, and several million houses popping up out of nowhere every couple of years.

the dude in the picture is 'Reado' a friend of mine - he's now gone missing in the good old US of A. in the unlikely event that you come across someone by the same name with an English accent (he's from Derbyshire, so he'll say things like 'Eyup me duck' and swear a lot) can you tell him to get in touch with someone back home. ta.
-nudone (September 01, 2005, 06:06 AM)

Thanks for that - gosh haven't been to Derbyshire for ages. I love the wild feeling in winter around the Kinder area (plus the thigh deep mud ...)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: kfitting on September 01, 2005, 06:54 AM
Well, grew up in Pennsylvania, but now I design flight simulators (NOT equivalent to the average M$ PC flight sim!).

Kevin
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: rjbull on September 01, 2005, 07:52 AM
this isn't the view from my window but it's not far away - Alport Heights, Derbyshire, England.

the dude in the picture is 'Reado' a friend of mine - he's now gone missing in the good
-nudone (September 01, 2005, 06:06 AM)

Is that as in, Alport Castles?  If so, I vaguely remember walking there once, on an Easter break at Losehill Hall.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: rjbull on September 01, 2005, 08:01 AM
Sorry no photo of my part of the world - I don't have the technology...
-rjbull (September 01, 2005, 04:26 AM)

You have the technology! Surely there must be an internet image you can link to of somewhere nearby ;)

You could try here for starters:
-CarolHaynes (September 01, 2005, 06:12 AM)

I think I'd be embarassed at using someone else's images, and I don't have digital photography of my own.  I stick to film and don't have a scanner.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: nudone on September 01, 2005, 08:26 AM
Is that as in, Alport Castles?

er, i don't think it is but i could well be wrong.

might be near by????????
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: mouser on September 01, 2005, 10:07 AM
lot's of country folk here :)

pic of neighborhood in nyc where i grew up.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 01, 2005, 10:38 AM
"New York, New York, A hell of a town ..." (Bernstein)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: AbteriX on September 01, 2005, 11:02 AM
Did you get enough air, mouser ?  :(
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: zridling on September 02, 2005, 08:12 AM
Stefan, your fotocommunity links are missing. I wanted to see and know!
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: mouser on September 02, 2005, 09:18 AM
do i get enough air - no, not at all :)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: AbteriX on September 02, 2005, 10:18 AM
Stefan, your fotocommunity links are missing. I wanted to see and know!
-zridling (September 02, 2005, 08:12 AM)

Hmm, they are clever !? No deep links !? They change the URL ?!

Here is the way you could find them your self:
- http://www.fotocommunity.com/index.php4?
- [World]
- Europe
- Deutschland
- Baden- Württemberg
- Baden
- Heidelberg
---- you are there :)

-> er liegt sichs schön kühl - Schlossgarten Heidelberg
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/4826/display/3809743
That should be a joke :)

-> Ein philosophischer Blick auf Heidelberg
http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/4826/display/3825975
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other a bit... where do we all come from...
Post by: pbexpresss on September 02, 2005, 04:05 PM
I'm from Springfield, MO.  It's close to the southwestern corner of the state.
I'm an IT guy who likes any techno gadget imaginable.

I just found this site today.  Really cool.

Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: mouser on September 02, 2005, 05:09 PM
this is fun, let's keep it going.

and don't forget to add a quote to your yearbook image here:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=yearbook
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: m_s on September 17, 2005, 05:57 PM
I'm in the suburbs of Birmingham, England (but grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa).  Our neighbourhood was hit by a tornado a month or so back, and this was taken a few minutes afterwards.  Our house was untouched, but this picture was taken about 100 metres down the road...
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 17, 2005, 06:20 PM
Wow - great photos (if that isn't too sick a response).

Just goes to show that the US doesn't get all the weather.

Do you remember the storms from last January in the UK. I was trapped in my village - all the roads out were either flooded or covered in fallen trees (mostly both). Luckily there didn't seem to be too much damage to the local properties (but given that they are all traditional limestone builds with walls about 2 feet thick I suppose it isn't too surprising) but a number of people were flooded out - which was no mean feat given at we are well above the nearest river.

I was especially annoyed as I had bought tickets to go and see Cirque du Soleil when they visited Manchester and that was the day of the show! Kindly they offered my replacement tickets two weeks later.

I know it isn't in the least related but I used to live near Oxford and your damaged roofs brought to mind the "Headington/Oxford Shark" which I vividly remember appearing ... if you have never seen it here it is in all its glory. You can read about it at: http://www.headington.org.uk/history/misc/shark.htm

Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Miles on September 18, 2005, 05:59 AM
I was born in Oxford.... long time ago :)

Now I live in Greenwich (SE London).

Here are are a couple of local views. The first is towards the centre of London, from the hill which my house is on. The second is the classic view from the 'Observatory' in Greenwich Park.

Miles
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: m_s on September 18, 2005, 06:22 AM
I missed the January weather - I was in India, comfortable and safe in a cheap hotel in Mumbai, watching on BBC World as the tsunami wrecked the southern coast and much, much else.  I'm struck by how many English people read these forums... I wonder where the majority of donationcoder visitors come from?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: mouser on September 18, 2005, 06:28 AM
m_s i was just thinking the exact same thing !

maybe i can try to install one of these map things where people can place a little marker on a map showing where they come from, might be nice.
in my next blog ill try to make a map from the website stats.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: m_s on September 18, 2005, 06:36 AM
That would be interesting!  Might also be fun to see not just where people live, but where they come from...
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 18, 2005, 06:49 AM
How about adding a footnote to the rogues gallery page so everyone can give the info if they wish?

You could always gather stats with a poll (it must be easy to download a countries list from somewhere on the web)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: JeffK on September 18, 2005, 09:38 PM
I am from Australia.  It has always surprised me how many Indian people are on the net, especially living and working outside India.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Renegade on September 18, 2005, 10:47 PM
I'm from Canada, but I live in Seoul, Korea now.

The pictures above are NOTHING like where I live, and I'm a bit jealous.

To see a bit about where I live, you can have a gander at the Soju Dreams - Pictorial humor of life in Korea (http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=45) :) hehe - Enjoy~!

Ryan
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Mark0 on September 19, 2005, 07:11 AM
I'm from a place very near Venice, Italy. About 15-20 min. by train.
The fact that there's is a 5 minutes approximation in 20 minutes total says all about the trains service here! :)

But I prefer to consider my home a place where I spent three years as a kid, and where I try to return whenever possibile.
It's Misurina, one of the so-called pearl of the Dolomiti mountains.

(http://www.misurina.suedtirol.com/images/foto.jpg)

Bye!
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: jpfx on September 19, 2005, 06:18 PM
I was born in Oxford.... long time ago :)

Now I live in Greenwich (SE London).
-Miles (September 18, 2005, 05:59 AM)

Ahh.. I went to Uni in Greenwich. Those pictures bring back memories of me pedaling like a beast along the road at the bottom of the hill, coming to/from Brockley & Woolwich every day.

I now live in The States (sob). If you have any other pictures you could point me at I would be so obliged! :)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Miles on September 19, 2005, 11:53 PM
Here you go: http://www.christopherholt.com/subjects/britain_03.htm

The ones I posted, I took myself. If there's a particular view that you want I'll get the camera out.

When were you here? The area has changed a lot recently. Did you know that the University has taken over most of the Old Royal Naval College now?

Miles
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: jpfx on September 20, 2005, 05:06 PM
I left in 96, before they got really started on the millenium thing across the river. I was born in Beckenham and grew up in Lewisham. You make it look extremely pleasant.
Not to put the dampers on it too much but I almost always had trouble breathing during rush hour on the bicycle especially passing the Cutty Sark. Pollution seemed very thick there. You're probably okay up on Blackheath.
Nice to see pictures though, I have no photos and although I'd like to go back, it's one of those things waiting for the non existent lottery ticket win.
Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: TheGiant on October 20, 2005, 08:01 PM
Figured I'd say hello, I just donated today.

I 26, I have a birthday in December, I don't like those very much, too close to Christmas. I was 21, now I'm 26 where'd the time go. I used to think 26 was old.  ;D I am part of a small two man IT department, for three companies under the same roof, more if you count the landlord and a "Buy Owner"-Like Real Estate company (Real Estate, Mortgages and Title under one roof). I got the job primarily because of my knowledge, but it helped that my mother is the Broker of the Real Estate company, and a partner in the other two. I'm a geek, I like the computer to operate how I want it to, everything from how it looks, to how everything works.
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: mouser on October 20, 2005, 08:40 PM
great to see more posts here - welcome jpfx and giant :)

i got some bad news for you giant, time just seems to go faster and faster as you get older -  :(

when you get a chance, pick out a graphic avatar image for your forum identity.
Title: Re: Who are you & what do you do?
Post by: Baseman on January 08, 2006, 06:37 AM
I 48...Getting older by the year...A Profesional Chef worked wirth some of the top chef's of the world A musician who... Composes music...plays several instruments such as Lead , Bass, keyboards...Made a few CD's with a few bands...While in the chef Pro I was attacked and became disabled where I could not persue my careerI went into music with a band but alas! No money...The only one making the money was the club owner's...I tried my own business in Catering but where I stay in the Far south everyone want's it for nothing so I gave that up...I studied to be certified in Organic farming which at the moment is ongoing...But again by the time you've paid for seed labour ect No money...I've been studing GetBackData for two years and have recently bought myself a Forensic suite where this time I'm doing GetBackData and later on get involved with Internet Security I.E.Online Fraud ect...I'm a Beta Tester...I have a few IT friends who have a simular business and they saying "Got the money but No time" I'm quite the opposite...i.e.for now...While doing the GetBackData I will still be farming until I start earning...I'm Married No childeren a few cats and dogs...That's it for now folks
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: Baseman on January 08, 2006, 07:02 AM
I live in South Africa in the south near Vereeniging...will post picture soon...
m_s i was just thinking the exact same thing !

maybe i can try to install one of these map things where people can place a little marker on a map showing where they come from, might be nice.
in my next blog ill try to make a map from the website stats.
-mouser (September 18, 2005, 06:28 AM)
It is a good idea On one of the other forums they have this and you can place little animals nearest if not exacxtly the location your from then evryone knows exactly what part of the world your'e from... Strongly recommended...Excellent idea...
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Hellie on January 08, 2006, 03:10 PM
Carol, you use to live in my general direction at Oxford I live in a village extremely close to junction 5 Stokenchurch of the M40 where that big tower and the cutting is as you driving along the M40. That Sharks in Headington!!! Needless to say I live in the UK. I am 39 I use to be an NHS (Health Manager) until I started a campaign against the governments current policy of creating a government database of everyone Medical Records now I only work in the NHS on a Consultancy basis. Hence I am now very involved in politics. I know no political discussion but its what I actually do, so hope this is acceptable.

I am passionate about animals I have a rescued greyhound, a German Shepherd puppy, 3 cats and 3 rabbits.

Like JeffK  I frequently haunt www.emailaddresses.com which where I heard of this forum. I love playing around with software but am no expert. I would like a some point to have a go at programming.

Helen     





Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 08, 2006, 04:33 PM
Welcome Helen, yes I know Stokenchurch ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Josh on January 08, 2006, 05:46 PM
Well, as some of you know, my name is Josh. I serve in the US Army, Ft. Bragg, NC and am a 25S which is a satellite communications systems operator/maintainer. I also do part time freelance work with ad muncher promoting their software. That is how I came upon this wonderful site. I have a wife, Melissa, and a daughter, Melanie. I very much enjoy lurking at this site as well as hanging out in the irc channel. I have a lot of fun debating with mouser and db90 on various issues. Anyways, thats me, in a nutshell.
Title: Re: lets get to know each other a bit.. who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on January 10, 2006, 03:14 AM
"Like JeffK  I frequently haunt www.emailaddresses.com which where I heard of this forum. I love playing around with software but am no expert. I would like a some point to have a go at programming.

Helen"

Helen, I thought it was you.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 12, 2006, 07:33 AM
Whoa...Great thread going on here!
Well..I'm João (eheh,i know.. English people don't know how to read my name,at least the ones i knew when i went to USA),I'm 20 years old and I'm from Portugal.
I'm a university student (that's not the right way to say it,is it?) at Instituto Superior Técnico (http://www.ist.utl.pt),in Lisbon, Portugal.
As Lisbon is too far from my parent's house, i spend the weekdays at Lisbon and the weekends at Tomar,my parent's city.
Not being as life experienced as most people that posted here,there isn't much more for me to say,except that you can see some images from Portugal (and no,it isn't a province of Spain  :tellme:),just check here! (http://www.visitportugal.com/)

(ps: that map thing would be great,mouser,i really would like to see a map with everybody's position in the world,maybe we could even find some neighbours! :) I've already seen one like that and it gives a great look!)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2006, 10:19 AM
Hey welcome João. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Medium/banana.gif) :beerchug:

Not sure but I think you may be the first Portugese member here.

I wish my Portugese was as good as your English ... ;) Heck I wish my English was as good as your English  :wallbash:
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 12, 2006, 10:56 AM
lol! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Medium/hello.gif)
Thanks Carol (and nice pictures in your site too..congratulations!)! Actually,it only comes out like that because of the spell checker,i take 10 minutes to write a post and another 5 to correct it  >:( (and also,I've had 8 years of English at school and I've been in england for an intensive course on English language,i should almost be able to write novels,don't know how i still can't write a text without errors (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Small/THINK.GIF))
I'm the only Portuguese? ooh...There goes my idea about finding neighbours here! (but still,I'd like that world map with everybody's position..I'm still trying to find out the other one i saw  :tellme:)
Great to meet you,and i hope i can help this forum on it's way through the great freeware applications (and not only)  out there!
 :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:

(ps: actually,there were no errors in this text when i ran spell check..I'm getting better :))
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2006, 11:17 AM
I'm the only Portuguese? ooh...There goes my idea about finding neighbours here! (but still,I'd like that world map with everybody's position..I'm still trying to find out the other one i saw  :tellme:)
-jgpaiva (January 12, 2006, 10:56 AM)

I may be wrong - but anyone else will have to pop their heads out and say hi ...

Actually the map idea is good - I wonder if we could set up an interactive map linked to our user profiles so that we can simply click on our own location, and then see the full map on the Supporters YearBook page. Mouser what do you think?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: mouser on January 12, 2006, 11:20 AM
there are some mods for this discussed on smf forum - let's try to find a good one.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2006, 11:39 AM
Google Map mod seems to do the business - so long as we don't get thousands of people creating pins (unlikely since most people don't edit their profile at all).

See: http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=241
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 12, 2006, 11:46 AM
Found it! :D
(i was looking in the forum i saw it for the first time and couldn't find it..Just searched google and it was the first result!!! grr :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:)
The site i was referring to was frappr! (http://www.frappr.com/),where you can create a group and than easily add new people to that group by location.But after i read your post,carol, it seems to me that this isn't exactly what you were thinking,was it?I think this is more of an easy way to solve the problem,and not at all as good as the one you were suggesting

(ps: anyone noticed the spell check doesn't recognize a word as important as "google"? ;))
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: mouser on January 13, 2006, 09:08 PM
maybe it's useful to revisit this blog column and update the charts:
https://www.donationcoder.com/Columns/mts/b_mouser/archives/2005/09/some_geographic.html
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 14, 2006, 03:27 AM
The nice thing about the googlemap version is that it would be self updating for anyone interested.

Funny I hadn't spotted that blog.

Actually it would be really nice to see who the members are in the map and not just stars (ie. hover over a star and the user id appears as a tool tip).
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 14, 2006, 03:39 AM
@Carol:
I also think that googlemap is a great way,it doesn't need to be updated and we can see who is where.But is there any way to get one of those in the site,or is it only available in frappr?

@mouser:
those charts are like statistics got from the ip's of the people that visit the site,they are computer-generated,rather than made by each of us adding himself to it,right?
Anyway,it's a great concept,gives you and idea on how this site is spread over the world! :D
BTW,is there any counter in the site telling you how may hits it has had since it opened?
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: mouser on January 14, 2006, 08:26 AM
yes those maps are generated automatically from the server stats;
ill post a new update of site stats soon so we can all see how the site has grown.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 14, 2006, 11:24 AM
Trouble with a site stats approach is that it only tells you where a users ISP is, not where they are! My ISP probably says I am in London or Birmingham. Some people even use ISPs in other countries - let alone towns/cities.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 14, 2006, 11:36 AM
Yes,that really is not a perfect solution,(in Portugal,i think there will only a few places ;)..problems about being a small country) but i don't think that frappr's system can be implemented (although I'm not the expert,right mouser  :Thmbsup:) and seeing the global usage meters on the server,would already allow us to have some idea on the globalization of dc...
Anyways,technical limitations apart,I'd also like to see the members in the map ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Redhat on January 15, 2006, 08:03 AM
Wow I missed this thread entirely  ;D

I am 17 years of age and a director of a PC Repair company. We shall soon be moving into online retail and web services too. Very busy = me  ;) I've been twiddling with computers since the age of 9, which I suppose is much less time than most here. I am from Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. Don't shoot me for living in Luton!  :Thmbsup:

My hobbies include coding for the desktop and also for the web. I enjoy my work because you meet a wide range of people, and I earn more cash than my peers  ;D

To top my week off I love to go clubbing and wake up wishing I had never done it  8) :D
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: allen on January 27, 2006, 11:39 PM
I live in the extreme north of Maine (USA), though I originated in South Dakota and spent time in Mississippi and Virginia while in the Navy.

These days I'm a stay at home dad with an energetic two year old and, when I have time, a free lance web developer.  When not using my time productively, pretty much just drink and bite my finger nails ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: KaysLover on February 01, 2006, 08:20 AM
Hi all,

I am 47, and come from Bolton in the U.K. (that's a town near Manchester for the non-U.K. people).

I have worked in an IT arena for over 25 years, and a couple of years I took voluntary redundancy  ;D ;D  :D

I have been working in a Call Centre for over a year which gives me times to browse the Internet.

My claim to fame is that I have spent  8)   8)  New Year on 5 continents 8), and as 2000 was special, it was in Australia.

My first love was called Kay and hence the name.




Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Harrie on February 23, 2006, 09:40 PM
Hi!  I'm Harrie (female) and very happy about finding this site.  Think it might keep me off the streets for awhile!  <grin>

I'm from New Orleans, but ended up in Hot Springs, Arkansas after Katrina and now, I've moved to Atlanta and am hoping to settle down here for good.  I work at home as a transcriptionist.  I'm lucky enough to like my work.  I have a forum site that keeps me busy, too.  I'm married to a great guy. 

I love software, I love learning, I love programmers! 

I always read a book before falling asleep at night.  I mostly enjoy reading true stories, but sometimes fiction.   

Looking forward to getting familiar with the members here and the site itself.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on February 24, 2006, 02:59 AM
Welcome Harrie
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Harrie on February 24, 2006, 06:05 PM
Thank you, Carol.   :)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Got Milk? on February 26, 2006, 03:40 PM
Got Milk? here, turning 53 this year, been into puter business for a long time, at least 15 years or so. I´m "retired" so to speak, my own choice, because i sold my PC tech support company and got, to say the least, a fair amount of dough to make me independent of salary and stuff for the rest of my days. Spending my time traveling together with the wifey thing, also spends a good amount of time in front of the PC monitor  ;)

Living in Stockholm, Sweden (there´s no polar bears on the streets here, same as Norway ;D) but the overall weather conditions, especially winter time, slowly drives me nuts. Used to joke about us having only two seasons of the year, white winter and green winter ;D Having major plans on moving to a much warmer place, somewhere in the Mediterranian area. Thats it! And i love donationcoder.com, been here several times for the Mircryption stuff, but when i finally took some time to browse the site i was amazed! Sent the donation right away! 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other a bit. . .
Post by: Deozaan on March 08, 2006, 10:22 PM
I am 22 years old, and originate from the Boise, Idaho, USA. I came to this site a time or two on the suggestion of fellow member Allen. We've been online buddies for several years now. I decided to join because I like software and it's always great to see what other people recommend (reviews) and what new programs I haven't even heard of before that may very well be what I have been wanting for many years.

I run a few websites, some personal, some semi-professional. I've been learning PHP, though I'm not much skilled in it. My other programming language/application of choice is Macromedia Adobe Flash. I've made a few test projects to help improve my skill with the program, mostly with the ultimate goal being to design a cool game (that will probably live in obscurity all its days) that my brother and I have had the idea to make for years. They can be found at http://www.bighed.net/idler/ (http://www.bighed.net/idler/). If you're interested in mildly humorous, albeit somewhat morbid animations, you can see the beginnings of my hobby/career into websites from that root URL. It's not updated anymore; it's something that I don't really tell people about these days.

Lately I've been tinkering with personal PHP utilities. Making my own discussion boards, and thumbnail creating script. I had been thinking about doing a wiki and not long after I saw some discussion on this site about getting a wiki here. So I decided to create one. I got Allen into it and we had a race to see who would finish first. Well, he's done and I've been out of town a lot recently (no laptop for me) and mine doesn't even create a page yet. His is a nice, little, and for once in his programming career, useful script. (Oh wait, his ReReplace.com site is useful, too!)

I still intend on making that wiki, and with a lot more functionality than Allen's. That's not to say I think mine will be better. We just have different ideas on what we want our own projects to do. Nothing wrong with either one.

That's all for now.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Rover on March 08, 2006, 10:44 PM
I am 22 years old, and originate from the Boise, Idaho, USA. I came to this site a time or two on the suggestion of fellow member Allen. We've been online buddies for several years now.
-Deozaan (March 08, 2006, 10:22 PM)

Well if you're OK by Allen ... you're OK by me.  Don't have beard do you?

Anyway welcome.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Rover on March 08, 2006, 10:48 PM
Got Milk? here, turning 53 this year, been into puter business for a long time, at least 15 years or so.
-Got Milk? (February 26, 2006, 03:40 PM)

Hey GotMilk? -   Welcome to the site. 

So what am I doing wrong?  I'm just 40+ and been in the 'puter biz 20+ years and I didn't get to retire yet.  Wah!  :redface:

Enjoy the wife thing. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Medium/ROCKON.GIF)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Deozaan on March 10, 2006, 01:19 AM
No, no beard for me. I shave everytime I take a shower (though I won't tell you how often that is!) ;) and even sometimes in between showers.

I went about a month without shaving once (though I did shower in that time), but didn't like it much. I have a habit of pulling out facial hairs when they get too long.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: allen on March 10, 2006, 06:19 AM
I shave every time I take a shower too. :o
Title: Long time gone; now I'm back
Post by: zridling on March 18, 2006, 06:06 PM
Soon after writing the Best Archive Tools (https://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ArchiveTools/index.html) review in September 2005 (thanks again, mouser!), I took a sabbatical to move to Chicago from St. Louis. Soon after that, my life got far more complicated that I could afford and except for once every two weeks at the public library or at my wife's work computer, I've actually been offline ever since! But next week (let's just say April '06) I'm back because I'm finally setup again and because DonationCoder.com is the most exciting community online for me! Now I split my residence time between Chicago and Missouri, yet another complexification of modern life.

I have a PhD in Philosophy (yes, yes, Philosophy doesn't "produce" anything, but I'm proud of my studies), but have taught undergraduate statistics at several midwestern colleges and universities for years and then became a database consultant. However, in late 2002 my brain and heart fried at the same time and I no longer had any desire to continue working for one unethical company after another. I checked out of steady employment ever since. Poverty sucks, unless you learn to live really small, temper your longings — in my case for new software — and become good at making old things new again.

(http://www.anova.org/target/z2006-a.jpg)

I grew up in Arkansas when it was a cool, unbigoted place, but now I'm so ashamed to be an American. In other lives I was an opera singer (tenor, of course), a famous pianist, a failed blacksmith (I got injured on the job and my thumbs never recovered) and an Army cook who hated to spice the food. My ancestors are from Norway and I'm still waiting for them to invite me back to live permanently. I'd like it there. I'm a nice guy, but I must have a nice face. I smile a lot. At my age, if you don't, you look like you have indigestion all the time. I've been asked to play Santa Claus so many times, I've even developed a standup comedy routine as Santa when I do it. In empty restaurants or theaters people sit next to me. I catch people staring at me all the time. For some reason strangers will start conversations with me — long conversations, and sometimes personal ones. I'm really not that fat; I just look like I am. Go figure.
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, wher
Post by: Carol Haynes on March 18, 2006, 06:18 PM
Hey welcome back - good to see you again.  :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars: :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars: :greenclp: :beerchug: :onfire: :stars:

However, in late 2002 my brain and heart fried at the same time and I no longer had any desire to continue working for one unethical company after another. I checked out of steady employment ever since. Poverty sucks, unless you learn to live really small, temper your longings — in my case for new software — and become good at making old things new again.

I know exactly how you feel - I have spent the last few years trying to do things I find worthwhile and personally fulfilling. I have had some success - but mostly a large credit card bill!
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... who are you, what do you do, where do you come from?
Post by: Gerome on March 18, 2006, 06:28 PM
Hello,

I come from planet Mars and my shuttle is named Fbsl :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: karlyRana on March 18, 2006, 07:44 PM
I'm new at this type of forum ;) I am Karly, I am 41 and live in Texas and I am disabled and at home. I love my 4 dogs and 2 cats and software  :-* :D
Hope I don't have code everywhere :tellme: If so please forgive me :-\
Thanks all
Karly
I DID have code everywhere! Man I cant get them suckers to work >:(
Karly? lol
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Cpilot on March 18, 2006, 07:59 PM
I live in the deep South U.S.A. been using computers of one sort or another since 1976 (4040 and 8080) and beyond. I'm not afraid of trying anything new, OS's or programming languages, but I do have my favorites.
I consider using this stuff as like a puzzle, so I enjoy the low level api and languages that can access em.

And OOP is something I say when I fall, and classes are for school.  (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Small/GRRSIGN.GIF)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rover on March 18, 2006, 09:05 PM
And OOP is something I say when I fall, and classes are for school.  (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Small/GRRSIGN.GIF)
-Cpilot (March 18, 2006, 07:59 PM)
I can agree with that.   :beerchug:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 19, 2006, 12:28 AM
zaine posted!!!
(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Medium/megaphone.gif)
cue the dancing bananas, it's celebration time!

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it really made my week to read your post, zaine (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Large/090.gif)
i guess i need to let these guys free now: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1977.0
hope you have been enjoying your time away from the computer, it's probably healthy for your mind to take a bit of a break.  but we all miss your blog terribly and great software list updates, and we miss you here as well.  did you see the codycards contest? i think some of the entries might make you laugh (https://www.donationcoder.com/Scripts/imagiine/codycards/gal/?&gal=m).

welcome to karly and gotmilk and of course cpilot and gerome who i talk to on our irc channel, and everyone of course.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: nudone on March 19, 2006, 01:51 AM
mouser has said it all. welcome back zaine.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: vegas on March 19, 2006, 06:38 AM
bout time f00.  welcome back indeed.  we miss you & your insight.  ...also your site updates. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Medium/bouncegrin.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: epopuI on April 02, 2006, 07:40 AM
Hello, Hi, Heyup, Dumela, Avuxeni, in other words greetings other members.
I just found this part of the board so here goes.  I was born (it's true) in Bromborough, Cheshire, UK. After High School I went to Hotel School in Stoke.  From there into management for a subsidiary of Lyons in London.  Trampling on people to get to the top didn't appeal to me (have no killer instinct) so left that behind to be the Chef/Instructor at an approved school (young offenders) in Derbyshire.  My father got offered a teaching position in Johannesburg and 'forced' me to apply to get a job too. I worked back in the catering industry as a training officer until getting married.  I then had the qualifications to be a houseparent in a boys home (had a wife to be housemother) Had 35 boys from 7-14 in my house. Great fun ;) My wife had been a missionary in Angola and we met at our church.  I am a Christian and come from a Christian family. My grandfather was a missionary in the Congo, where my Dad was born.  My daughter was born and when she got to the age of being 'at risk' we decided to leave the home.  As my wife is a Canadian we moved to Canada.  I worked with people with disabilities and wrote software, as a volunteer, for children with severe multiple disabilities.  Unfortunately, lifting etc. took its toll and I ended up having to give up the work.  So now I am on a disability pension at the age of 54.  Thank God for computers - I can still travel by internet!
Now I play with the computer and am getting into CG 3D art.

Enuff!
Good to meet you all - I enjoyed reading all your bio's.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on April 02, 2006, 07:55 AM
Hello, Hi, Heyup, Dumela, Avuxeni, in other words greetings other members.
I just found this part of the board so here goes.  I was born (it's true) in Bromborough, Cheshire, UK. After High School I went to Hotel School in Stoke.  From there into management for a subsidiary of Lyons in London.  Trampling on people to get to the top didn't appeal to me (have no killer instinct) so left that behind to be the Chef/Instructor at an approved school (young offenders) in Derbyshire.  My father got offered a teaching position in Johannesburg and 'forced' me to apply to get a job too. I worked back in the catering industry as a training officer until getting married.  I then had the qualifications to be a houseparent in a boys home (had a wife to be housemother) Had 35 boys from 7-14 in my house. Great fun ;) My wife had been a missionary in Angola and we met at our church.  I am a Christian and come from a Christian family. My grandfather was a missionary in the Congo, where my Dad was born.  My daughter was born and when she got to the age of being 'at risk' we decided to leave the home.  As my wife is a Canadian we moved to Canada.  I worked with people with disabilities and wrote software, as a volunteer, for children with severe multiple disabilities.  Unfortunately, lifting etc. took its toll and I ended up having to give up the work.  So now I am on a disability pension at the age of 54.  Thank God for computers - I can still travel by internet!
Now I play with the computer and am getting into CG 3D art.
-epopuI (April 02, 2006, 07:40 AM)

Wow welcome ... and what a convoluted story ;) Are you still in Canada? Where about. My family live near Toronto.

Small world isn't it - you were born in Bromborough - I was born in Birkenhead (just down the road really) !!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: epopuI on April 02, 2006, 10:18 AM
Wow welcome ... and what a convoluted story ;) Are you still in Canada? Where about. My family live near Toronto.
Small world isn't it - you were born in Bromborough - I was born in Birkenhead (just down the road really) !!

Hello Carol,
Small world it is but Canada a big country I live in Alberta about 4000kms west of Toronto.
Bebington was my home town.  But we left there when I was 5 so I remember only the bits that I've seen since then.  Not been back to UK for over ten years now.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Conatus on April 16, 2006, 11:10 AM
Hello all! I'm Dennis from California. I don't work in the computer field but have been using them for a very long time. Was an electronics tech in the military and built my own Heathkit H8. LOL anyone heard of that.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 16, 2006, 11:19 AM
welcome to the site Conatus! (set an avatar image when you get a chance),

i remember the heatkit robots - i used to dream of having one :)
http://www.robotswanted.com/robotgallery/heathkit/

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: noth(a)nk.you on April 17, 2006, 11:54 PM
I've been waiting for a nice day to post in this thread.  :)

I'm a student way up here in Fairbanks, AK; working towards B.S.'s in Elect. Engr. and Math.  I spend far too much of my time surfing the internet (who doesn't?).

I was lucky enough to choose a dorm room facing south, which on days like today gives me a glorious view of the mountains.  Here are some photos I snapped from my window this evening (linked to better, but bigger, versions).

Looking to the SE, S, and SW (sorry for the formatting here):
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ] (http://asuaf.org/~fsbfw1/pictures/Pan1.JPG) [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] (http://asuaf.org/~fsbfw1/pictures/Pan2.JPG) [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] (http://asuaf.org/~fsbfw1/pictures/Pan3.JPG)

And that little bump off to the right (see high-res) is none other than the famous Mt. McKinley.
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ljbirns on April 18, 2006, 07:53 PM
My name is Lew. I live in White Plains, NY.  I got started in computers when the company I worked for  ( Retail Toy Stores ) computerized with a Texas Instrument 990  in 1978. The sucker was huge,. Needed it's own room and A/C.  Total of 64 K ram. TI Basic.
In 1996 a started on a new job. Wow  12" Orange screen moniotrs and DOS 5.0.  Well now it's
2006 and at least I got them to move up to 17" color screens but were still using DOS 5.0 on the server.  At least I have a desktop with XP.

This is a terrific site.

Lew
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Deozaan on April 18, 2006, 08:11 PM
Small world it is but Canada a big country I live in Alberta about 4000kms west of Toronto.
Bebington was my home town.  But we left there when I was 5 so I remember only the bits that I've seen since then.  Not been back to UK for over ten years now.
-epopuI (April 02, 2006, 10:18 AM)

This is very unlikely, but maybe it is a small world after all. What part of Alberta are you living in and how long have you been there? I became friends with a young lady who was from somewhere in southern Alberta--I can't remember the name of it without looking at a map--we lost contact years ago and I've been trying to look her up. She went to college in Lethbridge in the past few years and either lived there originally or some town relatively nearby. Anyway, her name is Kristi Derricott. Know any Derricotts?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on April 18, 2006, 10:20 PM
Isn't kd lang from Alberta?

Jeff
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Tricia on April 19, 2006, 08:45 PM
My name is Tricia and I'm a PC addict - I like trying new apps,
and I run my own freeware & chat forum. I came across this forum, quite by
accident and I liked the look of it. I have made a donation, and
will drop in when I can. It's so nice to meet you all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: allen on April 19, 2006, 09:07 PM
Isn't kd lang from Alberta?
-JeffK (April 18, 2006, 10:20 PM)

Sure is.  And a Leonard Cohen fan, to boot :) KD is great.

Welcome, Tricia!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: nigelfraser on April 19, 2006, 09:28 PM
Hi everyone, 44 British and I moved to Goa India  a little over 2 years ago. Currently I am learning to analyze HJT logs in an attempt to fight the scumbags.  Oh how I miss the rolling hills of Blighty!  8)



Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on April 19, 2006, 10:29 PM
kd and Roy Orbison singing Crying.  IMHO the finest example of popular singing of the last 20 years.

Isn't kd lang from Alberta?
-JeffK (April 18, 2006, 10:20 PM)

Sure is.  And a Leonard Cohen fan, to boot :) KD is great.

Welcome, Tricia!
-allen (April 19, 2006, 09:07 PM)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: epopuI on April 20, 2006, 09:31 AM
This is very unlikely, but maybe it is a small world after all. What part of Alberta are you living in and how long have you been there? I became friends with a young lady who was from somewhere in southern Alberta--I can't remember the name of it without looking at a map--we lost contact years ago and I've been trying to look her up. She went to college in Lethbridge in the past few years and either lived there originally or some town relatively nearby. Anyway, her name is Kristi Derricott. Know any Derricotts?
-Deozaan (April 18, 2006, 08:11 PM)

No sorry I don't - I am in Edmonton been here 19 years. I have been to Lethbridge but didn't meet anyone outside of the schools I was visiting. ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Smirf on April 20, 2006, 02:19 PM
Well, my name is Reinhard, I am from Munich, Germany, and I started my fight "man vs. machine" in my very early days.

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I hope, for 10x8 chess to become more popular some day, and my multivariant program SMIRF to play it well then.

Reinhard.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JohnnyBee on April 24, 2006, 04:07 PM
Hi y'all; Johnny Bramham from Solihull, West Midlands, UK chipping in with my four pennyworth.
Now 58, I've been married 34 years, have four kids and three grandkids. 
I started off in the Royal Navy as a junior and left as a P.O eight years later.
I've been a motor mechanic in the trade ever since, working on construction plant, HGV's and cars .
Forced into having to use a PC to make my life easier in my part-time job as a local Councillor, I now refurb older PC's for re-use by disadvantaged kids in my area and generally try to get a better understanding of how they work and making them better.
I built this rig myself, only an XP athlon 2700, but it works well enough so I'm going for a dual Xeon system next with bits bought from eBay.
I'm looking forward now to getting to know more about the programming and software side of things.
Best of British to all of you!
JB.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on April 24, 2006, 04:11 PM
Welcome to the DCcomunity, JohnnyBee!
I trust you'll like it ;)

I'm looking forward now to getting to know more about the programming and software side of things.
-JohnnyBee (April 24, 2006, 04:07 PM)

Then, you should check the Programming school!! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=77.0)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 101andresfc on April 27, 2006, 11:42 AM
 ;D estoy muy contento de hacer todos estos pasos para obtener la llave....los felicito sigan adelante....yo donare dinero mas adelante cuando pruebe este sofware.

¡pronto nos vemos, adios!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Tony Dodd on May 04, 2006, 12:08 PM
My name is Brett (Tony is my online persona). I have a couple years college and I work in maintenance...go figure! I love this site and I hope others will join as this can be (and is) something great. I live in Alberta Canada and hope to start some kind of online business.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Lashiec on May 05, 2006, 05:49 AM
Hi, my name is Marcos and I'm from Spain. I'm 22 years old and I'm studying Computer Engineering. Not working in anything, though I help my parents from time to time working in the fields. I love tinkering with the PC, although the thing I like most in this world is music (my parents wouldn't believe this, as they always complain about the time spent with the PC). Recently discovered the site, and I think this is really a neat idea, sitting in the middle grounds between shareware and freeware. I wish for the site a lot of success!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Tony Dodd on May 05, 2006, 10:16 AM
Welcome Lashiec! This is a great site with some excellent software to try out.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 05, 2006, 03:08 PM
Hi Tony and Lashiec, welcome both of you to the site ; please make yourself at home (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen0/Large/welcome.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: martyjn on May 06, 2006, 05:57 AM
Hey everyone my name is martin i am from australia i am the single father of three kids the oldes being 6 soon.I have a 3 year degree (took me 4 years) in IT but was unable to talk my way into an it job.I spend most of my time with the kids and some of my spare time programming .I started programming when i was about 11 in basic on a commodore 64.More recently i am working on a set of winsock programs to play games chess,checkers,reversi etc over the internet or any TCP/IP network that i hope to enter in the Borland coder competition and it was the competition that caught my interest in this sight and this concept.
marty
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on May 09, 2006, 07:36 PM
Welcome Martin and other new members.  I note you are from Australia, Martin.  I live in Kingaroy Queensland.  Where do you live?

Jeff
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: bokus70 on May 12, 2006, 02:07 AM
Hi everybody, I am the new guy around. I come from Serbia (southeastern Europe) , 36, working as a network admin in a bank. Have been working with computers since my early teens. This means: ZX81 -> ZX Spectrum -> XT -> AT -> 386 -> ... you can guess how it goes further... :)

Fortunately I have many other interests as well. Sports (motorracing, volelyball, basketball, soccer, skiing...), music, science, history, movies... you name it I got it. ;)

Married, two daughters (1 and 5 years old).

So, this site and the concept around it is cleverly designed. I hope it will survive all the challenges that the internet is bringing, and last for a long time.

Good luck to all
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AlphaWolf on May 21, 2006, 11:34 PM
Hi Everyone,
Just joined and donated. What a great site! My name is Jason, but I am better known as "Wolf". I am a professional poker player and am about to launch a new business (hopefully this next week) that I think is going to be amazingly successful. I was looking on a search engine for an email client that would let me customize the appearance of individual mail folders, and I ended up here, writing this 45 min later.

I live in Las Vegas, but travel alot. When I am home, I spend as much time as I possibley can at a wolf sanctuary about 3 hrs away. I volunteer there, give tours and teach people about wolves. This wonderful pack of has adopted me as their hairless wolf brother. When there are no tours, I nap with them and they bring me meat when they think I am hungry. Seriously! LOL Anyway, go check out my buddies at wolfmountain.com. (registered none-profit organization)

OK, have to go check out more of this site. Hope to meet some of you along the way...
Have a great night everyone!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 21, 2006, 11:39 PM
When there are no tours, I nap with them and they bring me meat when they think I am hungry.
that is amazing..
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AlphaWolf on May 22, 2006, 01:13 AM
It truly is and I am very grateful and blessed to be in their pack.  I have bottle fed several of them, and those wolves look up to me as an elder, while I am repectfully reminded of my place by the wolves higher up the chain than me.

If you are ever in the Vegas/So Cal area, let me know. This is the only wolf sanctuary in the country where you actually get to go in and interact with some of the wolves.


Here is a pic of me howling with the alpha male of the pack. We were all howling one time and he came over to howl with me. It was quite an honor and this is one of my favorite pics.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: zridling on May 23, 2006, 02:24 AM
Jason, you lucky dog, er wolf, you! Glad to have you with us, and thanks for sharing the great photo.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on May 25, 2006, 07:04 AM
I don't normally post in these types of "who are you" forums as I never really liked tooting my own horn and I usually let people get to know me by interacting with me...but I feel it's about time I do so...so here goes:

I am a 40 yr old woman who at some point early on in life decided to become a programmer and ended up having to sweep those dreams under the rug for a bunch of reasons and never did become a programmer. But dreams have a way of coming back to haunt you, so it might be a bit late to be starting out and starting over, but better late than never.

Since I married a really 'old fashioned' Italian guy, I do not work outside of my home, and I spend most of my time on my computer.


Online pursuits:



Offline pursuits:



Education:

I never finished high school, never went to college...but I am a certified floral designer and received my certificate from Montclair State University (totally useless). Everything I know about computers, web design, digital art, and programming... I taught myself within the last 7 years.

I am from New Jersey, USA. My small town is the official Cherry Blossom Capital of America.

Required local photos:

(http://www.sundanceoutdoor.org/newark_branch_brook_park.jpg)
(http://www.paxtonphoto.com/Newark/BranchBrookParkSpring.jpg)
(http://www.montclairhomes.biz/area_image.php?Id=9)

and a pic of me (morphed & manipulated to resemble an Alphonse Mucha style painting):

(http://www.appsapps.info/photos/mucha-resize.jpg)

Sorry to have made this so long but next time people want to know about me I can just send them here and share both my bio and Donation Coder with them at the same time. :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on May 25, 2006, 07:32 AM
Nice to have you on board April - great resumé (and nothing crappy about you webpage - what were you thinking of?)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mukestar on July 12, 2006, 07:56 PM
Hi people.

Im marcus, 33, from the rarely warm mostly damp floating land mass called the United Kingdom . First computer i saw in action was a Commodore Pet (mostly just the green cursor as no teacher had a clue how to use it). Got a lot more into computers when i got my own VIC  20 (which in hindsight as it was the same year the C64 came out was a BAAAD purchasing decision, but you make the most of a bum deal). Progressed to a speccy (every model from the rubbery 48k to the Amstrad-a-like 128k +2, spectrums never laster to long in our house, damn you Daley Thompson) , recieved my first my first email in 1987 via a prestel terminal, moved onto the Amiga (Now, thats what i call a proper computer) and held out as long as i possibly could before buying an IBM compatible (Window 95 was my first MS experiance, im still having councilling).

Of course during this period i went to school, bunked off PE to play Match Day and Sabre Wulf, got caught bunking off, sent back to school, left school, went to 6th Form, Went to college, Travelled a while, Came back, Cut Hair , Worked for a Bank, Left Bank, Became  Engineer for the 2nd ever 0845 ISP in the UK, Learnt that the reboot cycle of an NT4 server took the same amount of time as making microwave popcorn, also learnt that just because a crimper has the words RJ45 written on them doesn`t mean that someone hasnt grinded down the teeth to make it an RJ11 crimper and the 125 patch cables you`ve just madeup just aint gonna work, Lost job due to Dot Com implosion, got new job doing pretty much exactly the same thing but for the telecoms industry, got bored, moved over to media, became broadcast engineer, got all arty farty and became an editor for a home shopping network, became really arty farty and became a compositing editor for a production house,decided that i was becoming to arty farty and maybe i should get back into IT as its more stable.

Currently roaming the country looking to find new and intresting work, like the bloke from the tv series Kung Foo - except theres not much Kung Foo involved. Even went to Wales, now thats dedication.

I enjoy a good club, a quick drink and all the usual social stuff.

Im slightly Sarcastic

I Like Pizza

My fingers now hurt after all the typing
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on July 12, 2006, 11:24 PM
Welcome, marcus!

I Like Pizza
-mukestar (July 12, 2006, 07:56 PM)

I think it's a standard requirement that geeks like pizza.

I even married the pizza man. I get all the free pizza I can handle.  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 14, 2006, 04:19 AM
btw,
you can now fill in a biography info in your forum profile that people can see when they click the red paper icon under your name in posts.  you can also use bbcode and even images from posts like app103 did (click the red paper icon in her post above to see a good example).

for more info: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=4349.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on July 14, 2006, 08:40 AM
I've been asked to play Santa Claus so many times, I've even developed a standup comedy routine as Santa when I do it.
-zridling (March 18, 2006, 06:06 PM)

zridling,

A couple of years back, one of the big British daily newspapers pointed out that you could tell what stage a man had reached in the four ages of life, by looking at his position relative to Santa Claus.  Thus:



Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 18, 2006, 03:16 AM
people!!! go fill out your bio info in your profile!!
even if it's just to link back to the post here in this thread.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: db90h on July 18, 2006, 03:26 AM
people!!! go fill out your bio info in your profile!!
even if it's just to link back to the post here in this thread.
-mouser (July 18, 2006, 03:16 AM)

No! I resist assimilation!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 18, 2006, 03:35 AM
too late db, cody already is in the process of assimilating you:
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jdd on July 18, 2006, 06:07 PM
Pretty sweet, Mouser.  You assimilated db90h in about 19 minutes.  Would you mind telling which graphics programs were involved? :tellme:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 18, 2006, 06:11 PM
that was done with Fireworks, but the key was that the cody graphic was made using layers by nudone with the top beak being one layer, and lower beak being another.

so it was complete luck that i was able to achieve the effect of the thing being in his beak so easily.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: NeilS on August 01, 2006, 06:06 PM
Hi Folks,

I've been a member for a few months, but haven't quite gotten around to posting until now. Anyway, I'm 34, from Scotland, and I've been a game developer (programming, mainly) for as long as I can remember, although I've been branching out into other areas recently (software research, both in and out of the games industry).

Like most people here, I'm a sucker for cool bits of software, so I was very happy when I found this place. Kudos to Mouser for creating a great community here - long may it continue!

So, nice to meet everyone, and I'll try and post a bit more from now on...

- Neil.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TucknDar on August 07, 2006, 03:30 AM
suppose I can post in here, too

I'm a 27 years old male livining in Oslo, Norway.
I've been using computers since... 1994 I think, but never got further than being a "mildly advanced user" meaning I can't program in any language. Well, I know a tiny bit of PHP, but that's about it. I love to tweak my system though, and have been into alternative shells for 7-8 years or something, with a preference for LiteStep (and the PureLS-branch when that was actively maintained). I recently discovered AutoHotkey and am trying to tweak and write useful scripts.
I love freeware, but with the discovery of DonationCoder.com I've found myself donating for freeware and also registering a few shareware apps (some Collectorz-programs through the DC-discount!). I've "always" wanted to be able to code programs, but I suppose AHK is as far as I can go... unless you know some great way to learn C or C++, that is.

"software I can't live without"(tm):
Total Commander
LiteStep
Opera
PSPad
Miranda
OpenOffice.org
KatMouse (microsoft, you got wheelscrolling all wrong!!!)

On a personal note, my first-born daughter is now 5 weeks  :-* I'll never forget this summer, that's for sure! Becoming a father is, needless to say, the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me!
That's about as much as I care to post right now... maybe more in my personal profile later :-[
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on August 07, 2006, 05:55 PM
Good to hear from you all.

Congratulations, TucknDar, on your new daughter.  May your joy continue!

Best wishes,

Jeff Kogler
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TucknDar on August 09, 2006, 12:56 PM
Congratulations, TucknDar, on your new daughter.  May your joy continue!

Best wishes,

Jeff Kogler
-JeffK (August 07, 2006, 05:55 PM)
Thank you!!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Dell[a] on August 13, 2006, 02:06 PM
I am 28, live in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. I am married to Gothic for a little over a year now. NO "human" kids yet, but we do have our "animal" kids.  2 year old HUsky named Dakotah and a 7 month old pussycat named Sandalphon. I went to college and majored in Early Childhood Education/Early intervention, but did not graduate. I was an internship away from graduation when my dad got seriously ill, I gave the rest of my college money back to my mom so she could stay in Philadelphia where my dad was in the hospital for nearly a year. I just havent gone back to school yet, but I hope to finish up one day. For about 6-7 years I worked in childcare for kids with and without special needs. Now for the past 2 years I have been working with adults with MHMR, which is simply adults with Mental retardation and mental health issues. I am the supervisor of a group home where 4 women reside...some of whom have very challenging behaviors. So I am kept very busy.
I like computers, but I don't know a whole lot about them. I try and learn new stuff sometimes, especially programming...but my mind just doesnt grasp it yet. My greatest accomplishment so far is my snail rescue game, and I my new project which i have yet to start- about people who live on the sun.  :huh:
Hrm, what else? I drive a 2002 pontiac grand am, though I truly miss my 97 explorer, even tho it would have sent me bankrupt from the way gas prices have been. I dont have any pics of where I live readily available, but I can certainly ask Gothic to upload some. Gothic and I met on mIRC about1.5 years ago by complete accident. But we have been together ever since. He is my super sexy 6 sided snookums, and I love him very much!  :P
And I wanna say that even tho I dont know much about puters, I think this site is really really groovy. It has grown into one big happy family!!!!! :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on August 13, 2006, 02:12 PM
glad to have you and gothic on the site della  :Thmbsup:
and say to you tuckndar and neils  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: pwsfrancis on August 16, 2006, 04:46 AM
Hi, and regars mouser,

Greetings from Malaysia!

 :up:  I'm new to all these but anyway thanks for the great things (the sharing, I mean). 

 :D  Thanks guys!

Regards.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rohit on October 02, 2006, 09:36 AM
Hello everyone!

My name is Rohit and I am from India. I found this great website last year, but I joined it only about 2 weeks ago. Many thanks to Mouser and to other members for creating such a useful website and friendly community.

I am 30 years old male, and have been a professional programmer for 7 years. I recently quit my job to become an indie software developer/publisher, these days referred to as a "MicroISV." My original goal was to develop desktop games, but recently I have been thinking of switching to application development.

I really love coding, and wish I had the time to learn many different languages. Currently I am proficient in Java (5 years' experience), and that is the language I plan to develop my software in.

A little more about me: I grew up in New Delhi (India's capital), but these days I am living in Bangalore. I am married, but we don't have any kids yet.

My name is a word from the Sanskrit language, meaning, "the color of the rising sun." Apart from coding, my other loves are spirituality (non-religious) and trying to understand Life in simple words. I am reasonably sure that had computers not been invented yet, I would have become a monk :D I am also interested in community service projects, and once I am established in my new career, I would like to contribute in some way to my local community and/or the world.

That's all for now. See you around later! :)
Rohit
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: nudone on October 02, 2006, 10:29 AM
welcome, Rohit.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: orbitdev on November 17, 2006, 02:51 AM
hi,

I'm the team leader of Orbit Downloader's develop tem, my name is Daniel Fang, come from P.R. China,
We are focous to develop an freeware download tools which have most fuction compare to commercial
product, and keep the software clean ,small and faster.

Nice to meet all the good guy here, like Mouser/Anderson, thank you for help us to know the basic
rules of promote software over the internet. We are continue to learning from this great commnuity.
and try the famouse google's slogan " Don't be evil"

I am 32 years old male, working at Linux/security for over 10 years, If your guys need some advice
on your linux webserver performace or security related questions, just drop me an note, you can
find me at this website's IRC.

Orbit Team
Daniel Fang
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Wordzilla on November 17, 2006, 03:04 AM
Welcome Daniel!   :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on November 17, 2006, 03:44 AM
Welcome daniel+orbit.

No matter where any of us are in life, there is always much to learn.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ruffnekk on November 29, 2006, 05:24 AM
Hi everyone!

My real name is John Willemse, I’m 33 and living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I work for a multi-national company as a local IT Security Officer. All the fun jobs were taken I guess, but it pays good and I have a new company car without markings :P. Luckily I get to code some stuff too every now and then. Any ways, my main ‘hobby’ is programming and I’m quite proficient in VB .NET and C#. I don’t have Visual Studio with C# so I wrote a fully functional C# compiler in VB .NET to help myself out :). I also know Java, Javascript and C/C++ but not as good though.

My other hobbies are kick boxing, logic puzzles, reading tech stuff, keeping up with the latest gadgets and playing Xbox.

I’m married for almost 5 years now and I have 2 children, my son Keony is 3 and my daughter Ashley is 12 (different mother).

That’s about it. I’m not good at this stuff so drop me a message if you want to know more ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on November 29, 2006, 05:36 AM
Welcome to the site Ruffnekk, glad to have you here  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jacquesrober on November 29, 2006, 08:52 PM
Hi, I am Jacques,
I like computers but don't know programming except for HTML. (Built 2 websites for my ex-employer) I am now 63 and retired with Marie who was a high school director.
I like to try new programs and manage to almost crash approx. once a week ;D. I have done 2 recoveries so far on my new HP purchased in september 2006 (superbundled computer with dual core processor.) Of course it takes a few days to debundle and reset the software the way it was before the almost crash. (It actually totally crashed: no winsock= no desktop).
This site is interesting and I hope it stays that way.
 I am available for translation from english to french if you need it for programs or help files.
Salutations to all.
Jacques.
Oh ye,
I am from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on November 30, 2006, 12:40 AM
Welcome to the site Jacques, make yourself at home  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gregheaton on December 01, 2006, 11:15 AM
Hi, I'm Greg, I'm a 29yr old Aussie working for a large Industrial Controls company. I work in the Technical Support department which at times can be quite busy. At the moment I'm on my last night of a 2 week business trip in China and leaving for a week trip to Sth Korea, then will be back home by end of first week of december...

My programming experience is long, but shallow...I learnt VB5 (i think) in TAFE (a bit like college) about 7 years ago, from there I really just learnt things the hard way. Recently I have been writing a few apps for work to automate simple procedures. I wouldnt say my programming skills are good, but my fault finding and information seeking skills are excellent. So with google, I can do most anything...lol.

I have recently taken a liking to c# and dont find it that hard to understand, I'm just struggling to find the time to practice.

Anyway, I'll see if i can contribute to the coding snack for ideas or solutions...please be gentle...lol
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kittytoast on December 19, 2006, 04:46 PM
Dudes.
From Calgary, Alberta.
A computer refurbisher [volunteer].
Learning to manage XP - for those who can visualize the wink* wink* read between the lines.

Also, a Linux newb - Ubuntu and Kubuntu [VERY shiny].
Hope that I can donate soon.
Credit problems at present [not that that'll stop me for long].

I have my ways of getting out of debt. [no ,not bankrupcy]
Nice to be here. :)

Jealous of those with a corner office.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sipsake on December 30, 2006, 07:33 PM
Hello All,
I can't remember how I came across this site...could've been surfing, might've been googling, maybe even Stumbled upon it. However I got here, I'm glad it happended. This is an incredible place. I'm a software junkie and have found Nirvana.

My name's Kevin Anderson, I'm 42, married, and I live in Memphis, Tennessee, home of Elvis, Pork BBQ, Blues and not much else worth mentioning.

I know virtually nothing about writing code except for a course in BASIC I took in college back in '84 to fulfill my language requirement, and a half-a**ed attempt at learning VB.Net about 6 months ago. (I did manage a successful "Hello World" web app, thank you)

Actually I spend much of my time in mortal combat with application developers. See...I'm a Systems/Network Admin. and am often blamed for unexpected errors when applications make their way to my test environment. And I must admit, it is foolish of me to design the test systems based on the specs of our end users and not the hardware used by the developers. Such is life.

However, you all seem like a convivial lot, and not at all insane, so I thought I'd introduce myself.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 01, 2007, 06:53 AM
Welcome greg, kittytoast, and kevin (sipsake)  :Thmbsup:

Glad to have you here and with us for the new year.  Make yourself at home :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tinjaw on January 08, 2007, 03:05 AM
My real name is Chaim Krause and I live in Kansas City, Missouri, USA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri). I am a computer professional currently, but I have dabbled in many professions. I spend almost all my time in front of a computer, both at work (http://www-cgsc.army.mil/) and at home. I live by myself with my American Eskimo Dog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Eskimo_Dog) named Washington (short for General George Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington)) and my cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Shorthair) Pudems. I am interested in just about anything having to do with computers and with the hobby of wargaming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargaming).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: momonan on January 08, 2007, 04:40 AM
Hi, everyone.  I live in the northeast U.S. and I'm wrapping up a career as a public interest lawyer, writing, speaking, and doing related activities.  Even though I'm not a programmer, I can't live without the community of this site.  Except for this site :D, I spend entirely too much time at the computer.

I have a dear family that includes a computer whizz and a teacher.  Plus a part-time dog that I share with an ex-spouse -- kind of a Thai ridgeback (the dog, not the spouse ;)).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on January 08, 2007, 05:04 AM
I guess i never made a decent presentation about myself in this thread, so here it is:

Hi! My real name is João G Paiva.
I live in Portugal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal) and i'm a student.
I study computer engeneering at Instituto Superior Técnico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Superior_Técnico) in Lisbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon).
I live with 2 friends of mine, who also study at the same university and, as we live very near to our university, we have lots of free time, which i translate into heavily frequenting DC.
I don't have any hobbys other than trying to constantly improve my computer experience. I do like to occasionally play squash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(sport)), the only sport that i really enjoy playing.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cthorpe on January 08, 2007, 11:19 AM
Hello,

My name is Carl Thorpe.  I teach computers at an elementary school in Texas.  All students from Kindergarten through fourth grade come to the computer lab.  I am currently working on full teaching certification, and I hope to be teaching in a regular classroom next year.

I have been using computers for more than 20 years.  I am interested in integration of technology and education, especially as it pertains to young children.  My hobbies include reading and watching movies.

Carl
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on January 08, 2007, 12:23 PM
Hello, I'm Chris Larcombe and I'm 60.
My expertise is in communications research.  I acted as an adviser to national and regional governments and also to most major companies in Canada (where I now live) and many others in the U.S. and the U.K.  These days I have fewer clients; that's because about 10 years ago I decided to begin a move towards retirement.
Programming was never more than a hobby for me.  When I first owned a personal computer it was a case of program what you need or use this lump of hardware as a quirky ornament.  Today, so much 'off-the-shelf' material is available that it's often better for me to use that.   Computers are an abiding interest of mine.
My wife is an artist.  She and I live in rural Ontario, some distance east of Toronto.  We have two dogs, a black German shepherd (Mars) and a wire-haired fox terrier (Ripley).  Having already enjoyed life in some major cities we now like the peace and space of country living.
Donation Coder provides some relaxation for me, and without the need to leave home. 
I'm delighted to make your acquaintance. 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 08, 2007, 05:56 PM
Hi there.  I'm "y0himba" and I am a 40 year old father of 5 from PA, married for 15 years.  I drive a school bus, and I am a proud support tech.  I run my own small computer troubleshooting business here and I love to troubleshoot, to fix, without loss of data.  To me, if you need to format, it's not fixed.  I also design web sites for businesses here in my small town, and help run a small foundation that gets computers and Internet access to underprivileged families, and small "mom & pop" businesses in our area.  My wife has two Burger King stores, one here in town, the other about 40 minutes from here.

I spend my time either here on the computer, or in The Outer Banks, NC.  I am not very wealthy, but I made a small donation because I truly feel this is a wonderful concept, and I use many of the utilities here, I find then extremely useful without all the garbage that comes with expensive software.

BTW:  Nice to meet you all, long thread to read  :P
 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 08, 2007, 06:00 PM
Free burger king to all DC members in PA !  :P

Good to see you posting y0himba, set your avatar image when you get a chance!
Hi also to carl and chris - glad to see you on this thread  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 08, 2007, 06:01 PM
I am doing that now LOL!  I switched domains and forgot to hit all the forums I am on....

EDIT:  There, that's better!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: hamradio on January 08, 2007, 11:38 PM
Ok...here it goes I am Carroll from the Oldest Town in Tennessee, USA.  There is a little research for some of you...I am an amateur radio operator and have been a licensed one since 1998.  I also like programming simple stuff, website graphics/designing, and a few other things.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 09, 2007, 02:30 AM
Ok...here it goes I am Carroll from the Oldest Town in Tennessee, USA.  There is a little research for some of you...I am an amateur radio operator and have been a licensed one since 1998.  I also like programming simple stuff, website graphics/designing, and a few other things.  :)
-hamradio (January 08, 2007, 11:38 PM)

My Dad was a ham.  WN5TOE (originally, WB5TOE way back when...)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: baesparza on January 09, 2007, 07:12 PM
My name is Bradley. I hail from the city of Kent, Washington on the Easthill above the fertile Green River Valley in the beautiful and incomparable Pacific Northwest. USA out of the Pacific Northwest! (Whew) I am 44yo and am a native of King County where I live.

I am a lazy end user that likes ease of use and pretty colors. I am a rookie Rugby player and I like to thrift shop. I ♡ Pop Culture in its many manifestations, including art, music and books. I sing and play piano somewhat; and garden and cook.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: nrenfree on January 09, 2007, 10:09 PM
I am a 41 year old interactive architect working for a publishing company. They gave me that title because they can't pay me much.  :D  I have lived in California all my life except for a few years in Indiana enjoying "real" seasons." I am a diehard Macaddict who loves this site because of the spirit and camaraderie I find here. Since I program cross-platform, I use some of the software found here and delight in seeing what's new even if I can't use it. I have two cats, one of whom is purring at me right now telling me he is OH SOOOOOO Hungry. That's about all that's fit to print.

Take Care
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Arjen on January 10, 2007, 04:43 AM
Hi everybody,

My name is Arjen (pronounced "AR-yen"), I'm 33 and I live in Utrecht (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_%28city%29), a city in The Netherlands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands) known for its canals, Dom church tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Tower_of_Utrecht) and university. I currently work for an environmental consulting company, where I develop software for the environmental field. Our software is mainly used by governmental organisations for managing their environmental data (e.g. soil data, but also environmental permits).

I learned to program on the venerable Commodore 64 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64) and have been doing it (on and off) ever since. I program under Windows at work, but I am using Linux for my daily computing tasks at home. Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to programming under Linux yet - hopefully in the future.

I enjoy hiking in the "great outdoors" to compensate for my inactive time behind the screen.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: superboyac on January 11, 2007, 11:44 AM
In compliance with the future Cody Club charter, I'm finally posting something on this thread:

My real job is an electrical engineer.  I used to do mechanical engineering before that, and before that I was a high school teacher.  And before that, I was planning on joining the medical profession and I was doing bioengineering work.  Actually, one of my possible destinations was the University of Illinois (like mouser).  I live in Los Angeles, I'm 28.  I love playing basketball, and I love playing music (jazz piano and organ).  Now I feel like I'm filling out questions for an online dating site.

PS I also just filled out my DC biography, so you can read more interesting information by clicking on that red document button under the avatar.  I always wondered what that button was for!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 11, 2007, 12:17 PM
Hi... I *swear* that I posted in this thread long ago but can find no evidence to support this so...

I love this site. I discovered it (can't remember how) two years ago and donated the same day. Like others posting in this thread, I wouldn't want to be without it.

As to myself, I am a PhD candidate (Neanderthal evolutionary ecology and morphology) and a college instructor (University Transfer - Anthropology) but my favourite job is father to two boys, Jack and Thomas. Along with their mother, we live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Before we had our boys, Younhee and I lived in England (four years) and in South Korea (four years).

What I know about programming could be written on the head of a pin and I know just enough about Windows to SERIOUSLY disable any machine running any flavour of it!

My user name is Darwin but my friends call me Mike :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 11, 2007, 12:32 PM
You + Computer = Darwin Award (http://www.darwinawards.com/)? ;D Just kidding, had to though...

Wow, I am residing with giants here.  All the education and lofty purposes, here I am never graduated high school, nor went to college. It's incredibly nice to see this on a forum, being open and truthful without the usual forum "face" contests that go on.  You've all heard the saying about arguing on the Internet...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 11, 2007, 05:06 PM
You + Computer = Darwin Award?  Just kidding, had to though...

Good one - very apt, unfortunately :-[ Actually, I've learned from my mistakes but do spend far, far too much time tinkering with a tool that is supposed to be enabling me to work more efficiently on other things (PhD data analysis, dissertation write up, balancing my chequebook, etc.).

As for education... I've met high school dropouts that make Rhodes Scholars look like special ed students... Education is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing and it shouldn't define us. I only wish that that insight had come more cheaply - in both time served and money spent!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on January 12, 2007, 03:12 AM

Wow, I am residing with giants here.  All the education and lofty purposes, here I am never graduated high school, nor went to college. It's incredibly nice to see this on a forum, being open and truthful without the usual forum "face" contests that go on.  You've all heard the saying about arguing on the Internet...
-y0himba (January 11, 2007, 12:32 PM)

One usually doesn't stop learning when their formal education ends. At least that is what I would sincerely hope. I know it is the case for me.

And you are in good company...I didn't graduate high school or go to college, either.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2007, 10:16 AM
Hi... I *swear* that I posted in this thread long ago but can find no evidence to support this so...
-Darwin (January 11, 2007, 12:17 PM)

That's because the start of the thread has been lost somehow - I started the thread not long after I joined the site but for some reason .....

If you look at my first post in this thread now here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg4955#msg4955) you can see I am referring back to the posting of another member earlier in the thread - all those early posts have disappeared.

Mouser do you keep any old backups or are they discarded on a rolling basis ? If you kept some ealy ones we may be able to resurrect the full thread ...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 12, 2007, 02:28 PM
i dont discard old backups but this was sooo long ago and its a mystery to me where we lost these.  do we have any clue the date when the lost posts were in existence, and any text in them i might be able to search for?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2007, 02:43 PM
Abterix/Stefan mentioned that he lived in Heidelberg in an earlier message beacuse that is what I responded to. Presumably I mentioned "Yorkshire Dales" in my initial post that started the thread.

Given that messages after 17-03-2005 exist in the thread I presume any backup soon after that date will have the original posts in them (they were certainly there when I posted my comment on 31-08-2005.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: pyr8 on January 12, 2007, 03:01 PM
Hi Every one

Its Pyr8 from the UK here and I am pleased to be a member!

I am an war pensioner (ex submarines) and ok I am 50 now but mentally retarded hehehehe I also am a wheelchair jockey that pisses off governments etc and I have always been know by the name Pirate hence my screen name and this is because I am a rebel without a cause (Not true really I have loads of causes and pet hates ie Government)

I am or was an electrical tech manager in the heavy electrical area ie power stations or any where that there are heavy electrical uses

Anyone that needs any help or advice please give me a shout as I am an insomniac and it helps keep my mind occupied!

Regards
Pyr8 :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2007, 03:54 PM
Welcome Pyr8, whereabouts in the UK - there are a few of us about ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 12, 2007, 06:03 PM
Ha! a fellow sailor that has the courage to try to get on a boat designed to sink!  :D  I actually never qualified, but I sure tried!

Welcome Pyr8!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dwbrant on January 14, 2007, 03:50 AM
I am mid-40's, live in Minneapolis, MN, USA, and like to spend spare time taking photographs.  I was in USAF from 1980-1992.

I work for a very large global outsourcing company, and no, I am not proud of that fact.  I am actually waiting to have my job "outsourced" to Argentina or Brazil in the next few months.

Dave
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 14, 2007, 04:20 AM
welcome dave and pyr8 :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sable on January 14, 2007, 05:44 AM
hello, i´m sable from germany and i´m 25 years old (since the day i stopped counting the years). i´m a chocoholic and i would die for a good pizza, pie and a kawphy :)
i´m breeding british short and longhair cats and i´m a member in 2 programming rooms even i´m not a programmer. (but i´m looking pretty in the memberlist  :P)
app103 thought me html to prove me that i´m not stupid  ;D and i´m the only online person which met app in real life  :D and i ate the best pizza of my life there  :-*



Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wraith808 on January 23, 2007, 02:15 PM
Hello everyone!

I'm wraith808, a computer programming consultant from Atlanta, GA.  I've been freelancing about 13 years now, and have been in the field for about 16 years.  Hope to be a good dc contributor!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Wordzilla on January 23, 2007, 02:17 PM
Really nice to have you here, Charles!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 23, 2007, 02:33 PM
welcome charles and sable.  hahahah sable great pic  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: zxcvbn on January 23, 2007, 05:43 PM
Well, hallo from Stockton-on-Tees in NE England.  I am just carrying out my assignments as tasked.  This is what I have just posted in my "profile" :

Retired, but blogging.  Retired C of E Clergyman, one wife, two children, three grandchildren, and four coronary artery bypass grafts. Like Moses, I keep on taking the tablets.  Born 1933.  Served in Royal Air Force for 20 years altogether.  Made Deacon (C of E) 1974, Priest 1975. Retired 1998 - Hooray !

And that is probably quite enough.   ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 23, 2007, 05:47 PM
Simply put, you have my respect, which is due you.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 23, 2007, 06:20 PM
Well, hallo from Stockton-on-Tees in NE England.  I am just carrying out my assignments as tasked.
-zxcvbn (January 23, 2007, 05:43 PM)

Welcome zxvbn .... strange name but hey ...

Actually we are practically neighbours (in the scale of DC.com) as I only live down the road in Wensleydale and used to commu8te to Stockton to work !
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on January 24, 2007, 02:26 AM
May be strange, but sure is convenient.  Take a look at your keyboard starting with the "Z" key.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: zxcvbn on January 24, 2007, 05:41 AM
Farmsteader has cracked it !  Thank you Carol for your message.  I had "investigated" your various sites in the past, and have just done so again.  Our outdoor sports are now limited to the long and adventurous trek from the car door to the adjacent pub or cafe.  Sometimes we have managed as much as 100 yds.

As for coding, well, I have made a slight, hopefully helpful, amendment to my signature using the British Broadcasting Corporation's code which I think is pretty clever (why does the BBC need a code I ask myself ?).  You can see that you have a man of talent here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Martin_130286 on January 24, 2007, 07:14 AM
Hi, I'm Martin - a student from England, UK.

I spend most of my time programming, mainly Uni assignments but some of my own ideas too.
I've been hanging around in the IRC channel quite a lot lately, and finally decided to get an account today :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 24, 2007, 07:26 AM
Our outdoor sports are now limited to the long and adventurous trek from the car door to the adjacent pub or cafe.
-zxcvbn (January 24, 2007, 05:41 AM)

Tell me about it - I don't often get as far as the car door these days!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 26, 2007, 02:15 PM
Welcome martin!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kyrathaba on January 26, 2007, 10:01 PM
I'm Bryan.  Age 35, Kentucky resident (but I have teeth and wear shoes).  I work as a licensed psychotherapist, but I wish I worked as a programmer.  Computers "listen" better ;>
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 26, 2007, 10:05 PM
I'm Bryan.  Age 35, Kentucky resident (but I have teeth and wear shoes).  I work as a licensed psychotherapist, but I wish I worked as a programmer.  Computers "listen" better ;>
-kyrathaba (January 26, 2007, 10:01 PM)

 ;D Welcome to the forums!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Vishesh on January 26, 2007, 11:04 PM
An Introductory Forum...... :Thmbsup:

I'm Vishesh Handa, 16, Live in Delhi,India....love programming  :P

Oh yea I'm in High School..... :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tinjaw on January 27, 2007, 04:05 PM
Computers "listen" better ;>
-kyrathaba (January 26, 2007, 10:01 PM)

That's the whole problem with them! They do exactly what you tell them to, instead of what you want them to do.

"I know that is what I typed, but that isn't what I meant. If computers are so smart it should have know that!!! Grrrrrrrrrr!!"
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kyrathaba on January 28, 2007, 01:23 PM
"I know that is what I typed, but that isn't what I meant. If computers are so smart it should have know that!!! Grrrrrrrrrr!!"

I know what you mean, tinjaw.  Computers can be frustrating, just like people can.  I think a lot of ppl don't realize that computers have feelings.  Just the other day, my computer finally broke down and admitted to me that she's been very jealous the past few weeks because I've been seeing another computer (at work).  I hadn't been careful enough (had unthinkingly sent an email from work computer to my ISP internet account), and what could I say?  I was caught with both hands on the keyboard!  I just swallowed my pride and apologized, and gave her a RAM upgrade and a nice long defrag.  We're getting along fine again, now ...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on January 28, 2007, 01:39 PM
 :-* ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: iphigenie on February 16, 2007, 04:09 PM
Well i guess I should have posted here before i posted elsewhere.

Hi. I'm from Switzerland, living in the UK but not sure for how long (between jobs and current discussions are for jobs all over the place). Interested in far too many things to list them all here.

Have a background in development but never much in the realm of desktop apps so around here I'm probably a consumer  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on February 17, 2007, 06:41 AM
"I know that is what I typed, but that isn't what I meant. If computers are so smart it should have know that!!! Grrrrrrrrrr!!"

I know what you mean, tinjaw.  Computers can be frustrating, just like people can.  I think a lot of ppl don't realize that computers have feelings.  Just the other day, my computer finally broke down and admitted to me that she's been very jealous the past few weeks because I've been seeing another computer (at work).  I hadn't been careful enough (had unthinkingly sent an email from work computer to my ISP internet account), and what could I say?  I was caught with both hands on the keyboard!  I just swallowed my pride and apologized, and gave her a RAM upgrade and a nice long defrag.  We're getting along fine again, now ...
-kyrathaba (January 28, 2007, 01:23 PM)

I totally agree with the whole notion of computers having personalities like people. I will even go so far as to say they have genders too.

And they do play favorites with users, acting nice to some and being impossible to others.

My old pc adores me (EdTheSlowAss)...hates everyone else. But we came to an understanding a long time ago, which is why he's agreeable with me.

I agreed to take the time and listen to him and be patient. He agreed that if I am kind and gentle, he won't act like a cranky old man and will instead perform beyond what others would expect from a guy his age.

And nearly every program I write is with him in mind. Everything ends up as a gift to him. If he doesn't like it, I fix it till he does.

My daughter, on the other hand, yells at him and insults him all the time...and Ed is a very sensitive guy...scares easily. You can tell from that frozen expression he gets on the monitor every time she goes near him.  :D

As long as my daughter stays away from him, I have a very stable WinME pc that treats me kindly.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on February 17, 2007, 07:36 AM
WinME.  'nuff said.

Poor Ed  :(
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 17, 2007, 11:20 AM
app103:  he won't act like a cranky old man
And what, pray, is your objection to a cranky old men?  ;)
My favourite machine is a years-old, all-SCSI box, that's the most reliable backup system I've had in a long time.  (It runs XP Pro nowadays: apparently, I got on its good side when it was a mere slip of a lad.)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on February 17, 2007, 11:34 AM
app103:  he won't act like a cranky old man
And what, pray, is your objection to a cranky old men?  ;)
My favourite machine is a years-old, all-SCSI box, that's the most reliable backup system I've had in a long time.  (It runs XP Pro nowadays: apparently, I got on its good side when it was a mere slip of a lad.)
-cranioscopical (February 17, 2007, 11:20 AM)

I have no probs with old men. I have probs with cranky though, regardless of age.

WinME.  'nuff said.

Poor Ed  :(
-y0himba (February 17, 2007, 07:36 AM)

Ed loves his WinME...much better than 98se. And remember that I did say it is a very stable WinME. (no, it's NOT an oxymoron)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Krazy Hawaiian on March 24, 2007, 07:48 PM
Aloha from Hawaii   :)   I came by trying to fix URL Snooper and got lost in some forum fiddling with a kool music player that I'm now hooked on! :)

How the heck do I get outta here?  Ferget it I ain't gunna ask directions LOLz  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 24, 2007, 11:46 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Krazy Hawaiian on March 25, 2007, 09:44 PM
^^^ hay Mouser, I might have to get you to come over the house..... last night I had a HUGE rat leap off the counter in the kitchen and just miss me as it dashed towards a crack beneath one of the kitchen cupboards. It dashes when I entered the room flicking the light in..... scared the living you kno what outta me!  :o :o   I nearly screamed out loud!!   :-[

Holy hell that freaked me out!   got the trusty Crossman 760 pump bb gin out and at the ready!!  Score to date:  KH 5  Ratz 0    :Thmbsup:    I'm a pretty good shot!  Once my sister was comning inside to drop some stuff off and as we entered the front door I heard something scurry... I told her wait by the door. Came back with the BB gun and a maglite flash lite. Had her shine the lite in its face *(made it freeze) and pumped it 3 times and nailed it right in the head!  Sis screamed and rat took off trailing blood !!  Found it in the bathroom and popped it again.  haha

Sis is still impressed by that LOLz    too funny she tells everyone like I bagged a trophy buck or something  lmao


My house is backed up against the mountain so when it gets hot at the start of summer the rats come looking for food.

Had a sign by my froont door once Rats Open season Bag linit none   :P  people would crack up when they see that :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Gothi[c] on March 25, 2007, 09:54 PM
:( poor little rat,
I would have just putten it outside in a box or something
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 25, 2007, 11:58 PM
Yeah, me too. I'm horribly squeamish about killing anything. Yes, I realise that this makes me a hypocrite every time I eat meat, but c'est la vie...

I had to have my dog put down yesterday and miss him desperately. I couldn't help thinking that 100 year ago I would have been out back with a gun and a shovel (or just the shovel) and have done the deed myself. I guess compassion for someone or something that we love can make us do the unthinkable... We've divorced ourselves so much from life (and death) we don't know how to deal with it.

PS you can read "we" above as the royal we - I really shouldn't generalize as I'm talking about myself!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: JeffK on March 26, 2007, 06:38 AM
Sorry to hear about your dog, Darwin.  We can really grieve over our pets.  They become so much a part of us.

Best wishes, Jeff
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 26, 2007, 07:12 AM
Sorry for your loss Darwin.
(see if you can find this song: Joan Baez "Old Blue")
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 26, 2007, 07:51 AM
Thanks, guys and sorry for getting maudlin in here... Old Blue is a great song, though I haven't heard it in years, I must go find it.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 19, 2007, 10:46 AM
Hey Darwin hope you're feeling a bit better..

I'm downloading - that should be uploading i guess - photos from camera as i write so i can post a view from the window or wherever as people were doing earlier in this thread.

Tom's the name - but "tom" was gone when i first joined the forum (just over a year ago - finally introducing myself!)

Anyways,
I'm irish and i live in germany for the last 4 & half years now.
Dont get homesick but do find the language a struggle at times, complicated by the fact that most people around here speak a dialect that even native speakers from elsewhere take time to come to grips with ...

I was 43 a couple weeks ago - at the beginning here i thought i was old for here but this thread & that one about what age people are made me feel a bit more "average" ! (I know - why should i want to be average, well it all began when I was a wee fellah... )

Computerwise, I'm probably about the same level as Curt who describes himself as "IT Analphabet" -
I'm not afraid to jump in and get my hands dirty though!
On the other hand I love software that works well and is easy to figure out -
I find if something promises something but doesent work easily out of the box I'll probably just forget about it unless I really want to do whatever it does.

I like taking fotos especially of where i live so -

from the front door - sun just over the hill
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from the window - south, morning again
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north-west, evening, edge of the village (about 5 houses up the hill  :) )
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 20, 2007, 05:53 PM
You're certainly not new here but it's great to see the photographs tomos   :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Dr-Leech on April 21, 2007, 01:25 PM
I'm a web programmer from Argentina and spend most of my life in front of computers, coding stuff to make my life easier. Just this.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gregabear on April 21, 2007, 10:16 PM
I'm a project engineer (basically a programmer that manages projects) for a document automation software company called ReadSoft.  I live and work right outside of New Orleans, LA.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on April 21, 2007, 11:02 PM
Welcome Dr-Leech adn gregabear!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Loonier on April 22, 2007, 12:08 PM
Apparently I joined DonationCoder on 18 Dec 05, so maybe it's about time I dropped something here, eh... (I just finished reading the whole thread - some very interesting people have been kind enough to share a bit of themselves - thanks!)

If you were to click on the "pink document icon" over to the left, you would see something like this:

Have not done any programming since (very) long ago.  My first programs (some flavor of Fortran) were in 1967 for a chemistry course.  By 1969 I had written a number of games in APL (yes, APL!; and, yes, at times I suffered from the "one-liner syndrome", for those of you to whom that has meaning) - even had a working APL chess program back then (it had very little AI, if you could even call it that, but at least it followed the rules... :)).  Had a very short stint with Assembler when I was - briefly - a qualifying computer science grad student.  Have been a chemical technologist (food chemistry) for coming on 35 years on 1 Dec 07 - could have taken early retirement in 2002 with a so-called "full" pension but, for some reason, I'm still workin' on...  Was a very active chess player (never higher than "expert") and organizer for about 25 yrs, but gave up that activity about 15 years ago.  Reading? - if it's a book, it's SF.  Most of my spare time is spent - overspent? - sitting here in front of the PC (something like 50-60 hours a week, I'd say). Oh, yeh, I was born in and still live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and am called "Len" (in polite company).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Grorgy on April 22, 2007, 05:09 PM
I grew up in central NSW and Sydney and lived and worked there until 15 or so yrs ago when i  moved to Melbourne with my job, I worked for Telstra, the phone company, firstly in customer service, you know the stuff, not letting people have time to pay their bills that kind of thing lol, then  in melbourne i worked with the development of their then new billing system, helping with design and testing of it, it was fun but came to an end and i was made redundant. 

I now live in western victoria on a little block of land with a small house (5acres) and I am presently studying sociology and politics at a university near here.

I enjoy playing around with my computer as a user   of programs, i cant program at all, and I have recently been having a great time with window blinds and making my computer look pretty, well i like black so its very dark (finding a black theme that is actually usable is quite a hunt, so i've actually ended up with dark grey lol)

If you are interested I have an MSN space with a few photos in it, the blog hardly ever gets updated tho, http://grorgysplace.spaces.live.com/
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: roadrunner2525 on April 22, 2007, 08:31 PM
Hi, everyone.  Fascinating reading, this.  There seems to be an overabundance of you loyal (some not so loyal) subjects than us revolutionaries.  But that's OK, I won't hold it against you.   ;D

I was born in NEW Mexico, USA in 1947.  Left when I was 17 to go to school in Louisiana,  Majored in Booze, Girls and partying.  Graduated cum laude (not really, just in my major) in 1967, just in time for a letter from my neighbors telling me I had been selected to join the Army.  Not being an Army type, I joined the Navy, reasoning at least we took our beds with us and had hot food most of the time.

Spent two years in California, learning electronics and cryptography.  In a fit of idiocy, I volunteered to go to Vietnam.  The Navy, rightly deciding they did not want certifiably crazy people in Vietnam, sent me to Iceland.  Two years there and two years in Virginia and we parted ways.  I must admit, I saw a large part of the world, but not anyplace anyone was likely to shoot at me.  The Med, Caribbean, Central and South America.

Went back to school and supported my wife and daughter through the GI Bill and night work at a "no tell motel."  Learned more there than in school.  I spent four years in the hotel business and went back to work for the government as an auditor (not IRS), got my accounting/economics degree.  Had another daughter.  I was able to take an early retirement in 1999 and have been vegetating here in Louisiana since then.

I started with computers with a BASIC course in 1973, thought I can't stand this, and didn't even touch a computer again until 1980 or 81.  The Sinclair Z80 (friend's), a TI-99-4A (mine) were myt intro to computers.  Man, I hated the tape reader on that TI!  My office got an IBM XT in 1983 and I became the guru.  DOS 2.11 on up to 6.22, Windows 1.0 (Yecch!), 2.0 ( a little better), 3.0, 3.1 (finally!), 3.11, NT 3.5, 4.0, 95 (WOW!), 98, 98 SE(loved), ME (Yecch!) and now XP Home, Pro and Media Center.  I've played around with Linux over the years but don't want to put the time in I would have to to really learn it.

Both of our daughters live in Alexandria, VA.  One works as a project manager for the Dept of Education, the other is a Licensed counselor who works with a lot of foster kids.

There you have it.  That was my life.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: emerald222 on April 22, 2007, 09:38 PM
     I'm not usually a poster, but everyone else seems to be sharing, so...here goes!  I just was over at the age poll thread, and it informed me that I'm probably younger than everyone reading this!  So much for worrying about creeping up on thirty.(shhhh) 
     As for life in a nutshell, let's go the computer route.  My high school was exclusively mac...that was where I learned to tYpE, work with office stuff, surf with Navigator, and was even able to take a course on C (a pretty big deal for a small-town high school ten years ago!). 
     So, computers are neat.  I toodle off to college to take Media Production thinking I'm going to be some kind of journalist. Then I find out--the college is in the real world and THEY USE PCS!!!!! I had never touched one before, and now I had to design and render animations.  Ack!  I don't know how many of you can relate to the utter helplessnes of sitting in front a pc for the first time and being totally clueless...when you know how to write basic programs!  It was surreal.
     Eventually got a job at a tv station, where I was forced to use windows 3.1 and we still cut commercials using beta.  Then went digital.  New cameras, new tapes, new editing suite which consisted of...yes, a mac.  Sigh. 
     Now, I'm no longer part of that world (happy little housewife in northern Canada), but between my husband and me our house has three computers, working on a fourth (he wants to "upgrade to vista", read "excuse to build a new computer", but I'll get his old to use as a linux box.  Yea me!!).  I love scouring for useful freeware, and I think software in general is pretty cool (my husband has a t-shirt that says "I love my geek"--says it all, doesn't it?).  I'd love to play with coding, scripting, re-learning everything I've fogotten in C, but I don't know where to start.  Someday, I guess.  I'm definately not afraid to tackle anything new! 
     This turned into a much, much longer post than I intened...thank you if you made it this far!  And just to throw this out there...kudos to anyone who can identify the source of my avatar!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Loonier on April 23, 2007, 04:29 AM
emerald222... welcome, and you will - after a respectable wait for an answer, of course, and assuming the negative - reveal the source of your avatar, eh... (being mildly OCD about such things, I did try to locate the source)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 23, 2007, 04:49 AM
I love scouring for useful freeware, and I think software in general is pretty cool (my husband has a t-shirt that says "I love my geek"--says it all, doesn't it?)
-emerald222 (April 22, 2007, 09:38 PM)
;D nice one!

& welcome! - Im not going to bother try finding source of your avatar but it is a "nice one" too
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on April 23, 2007, 09:29 AM
Welcome emerald, loonier, roadrunner, and grorgy. emerald, I am convinced that I recognise your avatar, but from where?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: emerald222 on April 23, 2007, 10:07 AM
Whee!  This is fun... I didn't think anyone would care.  But considering I put it as a challenge, I should have known better with this bunch!  I'll give you a clue...he was a painter who once said:
There is only one difference between a madman and me.  I am not mad.

ps-any Douglas Adams fan in this "get to know each other" thread?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on April 23, 2007, 10:16 AM
You made that too easy! The answer was on my short list of "guesses", and I now realise why the painting is familar (I had an art history major as a flat mate in university) but I'll leave it to someone else to expose the painter to extend the fun!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: emerald222 on April 23, 2007, 10:20 AM
Darwin:  You teach intro anthropology?  That sounds really interesting (NOT being sarcastic!)  Is "Ishi" or something like that required reading?  I took a (very) basic course ages ago, and worked in a museum that contained artifacts soley found in the area (southern Manitoba).  For such a small place it was neat to see all the history there.  Granted, it was mostly Native arrowheads and such, but there were quite a few cultural pieces too and things like tent rings and such.  I'm guessing your line of work doesn't touch on any of these areas (based only on the fact I would like them too!)....but I thought I'd check.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: catloversun on April 23, 2007, 10:36 AM
Hi! I guess you could call me a "newbie",  :-\ but I hope you won't because I hate that word! :) lol  :P
Anyway...I was born and raised in Orlando, Florida and now live just outside there in Winter Park, Florida. I have a technical cerificate (whoopdee doo) in computer programming that I got on my way working towards an AS in same, but halfway there decided I prefer working with computers to working ON computers. (It was the networking class that did me in) ;)
Anyhoo, I am now a senior working on my BA in Environmental and Growth Management Studies (geez what a name) at Rollins College. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: app103 on April 23, 2007, 11:55 AM
Welcome to the site catloversun.

Hi! I guess you could call me a "newbie",  :-\ but I hope you won't because I hate that word! :) lol  :P
-catloversun (April 23, 2007, 10:36 AM)

'Newbie' is a much better word than 'n00b'.  :P

Besides...everyone is a newbie in the beginning. Nothing wrong with it.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gjehle on April 23, 2007, 03:25 PM
uhm, hi there.
it's been quite a while since i signed up here (over a year already) and i've never found the time (*cough*) to write something here.
most of you only know me for the crap i post in the living room or my sarcastic comments here and there (or my contributions to mircryption/xchat)
there's some more info in my profile (yes, i'm lazy)

as to where i live, check this:
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(yes, it's a frickin' island :D)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Dichotomy on April 23, 2007, 05:48 PM
Hi everyone,

I'm relatively new to this board, but certainly not to computers and the web (ah, I remember the days of slip TCP connections and using NCSA Mosaic...).  Anyways, my name is Jason, and I'm 29 years old.  I've been using computers since my dad brought home an original IBM PC way back when. 

My area of interest has always been user interfaces and how people interact with technology, which is why my educational background is in Cognitive Science and Human-Computer Interaction.  In my past jobs I've done a lot of mobile design and usability at Nokia and Qualcomm in San Diego.  Flash forward to now: I'm a user experience researcher (also called usability engineer) at Microsoft in Seattle, WA.  The program I work on is Windows Media Center.  Day in and day out, I'm running studies or visiting users in their homes and getting to see how real users (not the software engineers) use our program.  The difference can be quite striking at times!

So, there you have it.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: suleika on April 23, 2007, 06:55 PM
So, since there was a invitation in the newsletter to post to this thread ......

I'm Gez, an opera singer.   English by birth, Irish by blood. Based in England (Greater London now) but posting from Berlin, where I am staying for 14 weeks, singing two productions in a row.  My singing career is going well but I've decided to move into directing operas during the next 10 years.  I love singing but I have the most fun using my brain, and directors do that all day (or at least they can if they choose to).

I got into computers rather late, despite Sinclair Spectrum experiences as a child, but I'm known in my business as a bit of a geek.  I made my own website and am capable of basic but useful troubleshooting when colleagues have computer woes.  I write the odd little AHK or Notetab Pro script (slowly and painfully).  I have AD(H)D, and since realising this (and starting medication) I've stopped obsessively surfing for tools to do my organising for me.  Now, instead, I am trying to organise myself .... but I still enjoy searching for tools to help me. 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on April 23, 2007, 09:02 PM
Ah spit! emerald's avatar is a painting (or a portion of a painting?) by Salvador Dali.

Anyway, the courses I teach are first and second year and I have taught the Plains culture area in the past - fascinating stuff! But my area of specialisation is physical anthropology (as opposed to cultural anthropology and archaeology) the Neanderthals (so I'm on the wrong continent altogether!), who occupied Europe and the Middle East 130,000 to 28,000 years ago. I'm off to Belgium for five weeks in June and July to excavate a Neanderthal site so won't be around here much, if at all, during the summer. Getting pretty excited, too...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: emerald222 on April 23, 2007, 09:11 PM
Good call!  It's a painting called "the meditative rose", but I can't remember its year.  Sounds like you'll have an exciting summer!  Have fun!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: roadrunner2525 on April 24, 2007, 05:49 AM
Hi everyone,

... Flash forward to now: I'm a user experience researcher (also called usability engineer) at Microsoft in Seattle, WA.  The program I work on is Windows Media Center.  Day in and day out, I'm running studies or visiting users in their homes and getting to see how real users (not the software engineers) use our program.  The difference can be quite striking at times!

So, there you have it.  :)
-Dichotomy (April 23, 2007, 05:48 PM)

Now that takes guts.  Knowing what most people's knee jerk reaction to the words "Microsoft" is, to baldy admit a connection takes some serious intestinal fortitude. 

Seriously,  I just bought a new Dell with Media Center on it and I am impressed.  Not with the Dell particularly but a good deal made it hard to pass up.

Which brings me to my next question (for everyone this time), Any Dell support people out there?  Who speak and understand English as a first language?  And finally, who understand the Intel RAID system?  Boy, am I shooting loaded dice!  The last one is the most important, so an Intel guru will work also  :D

What 60's revival?  Are they dead?  Why wasn't I told!  Now I have to get rid of the tie-died stuff and the flower van.

Phil Wade
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 24, 2007, 06:51 AM
Wow! This thread is becoming one of my favorites.  Glad to meet all of you, Gregabear, Grorgy, emerald222, catloversun, Dichotomy, suleika, roadrunner2525, and everyone else.   :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Dichotomy on April 24, 2007, 01:17 PM
RoadRunner, glad to hear you like Media Center.  Was it the Vista version? 

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I started at MS in early September but ran a large study on Media Center covering success rates, time to complete tasks, and where errors are made in the latest version.  I'm pushing some changes up to the managers and some UI changes will most likely be seen in the next release, though I'm not at liberty to say if that's in a service pack or Windows 7.

With all the criticism Microsoft gets (and believe me, I certainly give it too!), it's nice to know they value user experience.  Involving users in design makes software that much better.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lrosebur on April 24, 2007, 07:58 PM
I am a software programer at a VA hospital.
I live in Illinois, married 34 years.  I am 52 and hubby is 56.

Lynn
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: designman on May 04, 2007, 09:35 PM
My name is Greg A. I live in Los Angeles,CA and am an Interior Designer. I have a web site that offers name-brand modern and contemporary furniture w/Free Shipping! http://www.sleekspace.com
This site is a cool web site!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: canarsie on May 07, 2007, 08:48 PM
(http://www.hemperium.com/images/free/Bar/bar009.gif)

i like this opportunity to introduce yourself . . .
in a lot of forums when you're new it's like jumping into
the deep end of the pool . .

me ?  N.Y., N.Y.
life's in a bit of a 45 is the new 25 (but feels like 65 :-[) flux.
but all's good, blessed with a great lady, 800gbs of Grateful Dead . .
what more do 'ya need  
 (http://www.hemperium.com/images/free/monsters/eyeanim.gif)

glad to be here
hope to stay awhile
C~

(http://www.hemperium.com/images/free/atoms/atoom22.gif)

 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 07, 2007, 09:50 PM
Welcome canarsie! 850 GIGAbytes of the Dead? OMG!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ak_ on May 19, 2007, 06:53 AM
Ok, well, my name is Adrien, i live in Paris, France. I'm 27 and i (try to) make illustrations and comics for a living. I always spend (too much) time looking for cool life-changing softwares, ran into donationcoder and loved it. So here i am !

By the way, i juste discovered AutoHotKey thanks to this forum and it seems extremely powerful and interesting. I'd love to use it so if anyone has tips or tutorials, any help would be really appreciated.

Bye !
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 19, 2007, 10:19 AM
Welcome to Donationcoder, Adrien! Search the forums for AutoHotKey pointers. The most prominent thread I can think of/remember is Living without AutoHotkey - possible? (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1167.0). Check it out!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TeaTime on June 06, 2007, 10:28 AM
Hello everyone,

My name is Michel (Michael in English), frenchman living now in Tours, France. I've heard so many good things about ProcessTamer on Betanews.com that I decided to try it. Comments seem up to now to be true: ProcessTamer appears to work just fine on my old 1.6GHz system. I have a 6 month key, but looks like I'm heading for a donation. Need more time.

Cheers, :)

 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: p3lb0x on June 20, 2007, 06:20 AM
hello people. Just joined to be able to use the "view unread posts" button because i find some of the posts interesting, even tho I have no coding or programming knowledge at all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: f0dder on June 20, 2007, 07:12 AM
p3lb0x is my (at times pretty obnoxious) younger brother - he's fine enough though, so welcome onboard, kiddo ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on June 20, 2007, 08:56 AM
p3lb0x - welcome to Donationcoder!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: p3lb0x on June 20, 2007, 12:14 PM
Thank you. Thank you
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rambo54 on July 02, 2007, 04:12 PM
Hello all,

i´m one of the newbies, that come here to pray to the Gods of this domain -
Mouser, Mouser, Mouuuuuuuser :-)
Ok, but for a short bio:
Born in 1963, first contact with Computers was with a Commodore VC20,
then began a constant upgrading in Hardware...

I´m working for a large Car-Equipment deliverer in Stuttgart, Germany.
There i am the vizemaster of the Galvanoplating-Shop.
We do surface coating of steel parts with other metals, like zinc, copper and more.

And last but not least:
I am the other half of the well known "JoTo-Team" :-))
(Ok, this one was for insiders, but hey)

For more information, suggestions, prayers or else -> Mail at once! :-))

Live long and prosper

Ralf
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 02, 2007, 04:29 PM
welcome to the site Ralf, glad to have you here.  :Thmbsup:
And thanks for clearing up one of the mysterious of life -> yes, smurfs to go to war sometimes.  gargamel is lucky he never ran into that one!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Mandork on July 22, 2007, 09:11 PM
first contact with Computers was with a Commodore VC20

Somewhere in my parents' house, I'm sure, the old VC20 still survives, along with the tape deck.  I never was much of a programmer, though--I made it as far as the multi-colored bouncing balls before I discovered boys. 

I don't think I ever posted anything in this thread, but most of the relevant bits are in my profile.  I don't know anything about programming, really, but I like to mess around with various little programs.  I'm always searching for something that will make me actually get my research done. 

My research is on prehistoric art of Mediterranean Spain (Murcia), and it's going really slowly because my Spanish isn't very good and it takes me forever to read stuff.  I am starting to worry that I will never finish.  Especially not if I keep messing around here...

The photo is a quick 'n' dirty enhancement of one of the sites I am studying.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mwang on August 09, 2007, 10:45 AM
Hi,

My name is Ming-Li Wang and I'm new here. I came across the site while struggling to set up Vista 64 on my system a few weeks ago. I scoured the web for solutions, tips and tools--anything that might help me solve the various weird problems I encountered. Though I ended up giving up Vista 64 for now, I learned a lot in the meantime, for which I'm very grateful.

There were many tech forums I ran into during the time, some of them many times. One such forum left such impression on me that I thought to myself: I should come back. So here I am.

It's hard to pinpoint what exactly got me hooked. The software discounts was enticing: I remember lamenting for the savings I could have had should I learned of the site earlier. With a little hesitation I soon made my donation before buying Directory Opus 9. The little hesitation was because I knew by doing so I was going farer away from switching to Linux. But I told myself it's a site worth supporting, even if I decided to go Linux the next day, which was next to impossible anyway.

The collective knowledge in display was impressive. This was by no means unique. I had seen plenty, on some of which I was once active. There was more warmth in this space, however, with a touch of home-like coziness that couldn't be ignored even though I was mostly dashing in and out in no time.

What really earned my heart, nevertheless, was the simple and practical idea as laid out on the About page, and the genuine sincerity felt in many of the posts here. Oh, and the post by Mouser on "How to punish DonationCoder if you are angry at being nagged to donate" made me empty my Paypal account with a smile.  :)

I'm not an avid coder, writing mostly scripts (VBA and Powerpro mostly) that fill small holes left by real software. (I'm from a social science background, though I started my college in Engineering and have used computers for 25 years.) Due to a very busy day job and other community obligations, I'm afraid I won't be able to contribute as much as I like, but I'll try my best.

One more thing: I'm from Taiwan. Am I the first? Ming-Li is my first name, or you may spell it Mingli. Some friends online just call me Ming, which is fine, as long as there's no confusion.

cheers,
Ming-Li
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 09, 2007, 02:49 PM
Welcome ralf, mandork and mi-ling. I'm sure I've greeted Mandork in another thread already, but thought I'd shout out a big hello here as well! As a fellow PhD sufferer student I can assure mandork that participation here will take time away from your PhD. However, I prefer to view this site and my participation here as therapeutic and BENEFICIAL rather than negative  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on August 09, 2007, 09:40 PM
Beautiful picture Mandork  :up:
Hi Ming-Li, and thank you for that great message.. We are happy to have you join our little family here, just pull up a chair make yourself at home :)  (ps. I don't think you are the only one from Taiwan!)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ehtyar on August 12, 2007, 02:42 AM
Hi all.
I am a coder from the "land downunder". I have been around for a few months (i think) now, and i have frequented the IRC channel since i joined. Those of you who also idle in #donationcoder will know me fairly well by now.

To be honest i forget what brought me to donationcoder, but once i arrived, i was hooked  :-*. The software is fantastic, and the forum is the most active and most enjoyable that i currently requent. As mwang mentioned, the collective knowledge of this community is also a major selling point, for lack of a better word.

I have been an avid Windows PC user for some time now. I am definitely a software connoisseur and am deep within the power user category. I currently administer (that is fix all the things that my family fuck up) 4 computers in my household (including mine) each of which run windows, with the exception of my router which is a cut down version of fbsd. I am an IRC addict, though less now days than i used to be, and rarely chat on IM.

I go to college (TAFE for the Aussies) and am currently doing a Systems Administration course, after having dropped out of Software Design due to my distaste of VB and the impractical teaching methods. It bores me to the extreme, so i mostly find myself either here, or coding during classes.

Programming is by far my favorite hobby (I suck at pretty much everything but computers/electronics). My current primary languages are assembly (MASM\FASM) and C/CPP (VC/PellesC), though i also have experience with various other scripting/programming languages. I have a general dislike of IDEs, as they never have exactly what i want, thus i prefer to have my own development environment. I use Nopepad++ to author my programs, and have written a half dozen plugins for it that give me just the functionality i need.

Now that this intro is longer than most others in this thread, I'll piss off :P

See you around everyone, Ehtyar.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: biox on August 12, 2007, 03:52 AM
Hi there
I've just found this one. :-[ Should have been my first post.

I'm a very old Brit, got a MSc. Industrial Engineering and have been living in Thailand for 20 or so years but travel a lot (mostly Australia). I'm still in love with her
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/bioxx/PIC_0584.jpg)
and my computers.

Almost forgot, have been married too for quite a while and actually own the business my lousy website refers to. The wife's the chief designer of the dresses so nothing can go wrong.  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 12, 2007, 07:55 AM
Welcome Ehtyar and biox! Biox, the first dress on your businesses homepage is stunning! Your wife is very talented.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: biox on August 12, 2007, 09:01 AM
Biox, the first dress on your businesses homepage is stunning! Your wife is very talented.
-Darwin (August 12, 2007, 07:55 AM)
Yeah she is. I would like to put a few more pix up but would have to get the permission from the customers first. I don't like those headless pix and there will be a little description under the pix in the future. But that isn't the most important thing at the moment. The wife's been sleeping in the shop for the last 4 month cos of too much work and I need to learn more about all this stuff cos the wife can't speak English but most of our customers are westerners.

You know, the old dog new tricks thing. :huh:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tinjaw on September 06, 2007, 08:56 AM
I thought I had posted this to the forum, but it looks like it may have just been on IRC. I created a Frappr map for DonationCoder.com (http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=68719625367). Please add yourself to the map.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 06, 2007, 09:41 AM
Cool, tinjaw  :Thmbsup: Thanks for doing this - I've always wanted something like this but have always been too lazy to explore how  :(
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ak_ on September 06, 2007, 01:06 PM
Good idea ! I added myself.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ljbirns on September 09, 2007, 10:41 AM
Very COOL  !!!   I added myself.

Lew
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ak_ on September 09, 2007, 11:20 AM
There should be a link to the FrappR map somewhere on the forum, maybe here :
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 09, 2007, 12:56 PM
Good idea, ak_. I'm amazed - I've just visited the map and apparently the only person within a couple of thousand kilometres of me is Free, in Arizona (who has all of the USA west of Louisiana and Montana). I have Canada to myself (details -where and when - of my inauguration as King will be posted shortly) while PhilB66 OWNS all of Asia! Amazing, where are Renegadge, Sri, biox, and ska? Those are just the users I can think of off the top of my head that I *know* are in Asia, I dimly recall there being a regular contributor based in Japan as well... but have forgotten his or her nickname. C'mon cranialscopical, nighted, and Aramando, don't leave me dangling up here all by myself!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: zxcvbn on September 10, 2007, 05:49 AM
I have just found this thread via Darwin's introduction.  My pin is now in ? on ? the map (try NE England) and I have put a plug for the freethesaurus on my blog http://septuagent.typepad.com - I hope this is OK.  I am not a coder, but I enjoy reading the newsletter, and I stand in awe of all those of you who know what you are talking about !
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 10, 2007, 07:02 AM
I thought I had posted this to the forum, but it looks like it may have just been on IRC. I created a Frappr map for DonationCoder.com (http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=68719625367). Please add yourself to the map.
-tinjaw (September 06, 2007, 08:56 AM)

tried..a couple of times... guess I have to joinup there first maybe?
(it did ask me straight away to add my details without registering or anything
but the pin didnt stick  :-\ )

Okay, just joined & it seemed to accept my "pin" -
but when I leave site & come back it's gone again -
am I doing something silly or is frapper  :huh:

EDIT: getting odder - when I login it says I'm on DC map but I amnt
Oh, I'll try again another day  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on September 10, 2007, 07:34 AM
The same here. I concluded that it's me (PICNIC--see https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=9465.msg70754#msg70754), but maybe not... I even registered at Frappr, but to no avail. I can see myself on the DC map, but I'm not listed neither in Photos nor the Members section. Any idea?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: emerald222 on September 10, 2007, 08:57 AM
Wow, my pin looks lonely...
Heads up, Darwin, you're getting competition for rulership of Canada!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Lashiec on September 10, 2007, 11:28 AM
Frappr is still a bit shaky when it comes to associate registered accounts with pins in the map. Try again and you'll succeed (I did). So far I'm alone when it comes to Spain, it's all mine ('til urlwolf comes around and...). And I could invade Portugal if Joao wasn't there ;D. BTW, the northeast corner of USA seems a little crowded ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 10, 2007, 05:02 PM
Wow, my pin looks lonely...
Heads up, Darwin, you're getting competition for rulership of Canada!
-emerald222 (September 10, 2007, 08:57 AM)

I'm not worried - I'll take all comers! I'm just polishing off my acceptance speech and the lyrics to my new anthem  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tinjaw on September 11, 2007, 07:35 AM
Oops.  :-[  I haven't had my coffee yet and I made a mistake and deleted some photos from about 4 people on the map. So about 4 of you will need to restore your photos. If you cannot do that, let me know and I will remove your pin from the map and you can redo the whole thing. Sorry.

For those who want more information, I didn't realize that photos and members are handled separately. So photos are displayed without member information, whereas members are displayed with the photos. So, I mistakenly thought that some photos where orphans and duplicates because I didn't know they were associated with members. But when I went to the member page, I saw that some members were missing photos. So you may want to be careful about this if you do a Frappr map yourself.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 11, 2007, 07:43 AM
Right - coffee! Thanks for reminding me. A pot is waiting for me downstairs... waking up at 4:30 am is TOO early (but with kids, a constant reality).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on September 12, 2007, 02:06 AM
Still unable to add myself to Frappr. More, when searching for "donationcoder" all I get is:
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]

The direct link works, though. Any clue?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 12, 2007, 02:16 AM
the map is called "donationcoder.com" -
maybe they need to get Wordzilla to do a job on their search engine  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on September 12, 2007, 02:18 AM
Sorry, the same with "donationcoder.com". Both used to work a couple of day ago, though.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on September 12, 2007, 02:26 AM
Go to http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=5588 and click on Cody

Click "Join" button on the map.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on September 12, 2007, 03:31 AM
Thanks, I did this three times before and did once more now. I can see my pin and picture in the first place, but I'm not listed neither in Photos, nor in Members. Or can you see me there?

Also, I don't have any "Maps I'm on" in my profile and on "Settings > Invite poeple" I can see only "You must be on this map yourself before inviting others."

I tried using Opera Merlin and IE7. No way.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 12, 2007, 06:43 AM
frappr seems quite buggy..
hence this post: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=9936.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: larefert on September 12, 2007, 09:58 AM
Well, I am a 57 year old ex Canadian military member, who retired after 27 years of service...Spend most my time on the computer or working around the house...Other than that, life is good and hope to be around to enjoy a lot more of it...I live in Edmonton, Alberta....
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on September 12, 2007, 10:54 AM
Wait:  Canadanadia has a military?  Not just the Mountme's? ;D

j/k

I am 41 and ex-Navy, good to meet you.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lrosebur on September 12, 2007, 09:05 PM
I am a 53 y/o married black female.  I will be married 35 years this December.  I am a software programmer working for the Department of Veterans Affairs.  I will be retiring in 2010 and moving to Greenwood, Ms.  Want to get away from the cold weather a high taxes up north.

Lynn
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: y0himba on September 13, 2007, 06:43 AM
Hi Lynn!  Good to meet you.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: LaoziSailor on October 05, 2007, 07:59 PM
So this is my first post and OK, currently I am well..., maybe my handle/avatar will give a hint  8)

My first computer was this one:

(http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.jpg)

it was programmed like this:

(http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407-panel.gif)

and if you really want to know more about it, check out The IBM 407 Accounting Machine (http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/407.html).

I retired from Big Blue after 30 years.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 05, 2007, 08:23 PM
Hi Laozi and wecome to the site :up:
Those pictures are beautiful -- what a machine  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 05, 2007, 09:08 PM
Yes - welcome to the site Old Master Sailor  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: icekin on October 06, 2007, 05:27 AM
Guess this thread completely missed me. I am 24, a biomedical engineer currently in Australia. I've lived in about 5 countries till now and traveled to a whole lot more. Software minimalism is an addiction and I tweak the hell out of my PC for speed. In general,

average age of the Software on my computer > average age of Hardware on my computer

I also hate throwing away any computer or electronic circuitry. No matter the condition, I try to fix it up or use the parts, even the screws, wires and ICs. I enjoy building electronic circuits and used to take part in micromouse competitions in the past.

I freelance as a web designer/developer besides my main job. I joined Donationcoder only long after I started reading the site and the posts. I greatly enjoy the function-over-form approach to software here and look forward to finding other communities like this on the web.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on October 06, 2007, 08:03 AM
I greatly enjoy the function-over-form approach to software here and look forward to finding other communities like this on the web.
-icekin (October 06, 2007, 05:27 AM)
I'm sorry to inform you that there is no such thing, when some community starts to have a similar user-base as DC, cody goes there and beats them with a stick!  ;D

Welcome to DC, icekin!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TeaTime on October 17, 2007, 07:08 AM
Hello everyone! My  name is Michel (that's Michael in English), I'm a Frenchman living at this time in France, will be 54 on Halloween (yep, I'm a 10/31 Scorpio!), officially a translator, but I still get to touch broader horizons... I discovered this friendly community of yours (of mine?) via the famous Process Tamer software, which enlightens my processor!

A very big  :) to all!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on October 17, 2007, 07:43 AM
hi TeaTime
welcome   :)
bienvenue, or whatever it is you say over there !
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TeaTime on October 18, 2007, 03:09 PM
Hello tomos, thanks for your "bienvenue", which is perfectly correct :Thmbsup:
I read many very interesting topics in the Living-room, nice to see more than only computing and technology!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Silverchip on October 22, 2007, 03:22 AM
Hello Everyone, I am John (20) I am a home security monitor ( Thank goodness its Monday.... Day off  :Thmbsup:). I am from Michigan, US. I loved process tamer from the beginning I seen it. Even though I could get a non-donators key I donated anyhow to get  the Supporting Member Status :D. Jeez, I brag to much.  :o :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 22, 2007, 04:08 AM
Hi John,

Nice that you're joining us!

I donated anyhow to get  the Supporting Member Status

Well done :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 22, 2007, 07:33 AM
Yes, welcome John! We hope to see more of you around here  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Planka on October 22, 2007, 07:40 AM
hi! My name is Masha! I'm a student  :)
I live in Russia
I love Drum'n'Bass  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 22, 2007, 07:45 AM
Welcome to DC, masha!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: zridling on October 22, 2007, 09:02 PM
Welcome John and Masha! Glad to have you with us.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wolf.b on October 26, 2007, 07:18 AM
Hi all,

my name is Wolfgang, I am from Germany. I am 41 years old and computers are just a hobby, not my profession.
I have come across this forum, when I searched for tips on programming/scripting: AutoHotKey -> Skrommel -> DonationCoder
My impression is: DC is the friendliest place on the net.

mouser for president.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 26, 2007, 08:29 AM
mouser for president.
:Thmbsup:

Wonderful idea! Wish I'd thought of it... Welcome to DC Wolfgang, glad to have you here  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on October 26, 2007, 09:18 AM
Hi all,

my name is Wolfgang, I am from Germany. I am 41 years old and computers are just a hobby, not my profession.
I have come across this forum, when I searched for tips on programming/scripting: AutoHotKey -> Skrommel -> DonationCoder
My impression is: DC is the friendliest place on the net.
-wolf.b (October 26, 2007, 07:18 AM)

hi (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/hello.gif) Wolfgang!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: markfarrar on November 04, 2007, 07:42 PM
Hi!

I've been a member of DC for about a year now.  I joined because I found some software here (can't remember what it was now), and made my donation immediately.

I'm English, but moved to the US about two years ago, having resigned from a senior job at a major UK credit card company to work from home with my wife.

I started my Data Processing (there's a term that dates me!) career back in 1979 when I began as a trainee PL/I programmer for an insurance company, and used other programming languages such as Assembler (but only enough to convince me it was too much work!), COBOL, DMS and EasyTrieve.  Later, once I'd moved to the credit card company, I worked with FOCUS a lot, as well as more COBOL, and then started developing intranet sites using the usual HTML and JavaScript.

I launched my own personal website (http://www.MarkFarrar.co.uk/) at the end of 1997, and since then have developed many websites for myself (e.g. http://www.MagicSquaresBook.com/, http://www.1StepMLM.com/), friends (e.g. http://www.MurderNights.com/) and latterly, as our main source of income.  Unfortunately, some of these sites (e.g. my own personal site and the MLM one) have got a bit out of date because of the recent focus on money-making websites.

Our primary online business is selling dog health products, especially relating to the treatment of Canine Parvovirus, although other ailments such as heartworm, kennel cough, feline distemper and others are catered for.  We run two sites (http://www.ParvoBuster.com/ and http://www.ParvoEmergencyTreatment.com), wrote a free book about Parvo (http://www.ParvoBook.com/DonationCoder), and recently launched our own affiliate program (http://www.ParvoBusterAffiliates.com/).

I use PHP extensively on my sites, as to cater for our target audience, we have to do a lot of the thinking for them and that involves some complex behind-the-scenes programming / calculations (e.g. http://www.ParvoBuster.com/product-selector.php).

I'm always on the look-out for software to make life easier / save time, which is why I always look forward to the DC newsletter - you just never know what you'll find in each issue!

Anyway, if there are any dog lovers out there, do yourselves a favour and at least download our free book about Parvo - it could save your dog's life!

Thanks for this great site, and best wishes,


Mark.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on November 04, 2007, 08:28 PM
Hi!
I've been a member of DC for about a year now.
I'm English
Anyway, if there are any dog lovers out there, do yourselves a favour and at least download our free book about Parvo - it could save your dog's life!
-markfarrar (November 04, 2007, 07:42 PM)
Hello Mark, nice to see you here.
I'm English too, been hanging out in Canada for the past 30 years or so.
I'll take up your offer of the book as we have two dogs at the moment.
Have fun on Donation Coder!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Jammo the OrganizedFellow on November 04, 2007, 08:41 PM
My name is Jaime (not jay-mee ... its spanish, pronounced hi-me) ...
anyhoo. Lived in El Paso TX for most of my life. Met the love of my life through my own website years ago. im a struggling freelance webdeveloper living and coping with ADD & hypomania/bipolar syndome.

its very frequent for me to shoot through many tangents during any one post, haha.

we now live in Fort Worth TX. we are the proud parents of Isabella Hazel, our new three month old daughter.
Ive worked for Costco Wholesale for four years now.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on November 05, 2007, 07:52 AM
Welcome Mark and Jaime! Glad to have both of you here and hope to see more of you on the "boards"  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dspelley on November 08, 2007, 03:13 PM
Grew up in New England, spent a few years on a Navy submarine (WWII vintage) and then moved to AZ to finish a degree in Chemical Engineering in the mid-1970's.

Spent hours in a room filled with card-punch machines building card decks to run batch FORTRAN programs for class. In one of our labs we had a DEC PDP series computer - all of the I/O was through a teletype-like keyboard with a long roll of paper. Both input and output were typed onto that paper roll - no monitor. Programs were stored on and loaded from long thin strips of paper punched with holes. Had to make sure you made a new strip once in a while because the holes sometimes got worn or torn and generated errors.

In the early '80s I bought a Times Sinclair 1000 computer for about $80. http://oldcomputers.net/ts1000.html Came with 2K RAM (that's right- 2 K!) that could be expanded with a plug-in RAM module up to 64K. Programs had to be stored on a standard cassette tape recorder - nightmare!

I started working for a large energy company and was thrilled when I got a dual-floppy IBM PC that could run Lotus 1-2-3 and IBM DisplayWriter software. Taught myself some assembler language and wrote a bunch of goofy little utilities for my own use - had to write one to convert DisplayWriter files from EBCDIC to ASCII because the files often got corrupted.

Thought I was in Heaven when I was given an IBM PC/XT with a 10MB hard drive - couldn't image how I would ever use that much storage!

As my engineering work took more and more of my time, I had less and less time to learn and/or program in the newer languages of the time(C, Pascal, etc). Now I manage a pretty active R&D program for my company and am basically a user/consumer of software rather than an author.

I do still look for and try lots of software and really appreciate the experience and recommendations of all the other DC folks.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on November 08, 2007, 06:04 PM
Welcome to Donationcoder, dspelley!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: leland on December 06, 2007, 11:59 AM
I am 38 and am a system and network administrator for a small business in Chico, CA.  I have been into computers since I was in grade school where we had Apple IIe computers.  When I graduated from 8th grade my grandfather bought me a C-64 with monitor but no storage device.  I spent the next year learning to program and would write programs, play with them and then shut it down each night to start over again the next day.  I learned much from this.  Eventually I got a disk drive and printer and was able to write much larger prorgams.  I remember for Christmas one year I got a Simon's Basic module which greatly expanded what I could program and gave me the ability to write structured basic programs.  With that I wrote my own CAD program for fun.  I don't do much programming these days except scripting; although I help some friends with their code occasionally.  I love to try out new software and especially have a passion for free software of all sorts, be it freeware or open source.  I have been a member here for quite some time, but I don't have ton's of time to post the way I would like.  When I do find products I like I do like to share about them on various forums including here.  Well that's about it for now.

Leland
:D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on December 06, 2007, 04:07 PM
Welcome leland to DC.com - do join in the forums (I see you have already and that's great).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on December 06, 2007, 04:53 PM
Yes, welcome leland (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on December 06, 2007, 05:40 PM
When I graduated from 8th grade my grandfather bought me a C-64 with monitor but no storage device.  I spent the next year learning to program and would write programs, play with them and then shut it down each night to start over again the next day.


That's a perfect example of what it means to have the soul of a coder.  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: LLKK on December 26, 2007, 12:10 PM
hello, I am from Italy, I joined because of Url snooper  :-* I am a big user of it, lol.
I never posted, I never even studied anything related to computers but I love my pc and I hope it will love me back  ;)

I recently got a Mac and I hope to find some good software for it too, all my searches picked no results on useful programs and free software.

I apologize for not introducing myself before  :-[
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on December 26, 2007, 01:44 PM
Hi LLKK - welcome!!
... I think there's one or two mac users here :D


I apologize for not introducing myself before  :-[
-LLKK (December 26, 2007, 12:10 PM)

no need at all :)  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rhutobello on December 31, 2007, 10:39 AM
Another Norwegian signing in...64 years of age....and like to surf around the world on the net ...(hmmm might it be that that is the cheapest way ?  :-\

I have no site of my own, but are active on
http://www.mysticboard.com/
which is about all magic here in life.

I tried out one of your programs and found confident in supporting the site and idea.

Since this is the last day in the year I wish you all a

Happy New Year

and hope many new and active members find their way here in 2008  :Thmbsup:

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Armando on December 31, 2007, 11:07 AM
Thanks for the friendly wishes, Rhutobello ! And welcome to DC !
I hope you'll find it a nice place to hang out, think and share...  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: os9user on January 10, 2008, 10:07 PM
Hello everyone,

My real name is George Proulx. I own and operate the OS9USER News Room. We are looking to promote process tamer as it most certainly passed all our tests. We have wrote about this product before on our news site.

Anyways, I am looking for a banner or button to insert on our news site. I found process tamer in the Google News, now it is well past time we try to support this great software ourselves. As I do have the National Media's Ear, It is my hope to make this software much more popular than it is.

I'll prowl around this site when I have more time, to find what I am looking for. Promise.

To the authors of this great program, Absolutely Excellent job in developing it , and making it work so very well under windows. I can not think of anything to make an already great product even greater. You did it all the 1st time. (You could teach Microsoft a few things or two !)

Again Job Well Done,
We will be in touch again shortly.

OS9USER
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on January 10, 2008, 11:07 PM
hi os9user! welcome to the forums.. that sounds like a good review on Process Tamer, how about a link to the article? btw about those promotional banners, here is the link (https://www.donationcoder.com/About/PromoUserBars/).. :Thmbsup:

• https://www.donationcoder.com/About/PromoUserBars/ (https://www.donationcoder.com/About/PromoUserBars/)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: os9user on January 11, 2008, 09:44 PM
Thank you !

I'll take a look at that link now, and reference the forum from our site with a link.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: os9user on January 11, 2008, 11:01 PM
You may read your review from or News Room at http://os9user.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-performance-software-for-windows.html

I can not seem to find the hyperlink button  >:(

Please keep us up to speed on any new developements !

OS9USER
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on January 11, 2008, 11:30 PM
I can not seem to find the hyperlink button
-os9user (January 11, 2008, 11:01 PM)

i don't quite understand what you want. do you want some kind of code containing the image info to paste onto your webpage? you can just save the images to your server, it's better that way..
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: os9user on January 11, 2008, 11:43 PM
A banner or button so my readers can click on it, go goto your website.

Sure, I have a domain, I can host the images.

I do watch my banners carefully, so if I host the image that would be much better, as some of them disappear rather abruptly ...

Zip up what you have, and email me all of them, or I will thumb thru what you have, trying to decide the best fit for my site.

The idea here , is for users to click on it, to goto your website. That's it.

Thank you for the timely reply
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BrandiniMP on January 19, 2008, 11:41 PM
Hey all

Im Brandon AKA BrandiniMP

im 15 and im from England.

Im a VB6 coder (i like the old skool), i dabble in PHP and Delphi

im help alot of people (if i can) with their computing problems

im available on MSN most of the time via Brandon{at}BrandiniMP.com
and at the same address for email

i can also be contacted on Xfire via BrandiniMP.

id like to thank Brandon (wreckedcarzz) for telling me about the community.

im hopefully going to contribute alot (or try)  :D

Thanks


PS. id like to go by the name BrandiniMP (since there seem to be a few Brandons)  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on January 20, 2008, 05:28 AM
hi Brandon/BrandiniMP
reading your post I was thinking - have to tell him about the other Brandon -
but see you know him already... :)
anyways, welcome :Thmbsup:
Tom
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 20, 2008, 10:49 AM
Yes - I had the same reaction as Tom! Wecome to the site, BrandiniMP (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)

I take it that your user name should be read "Brandini MP"? I keep reading it as "Brandin IMP"! At any rate, welcome to DC and hope to see more of you around here  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on January 20, 2008, 11:00 AM
I keep reading it as "Brandin IMP"!
-Darwin (January 20, 2008, 10:49 AM)

the the "i"PRODUCT name-craze i guess
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 20, 2008, 11:10 AM
Yes - good thought. I think it's just my eyes playing tricks on my, knowing Brandon's age, BrandinIMP seems apropros (even though I don't know much about him or his "mischievousness")  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ciderman on January 28, 2008, 04:48 AM
Hello!

i just noticed this thread. I found Donationcoder through TechSupportalert newsletter, when he was  recommending Processtamer. So i joined to get it. I also use few other programs :Thmbsup:

About myself.....well i am 30 year old originally from Finland but now living in England Cornwall. i have a little boy who keeps me busy and my fiancee. I work as anesthetic nurse in Theatres (=operating room). My knowledge of computers is not very much but i am learning everyday something new. I also studying to become volunteer in malware removal.

Bio-Hazard
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 28, 2008, 08:28 AM
Welcome, Ciderman! Cornwall, eh? Beautiful countryside!

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on January 28, 2008, 09:31 AM
now living in England Cornwall
-ciderman (January 28, 2008, 04:48 AM)

Welcome!  I know Devon very well, and Cornwall not quite so well. Are you at the North Devon Hospital, or one in Cornwall?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ciderman on January 29, 2008, 03:10 AM
Thank you Darwin andcranioscopical for the warm welcome. The countryside is beutifull i am just waiting my first summer in here.

Welcome!  I know Devon very well, and Cornwall not quite so well. Are you at the North Devon Hospital, or one in Cornwall?
-cranioscopical (January 28, 2008, 09:31 AM)

I actually work in Devon, Derriford Hospital!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rhutobello on January 29, 2008, 12:16 PM
Welcome Ciderman....it*s almost so I look myself in the mirror :) (hehehe you use my favourite avatar)

I will also say welcome to all the new ones,,,from another newcommers...and maybe end it with a Biggg Hello to all the old ones...again  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 29, 2008, 05:50 PM
Greetings to everyone i haven't said hello to yet.  It's great to have you all here, please pull up a chair and make yourself at home.  It's always fun to see new people post in this thread  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ciderman on January 31, 2008, 04:45 AM
Welcome Ciderman....it*s almost so I look myself in the mirror :) (hehehe you use my favourite avatar)

I will also say welcome to all the new ones,,,from another newcommers...and maybe end it with a Biggg Hello to all the old ones...again  ;D
-Rhutobello (January 29, 2008, 12:16 PM)

Thank you...i saw this avatar on some other forum and i have been trying to find it....so finally i found it i couldnt be happier!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: noblejoker on February 05, 2008, 08:25 PM
G'day
My name is Matt and I live in South Coast NSW Australia (about 3 hrs South of Sydney)
We have the best beaches and climate in the world This pic is from the headland near my house
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
I am 37 married with 2 boys 5 & 2 and my family is the best thing I ever did and ever will do
I run a business in the insurance industry with my brother
I have always loved computing starting with a Commodore 64 way back when
I have a lot of hands on experience on Windows and Office and am pretty handy in the face of most PC problems
I am Mac & Linux curious and just bought a G3 iBook so I can play with Mac OS-X
I help to moderate a PC users group and I post a lot of messages and problem fixes at this blog http://www.mulligrubs.miltonulladulla.com
I am new to DC and just made a Donation to become a supporter
(Sorry it wasn't $50 but every bit helps right?)
So anyway nice to meet you all and see you around the net
Cheers  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Deozaan on February 05, 2008, 09:15 PM
Hello!
-ciderman (January 28, 2008, 04:48 AM)

Lime cat is not amused!

[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: oldfart on February 06, 2008, 07:31 AM
Greetings one and all.  My name is Denny Garland and I have no idea how I stumbled upon DonationCoder although I suspect one of your programs was highlighted on one of the computer RSS feeds I have.  I am a 59 year old man living in Chatham, Illinois, about 90 miles NE of St. Louis. 
I picked up a used IBM SX-2[?] 75MHz computer back in '94 and played with it until I could upgrade no further [Mobo couldn't handle a CD ROM].  I then bought a Gateway 200MHz machine in January of '95 and immediately started futzing with it.  The absolutely huge 2.5GB hard drive that I couldn't foresee ever filling lasted less than two years before I upgraded to a 10GB drive.  I built my first machine in '99.
While I loved messing with hardware and playing with software, I never got in to coding.  I taught myself enough to become the tech support for a large family and most of my friends, which kept me busy learning about bugs, viruses, hardware conflicts and software. 
I picked up a job running the parts department for a small Chevy dealership and soon became their IT manager also.  I taught most of the staff how to use their computer, set up our first network and handled all updates, upgrades and email for the dealership. 
A genetic problem with my spine forced me to have surgery two years ago and soon afterward it was discovered that I have compressive neuropathy, a disease usually found in diabetics and AIDS sufferers but every once in a while it strikes someone in the general population and I was the lucky fellow.
The disability and the medications I have to take for pain management [morphine at this point] finally forced me to leave my job and go on disability last July.
At first the drugs left me pretty much null and void but I've become somewhat used to them lately and started getting back into computing.  It was at this point that I stumbled upon your site, downloaded a program [ Clipboard Help and Spell], started reading the forum and decided to join up.  I've been a member for just a few weeks but I've already gotten more value than I paid for. 
I really enjoy the forum and am trying to catch up by reading all the posts.  I haven't been in a chat room for twelve years or so and I had even quit reading message boards, mostly because they seemed to be populated by vulgar adolescents who can't spell. [I don't mind vulgar that much and I don't mind youth but bad spelling sends me round the bend] I'm so happy I found you folks.   
In just a few weeks I've downloaded at least two dozen program [haven't installed them all yet] and added dozens of bookmarks, all suggested or reviewed by you folks.  Thanks.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: techidave on February 06, 2008, 08:41 AM
Hello everyone,

My name is Dave and I live in western Kansas in a small town of 250 people called Burdett.  I don't remember exactly how I stumbled accross this site but have been reading it for a while before joining last month.  I am 54 years old and am the husband of one wife who is the mother of my 5 children.  We currently have 2 remaining at home.  We all like computers and are pretty much self taught with the exception of my wife who majored in programming in college back in the good ol' keypunch days.

Our first computer was the Tandy Color Computer with an external cassette recorder.  Then we graduated to a 386SX, then to a PII-233 in 1998.  from there I had a Athlon XP1800 and just recently built a 1.6 Dual Core computer.

I am in charge of IT at a small K-12 school district composed of 2 districts and 3 buildings in 3 different towns.  I handle the network, hardware, software and any other problems that come up.  When I came here in 2002 we had 45 computers, one server in 2 buildings.  Now we  have 250 computers, 10 servers in 3 buildings, so we are coming up in th world.  We now have 10 Macbook laptops for our high school yearbook and web design and I do not like them at all.  I also have one of them that also has Windows on it and for that I am thankful.  Enough said! :-[

In 1997 at 44 years of age, I answered a call of God to attend a bible school, Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Tx.  How we got there is probably not for this post and if anyone is interested I can email this amazing story to you.  I did become an ordained minister, had a church for a year and half but am not currently pastoring at this moment.  But I am active in a church.

I have 2 grandsons living in Alvarado, Tx that we don't get to see all that much but I do not like the 9 hour drive it takes to get there.  We are 300 miles from Kansas City and Oklahoma City, 500 miles from Denver, Colorado and Dallas, Tx but only 140 miles form Wichita, KS.  So we are aways from any city of any decent size.  But its hard to get the country boy into the city (no, I am not a cowboy). 

I do use FARR, Screenshot Captor, and some other programs from this site and I do APPRECIATE all the help everyone has given me and for putting up with my "silly" questions on how to do stuff.  I really appreciate the fact this site doesn't have a lot of the bad langauge and flame wars like some other sites that I used to read do. 

Keep up the good work!

Dave
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on February 06, 2008, 09:42 AM
Dave and Denny - thank you for posting your introductions and WELCOME to DC  :-* I look forward to seeing more of you "on the boards"  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mitzevo on February 06, 2008, 09:50 AM
Hi my names mitzevo and I'm a DC junkie :( I've tried to do away with the habit but I can't help my self.. I guess you could call me DC'aholic.. Or in plain terms software junkie, but I prefer DC junkie, I don't know why, other people say I scare them at times.. I just need to relax, they say.

 :'(

edit:

And welcome Denny! I'm glad you find DC worth the time for writing such a good intro :)

P.S., why does God never call me? :( . perhaps my phone is turned off.. hehe j/k :) Welcome welcome, DC is the best!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 06, 2008, 10:32 AM
hi (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/hello.gif) Denny and Dave! Welcome and all that!
Mitzevo, you relax now-hear?! :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on February 16, 2008, 02:04 PM
On the occasion of my 100th post I dare to introduce myself briefly.

Born 1954 in Praha (former Czechoslovakia), graduated at the Czech Technical University, later working in a research institute on one of the first musical analog synthesizer in this region, later switched to computers. Started with CP/M with 56 kB of RAM (does anybody remember?), but ceased all coding efforts when Windows came. Now I consider myself an “advanced” user, working mostly in typography and typesetting rank, often helping friends with optimizing and fixing their systems and beta-testing. Occasionally I’m designing some simple web pages.

Also a musician (keyboards), played jazz for some years, spent 12 years in a prominent musical theater in Praha.

Married for the second time, expecting my first son birth probably tomorrow--keep fingers crossed, please! (I already have two daughters, but as the saying goes--I was so generous that I provided each of my children with theirs own mother.)

My principal job has nothing in common with computers; I’m a CEO of one world-wide traditional esoteric (but non-religious) fraternity. In no way I’m going to advertise it here; those really inquiring can click below. Anyway, I’m sitting at my PC with two large old CRT monitors all day long... There are four computers running in the house all the time (Windows 2000 and XP).
Spoiler
The Rosicrucian Order, A.M.O.R.C.
main page (http://www.amorc.org/)
Czech pages (http://www.amorc.cz/)


Living in suburb of Praha, Czech Republic, with my wife, two dogs and one tomcat. But in a few days we'll be one more here! For those interested in my silly nick, here’s an explanation.
boring short story
When I subscribed to Skype for the first time some years ago, I made up a “witty” nick of “yks”. If you read it backwards and translate to Czech, you’ll get the word “nebe”. If you read it backward again, you’ll get my real name. Alas, this nick was already taken, so I changed it to the current one, and it’s still here. My first name is Michal, and now you can see what my avatar logo means.


I’m really happy to have come across this forum—so far the only one, where people don’t argue and attack each other, but help each other and share brilliant ideas. Thanks a lot to you all for being here, and the coders first and foremost! Let me take a deep bow.

Thank you for reading and please forgive my English peccadilloes. (Moderators, feel free to correct as many as you wish, but let me know just to avoid them next time. Maybe shortening this post would be a good idea, too.)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 16, 2008, 06:49 PM
Hello yksyks!

I hope you enjoy the new addition to your family!

Your English is excellent...

Best wishes
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on February 16, 2008, 09:49 PM
Wow! A baby boy... at 54! As the father of two boys you have my congratulations and warmest wishes for the coming months  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on February 17, 2008, 12:45 AM
Thank you both! Nothing yet this morning... I'll keep you informed.

Darwin--I noticed you're living in Courtenay, BC, where I was some eight years ago and spent some nice moments in Atlas cafe, if I recall it correctly. Does it still exist?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 17, 2008, 01:47 AM
GOOD LUCK yksyks  :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :eusa_dance:

please keep us updated, and teach your son to visit us as soon as he can type!  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on February 17, 2008, 01:53 AM
Thanks mouser, sure I will! Hope you're feeling better now.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 17, 2008, 02:08 AM
I've got a pretty bad cold which is leaving me pretty debilitated.. i hope it goes away soon.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on February 17, 2008, 07:44 AM
Thank you both! Nothing yet this morning... I'll keep you informed.

Darwin--I noticed you're living in Courtenay, BC, where I was some eight years ago and spent some nice moments in Atlas cafe, if I recall it correctly. Does it still exist?
-yksyks (February 17, 2008, 12:45 AM)

Still there, yksyks, and still as popular as ever. I'm floored, actually, you're the first person on DC that I know of who has been here!

Let us know when your son arrives  :) :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Armando on February 17, 2008, 10:25 PM
I've got a pretty bad cold which is leaving me pretty debilitated.. i hope it goes away soon.
-mouser (February 17, 2008, 02:08 AM)

Ahah. I got one too. 5 days of intense fever. 2 weeks of intense coughing. Pretty hard core this year if you ask me.  :(
I'm just starting to recover.
Well... Drink your orange juice, plenty of water, sleep well, and go for short walks once in a while...  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: urlwolf on February 20, 2008, 06:43 PM
Ok, in this thread:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=12392.new

there's a facebook group created for dc members (and all software lovers). If you have a facebook profile, I think it'd be nice to have all the people in this thread there, for the advantages commented before.

The first member is me :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: llc_silly on February 21, 2008, 02:42 AM
Hello everyone,
   My name is LLC, I'm from Hong Kong. I apologize for not introducing myself before. I joined because i love this site and the DC folks. :Thmbsup:
I am trying to live for today and getting my things done. I really want to chat with people on DC, but I don't have time this year because I have many things need to do. :(

Nice to meet you all.  :-*

LLC

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on February 21, 2008, 03:48 AM
To conclude my introduction and as I promissed, I'm pleased to announce birth of our son Nathaniel today at 2:50 AM. Everything is okay, and he's absolutely gorgeous!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 21, 2008, 05:53 AM
To conclude my introduction and as I promissed, I'm pleased to announce birth of our son Nathaniel today at 2:50 AM. Everything is okay, and he's absolutely gorgeous!
-yksyks (February 21, 2008, 03:48 AM)
congrats yksyks !! :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on February 21, 2008, 08:06 AM
Congratulations, yksyks! A beautiful bouncing boy  :Thmbsup: :-* Now, don't forget to get some sleep - you're not going to get many opportunities for the next few years!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: llc_silly on February 21, 2008, 03:36 PM
Congratulations, yksyks!  :up: :D :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 21, 2008, 03:50 PM
Congratulations.. now buy him a computer.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on February 21, 2008, 05:57 PM
Congratulations.. now buy him a computer.
-mouser (February 21, 2008, 03:50 PM)

Congratulations, yksyks!

Laptop is a better fit ...  :D

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Nazzyon on March 01, 2008, 05:41 AM
Hello,

I am Nazzyon but my real name is Abdulrahman Adewale Salau. Don't be scared I am a Nigerian.

Hoping to change the world with technology.

And I do petty blogging.

Nazzyon
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on March 01, 2008, 06:27 AM
Don't be scared I am a Nigerian.
-Nazzyon (March 01, 2008, 05:41 AM)

Welcome  Nazzyon!

Scared? Nah... unless...

Spoiler
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Sorry, just had to do that. Btw, I like the style of your blog.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: yksyks on March 01, 2008, 07:52 AM
Congratulations.. now buy him a computer.
-mouser
Laptop is a better fit ...
-PhilB66
Thanks to all of you for congratulations, everything is fine here. Actually, my wife got a new laptop yesterday. It came with a congenital defect called Vista, but anyway it's terrific. So, I'm afraid you could see me soon lying like the boy on the picture...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: callrecall911 on March 10, 2008, 02:00 PM
I am 29 presently doing my Doctorate in Chemical Engineering.
I am simply crazy about Donationcoder and though I don't post often I enjoy all the work up here.
This is the view from my place(plz excuse the poor quality) at the first summer showers. :beerchug:
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 10, 2008, 02:01 PM
Welcome to the site callrecall911!
ps. all the chemical engineering people i know seem to have good personalities -- why is that!?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: callrecall911 on March 10, 2008, 02:05 PM
Hehe :)

It all depends on the point of view, I guess :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 10, 2008, 02:10 PM
Welcome to llc_silly and Nazzyon also, sorry i missed saying hello earlier (and to any one else i may have missed!)  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: paulobrabo on March 21, 2008, 02:46 PM
Illustrator (mostly digital) from Brazil here, coding-illiterate but properly software addicted. This web is a big place, but in my book donationcoder is one of the coolest destinations conceivable. Impossible to count the many treasures I found (and keep finding) through you guys.

Illustrations here (http://www.e-brabo.com), some photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrabo/).

Long life to Windows 2000 SP4!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 21, 2008, 02:59 PM
hi paulo, welcome to the site.  your illustrations are remarkable.  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on March 21, 2008, 03:01 PM
hi paulo, welcome to the site.  your illustrations are remarkable.  :up:
-mouser (March 21, 2008, 02:59 PM)

agreed  :)  lovely photos too :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on March 21, 2008, 08:33 PM
@paulobrabo

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/wow2.gif)

The illustrations are amazingly beautiful. How about a new small Cody for the smiley collection?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: paulobrabo on March 22, 2008, 05:22 AM
Thank you fellas!


How about a new small Cody for the smiley collection?
-PhilB66 (March 21, 2008, 08:33 PM)

Hey, Cody is sweet! Who is the original designer?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on March 22, 2008, 06:22 AM
Hey, Cody is sweet! Who is the original designer?
-paulobrabo (March 22, 2008, 05:22 AM)
nudone

I only came across the thread lately (via the dc "History" thread)
ANNOUNCING - DonationCoder.com Logo Contest (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1093.0)

I think he makes his first appearance halfway down page two, as said, courtesy of nudone

he's made some amazing wallpapers too -
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=12429.0
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=10636.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 22, 2008, 06:25 AM
Don't forget Cody has his own website (link removed), though he and Nick Pearson (nudone) are currently doing maintenance on it.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tinjaw on March 24, 2008, 06:08 AM
A reminder that DonationCoder has its own Frappr Map (http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=68719625367). If you haven't already, please go stick a pin in it.  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mediaguycouk on March 24, 2008, 06:15 AM
Now that I know this place is here I'll put my bit in

I'm Graham Robinson and I'm from Southampton, UK. I work for the University of Southampton in the IT department and generally fix computers.

When I'm not fixing computers I'm doing some PHP programming and create and maintain a flash media server and corresponding player for the modern languages department to play back TV recorded through IPTV.

I'm learning C# and am not doing too well at it (getting slowly through the donationcoder assignments). My GF is a Java programmer by education and a PHP programmer by trade.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 24, 2008, 08:56 AM
I forsee many years of fun C# vs. Java debates over the dinner table :)

Welcome to the site Graham :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: saintsatinstain on March 26, 2008, 11:11 PM
i'm a poet, born in north alabama. I became a grandpa a month ago; two grandgals from my daughter appeared beautifully into the world. i am 65 so a lot of contemporary tech was science fiction when i was young. a poemmaker in a family of mathematicians; dad, younger sis, and daughter all math folk.

dna
upgrade
sapient
humane
aped creator

::::::::::::::::
ain't software
it's hardwired
and humane fat

formats itself
datum by datum
sensuously fit

prosody, sometimes, is mathematical. I stumbled on this site from an article in pcworld, i believe, about freeware. the notice of the link to it was in Freeware forum.  without freeware and inexpensive ware i could not afford computing. thank you.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on March 27, 2008, 07:36 AM
hi Graham :) and saintsatinstain

@saintsatinstain, enjoyed your poem(s)
what's the latin ? -
I got an interesting (multilingual) translation from translation-guide.com
looks/reads accidentally a bit poetic too
Quae bibit,
to be dreaming;
quae to be dreaming,
not sin; quae not sin,
holy is;
on account of quae bibit holy is.
-
PS there's a bit of a haiku thing going on here sometimes - search if you're interested
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: saintsatinstain on March 27, 2008, 09:15 PM
Qui bibit, dormit; qui dormit, non peccat; qui non peccat, sanctus est; ergo qui bibit sanctus est.

Whoever drinks, sleeps; whoever sleeps, doesn't sin; whoever doesn't sin is a saint; therefore the one who drinks is a saint.

I am a poet, been one for 57 years. Born in Scottsboro, Alabama, but lived in and out of NYC for about 40 odd years. And they were odd years. I didn't finish high school; I didn't finish undergrad school; I didn't finish grad school either.  I have taught elementary, middle, and high school, taught undergrad and grad school too. I have taught students privately. I am a poet and a prosodist. I work parttime for a small private intelligence and security company. I am selftaught along with the help of online forums, books, and asking about computers, security, and internet. About some things I may appear expert and other things a complete ignoramus, bizarre gaps in my education.  I have four books, one anthology. The last book, short history of the saxophone, came out last year. My pa was a mathematician, my sister is one, and so too my daughter. My daughter has just had two grandgals for me. (note the compleat selfdom, which he in 3rd personage resorts to 14th century variant of complete. And he minimizes the role that his daughter, her consort, and the grandma - oh, don't forget the holy one - had in this birth. He thinks, I am the grandpa.).

I am a member of the the Freeware Forum, where I heard about this place. They, mainly coathanger, are responsible for this here cursed with my presence virtually. I was taken by some of the software hereabouts, free. I like free, good free. I can afford free. I live in a house in north alabama, still have an apartment in nyc. With a roommate i can barely afford it, along with an active broadband acct there - and here. I have a Windows XP Pro and OS X network here and there; I use the  Macs, along with turntable, cd and tape players, and tuners, as music system. Windows as work horses. My main transport is bicycle,here and there. I mix high and low tech. I have eclectic tastes in music, books, everything. My lady is a pediatrician; she has a son and daughter from a previous marriage. I have a son and daughter. Her son is an e.m.s. and daughter an m.d.; my son manages a business, daughter an engineer with an aerospace company.

I drink knob creek, booker's, guiness stout, and pilsner, but no more than a shot, or bottle of beer in a day. Sometimes we split a beer. I am a grandpa to two grandgals, the last is the more important.

My lady and I split our time between WA state, alabama, and greenwich village. I am nosey, hunger for larning, so feed me.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: skybright on April 02, 2008, 02:34 PM
I have a strong desire to become active in the forums here. I have decided to share a little about myself. I am a very private person but, will share as much as possible.

I worked various jobs, nothing very exciting to talk about. I started writing poetry as a teenager and is my passion. I hope someday to publish them. Maybe a book as well some day as I love to write.

I came from the midwest but, spent most of my life living between New York City and Orange County, California.  I finally came to reside back in the midwest.

I have two beautiful daughters. My oldest has given me four wonderful grandchildren whom I adore. Next week I leave to take over for her as she gives birth to Stormy Sky; whom I already love and can't wait to hold.

I have gone to college off and on in my adult years but, alas life always got in the way so I never got my degree.  But I was able to realize my dream of becoming a liscensed minister. Not to have a church but, to help people that God sends my way. My faith is the biggest part of my life.

Four years ago I became disabled. I don't go out much. So my computer is my way of getting out of the house.  I am an avid news reader as well as doing research. Curious Minds Want To Know...

I spend most of the day on my computer and love pimping out my gui so it looks good.  I know enough about computers to be dangerous. I like trying out new software of the free variety. It's like a hobby so to speak. Once in awhile I find something I can use.

I found my way here thru Gizmo's Tech Alert Newsletter which I subscribe to and he mentioned your sight.  I liked what I saw and decided to become a member. But I really have to admit that I have felt like a duck out of water so to speak. I really don't know how to fit in here as I am not a coder or a geek nor computer savvy. I learn alot here as I do enjoy learning new things.  I find myself coming here more often and, I believe I will find my place here.





Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 02, 2008, 03:09 PM
I really have to admit that I have felt like a duck out of water so to speak. I really don't know how to fit in here as I am not a coder or a geek nor computer savvy. I learn alot here as I do enjoy learning new things.
-skybright (April 02, 2008, 02:34 PM)

Hi there,

It's my impression that the community here is as welcoming to 'learners' as it is to 'teachers' so your learning stuff is helping to fulfil the purpose of the site. For myself, I just wander around, sticking my nose in uninvited and (so far) nobody has asked me to leave.

Enjoy!

 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: biox on May 02, 2008, 06:19 AM
Biox, the first dress on your businesses homepage is stunning! Your wife is very talented.
-Darwin (August 12, 2007, 07:55 AM)
Yeah she is. I would like to put a few more pix up but would have to get the permission from the customers first. I don't like those headless pix and there will be a little description under the pix in the future. But that isn't the most important thing at the moment. The wife's been sleeping in the shop for the last 4 month cos of too much work and I need to learn more about all this stuff cos the wife can't speak English but most of our customers are westerners.

You know, the old dog new tricks thing. :huh:
-biox (August 12, 2007, 09:01 AM)
Almost a year and nothing done to the website. The wife's got too much work already. I'm afraid if I really did something and get it up in the rankings I'd be sitting alone at home for rest of my life. :-\
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: electronixtar on May 26, 2008, 11:40 PM
Hi everyone, I am from Chengdu China, New to dc, love to try new & cool programs. Willing to contribute code in js & python  ;D

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 26, 2008, 11:47 PM
Hi everyone, I am from Chengdu China, New to dc, love to try new & cool programs. Willing to contribute code in js & python  ;D
-electronixtar (May 26, 2008, 11:40 PM)

Welcome to DC, electronixtar (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on May 26, 2008, 11:57 PM
Hi everyone, I am from Chengdu China
-electronixtar (May 26, 2008, 11:40 PM)

Welcome!

You live on "shaky ground", electronixtar... how's the mood down there?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: electronixtar on May 27, 2008, 12:12 AM
Hi everyone, I am from Chengdu China
-electronixtar (May 26, 2008, 11:40 PM)

Welcome!

You live on "shaky ground", electronixtar... how's the mood down there?
-PhilB66 (May 26, 2008, 11:57 PM)
Thank you.

The ground ROCKS now and then!  ;D There are minor aftershocks but ppl here are getting used to it now.

Lucky no injuries in my campus since 5.12

It's the 3rd earthquake I've ever experienced
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 27, 2008, 12:35 AM
Welcome to the site electronixtar!

ps.from your signature and coding ability, i wonder if you might be the perfect person to try making a Twitter plugin for FARR, as requested here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=8071.msg114142#msg114142).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: electronixtar on May 27, 2008, 12:58 AM
Welcome to the site electronixtar!

ps.from your signature and coding ability, i wonder if you might be the perfect person to try making a Twitter plugin for FARR, as requested here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=8071.msg114142#msg114142).
-mouser (May 27, 2008, 12:35 AM)


OK I'll try :-)

Love tweeting...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: psionics on May 27, 2008, 03:05 AM
Hello! I am from Philippines. I was first into paranormal activities and did alot of ghost contacts and practice @ mt. banahaw mountain. some sports I got addicted is skateboarding, Knife Throwing, and now Freestyle nunchaku(http://freestyleforum.net) which I had innovated. I have been playing with AutoIt scripting last-last year. Made some 2D and 3D games using game engine's scripts. CSS, javascripts, Flash and Htmls.. alot of Php and MySql(http://bico.mcjimlether.com/store), Ajax. I love Pocket PCs and Tech Gadgets. I know alot of Mathematics. I graduated in Industrial Engineeer whose now into ERP(Clipper, FoxPro, MSsql, major is Business Process optimizing). I hate vb .net and i do like power builder apps. Did make many robotics implementation in production areas.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 27, 2008, 09:34 AM
Hi psionics, nice to see you posting here.

Let's try to keep the trend going and keep this thread alive -- anyone reading this who hasn't posted yet, tell us a bit about yourself.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 27, 2008, 11:32 AM
Hi psionics, nice to see you posting here.

Let's try to keep the trend going and keep this thread alive -- anyone reading this who hasn't posted yet, tell us a bit about yourself.
-mouser (May 27, 2008, 09:34 AM)

Welcome to DC, psionics! I agree with mouser - this *should* be the longest thread on the forum... but it's not even close! Hope to hear from others soon  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: czb on May 27, 2008, 02:22 PM
So a little about me :)
my name is Oldřich Švec and I come from the Czech Republic. I study at CTU (Czech Technical University) and I focus on analysis of timber structures. Soon I am about to finish my bachalor degree, then I will continue with master degree in advanced design of structures using computers (matlab etc) and probably will also continue with Phd study (still thinking about it).

My hobbies are my girlfriend :-* sport (tennis,cycling,swimming etc) and ofcourse computers.

Mostly I like stuff about net (web 2.0) and coding of net applications (javascript, php, css etc) as you have probably noticed ;). But I must say that I used to code in php only and the first larger touch of javascript was made here by coding JS plugins. So it is prove that JS is very simple to learn and a great tool for creating plugins  :Thmbsup: And if I now compare php and javascript from point of view of coder comfort javascript definitely wins.

BTW: is there any kind of geographic map active, as it formely was?
see https://www.donationcoder.com/Columns/mts/b_mouser/archives/2005/09/some_geographic.html
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on May 27, 2008, 03:13 PM
hi czechboy :)
yes, we can see your main hobby on your avatar  :P

BTW: is there any kind of geographic map active, as it formely was?
see https://www.donationcoder.com/Columns/mts/b_mouser/archives/2005/09/some_geographic.html
-czechboy (May 27, 2008, 02:22 PM)
was that the frapper map? -
I get a 404 on that link, but the frapper map never worked for me anyways..
It would be nice to see a (more successful) map - anyone any ideas?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: czb on May 27, 2008, 03:21 PM
I do not know what frapper map is but I thought it was something where people could show where they live. Probably google maps API could be used for something similar nowadays ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: xxdeadmemoryxx on June 02, 2008, 11:05 AM
Hello. I just joined :) My name is Kristen. I work in back of a vet, cleaning animal cages. But trying to find a new job. I also am a Certified massage therapist in PA. :Thmbsup: I am from Pennsylvannia. I want to eventually move up to the mountains!  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: drinkingvinegar on June 07, 2008, 02:33 PM
Hi everyone!

I'm drinkingvinegar,  8) new member that only fell into the forum, because of the drinkingvinegar thread! I thought I would share my knowledge of drinking vinegars with you all.

I'm British, although i left the UK over 40 years ago, just blowing with the wind, lived in Germany, Greece, Denmark for 23 years, then on to China, Taiwan and the last 4 years in Singapore often returning to Europe.


Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on June 07, 2008, 07:09 PM
welcome to the site kristen and dv :)

and of course Oldřich, the farr plugin master  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shades on July 20, 2008, 01:18 AM
Hi all,

Shades is the nick...Gerold Manders is my non-electronic name.
My origins: born and lived in Holland for 32 years and gladly escaped to South America for 3 years now (already). No real programming skill, but I have my way around computers since I first touched one (Commodore64) ;)

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 20, 2008, 08:32 AM
Hi Gerold!

What are the best advantages of life in SA?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shades on July 20, 2008, 12:54 PM
Okay, here is my list:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 20, 2008, 02:55 PM
I hope you have a spare room, I'm packing as I write...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Sugar on August 15, 2008, 12:41 AM
I signed up yesterday for Social Security and will be 62 in September.  I do no coding unless it's in a webpage :).   I love this site and have donated each year I've been here so I suppose next month will be donation month?

I'm in WV on the top of a mountain.   I moved here because my husband is from here and I found out I had oral cancer.  Oral cancer and the miners in WV have more than a nodding acquaintance, so I chose a doctor here and we moved.   So far I'm doing GREAT.  I expect to see GREATER  :)

At any rate, I browse a lot, rarely post and enjoy life shooting things.  (pictures haha)

Glad to see all of you and a big hug to Mouser.

Sug
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 15, 2008, 12:46 AM
Welcome, Sugar  :Thmbsup: (though it seems that it's a year or two late?!).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Sugar on August 15, 2008, 12:48 AM
haha.. I intend to be late for my own funeral, so if you don't mind, I don't mind.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 15, 2008, 12:52 AM
haha.. I intend to be late for my own funeral, so if you don't mind, I don't mind.
-Sugar (August 15, 2008, 12:48 AM)

It's all good!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: f0dder on August 15, 2008, 12:59 AM
Hey Sugar (oh, that sounded corny >_<),

nice to see you onboard!

I sometimes wonder what all the "quiet members" here do - we're obviously a bunch of regulars who make a lot of noise. That's pretty enjoyable and all, but I can't help thinking how many "sign up just for the benefits", and how many actually frequent the forums - lurking or active.

It's always nice seeing somebody post. Doesn't matter if a member has something to say about software or tech or something completely different, it could be a shot of your desktop (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=5301.0), or perhaps the view outside your window (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=14090.0), or even a single post in this thread.

The great thing about this site has always been the community thing - developers, users and people in general mixing up and having an easy time together. Oh, I might be going on a bit too much on a happy vibe, but it felt right - I hope you're doing OK :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Sugar on August 15, 2008, 01:03 AM
I love happy vibes.  They help you keep a sense of wellbeing which is the only way to be.   Keep on keeping on with 'em.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on August 15, 2008, 10:59 AM
Nice to see you posting here, Sugar.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rowsdower! on August 20, 2008, 12:43 PM
Hi all,

I'm not much for programming. I took a few courses in college as I dabbled, but very little has stuck with me since then (and programming windows applications has never been my strength). I'm mostly an App junkie always looking for inventive new toys to use. I found more than a few here so I figured I'd sign up and do my little part to support the art. In my daily life I work as a grant administrator. I create budgets, manage spending, and push government papers around my desk for research grant applications on the medical campus at a local college where I have been for just over a year now. I'm looking forward to seeing what this community has to offer for my ever-changing PC whims. So far so good!

-Rowsdower!-
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 20, 2008, 01:25 PM
Welcome Rowsdower! I'm glad that you've found your way here, and hope that we'll see more of you, and the other new members, on the boards  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Sugar on August 20, 2008, 08:17 PM
Welcome Rowsdower.  Is that a mosquito?? 

I think most here recognize each other's rights to our choices and applaud them (well, in OS anyway) and DEFINITELY the programs written.

ps   I Saw FARR mentioned yesterday in PC Magazine (I believe that was the right one)

WELCOME To Rows and 3 Cheers for Mouser.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rui on September 05, 2008, 04:54 PM
Hi everybody

Hi am Rui, and I was born in Lisbon, Portugal, 51 years ago.
jgpaiva was wondering if there was another DC member from his native country...
Well, there is, João, and its me!
Computers are my hobby, and I remember coming to DC through Wilders, of which I am also a member.
Greetings from Portugal! :)
Rui

P.S. This is my first post and the second is coming right away!....

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on September 05, 2008, 04:59 PM
Hi Rui,

Nice to see you here!

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on September 05, 2008, 05:36 PM
Ola Rui, bemvindo ao DonationCoder!
Espero que gostes tanto de aqui estar como eu ;)

---
Hi Rui, Welcome to DonationCoder!
I hope you like it here as much as I do! ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rui on September 05, 2008, 05:43 PM
Thanks to cranioscospical and jgpaiva for their welcome!

To João: It is a terrific site, indeed
(João, é um site do caraças!)
Have  a look at my other post concerning Netcabo, please

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=14753.0

Best regards

Rui

Edited, as "cranioscopical" was misspelled
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 06, 2008, 03:00 AM
Hi Rui

as João says - bemvindo ao DC!
(no I dont speak Portuguese, just copy & paste!)

Tom
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 06, 2008, 07:49 AM
Yes, welcome Rui!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gexecuter on September 08, 2008, 11:59 AM
I am a guy from chile

I am in college trying to get a degree to be a computer technician

I like computers and software tough i am not sure if i am smart enough to able to keep a job in the technology field.

I like freeware software so much that i keep a blog (http://elitefreeware.blogspot.com/) about it.

So yeah that's me. Oh i am also very lazy.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 08, 2008, 12:23 PM
Oh i am also very lazy.

for someone who writes so much in their blog you have a strange definition of the word lazy!  :tellme:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shook on September 08, 2008, 12:57 PM
I figured i might as well introduce myself, since i haven't done it earlier... (Was that even a good reason? :-\)
So, here we go...

Hey everone, I'm Shook. I was born in Denmark at June 14th, 1992. As you
can imagine, I am 16 years old as of now. I'm currently attending a technical
examination. I have a minuscule experience with coding in Python, but that was
years ago, and I probably can't remember any of it...
I like gaming, and I find school boring. (Shouldn't come as a surprise :P)
Here in DonationCoder, I'll be supplying you with mini-reviews of games every
now and then, mostly of indie games. I won't exclude other games for PC though!
I'm not a professional or experienced reviewer, so i can't guarantee the quality
of my mini-reviews, but I'll try my best.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 08, 2008, 01:07 PM
Welcome to DC, gexecutor and Shook  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gexecuter on September 08, 2008, 01:35 PM
Oh i am also very lazy.

for someone who writes so much in their blog you have a strange definition of the word lazy!  :tellme:
-mouser (September 08, 2008, 12:23 PM)

My blog is mostly a hobbie. I mean things like studying and cleaning up my room, stuff like that.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Rowsdower! on September 09, 2008, 10:36 AM
Welcome Rowsdower.  Is that a mosquito?? 
...
-Sugar (August 20, 2008, 08:17 PM)

Thanks, Sugar. It's actually a little industrial art. Apparently someone took a bunch of old scissors and welded them together to look like a spider:
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: f0dder on September 09, 2008, 10:44 AM
Wow, what a niece (if creepy) piece!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 09, 2008, 10:54 AM
Yeah, I like that a lot, too! Well spotted, Sugar. I didn't even notice it in the avatar. Thanks for posting a larger version, rowsdower  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on September 09, 2008, 11:08 AM
welcome - nice work. Here is another spider (http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2008/08/18/la_machine_nante_preview_video_feature.shtml)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 09, 2008, 02:07 PM
Welcome everyone.
ps. add yourself to the map (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=googlemap)!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: gtoal on September 10, 2008, 03:52 PM
I'm a Scots ex-pat living in South Texas, been programming since around 74 (at high school, we used to send coding sheets off to the local poly where students were paid to punch them on to cards - a compile/edit/run iteration took about a week), and I write code for fun probably more than I do for a living (although I work in a 'computer center', we generally don't do a lot of coding here, and what we do isn't very interesting).  At the moment my hobby project is writing a book on how to write a compiler (and writing a compiler to go along with the book).  But I usually have half a dozen different projects on the go at any one time.  And a backed-up queue of others that'll see me through retirement!  I can easily see myself contributing the odd quickie utility here, as long as you're OK with command-line stuff written in C.  If you want gooey flashness, someone else will have to add that...

Graham
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on September 10, 2008, 05:56 PM
Nice to see you here, Graham.

Looking forward to some software from you.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TomD101 on September 17, 2008, 05:48 AM
 I am a 46 year old civil servant from Berlin, Germany. I am happily
 married to a beautiful woman and father of three, two sons and a daughter.
 I have been a science fiction and comic fan all my life, collected both
 during high school and college (studying American and Japanese culture)
 and of course came into contact with computers way back in 1984 when I
 bought a Commodore 64 and a floppy drive. "Things went downhill from then".

 When my dad bought his first PC two years later, I quickly learned to
 work with it, explain its subtleties to my father and bringing his
 writing into shape. At that time I used DOS 3.3 and Word for DOS 5.0. I
 quickly became a renowned and experienced layouter, typed as fast as
 any  administrative assistant. My dad published several books to which I
 delivered anything short of pre-press.

 I got several jobs within his university circles (?), working as
 admin, layouter, administrative assistant and anything in between that
 made the writing of those doctors and professors look good. I learned
 incredibly much about hard- and software, networking, drivers and
 converters - remember, we are talking DOS here. I even tested a
 Windows 3.0 version on a 1-ton compaq laptop.

 During that time I got married, we had our first child and I had to
 change something in my life to ensure a steady and sufficient income in
 the future. I had a 3 year college study course in municipal
 administration, preparing me to work anywhere within the Berlin
 government or administration. After several stints in plain legal or
 personnel departments I switched to the central unit of our loan and
 payment software development and maintenance.

 We use a SAP based solution that ensures the correct and on-time
 payments to some 80.000 people within our administration. Berlin is a
 city with more than five million inhabitants. In this unit I work as
 admin for some 60 PCs, do some hotline and troubleshooting, maintain our
 website and take care of our huge pool of data when it comes to
 reorganisation and maintenance. Our house as its own IT dept., but I am
 the in-betweener taking some unnecessary load from them by helping my
 team to a certain limit.

Apart from that I have a ton of hobbies, a garden to take care of, a lot of sport events to attend when my kids play soccer, do cheerleading (honest, even Berlin has its share of football teams) or do 24-hour-swimming. We have four dogs and pudgies, a good share of friends. All in all we are a real Brady Bunch in a five-story-building. I pinned my location to the map.

Feel free to write me a mail. I will gladly answer it.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 17, 2008, 07:50 AM
hi Tom
welcome to dc
from another Tom ..
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 17, 2008, 10:27 AM
Wow - great intro and history, Tom! Welcome to DC  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: xizdaqrian on October 08, 2008, 06:56 PM
Hi all,

40 year old man here. Almost finished with degree in IS - Network design. Six children, three still at home. Single dad. Semi-pro photographer, working on maybe being FT pro. Developing portfolio. Found Christ in '93 and turned my life totally around.

Live in Florida after a short stint with the Marines. I miss that job. I work as an assistant dufus at an apartment complex.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 08, 2008, 11:36 PM
Welcome, xizdaqrian  :Thmbsup:

Six children, three still at home. Single dad.
-xizdaqrian (October 08, 2008, 06:56 PM)

You have my profound respect! Hope to see more of you around DC.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: xizdaqrian on October 09, 2008, 12:11 PM
Thank you.

Welcome, xizdaqrian  :Thmbsup:

Six children, three still at home. Single dad.
-xizdaqrian (October 08, 2008, 06:56 PM)

You have my profound respect! Hope to see more of you around DC.
-Darwin (October 08, 2008, 11:36 PM)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Davidtheo on October 13, 2008, 03:10 AM
Who am I? that is a really good question, Born in England, grown up in New Zealand, lived and worked in New Zealand, USA and currently in China, so right now I am still trying to work that out. I also have a BSc in Computer Science, currently working in the customer support/marketing fields, and thinking about thinking English to non English speaker. I am not to sure who I am. hehe
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sal_paradise on December 08, 2008, 09:36 PM
I'm from Ontario, Canada I know very little about coding but want to learn.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on December 08, 2008, 10:37 PM
I'm from Ontario, Canada I know very little about coding but want to learn.
-sal_paradise (December 08, 2008, 09:36 PM)
A mighty fine place! Welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on December 09, 2008, 12:27 AM
Welcome to DC, sal_paradise and David Theo  :Thmbsup: Hope to see more of both of you around here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: akiecs on December 19, 2008, 09:59 AM
Wow, looks like I'm surrounded by a lot of grandpas, how sweet it is.
It's nice to meet everyone here.

I'm 28, just got my Master in Computer Science from Texas A&M recently.
I was born in Rolla, Missouri, US and moved to Taiwan with my parents when I was 7.
After staying in Taiwan almost 19 years, I came back to US for my master.

As you may know Taiwan is a computer country, many computer parts are made/designed in Taiwan (ASUS,Gigabyte,Acer...etc).
Computer parts can be easily bought, it is as easy as buying a coke so people in Taiwan usually don't buy bundled PCs, we always DIY.
Most of my undergrad classmates work in the computer industry, even my girlfriend works in ASUS as a RD.
I've been DIYing Computers and programming since high school when I was 17,
and maintaining UNIX-like servers, writing/modfying server programs as an administrator for years.

I miss my girlfriend and those delicious food/ night life funs in Taiwan,
but I really love my car, the big road, and the big steak in Texas.
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on December 19, 2008, 04:45 PM
Welcome to DC akiecs! Enjoy those steaks and hope to see you around DC  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on December 19, 2008, 04:48 PM
that photo makes me want to move to taiwan  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: debiani386 on December 20, 2008, 11:31 PM
Im debian. Im from Boise ID and i do mostly website management and development. Right now, i am working on a project where we upload *.CSV files to a sharepoint server via PHP script. We may also have it parse the data and convert the *.CSV into a *.HTML so if one of our co workers is away, they can bring up the information from a computer terminal with out having to carry around a thumbdrive.

I also manage my own sharepoint server and run my own little website (http://pcjbargains.webhop.net) which me and my friends post items that we wish to sell. There arent very many items on there at the moment as we are working on aquiring pictures and descriptions of the items, but they'll be up shortly.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mwang on December 23, 2008, 05:15 AM
Welcome all, of course, but a special welcome to akiecs. I'm not familiar with Taichung (the city in the picture), but live not too far from it. (Heck, any place isn't too far from each other here compared to the U.S., or Texas.)

I'm one of the few who don't work in the computer industry, :) but I DIY  my desktops as well, so what akiecs says is true.

--
Ming-Li, getting a little excited to see someone from Taiwan (well, not exactly, but close).

p.s. DC is one of the very few places online that make me feel a little chatty from time to time. Still not sure why.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Kamel on January 01, 2009, 10:26 AM
I'm 23 years old, my name is Chad, I'm male, married, a Christian, and currently living in Knoxville, TN. I say currently because I have lived many places and may be moving again shortly. I have no real profession yet and am currently unemployed :(. I have full intent of going to college to change all of that, but I have been finding that immensely difficult. Apparently, the government does not provide support to those living in their parents house, so I need to move out on my own but haven't yet gotten the means to do that. I suppose they figure my parents are supporting me, lol. One good look at my father's tax history would disprove that theory but that's life as the saying goes.

My background in computers and such is basically all self taught to some degree or another. I did take A+, Net+, and Cisco CCNA up to year 3 in school, but honestly those things are useless in practical day to day circumstances. Most of my solid knowledge about computers and such comes from reading literature about computers and operating systems. I've read the course material to have many Linux and other certifications (NTFS forensics as well, if that's even a certification one can get).

I have programmed little unfortunately, but what I have done has taught me a lot about the concept of programming and in turn I was able to teach a friend who had been programming for a while to program better. I guess my point is that I know the concepts, just not the language. I made a really dynamic game of pong on the TI-89+ which I called crapong. Unfortunately, that name was already taken but I didn't know that at the time lol. I studied but never learned Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, C, C++, and BASIC. I suppose I just got so far and ended up not going through due to laziness, getting distracted, etc. The one language that I did learn I learned by simply looking at example code and changing it to my liking (I'm convinced this is the best way to start learning a programming language, atleast if you can go through it the way I was able to). That would be mIRC scripting. I know it seems weird as a language to learn, it's just what I learned and it has made it immensely difficult to go to any other language since I know it so well. It sounds silly to say, but I can do nearly anything I've ever really wanted to do on a computer in mIRC scripting, so I have had a very difficult time learning other languages.

I am still in search of finding the right career for me, that will allow me to express my creativity, express my ability to teach others, and allow me to continue to grow in knowledge about computer related things or all things in general. These are really the things that matter most to me, I would truly hate a job where learning is not a part of it. I am constantly wanting to learn and grow in my knowledge about things, but seem to find less and less time to do so these days being married and having the stresses that come with it. I suppose one could say I am a bit of a knowledge-aholic, as I don't believe I will have ever learned enough to completely satisfy my desire to learn. Some people call me a renaissance man as I seem to be able to do just about anything somewhat well, or atleast know a 'more than average' amount about many subjects, however, a specialization in one hasn't truly surfaced just yet.

I guess that is me in a nutshell. I know there probably isn't anyone here interested enough to read it, but there it is just incase lol.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on January 01, 2009, 11:40 AM
I am still in search of finding the right career for me, that will allow me to express my creativity, express my ability to teach others, and allow me to continue to grow in knowledge about computer related things or all things in general. These are really the things that matter most to me
-Kamel (January 01, 2009, 10:26 AM)

good luck with that Chad, still looking around myself too ...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Toolus on January 10, 2009, 02:48 PM
My name is Tyler and I'm currently in school to learn software engineering. I've been a member of the site and been lurking on the forums for a while now and I've finally decided to start participating.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on January 10, 2009, 06:06 PM
I am still in search of finding the right career for me, that will allow me to express my creativity, express my ability to teach others, and allow me to continue to grow in knowledge about computer related things or all things in general. These are really the things that matter most to me
-Kamel (January 01, 2009, 10:26 AM)


good luck with that Chad, still looking around myself too ...
-tomos (January 01, 2009, 11:40 AM)

The best comment I ever heard made about that "problem" was in an imagined commencement speech written by journalist Mary Schmich.

(BTW: This same "speech" was also wrongly attributed to Kurt Vonnegut after a hoaxer put it up on the net saying it was given by Vonnegut at MIT's commencement.)

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The
most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with
their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

I derive a great deal of comfort from those words.  ;);D 8)


Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 10, 2009, 06:52 PM
I epitomize those words (being weeks away from 40 myself) and, like you, derive a lot of comfort from them as well  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Kamel on January 11, 2009, 11:41 PM
Thanks for your encouraging words everyone. I surely appreciate it. I hope to score high on the list of interesting people as the journalist put it.

It is my ultimate goal to give to this world a legacy, one which will be lasting and good. I want to improve all that I can while I'm here and would like to be remembered, but it seems finding a way to excersize such thing can be difficult. I truly believe I am able to do many things, if only I had the time and resources to do so hah. I guess that is really how many people feel though. It is unfortunate that usually the ones with the desire/ability to make such positive changes in the world don't have the resources, and those who do have the resources and power to make those changes do things for all of the wrong reasons. To be quite honest, their success is usually a byproduct of this attitude.

I suppose there are those who do not care about the world and its direction but rather live in it and enjoy what they can get out of life and those who do care about the world and find enjoyment from solving issues and providing their talents to help others. I would fall into the latter category.

Oh well, I'll shut up now. I seriously doubt many people want to continue reading my ranting lol.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on January 12, 2009, 07:47 PM
If it is any consolation I am 50 and still scratching my head ... I figure 60 is the new 30 ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 12, 2009, 07:51 PM
If it is any consolation I am 50 and still scratching my head ... I figure 60 is the new 30 ;)
-Carol Haynes (January 12, 2009, 07:47 PM)

 ;D It's certainly looking that way. They've done away with mandatory retirement in my province (BC) and dammit if people in my area aren't staying with their jobs past 65  :( I'm looking at re-training...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on January 12, 2009, 08:21 PM
Dear me, I retired at 49.... I'm doomed!  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ordstrin on January 19, 2009, 05:22 PM
Hi all,

Yeah, I finally found my way here, despite being on the forums now for about a week.

I'm Australian born & bred, although my ethnic heritage is quite diverse.

I cut my teeth on Console C++ back in Year 7 at school (7th grade for those who need it called that), doing a general computing course.
I moved to a new school for Year 11 & Year 12, where I did all 3 available computing courses; Software Design & Development (SDD), Information Technology (IT), and Information Processes and Technology (IPT).
Doing SDD at my new school is where I first learnt just how frustrating programming can be. I started off with Java Applets (and found out the hard way that they're very different to Java Applications), then moved to Visual Basic 6. After using VB6 for a short time I moved to VB.NET, which I found much more fun than Java.
After school I just bummed around at home on the internet, mostly.
Three or four years ago I started playing with REBOL (http://www.rebol.com).
Two years ago I started doing a TAFE (http://tafensw.edu.au/about) (Cert4 IT General) at my local TAFE (http://tafensw.edu.au/about).
Since last year I've also been playing around with AHK.

I've had experience as a programmer, tech support, teacher's aide, support teacher, forum admin (on several small forums) and many other various things.

I like to call myself a "dabbler", although many who know me would probably call me a Jack Of All Trades.

My many hobbies include Reading (books, preferably fantasy or sci-fi novels) and playing (video) Games.

I often prefer to take things at my own pace and as a consequence, I'm very hard to rush (and give better results when I'm allowed to take my time).

Well, that's just a little..

~Ordstrin
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on March 04, 2009, 09:59 PM
I've been around computers for over 30 years.

About to launch an IT Service (mostly PC repairs) to the vast Outback area of Australia, on a “we come to you, wherever you are” basis.

In terms of scale, imagine an area covering all of the US states north & west of Memphis, mostly desert ranging up into wet tropics, sparsely populated. Or most of mainland Europe up to & including Poland & Bosnia. That’s our territory!

Here's the website (http://outbackit.aussierodney.com/).

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ordstrin on March 05, 2009, 01:24 AM
I've been around computers for over 30 years.

About to launch an IT Service (mostly PC repairs) to the vast Outback area of Australia, on a “we come to you, wherever you are” basis.

In terms of scale, imagine an area covering all of the US states north & west of Memphis, mostly desert ranging up into wet tropics, sparsely populated. Or most of mainland Europe up to & including Poland & Bosnia. That’s our territory!

Here's the website (http://outbackit.aussierodney.com/).
-AussieRodney (March 04, 2009, 09:59 PM)

Ambitious.
Welcome to DonationCoder.
~Ordstrin
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 05, 2009, 01:46 AM
And a belated but warm welcome to you Ordstrin!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ordstrin on March 05, 2009, 01:49 AM
xD thanks mouser (but uh.. what about the other new guy?)
(You don't sleep do you >.> )
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 05, 2009, 01:53 AM
but uh.. what about the other new guy?

A big welcome to Rodney and Tyler too, who i missed from before.  And anyone else in this thread that I may have missed.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 05, 2009, 07:40 AM
xD thanks mouser (but uh.. what about the other new guy?)
(You don't sleep do you >.> )
-Ordstrin (March 05, 2009, 01:49 AM)

Check out his yearbook quote: "The probability distribution of me being awake at any given hour is uniform"  ;D

A belated welcome to all recent posters as well (Ordstrin, AussieRodney, Debian, and Kamel) - great to have you all here and I hope to see more of you    8)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ewemoa on March 05, 2009, 07:59 AM
Ah, we appear to have a cloner among us  ;)

I should have known, having a nick like that!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 05, 2009, 08:27 AM
Ah, we appear to have a cloner among us  ;)

I should have known, having a nick like that!
-ewemoa (March 05, 2009, 07:59 AM)

 :huh:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ewemoa on March 05, 2009, 08:42 AM
I hope to see more of you
-Darwin (March 05, 2009, 07:40 AM)

Sorry, silly attempt at humor -- nothing to see here, please move along  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 05, 2009, 08:47 AM
I hope to see more of you
-Darwin (March 05, 2009, 07:40 AM)

Sorry, silly attempt at humor -- nothing to see here, please move along  :P
-ewemoa (March 05, 2009, 08:42 AM)

 ;D That is actually pretty funny - sadly, I'm several cups of coffee away from sentience, so didn't get it at first  :-[
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on March 06, 2009, 11:52 PM
Thanks, guys.  Great to be appreciated.  Enjoying the summer here while it lasts.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ehtyar on March 07, 2009, 12:48 AM
Muhahaha, the Aussies are taking over!! Welcome guys (including people from those other countries I suppose...) :P

Ehtyar.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on March 07, 2009, 01:25 AM
After a couple of years of visiting, reading the blog and forum and downloading a few, especially AHK stuff...finally registered and did my very small part and donated a bit (and added an article on my crappy site too)
Hi everybody, from Canada :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 07, 2009, 01:28 AM
welcome to the site rg, tell us your site (and configure it in your profile!).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on March 07, 2009, 01:48 AM
Thanx mouser, added the site to my profile. Just something I started a few months ago to write about software and other topics. My main experience, if that's the right word, has/is being admin/webmaster of a few soccer sites.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 07, 2009, 02:06 AM
Nice site (http://www.rgdot.com/bl/) RG -- you have some cool software discoveries there, and nicely written up  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on March 07, 2009, 02:10 AM
Thank you mouser :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ordstrin on March 07, 2009, 03:07 AM
Welcome to DC, Ethen.
(and welcome to RG too, even though you've been here longer than I.. )

~Ordstrin
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mobilephone2003 on March 16, 2009, 09:57 AM
Hey guys, new to the forum.

I'm Duncan, known as mobilephone2003 on YouTube, About 10k followers there.

I make computing & technology videos (mostly tutorials), and recently started "MegaByte TV", with just over 1k followers, where I featured Screenshot Captor.

Thanks to mouser for hitting me up with an account here + license for the site.

Peace.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on March 16, 2009, 10:04 AM
Welcome to the site Duncan! Your screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGbjVSztcxM) was great  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on March 16, 2009, 10:08 AM
I featured Screenshot Captor.
-mobilephone2003
Welcome aboard!
Always good to see someone with critical discrimination  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on March 16, 2009, 10:42 AM
Welcome Duncan, haven't recently but used to watch your videos
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: siouxdax on April 02, 2009, 01:52 PM
Hello:
My name is Daniel Headrick. I'm a queer, thirty-something Jack Tripper reincarnate, born, raised and living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Artist, photographer, socialist, layabout and loveable rogue. Constantly at home, working on both my laptop and desktop simultaneously. Disabled due to Addison's disease and its complications, hence I'm always at home. Unfortunately I can't be away from home for very long, but I try to make the best of things. When I did work I was a projectionist for a few years, then went into skiptracing (basically a bounty hunter behind a desk) for a few more before becoming disabled. Avid music, art, film and reference book fan. I'm also a collector of 'objets', particularly Catholic and Hindu religious iconography; also medical and optical devices, as well as just plain 'beautiful' objects. My apartment is like a crowded curiosity museum. All in all, a total nerd, dork, etc. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 02, 2009, 01:56 PM
Welcome daniel  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: siouxdax on April 02, 2009, 02:07 PM
Welcome daniel  :up:
-mouser (April 02, 2009, 01:56 PM)

Thanks, mouser. I thought it was about time I formally introduced myself considering I'm on the forum so much lately. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 02, 2009, 02:23 PM
Welcome daniel  :up:
-mouser (April 02, 2009, 01:56 PM)

Thanks, mouser. I thought it was about time I formally introduced myself considering I'm on the forum so much lately. :)
-siouxdax (April 02, 2009, 02:07 PM)

yeah, sure we know you already!
welcome to the club :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 02, 2009, 02:24 PM
Hi and welcome Daniel :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Coeluh on April 02, 2009, 02:33 PM
Well I guess I have to introduce myself aswel.

I'm a student, 17 years old and I like to play squash, soccer (futsal). I love snowboarding, favourite thing to do in the world. I like to watch TV shows like family guy, 24, south park and a whole other bunch of series. I'm going to finish my secondary education this year and then start at technichal university of Eindhoven and study Industrial Design (bachelor). I am no coder, I am a designer is what I say, as I am not a good coder and not really willing to get better in it. (I guess I have to when I go to university).

I can be real whiny, or untactful. I just want to get my way sometimes too bad.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 02, 2009, 02:38 PM
Welcome Coeluh, PSV rule  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 02, 2009, 02:46 PM
Welcome Coeluh, PSV rule  :D
-rgdot (April 02, 2009, 02:38 PM)

I thought that sounded familiar
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 02, 2009, 02:54 PM
Yes, PSV struggling this year but will be back
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Coeluh on April 02, 2009, 03:21 PM
Haha any dutchies here?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: scancode on April 02, 2009, 03:34 PM
I like to play [...]soccer.
-Coeluh (April 02, 2009, 02:33 PM)

QUIT. NOW. Playing soccer kills the little part of your brain that helps you code, and IT NEVER REGENERATES!
You have been warned.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 02, 2009, 03:42 PM
I like to play [...]soccer.
-Coeluh (April 02, 2009, 02:33 PM)

QUIT. NOW. Playing soccer kills the little part of your brain that helps you code, and IT NEVER REGENERATES!
You have been warned.
-scancode (April 02, 2009, 03:34 PM)

;D gotta play computer games instead  :tellme:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 02, 2009, 03:47 PM
I like to play [...]soccer.
-Coeluh (April 02, 2009, 02:33 PM)

QUIT. NOW. Playing soccer kills the little part of your brain that helps you code, and IT NEVER REGENERATES!
You have been warned.
-scancode (April 02, 2009, 03:34 PM)

No wonder the little I knew has gone  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on April 02, 2009, 06:28 PM
Welcome people!

PSV sucks, always did. Watch Ajax / AZ for fun, entertaining football instead.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shades on April 02, 2009, 09:39 PM
Come on PhilB66:

PSV were practically neighbours (when I was living in Holland). Do they still say: 'Eindhovuh de gekste!!!' ?

Brabo to the core!  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on April 03, 2009, 01:49 AM
I am only familiar with the nickname PSV boeren  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Jaan Tamm on April 03, 2009, 03:18 AM
Hi! I'm from Tartu, hope everyone knows, where it is situated    :-[
I'm a poor student, who is not very much fond of studing, prefers playing WoW and hanging around with some crazy estonian people  :) However, teachers at the university love me :-* But it's all because i'm lucky to be full namesake of a great scientist  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on April 03, 2009, 11:31 AM
Hi! I'm from Tartu, hope everyone knows, where it is situated    :-[
I'm a poor student, who is not very much fond of studing, prefers playing WoW and hanging around with some crazy estonian people  :) However, teachers at the university love me :-* But it's all because i'm lucky to be full namesake of a great scientist  :D
-Jaan Tamm (April 03, 2009, 03:18 AM)

Ah... John Doe  ;D Nice to meet you!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on April 05, 2009, 02:48 PM
Hi! I'm from Tartu, hope everyone knows, where it is situated
-Jaan Tamm (April 03, 2009, 03:18 AM)
No, but I looked it up!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Jaan Tamm on April 06, 2009, 02:59 AM
Very good, AussieRodney :Thmbsup: Try to visit us some day, tourists usually say, it's a pleasant place ;)
Nice to meet you too, Darwin :lol:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Coeluh on April 06, 2009, 08:46 AM
I like to play [...]soccer.
-Coeluh (April 02, 2009, 02:33 PM)

QUIT. NOW. Playing soccer kills the little part of your brain that helps you code, and IT NEVER REGENERATES!
You have been warned.
-scancode (April 02, 2009, 03:34 PM)
Haha I play futsal, headers rarely occur.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 07, 2009, 01:36 PM
Haha I play futsal, headers rarely occur.
-Coeluh (April 06, 2009, 08:46 AM)

looks like a good game Coeluh (did a search on youtube), I hadnt come across it before - I know people who play "indoor football" (soccer) not sure, maybe that's the same? 
is there any videos about it you'd recommend?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on April 11, 2009, 11:38 AM
I know people who play "indoor football" (soccer) not sure, maybe that's the same?
-tomos (April 07, 2009, 01:36 PM)
futsal *is* indoor football, it is just a name variant that was officially recognized by FIFA. the origins may be Portuguese - a testament to the Brazilians' prowess. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Coeluh on April 12, 2009, 03:06 AM
I know people who play "indoor football" (soccer) not sure, maybe that's the same?
-tomos (April 07, 2009, 01:36 PM)
futsal *is* indoor football, it is just a name variant that was officially recognized by FIFA. the origins may be Portuguese - a testament to the Brazilians' prowess. :)
-lanux128 (April 11, 2009, 11:38 AM)
Yeah indoor soccer is futsal, I thought I would use a more widely known translation of 'zaalvoetbal'. Well I prefer to watch common soccer, on the grass and stuff. Way more attractive to watch.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on April 13, 2009, 03:27 AM
surely we're having quite a number of footy fans nowadays..
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on April 13, 2009, 04:00 AM
Now if I could just throw in AFL (Australian Rules Football), Rugby Union, Rugby League. American Gridiron, 7-a-side Soccer, 3x3 Junior Soccer & the funny one that Australia plays against Ireland every year, called International Football, we'd have a REAL discussion.  Heh heh.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: phoenixxinOz on April 20, 2009, 07:20 PM
Hi....guess I better stop lurking ( tho I don't think I'll have much to say anyway ;) )
I'm an Aussie sheila, living simply, in a ghost town in South Australia.
I love reading  on here, even tho most of it is beyond my comprehension....too many years on the clock to really get into all the coding stuff...more a "user" than a coder anyway.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 21, 2009, 04:59 PM
Hi....guess I better stop lurking ( tho I don't think I'll have much to say anyway ;) )
I'm an Aussie sheila, living simply, in a ghost town in South Australia.
I love reading  on here, even tho most of it is beyond my comprehension....too many years on the clock to really get into all the coding stuff...more a "user" than a coder anyway.
-phoenixxinOz (April 20, 2009, 07:20 PM)

a belated welcome phoenixxinOz - and you wont be the only non-coder here ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on April 22, 2009, 03:43 AM
And from South Australia too!  The rest of you would have no idea how important that is!

I was born there myself.   :D   And welcome.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: phoenixxinOz on April 22, 2009, 09:29 AM
Thanks for the welcome Tomos and AussieRodney :D
If we had known that SA is the DRIEST state in the driest continent, we might have had second thoughts about buying our house LOL
But we do love it here....dry and all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 22, 2009, 11:56 AM
If we had known that SA is the DRIEST state in the driest continent, we might have had second thoughts about buying our house LOL
-phoenixxinOz (April 22, 2009, 09:29 AM)
Think of the benefits, you won't suffer from rising damp  ;)

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: X_FiLeS on April 26, 2009, 12:20 PM
Hi I’m from Melbourne/ Australia, I was born in Holland and moved to Australia when I was 9 yo, I still follow my soccer team – “ Feyenoord “  and the English Premier League “ Man United”  I have  my own computer business now for 21 years, also I’m a Global Moderator for another site, I have been looking around your forum for a while now and I like what I see so I have donated to your site today and I hope I can contribute and get familiar with you all in time.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 26, 2009, 02:22 PM
Welcome to DC, and not for the first time in this thread Go PSV but also Go Gunners  :D  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Coeluh on April 27, 2009, 04:52 PM
Welcome to DC, and not for the first time in this thread Go PSV but also Go Gunners  :D  :P
-rgdot (April 26, 2009, 02:22 PM)
You can't compare PSV with Man U, cause man u is way better (because of the load of money they have). Feyenoord sucks big time this season. As they do every season:)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Deozaan on April 27, 2009, 11:17 PM
Interesting trivia:

I just noticed this thread was started by one Darryl (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11), back in March of 2005. Darryl is/was the 11th person to join the forum and has only made one post: This one. He hasn't been around since January 2006 and yet this thread is constantly revisited and probably the longest and most viewed thread on the site.

Isn't it amazing the difference one person can make? Darryl's legacy has lived on throughout the years and he may not even know it.

 :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Proximo on May 06, 2009, 10:10 PM
Hello everyone.

I am Proximo.  I have been using or accessing Donation Coder for some time now but I am now going to be more active. 

I am a 3D Designer/Animator by profession and my current position is Computer Aided Design Manager.  I teach Mechanical Engineers how to Design world class products in 3D.

I have been working in CAD for over 20+ years and started writing scripts to automate some task and installation routines.  I really started appreciating the ability to write something on my own that made my life easier, but never considered programming.  I simply thought it was to difficult and a scary world for me to venture into.

I became a big supporter of Open Source software and eventually found Donation Coder.  I enjoyed using the programs that others freely shared to make my life easy but I started to find that I could not always find what I wanted.  The software either had more features than I wanted or not enough.

This is where my passion for learning programming started.  I enjoyed using others programs and decided that it was time for me to learn programming and venture into this crazy world, at least from my perspective.

I am excited about learning and hopefully sharing my own programs in the future.  I decided on C# for my own reasons and I am currently in the learning process.

I want to thank all of you who share your knowledge and I wish to pay you back in a similar fashion in the future.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 06, 2009, 11:25 PM
A belated welcome, proximo  :Thmbsup:   :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: erikts on May 07, 2009, 12:12 AM
Hi! I am 36 and living in Indonesia. I am working for a financial institution. I spend most of my free-time with my girl-friend or with my computer. Here is a picture of a crowded train I use daily  :-[ :
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2uz3q0o.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 07, 2009, 12:35 AM
welcome proximo and erikts  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tranzor on May 13, 2009, 12:14 AM
This is my second hello post since my first hello was under the wrong topic. I am not a programmer in the slightest and found my way here because someone linked Mouser's 2-XL emulator on another board. I was then glad to see I found the license home for url snooper which I have used for years.

The really aggravating part is that while I was looking at some of the apps you guys have come up with, I said to myself "oh wouldn't an app for this be great",  I then got side tracked and I cannot recall for the life of me what I wanted to suggest--AHHH
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on May 13, 2009, 12:22 AM
The really aggravating part is that while I was looking at some of the apps you guys have come up with, I said to myself "oh wouldn't an app for this be great",  I then got side tracked and I cannot recall for the life of me what I wanted to suggest--AHHH
-tranzor (May 13, 2009, 12:14 AM)

hello tranzor, good to see you.. a lot of us here in the forums were side-tracked the same as you.. 8)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: freevector on May 25, 2009, 03:12 AM
Hi I’m from Ca, 
I am Interested in web design and graphics design ,
I launched a free vector download site called http://www.freevectordownload.com. It's a free vector images download site.
A lot of cool vectors and all of them are free for personal and commercial use.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 25, 2009, 07:05 AM
Welcome erikts, tranzor, and freevector! Hope to see all of you on the forum  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: bratliff on May 29, 2009, 07:46 AM
I have been trying to leave Windows for Linux for over a year. I am running the lastest Ubuntu on a partition with Windows on another partition. Ubuntu is working for me for the most part. Peripheral drivers are the worst problem win any Linux system. Too bad you guy's don't code for Linux.

I purchased Total Commander when it was WIndows COmmander. IMHO it is a must have program. Ubuntu has a similar program called Krusader, it even has a TC mode. 


Robert in Panama, flying his remote control electric flying wings.
Retired from Texas Instruments as an electronic tech. Moved to Panama in the mountains where the weather is springlike all year around.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on May 29, 2009, 02:45 PM
welcome Robert  :)
spring all year sounds good and it looks like it's agreeing with you ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 29, 2009, 07:33 PM
Retired from Texas Instruments as an electronic tech. Moved to Panama in the mountains where the weather is springlike all year around.
-bratliff (May 29, 2009, 07:46 AM)

Welcome Robert  :Thmbsup: Interesting background and an interesting "move" post-retirement! Welcome to DC - hope to see more of you around here  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: GrowMap on June 08, 2009, 11:24 AM
I found you through April Russo (@app103 on Twitter) because I am both graphics and programming challenged. Well, I could learn programming but graphics....  hmmm.... I better stick to wordsmithing and driving traffic. Anyway...

I have been using Ubuntu for about a year and am always campaigning for open source and to create a better world by our choices:  supporting small businesses instead of corporations.

There are always apps I wish I had that I haven't located so if anyone wants to write some cool tools for power Social Networking users and bloggers let's collaborate. I'll explain what we need, you can code it, I'll test it (if it will run on Ubuntu or in Wine or I can borrow a Windows pc) and then I'll promote it for you. Ideally it would work in any OS.

I am also looking for some logo and graphic design people to recommend. I just published a post about that and it includes some tips about <a href="http://www.growmap.com/freelancer/">Freelancer Challenges</a>. If you have anything you want promoted or you do work worth recommending look me up. I'm @GrowMap wherever you find me online especially Twitter, FriendFeed and cliKball.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on June 08, 2009, 02:01 PM
Welcome to DC, GrowMap  :Thmbsup: April is app103 around here, too!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: heayanae on June 21, 2009, 10:25 AM
Hey there, seems some Aussies are here, don't see a lot of them online so this is a pleasant surprise.
I'm a retired Engineer, have a dissability (spinal) so interacting online in something worthwhile makes my day. My passion is good software, and engaging in the fight against Malware .
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on June 21, 2009, 05:24 PM
Welcome, heayanae! I'm glad you've found DC and are finding it a nice place to hang out  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jamiemac2005 on June 25, 2009, 03:29 PM
Hey all, i'm Jamey, 18, a student in the UK, between high-school and uni (waiting to find out my exam results). I started my programming life with web-progamming(HTML, CSS, JS, PHP) back in 03[ish]... Since i've dabbled with loads of languages, love programming, write small utilities for personal use and some bespoke software for a few people.

I also ride BMX. Love Music(Electro/Indie/Rock/DubStep/Acoustic). I am a photographer, that kind of goes with my web-design background.

I've been helping people out at TechSupportForum.com (http://www.techsupportforum.com), and started using AutoHotkey for small scripts to speed up repetetive tasks that users needed to perform to fix their pc/etc. And through AHK's script bank i found DC. Have been here a few days, not yet very active, but hope to become more active soon.

Feel free to chat =] Info on my profile.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on June 25, 2009, 04:42 PM
Hi Jamey - welcome to DC and good luck with those exams! I went to two uni's in the UK (and one in Canada) - make the most of the next few years - no matter where you go, you only get out of the experience what you put into it...  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jamiemac2005 on June 25, 2009, 04:57 PM
Haha thanks for the luck =] I'm really looking forward to uni, all dependant on the grades though.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sunlitlaz on August 27, 2009, 04:30 PM
Greetings all, I am Laz.  I live in the US, in the SouthWest part of Virginia.  I am a CTO for my day job, where I worked my way up from a UNIX and Storage sysadmin. I have been working with computers and related stuff for over 20 years and I love it all.

As for software development, I am a self taught programmer and scripter.  People tell me I am sick in the head because I code for fun.  I can spend a day working on a code project and have a ball.  Primarily, I am a Visual Basic guy for Windows software, but I have dabbled with lots of other languages too, including some C++ when I worked on Half-Life mods a while back.  I also do loads of web development and love PHP for that, plus lots of PERL and Bash/shell for UNIX/Linux scripting.  I enjoy working with databases as well, and use MySQL, MS SQL and SQLite quite a bit.

I like what I see here at DC, and I am very happy to be a member here.  I have been writing and giving away little apps and utilities for years, and I love what everyone is doing here.  I look forward to getting to know folks here and tinkering on some good software!

Thanks  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on August 27, 2009, 05:25 PM
Welcome to the site sunlitlaz, glad to have you!  :up:

ps. Make sure you don't miss our NANY event in december, sounds like something you would enjoy.  Here's last years (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=15715.0) description.  This goes for anyone else reading this as well -- NANY 2010 is only a few months away!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jamiemac2005 on August 27, 2009, 05:40 PM
Ahh i can't wait for NANY, it will be great coding practice =]
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sunlitlaz on August 29, 2009, 02:19 PM
Cool, NANY sounds like a fun thing to participate in!  One question, I want to make sure I get it right, does the app have to be developed between (for example) Dec 1 - Dec 31?  or just released by Jan 1?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on August 29, 2009, 03:39 PM
has to be released to the public for the first time around jan 1.
so it CAN be something you've worked on for a long time up until then, as long as it hasn't been available to the public previously.

in the spirit of NANY, it should be something youve worked on at least a little bit recently.. so just grabbing something you wrote 10 years ago and not even updating it a little for NANY would be pushing the terms of the celebration.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on August 29, 2009, 04:08 PM
Welcome all, back for a visit myself  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sunlitlaz on August 29, 2009, 09:07 PM
has to be released to the public for the first time around jan 1.
so it CAN be something you've worked on for a long time up until then, as long as it hasn't been available to the public previously.

in the spirit of NANY, it should be something youve worked on at least a little bit recently.. so just grabbing something you wrote 10 years ago and not even updating it a little for NANY would be pushing the terms of the celebration.
-mouser (August 29, 2009, 03:39 PM)

Cool.  I wouldn't just grab something from 10 years ago LOL (yikes!)  But I have a couple of ideas and wasn't sure if I could get one of them cranked out in 30 days.

Thanks!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: awopbamboo on September 04, 2009, 08:44 AM
Hi mouser,

You wanted to know where my nickname 'awopbamboo' can from, well, its nothing exciting.  A freind of mine 'beebopalula', and I carried that on with 'awopbamboo'.  It's probably not even spelt right, but its quite unique so handy for joining forums etc!

As I'm a newbie, with regard to who I am etc.
Name: Jamie
What I do: IT Consultant (whatever that is)
From: Basingstoke, UK.

I've been watching the forums for a while as guest, some interesting ideas pop up now and then, just didn't have the urge to 'get involved'.  But now I am.

Cheers

J.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on September 05, 2009, 02:40 AM
You won't regret it! ;)

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 06, 2009, 07:45 AM
hi awopbamboo,
welcome to the site  :up: :up: :up:
great to have you here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on September 06, 2009, 08:09 AM
welcome aboard awopbamboo! we're already excited about the print utility.. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 06, 2009, 08:15 AM
by the way awopbamboo, this is a bit off topic but i could not more highly recommend the Do Wop Box (http://www.amazon.com/Doo-Wop-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B00000333M) collection of do wop songs -- some of the best stuff ever recorded.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: edbro on September 06, 2009, 11:07 AM
Every time I see this thread I start singing in my head the following. Anybody else want to admit their age by saying they recongize it?

Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself
I'm A Man Of Wealth And Taste
I've Been Around For A Long, Long Year
Stole Many A Man's Soul And Faith
And I Was 'round When Jesus Christ
Had His Moment Of Doubt And Pain
Made Damn Sure That Pilate
Washed His Hands And Sealed His Fate
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 06, 2009, 11:21 AM
too easy -- and one of the best bands in the history of the universe.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on September 06, 2009, 11:37 AM
edbro - the same lines keep running through my head!

You know what they say - a rolling stone gathers no moss  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sunlitlaz on September 06, 2009, 04:01 PM
OK, I must be old, not only do I know that tune, I used to play it in a band I was in a few years ago.  It's a good tune all the way around  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on September 06, 2009, 05:44 PM
Every time I see this thread I start singing in my head the following. Anybody else want to admit their age by saying they recongize it?

Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself
I'm A Man Of Wealth And Taste
I've Been Around For A Long, Long Year
Stole Many A Man's Soul And Faith
And I Was 'round When Jesus Christ
Had His Moment Of Doubt And Pain
Made Damn Sure That Pilate
Washed His Hands And Sealed His Fate
-edbro (September 06, 2009, 11:07 AM)

one could claim that they heard it first on that brad pitt/tom cruise movie.. ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on September 06, 2009, 10:35 PM
Anybody else want to admit their age by saying they recongize it?
-edbro (September 06, 2009, 11:07 AM)

Well..I could answer that question...but:

If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop

 8)

too easy -- and one of the best bands in the history of the universe.
-mouser (September 06, 2009, 11:21 AM)

+1 :Thmbsup:

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shades on September 06, 2009, 10:41 PM
Yeah, if not the best!!!

After all, it is easier to crush a Beatle with a Stone than the other way around... :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: awopbamboo on September 07, 2009, 04:17 AM
Hi All,

I'm from the UK too (as per Carol above, and zriding).  From Basingstoke in Hampshire.  And for that reason, I see no point in sending a photo!

Whats the ratio roughly of where people are from on here?  I assume the majority are from the U.S?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lanux128 on September 07, 2009, 04:37 AM
Whats the ratio roughly of where people are from on here?  I assume the majority are from the U.S?
-awopbamboo (September 07, 2009, 04:17 AM)

you can check out the member map (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=googlemap) for a better picture. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 07, 2009, 09:09 AM
Hi All,

I'm from the UK too (as per Carol above, and zriding).  From Basingstoke in Hampshire.  And for that reason, I see no point in sending a photo!

Whats the ratio roughly of where people are from on here?  I assume the majority are from the U.S?
-awopbamboo (September 07, 2009, 04:17 AM)

well the people who are active in the forum are from all over really which is nice - there's no bias I find (bias = not quite the right word but does the job I think)
What the problem with Basingstoke and photos - not so nice?
If you did want to post a pic there's always the Show us the View Outside Your Window (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=14090.0) thread :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: olla86 on September 22, 2009, 09:38 AM
Hey! I am a newcomer from Boston! I am glad to be here!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on September 22, 2009, 09:49 AM
@olla86 - Welcome, welcome, welcome. I spent some of the most enjoyable years of my life in Boston. If you're smart (I wasn't) you'll stay there! :)

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kingsmob77 on October 21, 2009, 08:54 AM
Hi!

I'm Kingsmob a.k.a PunkRockKarl (http://www.punkrockkarl.com), a 36 year-old aging punk rocker.  I'm originally from New York City but for reason beyond my control, now live in Houston, Texas. I've been a long time fan of DC and have recently ponied up and donated.

I have two kids, an 8 year-old daughter and 4 year-old son.  They and my wife are the coolest people I know.

I'm a Applications Analyst by trade, currently designing in-house apps for my employer dealing with HR functions, employee tracking and materials management for a project spanning four continents, over 35,00 employees and a whole lot of equipment. This keeps me pretty busy but it's  lot of fun.

I like tweaking, customizing and seeing just how much I can alter computers.  Sometimes I break 'em sometimes I come up with pretty neat stuff.  I dabble in programming and would like to sharpen that skill set but there never seems to be time...and I'm not really that bright.  :D  I'm a little more adept at web development as I worked as a web developer in the past.  I guess I am a general geek as I love computers, Science Fiction and video games...Wow, it's a wonder I got married at all.  I also have a pretty extensive knowledge of music and am something of a music snob.

Anyway, that's all I can think of.  I'm glad to be a member of the DC community.

Cheers,
Kingsmob77
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 21, 2009, 09:08 AM
kingsmob77 and @olla86:

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/welcome.gif)

Hope to see more of you around DC. You've stumbled upon an incredible place - make the most of it  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on October 21, 2009, 12:55 PM
Hi!

I'm Kingsmob a.k.a PunkRockKarl (http://www.punkrockkarl.com), a 36 year-old aging punk rocker.
-kingsmob77 (October 21, 2009, 08:54 AM)
haha - a punkrocker and a geek - I love it :)
welcome to the site Kingsmob, I was already listening to a bit of music on your webpage -
you could always add a few recommendations to this thread:
Recommend some music videos to me!  (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=15984.0)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: miva2 on October 30, 2009, 04:52 AM
just registered and i kind of like this place
got here by that pop-up message saying i need to register for a free key
nice system lol.
i'm just an 18yo guy who is obsessed with games and hopes to become a game programmer as soon as possible :P
I'm currently studying Digital Arts and Entertainment in Belgium :)

yoroshiku onegaishimasu~
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 30, 2009, 05:17 AM
welcome to the site yoroshiku and everyone else i missed saying hello to  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mwang on October 31, 2009, 01:05 PM
Welcome, miva2. Are you (ethnic) Japanese by any chance? (For those wondering, "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" is a Japanese greeting.)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on October 31, 2009, 01:44 PM
Welcome miva2 :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on November 01, 2009, 01:48 AM
Hello...

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Garboni on November 12, 2009, 08:38 AM
Hello,

I'm Gilbert. I'm a young man, originally from the Northern region of the United States, now living in the South.

I do not consider myself an expert on computers. But I have some knowledge. Recently, I have been using the computer a good amount of the time for making videos and films.

I hope you are having a good day.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on November 12, 2009, 08:46 AM
Garboni - WELCOME! You'll fit right in here as many of us are fall into the same category. What makes this site so wonderful is that there are a lot of bona fide computer experts here who are VERY patient and VERY helpful.

miva2 - welcome to DC as well and good luck with your studies  :)

Stay, read, post and enjoy DC  :Thmbsup:

EDIT: struck through extraneous word...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on November 12, 2009, 09:19 AM
Welcome Gilbert  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Garboni on November 12, 2009, 09:40 AM
Thank you both for the warm welcomes.
Title: Say hello
Post by: kakarukeys on December 07, 2009, 04:11 AM
I just want to say hello, I'm a new guy here.
Title: Re: Say hello
Post by: mouser on December 07, 2009, 04:14 AM
Welcome to the site kakarukeys -- nice to meet you.
Maybe you'd like to tell us a little about yourself?

ps. I'm going to merge this with the thread for people introducing themselves.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kakarukeys on December 07, 2009, 04:24 AM
 :) ops...

I was an R&D engineer, now learning Python programming language, hoping to develop software related to the field machine learning. My first project is to find a way to reduce repetitive typing. HDD, CPU double size and speed every year. It's curious why we are still using the same keyboard and mouse from '90s.

Found some nice abbreviation expander and autocompletion programs on this site. But they either have stopped development, or turned into bloatwares.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on December 30, 2009, 11:19 AM
Welcom, Timoth  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: slowmaker on January 01, 2010, 03:12 AM
Hello, everyone. I like what I've seen of this community so far, so I'll have a go at this self-introduction thing:

I'm from (and still in) the Southeastern U.S. I've been a peach picker, a radio dispatcher, a roofer, a library assistant, a low-tech demolition crewman (think hammer+crowbar+sweat), a math tutor, an HVAC installer, an industrial electronics troubleshooter, an assembly-line worker, a programmer for a small RFID shop, a retail worker, a computer repairman and a television repair shop driver (not necessarily in that order). I'm 40 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, but it's been an interesting ride so far.

I'm a husband and father too, but I'm not planning on giving those jobs up  :).

I like projects, both low and high tech, but I tend to do a lot more reading than doing. If a position at Mythical Dream Jobs, Inc opened up for reading back issues of Popular Mechanics and writing programs on alternate days, I'd probably be willing to commit some fairly heinous acts to get that job, up to and including animal sacrifice.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 01, 2010, 03:21 AM
Welcome to the site slowmaker and others i missed above :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 01, 2010, 10:22 AM
I'm 40 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, but it's been an interesting ride so far.
-slowmaker (January 01, 2010, 03:12 AM)

Well said, slowmaker  ;D Sounds like you and I have a lot in common. Welcome to DC! It is a special place and I hope that you will enjoy your time here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: FCM on January 06, 2010, 01:12 PM
Hello all -

I hail from Florida, married to a R.N. nearing our 20th anniversary in July.  I work in environmental and in the green industries for a local county-level gubment.  I'm also in my junior year of college...ugh...should have done this earlier, but decided with no ties, to take the opportunity to travel for some life experience and gain also practical expertise within a company that had short-term jobs in interesting locales.  No regrets, but now I'm paying for it.   ;D

The site is a bit overwhelming, but from the posts I've been able to read, I had the feeling of a great bunch of folks that have some great sound advice to help me.  Although I've been using the computer and business apps since the mid 80s, I feel more of a noob most times with efficiency than the "expert" I should be, but am a quick understudy :). 
I'll add too, that I still enjoy gaming when I have the time, which has me thinking of searching for an answer here to a question I have.

Lastly, I'd like to thank you for the site and look forward to my time here.  Thanks again.

 

 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Apathetic_Coding on January 09, 2010, 10:40 PM
Hello all!

My name is John-Paul, a 27 year old from Memphis TN, and I am a beginner programmer with about one year experience. I started out writing scripts in AHK & AutoIt and while I still stay active in the two languages, I am also learning C and C# .net. I don't have any formal training as of yet but as soon as I am finished planning out my wedding and finally taking the plunge, I plan on going back to school for software development.

I have been a musician for about 14 years and a recording engineer for around 6. I know quite a bit about DAWs and digital/analog sound so if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.

My website, http://sites.google.com/site/apathysoftworks/ (http://sites.google.com/site/apathysoftworks/) is the home for my current freeware and projects.

That's about it. I look forward to becoming a part of the community!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on January 10, 2010, 01:57 AM
Your going to love it here!

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 10, 2010, 02:44 AM
Welcome to the site John-Paul, great to have you here  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 10, 2010, 09:07 AM
Welcome, FCM and John-Paul  (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on January 10, 2010, 09:39 AM
Welcome to the site John-Paul (and FCM!) , great to have you here  :Thmbsup:
-mouser (January 10, 2010, 02:44 AM)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: vaib on January 10, 2010, 12:15 PM
hi ,

I am Vaibhav from India. I am a Computer Science graduate and I am currently working with a company that makes softwares, web apps for the finance big daddies ( the Hedge Funds ). I am here to code ( but finding time is a fight for me ).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on January 10, 2010, 01:51 PM
Welcome, vaib! I hope that you do find the time, if not for coding, at least for exploring and interacting on DC  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on January 28, 2010, 09:32 PM
Im Stephen, Im from North West England, and im an alcoholic...

Wrong Room?

Well, never-the-less, I own and run a tattoo studio and a computer games store (not in the same building lol)

I love website design and anything to do with programming to be honest, im pretty old-school and not a big fan of change.

wanna know anything else? tough, i'm to tired to type much, but if you reallllly wanna know, you can PM me or find me on IRC ;) (Stephen66)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: muddymind on February 03, 2010, 01:22 AM
Hello,figure i'd post here so i wouldn't come off as a spammer...that and i wanted to show off my awesome avatar.So hello.I'm Jason and i'm from Ohio & a Windows Vista user,sorry.Wanting to migrate to Windows 7 this year and maybe dip my toes into mac territory.Later. :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on February 03, 2010, 01:26 AM
Welcome Muddymind :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: muddymind on February 03, 2010, 08:42 AM
Thank you sir.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 03, 2010, 10:08 AM
Welcome Jason  :up:  Nice avatar by the way.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on February 10, 2010, 01:35 PM
Welcome everybody (been away myself, enforced absence, let's just say due to winter and ice hehe)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: NateDogg on February 16, 2010, 01:43 AM
Hello, I'm a student at UTS in Sydney Australia. I'm studying B.Sci IT and majoring in coding. At the moment all the experience I have is in Java, and a very small amount some time ago in C. I'm entering my final year at uni and am starting my major and was looking for some projects to take part in both to gain experience and to develop my knowledge of code and the writing of it. I'm very much looking forward to getting to know you all and working with you.

cheers.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on February 16, 2010, 01:50 AM
A very warm welcome to DonationCoder NateDogg

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them in the forums and our massive community of friendly programmers will be sure to help :)  :greenclp:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Perry Mowbray on February 16, 2010, 05:50 AM
I'm very much looking forward to getting to know you all and working with you.
-NateDogg (February 16, 2010, 01:43 AM)

glad you finally made it here...  :Thmbsup:

There's lots of interesting stuff over in the Programming School (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=77.0) that you can get your teeth into.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: bluesear on February 19, 2010, 02:19 AM
They call me a lucky dog. I often have a little work to do for my father, who sometimes say I a good helper. In fact, I like reading a lot, esp. newspapers and stories. It's also good to have nothing to do but listen to some light music with a glass of green tea.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 19, 2010, 03:10 AM
They call me a lucky dog. I often have a little work to do for my father, who sometimes say I a good helper. In fact, I like reading a lot, esp. newspapers and stories. It's also good to have nothing to do but listen to some light music with a glass of green tea.
-bluesear (February 19, 2010, 02:19 AM)

hey bluesear, you lucky dog you!
welcome to dc :)
Title: Re: OK - lets het to know each other a bit ... where do we all come from ...
Post by: rjbull on February 24, 2010, 04:50 PM
How about a photo of your part of Somerset?
-Carol Haynes (August 31, 2005, 09:01 AM)

Only four-and-a-half years later, here are a few I made of the small town of Frome, near where I live.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 24, 2010, 04:55 PM
Beautiful.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on February 24, 2010, 05:01 PM
Somerset is lovely, been through it loads (if its somerset in the UK your meaning haha)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on February 25, 2010, 09:44 AM
Beautiful.
-mouser (February 24, 2010, 04:55 PM)

Thanks, mouser.  The photos were made for a digital photography evening class, from about a week before Christmas to end end of January.  It was bitterly cold, but the light was some of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

@Stephen66515: yes, Frome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frome,_Somerset) in Somerset UK.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 25, 2010, 09:59 AM
Beautiful.
-mouser (February 24, 2010, 04:55 PM)

Thanks, mouser.  The photos were made for a digital photography evening class, from about a week before Christmas to end end of January.  It was bitterly cold, but the light was some of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
-rjbull (February 25, 2010, 09:44 AM)

lovely collection of photos  :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on February 27, 2010, 06:17 AM
lovely collection of photos  :-*
-tomos (February 25, 2010, 09:59 AM)

Thanks, tomos  :) :-[
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: bleh75 on March 28, 2010, 05:16 PM
Nice photos  :) remind me of my pops photos when he was in Europe when he was in the Air Force.

<< California born and raised blah :huh: Glad I moved to Oregon ;D I mainly just play PC games,listen to music, and exercise.My name is Bryan and I'm pretty boring lolz.I also type slooo  :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on April 09, 2010, 06:58 PM
Nice photos  :) remind me of my pops photos when he was in Europe when he was in the Air Force.

<< California born and raised blah :huh: Glad I moved to Oregon ;D I mainly just play PC games,listen to music, and exercise.My name is Bryan and I'm pretty boring lolz.I also type slooo  :P
-bleh75 (March 28, 2010, 05:16 PM)

Welcome  :up:

Better late than never eh  8)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: RingtailedFox on May 30, 2010, 11:21 PM
heya, everyone!  i'm ringtailedfox... i live in canada.... i like to ride my bicycle, read books... play occasional video games... i also like talking with others and helping them out. i also enjoy working on my two websites...  as for what i do? i'm unemployed but looking for work. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on May 31, 2010, 01:45 AM
Nice 'moniker' RingtailedFox!  :Thmbsup:

Welcome and let's have a link to your sites....

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: RingtailedFox on May 31, 2010, 09:21 AM
hey, thanks!  i did put a link in at https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22903.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on May 31, 2010, 09:28 AM
Welcome RingtailedFox, from another Canadian :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 31, 2010, 11:03 AM
Welcome RingtailedFox, from another Canadian :)
-rgdot (May 31, 2010, 09:28 AM)

And another!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on May 31, 2010, 03:53 PM
Welcome RingtailedFox, from another Canadian :)
-rgdot (May 31, 2010, 09:28 AM)

And another!
-Darwin (May 31, 2010, 11:03 AM)
And yet another!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on May 31, 2010, 07:39 PM
Welcome RingtailedFox, from another Canadian :)
-rgdot (May 31, 2010, 09:28 AM)

And another!
-Darwin (May 31, 2010, 11:03 AM)
And yet another!
-cranioscopical (May 31, 2010, 03:53 PM)

Great info. You all have been labeled. Now I know who to blame for...  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on May 31, 2010, 08:43 PM
Great info. You all have been labeled. Now I know who to blame for...
-PhilB66 (May 31, 2010, 07:39 PM)

"Blame Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_Canada)"!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mofohobo on June 29, 2010, 04:23 PM
Hello from Ohio. :)  ...lurking and learning.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on June 29, 2010, 06:22 PM
Hello from Ohio. :)  ...lurking and learning.
-mofohobo (June 29, 2010, 04:23 PM)
Hiya, mofohobo!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on June 29, 2010, 08:25 PM
Welcome, mofohobo (that's quite a handle!)  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on June 30, 2010, 02:02 AM
Hello from Ohio. :)  ...lurking and learning.
-mofohobo (June 29, 2010, 04:23 PM)

 ;D

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Pschmidt on August 20, 2010, 06:28 AM
Hey hey!
My name is Peter and would like to introduce myself. I'm 27 years old and I'm living in Hannover in the north of Germany. Therefore, I'm working as an Audio and Video Engineer at The White Studios (http://www.thewhitestudios.de) where we produce imagefilms, commercials and also music videos as you can see by visiting the homepage. So anybody needs a video or audio prodduction like an imagefilm (http://www.thewhitestudios.de) or anything else just let me know ;-)

greetings!  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on August 23, 2010, 07:24 AM
Nice to know!  :Thmbsup:

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sandyjames on August 24, 2010, 01:24 PM
I am a girl who is into computers.... is that so wrong!?  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on August 28, 2010, 04:03 AM
Absolutely not! Plenty gals on DC who are PC Savvy!

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AlSweigart on September 04, 2010, 04:02 PM
Hi, I'm Al. I like to write useful software and give it away for free. I've written a book called "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python" which is in print on Amazon (get the 2nd edition, not the other one) and available in full online at http://inventwithpython.com

I'm from Texas, currently living in San Francisco, and like to haunt coffeeshops and work from my laptop. I have a day job as a software developer (currently mostly Python and JavaScript), but always have a million side projects going on. My blog is at http://coffeeghost.net

Glad to join the forum!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 04, 2010, 04:10 PM
It's great to see you posting here Al! Welcome  :-*

Like many others, I learned to program as a young kid because I wanted to make my own games (the bible when i was learning was "Basic Computer Games" by David Ahl (http://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Computer-Games-Microcomputer-David/dp/0894800523)).. I've written about your book before on DC, and I think it would be a fantastic gift for a kid who wants to learn to program.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: otieatkins on September 17, 2010, 05:29 AM
I'm from the beautiful little town of Belgrade, Maine USA.  I used to be a COBOL programmer!! I worked for the US Treasury, worked for a company that went around the US writing and installing Registry of Deeds systems, worked for a couple of banks (boring!!!), worked for WANG Labs in the manufacturing systems group and many more.  I've had a wonderful career but retired about 2 years ago. I found that getting older limited my learning capacity and I just couldn't get a handle on the new programming. I love this newsletter, but, to be perfectly honest, I have absolutely no idea about a lot of the stuff you kids talk about! So remember, when you write about new stuff, use the "old lady" factor so I don't feel so dumb!!  All you kids keep up the great work you're doing - you are our future!!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: AussieRodney on September 17, 2010, 06:25 AM
COBOL. Yeah!  And Pascal, Fortran, Snobol, punched cards & 11x15 inch fanfold paper!  I now have more processing power in my laptop then the entire Computer Centre had back then. And my file server has more grunt than what they took to the moon.

BTW, if you had shown Neil Armstrong a digital watch back then, he wouldn't have known what it was or how it worked.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: otieatkins on September 17, 2010, 10:00 AM
Oh AussieRodney, do you ever bring back memories....  The computer used to take up an entire wall of a very good sized room.  And the cards - I couldn't tell you how many times I dropped a deck and it took me hours to get it back together again! And never mind the card jams!!  Then eventually we made the big move to disks. They were the size of a big tire and must have weighed about 40 pounds. Is was a wonderful adventure back then. So exciting - these "computer things". And to say you worked with them gave you instant Geek status! I could write anything in cobol - today I can't write a working SQL statement - especially if it has sub instructions. Do I miss it? Hell yea!! Would I ever go back? Can't. Just don't have the illogical thinking of today's computer languages. Cobol was cut and dried, it either worked or it didn't.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: satishchandra on October 05, 2010, 12:33 PM
well i am a professional surgeon from india was bitten by sw bug long back
but i have done hardware assembly
and i am a spine surgeon to be precise like the tech part of everything
i enjoy this forum as a idea generation site

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 05, 2010, 01:24 PM
Welcome Pschmidt, sandyjames , AlSweigart, otieatkins, and satishchandra!

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/wellcomesign.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Roadie on October 08, 2010, 09:35 PM
This site seems like a really great idea and I see that it has created quite a lot of interest and I wanna play too.

I'm not a coder but I sure like working with them.

As a veteran graphic artist I first found computers in 1980 when I migrated into typography. That progressed into mainframe systems that I could compose entire pages of ads and news. The vendor liked my style and hired me to travel, train, install and help evolve their mainly news centric system into a complete package for ad production and complete pagination. I spent 18 years with them, my favorite chore was being a liaison between users and engineers. My favorite things to do were icons, GUIs, dialog boxes, macros and lots and lots and lots of testing. I write a mean bug report (errr... sorry, that should say, "issue report" ;) ) with ALL the facts.

 There are some that are into hardware, some into software, but I like to say that I'm into wetware.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 08, 2010, 10:03 PM
Hi Roadie,

You should fit right in  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on October 10, 2010, 03:15 AM
well i am a professional surgeon from india was bitten by sw bug long back
but i have done hardware assembly
and i am a spine surgeon to be precise like the tech part of everything
i enjoy this forum as a idea generation site


-satishchandra (October 05, 2010, 12:33 PM)

Welcome! Maybe you can give us some 'Backup' tips?  ;D ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on October 19, 2010, 08:02 PM
...
Welcome! Maybe you can give us some 'Backup' tips?  ;D ;D
-CleverCat (October 10, 2010, 03:15 AM)

Clever!  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on October 19, 2010, 08:23 PM
Clever!  ;)
-CleverCat (October 10, 2010, 03:15 AM)

They don't call her CleverCat for nothing haha
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on October 20, 2010, 02:07 AM
Competition for cranioscopical!  ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 20, 2010, 12:58 PM
Competition for cranioscopical!  ;)
-CleverCat (October 20, 2010, 02:07 AM)
I think we need an anti-competition claws  :o
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Shades on October 20, 2010, 05:26 PM
I assume that a claw-suite is not something that cranioscopical would like...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 20, 2010, 05:41 PM
ha! they are ganging up on you now chris!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 20, 2010, 07:38 PM
ha! they are ganging up on you now chris!
-mouser (October 20, 2010, 05:41 PM)
CleverCat, Shades and now you — that's a three-piece suite.
I need an escape claws!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 21, 2010, 12:32 AM
ha! they are ganging up on you now chris!
-mouser (October 20, 2010, 05:41 PM)
CleverCat, Shades and now you — that's a three-piece suite.
I need an escape claws!
-cranioscopical (October 20, 2010, 07:38 PM)

Don't give into your clawstrophobia.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 21, 2010, 06:04 AM
Don't give into your clawstrophobia.
-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 12:32 AM)
Okay brother, I'll return to the clawster.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 21, 2010, 08:39 AM
On the run from the long arm of the claw?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 21, 2010, 08:43 AM
On the run from the long arm of the claw?
-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:39 AM)
You're a clawtion!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 21, 2010, 08:50 AM
On the run from the long arm of the claw?
-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:39 AM)
You're a clawtion!
-cranioscopical (October 21, 2010, 08:43 AM)

That's yet to be proved conclawsively.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on October 21, 2010, 10:50 AM
On the run from the long arm of the claw?
-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:39 AM)
You're a clawtion!
-cranioscopical (October 21, 2010, 08:43 AM)

That's yet to be proved conclawsively.
-Darwin (October 21, 2010, 08:50 AM)

 ...careful you boys dont mutate into coleslaw there :-)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 21, 2010, 11:24 AM
:-)[/b]
-tomos link=topic=124.msg221175#msg221175 dat
 ...careful you boys dont mutate into coleslaw there [b
Et tu Brute? I found the previous clawtet bad enough  :o
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on October 23, 2010, 04:14 AM
I declaw a truce!  ;)

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mark1959 on October 24, 2010, 03:12 AM
Hi,

Just signed up here. Looks like a friendly and useful place too.

Background - well, spent 20 yrs in IT designing, building etc. latter part on as/400 stuff.

Left It 10 yrs ago, did some other stuff and found myselfbeing drawn into web development.
Currently working for a charity but still building sites - mostly, but not all - in wordpress.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on October 29, 2010, 05:55 AM
You'll fit right in here with your background!
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on October 29, 2010, 01:21 PM
Hi,

Just signed up here. Looks like a friendly and useful place too.

Background - well, spent 20 yrs in IT designing, building etc. latter part on as/400 stuff.

Left It 10 yrs ago, did some other stuff and found myselfbeing drawn into web development.
Currently working for a charity but still building sites - mostly, but not all - in wordpress.


-mark1959 (October 24, 2010, 03:12 AM)

Howdy!  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HorseDuck on November 19, 2010, 11:40 PM
Hello Everyone,
As CodeTRUCKER (my Dad) stated in introducing me and my brother (Dieselbuff) I am an over-the-road truck driver.  I started driving almost two years ago as a company driver and have since February of this year been driving for my Dad.  :Thmbsup: Some people have asked me why I drive a truck and in case some of you might wonder here's the answer.  I started riding with my Dad back when I was about six years old and road with him off and on for the next thirteen years.  I always had a thing for big machinery and trucks and riding with my dad only made my love for trucks grow stronger and I always dreamed of being the one behind the wheel of an "18-wheeler" some day! ;D  While I at the time I didn't think that it would be a dream that would come true, here I am and almost two years behind me and absolutely love it! Oh well, I guess it got in my blood from riding with dad for so long!  :D

Even though I am an over the road truck driver, the open road is not the only thing that I enjoy!  Apart from the big truck I grew up on are small family farm with chickens, ducks, a number of different cats, a dog, cows, turkeys and sheep and a family garden.  If I wasn't riding on the road with my Dad I was at home enjoying working with the animals and tending to our garden.  We didn't have any horses but I love horses and had a couple of opportunities to work with some friends of mine on a community farm where I had the opportunity to work with a team of draft horses on a community farm.  I still don't have a horse of my own yet, but I am still working toward it and I am really looking forward to when that day finally comes.  Even though I am a bit older now I still enjoy gardening and raising my own animals as well.

After a day of work on the farm I also like to pull out the instruments and play with my family.  I presently play the guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, and banjo.  Speaking of banjo, I'll tell you a little story.  I fell in love with the banjo at a very young age after seeing a friend of mine play some bluegrass on one with some friends of his, I was about 3 1/2 or 4 years old at the time.  I really liked the banjo and wanted to get one of my own so I could start playing right away however, at that young age I was to small to even play the smallest version at that time so I resigned myself to having to wait a few years before I would be able to begin playing. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/20.gif)  Unbeknown to me however my Dad was at work. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/bravo_sign.gif)  Seeing how much I loved the instrument and knowing that I would not be able to play until I grew a little he took about a two foot length of 1x2 i think it was and whittled it down to the shape of a banjo neck and used screw eye for the tuning pegs.  For the head he cut the bottom half of a cardboard rolled oat can, he then attached it to the small neck he had made and then used fabric like fishing line for the strings.  Once he had assembled it he presented it to me for my birthday or xmas and you would have thought he handed me the world! I instantly fell in love with "my bando" as I affectionately called it.  :-*  I don't have "my bando" any more as I absolutely wore the little instrument out but the memory is still with me and I still thank my Dad for "My Bando" on occasion.

When I am not driving a truck, working on the farm, or playing instruments I will probably be working on developing my business, Craft House Services, in which I service and repair all makes and models of sewing machines.  I don't have it yet but am going to be working on getting a website up where I will have contact information and will also be selling differing sewing products.  I will let you know once I have it up and running so any of you out there who might be into sewing can check it out and maybe find something that you could use.   :)

That is pretty much the low down on me, if I'm not working on any of the above mentioned activities I will either be posting/reading on our family forum or here at DC and if I'm not doing that, I'm sleeping!

I look forward to getting know everyone here and participating in future threads.

HorseDuck
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Stoic Joker on November 22, 2010, 07:51 AM
Craft House Services, in which I service and repair all makes and models of sewing machines.
-HorseDuck (November 19, 2010, 11:40 PM)
My dad had a sewing machine repair business for several years before he retired (I worked with him for awhile).

The motors are insanely expensive and frequently hard to find ... but they are also quite easy to repair/rebuild. Smooth the commentator and replace the brushes. If it was made well to start with it'll run for another forever.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: phitsc on November 22, 2010, 08:22 AM
HorseDuck,

I envy your dedication. And your skills to play instruments. Good idea with the family forum. Have to remember this for when my kids get older ;). Nice to meet you anyway :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on November 22, 2010, 08:51 AM
Welcome, HorseDuck! I'm with phitsc - impressed by your instrumental abilities; I wish I had applied myself and learned to play an instrument well when I was younger. Of course, it's never too late... Anyway, enjoy the DC experience!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Yohana on November 25, 2010, 07:39 PM
Name: Yohana

Background: website design  8) and starting unfinished projects

hope to get to know you all :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on November 25, 2010, 07:58 PM
Welcome Yohana  :Thmbsup: Nice small intro there...good job I already know ya aint it lol  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Oldi on November 26, 2010, 03:37 AM
Hi!

First i will introduce myself, my name is Mike. I´m 30 years old and i´m from Hannover Germany. I´m working as consulter and my hobbys are oldtimer. Here you can visited my site BMO (http://www.bmo-consulting.com) and my hobby site Oldtimer Versicherung (http://oldtimer-versicherung.biz). If you need some information about oldtimers, let me know.

so long
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on November 26, 2010, 11:02 AM
Hi!

First i will introduce myself, my name is Mike. I´m 30 years old and i´m from Hannover Germany. I´m working as consulter and my hobbys are oldtimer. Here you can visited my site BMO (http://www.bmo-consulting.com) and my hobby site Oldtimer Versicherung (http://oldtimer-versicherung.biz). If you need some information about oldtimers, let me know.

so long
-Oldi (November 26, 2010, 03:37 AM)

Hey, welcome to DonationCoder, nice to have you here!

Your websites look nice, cant read German so the first one didnt make sence to me, but I figure the 2nd link (http://oldtimer-versicherung.biz/) is about old cars? lol
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on November 26, 2010, 03:42 PM
Hi!

First i will introduce myself, my name is Mike. I´m 30 years old and i´m from Hannover Germany. I´m working as consulter and my hobbys are oldtimer. Here you can visited my site BMO and my hobby site Oldtimer Versicherung. If you need some information about oldtimers, let me know.

so long
-Oldi (November 26, 2010, 03:37 AM)

Hey, welcome to DonationCoder, nice to have you here!

Your websites look nice, cant read German so the first one didnt make sence to me, but I figure the 2nd link (http://oldtimer-versicherung.biz/) is about old cars? lol
-Stephen66515 (November 26, 2010, 11:02 AM)

Hi Mike, welcome to dc.
If you want to, you can promote your site(s) in the Announce Your Software/Service/Product (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=172.0) section. Of course you can add a commercial site to your web link in your profile too (it will show under your avatar)

What oldtimer car do you have? - my car is working it's way towards being an oldtimer but isn't quite there yet ;-)
I saw an oldtimer show lately and I find I especially enjoy the cars from the seventies, probably because I can actually remember them...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Oldi on November 29, 2010, 02:07 AM
oh sorry for the bad site promotion, i thinks that is ok because the links are nofollow.  :-[ Yes the 2nd site is about old cars insurance, i have a insurance company and there you can compared different insureance.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kyrathaba on December 01, 2010, 05:36 PM
Bryan Miller
age: 39
2nd marriage (hers too): 2 years along and going strong...

B.A. in psychology
M.Ed. in counseling
licensed psychotherapist in Kentucky

2 children
3 stepchildren

Been in the psychotherapy business 12 years now.

Programming is a hobby.  Started with BASIC, then Visual Basic 6.0, now C# and .NET.  Also, taught myself rudimentary HTML coding.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HorseDuck on December 02, 2010, 12:40 AM
Craft House Services, in which I service and repair all makes and models of sewing machines.
-HorseDuck (November 19, 2010, 11:40 PM)
My dad had a sewing machine repair business for several years before he retired (I worked with him for awhile).

The motors are insanely expensive and frequently hard to find ... but they are also quite easy to repair/rebuild. Smooth the commentator and replace the brushes. If it was made well to start with it'll run for another forever.
-Stoic Joker (November 22, 2010, 07:51 AM)

Wow! What a small world it is that we live in.  You are right about the older motors.  I had a customer about two years ago that had an older Pfaff machine that was in good condition but the motor had stopped working.  After taking some time looking over it I replaced the brushes and smoothed the commentator, it worked like a brand new motor, and as far as I know is still running strong.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HorseDuck on December 02, 2010, 01:23 AM
Welcome, HorseDuck! I'm with phitsc - impressed by your instrumental abilities; I wish I had applied myself and learned to play an instrument well when I was younger. Of course, it's never too late... Anyway, enjoy the DC experience!
-Darwin (November 22, 2010, 08:51 AM)

You are right Darwin.  I wish myself that I had applied myself even more to my instruments than I did.  While I do know the general basics to each of the instruments that I listed I am far from being at able to play any of them at a professional level.  Everything that I know so far was either taught to me by my dad or self taught.  I have just recently been able to discover some more formal lessons for banjo that I am taking in the form of instructional DVD.  I plan to tackle each instrument one by one and further enhance my skills.

A few weeks ago my dad was talking with a professional pianist/music professor after a small concert.  During the conversation the pianist said that people come up to him all the time wanting to know how he got to be able to play like that, expecting that he could give them something and, all the sudden they would be able to play like like him.  Unfortunately what people don't seem to realize is that there is no magic potion that anyone can give you that is going to transform you into a professional stage performer.  If you are going to play like those such as Johann Sebastian Bach it is going to take long hours of plain hard work!  Now don't be discouraged by this, I did not say this to discourage you but rather to encourage you not to give up when you can't play Beethoven's Fifth right out of the box.  Don't be discouraged by what you don't know, find an instrument that you would like to learn, find a good teacher or some good lessons and and get to work.  If you dedicate yourself to learning and practicing regularly, then trust me, there will come a day when you will be rewarded for your hard work.

Wishing you the best in your musical adventures,

HorseDuck
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on December 02, 2010, 08:37 AM
Thanks, HorseDuck! My wife is fond of tossing out Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours rule (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23588962-the-secret-of-your-success-10000-hours.do) on the subject of achieving expertise in a chosen endeavour. I've tried to read the book (Outliers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book))) a few times but can't get past the first couple of pages.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on December 09, 2010, 02:57 PM
Holcombe Old Church in hoar frost.  There will be details of the church here (http://www.colefordchurch.co.uk/st-andrews-holcombe-/holcombe-old-church), but the Coleford and Holcombe churches have only just got their Web site and it's only a holding page as yet.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on December 10, 2010, 04:41 AM
Holcombe Old Church in hoar frost.  There will be details of the church here (http://www.colefordchurch.co.uk/st-andrews-holcombe-/holcombe-old-church), but the Coleford and Holcombe churches have only just got their Web site and it's only a holding page as yet.
-rjbull (December 09, 2010, 02:57 PM)

another beautiful image - very classically 'English' looking :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on December 10, 2010, 08:00 AM
Holcombe Old Church
-rjbull (December 09, 2010, 02:57 PM)

Hey, I've been there (my mother used to live in Barnstaple)!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on December 10, 2010, 02:19 PM
another beautiful image - very classically 'English' looking :)
-tomos (December 10, 2010, 04:41 AM)

Thanks  :)  I could have done without the wires; maybe should have walked closer, but that might have changed everything else.  Had to have a go, though; we very rarely see hoar frost like that in this country.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on December 10, 2010, 02:23 PM
Hey, I've been there (my mother used to live in Barnstaple)!
-cranioscopical (December 10, 2010, 08:00 AM)
It's some way (by UK standards) from Barnstaple - but a lot farther from Canada, so glad you saw it when you could  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on December 10, 2010, 02:31 PM
I could have done without the wires
-rjbull (December 10, 2010, 02:19 PM)

I think they're fine - they even look green which gives them a nice oxidised copper look.
They can disrupt an image, but there's a bit of an obsession with getting rid of them when it's often not necessary imo - I like reality :)
Here's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38013677@N05/5121847876/#/photos/38013677@N05/5121847876/lightbox/) a view from my window, with loads of wires... :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on December 10, 2010, 03:02 PM
a view from my window, with loads of wires... :)
-tomos (December 10, 2010, 02:31 PM)
You've done a nice job of turning them into a feature!  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on February 07, 2011, 04:43 AM
another beautiful image - very classically 'English' looking :)
-tomos (December 10, 2010, 04:41 AM)

Thanks  :)  I could have done without the wires; maybe should have walked closer, but that might have changed everything else.  Had to have a go, though; we very rarely see hoar frost like that in this country.
-rjbull (December 10, 2010, 02:19 PM)
Fantastic image! For some reason, it first gave me a romantic feel, and the second time I looked, it changed to scary :P
ps: I had to go back and look for the wires ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on February 07, 2011, 09:14 AM
another beautiful image - very classically 'English' looking :)
-tomos (December 10, 2010, 04:41 AM)

Thanks  :)  I could have done without the wires; maybe should have walked closer, but that might have changed everything else.  Had to have a go, though; we very rarely see hoar frost like that in this country.
-rjbull (December 10, 2010, 02:19 PM)
Fantastic image! For some reason, it first gave me a romantic feel, and the second time I looked, it changed to scary :P
ps: I had to go back and look for the wires ;)
-jgpaiva (February 07, 2011, 04:43 AM)

If you mean my photo, rather than tomos', then thanks!  :)  I believe that what you get out of a photograph depends on what you bring to it - and by the same token, you photograph things, and photograph them in particular ways, depending on what sort of person you are, and what's in your mind.  I've always had a strong liking for fantasy and science fiction, so maybe that's part of where your dual response came from  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on February 08, 2011, 12:35 PM
[yes, I meant your photo, rjbull ;)]

:) That makes sense, I think that a photograph is like seeing the world through other people's eyes, that's why I don't find my own photos very interesting ;)
I could easily imagine that church as filming location for a few fantasy/medieval movies!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on February 08, 2011, 01:50 PM
I think that a photograph is like seeing the world through other people's eyes, that's why I don't find my own photos very interesting ;)
-jgpaiva (February 08, 2011, 12:35 PM)

I once heard a photographic club judge say he liked a photo that told a story.  I've always thought I'd rather have a photo that could inspire a story  :)

I could easily imagine that church as filming location for a few fantasy/medieval movies!

Nobody seems to know when the church was built; it looks to be part-Saxon, so it's over a thousand years old.  That makes it old enough for the Middle Ages, and then some!  Movie makers would find too many modern graves in the churchyard to make things easy, but no doubt they'd cope, and longer shots would be fine.  We rarely get hoar frost like that, though.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Gailin on February 14, 2011, 06:33 PM
I feel like I am at an AA meeting.
Hi my name is Ron, and I am a geek.  (murmur of hi Ron can be heard)

Seriously though, I am 33 and live in Arizona.  I have been architecting, building, supporting or testing software for about 15 years.  I currently work from home full time for a large financial technology company and spend my free time being a dad.  For the past few years my work has been primarily focused on performance engineering of enterprise Java applications and testing of our software products.  

For the last year and a half I have been disabled while fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and am currently still in the thick of that battle.  One of the things this has allowed me to do is have a little time to perhaps rekindle the fire that brought me into programming in the first place.  And seeing the great signal-to-noise ratio of the forums and the impromptu style coding opportunities is kind of exciting.  Who knows, I may quickly learn how to take advantage of AHK more and throw together some fun and hopeful useful utilities.  Something to reverse my oft said phrase, "Nothing kills a hobby like making it your day job."

Thanks you for providing the forums and software that inspire a geek like me to break out a text editor again.

Ron

Update: Just noticed that I am reply # 666  wonder if that means anything. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 14, 2011, 07:59 PM
# 666  wonder if that means anything
-Gailin

Means you're very welcome here and we hope you have a devil of a good time!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on February 14, 2011, 09:03 PM
@Gailin - welcome an well met!  Always a pleasure to hear a new voice entering the conversation.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeTRUCKER on February 14, 2011, 09:18 PM
# 666  wonder if that means anything
-Gailin

Means you're very welcome here and we hope you have a devil of a good time!
-cranioscopical (February 14, 2011, 07:59 PM)

Perhaps you could demonstrate to the newcomer exactly what you mean?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 14, 2011, 09:32 PM
# 666  wonder if that means anything
-Gailin

Means you're very welcome here and we hope you have a devil of a good time!
-cranioscopical (February 14, 2011, 07:59 PM)

Perhaps you could demonstrate to the newcomer exactly what you mean?
-CodeTRUCKER (February 14, 2011, 09:18 PM)

A suggestion that comes in the Nick of time.  Jump into the forums Gailin!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Target on February 14, 2011, 09:37 PM
# 666  wonder if that means anything
-Gailin

Means you're very welcome here and we hope you have a devil of a good time!
-cranioscopical (February 14, 2011, 07:59 PM)

Perhaps you could demonstrate to the newcomer exactly what you mean?
-CodeTRUCKER (February 14, 2011, 09:18 PM)

A suggestion that comes in the Nick of time.  Jump into the forums Gailin!
-cranioscopical (February 14, 2011, 09:32 PM)

and be sure to vist the coding snacks forum - you well be able to exorcise your geek ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Clara Listensprechen on February 20, 2011, 01:33 PM
Hi guys--just registered as a result of a discussion about somebody who, from what I hear, is infamous on this site (as he is elsewhere in cyberspace including my own board): Gri. I'm certainly interested in browsing mods to SMF, since I run two boards using that code. I don't know more than entry-level coding and so code tweaking is the maximum of my talents; can't really author any of it as such.

Pleased to meet y'all!  Gri, I'm already familiar with :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 20, 2011, 01:44 PM
Pleased to meet y'all!
-Clara Listensprechen (February 20, 2011, 01:33 PM)

Hi, welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Clara Listensprechen on February 20, 2011, 01:51 PM
Thank you!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on February 20, 2011, 05:32 PM
Hi guys--just registered as a result of a discussion about somebody who, from what I hear, is infamous on this site (as he is elsewhere in cyberspace including my own board): Gri. I'm certainly interested in browsing mods to SMF, since I run two boards using that code. I don't know more than entry-level coding and so code tweaking is the maximum of my talents; can't really author any of it as such.

Pleased to meet y'all!  Gri, I'm already familiar with :D
-Clara Listensprechen (February 20, 2011, 01:33 PM)

Welcome, and congrats on having possibly the longest name on the DC!  :o  :D :D :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Clara Listensprechen on February 20, 2011, 07:46 PM
LOLz!!!  I already know for a fact that it's too long for Twitter. It's cut me down to "Clara Listenspre"  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ChrisB257 on February 20, 2011, 08:55 PM
Chris here - just donated a bit to help Screenshot Captor ... yet to fully evaluate it.

I am an old fella - coming up 66.  Been on computers about 15 years and mainly do web work, graphics etc .... primarily these days maintaining one main site.  Live in SW PA - and getting very tired of winter!

Hardly have any time these days for forums but will I'm sure enjoy a browse thru here when I can.  Use an HP4600 workstation with two LCD mons and the system has about 1.5 million files I think, at last count when virus scanning ........ use Acronis for image generation backup and several externals help with that.

Muddling on with XP pro SP3 ...... and while Win 7 seems OK (Vista sucked when I (briefly) tried it!) - hope to see it thru until support ceases.  Sign of age, I run in classic mode such that it looks like my old friend Win 2k!!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 20, 2011, 10:10 PM
Chris here.
-ChrisB257 (February 20, 2011, 08:55 PM)

Welcome. Nice to see someone with such a distinguished first name!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 21, 2011, 07:08 AM
...I run [XP] in classic mode...
-ChrisB257 (February 20, 2011, 08:55 PM)

well, it's much better looking than the default luna theme :)
welcome to dc!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: vhick on March 10, 2011, 10:41 PM
Hi! I'm Victor Limbo from Philippines. I'm a SEO specialist.

Nice to have here.

Thank you very much
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on March 18, 2011, 09:46 AM
, we live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
My user name is Darwin but my friends call me Mike
-Darwin (January 11, 2007, 12:17 PM)

This one is for you, Mike:

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click to enlarge to 600x800 pixels

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on March 18, 2011, 10:05 AM
Hi! I'm Victor Limbo from Philippines. I'm a SEO specialist.

Nice to have here.

Thank you very much
-vhick (March 10, 2011, 10:41 PM)

Welcome  and well met Victor!

SEO gets discussed here fairly regularly. Hope you'll be able to lend some of your expertise to the discussions.
 :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on March 18, 2011, 12:29 PM
, we live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
My user name is Darwin but my friends call me Mike
-Darwin (January 11, 2007, 12:17 PM)

This one is for you, Mike:
 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg242108#msg242108))

click to enlarge to 600x800 pixels


-Curt (March 18, 2011, 09:46 AM)

Hey Curt! Now where d'ya dig that up? If I find out that you've been here without looking me up, I shall be annoyed! Anyway, thank you for that - quite amusing - I've seen the original sign, but not the "edited" one!

And a warm welcome to all who have joined recently - vhick, ChrisB257, Clara Listensprechen, and Gailin  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on March 18, 2011, 03:13 PM
Hi! I'm Victor Limbo from Philippines. I'm a SEO specialist.

Nice to have here.

Thank you very much
-vhick (March 10, 2011, 10:41 PM)

Welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dax029 on May 08, 2011, 05:44 AM
I am a 52 yo guy who lives with his wife and 16 yo daughter in a provincial town in Australia called Kingaroy.  Kingaroy is approx. 220km north west of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland.  We have about 12,000 people.

I work as a mechanical engineer in a power station, looking after monitoring the non financial parts of the business eg plant reliability, energy efficiiency and greenhouse gas issues.

I am a Christian and like to read, watch sport, computing especially mucking around with software as a user (I can't/don't program).

I moderate on a forum at www.emailaddresses.com which is about email and is a good place to visit if you are looking for a provider or have email problems.  I have mentioned donationcoder.com over there but no advertising is allowed so I have to be careful not to breach the forum's guidelines, especially since I am a moderator.

Ozzy1's home, Norway, is also the home of an excellent email privider at www.runbox.com which has a forum over at emailaddresses.

Regards,

Jeff
-JeffK (April 16, 2005, 07:00 PM)
Hey Jeff
Nice to see a fellow Queenslander on this site especially one only down the road from me.  I'm in Maryborough, 54 years and live with my wife and 18 year old son who is dong a moulding apprenticeship. My eldest daughter lives in Rockhampton and my middle daughter goes to Uni in Brisbane. I enjoy playing around with my pc and 4 wheel driving but not an expert at either oh and of course a few cans of good old XXXX never goes astray.

Cheers
Dax
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Razzy on July 04, 2011, 04:17 PM
Um.. Hello ^^ I'm a 17 year old boy, I live in Argentina, Buenos aires.. What do I do..? I'm finishing Highschool =) Work, None yet.. I'm really interested in computers and systems basically, So I'm going to follow the Systems engineering career as soon as Highschool spits me out.

Well.. Not much to say..
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on July 04, 2011, 04:48 PM
Welcome Razzy. Glad you found us. Take a look around and join in the conversation!  :):Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 04, 2011, 08:26 PM
Well.. Not much to say..
-Razzy (July 04, 2011, 04:17 PM)

Hi, nice to 'meet ' you.

Feel free to join in on any topic. DC is a friendly place and you'll be welcome and treated with respect.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on July 04, 2011, 10:11 PM
Highschool spits me out.
-Razzy (July 04, 2011, 04:17 PM)

 ;D

Welcome :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Razzy on July 05, 2011, 01:54 PM
Hehe thanks =)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tjbray on July 05, 2011, 06:57 PM
I'm a Christian husband, Marine, father of 2, a retired Sheriff's deputy who married one of the dispatchers (she was always telling me where to go anyway, so...).  I retired in after 12 years service due to continued complications from an on-duty crash that very nearly killed me:
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At the time of the crash, I had been dating my future wife for a few months, who was also a paramedic. When the doctors were planning to release me to a long term care facility for phys therapy, she asked if I could be released to her home, and she would see to my care. Her experience as a paramedic, along with 3+ years of her nursing degree completed, was enough to convince the docs that I would be in good hands. 

Needless to say, she was a keeper! We've been together ever since. As a family, we all volunteer at the zoo, working with and caring for several bird species it the Bird House. This experience has transformed our own home into an indoor aviary.

Computer-wise, what little knowledge I have has been self taught. I also like to work with stained glass, as well as wood carving and woodworking.  We are going to expand our "zoo" into a breeding facility, once we find a mate for our favorite feathered friend Hannibal, formally known as Hannibal, prior to our confirming her--er, I mean his--sex through a DNA test.
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 05, 2011, 08:13 PM
Welcome!

You're a lucky man to have turned disaster into bliss.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on July 07, 2011, 06:00 AM
Hey tjbray!

Quite an experience you've gone through. It's both inspirational and gratifying to see how you turned something like that around to be a positive factor in your life. Hope you'll find the time and energy to be a regular participant here. Be seeing you around the campus! :)

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Swenerick on July 07, 2011, 02:14 PM
Hi I'm George, Im 22 years old..Im from Colombia I work in a radio station!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 07, 2011, 02:31 PM
Hi I'm George, Im 22 years old..Im from Colombia I work in a radio station!
-Swenerick (July 07, 2011, 02:14 PM)

Welcome George!

There are some sound-related topics here on DonationCoder that might interest you. Feel free to join in.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CodeBoy on August 04, 2011, 03:09 AM
Hey, I'm Jim, I spend my days selling shoes and the night working on a couple of websites. I am still starting off and at the moment it is a hobby for me, but hopefully in the future I will be able to get paid to develop things. Nice to meet you all... :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on August 04, 2011, 08:52 AM
Hey, I'm Jim
-CodeBoy (August 04, 2011, 03:09 AM)

Welcome Jim! Looking forward to your participation…
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on August 04, 2011, 09:10 AM
Hey Jim! Glad you could join us. Feel free to jump in whenever you have a question, a comment to share, or an answer to someone else's question. DoCo's greatest asset is it's member community, so don't be shy about joining in.  :) :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: lofty on August 23, 2011, 02:15 AM
Hi there, I 'm from SA down near the Artic. I am 52yo, male cacasian. I am in a mfg envr. QA Manager automotive. My hobby is downloading software and crashing computers. Just love it!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: skwire on August 23, 2011, 02:32 AM
Welcome, lofty.  Seeing your name reminded me of an album I like by Harry Connick Jr. called Lofty's Roach Soufflé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofty%27s_Roach_Souffle).  Make sure to read the "Story of the album" section on the Wikipedia entry.   :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: larryhawkins on October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM
Hi all I am a 67 yr old male from Louisville KY.  Have been retired since 9/2001.  Was product design engineer in prior life.  Now I do a lot of home makeover and surf the web went time allows.  Found this site from one of the newsletters that I subscribe too.  Looks interesting and enjoyed reading some of the posts in this section ... not sure what I hope to get out of it though.  I downloaded Screenshot Captor as the first program to work with.  Looks like an excellent program.  Larry   :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 01:01 PM
Hi all I am a 67 yr old male from Louisville KY ... not sure what I hope to get out of it though.
-larryhawkins (October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM)

Welcome, Larry!

I hope you get a lot out of DC.  Screenshot Captor is a good start  :Thmbsup:

Browse around the various forums/topics, and don't hesitate to join in!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on October 09, 2011, 02:08 PM
Welcome Larry!

Funny. That's exactly how I got started frequenting this place. Saw it written up on a blog I liked and finally swung by to grab some software. Found the forums, liked the crowd, and been here ever since. It's been great for me. Not entirely sure I've been the same for the site.

Anyway, welcome aboard! Don't be a stranger now you've found us.  :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on October 09, 2011, 09:07 PM
Hi all I am a 67 yr old male from Louisville KY.  Have been retired since 9/2001.  Was product design engineer in prior life.  Now I do a lot of home makeover and surf the web went time allows.  Found this site from one of the newsletters that I subscribe too.  Looks interesting and enjoyed reading some of the posts in this section ... not sure what I hope to get out of it though.  I downloaded Screenshot Captor as the first program to work with.  Looks like an excellent program.  Larry   :)
-larryhawkins (October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM)

Welcome Welcome Welcome  :D

Stick around...ya never know...you may get hooked...

DC is kind of like the Hotel California...you can check-out, but you can never leave!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jgpaiva on October 10, 2011, 04:25 AM
DC is kind of like the Hotel California...you can check-out, but you can never leave!
-Stephen66515 (October 09, 2011, 09:07 PM)
Doesn't that also apply to some terror movies? :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 08:30 AM
I downloaded Screenshot Captor as the first program to work with.
-larryhawkins (October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM)

Doesn't that also apply to some terror movies?
-jgpaiva (October 10, 2011, 04:25 AM)
So, you did watch those highly recommended Screenshot Captor movies (https://www.donationcoder.com/screencasts/sc)  ;)

 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on October 11, 2011, 01:32 AM
Hi, My name is Rosa Taylor
-taylorR (October 11, 2011, 12:34 AM)

Hello Rosa. Welcome to Donation Coder! :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on October 20, 2011, 02:14 PM
Another photo of Frome, Somerset.  According to The Guardian, the town is now a pit stop for celebs gasping for a FairTrade mochachino on the way to Glasters...  but The Grauniad exaggerates.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on October 20, 2011, 06:27 PM
Another photo of Frome, Somerset.
-rjbull (October 20, 2011, 02:14 PM)
Very nice! I've passed that place (pity about the big fan unit). 

According to The Guardian, the town is now a pit stop for celebs gasping for a FairTrade mochachino on the way to Glasters... 
Well, they are a long way Frome hom. (Looks as if the thorn has had it  >:( )
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on October 21, 2011, 09:36 AM
Another photo of Frome, Somerset.  According to The Guardian, the town is now a pit stop for celebs gasping for a FairTrade mochachino on the way to Glasters...  but The Grauniad exaggerates.
-rjbull (October 20, 2011, 02:14 PM)

Frome, Somerset looks a bit like Darwin College, Cambridge:

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The resemblance is more clear in my memory! Sadly, I have no pictures that get it just right... This picture is taken from Silver Street bridge.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kyrathaba on November 24, 2011, 07:58 AM
Welcome to all the new folks!  Happy Thanksgiving holiday, for those living in the US.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: youngjohn12 on January 28, 2012, 03:15 PM
I'm a ph.d. student in laptop or computer technology who should have gotten his level about 5 years ago.  Tasks like this keep me regularly in debts and late Sad  matured up in nyc, now existing in area.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on January 28, 2012, 09:50 PM
I'm a ph.d. student in laptop or computer technology who should have gotten his level about 5 years ago.  Tasks like this keep me regularly in debts and late Sad  matured up in nyc, now existing in area.
-youngjohn12 (January 28, 2012, 03:15 PM)

Welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kyrathaba on January 30, 2012, 06:35 AM
youngjohn12, welcome to the site!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BGM on February 16, 2012, 01:47 PM
Salvete!  I am a Catholic Religious Brother stationed north of Kansas City in the USA, and, aside from my religious duties, much of my work involves computers - graphic design, programming, tech-support, IT stuff.  A "brother" is like a "monk" except that, instead of living in a secluded monastery, he lives with the priests and assists them in their work.  I happen to be stationed at the headquarters for our religious order, so my computer knowledge is of benefit to the entire order.

Flat out, I love programming.  My first language is a little-known language called BCX.  However, I also code in AutoHotkey, .NET (vb), Powerpro, and javascript.  I think I am going to learn the syntax for C#, however.

Being a religious brother, I have the three vows: Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, so whatever I do must be approved by my superior.  Likewise I have no income, and all my time and mind is devoted to the Church.  However, sometimes I make applications to aide my own work, and as they may be valuable to other people, so I am interested in sharing, and have no mind to make any money doing it, hence my "introduction" here in DC! 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on February 16, 2012, 01:48 PM
Welcome to the site, BGM!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BGM on February 16, 2012, 01:59 PM
Thanks, Mouser!  I have actually been poking around here for a long time.  My profile shows I joined in April 06, 2008!  It is actually from Skrommel's apps that I took to learn AutoHotkey, which I use in my actual work.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on February 16, 2012, 02:00 PM
@BGM - welcome indeed! For once somebody with an unusual (for me at least) occupation. I don't recognize the crest however. Is that your Order or just something you use? :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BGM on February 16, 2012, 02:10 PM
No, the image isn't for my order; it is a symbol for the Blessed Virgin.  Our web site is: http://www.sspx.org.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on February 16, 2012, 02:47 PM
No, the image isn't for my order; it is a symbol for the Blessed Virgin.  Our web site is: http://www.sspx.org.
-BGM (February 16, 2012, 02:10 PM)

Thanks! You'd think after eight years of Dominican nuns in grammar school - and eight years of Jesuits between High School and undergraduate College I'd know that wouldn't you?
 ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: iphigenie on February 17, 2012, 02:44 AM
No, the image isn't for my order; it is a symbol for the Blessed Virgin.  Our web site is: http://www.sspx.org.
-BGM (February 16, 2012, 02:10 PM)

Welcome.
As a swiss native, I had a bit of a "hang on" moment when looking at that site... I remember all this. Had no idea there'd be US communities and all, but of course there would.
Title: Hello everyone!
Post by: c.gingerich on April 07, 2012, 09:14 AM
Hello all. I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Chris and I am a IT Administrator/Programmer for an insurance company. I really enjoy making software and my job. I have a few free utilities and one shareware utility (but may be released as freeware). They are listed on my About.me page [about.me/vds (http://about.me/vds)]. One (Self Note) was based off of fSekrit as I wanted to see if I could make something like it. I have a bunch of other apps that I never finished, but may finish and post here. Please take a look and let me know what you think!
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: Redhat on April 07, 2012, 09:42 AM
Hi Chris, welcome to Donation Coder  :Thmbsup:

You have some nice looking stuff, I'll take a look! Everyone is great around here, so I'm sure you'll enjoy it  :D

What language(s) do you use for your apps?

Matt
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: TaoPhoenix on April 07, 2012, 10:07 AM
Hallo!

I'm not sure I understood your home page. Where are the shareware utilities?
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: Curt on April 07, 2012, 10:22 AM
Welcome, c.gingerich  :up:

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Where are the shareware utilities?
-TaoPhoenix (April 07, 2012, 10:07 AM)

Maybe InsureSign is his shareware, or maybe his shareware was replaced by InsureSign.  

http://insuresign.com/ No downloadable file. Contact first.

Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: c.gingerich on April 07, 2012, 11:58 AM
Thanks! The only shareware I have is Fast Protect [Home Page (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/137938/fastprotect/index.html)]. InsureSign is the software I develop for the company I work for.

I use Visual Dialogscript. Not a high end popular language, but I use it every day.
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: TaoPhoenix on April 07, 2012, 12:23 PM
P.s. I like your handling of the shareware theme, "use it as long as you like, there are reminder screens, the shareware fee removes the screens.

I think it's important not to have doomsday clocks on shareware.
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: mouser on April 07, 2012, 12:42 PM
welcome  :up:
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: c.gingerich on April 07, 2012, 01:53 PM
@TaoPhoenix Thanks. In my view, I think that is the best way to go for shareware.

I just realized that my about.me page got cut off, should be fixed now.
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: skwire on April 07, 2012, 03:22 PM
Hi, Chris.  Welcome to the site and enjoy your stay.  =]
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: flamerz on April 07, 2012, 03:55 PM
Hello! i work in an insurance company and im a coder too. I send you an email.

Welcome to the software paradise forum  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: mouser on April 07, 2012, 06:19 PM
Some forewarning: i plan to merge this topic with this one https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.0
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: kunkel321 on April 07, 2012, 06:34 PM
Hi Chris!
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: c.gingerich on April 07, 2012, 07:59 PM
Hey kunkel321, not not an evil robot. I did not make the code for color scheme designer. I contacted the author (petr) and asked if I could make a desktop version. He said I could, so I did. :-) not sure why your antivirus would be trashing it. I'll take a look at the code again to see what the problem might be. Sorry about that, but I assure you there is no virus. All I did was take his web page and all the scripting and compiled it into the exe file. The extract it and show it in a browser element. Maybe that is way your avtivirus has a problem, because it is extracting files to the HD?
Title: Re: Hello everyone!
Post by: kunkel321 on April 07, 2012, 08:12 PM
Hmm..  Beats me.  Anyway, thanks for the reply.  Glad you're not a robot. 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mario_a on April 15, 2012, 11:55 PM
Hi... This is Mario from India.

I registered long ago on this forum, but returned to it just this month  :)

Regards,
Mario
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: FLueR00 on April 27, 2012, 12:10 AM
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ] :D Hi, everyone I found this website from another tech site. I am very new here. I hope I am able to find info on this site that will help me. I am not someone with any kind of computer degree or education, just self education on the minimal stuff!  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 27, 2012, 12:17 AM
Wekcome Mario and FleuR00  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: FLueR00 on April 27, 2012, 12:23 AM
 :D thanks! Bye the way I have computer problem question where I do I post it?  :huh:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carol Haynes on April 27, 2012, 03:04 AM
Probably Living Room (if it is of a general nature) or if it relates to software from this website on the named board.

Just don't post to "My personal area" as no one else will see it ;-)

Welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: SoldierByte on May 30, 2012, 12:09 PM
New guy checkin in.. (http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/happy_face_military_salute_lg_clr.gif)
Liked some of the " mouser's " software and
what he has done,
is doing, and continues..
So figured I'd join and
see what the heck you young-uns
are up to.....
I'm retired military..
did a bit of " computer stuff " but
now retired from that too..
Just figured I'd drop in  and see whom all
the trouble makers are..
<img src="http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/Soldbyt_sig.gif"/>
<br><img src="http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/Myavii-1.gif"/>
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 30, 2012, 12:32 PM
Welcome to the site SoldierByte !
We have quite a few active and retired military folks on the forum, so you'll fit right in  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: SoldierByte on May 30, 2012, 03:23 PM
I thank you " mouser " for the nice welcome..(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/sootman/gif%20clips/cat.gif)
Pretty decent place you have here.. (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/94ranger355/GIFs/salute.gif)
I see most talkin bout what they are and do..(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/march.gif)
I'm not much for chit-chat..(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/camoface.gif)
So I figure I'll show you a small video clip...(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/pointdown.gif)
(http://vid1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/th_MY20computer20system.jpg?videoplayer=offsite?videoplayer=offsite) (http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/?action=view&current=MY20computer20system.mp4)
( In order not to utilize a lot of YOUR bandwidth..
just " left click " and view off of " photobucket " ) (http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/smilesold-1.gif)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/Soldbyt_sig.gif)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/Myavii.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 30, 2012, 03:31 PM
Now that is some impressive science fiction setup.. Pretty cool stuff!
Judging from those screens it looks like you have set up a command base to communicate with (or coordinate an attack on) some alien invaders.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kunkel321 on June 02, 2012, 11:13 AM
Holy Moly SoldierByte...  That's quite a setup.   You should do the walls and floor so it looks like the inside of the Enterprise.  lol....
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: kunkel321 on June 02, 2012, 11:14 AM
Okay world...  Meet Kinsley Kunkel 1.0
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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on June 02, 2012, 12:29 PM
@SoldierByte - welcome to DC!

Man! That setup reminds me of the Kevin Smith scene in Live Free or Die Hard where he says: "It's a bunker!"

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Sure you're completely retired? You could run a covert op out of that room! ;D

Glad to have you aboard! :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on June 02, 2012, 12:33 PM
@kunkel321 - Welcome to DC.

And welcome to planet Earth Ms. Kinsley.

Just arrived and already she's a heart-breaker. Best wishes for her and her family.
 :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on June 02, 2012, 03:32 PM
Okay world...  Meet Kinsley Kunkel 1.0 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg290012#msg290012))
-kunkel321 (June 02, 2012, 11:14 AM)

 :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: SoldierByte on June 07, 2012, 03:23 PM
First I want to thank everyone
for the nice welcome...
Secondly...
I got my coffee and now am ready
to really start some trouble..!!
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/SoldierByte.jpg)
My thanks to all...(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/smiley-face-soldier.gif)
(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd488/SoldierByte/Soldbyt_sig.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on June 07, 2012, 03:58 PM
 I like your hair better this 'way':

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: SoldierByte on June 07, 2012, 04:30 PM
I like your hair better this 'way':
 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg290383#msg290383))

-Curt (June 07, 2012, 03:58 PM)
Well...!!
I see that I am NOT the
only troublemaker detail minded here at DC..
Thanks Mr. Curt.. :Thmbsup:
( I only noticed after posting )  ::)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: CleverCat on June 12, 2012, 03:30 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rjbull on July 11, 2012, 03:55 PM
Saw this in the local town of Frome today, and thought it might be appropriate for mouser.  Though I gather "cat house" has a particular meaning in the USA...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jadinolf on July 11, 2012, 11:47 PM
Hi there. My name is Joe and I live in Ojai, Southern California. I am 78 years old and have been retired almost 19 years.

I was born in Norwalk, CT and left home after High School to join the Air Force. Served for 4 years, a good portion of which was spent in what was called French Morocco. The end of my brief career was spent in Washington D.C.

After the Air Force I went to college and then on to four different semiconductor companies.

In 1960, I hopped in my car and drove to Southern California to work at another semiconductor company.

I married a young lady by the name of Karen in 1964 and we had a son, Joe Junior.

In 1977, I resigned my job and bought a retail electronics store here in Ojai. Sold the business in 1986.

Karen died of cancer in 1988. She was 46.

After that, I took the position of Purchasing Manager and head flunky for a local golf bag business. Yearly sales were 13 million. I hated this place almost from the day I took the job but I was 55 years old and try to find a job at 55. I resigned (retired) on September 3, 1993 - one day short of 4 years and 1 month at the place.

I must have had some skill because two other companies asked me to consult for them which I did (of course).

Then after that I really retired and have lived here alone since then.

In my retail electronics store we did sell computers but I knew very little about them. Anyway, I bought  my first Windows 3.1 computer in November of 1995. It had all of 16 Megs of memory and cost US $1700.

Since then, I have built several computers and have 5 desktops in use right now. I need 5 desktops like I need a hole in my head. Maybe I do. ;D

My latest build was my first REAL computer - Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, i5, 8G of memory, SSD. beautiful machine and cost a lot of money. I hope I live long enough to get some use out of it.

That's about it.

I think some of you have seen my Basset Hound buddy, Fred. He is good company but is spoiled rotten. I have no idea who did that to him.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on July 12, 2012, 03:26 AM
-really interesting read, Joe, jadinolf. Thank you, and Welcome!  :up:

---------
Your post made me of course go search for Fred:

Fred: >Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures.. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=19111.msg293009#msg293009)<
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on July 12, 2012, 03:48 AM
... my Basset Hound buddy, Fred. He is good company but is spoiled rotten. I have no idea who did that to him.
-jadinolf (July 11, 2012, 11:47 PM)

lol.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jadinolf on July 12, 2012, 09:52 AM
... my Basset Hound buddy, Fred. He is good company but is spoiled rotten. I have no idea who did that to him.
-jadinolf (July 11, 2012, 11:47 PM)

lol.
-tomos (July 12, 2012, 03:48 AM)
;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: jadinolf on July 12, 2012, 09:52 AM
-really interesting read, Joe, jadinolf. Thank you, and Welcome!  :up:

---------
Your post made me of course go search for Fred:

Fred: >Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures.. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=19111.msg293009#msg293009)<
-Curt (July 12, 2012, 03:26 AM)

Thanks

Nice to be here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Uncle Scotty on July 12, 2012, 02:49 PM
Hi, gang.

My name is Michael Scott......but my nephews and nieces call me Uncle Scotty because they already have an Uncle Mike......one of my wife's three brothers.

I'm 64.....will be getting old age security starting in November 2012....and loving being (what I call) Semi-retired. Banking, specializing in Small Business was the last job I had before throwing in the towel.

My favourite job, by far, however, was being Advertising Manager for Electrohome, a small, Canadian/family-owned television manufacturer in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, that also owned a TV station, manufactured furniture, household appliances, electronic organs, sub-fractional horsepower motors and a few other things.

Now I'm chief cook and bottle washer for my still-working wife. I also look after our parrot, Garcia, a Double-Yellow-Headed Amazon, and our cat Coltrane, a domestic black and white longhair.

We live in St. Catharines, Ontario, about 12 miles from Niagara Falls.

I've been playing with computers since buying my first Commodore 64 back in 198sumthin. Had Ataris (mostly for MIDI music), Macs (for work and play) and now am a PC guy with a nice new Lenovo Win7 64 bit laptop and a similar generic desktop.

Wondering if anyone on this site owns an SBI website and can tell me about their success...or lack thereof, with Dr. Evoy.

Thanks,
Michael
(Pictures to follow)(Oh yeah....and I'm a Huuuuuuuuge motorcycle fan. Ride a 2003 Midnight Venture. Wifey has a V-Star)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 12, 2012, 02:54 PM
Welcome Joe and Micahel!  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ondarkness on July 12, 2012, 04:41 PM
What's up crew!
My name is Ivan, over in Laguna Beach.
My favorite video game is PONG.
I'm 32 living with my wife and 2 pups, will post pup pics later. Both Morkies (Maltese/Yorkies) Named Guinness & Porto. Work in sales, play with motorcycles, vid games and am a bit of a DIY'er. Love to cook, bake and eat, but not in that order. It's good to find another cool online community to hang out in. I've only ever been active in ANANTECH forums, so this is a great addition.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mahesh2k on July 12, 2012, 05:31 PM
Welcome ivan

(https://diasp.de/uploads/images/scaled_full_5e0f2b7b750ca5749b93.gif)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on July 12, 2012, 06:08 PM
Welcome ivan

(https://diasp.de/uploads/images/scaled_full_5e0f2b7b750ca5749b93.gif)
-mahesh2k (July 12, 2012, 05:31 PM)

LOL!

No...That deserves this....

(http://hellogiggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/02/dontkillyourself-614x450.jpg)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ondarkness on July 12, 2012, 09:25 PM
 :D
had me looking for the puppet strings myself!
LMAO!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on July 31, 2012, 06:44 PM
Gee whiz, golly, shucks, gosh!  I just found this place - this thread, not DC  ;) - and now I'm wondering just what else I've been missing, just how dumb I am - speculation, does not require an answer  ;D.

Oh, well, a few years late but ...

Name is barney, live in Corpus Christi, just about in the middle of the Texas Coastal Bend.  Preteen years in Poplar Bluff/St. Louis/Forissant (all in Missouri), teen years ~30 miles east of Dallas, TX.  Grew up - mentally, morally, responsibly - in Vietnam, returned to Tucson, Arizona, back to DFW area, then to Corpus Christi.  There have been a few forays into other regions, but none long-term.

Spent 18 years in bindery/bulk mail services, mostly training other folk to run machinery better than I could.  Spent summers, weekends as a teen working in a fibreglass shop (my dad's, so not certain that counts) or wiring new houses.  Last three (3) decades have been pretty much computer, from IT to programming to hobby (vocation and avocation at the same time).

Now, retired, I do pro bono work for the odd Website or for friends, build database backends for Websites, and the like.  I'm an old cripple - parked a Triumph 650 TT Scrambler in the radiator of a Plymouth back in Tucson - but I go sailing every chance I get (close friend down here has a sailing school  :Thmbsup:)

OK, all that's prolly TMI (Too Much Information), but if I'm gonna let it hang out, I might as well let it all hang out  :P.
Sorry to be so late with this  :-[.


Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on July 31, 2012, 10:15 PM
Hi Barney,

Nice to learn a bit more about you than can be deduced from your other posts  :)  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on July 31, 2012, 10:54 PM
Hi Barney,

Nice to learn a bit more about you than can be deduced from your other posts  :)  :up:
-cranioscopical (July 31, 2012, 10:15 PM)

Hey!!!   I didn't think anyone was gonna read it  :huh:.  Ambusher  :P!

Addendum:

Just found/noticed this topic.  Glad I found it, but it's gonna take a long time to read 31 pages  :-\.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on August 01, 2012, 03:35 AM
... a Triumph 650 TT Scrambler ...
-barney (July 31, 2012, 06:44 PM)

-did you pick that marque, by inspiration from Steve McQueen?

http://www.mcqueenonline.com/thegreatescapetriumph.htm
by the way: http://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/motorcycles/range/classics/bonneville/special/10238

One of my brothers drove Triumph Bonneville 650. My mother would close her eyes and start praying, every time she saw him take off.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on August 01, 2012, 05:38 AM
thanks for the info Barney.
You'll find my cv in the thirty pages here somewhere as well. I also did your trick of waiting a couple of years before posting here ;-)


I've wanted to ask for a long time - this seems like the right place:
why do you always spell out a number and then have the digit in brackets?

... three (3) ...
-barney (July 31, 2012, 06:44 PM)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on August 01, 2012, 08:16 AM
I've wanted to ask for a long time - this seems like the right place:
why do you always spell out a number and then have the digit in brackets?
... three (3) ...
-barney (July 31, 2012, 06:44 PM)
-tomos (August 01, 2012, 05:38 AM)

-yeah, barney, why do you do that? Me thinks that is odd (2ℤ+1)!

 ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on August 01, 2012, 08:39 AM
That's an old school formal writing guideline (and one I like!).

See for example:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060719082151AAkfEeo

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on August 01, 2012, 08:50 AM
That's an old school formal writing guideline (and one I like!).

See for example:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060719082151AAkfEeo
-mouser (August 01, 2012, 08:39 AM)

Okay (OK) :P

I remember reading somewhere that, in "proper" writing, one should spell out numbers, up to a certain limit (four or five?) and then use numerals (e.g. 6 or 7 - is numeral even the correct term for those?)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on August 01, 2012, 08:53 AM
That's an old school formal writing guideline (and one I like!).
-mouser (August 01, 2012, 08:39 AM)

-would that be "(and one (1) I like!)"?
 The explanation sounds right, though - like when in the older days, the sum on a cheque had to be both spelled in letters and in digits. Thank you for the link (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060719082151AAkfEeo).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on August 01, 2012, 12:40 PM
I remember reading somewhere that, in "proper" writing, one should spell out numbers, up to a certain limit (four or five?) and then use numerals (e.g. 6 or 7 - is numeral even the correct term for those?)
-tomos (August 01, 2012, 08:50 AM)
Should be spelled up to a hundred, numeric OK after that.

That's an old school formal writing guideline (and one I like!).

See for example:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060719082151AAkfEeo
-mouser (August 01, 2012, 08:39 AM)

Yep, me too  :Thmbsup:.  My early grounding in formal English was also reinforced by the military.  One does not always equal 1, but one (1) does  :P.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on August 01, 2012, 01:01 PM
-did you pick that marque, by inspiration from Steve McQueen?
...
One of my brothers drove Triumph Bonneville 650. My mother would close her eyes and start praying, every time she saw him take off.
-Curt (August 01, 2012, 03:35 AM)
Nope, can't blame it on Steve.  It was a swap out deal with a coworker when he wanted four (4) wheels - Lover's Lane is awkward on a bike  :-* :P.

Luckily ( :-\?), my mother never new anything about it ... at least, not 'til my impromptu parking session.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Andem on September 24, 2012, 08:48 AM
Hello everyone! I just joined the forum and wanted to quickly add on to this thread.

I'm Christopher, a young(ish) software developer in my professional life and in my free time I run a couple of web sites largely coded from the ground up (one dedicated to freeware and cool shareware stuff).

I look forward to joining in some of the discussions here!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 24, 2012, 09:05 AM
Welcome to the site Andem.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: skwire on September 24, 2012, 09:11 AM
Welcome to DonationCoder, Andem.  Care to share your website links?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on September 24, 2012, 09:15 AM
Welcome Andem! Since I've yet to be completely sold on content management systems, I'd be very interested in hearing more about your experiences and thoughts about coding sites up from scratch.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on October 08, 2012, 07:53 AM
We are in dream world. (http://)
[Link removed]
-blackzone30 (October 08, 2012, 07:08 AM)

that gave me a laugh (SEO link)
Title: Tell me all about YOU!
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on December 07, 2012, 08:07 PM
I'm curious where my fellow Doconians reside, what you do for a living, what you do for fun, are you married, got pets? etc etc...

Most of you know I am a strange person who comes from 'Sunny ol' Blighty', obsessed with Tattoo's, has a dog, Engaged to be married, spend a lot of time on Imgur (http://imgur.com/user/Kynlo) (I love it!) and I do odd jobs for money!

So...what about YOU?!

---

[edit/merged]
Forgot about this post!

My question still stands though, as some people may have changed!!!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TaoPhoenix on December 08, 2012, 01:32 AM
My early grounding in formal English was also reinforced by the military.  One does not always equal 1, but one (1) does.
-barney (August 01, 2012, 12:40 PM)

That just terrifies me.  :o
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on December 08, 2012, 09:50 AM
My early grounding in formal English was also reinforced by the military.  One does not always equal 1, but one (1) does.
-barney (August 01, 2012, 12:40 PM)

That just terrifies me.  :o
-TaoPhoenix (December 08, 2012, 01:32 AM)

Why?  Sometimes one is used in a nominative sense, e.g., "One does what one must," where the numeric meaning does not apply.  Adding the parenthetical value makes clear what the usage should be, or, at least, what usage was intended.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: raybee on December 23, 2012, 06:45 PM
I'm 83 and still kickin'.....I have a website on Tripod, all about hotrods, and cars.
I live in Reseda, California, have a house that's paid for, am on social security, single and intend to stay that way,
and am gay.  That should cover the introduction.  Oh yes, am an athiest, too, so I guess you'd say that I'm
a real liberal, because I don't need to hate anybody for their religion, politics (except for the stupid greedy ones)
or for what they have or don't have.  If you're a jerk, you'll expose yourself quickly enough, so hello to all and
happy holidays.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on December 23, 2012, 07:11 PM
I'm 83 and still kickin'.....I have a website on Tripod, all about hotrods, and cars.
I live in Reseda, California, have a house that's paid for, am on social security, single and intend to stay that way,
and am gay.  That should cover the introduction.  Oh yes, am an athiest, too, so I guess you'd say that I'm
a real liberal, because I don't need to hate anybody for their religion, politics (except for the stupid greedy ones)
or for what they have or don't have.  If you're a jerk, you'll expose yourself quickly enough, so hello to all and
happy holidays.
-raybee (December 23, 2012, 06:45 PM)


Hi there..I think you take the title for the oldest guy here lol  :D - Nice to see such a great range of people here at DoCo!

Happy Holidays to you too sir!

Could I ask...How did you find DonationCoder? (I always love to hear how new guys found us!  :Thmbsup:)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: PhilB66 on December 23, 2012, 07:52 PM
I think you take the title for the oldest guy here lol  :D -
-Stephen66515 (December 23, 2012, 07:11 PM)
Guy? Gay? or both?  :huh:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on December 23, 2012, 08:22 PM
I think you take the title for the oldest guy here lol  :D -
-Stephen66515 (December 23, 2012, 07:11 PM)
Guy? Gay? or both?  :huh:
-PhilB66 (December 23, 2012, 07:52 PM)

Guy Phil...Guy.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on December 23, 2012, 08:25 PM
Afterthought...I couldn't say if he is the oldest gay here...We may have a 85 Year Old lesbian lurking in our midst?  Who knows?!

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dspelley on March 23, 2013, 10:37 PM
Baby boomer born near the ocean in Rhode Island, but living in the Arizona desert since 1975. Spent a few years serving on a US Navy submarine (WWII vintage) in the late '60s and early '70s before returning to college on the GI Bill to get a degree in Chemical Engineering.

Used to do some programming years ago for my own use (BASIC, FORTRAN, SAS, Pascal, Assembler), but didn't have the time to keep up with the rapid changes in the field.

Today I manage an R&D program for a fairly large energy company. Use a lot of standard software, test a lot of more specialized modeling and design software, but still like to download and play with a lot of other stuff.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BigVent on April 10, 2013, 01:01 PM
Hello everyone!  Skwire told me about this great community & forums so I've decided to join & hopefully contribute. 

I'm an IT Consultant that primarily focuses on networks, programming, security, *insert IT need(s) here*.  Lately I've setup a few outdoor WiFi networks around various (boat / lodge) marinas & lakes. (few "free" & mostly "pay-as-you-go" WiFi networks)

Location: I'm a few clicks SW from Central Arkansas

Very nice to meet you all!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: skwire on April 10, 2013, 01:05 PM
Skwire told me about this great community
-BigVent (April 10, 2013, 01:01 PM)

FWIW, BigVent and I are friends in real life.  *gasp*  I know.   :P   We live about an hour from each other.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 10, 2013, 01:14 PM
Welcome BigVent :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 10, 2013, 01:23 PM
Welcome to the site BigVent! Any friend of skwire's is a friend of ours!  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on April 10, 2013, 02:02 PM
Welcome and well met! I'm in much the same line of business as you are - as are some of the other members here at Donation Coder. Nice to meet you! :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BigVent on April 10, 2013, 02:14 PM
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 10, 2013, 03:54 PM
Welcome aboard BigVent, glad that skwire enticed you to join us.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: pilgrim on April 12, 2013, 11:18 AM
I only looked at this thread for the first time last week and have been wondering ever since whether to post, after all who would want to know about me? Who would I want to know about me?
After much deliberation and having some time to spare I decided to contribute some brief details about myself taken from my autobiography which was published posthumously at the end of last year by Andrex.

Pilgrim: A Brief Hystery.

When I was born I was very young, everything that has happened since has been a consequence of that and the fact that I never quite got over it.

It was realised within moments of my birth that I was 'different'.
The minute my mother set eyes on me she cried out "Good God" and I immediately replied "Yes Mother"?

I was considered to be a bouncing baby, when my father took me out he attached springs to my feet and walked alongside me repeatedly patting me on the head.

My education was fairly short but varied.
I went to a number of schools the last of which I believe was considered to be very good.
It was 'approved', although I never found out for what or by whom.

From quite an early age I was well known for taking things apart, although to begin with that was mainly due to my failure to put them back together again.
In later years I became known for repairing things that were supposed to be 'irreparable'.

My working life started with me working on vehicles of various types as a mechanic, when I later decided I wanted to travel I realised that the best way of doing it was to get someone else to pay so I became a professional driver.
I quite enjoyed my travels abroad, the only thing was that everywhere was full of foreigners who didn't speak English.
Europe, America.

I have come to a number of conclusions over the years:
1) One thing that is absolutely essential in life is a sense of humour.
    I've been meaning to get one for a long time.
2) Sanity is not a requirement.

I actually passed away quite some time ago.
I'm only walking around to save funeral expenses.

Pilgrim. (DCeased)  :rip:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on April 12, 2013, 11:49 AM
Pre-deceased but with a sense of humor?

Awesome! That makes you fully qualified to do what I do for a living. We're all quite dead and/or mad here. But we still find it in our hearts to laugh about it. ;D

You should read Rafael Sabatini's classic story Scaramouche. The opening lines were written for you:

He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world was insane. And that was his only inheritance.

Nice to meet ya! :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 12, 2013, 12:07 PM
Thanks Pilgrim
you got the weekend off on the right note there :-*
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: pilgrim on April 13, 2013, 05:58 AM
Scaramouche?

The Clown

I was a clown, I played the Fool,
But deep in my heart there’s no laughter at all.

I was a clown but I couldn’t see,
It wasn’t the jokes, they were laughing at me.

Now the circus is over, the crowds have gone home,
The lights go down and I stand here alone.

No more the clown, only a fool,
For when I look around there’s no-one at all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 13, 2013, 06:34 AM
Reminds me of this unusual song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxv7MiZ4cwA
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: pilgrim on April 13, 2013, 07:01 AM
Reminds me of this unusual song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxv7MiZ4cwA
-mouser (April 13, 2013, 06:34 AM)

I liked that from when it first came out but The Clown was inspired by THIS (http://www.turnbacktogod.com/the-priest-a-prayer-on-a-sunday-night/).
Title: G'day I am jf3000 - Your Friendly New Programmer
Post by: jf3000 on May 22, 2013, 05:39 PM
First of all I didn't know where to post this and after seeing a few posts and making a few posts I wanted to share with this site what I do and where I am from and everything else in between.

To sum it up for me I work for the Royal Australian Air Force in Communications. I am either based in Mawson Antarctica or Gold Coast Australia. In my spare time I like to write software. Originally and what I will post below is the majority written in Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6). I opted for VB6 because it was more of a graphical application, so I could see what I was creating and play around with it then go into the back end and create the functions etc. Moving on from VB6 I am now into VB.NET and still using the graphical side of the software but with more use and more exploring, it gives me the grounds to deliver easier + also add the option to update so much easier without the need of having to check for updates.

Below is the list of all the VB6 apps that I have created to date. WinUp which was originally on CNET was pulled after Microsoft sent a letter asking to be pulled because it violated there terms and conditions of downloading Windows Updates, that didn't stop me when I learned about PAD files and PAD Submission.

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3D Stereographic - Learning about 3d stereo images
Alpha Webcam - Basic Webcam
AnotherIRC - Learning how ot create IRC Apps
Asteroids - Old Skool Game
AnotherTuber - Download from youtube *Learning*
BenchMarkXP - Benchmarking your PC
BlueCam - Overlay of a webcam
BMI Calculator - Testing self
Brain Scan - Joke App
Brain Upgrade - Upgrade from Scan
Browse For Folder - As it says
Bugger - Video Converter
CDTracker - Track my cds
Cheat Hitter - As it says
Convert ExE - Adds encryption strings to exe
Copy_DLL - Needed an easy way to use Regsvr32
Create Dummy Size Files - Useful when needed to create a txt file e.g. 1GB
Cuboid City - Learning how to make a 3d city
Enhanced PacMan - As it says
Error_Handler - Generating errors
EZ Bounce - Game
FileTracker - Tracking files
FlashTest - Using Flash
Flippin Heck - Book related to turning pages
Forum Link - New to creating links
GameCheatsDatabase - Out of date but can be modified to receive upto date cheats
GeoMaker - Longitude and Latitude software
Get Font - As it says
Get Processor - As it says
Hangman - As it says
HexEditor - As it says
Ihatetorrents - Learning about NZB files
IM Messiah - Old Skool MSN Bot
IMDB Search - As it says
Infinite Buttons - As it says
Instant Messenger - As it says
Invite System - As it says
J.a.Q.u.i.E. - Telecommunications software (Now ripped apart and ready for something new)
jIRC - As it says
Jump - As it says
Library - As it says
Magic - As it says
Magic Numbers - As it says
Make ISO File - As it says
makeisofiles - As it says
MakeHTMLDir - As it says
Making A Patch - As it says
MediaDeFunc - Music App
Mega Mog Music Recorder - Learning how to rip music from MOG (Google It)
MessageBoard - As it says
Monster - Access too Monster templates
Move To Demo 1 - As it says
Move To Demo 2 - As it says
MovieLibrary - As it says
Msn - Bot Example - As it says
Msn - Client - As it says
Msn - Macro - As it says
Msn - Nudge - As it says
Msn - Personal Message Changer - As it says
Msn - Profile Viewer - As it says
Msn - Smileys - As it says
Msn - Thief - As it says
MuIP - App to give IP Address for game MuOnline
MusicMod - Learn how to play music using the old skool mod files
NES_Galaga - Old Skool Game
Orby - Game
Outlook Rescue - As it says
Pad - My own version of a pad editor after learning every piece of software submitted needed a pad file
PCServices - Learning about your PC
PCStats - As it says
Phoenix - Game
Plugin_Wizard - As it says
PoliceScanner - Originally tapped into police frequencies 0 But when everything went digital used to tap into radio stations online
PornHub - An extension of my torrent database app
Port Scanner - As it says
prjUpdate - The one and only VB6 Update app I used everywhere
Proper_MSN4 - MSN Related
PwdRevealer - See the ******* for passwords
Radio - As it says
Revive Live Update Script - Another update script
RSProxy List - My app for distributing proxies, doesnt scan for them just holds them in one spot
RSS FeedMe - All about RSS Feeds
RSTerminal - My way of distributing knowledge on tv shows
ScrollBar - As it says
Search_2 - Learning and understanding how search works
Shoutcast - As it says
ShowPass - As it says
Shuttle Radar - This accesses NASA radar images and displays the images, need to reconfigure the gzip to get working again since NASA updated site
Simple Machines - Protector
SimpleTrial - As it says
SketchArtist - Learning about from a photo to using the pc to sketch
SpaceJunk - One of my first games
SpaceJunk The Beginning Years - As it says
Stereographic - Refers to stereo images
Streaming Cams - As it says
Strength Wrapper - Encryption
SysCleaner 2.0 - As it says
System Uptime Monitor - As it says
Systray - As it says
TabbedBrowser - As it says
TagMp3 - Learning about tagging MP3's
TheShack - My first image uploader app for imageshack.us
Thumby - Reads those annoying thumbs.dll files
Timer - As it says
Torrent Database - The joy out of all my software and my baby
Torrent Database - Alpha
Torrent Viewer - As it says
UDPchat - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2007 - My own version of an uninstaller
Uninstaller Pro 2008 - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2009 - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2010 - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2011 - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2012 - As it says
Uninstaller Pro 2013 - As it says
Updater - As it says
Visual Basic User Controls - As it says
Voxel Space - game learning about space
Wargames - TicTacToe like never before
WebCamClient - As it says
WGABuggerMe - Related to Winup - About bypassing the windows genuine advantage file for downloading Windows Updates
WinCD_Key - As it says
Windows Errors - As it says
Windows Update - As it says
Win-Emo - Windows Live Emote System
WinUp - My own version of bypassing using any browser to get the windows updates
WinZip Type - As it says
YahEarth - As it says
YGamer - As it says
YouTube - As it says

I don't know what I can do for this forum, but it certainly feels nice to be part of a community where the general midst is programming. There are so many different types of programmers here from Delphi to C++ to VB.NET to everything.

Right now in programming im more so focused on my torrent software and have been since 2007. With every single site I had submitted my software too, around 627+ at the time, torrents for myself was a new way of technology, I wanted to board that train and learning more.

I won't go into detail as I have already submitted the software via the submission tool on the site, as I didn't want anyone to think I was trying to spam here. I look forward to making many new friends and even learning from others and hopefully meeting some other VB.NET programmers cos I may do a lot of programming, but I still have my own troubles.

Chat Soon and Thank you.

jf3000
Title: Re: G'day I am jf3000 - Your Friendly New Programmer
Post by: mouser on May 22, 2013, 05:58 PM
Very nice to meet you, jf -- welcome to the site :up:

(ps. i'll merge this thread in to the "let's get to know each other thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.0)") if you don't mind.
Title: Re: G'day I am jf3000 - Your Friendly New Programmer
Post by: jf3000 on May 22, 2013, 06:02 PM
Thank you
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Vurbal on July 13, 2013, 08:29 PM
My name is Rich Fiscus and I write and create videos for AfterDawn.com. In my former life I was an IT monkey and for a couple years I taught community college networking classes. I found DonationCoder more than a year ago when I was looking for a launcher to alleviate my headaches with the Windows 7 [strike]Stop[/strike] Start menu. Now I'm hoping to give something back by contributing to the community and doing a little promotion for some of my favorite software.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on July 14, 2013, 01:47 AM
welcome, jf3000
You are clearly a very busy software author!  :up:

However, you are just as clearly not really into sales or marketing, huh? The names you have given your applications, makes it totally impossible to ever do a successful Internet search for almost any of them!
 ;)

Do you have a homepage for your software?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on July 14, 2013, 07:36 AM
Welcome and well met! Always good to have a new voice join our discussion. I'm a sysadmin for hire and network integrator (along with other things I enjoy doing far more) so it's always nice to make the acquaintance of somebody else who's been down in the IT trenches.

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Be seeing you around the campus! :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on July 14, 2013, 07:51 AM
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg331049#msg331049))
-40hz (July 14, 2013, 07:36 AM)

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/4Medium/TFR1EA.gif)

(https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/SPECOOL.GIF)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 14, 2013, 08:21 AM
Welcome, Vurbal  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Vurbal on July 14, 2013, 10:46 AM
Thank you.
Title: Here's Me!!
Post by: fredemeister on August 17, 2013, 08:31 PM
64 year old married male living in New Zealand.  Joined military out of school for six active years, then working with computers since 1972 maintained an IBM 360 with many peripherals, then as a Health and Safety contractor, college lecturer, then back to computers in 1991 self employed as a system analyst moonlighting as a repair tech and corporate trainer.  Retired at 57 years just as Vista was released.  Since then been learning Linux, mainly Mint and how to get stuff working in Linux.  Also photography - our region is seabound on two sides and has some magnificent scenery.  Rode a motorbike seriously since 17, got my license at 32 and gave up at 63 due to health problems, and my wife lost confidence as my pillion. (No incidents, just early Alzheimer's.) Have two daughters living in the area with seven grandchildren, two sons out of area with six grandchildren: oldest grandchild = 25 years, youngest = 3 years.  Now spend most days surfing the web and/or walking the beach about 200 metres away.

Here's a link to the local community, about 30 minutes drive to NZ's largest city Auckland, with about 1.8 million people - too many people and far too close, but that's how it is.

http://www.orewabeach.co.nz/joomla3/galleries/gallery-orewa/index.html

In image 3, look for the big tree to the right horizontally and almost centre vertically.  We live in that general area, quiet, close to town and beach.  The beach is about 1.5 miles long so there's plenty to see on the gallery.  Scenes shown are from all along the beach.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on August 18, 2013, 09:27 AM
Good to meet you fredemeister, welcome!
I think you'll enjoy the community here.
 
Title: Re: Here's Me!!
Post by: rjbull on August 18, 2013, 11:35 AM
maintained an IBM 360
-fredemeister (August 17, 2013, 08:31 PM)
[ sigh ] I misread "maintained" as "married."  Some of us have been here a little too long...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on August 18, 2013, 11:39 AM
Welcome fredimeister. :)

Always good to see a new name around here. With your wide range of interests and work experience I'm sure you'll find you fit in quite well with this crowd. Also my special welcome to a fellow Linux user. We may be in the minority as of now. But it's only a matter of time before that changes.

Be seein' ya around the campus! :Thmbsup:

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: fredemeister on August 18, 2013, 03:25 PM
Thanks folks.  Might not be here often, and I tend to lurk more than leap out into the open, but I'm still interested in learning so I'll be around.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on August 18, 2013, 04:47 PM
Who knows what deviltry exists in the hearts of DC ... the lurker knows  :P.  And, around here, lurking can be very educational  :Thmbsup:.

(Apologies for the misquote to those of you who recall radio drama  ;).)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: telephonics on August 28, 2013, 03:09 PM
Hi- I''m a 91 year old retiree with severe vision loss. I depend upon my PC and video reader to keep in touch with the world. In my first career I served as a regular Ar, Signal Corps Officer and when retired I joined the zMartin Marietta Corpopartion  as the Director of c3I programs. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 I again retired only to be hired back as a consultant. After getting my feet on the ground in this world of consulting I started serving other companies than MMC and grew the organization to 12 full time and about 50 part time associates. When my wife's deteriorating health required my full time attention I sold the company to the full time employees and retired again.ife passed 3 years ago and I now live alone with daily health aides helping me
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Darwin on August 28, 2013, 03:40 PM
Wow! What a rich and full life  :Thmbsup:! Thank you for sharing your story with us and WELCOME to DC. I have not been very active here for a few years now, but do monitor the fora; you will find this to be a very welcoming and tolerant place  :-* My condolences (late though they may be) on your wife's passing.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on August 29, 2013, 12:00 AM
May I say, sir, that I hold a great deal of respect for your longevity and persistence.  You make me feel young again  :-*.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ulrich.hanke on August 29, 2013, 04:18 AM
Hi, I am a german government employee and 64 yeaers old. I am blind since 1975. Since 1985 I work with computers that have  a software called Screen Reader (JAWS=Job Access with Speech) that speaks out the written Text of the Display.
I am in cahrge of a computer Club for blind people, and my hobby is the testing of software, if it can be used by blind people. This is the reason I got in contact with Skwire, because I tested his programms and hat difficulties . I wrote to him, and he instantli changed his program and I could use it, although I was not a member of donation coder.

I thank him very much, and i must say that not many programmers are so kind and so friendly - and so willing to help! I often write to program authors with questions, but mostly they don`t answer at alll, or they answer that they are not willed to change their stuff.

And I should not forget Mouser! When i became a member, he offered me special help because he knew I am blind.     
SO, many greetings to Skwire and Mouser again today!
And many thanks for all those nice programms that mostly work with Screen Reader!
 
Best Regards, Ulrich
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: seanyore on September 09, 2013, 06:48 PM
www.emailaddresses.com which is about email and is a good place to visit
-JeffK (April 16, 2005, 07:00 PM)
Although emailaddresses looks a little like a portal it does have interesting links & news. Online Photo Albums could use some updating.  Good work!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: scancode on September 16, 2013, 10:45 PM
After a loooooong hiatus (life's a b*tch) I finally got settled down enough that I get to participate on a forum on a regular basis. I missed you guys.

Is the IRC channel still active? I have to drop as soon as I get my ISP to unblock the port.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on September 16, 2013, 11:03 PM
Welcome back scancode.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ilikefree09 on September 17, 2013, 05:50 PM
I'm a 56 year old male from Nelson New Zealand. I work for a motor vehicle trader placing vehicles on trademe for the company.
I started playing with computers in 2004 and now have a website just starting out that has links to free for personal use software and tools with some guides on how I would show my mother how to use some of them.
My site is ilikefree.co
Thinking of adding a blog to my site when I learn how. ;)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on September 17, 2013, 06:28 PM
Greetings to Middle-Earth ...er, sorry, New Zealand - and welcome to Donation Coder ilikefree09! :Thmbsup:

Be sure to join in the discussions. Lots of stuff to talk about around here. And a new perspective or opinion is always welcome. So don't be a stranger. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ilikefree09 on September 17, 2013, 11:30 PM
Thanks for the welcome.
Have to sneak on to the site as should be working.
Moved and no internet at my new place yet, working on it.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: clk4suport on December 05, 2013, 02:57 AM
HI there,

i am Suraj Kumar.....  i am marketing head... i m from India.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: ilikefree09 on December 05, 2013, 01:01 PM
Hi Suraj Kumar, What sort of business do you work from?
Are you working in IT?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: 40hz on December 05, 2013, 02:34 PM
Welcome and well met Suraj! :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dmytron on October 13, 2014, 07:40 AM
My name is Dmytro. I am from Ukraine.

I am an amateurish coder with some skill in Delphi (but now I use Lazarus). I want my apps to be stored somewhere and to be seen by anyone else. Also some money motivation wouldn't be too bad ;).

I may ask questions about deploying, programming, releasing apps and so on. Please don't hesitate to answer me.

Nice to meet you!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 13, 2014, 07:45 AM
Welcome to the site, dmytron! Glad to meet you :Thmbsup:

May I suggest you consider participating in our NANY programming event this year? More info here: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=39202.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dmytron on October 13, 2014, 07:50 AM
How many pieces of software one can write for NANY? 'Cause there's more than two months till the January.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 13, 2014, 08:04 AM
You can write as many as you want (but you still only get 1 commemorative mug).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dmytron on October 13, 2014, 08:14 AM
What will happen to the other my written pieces of software?

Where is the thread where I can ask basic questions about the site and how it works?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 13, 2014, 11:52 AM
You can ask here if you want. Not sure I understand your question "What will happen to the other my written pieces of software?" -- can you explain?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: dmytron on October 13, 2014, 12:37 PM
Not sure I understand your question
I withdraw my question.

What's with registration codes? What DC software written by a forum coders has to be registered? Is it an obligation to add registration to my software?

What apps can I post here? Can they be small, silly applications or do they have to have serious practical usage (like sCheckbook?)? Can I post, for examples, games here?

What kind of software usually gets donated and what is "usual" amount?

BTW, thanks for kind words.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Deozaan on October 13, 2014, 02:11 PM
Your software belongs to you. You are not required to add registration to your software. You can make just about any kind of software, including games (which is what I usually make for NANY). See previous NANY entries below:

NANY 2014 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2014/)
NANY 2013 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2013/)
NANY 2012 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2012/)
NANY 2011 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2011/)
NANY 2010 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2010/)
NANY 2009 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2009/)
NANY 2008 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2008/)
NANY 2007 (https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2007/)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 13, 2014, 04:42 PM
We welcome all apps -- however I have bad news for you regarding receiving donations -- it's very rare to receive donations and they will be small.  that's just the reality of it.  if money is important you should try selling your software as shareware or making mobile apps that can be charged for in the store.
donationware will bring you appreciation and encouragement and interesting friends and users.  we love donationware here and we try to all support it, but the reality is that there is very very little you will receive in donations.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on October 13, 2014, 05:33 PM
We welcome all apps -- however I have bad news for you regarding receiving donations -- it's very rare to receive donations and they will be small.  that's just the reality of it.  if money is important you should try selling your software as shareware or making mobile apps that can be charged for in the store.
donationware will bring you appreciation and encouragement and interesting friends and users.  we love donationware here and we try to all support it, but the reality is that there is very very little you will receive in donations.
-mouser (October 13, 2014, 04:42 PM)

"If it makes some money, then brilliant...if it doesn't...then oh well.  So long as at least 1 person enjoys using it...or you enjoyed making it...then it doesn't really matter"

That is how most Software that gets released on DonationCoder is released as...it is about the fun, the programming, the friendships, and the community.  We love free Software  :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TailsLover on February 15, 2015, 10:33 PM
Hello there this is really my first time here , so any advice would be helpful
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Ath on February 16, 2015, 03:58 AM
Hello there this is really my first time here , so any advice would be helpful
-TailsLover (February 15, 2015, 10:33 PM)
Advice? Just be nice  :) then read the topic-title, and if you think you have something useful to add, reply. Or ask, if you have questions.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on February 16, 2015, 12:25 PM
Hello there this is really my first time here , so any advice would be helpful
-TailsLover (February 15, 2015, 10:33 PM)
Advice? Just be nice  :) then read the topic-title, and if you think you have something useful to add, reply. Or ask, if you have questions.
-Ath (February 16, 2015, 03:58 AM)

It's pretty much guaranteed that whenever you join in nobody will be unkind in any way. Most will be patient, many will be informative, all will be polite. Join in, you can't go wrong  :)
 
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: vortext on February 17, 2015, 09:49 PM
Thank you for your site. I have been visiting silently for some time but have not participated until now. I am a student studying to be an engineer in an American university. My command of English is ok but not colloquial since it is not my native language. I will do my best to make myself understandable.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on February 18, 2015, 07:56 AM
Thank you for your site. I have been visiting silently for some time but have not participated until now. I am a student studying to be an engineer in an American university. My command of English is ok but not colloquial since it is not my native language. I will do my best to make myself understandable.
-vortext (February 17, 2015, 09:49 PM)
welcome to dc vortext :)

perfectly clear English btw :up:
(if you have trouble with any colloquialisms, just ask!)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wut?! on April 24, 2015, 10:29 PM
This place is great. The more I lurk around, the more I like it.

I'm an IT/network admin in the southwest US. I've been a FLOSS junkie since I installed Yellow Dog Linux on my Powermac G4 in 2003. I built my first x86 box in 2004. It had an AMD 2800+, 4GiB of ram and I was STOKED about it. From there I went through ubuntu (That was 5.04, Hoary Hedgehog. I remember how awesome the upgrade to Breezy was. It fixed tons of bugs for me.), Mint, Gentoo, and Debian. I now run Parabola, and I think I found my home there. I used to be a KDE fan, but I really can't stand KDE 4. I'm now running Awesome WM and really loving it. It's fully customizable through Lua scripts, so I'm learning lots of Lua.

Personally, Windows provides me with entertainment in the form of games. Professionally, it provides money in that people will pay me to fix it. I think I probably end up using it about half the time, even on my main box. At work, I use it all the time as it's definitely a Microsoft shop.

Uh, what else? I'm really into music and I love everything from Jazz to Hip-Hop to Metal to Breaks to Classical and everything in-between. I collect headphones and build A/V ICs for friends. Right now, I'm listening to some Fats Domino through my AKG K7XX. Before that it was Biggie, and before that it was some Bach. Next up is a Nina Simone album called To Love Somebody.

Figured I'd try to participate more. Hope everyone has a great night!

Thanks so much for DC. I'm having a ball checking everything out.  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: barney on April 24, 2015, 11:00 PM
Thanks so much for DC. I'm having a ball checking everything out.  :up:
-wut?! (April 24, 2015, 10:29 PM)

Prepare to be overloaded  :huh: :-[ :P.  There's more mental talent here than in most university faculties  :-*.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: rgdot on April 24, 2015, 11:00 PM
Welcome  :)

DC is indeed great and the recent numbers up near the logo are one important testament to that.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 24, 2015, 11:06 PM
Figured I'd try to participate more. Hope everyone has a great night!

Thanks so much for DC. I'm having a ball checking everything out. 

Welcome aboard... it's good to see a nice pear.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wut?! on April 24, 2015, 11:10 PM
I forgot to include how I got here. A few days ago, I realized that Launchy hasn't been updated for years, so I went hunting for something under active development. I sometimes use alternative.to to find suggestions for apps and I headed over there. Well, FARR is the highest program on their list of alternatives. So, credit to them for sure.

Now I'm also running Screenshot Captor and Clipboard Help and Spell.

EDIT: "Modify" is another word for "edit". Doh!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Vurbal on April 25, 2015, 12:34 PM
Uh, what else? I'm really into music and I love everything from Jazz to Hip-Hop to Metal to Breaks to Classical and everything in-between. I collect headphones and build A/V ICs for friends. Right now, I'm listening to some Fats Domino through my AKG K7XX. Before that it was Biggie, and before that it was some Bach. Next up is a Nina Simone album called To Love Somebody.
-wut?! (April 24, 2015, 10:29 PM)

Funny you should mention Fats Domino and Bach. I play bass, and I've got my son (a drummer) working on learning I'm Walking, although my favorite of his is probably Blue Monday. Some time in the near future we'll be shifting gears to some Bach - well, sort of...

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wut?! on April 25, 2015, 01:51 PM
Whoa. Jethro Tull has never really been on my radar, but now they are! Thank you!

I've been on a huge funk spree lately. Listening to lots of Sly, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Commodores, Supertramp, Tower of Power, and of course Parliament/Funkadelic, etc...

I can't seem to get enough.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 25, 2015, 02:04 PM
I've been on a huge funk spree lately. Listening to lots of Sly, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Commodores, Supertramp, Tower of Power, and of course Parliament/Funkadelic, etc...
-wut?! (April 25, 2015, 01:51 PM)

you'll have to make a few suggestions in the music thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=15984.0) -
(a greater variety of music unlikely to be found anywhere :))
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Vurbal on April 25, 2015, 02:42 PM
Whoa. Jethro Tull has never really been on my radar, but now they are! Thank you!
-wut?! (April 25, 2015, 01:51 PM)

You're welcome! I really got into Tull in my early 20s, and quickly realized they were a lot more interesting than I ever realized. Their studio albums aren't always as good as they could be, mostly due to the way they worked in the studio during the 70s. Of course a lot of bands had that problem. Also, the bassist on that recording was kicked out a couple years later, which is a long and stupid story.

I've been on a huge funk spree lately. Listening to lots of Sly, Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Commodores, Supertramp, Tower of Power, and of course Parliament/Funkadelic, etc...

I can't seem to get enough.

Here's a couple lesser known favorites of mine.

The Temptations, with original Funkadelic members Eddie Hazel and Billy Nelson on guitar and bass:



Living Colour plays James Brown:



We should definitely take this to the music thread.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 26, 2015, 03:33 AM
Great to have a new friendly soul here, wut, welcome to the site  :up:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wut?! on April 26, 2015, 02:25 PM
Hey, thanks, everyone! How's everyone's weekend going? I've got the organization bug. Going through my music to rename files and update tags.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: shadzovgra on May 03, 2015, 10:10 AM
Fifty six years young from New Zealand. Was an artist/musician, but due to age and a few other factors that swing around the "Bummer" area, I'm now forced to live on a pension and heavy duty pain killers that enable movement without the need of a wheelchair. Moved to Australia some twenty six years ago and have been here since. Love computers and reading up on the latest technologies :graduate:. Listen to a large variety of music, sometimes all night, rather than sit and reflect on my past in silence.

Was extremely happy :-* in a marriage that lasted for thirty three years, before I had to let my soul mate go, due to her body undergoing multiple organ failure :(.

Love gaming still. I believe it helps to keep the brain active and reflexes sharp. Though I'm not as capable as I was, I still like to help others when I can. Anything really, rather than sit around feeling sorry for myself and allowing the negative crap that has happened over the past few years rule my life. Bit of a rebel still. But nothing like what I was like as a teenager :tease:. Love animals and have a little male Tibetan Spaniel called Maestro as a companion. He has proven himself to be so intelligent and loyal, that I really don't know what I'd do without his company these days :-*. To me, he's everything most humans aren't :Thmbsup:. Well, I've probably bored the living hell out of everyone who has taken the time to read this. So I'll say hi, be well to all and sign off.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on May 03, 2015, 01:11 PM
Welcome to the site, shadzovgra  :up:
There is also a thread for posting about your pets: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=19111.0
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: franstam on June 04, 2015, 03:30 AM
Hi, i have been a long time lurker/user, and joined the nice folks over on the DC IRC channel, but only recently registered a forum account.

i am a network engineer, and enjoy tweaking and screwing around with pcs and networks

cheers and hope to chat with u all on the IRC/forums.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on June 04, 2015, 03:44 AM
Hi, i have been a long time lurker/user, and joined the nice folks over on the DC IRC channel, but only recently registered a forum account.

i am a network engineer, and enjoy tweaking and screwing around with pcs and networks

cheers and hope to chat with u all on the IRC/forums.

-franstam (June 04, 2015, 03:30 AM)

Nice to see you finally post :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: franstam on June 04, 2015, 05:31 AM

Nice to see you finally post :D
-Stephen66515 (June 04, 2015, 03:44 AM)
you're welcome. i hope i can participate in this wonderful community :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: TaoPhoenix on June 04, 2015, 06:43 AM

Nice to see you finally post :D
-Stephen66515 (June 04, 2015, 03:44 AM)
you're welcome. i hope i can participate in this wonderful community :D
-franstam (June 04, 2015, 05:31 AM)

Yes! Yes you can!

 :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on June 04, 2015, 06:50 AM
Welcome to the forum, franstam.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Sjc1000 on June 05, 2015, 09:39 PM
Holla :D
I've been crackin around on the IRC for a while, thought i should make a post here.
Im from auzzy land!
Hopefully i can contribute to this community somehow.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on June 06, 2015, 09:49 AM
Welcome!  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: carolb on November 06, 2015, 01:23 AM
Hello, I am from the beautiful state of Alabama. Trying to find my way around on this form. I have traveled to Several countries and plan on more traveling in two years.  My husband and I have a business with another 2 year lease, when that is over, goodbye staying at home.  I worked as a Registered nurse for many years and now have a Home Based Business and can work via the net where ever I am.
Love connecting and making new friends, sharing ideas and helping others.  I am a Certified Life Coach and public speaker.  Volunteering is something else I do and love helping charities raise funds.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: breedskool on December 29, 2015, 10:04 AM
The World through the internet has become a united global family, where you can easily connect with people and impact lives you might never get the opportunity to ever meet. sounds like a great idea getting acquainted in here ...
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Jennylayne on April 14, 2016, 12:59 PM
Hello!  I'm brand new here.  I am a graphic artist from St. George Utah, originally from California.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: BGM on April 14, 2016, 09:16 PM
Holla :D
I've been crackin around on the IRC for a while, thought i should make a post here.
Im from auzzy land!
Hopefully i can contribute to this community somehow.
-Sjc1000 (June 05, 2015, 09:39 PM)

Hi, sjc!  We recognize each other from #ahkscript
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Fex777 on April 17, 2016, 02:56 PM
Hello
Im from Switzerland, baught me an Ultrawide Screen (34). The included sofware was crap. Thanks for this chance here and all the help.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Mikky111 on May 01, 2016, 08:03 AM
Nice to see you guys! Mikky, 24, England  8)
Title: Hello
Post by: Sonalisharma on June 04, 2016, 03:31 AM
New member,  hello to All
Title: New Member
Post by: cxtgroup on June 22, 2016, 07:06 AM
Hi Friends,

I am a software developer in Michigan,i would like to shre the some ideas.

Thanks
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on June 22, 2016, 07:12 AM
Strange place to introduce yourself, but...hey...welcome!  :D
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Stoic Joker on June 22, 2016, 11:17 AM
Perhaps they were presenting themselves for our review...?
Title: Re: New Member
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on June 22, 2016, 11:24 AM
Perhaps they were presenting themselves for our review...?
-Stoic Joker (June 22, 2016, 11:17 AM)

They didn't give us much to work with  ;D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Deozaan on June 22, 2016, 12:33 PM
Hi Friends,

I am a software developer in Michigan,i would like to shre the some ideas.

Thanks
-cxtgroup (June 22, 2016, 07:06 AM)
Strange place to introduce yourself, but...hey...welcome!  :D
-Stephen66515 (June 22, 2016, 07:12 AM)
Perhaps they were presenting themselves for our review...?
-Stoic Joker (June 22, 2016, 11:17 AM)
Perhaps they were presenting themselves for our review...?
-Stoic Joker (June 22, 2016, 11:17 AM)

They didn't give us much to work with  ;D
-Stephen66515 (June 22, 2016, 11:24 AM)

The above messages were merged into this thread from the Mini-Reviews by Members (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=42.0) section of the forum.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carl Stone on March 19, 2017, 09:26 PM
Hello,

Carl Stone here from a small town in Illinois near St. Louis, MO. called South Roxana, IL.
I'm 45 years old, been married and divorced, still recovering financially and otherwise from
all that.  I have a background in industry as a Drafter / CAD Designer / Machinist working with
both manual and CNC equipment.  In 2006 during yet another industry layoff I learned of some
striking similarities between Thomas Alva Edison's technical career and my own.

In the absence of decent employment opportunities in my field over the past decade due to
globalization and the exportation of industrial jobs, I have made it my mission to raise the funds
and resources necessary to outfit my own small home based artisan blacksmith and machine shop
to preserve the skills and practices that I was originally taught as a manual machine shop trainee
back in the early 1990's.  While my new shop's staple product line will be various forms of cutlery
that I will be making from recycled steel and other recycled materials, I hope to eventually get to
do some seat of the pants inventing like Edison used to do back in the day.   Not all of his work
as an inventor was popular.......but it was work that he thought was necessary at the time.

Like the self-sufficient electric automobile that recharged it's own batteries as it was driven.
It cost Edison his position at GE and almost cost him his job at the Ford Motor Company.
Everyone thought it couldn't be done, and laughed at him when he took the challenge.
When he provided a working prototype (pictured below) they all gasped and demanded
his ouster from GE's board of directors, citing a conflict of interest with GE's stockholders.
(Mostly Oil and  Petroleum Tycoons and Banking Executives of that day.)    :-\

Just think if Edison had the internet at his disposal back in the day
how much more he could have accomplished with what he was doing?
I'm setting up shop to try and do it again.......to find out.

And I could use some public support to get it up and running because
banks and investment firms want nothing to do with this effort or anything
similar to it, they regard my efforts as a conflict of interest since they are
all so heavily invested in oil and petroleum.

Any and all help and support to move this
effort forward is much appreciated.  Thanks.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Zyreenjen on April 06, 2017, 04:45 AM
I'm from the Philippines, 20 years old will be graduating for my college degree tomorrow. I'm an IT student. but not really good at coding haha. My dream is to become a policewoman but ended up in IT. XD I'm new here nice to meet you all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 06, 2017, 05:41 AM
will be graduating for my college degree tomorrow
-Zyreenjen (April 06, 2017, 04:45 AM)
congratulations
:Thmbsup:
and welcome to dc
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: aheezahns on July 09, 2017, 09:38 PM
Hello,

I am new to the site. I have been lurking for a week or so. I don't have a lot of experience with computers. I do like to learn new stuff. When I found this site it looked real interesting. So I decided to donate and see what I can learn. I will be reading and trying different downloads and asking questions.

I do want to say that I do thank you for sharing your knowledge. And I look forward to interacting with you all.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: robinsleica on July 10, 2017, 02:48 PM
Hi I am robin, and I am from Canada. I am a software engineering student!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on July 11, 2017, 09:27 AM
welcome to DC, aheezahns and robin!  :up:



Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: crazyrob79 on July 11, 2017, 09:38 PM
I m Robert from Mississippi and US NAVY Vet served 7 yrs. master mason and shriner, got AAS deg. in Computer networking technology never did anything with didnt really know anything about it after never studied enough ahha , just joined this site today and downloaded the screen captor program which I really like. I m unemployed at the moment
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on July 12, 2017, 04:21 AM
^ hi Robert, welcome to dc :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on July 12, 2017, 09:39 AM
Welcome robert -- please don't use text formatting to make your messages bold or colored -- it hurts our eyes!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Carl Stone on July 12, 2017, 03:55 PM

Hello Everyone,

Carl Stone here from South Roxana, IL.
I have a background in industry as a CAD Drafter, Designer, Machinist, and Fabricator.
And I'm interested in getting into blacksmithing as an Artisan Blacksmith and Knife Maker.
Due to all the recent exportation of American Jobs I am kind of semi-retired at the moment.
My past employers and my shrink seem to think I need my own small shop instead of looking
for my next industry layoff in the job market, and I agree wholeheartedly.  The problem is
that banks and lenders are not lending for new business start-ups of any kind, and besides
it makes no sense for me to go into debt up to my ears before I even get my shop outfitted
and start making things to sell.  So at the advice of a few investment / hedge fund managers
I've put together an online fundraising campaign on GoFundMe.com (https://www.gofundme.com/Carls-Shop)

There's no pressure to contribute if you can't or choose not to at this time.
But one way or another no matter how long it takes me to raise the needed
funds to outfit my small artisan machine and fabrication shop, it's going to happen.
After nearly 20 years of industrial work experience in other shops, outfitting my
own small shop and business is the next natural progression for a technical career
such as mine.  In 2006, during yet another industry layoff I was informed that I
had achieved a higher level of formal education and industrial work experience
than that once possessed by the late inventor Thomas Alva Edison at the height
of his career while working with Nikola Tesla at General Electric.

Long story short......I need my own shop to do my own thing moving forward.
They pointed out to me, that neither Edison or Henry Ford either one had the
internet or CNC state of the art machine shop equipment at their disposal back
in their day....yet they accomplished more than most people today with all of
this technology and technological advancements at their disposal.

Things that make you go......"Hmm".
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: c.gingerich on July 14, 2017, 11:12 AM
I have been around here for a little but never posted on this topic...

Chris Gingerich - Background is CAD and Civil Design. Taught myself programming and was lucky enough to fall into a programming job where I could work from home for a while (about 2-3 years) then was moved to my current location in Chapel Hill, NC where I have been since. I am the IT Administrator and lead programmer for InsureSign (InsureSign.com) for the past 6 years. Have 2 kids, Carissa 5 and Logan 14 today (7/14). Still struggle day to day to make ends meet, but I love coding and will keep doing it as long as I can.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: baalimago on July 20, 2017, 09:22 AM
hello!

i am imago

im strange. live in sweden.

i'm good at stuff. really good.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on January 23, 2018, 05:44 AM
hi Peggy77, and welcome to donationcoder :up:

That site is nice and clean looking. I'm always curious about different careers -- I know the very basics of html, and know next to nothing about databases. Did you study that combination, or learn on a job?

Re the graphics, when you say develop your skills, do you mean technical, or design (or both). Again wondering, would you do a course then, or learn en-route.
I use graphics software (photoshop illustrator), but for semi-technical illustration. Tried my hand at doing a couple of small graphics jobs for friends, and realised I either dont have a natural talent, or it requires work/(study?) before you learn to create something good. Also created one simple website -- wasn't really happy with how it looked. (It never came to be anyways.)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouse53 on April 03, 2018, 06:48 PM
Hello all I am another mouse, mouse53.  I am from Redding,California ,USA. We are about 2 hours from the Oregon border and it gets really hot here in the summer,  like about 110 or more.  I am now retired at 65,  never thought I would be this old, lol.  I was a Sheetmetal Worker for many years,  a tree trimmer for a utility company trimming the trees away from the high power lines, made corrugated pipe for a while,  did HVAC installations running crews installing the duct and equipment in new homes and commercial jobs,  and was a Maintenance Tech the last 12 years repairing everything in the home for a property management company.  Had my own repair business for a while,  doing cabinets,  carpentry,  plumbing,  and light electrical.  Went back to college in 1996,  got a degree in business,  am HVAC Certified Universal for the EPA,  and a certified Pool Operator for swimming pools and spas. And I still don't know what I want to be when i grow up. I know that seems like a lot,  but spans 49 years of working. Have 3 ex-wifes,  4 sons all grown,  and 7 grandkids. I got into computers late,  like 1996,  love gaming,  Armored Warfare,  Firefall,  Couterstrike Global Op, Defiance,  All of the Myst series ,  URU online,  and Obduction.

I think mouser is doing a great job and hope to continue helping when I can.Will have to find my pics and post some here. You all seem like a nice bunch here.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 03, 2018, 06:57 PM
Glad to hear more about your life mouse53 -- it's always nice to have more people post here on this thread and share a bit of their lives with us  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 03, 2018, 08:20 PM
I know that seems like a lot,  but spans 49 years of working.

Welcome!

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Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouse53 on April 03, 2018, 11:38 PM
I am trying to keep myself busy with more games,  built myself a racing simulator,  and lots of woodworking projects. Thanks for the welcome.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 04, 2018, 12:23 AM
and lots of woodworking projects

There are quite a few of us here who like doing woodworking (for example see this thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=7356)).  Feel free to post some photos!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on April 04, 2018, 11:39 PM
Welcome new people! Hopefully you can find some threads that interest you! (if not, make some!!!)

I look forward to hearing more from you guys :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: cranioscopical on April 13, 2018, 01:31 PM
Welcome, HenryShrt!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on April 14, 2018, 07:49 PM
Hello,
I am from the United Kingdom and I am a student now. You know, I am fond of programming and technologies in general. I tried myself in a lot of different deals like painting, writing, photography and so on and so forth. And right now I am sure that I was born for C++ programming and for creating a software. So I am learning cybernetics, maths, and programming. But I didn't stop painting despite the fact that  I paint not really often. Also I am familiar with Java and a little bit Python, but C++ seems to be more interesting.
-HenryShrt (April 13, 2018, 01:18 PM)

Hello fellow Brit!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: sl5 on April 25, 2018, 09:21 AM
studied Informatics (Diploma Degree) from 2006 until 2009. thesis (score of 1.7) at IBM SAP International Competence Center (ISICC) located at the SAP Partner Port near Heidelberg in Germany.
first game developed in the age of 13 years.
visit the Technical High School, Degree 1994: University student, computer science "very good"
short time i rised to 9th place in the GitHub "List of top Autohotkey developers in Germany" ( 12.07.2015 )
some you could find at github.com/sl5net
... and i searching job / project, searching partners ...
and I owe donationcoder.com 50 euros :-[
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on April 25, 2018, 09:31 AM
Welcome, sl5 -- good to meet you :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: SheilaDi on April 25, 2018, 02:15 PM
Hi Everyone,  GGma here in Small Town, MN.  Have 2 sons,  8 grandchildren and at last count 4 great-grandchildren. Consider myself tech-challenged, but am learning, slowly, how to do things.  Have discovered computer games, though not the role-playing ones.  Mostly homebody, love to read, crochet and quilt, but do walk for exercise three seasons of the year.  MN winter can be waaay tooo cold to walk.  Also collect cats...not live ones as we can't have pets in the apartments here.  Have over 200 cat pins.  Have no idea how much cat fabric, stuffed animals or little figurines I have. :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on April 25, 2018, 02:46 PM
hi SheilaDi, and welcome to dc

Have over 200 cat pins.
-SheilaDi (April 25, 2018, 02:15 PM)
is a pin like, a brooch? Would love to see a pic of some of them (if you felt like sharing -- and trying to figure out how to show in new post -- tip: click preview and then below the textbox you can add image). There's a lot of cat fans around here (lots of dog fans too).
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HelmutWe on October 20, 2018, 07:05 PM
Helmut Weber from a village near Landsberg, Germany. Male, 68 years old, 2004 til 2008 MS MVP for Word VBA, enjoying GAT online soon on 4K-equipment and enjoying Win 10 as well which works perfectly for me. Discovered this great side only last year when searching for a screenshot utility and found it. Almost no idea about coding, but interested nevertheless. At the moment searching for a slot to place a software request to randomize filenames. (Lots of solutions on the net, but nothing is satisfying.) In earlier years taxi-driver, linguist, journalist.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: IainB on October 20, 2018, 09:42 PM
@Helmut:
Guten tag Helmut, und willkommen!
...At the moment searching for a slot to place a software request to randomize filenames. (Lots of solutions on the net, but nothing is satisfying. ...
-HelmutWe (October 20, 2018, 07:05 PM)
Post New Requests Here (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=71.0) - This is the section where new coding snacks requests go.

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 01:45 AM
Hello sweet communtity, I'll tell you something about me too.
I'm in the best years of my life. I studied business administration.
Computers were and still are my great passion.
I gained my first programming experience on a Commodore-64 then continued with an Amiga up to my first 286 processor :-)
In my job programming is not needed, but it is a part of me, as a hobby i could never let it be to stop.
It makes me incredibly much fun to discover new things or to improve old ones.
Since I jumped on the 286 train, I have gained a lot of experience with Assembler and Pascal.
Meanwhile I program only with Object Pascal (Delphi RAD).
This forum I found exactly like Helmut, I needed a Screen-Capture-Tool because my own didn't quite do what I wanted and I wanted to look around at the competition how it does, well I stayed at the competition :-)
And the best thing is, I can indulge my hobby here and help others with little programs or offer my own applications.
I also live in germany and wish everyone a great time!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HelmutWe on October 21, 2018, 03:10 AM
@KodeZwerg: At last here I found ScreenshotCaptor and AutomaticScreenshotter about a year ago, both by far the best programs for my needs. The very few problems I meant to encounter were all solved by Mouser or turned up to be my faults. I still haven´t explored all possibilities.
@lainB: Found it, thx. Will come up soon with some IDEAs.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: Curt on October 21, 2018, 03:40 PM
I'm in the best years of my life.
-KodeZwerg (October 21, 2018, 01:45 AM)

- honestly, I thought you were a lot younger!

Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mouser on October 22, 2018, 07:19 PM
It's always wonderful to have new friends join our discussions here! Please make yourself at home and feel free to move in your own favorite chairs to sit down by the fire.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: holt on February 18, 2019, 01:01 AM
I enjoy hiking.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: wraith808 on March 04, 2019, 09:35 AM
I'm a Web Designer in an online company somewhere in New Jersey. :)
-Sean123 (March 04, 2019, 02:32 AM)

Welcome!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: datguy on April 15, 2019, 08:55 AM
hi all, I am Craig, from UK, glad to join your community! I am student for now ( and freelancer sometimes )  ;) 8) :P
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: KynloStephen66515 on April 15, 2019, 08:59 AM
hi all, I am Craig, from UK, glad to join your community! I am student for now ( and freelancer sometimes )  ;) 8) :P
-datguy (April 15, 2019, 08:55 AM)

Nice to have a fellow Brit around the place! Where abouts you from?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: HelmutWe on April 23, 2019, 02:45 PM
  :up: Here is the best place to be on the net. No trolls. Only serious knowlegdeable people.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: NSDebi on March 24, 2020, 10:52 PM
Hi,
I'm Debi and currently live in Moncton, New Brunswick Canada.  My family originates from Blockhouse, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
I was an Army brat and spend two tours in Germany while my father was stationed there.  I graduated from Baden Senior High School in 1975 and a few month's later returned to Canada where I found a job in our Federal Government.  I retired after 20 years, and did odd temporary jobs to keep me busy.  I am not all the proficient with computers, but somehow found you guys many years ago when I was searching for something to make life easier.  I have no idea what it even was, but I enjoyed reading all about the stuff yo smart tech people do, so I stayed.  My Mum passes away 6 years ago and left me a tri-plex.  So, I am currently a landlady who lives in the same space on the main floor, and has 2-1 bedroom apt's on the second floor and 1-1 bedroom in the basement that I rent.  I wish there was an app that I could download and use on potential tenants as a lie detecting tool, because I seem to have the worse luck getting ones that can actually afford to pay rent and won't leave the place destroyed when evicted.  Bet I'm not alone either...lol.
I have a boyfriend, and today is our third dating Anniversary.  I have 2 dogs and a parrot.  The old lady Pom Foxi-Gurl arrived blind in one eye, and now is blind in the other eye because of cataracts.  We adopted her as a senior and estimate her to be between 15 and 17 yrs. old.  She is also pretty much deaf, but still manages to make her way around to eat and go potty.  My other dog is a Biewer Blueberry Merle Yorkie.  He has one blue eye and one brown eye and was born deaf.  I am amazed at how much he learns and communicates even though he can't hear a thing.  He will be 2 in April.  People ask all the time is deaf dogs bark...OMG they bark, wimper, whine, snort and snore like any other dog.  He tends to keep an eye on one of us at all times waiting for hand signals to come etc. but just like a hearing dog he sometimes ignores us.  The parrot I got from a friend about 20 years ago when her kids were outgrowing him and he was left home alot. He is an African Senegal.  I had to make sure I added him to my will because he can live for another 40-50 years, and will no doubt outlive me.
Hopefully, I haven't bored you too much with this bio.  I've left out alot....your welcome  :D  I was going to include pics, but the window that popped up confused me  :huh:....oh maybe I can....gonna try  :-\.....think I did it  :D :D :D
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: holt on March 25, 2020, 01:31 PM
^Hi Debi! :) You're not boring at all. Your post reminded me of our Chihuahua-Dachshund mix we had when I was a young man; when he turned old and gray-muzzled and went totally blind, he would use his nose for a blind man's white cane substitute to bump his way slowly around in the house, and he actually seemed happier after he went blind than at any prior time in his entire life.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: irkregent on March 25, 2020, 02:07 PM
Well, since I have not yet posted in this thread, this is as good a time as any.

I am Keith, from southeast Michigan, though I am fortunate enough to be able spend winter seasons in southwest Florida.

For a living I have been a database software developer for over 15 years, specializing in the Progress OpenEdge development environment.  I have been fortunate enough to be able to work remotely on a contract basis for a number of years.  However, with the current COVD-19 panic and likely recession to follow, I have no idea where my career path will lead next.  I should take this downtime as a chance to diversify.  Python, for one, is intriguing and seems to be high in demand.

I enjoy programming, and got my college degree in Computer Science.  I am old enough to have done a good bit of Pascal programming as part of my degree program, and I have to admit I miss Pascal.

Interests include sports car racing (watching, not driving), especially IMSA and Formula 1; photography; and computers in general.

So, that's me in a nutshell.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: NSDebi on March 25, 2020, 06:17 PM
Hi Holt,
Thank you for your reply.  I am so sorry for your condition, but if Michael J Fox has taught us anything, you can still live a pretty active life and continue doing things you love.  Wishing you many more years with your significant other :)
Thank you for linking some of your words, because once I am finished typing, I will be checking out what the heck they mean.  I  have no idea how to take a computer apart or delve into its brain.  Right now, my Windows 10 laptop has Windows update shut off (I tried applying the fix thru my laptop and a fixing program I have installed)and some guy wanted $250.00us to go into my laptop and turn it back on and fix any errors I have.  I'm semi retired and heat my house and water with oil.  Thanks to my Prime Minister, I have carbon tax and Gst tax tacked on to a delivery.  I ordered $500.00 in oil the other day, and lost about $100.00 worth in tax if not more.  So, to give this person money was way beyond my means.  I don't need window updates that bad!
Take care, and stay safe during these trying times.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: holt on May 04, 2020, 11:53 AM
irkregent
-NSDebi (March 25, 2020, 06:17 PM)
Hi Debi, Some like to say, 'Laugh, and the world laughs with you; cry, and you cry alone'. But others say (as I'm fond of telling my wife), 'A joy shared is twice a joy, and a sorrow shared is half a sorrow'.
So, somewhere in there, is hopefully a bit of wisdom, and a few smiling faces, and maybe a broken heart or two, all looking to share, and live, and find a bit of laughter amidst the tears. :)

irkregent, Welcome aboard!...and the same again to you Debi!
DonationCoder can always use another programmer and code writer. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: erikts on June 05, 2020, 07:06 AM
Hi! I am 36 and living in Indonesia. I am working for a financial institution. I spend most of my free-time with my girl-friend or with my computer. Here is a picture of a crowded train I use daily  :-[ :

-erikts (May 07, 2009, 12:12 AM)

It's been a while since that post. Now I'm a little bit older. I still work at the same company. I have kids to spend my time. And [drum roll] I'm thankful to have DC too. :)

Nowadays I commute by riding motorcycle.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: erikts on June 05, 2020, 07:13 AM
Hopefully, I haven't bored you too much with this bio.
-NSDebi (March 24, 2020, 10:52 PM)

Always love reading every posts here. :)
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: danlock77 on September 19, 2020, 05:40 PM
I'm Jesse. No, not that Jesse. Another one. Similar in age, though.

(I've never been to New York. I think I've seen Manhattan from a seaside road in Connecticut one New Year's weekend during the late '90s. If that is not possible, I was (obviously) seeing something else. I think I had switched planes in Chicago that trip, but I can't remember. I probably recorded the details in a journal I was keeping at the time, not that THAT is relevant in this message.)

I've followed donationcoder.com for many, many years, but very little since mid-2017-or-so. The top-right text on this page says "Proudly celebrating 15+ years online." so that might tell you something.  Oops! That's the site's time online. I apparently joined in 2007. :)  So I've been here since the year the site's online time was approximately two years.

I live alone in the western United States. I've accomplished the majority of the things I wanted to accomplish in life according to the "bucket list" (if you will) of my life I dreamed up when I was around six years old (e.g. graduate from high school, graduate from college, etc.). Some, though, are no longer possible, mostly as a result of external events, such as "look down from the top of one of the World Trade Center towers." Others from my age six bucket list are much less likely: "Marry someone during or after University with whom to have a family."

I will amend this message later if I can and if I think of additional relevant information to provide.

I no longer live where I lived when I first donated and received my Cody memorabilia. I somehow misplaced my beloved package from DonationCoder one night while showing it to an extended family member at a frozen yogurt shop. (at least, I think that's where it was misplaced...I never found it again.)  :'(

I love to learn (as I always have), despite the aggravating detriments with which I now live that make it an uphill battle. I hope I never reach a point at which my ability to continue learning reaches an end.

The extended family member to whom I referred above helped to ignite, or to fuel, my love of learning. During grad school and later, he would visit his wife's parents' home (where we interacted) and ask me questions—thought-provoking questions—to which I would respond. Even decades later, waiting in line at the dentist's office (probably between late 2010 and early 2012), he'd ask me questions, seemingly out of the blue, such as, "How could two people, each at a different place on Earth's surface but with no quick method of communication, observe a future event at the same time using something they can both agree upon? (I'm not sure, and cannot remember, whether the event was merely observed or was a message sent and encrypted and/or decrypted using that simultaneously-observed, specific event.)

I remember, though, that my answer involved the two people looking toward the same place in the distant sky at an aspect of the universal microwave background radiation to determine the precise time (because the UMBR would be the same at the same time to all of Earth). I can't remember whether I considered using that specific snapshot (known to both people despite their separation) of the UMBR as the basis for an encryption and/or decryption key for any potential later message. It might instead have been merely used as a way of synchronizing clocks, so to speak, so the two people could do something else which required synchronicity, such as a single transmission, which could never be repeated, from one to the other using a "fast" way of communicating.

But I digress, as I am wont to do. Anyway, there you have it: some train-of-thought typing from my brain to my fingers.

As I said above, I'll modify this message if I notice grammatical errors, typos, misspellings, etc. (things like that stick out in my vision like sore thumbs! For whatever reason, my brain notices tiny, especially incorrect, details, without effort!), or other things which will make little sense unless I provide further exposition. (Those various things are embarrassingly common in my typed text after I've typed something while in a state of great fatigue such as the one I am currently experiencing!)

[end]
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: panzer on September 19, 2020, 05:54 PM
I'm Jesse. No, not that Jesse.

[end]
-danlock77 (September 19, 2020, 05:40 PM)

Jesse James?
Jesse Owens?
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: tomos on September 20, 2020, 03:06 PM
I'm Jesse. No, not that Jesse
-danlock77 (September 19, 2020, 05:40 PM)

Jesse James?
Jesse Owens?
-panzer (September 19, 2020, 05:54 PM)
mouser jesse !!!!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: panzer on September 20, 2020, 03:25 PM
Ah, that Jesse. I just know him by the nickname.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: mrnottingham on November 06, 2020, 04:37 AM
hello everyone, I'm a master's student in computer science. and I'm 24 years old. I live in Nottingham.
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Post by: cranioscopical on November 06, 2020, 01:49 PM
hello everyone, I'm a master's student in computer science. and I'm 24 years old. I live in Nottingham.
-mrnottingham (November 06, 2020, 04:37 AM)

Welcome, I think you'll enjoy this p lace.
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: velaris on May 10, 2021, 07:51 AM
Hi, I'm 23 years old and from Germany :) I've always liked computers since I grew up with them and always found them super interesting and exciting to work with. Looking forward to being part of this community!
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: x16wda on May 10, 2021, 05:45 PM
Velaris we are happy to have you here!
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Post by: mouser on May 11, 2021, 12:28 AM
Welcome  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
Post by: OptimalDesigns on July 17, 2023, 04:54 PM
Hi, I'm 78 and a Mathematical Engineer / Mathematician / Electrical Engineer / & Author living in Roseburg, OR.  I've been trying to introduce a Calculus-Level Computer language named FortranCalculus (FC) to Engineers & Scientists and their management.  FC reduces Problem-Solution cycle time by 1/20th!  FC got its start at NASA ~1960.  Ever see the movie Hidden Figures?  It kinda shows the problems Engineers have in communicating amongst themselves.

Anyone living in Roseburg, OR?  If so, please make contact :)

Phil