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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by mouser on November 06, 2012, 08:53 AM »

I still love that clip/song. 

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Mouser's Zone / Re: Mouser's Election Predictor - A Memory from 2004

« Last post by mouser on November 05, 2012, 11:47 PM »

Just wanted to share a bit of history

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Mouser's Zone / Mouser's Election Predictor - A Memory from 2004

« Last post by mouser on November 05, 2012, 11:41 PM »

On the eve of the 2012 election I thought I would bring up a memory of mine.

This application precedes the creation of DonationCoder by a few months: Released in 2004 was my "Mouser's Election Predictor".

"MEP is a program for estimating the likelihood that a given candidate will win the United States Presidential Election based on estimates of how each state is leaning, and taking into account the electoral college all-or-nothing voting system.  It lets you fill in a table of how likely each state is to vote for a given candidate, and based on these numbers, calculates the odds that the different candidates will win. It can also use poll results to estimate probabilities.  It can be used on election night as states results come in to constantly give you an updated estimate of your candidates chances."

Read the online help file from 2004: here.








Nowadays there are great online sites that run essentially the same Monte Carlo electoral college simulations and show results online, e.g. Nate Silver's 538 Blog.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where's the "Changelog" associated with FARR Version 2.0?

« Last post by mouser on November 05, 2012, 04:12 PM »

Glad to hear you like it! 

Watch some FARR videos:

https://www.donation...om/screencasts/farr/

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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.12.01 - Apr 22, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 05, 2012, 02:21 PM »

Maybe this is what you want:

Webcam Video Diary - https://www.donation...ideoDiary/index.html

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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.12.01 - Apr 22, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 05, 2012, 06:26 AM »

kfitting, can you explain more.. i'm not sure what you are asking..

IF you are asking if SC can create still images of selected frames from a video file, then yes it can.

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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.12.01 - Apr 22, 2015

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 10:51 PM »

System sound not just mic audio?

I'm not made of magic -- you'll be able to select your audio device line -- if your soundcard has a "mix" or "what you hear" input, then you'll be able to record system sound, otherwise you'll have to choose a mic input.


Again -- if you have real and regular need to record high quality screencast videos -- this tool is not for you! Get yourself a serious screencast tool, there are some excellent ones out there.

This is for quick and dirty screencast recordings for people who can't be bothered to install and learn a full tool, and/or who want a screencast tool that integrates quickly into Screenshot Captor.

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Easy Screencast Recorder / LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.17.01 - May 31, 2017

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 10:17 PM »

Easy Screencast Recorder is a mini screencast recorder.
It can be used standalone or can be integrated into Screenshot Captor to easily record simple screencasts.

Download from:

• https://www.donation...Software/Mouser/esr/

v1.17.01 - May 30, 2017

• [BugFix] Rewrote redbox overlay code to hopefully eliminate spurious displays of red on some recordings.
• [BugFix] Repeated calls to select window to capture might not work if dll hooks are disabled in options.
• [BugFix] Better error reporting.

v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017

• [Improvement] High-DPI Windows (text size > 100%) is now supported well.
• [Improvement] Installer now offers to run app after installation.
• [Improvement] Options now accessible from system tray.
• [BugFix] On windows 10 a remnant red overlay was seen when changing capture modes.
• [BugFix] Another attempt to fix bug where Red region was stuck on screen for some people during recording; new kludge option that should absolutely solve it if you still see it.

v1.12.01 - April 22, 2015

• [Feature] You can now set whether the main dialog stays on top of other windows or not.
• [MinorFeature] Hotkey configuration box is now larger.

v1.11.01 - Sep 26, 2014

• [BugFix] Trying to capture videos larger than about 2000x1014 could sometimes result in final output being resized to very small dimensions.
• [BugFix] About box was going to wrong homepage.
• [BugFix] Minor typos.
• [Feature] Added option to check for updates on startup.

Basically it's intended to be a bare-bones simple screencast recorder for people who don't need a real screencast tool (I highly recommend most people get a real screencast tool which supports editing and callouts, etc.).

Simple interface:


Showing region area selection:


Showing countdown prior to recording start:


Previewing last recording - with easy frame image saving:

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Living Room / Re: Now this is a Windows 8 review I heartily applaud

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 02:56 PM »

I use FARR and LBC for common stuff but i still have a deep start menu of EVERYTHING installed on the PC so that i can find things by category.

I think one of the problems is that most people dont know how to organize their start menu.  When organized it's a wonderful tool.
Instead of making it easier to organize, MS is trying to kill and hide it.  Very bad choice.

There is a real benefit to having a hierarchical organization of everything installed on the computer.

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Living Room / Re: Now this is a Windows 8 review I heartily applaud

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 02:24 PM »

The thing is, from a programmer's perspective I actually think the generic "Tiling" approach is actually a smart improvement upon the ad hoc gadget approach to putting things on the desktop.

It seems to me it's much more maintainable and sustainable in the sense that it offers a clean way to put stuff on the screen in a way that trying to support arbitrarily shaped and sized gadgets is not.  It's a good example of choosing a simpler more reliable and maintainable solution over allowing everything under the sun.  And those simple-looking solid color tiles, again it's just a cleaner solution that suggest easier programming and UI consistency.

My major complaint against what Microsoft is doing is about their decision to make it so hard and confusing to switch between this tiled stuff and desktop view without these gadgets, and how ill-suited this approach is for a large start menu hierarchy, etc.

I think a much smarter approach would have been to leave the original taskbar, startmenu, system tray -- which to my way of thinking are excellent, and simply replace desktop icons with the tiling system, with a simple way to toggle tiles off to yield a blank desktop (or switch between tile sets); to me this would have been so much better than the confusing approach they have come up.

I can only hope they will realize that this tile/gadget/ipad/touch layout is only suitable for certain workflows, and make it more natural and intuitive to switch modes of operation.

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Living Room / Re: Now this is a Windows 8 review I heartily applaud

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 01:21 PM »

I think that article makes some good points using a hefty dose of sarcasm.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where's the "Changelog" associated with FARR Version 2.0?

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 09:54 AM »

You'll also find the more recent changes listed on the main forum thread for new FARR releases:

• https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=10505.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where's the "Changelog" associated with FARR Version 2.0?

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 09:53 AM »

It's at the bottom of the help file.

You can also find that online, if you go to the FARR web page, then click on the "Online Help/History" link, and then click on the "Version History" link at the bottom of that page

Direct Link:

• https://www.donation...?version_history.htm

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Living Room / Re: First Time With Win 8

« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2012, 03:36 AM »

Frankly I had just about the exact same experience as that guy in the video, except with a lot more angry cursing, and general depression about the future of Microsoft.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature Request: Default Zoom Level - Let User Set Preference

« Last post by mouser on November 03, 2012, 01:30 PM »

Ha! funny video -- I think I've seen it before but it's still funny.

Ok so it seems like the problem you are experiencing is actually a more general one, that the settings are not being saved when the computer reboots.  That's not good.  Can you check in the options on the first General Settings tab and make sure you dont have the checkbox checked labeled "Skip saving settings on logoff or system shutdown", and uncheck that if so.

If that box isn't checked, let me know so I know I've got a bug to solve.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Alt+Tab

« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2012, 11:52 PM »

even after selecting "Show on Taskbar" option in "Window Options"

did you make sure to restart FARR after changing that setting?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: %num% counter does not function

« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2012, 05:21 PM »

It works like a charm!

Great!

I can not quickly find is possibility to assign hotkey to "Engage Auto Capture Timer"

There is no hot key for this.. though there is a tray menu item for it.. I'm thinking about making a more generic hotkey system -- if so I will support it.

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Living Room / Re: Win 8 Patent Lawsuit

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 08:29 PM »

Ridiculous.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Abnormal Program Termination

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 03:36 PM »

Let me try to get rfduck (since he seems to be able to cause it at will) a test version to see if i can't narrow down the cause of this problem.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Excel files don't open

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 03:20 PM »

I've noticed that too on my pc.. can you check something for me -- if you try it several times in a row (maybe try it with excel already open), does it *sometimes* work?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help me choose an online backup service

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 02:29 PM »

Quick CrashPlan update:

I'm back to 40k/s speeds and occasional notices that backup has stopped for mystery reasons and that the next backup is scheduled for "18 hours from now" (despite initial backup not being done yet) with no way to nudge it to get started again and no hint as to why it's not running.

 

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Programmer Libs / Re: PythonProtoCards - Prototype Card Game Images - v1.5.01 - 9/9/12

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 02:21 PM »

Regarding your other more general programming questions.. Best thing I can say is to just hang around the forum here -- there are lots of new coders just learning how to program here and you're in good company.

We even have a little event coming up at the end of the year that you might try to participate in, called NANY.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: %num% counter does not function

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 12:26 PM »

I apologize that it's taking so long to get our a proper new release with the fix for this.


In the meantime I've just uploaded a new beta for you to try at:

• https://www.donation...nshotCaptorSetup.exe

The new beta does not change the function of the %num% field, but adds a new field %numinc%.

Let me explain the difference:

• %num% - a 3 digit number that is AUTOMATICALLY generated and set as needed to avoid filename clashes.  So if a new screenshot filename would overwrite an existing one, SC will try finding a value for %num% that is unique, starting at 1 and going up from there to 999.  If %num% is found explicitly in the file name template, it will be used there, otherwise it will be added to the end to uniquify the filename if (and only if) needed.  Essentially this is all automatic -- the only reason the %num% field is exposed in the filename template is so that you can change its position in your filename if you want to.
• %numinc% - a new 5 digit number that is only used if it is explicitly specified in the filename template.  If found, it is ALWAYS used, and its value is ALWAYS incremented, and is kept persistent between runs (even when you exit and restart SC).  It starts off at a value of 1 and can be manually changed in the "File Naming Template" tab. This will give a unique number to every capture if you use it.

So I hope you guys will try out the new %numinc% field and tell me if it does what you wanted.  Remember you have to explicitly go to the File Naming Template tab and add it to your filename template in order for it to be used.

For example:

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: Carbon - my new hackable performant (semi) static blogging system.

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 06:30 AM »

So the static site is really self-contained html -- it does not use any php and is fully navigable? that's a pretty big win if so.

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DcUpdater / Re: DCUpdater portable version?

« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2012, 06:14 AM »

My apps have a built in ability to check for updates now (when you ask them to), they just can't download the update for you -- instead they will refer you to the webpage if you don't have dcupdater installed.

However, as you suggest, FARR plugins are not included in this -- only dcupdater knows about farr plugins; you'll have to get those manually.