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Post New Requests Here / Re: Show IP Address from domain name

« Last post by mouser on October 27, 2020, 12:38 PM »

Can I just remind people to please consider taking a moment of your time and sending a donation to the coders who hang out here who create little programs based on requests?
You have no idea how much even a small donation might mean to a coder who could use the encouragement.
Just click on the gold coin under their name to send them some of a donation you have made to the site.

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Living Room / Re: What, if anything, has IMPROVED for you as a result of the pandemic?

« Last post by mouser on October 20, 2020, 02:33 AM »

The best thing for me is other people adapting so that more things can be done without me having to interact with humans in person

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by mouser on October 18, 2020, 08:42 AM »

I recently picked up a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 ($500); one of the things that has surprised me the most was how comfortable it is to mark up pdf documents with the pen while reading.
This is one of the things I have struggled with the most when trying to move from reading physical print books to ebooks -- I miss marking up the margins and underlining/circling important parts with a red marker.
I did not expect to use the pen of this tablet at all, but I find it is quite satisfying -- even if it is only a psychological thing being able to mark up the document

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Screenshot Captor / Re: [BUG] Thumbnails never updated if Preserve Date/Time after Edit option used

« Last post by mouser on October 11, 2020, 10:30 PM »

Oh that's an interesting observation.. It may be a windows system thing..  I wonder if I could work around it by just tweaking the date/time ahead by 1 second..

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Living Room / Re: Where would you go to hire someone to make a logo and/or video intro for you?

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2020, 05:50 AM »

Looks like fiverr might be the way to go.

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Living Room / Where would you go to hire someone to make a logo and/or video intro for you?

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2020, 03:26 AM »

As I've posted about elsewhere, I am in the process of putting together a youtube channel to review (cooperative) board games with a friend.

Neither of us are artistically inclined, and we were wondering if anyone had any experience with hiring someone to make a logo, video intro animation, and/or a little musical intro, etc.

Anyone have any experience with sites where they can hire someone for such a thing?  Any advice?

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Ludum Dare 47: October 2nd-5th, 2020

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2020, 03:14 AM »

Nice work, deo!
Completing these things is its own reward.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to delete a folder that Windows can't find?

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2020, 12:13 AM »

"How to delete a folder that Windows can't find?" -- sounds like a zen koan

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by mouser on October 01, 2020, 02:57 PM »

Cute creatures! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on October 01, 2020, 02:56 PM »

Yep, it's me.. I'm getting less concerned about having photographic evidence of how I look on the web as I get older

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on October 01, 2020, 01:26 AM »

More toned down look:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2020, 10:57 AM »

Maybe if you could cover/wrap the LEDs with some thin fabric or something to diffuse the light

Good idea, might be worth a try.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 29, 2020, 10:56 AM »

I was thinking of it as highlighting the games that the current cast is about- or that you wanted to highlight.

Exactly.. it will be for highlighting recent or upcoming games for review.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2020, 09:33 PM »

I can dim the led strip lights and change their color.. maybe we can find a better setting.  I can definitely see those lights being one of those things that some people like and some don't..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2020, 08:49 PM »

Yeah I had to lose about 100 books into recycling to make room for that 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2020, 07:22 PM »

Early test screenshot from a lighting test video, still some tweaking to do..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2020, 12:55 PM »

See if you can spot cody

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on September 28, 2020, 12:45 PM »

My latest project, a custom board game table top for recording youtube board game videos:




Maple rails, with a 3' x 4' center playing area, inset about 2.5" deep, with a recess to hide mat edges.  The bottom is hard wood veneered plywood (cherry).  I could have used standard plywood for the bottom as I can't imagine ever playing on it without a mat, but I happened to have a good full sheet of the cherry veneered plywood so I used that, and finished everything as if it were going to be seen.

I used my "normal" finishing method, which I swear by, and think I have described above: Analine dyes followed by 6 or so coats of Arm-R-Seal semi-gloss, followed by 2 coats of Arm-R-Seal satin, about 8 hours apart each coat, sanded lightly 300grit between coats.  Takes lots of time but its smooth as silk and almost foolproof.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Mafia 1 and Mafia 2 - Atmosphere done right - Travel back in time to the 1940s

« Last post by mouser on September 25, 2020, 11:43 AM »

Back in 2012 I wrote about my love of the Mafia1 and Mafia2 computer games.  Now in 2020 they went back and brought the original Mafia game up to 2020 graphics and audio standards, and re-recorded all the dialog, etc. 
Can't wait to return to this game.  Highly recommended. 

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Living Room / Re: DC Weekly Tech News HAS RETURNED! [Episode 1 Linked Within!]

« Last post by mouser on September 24, 2020, 10:13 PM »

Great stuff! Looking forward to the next episode.

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by mouser on September 21, 2020, 07:35 AM »

wraith, neat!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Using annotations

« Last post by mouser on September 11, 2020, 04:24 AM »

Yep, what Ath said!

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Living Room / Re: Hardware and software for quality youtube podcasting (for boardgaming)?

« Last post by mouser on September 10, 2020, 12:23 AM »

Anyone else with any thoughts? I'm actually going to start making a couple boardgame podcasts/vlogs with my friend very soon.. exciting/scary/daunting.. any advice?

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Automatic Screenshotter / Re: Automatic Screenshotter v1.17.01 - Jan 3, 2020

« Last post by mouser on September 08, 2020, 02:13 PM »

Ok let me try to get a new version up in the next day or two.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Distribute and Align objects and text boxes.

« Last post by mouser on September 08, 2020, 08:12 AM »

It's a good idea, but a bit beyond SC's ambitions