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Living Room / Astonishing comics that 'save your game' when you turn the page

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 07:52 PM »

This is a nice article about Jason Shiga, who was inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure books, where every page has some choices you can make that instruct you to turn to different pages which alter the storyline. Jason has been stretching the idea to introduce some more complex ways of interacting with comic stories.. One even has a kind of "inventory" system.

Every page is sliced in half, separating the comic into two parts. The top half is where the story unfolds, while the bottom half displays the contents of your suitcase. The two sides are connected by an intricate system of page-turning: When you see a number inside a square, you flip to a page in the top half of the comic, advancing the story; when you see a number inside a circle, you flip to a page on the bottom, adding and removing items from your suitcase.

Very cool stuff -- seems like these comics would make great mind-expanding gifts for young kids.

http://boingboing.ne...on-shiga-comics.html

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Android Apps / Re: One category doesn't sync - v. 1.84

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 07:08 PM »

How strange..
Can you do try some tests..
Are you setting that even if you update the item again on either device, it never syncs between the two devices?
Can you update (click NOW) for the item that isnt syncing and try again -- and try editing the categories, to make sure nothing is set to "hidden" -- it's hard for me to imagine why it would consistently fail to update one item while doing the others.
And check around to make sure the item isnt hiding in another section?
And if you create a new item on once device, does it sync to the others?
Must be some explanation..

oops, i see now your update says it started working again.. let me know if it acts up again.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: scrolling window OUT OF MEMORY CRASH...EVERY TIME

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 03:59 PM »

On the Scrolling Capture dialog, before it begins scrolling, on the left hand side about half way down is a place to limit the memory used.
Try changing from default of 500 (mb) to like 5000.  See if that helps.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Please try these masks...

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 03:42 PM »

Thanks very much for the post, kunkel!
I will fix the help file and let me make sure it doesn't crash if the files are not named correctly!

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Licencia para Snooper

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 07:12 AM »

Oops, I missed that they were asking for some other program made by some company not related to DonationCoder -- I'm afraid you'll have to go to them for the key to that!

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Licencia para Snooper

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 06:58 AM »

For my program URL Snooper, get your key here: https://www.donation...r.com/Keys/index.php
(make sure you download the one labeled for URL Snooper).
Let us know if you have any trouble.

But for software not made by this site, you'll have to go to the company that made it!

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Bug: Using space to select hotkeys doesn't save

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 06:37 AM »

Confirmed the spacebar-checkbox-toggle bug effects most of the lists.
Fixed but not yet uploaded -- will be in next release. Until then make sure to use mouse click to toggle checkbox states instead of spacebar.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Bug: Under load searching sometimes fails

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 06:11 AM »

this should definitely not happen.. search may slow down but load should not cause a premature stopping of search.
see if you can observe some more and figure out any more clues as to what might be happening..

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Find And Run Robot / Re: pretty-software.com does the same as Find and Run Robot and it is really free ;D

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 06:09 AM »

cyberdoc may have just had some frustration getting Find and Run Robot to accept the free license key -- i know sometimes there can be some frustration with the captcha signing up to the forum, or with just the idea of having to download a free license key -- as i've said many times before my frustration threshold is very low and when trying to install some software i can understand getting mad at having to do any extra step.

cyberdoc, if you are still around, and got frustrated with the procedure and want to try FARR again, feel free to contact me for any assistance in getting it working or getting the license key put in -- sometimes the approach we use here leaves something to be desired, but all we are trying to do is get people to at least consider for a moment donating.  but regardless of that, i'm happy to assist in getting it working well for you, so let me/us know how we can assist.

or if you are just trying to advertise another tool.. well as Jibz says, you can find a list of alternative programs at the bottom of the Find and Run help file (you'll also see there that FARR has been in fairly constant development since 2002 -- many similar programs have come and gone since then!).

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Bug: Using space to select hotkeys doesn't save

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 05:52 AM »

Hi GieltjE -- can you elaborate?\
Ah i bet i know what you mean -- you mean using space to toggle whether the hotkey is active or not in the hotkey list.
Thanks, I will fix!

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: New FARR Plugin: FCalc

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 05:34 AM »

fcalc updated to v 1.12:

• v1.12.01 , Mar 25th, 2015 - Fixed some issues with using last result in more complex expresions with spaces or starting with +*-/^
• Improved "fc help" instructions

LATEST HELP:

 fc expression -- calculate an expression
 fc ` -- clear history
 fc VARNAME=VAL -- assign a var
 fc clear [VARNAME] -- clear variables
 fc list -- list defined variables
 use special var 'lv' to refer to last value or just start expression with +-*/^

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.218.01 - Mar 25, 2015

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 05:28 AM »

oops, last version broke some aliases/icons.  update should fix:

Version 2.218.01 - Mar 25, 2015

• [Bugfix] Fixed issue with some alias icons and some launching of aliases related to a path resolution problem.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Some minor annoyances

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 03:18 AM »

Ah wait... hahaha I just took a closer look at the error.

The read-only-ness it's talking about is LBC custom read only flag, set here:

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Some minor annoyances

« Last post by mouser on March 25, 2015, 03:14 AM »

If I had to guess, I'd guess that Windows is blocking the ability to write to that G:\ root directory -- and that I need to change that LBC message to say that the file could not be written, and may be read only or otherwise prevented from writing (disk full, protected location, etc.).

Do a Save As and put it someplace you have permission to save.

Let me know if that fixes it.

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Living Room / Re: The 2015 10th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Cheer for Victory Thread!

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 08:34 PM »

Thermometer seems to be stalling out.. did someone forget to put gas in the engine this afternoon? 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor in Switzerland

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 08:25 PM »

Love the cat images in the screenshots!  

Thanks for sharing, spelley.

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Living Room / Re: The 2015 10th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Cheer for Victory Thread!

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 05:43 PM »

Several people have asked questions in this vein so let me give my spiel:

• When you make a donation via paypal, amazon, etc, that action is what increases the thermometer.
• Using donationcredits does not affect the thermometer.
• You still get the normal email link when you donate that will let you activate the donationcredits into your forum account, where you can give them out to whoever you want.
• Theoretically, if everyone activated their donation and used their donationcredits by giving them them out to random people who cashed them out, then the "fundraiser" would not actually do much for the site coffers and hosting costs.
• However in practice, only a small minority goes through the process of converting their donation to donationcredits and then gives out their credits to someone they want to thank -- and because of that, most donations fall back by default into the site coffers.
• Most importantly, my position is this -- if you are engaged enough in the site that you have someone you want to send your donationcredits to, to say thank you for their work on coding snacks, or helping people on the forum, etc., then sending your donation to them is just as valuable a way to support the site as any, and thus is a well directed fundraiser contribution.
• So the bottom line: Whether you do nothing, or send your donation credits to the site account, or send them to anyone on the site that you appreciate, they are all equally valid ways of participating in the fundraiser.

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Living Room / Re: The 2015 10th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser Cheer for Victory Thread!

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 04:59 PM »

Can't believe how long I have been here and how many words I must have typed during that time

we need a function that will export a pdf ebook for a user showing all posts that have participated in, with their contributions colored differently.

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UrlSnooper / Re: Stops Sniffing | Locks Up | Cannot Close | Cannot End Process | Must Re-Boot PC

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 03:47 PM »

yep, first time i've heard of a problem hanging..
Next time it hangs can you observe with the statusbar shows in terms of number of packets parsed and queued.. I'd like to if perhaps its some huge number that get backed up or something.
I could maybe make you a debug version that would let us track down where its hanging.

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UrlSnooper / Re: Stops Sniffing | Locks Up | Cannot Close | Cannot End Process | Must Re-Boot PC

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 03:12 PM »

And have you detected any pattern to when it hangs?
How long after it's running does it hang?
What are the counts on the statusbar showing? How many results are in the grid?
(im just trying to get some clues as to what might be happening...)

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Living Room / Re: Funny Animal Videos

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 02:56 PM »

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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 02:52 PM »

ps.
I hope none of you current regulars get any funny ideas from this thread and make plans to disappear for a few years just to get the lost sheep treatment ! 
Don't even think about it!!!!!

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Living Room / Re: 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 02:51 PM »

iphigenie! great to see you!!! This is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads

I hope skrommel sees the sweet words being said about him here. 

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Living Room / A website where online folks can "sign" a card digitally - then send by mail

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 01:26 PM »

Can anyone recommend a website where a bunch of people can "digitally" sign a card and add their sentiments, and then have a PHYSICAL card printed and mailed to someone?
I was thinking something like a get well card..  I suppose it could be done unofficially by just letting everyone send their statements to one person to print out and mail it in an envelope...

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UrlSnooper / Re: Stops Sniffing | Locks Up | Cannot Close | Cannot End Process | Must Re-Boot PC

« Last post by mouser on March 24, 2015, 10:04 AM »

I've not heard of it happening before.. it sounds like if you can't terminate the process, it's almost certainly hung somewhere in the network driver code of WinPcap..
Have you checked if you have the most recent WinPCap installed?
It also might have to do with your network adapter card -- you might check to see if you have the most recent drivers for that installed.