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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Newsletter confirmation emails..
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2013, 03:22 AM »
what on earth.. you've received more than one of these?
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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2013, 02:10 AM »
Up to $532.34 -- thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Codymobile fund so far  :up:
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Living Room / Re: Show us a picture of your.. CAR!!!
« Last post by mouser on August 02, 2013, 08:28 PM »
Maybe this can be the codymobile?

Would be nice  :up:
Tell Elio to send me a free one.
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Living Room / Re: Show us a picture of your.. CAR!!!
« Last post by mouser on August 01, 2013, 09:23 PM »
COOOOL  :up:
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: meme outline feature
« Last post by mouser on August 01, 2013, 01:26 AM »
Surely there are some better tools for meme creation?
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Living Room / Re: 10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago
« Last post by mouser on August 01, 2013, 12:03 AM »
In the 1910s, Gallaher Ltd of Belfast & London and Ogden's Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co printed "How-To" series, with clever hints for both everyday and emergency situations. From steaming out a splinter to stopping a mad dog, these cigarette cards told you the smart way to handle many of life's problems.

Nowadays any single one of the "how to" cards listed on that page would result in a dozen lawsuits within a month after hitting the printers.

 :P
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Site/Forum Features / Re: Google ad test
« Last post by mouser on July 31, 2013, 11:23 PM »
Ok, so you regular members probably didn't notice this, since they were only be shown to visitors who were not signed into the forum, but the web ads were running on the site for an additional 30 days beyond the original plan (from May through July of 2013).

They are now gone.

It's been an interesting experiment.  Some observations:

Google apparently has some arcane rules and about sharing any details publicly about ad revenue, etc.  Which to me tells you a lot about how shady the whole google ads thing is.  So I guess i can't reveal how much revenue the web ads were bringing in, beyond saying it was somewhere in the range of $100 to $200 per month.

Experimenting with Project Wonderful as an alternate way to choose ads was fun, but the revenue could not come close to google ads.

I know people are becoming accustomed to seeing ads on web pages, but personally I still find them distracting and distasteful.   But the worst part about showing them on the DonationCoder site was that they were frequently made to look like official/recommended downloads.  You can see some of the images above.  There was a time when google would have disallowed such things under the rubric of "don't be evil", but nowadays we all know that saying doesn't mean what it used to.

Having said that, showing ads on the forum wasn't the worst thing in the world -- and I think the solution of not showing them to logged in members basically solves the most seriously problem with ads on the website, which is the annoyance to the people who spend the most time here.  I don't think it's totally unreasonable to ask drive-by-visitors to view ads.  So that was an important realization.

Nevertheless, I think we are better off going back to not having ads on the website, despite the revenue they generated.  I feel better about asking for direct donations, and i think it's healthier for us to put our financial fate directly in the hands of the donors.

So we're back to normal.  Carry on.
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Living Room / Re: Manning Verdict in: guilty on all counts but one
« Last post by mouser on July 31, 2013, 03:11 PM »
[note from administrator of the forum:

Long time and beloved DC forum member Josh, who is a moderator, made a harsh post in this thread that he soon regretted, and he quickly deleted it along with a couple of brief replies to it from other members.

The deleted posts were uninteresting and unimportant, but moderators should not delete posts by people that are not spam.  If anyone feels like they've posted something they regret, the solution is to edit your post and explain it -- and contact us or the people who have replied to ask that they modify their replies as well.

Never just delete discussions after they have taken place.

Josh meant no harm, but he has voluntarily stepped down from moderating the forum for the time being.]
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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: The Mewlo web framework - I'm Looking for Teammates
« Last post by mouser on July 30, 2013, 04:33 PM »
Quick update: I'm having a ton of fun coding on this, using git for source code version control, etc.  I'm still looking for python coders to join the team.
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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: The Mewlo web framework - I'm Looking for Teammates
« Last post by mouser on July 29, 2013, 08:59 AM »
The github repository is now created and has actual code in it.  See first post in thread for link.
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Living Room / Re: did you ever throw your back out?
« Last post by mouser on July 26, 2013, 09:01 AM »
The term "throw your back out" refers to injuring your back in a way that you have trouble standing/bending/moving.

It's not a technical term -- people say "i threw my back out" to refer to a temporary condition of extreme back pain/immobility -- something that might happen suddenly if you lift something too heavy and find yourself unable to leave your bed for a few days.

So in the comic, it's saying that the dad "threw his back out" and was stuck in bed for a while.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: How to merge clips
« Last post by mouser on July 26, 2013, 08:37 AM »
remove the portable = true
and set configdir to anywhere you want
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: How to merge clips
« Last post by mouser on July 26, 2013, 06:13 AM »
Is it possible to relocate the database to another partition/drive?

yes, as long as you don't mind having all program settings in that other location.  Edit the configdir.ini file in the program's directory to tell it where to store settings.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: How to merge clips
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2013, 09:40 PM »
To merge, select the clips in the main window, and then from Edit menu choose "Merge selected clips".

As for having to hold shift to access the "extra" menu related to a clip from the quick-popup menu, i can't remember why i couldn't get right click to work -- i should try again because i agree it's much more sensible to have it show on right click.

To replace tabs with space, use Modification dialog and in Find+Replace use \t for tab.  Note that you can save a modification entry and even assign a hotkey to it, to let you very quickly select some text in any program and apply the transformation.
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: MyWamp Server
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2013, 04:28 PM »
Looks like it could be useful  :up:
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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: Yumps reboots as Mewlo - I'm Looking for Teammates
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2013, 09:32 AM »
If you are a competent coder with Python experience, who is interested in being part of a small team developing a serious, large, long term open source project, I'd like to have you be part of the team.

There is currently no funding for the work, and there may never be.  But it should be a great experience.  If you are a student looking for an independent project or someone looking for an internship for your resume, this could be a good fit.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Text capture limits
« Last post by mouser on July 25, 2013, 08:19 AM »
Let me look into it and get back to you.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor and DCUpdater Problem
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 08:50 PM »
or that was recently introduced and is auto-selected upon installation.

it IS a relatively new feature.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor and DCUpdater Problem
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 07:05 PM »
I don’t start dcupdater from any DC program; according to Process Explorer it is started directly from Chameleon Startup Manager.


if you run it manually from start menu, then what do you see and how does it perform?

This is a real giveaway:
When it finally did appear on my screen with an update a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that there is a new setting for it right on the main screen: it says to only look for updates to Screenshot Captor with a checkbox next to it

Let me tell you what i think is happening -- at least partially:

The newer versions of screenshot captor (and all my new releases) now have an option to "check for updates at startup".

It sounds like your copy of Screenshot Captor is the one starting on startup -- thats why its got that "screenshot captor" only checkbox (perhaps in ADDITION to the standalone dcupdater check, which might be causing trouble..).

Go into your screenshot captor options and turn off the check for updates on startup option, since you will be using dc updater as a standalone update checker.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor and DCUpdater Problem
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 05:56 PM »
I'm sorry that i've been delayed replying.. Just scrambling to catch up on stuff..
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: recycle bin
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 05:55 PM »
Though.. maybe it would be useful for me to make a special Recycle Bin button type with some special features..
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: recycle bin
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 05:52 PM »
See if you can find a commandline tool to send a file to the recycle bin.  Once you find that it will be easy to make a LBC button for it.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Mouse over hints
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 04:39 PM »
Can you try this beta version:
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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: Yumps reboots as Mewlo - I'm Looking for Teammates
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 12:51 PM »
However, and I'm sorry if I'm being a bit thick, but what exactly is the advantage of building Mewlo from scratch instead of being an extension of django, drupal or something like that?

This is a question I've struggled with myself.
And I think writing it as a massive set of extensions of Django *would* make sense and would be a viable approach.

But I think there are advantages to starting with a clean slate. The primary one is having control over everything and being able to create a single coherent vision and API.

There is a special freedom and satisfaction that comes from building your own system from the ground up, and that's part of it.  It's true that there is more work involved in the beginning, but the advantages of being able to control all of the moving pieces and understanding all of the parts are substantial.


So really I think the answer to your question is that, while it will take longer to do this way, it will result in a more consistent, focused framework that is more enjoyable to code and maintain.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Freeware = CRAP!
« Last post by mouser on July 24, 2013, 11:26 AM »
Thanks to everyone who responded before me  :Thmbsup:

But in case it's not abundantly clear: Screenshot Captor does not install *ANYTHING* to your computer other than the program itself.  It contains NO spyware, adware, bundled toolbars, or anything else, and it will not cause ads to be displayed on your computer.

It sounds like you got some malware or adware from somewhere else -- you need to retrace your steps.
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