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Living Room / Re: Funny Animal Videos
« Last post by mouser on June 04, 2013, 02:33 PM »
Haahahah great stuff.

Here's a savannah cat making some amazing jumps:
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Living Room / Re: Help me Improve my Culinary Card Game for Kickstarter: Cooking Party Cards
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 03:11 PM »
Since it seemed like I was never going to kickstart this, I just updated the download to include complete print-to-play pdfs for all the cards, added an entry on board game geek and decided to just make this a free print-to-play download.

Board Game Geek page for the game:
http://www.boardgame.../cooking-party-cards
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 02:51 PM »
No one else wants to share a recipe?
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Sync folders by renaming files
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 12:53 PM »
ps. I always remind people that although certainly not required, it's always a nice gesture to donate to someone on the forum who creates something useful if you can afford it.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Sync folders by renaming files
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 11:33 AM »
I love to see threads like this  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Stickies - Part of the Zhorn Software Donationware Series
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 02:40 AM »
Good post.  I've modified it slightly to add a screenshot and to highlight the fact that the author has released quite a few programs not just Stickies.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Let's try to draw more attention to donationware authors - Volunteers wanted!
« Last post by mouser on June 03, 2013, 01:34 AM »
It should be in the general software section.
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 08:42 PM »
Ok, ok one more post from me.

Mouser's Drink Concentrates

I'm big into preparing concentrates to add to sparkling water.  Here are two i make all the time; again i prepare large batches and freeze them in small containers so i can keep one out at a time.

Juice Concentrate:
  • Brew some super strong jazmine green tea;  i put like half a cup of tea leaves and 2 cups hot water and let sit for 10 minutes or so, then drain out leaves.
  • Then make a mix of 1/4 superstrong jazmine tea with 1/2 orange-pineapple frozen juice concentrate with 1/4 cranberry juice concentrate.
  • Prepare in Squeeze Containers and freeze all but one at a time.


Chocolate Coffee Concentrate:
In a blender combine:
  • Dried milk
  • Ovaltine (or substitute)
  • Chocolate Ovaltine (or substitute)
  • Several ounces of espressor or strong coffee
  • Whatever other sweetened chocolate stuff or instant coffee you might have around the house
  • Enough water to make it into a thick syrup.

I serve this chocolate-coffee concentrate/syrup to combine with black tea, or to make an egg cream by combining with seltzer (sparkling water).
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 08:07 PM »
Ok I'm going to post my only other unique invented recipe.  I'm quite proud of this dish because it is so unusual.

Mouser's Cheese-Fried Tofu with Vegetables:

Makes 1 serving.  The interesting trick with this dish is that the cheese basically fries the tofu in the bowl.  But it does mean you have to be fairly careful with the cooking times in the first stages because there is only a small window where the tofu is perfectly fried.

  • Begin with 1 cup tofu, pressed dry and cut into half-inch cubes and place in microwave-safe bowl.
  • Coat tofu cubes with soysauce (i premix my soy sauce with wasabi paste but this is not critical).
  • Add 1/2 to 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese and toss with tofu.
  • Cover and microwave for about 3 minutes.
  • Remove from microwave and cut up the tofu-cheese if it is starting to bind together.
  • Re-microwave again for about 1 minute.
  • At this point you should have a lot of oil in your bowl which has separated from the cheese, and the tofu should have become somewhat crispy and chewy and dense.  This is the key -- if its too crunchy then you need to microwave for less time; if it's not crispy at all then you haven't microwaved it enough.
  • Pour off the excess oil.
  • Now add 1-2 cups of frozen (or fresh if you prefer) vegetables; i make my own mixtures of frozen vegetables with brocolli, cauliflower, carrots, zuchini, squash, corn, etc.
  • Toss with a bit more soy sauce.
  • Cover and microwave until vegetables are cooked -- should be about 4.5 minutes.

Note 1: A huge surprise to me was that i always hated cauliflower but love it in this dish.
Note 2: The quantities may have to be tweaked since I don't track quantities very accurately.
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:53 PM »
Tinman, I might have to try your recipe just out of curiousity about how the cookies will taste when made with sugar substitute.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Let's try to draw more attention to donationware authors - Volunteers wanted!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:45 PM »
The DC Software page is a completely different thing..

I'm talking about drawing attention to donationware authors that have nothing to do with DC.
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:31 PM »
How many recipes do we need before we can put up a respectable downloadable pdf cookbook?
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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:23 PM »
I'm going to post my blue cheese ranch dressing recipe that i make all the time..  Note that i'm not normally a huge fan of blue cheese but I love this.  It lasts months in the fridge but i usually make a lot and freeze in small containers.

I don't have exact quantities for the ingredients beyond the core ingredients, so you'll have to experiment.  I tend to make mine very acidic and just use a little on my salads, but you could cut down on the lemon and vinegar and use more of it.

Mouser's Blue Cheese Ranch Dressing

  • 1 cup plain yoghurt
  • 1 cup mayonaise
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1+ cup buttermilk
  • 16-32 oz blue cheese (i usually use gorgonzolla)
  • 2-5 large bunches of cilantro, stems and all
  • Lemon juice (i probably overdo this and add multiple cups of this.. you might try 1-4 cups)
  • Vinegar (again i probably overdo this, try 1-3 cups).
  • Wasabi paste (I use this brand) -- i probably put in 2 oz of this.
  • Lots of garlic (try a couple of cloves)
  • Lots of ground pepper
  • Cayenne pepper and Habanero sauce
  • Salt

If you try it let me know!
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Living Room / DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:06 PM »
Let's share recipes..
If we get enough we can put together: Cody's Cookbook!

Who's going to be the first to post one?
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Living Room / Re: The DonationCoder.com 30-Day Healthy Eating and Exercise Challenge!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 07:03 PM »
sort of pasta dish today, so my carbs are tapped for the next 3 days or so

I've definitely found that a low-carb diet works fairly well for me in terms of being something that helps lose weight while leaving me feeling good and being palatable.  only thing i crave is pizza and fruit.


ps. I've started a new thread for member recipes: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=35091
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Living Room / Re: The DonationCoder.com 30-Day Healthy Eating and Exercise Challenge!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 06:32 PM »
Stres will absolutely make it harder for you to resist eating junk food.. My understanding of current thinking on will power is that it's much like a limited resource -- the more will power you have to assert to deal with one thing, the less you have "left over" for something else.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Let's try to draw more attention to donationware authors - Volunteers wanted!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 05:38 PM »
I suggest that you start a new thread for each website rather than adding them here -- let's try to give each site the spotlight it deserves.
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General Software Discussion / Let's try to draw more attention to donationware authors - Volunteers wanted!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 05:37 PM »
I want to ask dc members to make a real effort to post about websites they can find where authors are asking for donations to support their coding.

The operating system doesn't matter -- the only requirement is that they are actively asking for donations.

Make a post about the website and tell us a little about it and attach an image.

I'll blog the post and make sure to put it in the newsletter, and then eventually we can start putting together a nice web page summary.

I'd really love help giving these folks some overdue recognition and if you are looking for a way to make this site better, I can't think of a better way.

Does this sound like something any of you would be willing to help with?
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Living Room / Re: The DonationCoder.com 30-Day Healthy Eating and Exercise Challenge!
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 05:07 PM »
So far so good.. Though i'm still craving snacks and sweets like mad.

I do want to say a good word about my treadmill -- it's the one piece of exercise equipment i've ever used that i can see sticking with.  I think it works mainly because I have a tv/ipad in front of it and this is absolutely essentially to keeping me from getting bored.  It also helps a lot that I can just hop on it barefoot and walk at an incline for reasonable exercise.
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Living Room / Re: Protests in Istanbul
« Last post by mouser on June 02, 2013, 01:08 PM »
Glad to hear you are safe, eleman.
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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!
« Last post by mouser on June 01, 2013, 06:35 PM »
Just received a wonderful $25 donation towards the fund not 5 minutes ago, bringing me to $341.33.
At this rate, you might see the CodyMobile by this time next year -- a bit long to wait but if i've waited this long i can wait another year.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Update Check
« Last post by mouser on June 01, 2013, 12:41 PM »
If I go back to the original download I won't lose any of my clips, will I?

not sure what you mean about going back to original download but if you install the new version you will of course not lose clips.
try installing latest version.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Update Check
« Last post by mouser on May 31, 2013, 01:37 PM »
Thanks very much for the nice words cc.

I will check the update code.. I have a new theory that it might actually be checking for updates but not reporting anything when it sees you have the latest version -- if so i'll fix that.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by mouser on May 30, 2013, 11:53 PM »
was not the picture of Reagan in drag also insulting?


yes -- i just read that post as an attempt to "retaliate" on the other side in response to the uniform one.  one could also make a good case that the reagan photo was, while not flattering, not really a politically partisan pointed attack in the same way that the uniform one was.

our language here indicating two categories of gratuitous offence, and your use of the plural both seeming to imply that I have done this on two or more occasions.

i didn't mean to suggest that, i was just taking the opportunity to lump politics and religion into one.

The thing is that I was brought up in the UK, where politicians are fair game for poking fun at,


well you see, to be honest, *personally* i think the healthier approach to politics and religion is to not take them very seriously and make fun of them all equally.  i do not have much respect for politicians.

but the prohibition we have here against politics and religion is a practical one not an ideological one.  experience has shown us that people very quickly take sides when such jokes are posted, and feel the need to have the last word and one up each other in insulting the other side, and it inevitably just spirals out of control.

so while you were thinking that you were just posting a silly picture that happened to involve politicians, people familiar with american politics would fairly have interpreted it as a partisan political insult that they would feel the need to respond in kind to.


to underline the point i'm trying to make..  if we had a thread that was titled something like: "Politician Insult thread", where everyone posted all sorts of jokes and insults about various politicians (akin to Spitting Image, etc.), i don't think your image would be out of place or cross the line.  it would be just one insulting image among many, and every side would get their shots in, and no one would view the thread as anything but a wide variety of views.  and that would be fine and i would have no problem with it.

the problem only comes when such insults are "snuck" into threads that are about other matters.. because it's at that point that people feel compelled (often for good reason) to respond in kind and rebut the partisan political claim, and before you know it the thread is derailed and the original topic becomes lost.


regarding the "this guy is a genius": HA!
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Living Room / Re: The DonationCoder.com 30-Day Healthy Eating and Exercise Challenge!
« Last post by mouser on May 30, 2013, 12:11 AM »
I've been on the treadmill 30 minutes a day since the start, and eating well in general.

Unfortunately i was probably eating a candy-bar's worth of chocolate each night for the first few days as i polished off my supply of delicious Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips.  But that's gone now and i'm on track.

So i'd say i'm doing well so far.  :up:
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