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Title: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 08, 2018, 06:31:58 pm

Post a pic of your rig where your QB64 goodness is cooked.

I would have put this in the off-topic area but you can't attach pictures there?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 08, 2018, 07:00:32 pm

Here's me showing off one of my many SCREEN 0 accomplishments to Steve and Clippy. https://www.myfreewallpapers.org/cartoons/social/the-looney-tunes-show-yosemite-sam.jpg

On a different topic, here is a reply by bplus to me when bplus represented "him"self with this avatar... for a brief period of time.

http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/di7/pok/di7pokd4T.jpg

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: bplus on September 08, 2018, 11:02:21 pm

Quote from: Pete on September 08, 2018, 07:00:32 pm

Here's me showing off one of my many SCREEN 0 accomplishments to Steve and Clippy. https://www.myfreewallpapers.org/cartoons/social/the-looney-tunes-show-yosemite-sam.jpg

On a different topic, here is a reply by bplus to me when bplus represented "him"self with this avatar... for a brief period of time.

http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/di7/pok/di7pokd4T.jpg

Pete

Good Lord! Taking lessons from the President I see. :D


Hi Terry,

Nice desk! My room looks just like yours except it was hit by tornado.

Actually, I have 2 retired laptops, the dinosaur and the thing that crawled out of the sea and onto the Internet way back... I forget.

Oh! Funny thing when I expanded the attached snapshot of your room, I thought I saw a flying saucer outside your window, dang! it was only a poster.

BTW I also have the holy grail mug of the coding juice on my desk, right next to the 2 quart thermos of same.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 08, 2018, 11:43:57 pm

How the world sees me (or better, the place I usually sit... I'm not in the picture obviously):

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How I see the world (with descriptions, inspired by Terry's):

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Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 09, 2018, 01:32:27 am

Awesome! Keep the pics coming. Fellippe, I have a perpetual mess too! I cleaned it up for my pic and when the wife saw my desk she about fainted. LOL

Now she expects me to clean the rest of the house. :(((

I built that desk out of 2x4's and plywood ... and lots of black and walnut stain/varnish. It's gotta weigh at least 200 pounds!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 10, 2018, 10:41:34 am

Well, I'll join in too.  I usually code on a laptop sitting in my car in parking lots, or in coffee shops between gigs, but when at home here's where it happens (which is seldom lately).  It's only this clean because I am reorganizing it.

Terry, nice desk.  I bet it will last a loooong time.  Is that a T series thinkpad you have?  I'm a thinkpad user too.

Fillippe, cool that you are a musician too.  That figures because your programs seem so creative.

- Dav

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Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 10, 2018, 11:11:01 am

Nice digs Dav :)  When you need to relax a bit from coding .. break out the instruments. Yep, my laptop is a Thinkpad T430s. I've only owned Thinkpads for the past 20 years. They are the best IMO.

I used to be a musician but in the last 10 years I have not done much with it. I play concert violin and dabble in guitar a bit (when I say dabble I mean drive the cats and wife nuts). Speaking of cats ... Cajon?

Still rocking Win2K ... nice! I have a 2K tower in my shop that I haven't fired up in years. Might just do that today. :)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 10, 2018, 11:13:50 am

Nice setup, Dav! We should all get together and perform as the QBand.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 10, 2018, 11:36:39 am

Terry: Cool. That's what I'm using now, a T430.  Great machine.
Fillippe:  That sounds fun! 

Thanks guys.

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 10, 2018, 11:48:53 am

The T430 is a better model than my T430s. If I remember correctly yours has the option to use Intel or Nvidia graphics (dual graphics cards). The 's' in my model stands for 'slim', so a few sacrifices had to be made.

I love Thinkpads because you can upgrade them over a long period of time.

When new had 4GB of RAM and a 7200RPM HDD

- 2 years later upgraded to 8GB of RAM
- 2 years later upgraded to a 512GB SSD
- 2 years later purchased a new battery and a second battery that slides into the CD-ROM slot (10 hours of continuous use!)
- Very soon - remove the dual core i3720 CPU and install quad core i3730
- Very soon - upgrade to 16GB of RAM

I'll get another four years out of this laptop easy. The initial price of a Thinkpad looks prohibitive until you realize 10 years of productive use is the norm if you follow an upgrade path. Standard laptops (i.e. those sold at Wal-mart) may get you two to three years max. And even today's Wally-world laptops would still have trouble keeping up with my 7+ year old Thinkpad.

I used to have 2 T430s laptops but sold one here recently because I didn't need it any longer (left my job). Heck, I got $250 out of it even after all these years. I'll use that money to upgrade the 430s I still have.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 10, 2018, 12:26:16 pm

Sounds like you have a rocking t430s. I picked up mine for about $100 at a pawn shop.  It was in mint condition.  It has intel graphics and came with Win10 (which I very quickly replaced with Win7). The only thing I've done to it so far is add a 2nd HDD in the ultrabay.  It came with a high capacity battery, in good shape.  The battery life on this model is amazing.  I've had many thinkpads over the years and I'm a fan of them, especially the business class models (T series).

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 11, 2018, 02:02:12 am

$100 !! You stole that from them! Looking on eBay T430's in very good condition are selling for around $225.

The reason I got $250 out of my second T430s is because I included a 500GB ultrabay HDD, a second battery, and leather Thinkpad case. It also had a 120GB SSD as the main drive. Without those extras I probably would have gotten $175 at the most.

If I'm ever lucky enough to find a deal like yours I usually snap them up to flip on eBay or Craigslist. The closest pawn shops to me are over 30 miles away.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 11, 2018, 10:19:21 am

Yeah, I really lucked out.  Often when playing a gig somewhere I'll check out nearby pawn shops for old trumpets. Saw this laptop for only $149. They let me have it for $109 out the door.  I grinned all the way back home. 

I'm charging all my extra thinkpad batteries today so I can code in QB64 in case the power goes out due to Hurricane Florence (it probably will). We're in the path of Flo but expect less than hurricane force winds by time it crosses over us (NC).

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 11, 2018, 12:20:55 pm

I went through a hurricane in North Carolina in 1991. I was living in Havelock (Cherry Point) at the time. The eye stayed off the coast but I'll never forget that. There were evacuation centers you could go to but I had a trailer at the time and I thought, "My trailer has hurricane straps, I'll be fine". LOL, stupid, stupid, stupid.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 11, 2018, 12:22:17 pm

Be safe, Dav.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 11, 2018, 12:43:14 pm

Now I feel guilty. In 1991 I sold hurricane straps on ebay. It turned out they were just old used tent tie downs, but by re-naming huricane straps, well, the margins were just too good to pass up. But hey, at least Terry's trailer came equipped with in-flight peanuts, just in case they failed.

Kidding aside, we have a few of our forum friends in the way of Flo, possibly even a bigger wind bag than your's truly. I'd recommend boarding up and getting out even if it was just me coming to visit for a day or two.

Yes, stay safe, and let's all hope that high pressure area, guiding it inland, breaks down sooner than expected.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 11, 2018, 12:51:43 pm

Thanks. We are taking precautions. Im securing stuff.  I'm worried about all those trees hanging over the house. EVeryone else around here seems to have water on the mind - it's just flying off the shelves.

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 11, 2018, 12:59:28 pm

Yeah, the trees are the scary part. A big oak tree came down next to my trailer, luckily parallel and not across. Stay safe Dav.

The hurricane straps might as well been tent straps. When I could look down the length of trailer and see the hallway snaking around I knew I had made a mistake.

eBay, 1991? You must have it mistaken with Quantum Link.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dimster on September 11, 2018, 01:21:30 pm

Dav, you're the only one in the world that I know of, that is in the path of that ill wind, so now I'm invested and worried. Amazing how I made this about me. Keep Safe.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 11, 2018, 04:33:50 pm

Oh come on Terry, 1991, 1995, close a friggin' 'nough! :D

I was on the pier (Sterns Warf) in Santa Barbara during a micro-burst. I actually knew what it was when it happened. I guessed the wind was 80 mph, and the news later confirmed I was right. They have measuring equipment very close to the pier. The scary part was I was on the end of the pier moments before it hit. The end of the pier is unprotected. No guard rails, just a 30 foot drop off into the ocean, and over a 2/3rds mile swim to shore. Anyway, as I looked out over the horizon I saw a pretty weird cloud formation for the summertime. It stood alone, about a mile away and it actually looked like a mini hurricane. I decided weird is usually nature's way of telling us... GET OUT! so I walked back to where the buildings on the warf were located, about 1000 feet back. I'm glad I did. Right when I got there, large rain drops started, followed quickly by hail and a strong gust of wind. I went into a shop when the rain turned to hail and looked out a window to see the wind picking up quickly to that 80 mph speed. Everything outside was blowing sideways. The wind took down four of the giant metal flagpoles outside, but the noise from the wind was so loud, no one heard them crash on the pier. A lot of people in the shop thought it was a tornado. They must have thought I was a meteorologist, as I told everyone it was a micro-burst, the wind was probably close to 80 mph, and it would be over in about a minute, which it was. When I walked back to my car I thought it might be OK, because I purposely don't park under trees. Not because of micro-bursts, we never had such a thing before, but because I can live without the copious gifting associated with the many feathered residents who take up residence in those trees. I noticed the many palm trees in the area were damaged, but what was pretty amazing is some large ones were snapped in half, like toothpicks. There was also almost a foot of standing water on many streets near the pier. That's a lot to happen in just a minute. Hurricanes last a lot longer.

Honestly, if authorities order a mandatory evacuation, I'd take this one seriously. I keep watching the news for changes in pressure systems, wind shear, etc. and nothing positive seems to be developing so far. There is even high pressure building on the west side, which will stall the storm. I still hope everyone in the area gets through this with little or no incident and I'd like to see this era of sensationalism pass so instead our headlines are filled with stories about fires that get prevented or put out before houses are burned, storms that dissipate with no flooding, and mudslides that only occur in Africa because they don't have plastic to make the types of slides in our non-3rd world playgrounds. Maybe if Trump can get more congressional support, we can do our part by improving the infrastructure in and around our family homes so the destructive effects of nature can be better minimized or prevented. Anyway, at least got Dimster off the hook, as obviously it's all about me, now. I'm concerned about Dav, too. I've known him for a long time. He's not just an amazing programmer, but he also has really good Karma, so I'm betting whatever he decides will be right.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Cobalt on September 11, 2018, 09:02:17 pm

According to my parents we went through hurricane Charley  in 1980 on the shore at Myrtle Beach NC in a tent. they stuck me and my older bro in two corners of the tent and my parents sat in the others to keep the tent down. from what I can find it was only a Cat 1 hurricane at its strongest. seeing how I was only like 18 months old or so at the time really don't remember it, just going off what I've been told.
SO suck it up I went through a hurricane on the BEACH in a TENT at age 18 Months!! pu**ies! :D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 11, 2018, 10:35:30 pm

Sounds like another satisfied customer who bought my hurricane tie downs from my Quantum Leap pre-1995 ebay account.

Pete :D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on September 12, 2018, 05:43:26 pm

Hey Pete
at news on TV I have heard that Trump is ready to front the hurricane Florence.
Have you sold something to him?

@Dav
How far is Florence from you?  Can we launch a  Pete's trap to bring away it? Or do you prefer the tent of Cobalt?
Let to know good news about you!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 12, 2018, 10:25:09 pm

Thank you all for your concern. We will be ok here. We're not on the coast, but inland. However we still expect major flooding and really high winds here...for days.  Luckily for us the storm has dipped south more so the center is no longer projected to come right over us, but we will be on the north side of it, which has the worst rain and wind they say.
 
I expect power may go out here due to falling trees, and we probably will loose internet  because our cable service comes from across a creek that floods bad and the company runs the cable IN the water instead of over, so debris often tangles up in the lines and rips them out when it floods.  Flooding and falling trees are my biggest concern.  People on the coast will have it much worse than we will. Don't worry about us too much, we aren't expected to have it as bad as others.

 - Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 13, 2018, 02:04:14 am

I'm getting my wish that it's breaking down instead of building up. Cat 2 now when they expected it to build to 4. I hope it degrades to a 1 late tomorrow, and maybe it will be like the one Cobalt rode out. What he failed to tell us if he loaded his diaper when the storm hit. That would account for his smaller size being able to hold his corner of the tent in place. :D

Let's hope the storm surge is less than anticipated, so the flood waters can reside as fast as possible. If the flooding is minimized, the chances of toxic substances in the water supply will also be diminished. In any event, don't go out walking around in the muck until it gets tested. Here in California Oprah went out in what she thought was mud from the Monticeto mudslide. I have a friend who works for a environmental testing facility who actually conducted tests in that very area Oprah was walking through. Tests revealed Oprah was mostly walking around in a bunch of sewage. O****! Interesting, same amount of letters .

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: PMACKAY on September 13, 2018, 11:00:25 am

55" screen with stereo and full size tower below

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on September 13, 2018, 04:28:05 pm

my 15" notebook TOSHIBA doesn't let me catch it in a photo....because it often changes room in the house.
So no image .

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 13, 2018, 04:58:12 pm

Quote from: PMACKAY on September 13, 2018, 11:00:25 am

55" screen with stereo and full size tower below

The bottles of water right above the power outlets made me a bit uneasy.

People in Brazil used to think that a bottle of water placed above your electricity meter would make it spin slower and lead to cheaper bills. I believe the myth has already been debunked since I don't see many of those anymore since I was a kid.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WCIbcGWjaX0/hqdefault.jpg

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 14, 2018, 01:02:39 am

Quote from: TempodiBasic on September 13, 2018, 04:28:05 pm

my 15" notebook TOSHIBA doesn't let me catch it in a photo....because it often changes room in the house.
So no image .

No need to apologize. There should, however, have been a comma placed before and after TOSHIBA: "My 15" notebook, SORRY, doesn't let me catch it in a photo....because it often changes room in the house. So no image."

Pete

- Toshiba, Japanese for "I'm sorry!"

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on September 14, 2018, 07:34:32 am

Hi Pete
thanks for info but google translator is against your version
see here
https://translate.google.it/#ja/en/TOSHIBA (https://translate.google.it/#ja/en/TOSHIBA)

How many hurricane traps have you sold to Trump?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 14, 2018, 11:23:22 am

You use Google? TOSHIBA!

Pete :D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on September 15, 2018, 08:21:55 pm

I'm running a 2002 shitbox laptop running Windows XP.
See 3rd picture for actual laptop (hand for scale).
Using old monitor I found somewhere.
My bad boy has got
-1gb of RAM (Very useful)
-1.60 GHz (very fast)
-Windows XP (lasted software)
-Intel Atom (best core)


Zeppelin
P.s. I need a new computer.
Pps. I'm broke
Ppps. I don't have a job (I'm 16)
Pppps. Help....

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on September 15, 2018, 08:26:58 pm

I forgot my dictated image.
Here we go:

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 16, 2018, 01:19:51 am

LOL, love it! Hey, it gets the job done, right?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on September 16, 2018, 01:31:41 am

Yeah, it gets the job done. Slowly. In 10fps.
But yeah. It works well for QB64 along as I'm not using too much graphics.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 16, 2018, 01:35:10 am

But if a Windows XP is a shitbox, as you say, what's that make a Windows 10... a shitagon?

Pete :D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: johnno56 on September 16, 2018, 02:44:59 am

Zeppelin,

Many years ago I had an old notebook (10inch screen) with a gig of ram and 4 gig ssd. I also had problems with performance using XP. Thankfully, I didn't use all that often, so changing the system was not a problem. I tried XP lite with Service pack 3 and it performed better. I also tested Linux and it performed just as good as "lite". There are many versions of Linux designed for low performance machines and it's free. XP lite was downloaded from the net. These were the cheapest 'upgrades' for me anyway... Back then I did not have much of an interest in programming, so I don't know how well QB64 will run with Linux or XPLite on your machine.

I hope this helps.

ps: Two things I noticed about your photo... 1. Is that a 'real' lava-lamp? and 2. Compared to my desk 'yours' is a picture of tidiness....
pps: There is no pps... lol

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on September 16, 2018, 05:34:47 am

Pete:
I believe shitasaurus Rex is the correct term, and 'innovation' the politically correct term.
I have to say windows 7 is probably the best.

Johnno56:
Thanks for the suggestions.
1. No. And it's broken.
2. Sometimes the keyboard and mouse don't fit on the desk.

Zeppelin

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: johnno56 on September 16, 2018, 06:02:25 am

Zeppelin,

Not a problem. You're welcome.

I hope your machine issues are resolved soon...

I have lost many a keyboard and mice due to lack of space... I am a BIG fan of coffee... Unfortunately, several of my past keyboards, were not...

J

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Qwerkey on September 16, 2018, 07:07:44 am

It's a Kind of Magic!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: bplus on September 16, 2018, 09:17:02 am

Yeah I was thinking something like that:
https://www.google.com/search?q=neurons&client=opera&hs=DUu&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiinJXVzb_dAhULvlkKHcHWBlwQ_AUIDigB&biw=1285&bih=667

But this does not show interaction with others at forums or books or OP&P's.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 16, 2018, 10:16:02 am

Just a follow up for my friends here on our hurricane situation.  We are safe.  No damage to our home when We left, hopefully won't be when go back.  Our whole area  lost power/internet. Lots of trees down and flooding going on.  Were borrowing an internet connection at a church this morning that still has power. The damage around here isn't as bad as surrounding areas, but we do have fallen trees taking out power, blocking roads, hitting some homes and cars. I am getting tv on my laptop with a tv tuner and over the are antenna. I think the worse is over and hope power will be on soon.

 - Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on September 16, 2018, 10:33:48 am

The rain is just now starting to move into my area here (southwestern Virginia), but I'm not expecting to have any issues with it, personally.  If it ever floods at *MY* house, somebody had best have built a dang ark!  I sit directly on the continental divide here -- highest point all around -- and haven't ever had to worry over flooding.  My Father always said we were "branch kin" with half of America.  From here, I can pee off my front porch and it'll travel the branches, and rivers, to the east coast; pee off the back porch and it goes to the Gulf, making everyone downstream, in both directions, "branch kin" to us...

No need to worry about me up here, guys.  I'm perfectly safe, and I'm happy and relieved to hear that Dav is too!  ;D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on September 16, 2018, 11:12:28 am

Good luck Steve. Hopefully flo will be all worn out when she gets up there. I really like the area you live in.  My family comes from the va/nc border, near mount airy.

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 16, 2018, 11:27:59 am

Good to hear you guys are safe. Keep us posted.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on September 16, 2018, 11:40:36 am

Glad to hear you are ok Dav. Have you guys seen the pictures from New Bern NC? Wow, I used to live there years ago. Amazing to see 10+ feet of water downtown.

Steve, all this time I thought you lived in Michigan?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 16, 2018, 12:20:55 pm

Quote from: SMcNeill on September 16, 2018, 10:33:48 am

...No need to worry about me up here, guys.  I'm perfectly safe, and I'm happy and relieved to hear that Dav is too!  ;D

Worried about Steve? Everyone who lives downstream of Steve should be the ones who are worried... when he types he's "relieved!"

I didn't think we'd hear from Dav so soon, with power outages. Glad he found a place to get to and is OK. It seems the rain event is even bigger in some parts than was expected, so I guess it all depends on how much the rivers overflow. It is no help the storm will hook back over the mountains of NC.  Dav, I hope your home stays dry and the trees are not an issue. I'm glad the wind was minimized, in that regard.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on September 16, 2018, 01:31:56 pm

Quote from: TerryRitchie on September 16, 2018, 11:40:36 am

Glad to hear you are ok Dav. Have you guys seen the pictures from New Bern NC? Wow, I used to live there years ago. Amazing to see 10+ feet of water downtown.

Steve, all this time I thought you lived in Michigan?

Nope.  I'm here: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0506057,-80.3009689,18z/data=!3m1!1e3. Always been here as well, which you can tell as they named the road after my family...

Well, MISNAMED the road after my family.  They left an L out of the McNeill.  /CRY /LOL!!

It's about 20 miles outside Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, so most folks can relate to the area due to the shooting that took place on campus there a few years back.  Believe it or not, I had been offered a job to help teach at Norris Hall the year before the shootings took place; though I didn't accept it, thankfully!!  Had fate turned just a single step different in my life, I would've been right there when and where Cho was shooting and killing everybody.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting

Never been quite as happy to have turned down a job as I did that one. 

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 16, 2018, 01:47:53 pm

Clippy would disagree. You would have been fired long before that shooting ever happened dirt farmer!!! Oh no, I'm channeling Clippy again. Dammit, now I need a shower. Oh, and Bill sends his condolences from an alternate universe.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on September 16, 2018, 03:55:17 pm

Hi Steve
thanks

Good news that Dav and you are safe.
But is Pete safe?

PS I cannot do a photo to my coding camera because it is my notebook TOSHIBA (uran area/sorry)
but Steve gives me how to show you the street where I code :-)
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7463307,14.6417227,604m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7463307,14.6417227,604m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 16, 2018, 04:55:36 pm

A better question, my Italian friend, are you guys safe from Pete? The National Windows Service recommends boarding up your browser and heading for higher encryption.

I'm on the other end of it in California. When we see fires, we run. I almost lost a rental property this year, and within that same month I had to evacuate my family as a precaution against another fire that fortunately did not get as out of control as was initially anticipated.

At this point I think we have to put people in front of these stupid environmental concerns. As humans, our goal should not be to populate the world with other species we wouldn't miss. There are only about 6 species that are necessary to supporting life, and Democrats aren't one of them.

The Carolina's will cost record amounts of money to repair, because labor is the most expensive it has ever been in history and there are more people living in the flood zones than ever before in history. As one local official put it, Carolina authorities will have to take a hard look at rebuilding permits, but let's face it, there is not enough will in government to make these types of mass common sense changes. Too many lawsuits, stories of hardship, and lack of ready alternatives will stack the deck right back in favor of the next event. I mean could you imagine all those rivers being in-accessible because like the Los Angeles River, they are all encased in a retaining wall that would be some 20 feet or more taller than the average water level? Well, that's what it would take to choose the welfare of residents over the "beauty" of nature. Maybe someday when God grows up, his parents will get him something better than the 100-centilian piece universe kit this ***-hole planet was put together with. Oh well.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on September 16, 2018, 05:51:10 pm

Hi Pete
so you are safe for Florence but not for other things...

Quote

A better question, my Italian friend, are you guys safe from Pete?

But do you really think that we can be safe on WWW?
I think no! But it is the same risk that we face each time we use car or chopper o airplane...

About your experiences...
i can understand your feelings just a little. For many years, from when I was child, in my country has been arised the emergency about fire, ("self-burning of whole woods" and as many times a comic person of TV used to stress that the only Sicilia has many more forestalmen than the whole Canada; think you about how many forestalmen are in the whole italy! But periodically the self-burning  makes disasters and victims!). But my shining country has another periodical problem about nature's forces: floods; it seems that it is needed just a little period of rains that there are landslides and floods in the whole country, both in rural zone both in towns. Have we so poor teached ambientalists or is each problem  as an actress of the moment that must leave the scene to the next problem staying with no resolution ? Just for example in my town there are still a good part of population that have lost his house in 1980 heartquake that are living in temporary prefabicated house.
In my country Pulcinella used to say "Ogni munno è paese" ... translated "Each world is like your village, your country" but with this sentence I go accross from your nichilist prospective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism) to the indifference populist prospective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_apathy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_apathy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism).

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on September 16, 2018, 09:02:01 pm

Great to hear that everyone is ok.
Just an idea, but someone make a discord so that we can chat and not disturb the forum?
I think it will help people with small problems and you get notified when someone needs help.
Pretty good I think

Zeppelin

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 16, 2018, 09:29:07 pm

We do have a chatroom: http://www.qb64.org/ircpage.html

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on September 17, 2018, 01:55:16 pm

WOW!! Slept late and just woke up this afternoon (it's now 1 PM)...  Checking the local news, I just found out they called in the National Guard for my county!!  Things here at my home haven't been that bad; we've had rain, rain, and more rain, but it's had no real impact on me, personally.  (If you check the google map link I included above, you'll see my house is built in a nice flat spot on top of the mountain, with no streams right on top of us.  My ancestors chose an EXCELLENT place to settle and build, hundreds of years ago, before there was any competition on real estate here.)

Others, however, are learning a bit about the natural difficulties of poor geographic judgement in building homes.  Take one mountain here, another there, and the spot in the middle. Is JUST BEGGING FOR TROUBLE! 

 /\    <--- pretend this is a mountain.

/\ /\    <---  now, rain on top of them and tell me where the rain in the middle goes...

Runoff from both sides fills the valley VERY QUICKLY, and mudslides and flash floods are natural occurrences.  Locals know not to build in these areas, but outsiders (usually city folks from places like New York) will buy land, bulldoze a hole into the side of the hill, and then be UTTERLY SHOCKED when nature doesn't like their home placement.

For the first time EVER, the issue has finally gotten so bad, THEY CALLED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, to basically save these people from themselves.  I honestly can't understand why ANY insurance company would cover these idiots, and I can't understand why ANYONE would rebuild in a spot that nature has already PROVED to be a bad idea, but they do.  Over and over and over again...

I swear, I just don't understand people anymore.  They just never seem to learn from their life experiences any more. 

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on September 17, 2018, 02:18:07 pm

Thank you Steve for providing us with an excellent geographical example... in SCREEN 0! (The only screen mode anyone needs.) Well, at least it helped me understand it.

I'm really glad you won't be affected. I do feel for the people who are. I know if you build on the beach, it's a gamble and people routinely have to rebuild and usually calculate those losses against their desire to wake up and see whales humping off their front porch. Me, I just live 2 miles from the ocean and watch the Whale Humping Channel after everyone else has gone to bed. That reminds me, I have to substitute something other than Cheetos for my go-to late nite snack selection.

I wish we could keep someone like President Trump in office for whatever time it takes to deal with our infrastructure problems. It's the only thing the stupid Democrats are supposedly in favor of as well, but with them in charge I'm certain they would screw it up. Beyond bridge and road repair what we really need are the creation of new cities built in relatively safe places or we need at risk places suitably protected. Of course even New York could be hit by an 8.0 earthquake, it's happened before but before modern development. Obviously the cost of un-skewing a teepee is a lot less than rebuilding a skyscraper. No perfect solutions here but I agree, modern building just sets people up.

Many years ago when I built a home I selected a development much in the way Steve's family did. We did have one terrible year of rain that lead to a development just a half mile away being flooded up to two feet inside people's new homes. Our development was high and dry, because it was built up and at a higher location to boot. When your city is part of an old geographical flood plane, things like that need to be taken seriously. If they would have build up the other development a lousy two-feet, it would have been fine. As if what, dirt is too expensive?

Anyway, I hope Dav gets some good news, soon.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: OldMoses on September 17, 2018, 09:17:33 pm

This Old Moses likes his sun porch and rocker. So whipping up a bit of plywood in the shop that slips over the arms securely, and my new Lenovo Ideapad sits nice and secure. I spend many productive and unproductive hours here.  [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]  

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: OldMoses on September 17, 2018, 09:32:38 pm

Quote from: SMcNeill on September 16, 2018, 01:31:56 pm

It's about 20 miles outside Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, so most folks can relate to the area due to the shooting that took place on campus there a few years back. 

I relate to it as caving country. Though I usually don't get as far south as Blacksburg for caving, I tend to turn west at Lexington.

It's kind of hard to find a good cave surrounded by all this flat. ;) https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2833225,-76.0585497,277m/data=!3m1!1e3

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on September 17, 2018, 09:44:08 pm

That's nice, OldMoses! But don't you get dizzy?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: OldMoses on September 17, 2018, 10:58:18 pm

Quote from: FellippeHeitor on September 17, 2018, 09:44:08 pm

That's nice, OldMoses! But don't you get dizzy?

LOL, that's my natural state so I rarely notice. I have to say the view is good while I'm pondering my next coding moves.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on October 09, 2018, 09:03:08 am

Hey Terry, I picked up another T430 for only $75+tax!  Great condition too.  I originally went to the pawn shop to look for instruments and saw a T430 sitting there for only $99.  They took $80 out the door. 

I am wanting to upgrade the HD on this one to a SDD like you did, and was wondering which one you choose for your T430 (I haven't had a SDD before).

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on October 09, 2018, 12:07:31 pm

There are two SSDs I trust.

For outright speed I go with these:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1539101091&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+ssd

If I'm not too particular about speed but still want the convenience and power savings of an SSD I go with these:

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-240GB-Solid-State-SDSSDA-240G-G26/dp/B01F9G43WU/ref=sr_1_3_acs_ac_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1539101162&sr=1-3-acs&keywords=sandisk+ssd

I've never had a problem with either manufacturer. Samsung is considered the best in the industry and are a bit pricier because of this. If you go with Samsung make sure to run the Samsung Magician software that comes with them. It makes them fly!

I can't believe you are finding these laptops so cheap!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Dav on October 09, 2018, 12:55:33 pm

Thanks for the links, Terry!  I will probably go with one of those.

Yeah, I got lucky again.  Using the pawn shop website search engine, I see there are a few more T430's in their inventory around $100, but none are near me.  I'm set now on laptops anyway.   

- Dav

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: luke on October 11, 2018, 07:43:47 am

My desk is incredibly boring in comparison. Laptop, coaster, pens, notebook, whiteboard/pinboard, thermometer, random arduino in the corner. Black spots in image courtesy of a dodgy phone camera.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on October 11, 2018, 07:52:20 am

Is that coaster marble?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: STxAxTIC on October 11, 2018, 07:59:57 am

Wow no real mouse? How do you tolerate the ugh... jeez what's the legit word called... ummm..... whatever I can't type it: https://xkcd.com/243/ (https://xkcd.com/243/)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: bplus on October 11, 2018, 08:40:34 am

My eyes are so bad, I thought it was a small cat sitting in the corner.

No wonder he prefers typing.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: luke on October 11, 2018, 09:04:00 am

The coaster is some sort of stone, it was a table place name from a wedding. I don't think it's real marble though.

I keep a wireless usb mouse in the draw for the rare times I need it. Mainly for playing games. The clit mouse was a factor when buying the laptop :)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on October 11, 2018, 11:05:22 am

Nice Thinkpad!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: STxAxTIC on October 11, 2018, 10:55:03 pm

When facing forward and backward, respectively:

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TerryRitchie on October 11, 2018, 11:09:40 pm

I wish my fireplace was close to my workspace. A very nice area to work in.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Bert22306 on October 14, 2018, 04:49:41 pm

[banned user]:

1. Oh, I thought that was a urine specimen.

7. Oh, I thought you liked pink. I'm not here to judge!

That one monitor is bigger than most TV sets, even these days.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Bert22306 on October 14, 2018, 08:12:42 pm

I won't bother taking a picture of the Dell laptop, which I use always for work. QB64 is loaded on that laptop too. The attached photo is my main setup, for fun stuff rather than just work.

Left bottom shelf is the Dell OptiPlex Small Form Factor, w/ Core i7. Above it is a Sangean so-called WiFi tuner. On the right side are the stereo preamp and amp. The monitor is an LG HDTV. OptiPlex to LG connection is HDMI. All the audio goes to the stereo preamp and amp. You can also see on the bottom the wireless mouse and an edge of the keyboard. Then, two vintage Dahlquist DQ10 speakers in front, Polk subwoofer on the right, two small satellite speakers for ambience effects in the back (not in photo).

I use the OptiPlex for just about everything. Watching TV (99.9% of which I stream over WiFi), listening to Internet radio (if not using the Sangean), for web browsing, for writing programs, playing CDs and DVDs, all through the sound system and the LG TV.

Anyway, that's why I have fun with coming up with a good sounding QB64 music player.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on October 14, 2018, 10:07:22 pm

@Bert

We've replaced Walter's regular Diet Dew with a urine specimen. Let's see if he will notice!

Actually what Water won't admit to is you are right. It is a urine specimen. It's Walt's newest security measure to prevent out of control spam from entering [banned user] Site. If successful, you will need to have a clean sample, as any traces of drugs or alcohol, which could lead to aberrant posting, will be detected by the security software. I heard he completed his project, and now just needs beta testers. I volunteer Bill. Bill, all you need to do is download Walt's software, log onto [banned user] site, obtain a sample. and pour it directly onto your keyboard. If the site allows you to post, you're clean. If the monitor goes blank, well you can buy a new one after you sober up. Please share your results with Walter, as if this beta version is successful, he intends to go on to make version 2.0, which will also detect social media diseases. Thanks for trying: You're In! v1.0.

@Walt

Stop drinking that diet crap. It's full of chemicals that are not kind to the body and if it worked for weight loss, Americans wouldn't be twice as fat as when this crap was first brought to market. We want you around and healthy for a long time.

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: STxAxTIC on October 14, 2018, 10:35:48 pm

Lol @ Pete.

Deal, I'll try it - so long as you volunteer to try my new security measure against "shitposting"... I'm sure you can imagine what I'm stepping in here.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on October 14, 2018, 10:37:03 pm

My little laptop, and the tiny 52" screen I use it with....


(And WTH my iPad takes such "fuzzy" pictures is beyond me.  Does the lens just need cleaning?  Is it a filter? I dunno!  I'm not usually a camera guy, so that's probably my first camera shot all year with it.  I don't use it enough to worry about sorting out what's up with that crappy resolution.)

EDIT:  Cleaning the lens cleared up a crapload of the fuzz...  Now the image is almost decent.  :)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Bert22306 on October 14, 2018, 10:47:50 pm

Hey Steve, I don't get it. Is that picture upside down, or do you live in Australia? (I thought you were in southern Virginia.)

Pete, I too laughed out loud.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on October 14, 2018, 10:51:50 pm

Quote from: Bert22306 on October 14, 2018, 10:47:50 pm

Hey Steve, I don't get it. Is that picture upside down, or do you live in Australia? (I thought you were in southern Virginia.)

Pete, I too laughed out loud.

Me either.  Clicking on it, it shows right side up for me, but the preview image is rotated 180 degrees...

Guess my wife is right:  She always says I've been "bass ackwards all my life".  I guess this just proves her right.  LOL!

I toldja I'm no photographer with this stupid iPad.  :P

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: johnno56 on October 15, 2018, 04:22:45 pm

Bert22306,

What do you mean 'upside down'? I live in Australia and it looks fine to me...

Steve,

Can I assume that the pink and white plush toy is yours too?

J

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on October 15, 2018, 04:27:15 pm

Quote from: johnno56 on October 15, 2018, 04:22:45 pm

Bert22306,

What do you mean 'upside down'? I live in Australia and it looks fine to me...

Steve,

Can I assume that the pink and white plush toy is yours too?

J

It's the wife's.  Originally, it came with flowers, chocolates, and a card, as a Valentine's Day gift to her.  The flowers wilted, the chocolates were ate, and the card was misplaced, but she's held onto the plush toy as a memento for the last 25 years, or so, now.  ;)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: johnno56 on October 15, 2018, 04:32:55 pm

Cool.  "25 years, or so, now ;)" is quite an achievement in this day and age. Congrats!

J

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on October 15, 2018, 07:53:06 pm

Telling people you have been together for 25 years is for rookies. I've been with the same woman for 38 years... and my wife still hasn't found out about it!

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on October 15, 2018, 08:21:22 pm

What goes on between you and your wife under your belt should not be discussed on a public forum!

You can send me a PM about, later.

Congrats, rookie!

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on October 16, 2018, 04:08:07 am

I coughed up some (a lot) of money to buy a new laptop for Game-Development (Unity, Python and QB64).
So here it is:


Oh and also I did some nice colour modifications to the IDE :)
Zeppelin

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on October 17, 2018, 05:18:30 am

Hi Zeppelin
fine set of coulors
can you post RGB settings?

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Zeppelin on October 18, 2018, 05:08:58 am

TempodiBasic sorry for the late reply.
Here is the colour scheme I use. Its in a weird format as screenshot wasn't cooperating.

Zeppelin

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on October 18, 2018, 06:03:08 am

Just open internal/config.txt and copy the Scheme$ line (or even the whole color scheme section) so you can share it here.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on October 18, 2018, 07:56:50 am

@Zeppelin

Thanks Zeppelin
I find useful your way to post settings, so I have learned that I can create/add new sets of colors to the QB64IDE. First I thought that the number of color settings was limited so I should have to change someone of those preinstalled in the QB64IDE.

@Fellippe
Here is the Scheme$ line got using Zeppelin's set of colors

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. Scheme1$ = "Dark|255255255216000235000245000050255000085255085255255000000000000000108177000147177"

Thanks to share another trick of QB64IDE.
PS How much do you think difficult  to eat spaghetti code of QB64IDE? (1-10 VisualAnalogicScale)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on October 21, 2018, 04:02:41 pm

Here a mine scheme

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. Scheme2$ = "DarkSun|255255255255045020000245000255140000020255085120255000000000000150130000245147177"

and a screenshot

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on October 24, 2018, 04:43:30 am

And here's an image of the old QB64 magic at work...

Does anyone else tend to do their serious programming like this, with half a dozen instances of the IDE open to various SUBS/FUNCTIONS or segments of code, for ease of quick self-reference? 

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: bplus on October 24, 2018, 08:55:47 am

Quote from: SMcNeill on October 24, 2018, 04:43:30 am

And here's an image of the old QB64 magic at work...

Does anyone else tend to do their serious programming like this, with half a dozen instances of the IDE open to various SUBS/FUNCTIONS or segments of code, for ease of quick self-reference?

I think I would be nervous opening multiple instances of the same program and doing development work. Would all the edits be saved correctly?

With tabbed files held statically like in Notepad++ , I still loose track of edit work!  ;( 'course that could just be me. ;)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Petr on October 24, 2018, 09:22:41 am

Basically, nothing else is left if you are tuning several sources in BI and BM files. There is then a very useful possibility of direct opening from the IDE. Of course, it is better to develop something as a separate and self-running program, but it sometimes happens that something needs to be fine-tuned. I use it, in last time much.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: luke on October 24, 2018, 10:54:31 am

I do occasionally find it useful to have the same file opened in two halves of the screen (using an editor that supports that kind of thing), though bookmarks are also very handy.

If you're using the ide there's also F2 which proves to be useful.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: STxAxTIC on October 24, 2018, 11:32:28 am

I'm the kind of person who shuts off the computer when not using it, closes all browser tabs, closes everything, and cleans the desk. I also don't pollute my vision with toolbars, favorites, trinkets, widgets, or any of that jazz. My desktop stays pretty much empty. I disobey Windows at every step of the way. My Documents, empty. Downloads, empty. Pictures, empty. All important data is/are saved to a separate partition than the one Windows is on, and then uploaded to my server. This makes every computer I sit at - public or private - a viable workstation for me, and I never have moments like "oh that thing I need is saved elsewhere". Was using a homemade cloud before it was cool.

That said, I never have the same file open twice, let alone open twice for edits. You *trust* your computer enough to handle that? I tend to leave complexity management where it belongs in my life - in my head!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on November 26, 2018, 04:10:32 pm

@SMcNeill

Hi Steve
please tell me your set of colors of QB64IDE  I find yours good for eyes...
Thanks

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: SMcNeill on November 26, 2018, 05:04:38 pm

Quote from: TempodiBasic on November 26, 2018, 04:10:32 pm

@SMcNeill

Hi Steve
please tell me your set of colors of QB64IDE  I find yours good for eyes...
Thanks

It's basically the default color scheme with just the background set black instead of deep blue.  Just change that one aspect in the options and you're good to go.  :)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: TempodiBasic on November 27, 2018, 02:09:41 am

Thanks I got it!

and here under the form of string for intenal/config.txt

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. Scheme3$ = "QB64 DARK|226226226147196235245128177255255085085255085085255255000000000000108177000147177"

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Fifi on November 29, 2018, 07:28:49 pm

Hi,

Staying back to the topic..., a year and a half ago or so, that was my "little" lab to develop and test my scripts on various Linux distributions using a bunch of old machines.

http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-1.jpg (http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-1.jpg)
http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-2.jpg (http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-2.jpg)

But I've recently switched for a more convenient single Apple iMac 27 (RAM 32 Gb, SSD 2 Tb, OS/X 10.9.5 plus a second Apple 27" Thunderbolt screen and two external disk dock stations) on witch I run all my Linux distros as well as different Windows releases (XP, 7 and 10) in VMs mainly using VMware Fusion (but I do test also both VirtualBox and Parallels that are not so good).

Bellow, I'm currently running 5 different Linux Distros (CentOS 7, Debian 9, Mint 19, Q4OS 2.4 and Ubuntu 18.04.1) plus a Windows 10 session and also QB64 natively on OS/X.

http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-3.jpg (http://www.as2.com/pictures/mon-labo-3.jpg)

This is how I enjoy now the QB64 magic with InForm and vWATCH and a good beer.

Cheers.
Fifi

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on November 29, 2018, 07:40:30 pm

So by the looks of the third photo, you're trying to make us guess if you're a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of guy.

Nice setup!

Pete :D

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: krovit on November 30, 2018, 04:57:24 am

Hi,

it's a funny thing (which makes me think)... we are all "equal"...

I see the same PC, the same disassembled PC, pieces of hardware scattered on the tables, many monitors, harddisks here and there, inlaid desks where there is no more space to rest a pin, confusion... dust!

And I imagine the wives, the mothers, the daughters... that obviously do not understand and maybe they think: "What problems does he have? But a laptop, a smartphone, an iPhone, a tablet... how they all are not enough?"

;)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Fifi on November 30, 2018, 09:28:04 am

Hi Pete,

Quote from: Pete on November 29, 2018, 07:40:30 pm

So by the looks of the third photo, you're trying to make us guess if you're a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of guy.

Nice setup!

Pete :D

Whether you choose the glass half empty or half full doesn't matter because I've already drunk one half and will finish the other half. ;)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: OldMoses on December 02, 2018, 06:36:48 pm

That looks rather like the set up for my reloading bench. Most of the time it's full of gun and bullet stuff, but for a while it housed an old PC that had AutoCAD 14 on it. That rig kinda crapped out. Now I just run Draftsight 2D on my laptop and the bench went back to bullet stuff.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: random1 on December 07, 2018, 08:19:06 am

Why not.
https://i.postimg.cc/8kwQGLB7/100-1366.jpg (https://i.postimg.cc/8kwQGLB7/100-1366.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Bert22306 on December 07, 2018, 02:40:02 pm

Hey Fifi, judging from the time on that wall clock, and that it seems to be dark outside, it looks like you too are a "night owl." Good to see.

Don't know where you live, but I imagine that during the day, outside that door, you have a balcony and a view of Mont Martre. Very inspiring!

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Fifi on December 09, 2018, 11:19:04 am

Hey Bert22306,

Quote from: Bert22306 on December 07, 2018, 02:40:02 pm

Hey Fifi, judging from the time on that wall clock, and that it seems to be dark outside, it looks like you too are a "night owl." Good to see.

Yes I do like working very late at night when both "my blond" and my cats are sleeping ;)

Quote from: Bert22306 on December 07, 2018, 02:40:02 pm

Don't know where you live, but I imagine that during the day, outside that door, you have a balcony and a view of Mont Martre. Very inspiring!

I do live in a magnific and quite part of the south of France called "La Drôme Provençale" (you can look on google maps 44.579662,5.105817 that points my house). So, I don't have a balcony with a view of Mont Martre (where as a matter of fact I was born), but I enjoy an exceptionnal view from my old farm surrounded by mountains where I do paragliding.

Cheers.
Fifi

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: René on January 05, 2019, 10:26:35 am

My name is René. I live in Provence in France.
Here is my QB64 environment


I apologize for the mistakes I'm going to make. I'm using the Google Translator
I am 65 years old, I am retired and I program in QB64 since a few years.
In fact I program very badly, I sometimes use line numbers as a label, I program few functions or subprograms, I still have difficulties to properly declare the variables.
I use only a small part of the QB64 features and I am admiring when I see the quality of the programs made by the regulars of this forum.
Thank you for everything I learned about this forum and all that I will learn again.
I also thank you for all the tools you shared here.
In my programs I use Terry Ritchie's menus, Ashish Kushwaha's Akframework Forms, Dave's "Guiboxes" DLL.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on January 05, 2019, 10:41:01 am

Welcome to the forum, René.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Pete on January 05, 2019, 12:46:28 pm

Quote from: Fifi on December 09, 2018, 11:19:04 am

Hey Bert22306,

Quote from: Bert22306 on December 07, 2018, 02:40:02 pm

Hey Fifi, judging from the time on that wall clock, and that it seems to be dark outside, it looks like you too are a "night owl." Good to see.

Yes I do like working very late at night when both "my blond" and my cats are sleeping ;)

Quote from: Bert22306 on December 07, 2018, 02:40:02 pm

Don't know where you live, but I imagine that during the day, outside that door, you have a balcony and a view of Mont Martre. Very inspiring!

I do live in a magnific and quite part of the south of France called "La Drôme Provençale" (you can look on google maps 44.579662,5.105817 that points my house). So, I don't have a balcony with a view of Mont Martre (where as a matter of fact I was born), but I enjoy an exceptionnal view from my old farm surrounded by mountains where I do paragliding.

Cheers.
Fifi

Mow your friggin lawn!!!!

I'm sorry, I'm from California. Mowing lawns out here is almost as popular as mowing them in Texas, where lawns are prayed to twice daily.

I love the rolling hills. Very nice!

Pete

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: wiggins on January 12, 2019, 10:42:59 pm

Very nice pictures.  Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Show us where the QB64 magic happens!
Post by: Petr on February 01, 2019, 04:35:54 pm

Photos are good. But what you say about this?

https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=300.msg102191#msg102191

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