I have this horrible cold right now and it's making me feel pretty miserable...like I have been hit by a truck or something.
I can't get any decent sleep on account of all the coughing. And I have been coughing so much that my back & stomach muscles ache.
I don't feel like doing anything, especially anything that resembles work. So knowing this, my husband decided to be 'nice' to me and find me some work to do.
He went out and bought all the ingredients to make a big pot of homemade chicken soup. He's not going to make it...I am.
The one key ingredient that makes it chicken soup is missing though. He didn't buy any chicken. This was on purpose. He had this brilliant idea that instead of putting chicken in the chicken soup, I should make it with the handful of shrimp I have in the freezer.
Yeah, that's right...in his mind there is no difference between chicken & shrimp and by making it with shrimp, he thinks it's still chicken soup.
Now my stomach muscles hurt even more, from laughing.
This is a challenge for anybody with any kind of coding skills, even at the beginner level.
The challenge is to release a new freeware/donationware application on or before January 1, 2008.
It was a lot of fun last year and it got quite a bit of publicity. It was covered by ShellCity.net, CybernetNews.com, and ghacks.net, along with many other sites & blogs.
So if you can code, you might want to take the challenge this year.
I have been a member of DonationCoder for quite some time now, and it has been a wonderful experience for me.
One of the great things about this site and the community behind it, is the feedback you get from users, which helps you to improve your software and make it the best it can be. It is a kind of co-operative endeavor, with the end users and the developers working together as a team. You don't have any idea how great of an experience it is until you experience it for yourself, either as a user or a developer.
This entire team approach of software development brings the developer and end user together in a way that most people never have seen or experienced before. The results are amazing.
When you are coding for an unknown mystery user, it is easy to assume what he will want and like and what he will use your software for, having no clue what he really wants, likes, or needs. The reality is that you end up coding for yourself, and hoping the end user has the same tastes as you. It is quite easy to become disconnected and out of touch, when you are just coding and posting your creations on your own personal site for others to download, with no real interaction with the people you are writing for.
And as software users, it is easy not to think of developers as approachable people that will listen to you and consider your comments & suggestions seriously. It is also too easy to think of software as not having a human element behind its creation. This can lead people to not really care where their software comes from or appreciate the amount of work that goes into making it. It's this not caring attitude that can be an element contributing to the issues with software piracy that exist today. It's a bit harder for a user to bring themselves to pirate software, when they are hit with the reality that the stuff they are using actually has a 'face'.
Now before you get the wrong impression of what this is all about, let me explain what it isn't. This isn't a situation where a coder creates, users make demands, coder submits to demands, working himself to death and becoming resentful...or all he gets as feedback is bug reports or complaints. It's not like that at all.
And it's not a matter of users getting everything they want, which results in a bloated application full of useless features, that does everything except make your bed for you.
This is ongoing honest discussions, with not just feature requests, but an explanation of why they want the features, discussions between the developer and the users about which would be the best features to add and/or remove, and discussions on how the best way to present them would be.
Many of these discussions are between the users themselves, where they have to make up their minds and come to an agreement of what they really want & need, as a group. And the developer helps with guiding them and keeping things realistic and explaining what is or isn't possible, or what is or isn't within the limits of their coding abilities.
When something is outside the coder's abilities, there are other developers on the site that can be helpful and provide resources to learn from, and share some of their knowledge & experience so that you can do things you thought were impossible, and learn a lot in the process.
And the users really do appreciate the developers that will listen to them and be honest with them, with many showing that appreciation with donations. But don't do this for the money, because you will never get rich from freeware or donationware. Do it instead for the experience and the fun it will be, and the greater sense of connection to the people you are coding for, and how it will help to keep you from losing touch with your userbase...or the realities of real world software use.
So think about something you can make and accept the challenge today. You have about 3 weeks to come up with something you can release. And if you are out of ideas, you can take a look at the Coding Snacks section of their forum and maybe fill a request for a small tool that someone needs.
http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=11206.0
Here's something to think about: These kids will be running the country in the near future. How prepared are they?
After watching this, I have some really mixed feelings about a lot of things...the internet, in particular.
There is a neat little tool available called Anti-Christ Hunter v6.6.6 that will help you find those people that are in league with Satan.
I decided to put it to good use and provide a service to the voting community by identifying all the U.S. Presidential hopefuls and how they score.
Let's see who is in league with Satan...
This concise list is based on the candidates for ALL parties and independents, not just the major two. (candidate list provided by vote-smart.org)
In alphabetical order:
| Name | Score | Notes |
| Laura Davis Aaron | 942 | |
| Stephen Adams | 750 | 16% in league with Satan |
| Virginia E. Algar | 798 | |
| Donald Kenneth Allen | 1026 | |
| Thomas Wayne Allen | 1128 | |
| Gene Amondson | 756 | 10% in league with Satan |
| Yul L. Anderson | 960 | |
| Jose Miguel Aparicio | 1128 | |
| Roland G. Aranjo | 780 | |
| Michael Andrew Arterburn | 1398 | |
| Blake Ashby | 516 | |
| Warren Roderick Ashe | 1170 | |
| George Brent Bailey | 1020 | |
| Jared Arlen Ball | 690 | 76% in league with Satan |
| George H. Ballard | 690 | 76% in league with Satan |
| Jedidiah Elijah Wendell Kennedy Banks | 1170 | |
| Jon Jay Banks | 732 | 34% in league with Satan |
| Terry Lee Barkdull | 1134 | |
| Daniel James Barnett | 1038 | |
| Bob Barr | 348 | |
| Michael W. Bay | 612 | 46% in league with Satan |
| William David Beadles | 1002 | |
| Carl Durantye Belle | 1068 | |
| William F. Berg | 702 | 64% in league with Satan |
| Joseph R. Biden | 750 | 16% in league with Satan |
| Christina Gerasimos Billings-Elias | 2022 | |
| Sheila Bilyeu | 768 | |
| David Michael Bishop | 960 | |
| Greg Black | 396 | |
| William Hobert Blakley | 1290 | |
| Michael R. Bloomberg | 948 | |
| John Douglas Blyth | 1158 | |
| Matthew Jay Borman | 1134 | |
| Jacques Yves Boulerice | 1422 | |
| John Taylor Bowles | 1284 | |
| J. Boydston | 744 | 22% in league with Satan |
| Robert Edwin Boyer | 1188 | |
| Ryan Joseph Brady | 1086 | |
| Dewey R. Broughman | 1074 | |
| Elaine Brown | 708 | 58% in league with Satan |
| Jeffrey Earl Brown | 1098 | |
| Edward Allan Buck | 792 | |
| William Jason Burns | 1272 | |
| Emperor Caesar | 822 | |
| John Lee Campbell | 798 | |
| Dan Byron Canfield | 882 | |
| Raymond Joseph Caplette | 1470 | |
| Myrtle Charlotte Carlyle | 1626 | |
| Jerry Leon Carroll | 1206 | |
| Anthony Lungo Carter | 1386 | |
| James Harlin Carter | 1050 | |
| Willie Felix Carter | 1146 | |
| Patrick Cazneau | 894 | |
| Janice Marie Chase | 744 | 22% in league with Satan |
| Jeanne Chebib | 469 | |
| Liza Dawn Cherricks | 1104 | |
| Todd Marvin Clayton | 1260 | |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | 1386 | |
| Eamon Patrick Clune | 1086 | |
| Stephen Colbert | 972 | |
| James Cooper | 720 | 46% in league with Satan |
| Hugh Cort | 600 | 34% in league with Satan |
| Michael James Cortney | 1194 | |
| John H. Cox | 582 | 16% in league with Satan |
| Eric Leland Creviston | 1248 | |
| Randolph Wilson Crow | 1434 | |
| Claire Elisabeth Fields Cruise | 1554 | |
| Orion Karl Daley | 960 | |
| HRM Caesar St Augustine De Buonaparte | 2184 | |
| Jack L Dietz | 606 | 40% in league with Satan |
| Christopher J. Dodd | 1056 | |
| Susan Gail Ducey | 966 | |
| Michael Christopher Dutcher | 1614 | |
| Earnest Lee Easton | 1068 | |
| John Reid Edwards | 942 | |
| Max Englerius | 888 | |
| Philip Epstein | 948 | |
| Lou-Gary Espinosa | 1182 | |
| Nickolas Bevan Farmer | 1134 | |
| Clarita Fazzari | 906 | |
| Lowell Jackson Fellure | 1386 | |
| H Neal Fendig | 510 | |
| Bennie Lee Ferguson | 1056 | |
| Richard Earl Fleharty | 1152 | |
| Michael Keith Forrester | 1368 | |
| Robert Leonard Forthan | 1374 | |
| Heather Fox | 660 | 94% in league with Satan |
| Dory Frank | 672 | 94% in league with Satan |
| Elizabeth Mason Frothingham | 1614 | |
| David Ernst Furniss | 1332 | |
| Ida Cecilia Garza | 654 | 88% in league with Satan |
| Anne Hart Geisler | 936 | |
| Daniel A. Gilbert | 714 | 52% in league with Satan |
| Donald Robert Gillen | 1122 | |
| Rudolph W. Giuliani | 1194 | |
| Wrendo Johnson P. Godwin | 1572 | |
| Albert Gore | 618 | 52% in league with Satan |
| Mark Blair Graham | 798 | |
| Peter Samuel Grasso | 1284 | |
| Maurice Robert Gravel | 1278 | |
| Raymond Ferrill Green | 1314 | |
| Jon A. Greenspon | 918 | |
| Jackson Kirk Grimes | 1158 | |
| William Long Hale | 918 | |
| Albert Hamburg | 768 | |
| Dennis M Hanaghan | 792 | |
| Gerald Lamar Hankins | 1008 | |
| Curtis Hayward | 1020 | |
| John Robert Henry | 1170 | |
| Henry Hewes | 780 | |
| Samuel B. Hoff | 648 | 82% in league with Satan |
| Joe Honeychurch | 948 | |
| Albert B. Howard | 774 | |
| Mildred T. Howard | 924 | |
| Michael D. Huckabee | 666 | ANTI-CHRIST ALERT! They are in league with Satan! |
| William Charles Hughes | 1278 | |
| Darrel Reece Hunter | 1080 | |
| Duncan L. Hunter | 930 | |
| Alexander Michael Huton | 1278 | |
| Daniel J. Imperato | 912 | |
| William Michael Ingram | 1152 | |
| Robert Garrison Jackson | 1512 | |
| Michael Paul Jingozian | 1236 | |
| Jerry Roland Johnson | 1410 | |
| Stanton T. Jolley | 1212 | |
| Arnold Matthew Jones | 1302 | |
| Robert Coleman Jorgensen | 1488 | |
| Keith Russell Judd | 1188 | |
| Timothy Charles Kalemkarian | 1632 | |
| John Joseph Kennedy | 1188 | |
| Alan L. Keyes | 630 | 64% in league with Satan |
| Daniel Melzine Kingery | 1308 | |
| Mark Irwin Klein | 1002 | |
| David Allen Koch | 726 | 40% in league with Satan |
| William Ronald Koenig | 1224 | |
| Philip A. Kok | 648 | 82% in league with Satan |
| Yaphet Kotto | 936 | |
| Karl Everett Krueger | 1332 | |
| Steve W. Kubby | 930 | |
| Dennis J. Kucinich | 918 | |
| Karen Kwiatkowski | 1206 | |
| Dal Anthony LaMagna | 978 | |
| Christopher Lafontaine | 1416 | |
| God Johan Josephe Lally | 1284 | |
| Jared Benjamin Lee | 768 | |
| Kip Lee | 348 | |
| Monroe Lee | 612 | 46% in league with Satan |
| Joseph Felix Leonaitis | 1398 | |
| Alden Link | 492 | |
| Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie | 1098 | |
| Bradley K. Lord-Leutwyler | 1608 | |
| Frank Lynch | 672 | 94% in league with Satan |
| Steven Douglas Mabey | 1260 | |
| Stephen D. Macmillan | 1014 | |
| Yehanna Joan/Mary Malone | 1350 | |
| Greg Martin | 672 | 94% in league with Satan |
| Mike Benjamin Martisko | 1272 | |
| Joseph Martyniuk | 1230 | |
| John Christopher Mason | 1488 | |
| John Sidney McCain | 996 | |
| James Hatton McCall | 1020 | |
| Laura Jane McCumber | 966 | |
| Frank Edward McEnulty | 1308 | |
| Raymond Louis McKinney | 1560 | |
| Orleans Victor Mcfoy | 1398 | |
| Megally Megally | 900 | |
| Lee L. Mercer | 576 | 10% in league with Satan |
| Kent Philip Mesplay | 1266 | |
| Prince Michael | 696 | 70% in league with Satan |
| Joseph C. Miechowicz | 1140 | |
| Hubert Billy Miles | 1152 | |
| Robert W. Milnes | 1038 | |
| Steven Edward Mirabella | 1278 | |
| James Creighton Mitchell | 1374 | |
| Sal Mohamed | 546 | |
| Omar Jones Monahan | 1056 | |
| Brian Joseph Moran | 1068 | |
| Robert Edward Moreau | 1236 | |
| Howard Louis Moxham | 1314 | |
| Abdul (Kareem) Muhammad | 1002 | |
| Jesus Bilal Islam Allah Muhammed | 1656 | |
| Grover Cleveland Mullins | 1578 | |
| Ralph Nader | 582 | 16% in league with Satan |
| George C. Nelson | 834 | |
| Sandra Queen Noble | 1002 | |
| Barack Hussein Obama | 978 | |
| Lawrence Anthony Obern | 1392 | |
| Frederick Eugene Ogin | 1086 | |
| Glenda Gail Parker | 846 | |
| George E. Pataki | 720 | 46% in league with Satan |
| Ronald Ernest Paul | 1170 | |
| Jeffrey Charles Petkevicius | 1686 | |
| George David Joseph Phillies | 1560 | |
| Matthew D. Pinnavaia | 1086 | |
| Deshon Porter | 942 | |
| Michel Anissa Powell | 1176 | |
| James John Prattas | 1140 | |
| Madison Augustine Primus | 1728 | |
| Rajesh Srinivasa Raghavan | 1470 | |
| Charles G. Railey | 858 | |
| William Nathaniel Raven | 1338 | |
| Larry Keith Reed | 954 | |
| Bill Richardson | 864 | |
| Ralph Marshall Robinson | 1470 | |
| Willard Mitt Romney | 1386 | |
| Paul Russell Rosenberger | 1692 | |
| Gary Rostad | 768 | |
| Kamal Karna R Reverend Roy | 1500 | |
| Gary W. Ruff | 750 | 16% in league with Satan |
| Mary J. Ruwart | 1008 | |
| Cameron Sadovsky | 1110 | |
| Launeil Neil Sanders | 1164 | |
| Marshall Samuel Sanders | 1410 | |
| Ole' Savior | 696 | 70% in league with Satan |
| John W. Sawyer | 966 | |
| Barbara Ann Scaff | 642 | 76% in league with Satan |
| Joseph Charles Schriner | 1398 | |
| Larry Joseph Schuetter | 1596 | |
| Jonathon Sharkey | 1104 | |
| Scott J. Sheldon | 984 | |
| Jack E. Shepard | 606 | 40% in league with Satan |
| Freddy Irwin Sitnick | 1320 | |
| Christine Smith | 1044 | |
| Michael Charles Smith | 1116 | |
| Rhett R. Smith | 948 | |
| Richard Michael Smith | 1086 | |
| Keith Robert Sprankle | 1362 | |
| Douglas Stanhope | 1062 | |
| Johns Wallace Stevenson | 1536 | |
| Michael Sugerman | 894 | |
| Vermin Love Supreme | 1392 | |
| Kat Swift | 654 | 88% in league with Satan |
| Charles Joseph Leo Symonds | 1680 | |
| Edward Anthony Szynalski | 1728 | |
| Tom Gerald Tancredo | 1050 | |
| Nanci Jean Taylor | 972 | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | 1314 | |
| Michael Tienken | 774 | |
| Linda Tompkins-Reagan | 1218 | |
| Bruce Calvin Trask | 1074 | |
| Corrogan R. Vaughn | 1092 | |
| Charles Gordon Vick | 1104 | |
| Da Vid | 240 | |
| Hugh Wallace | 606 | 40% in league with Satan |
| Mark R. Warner | 840 | |
| Lanakila Washington | 1146 | |
| James Louis Dezort Watchman | 1770 | |
| Thomas Wells | 882 | |
| Ruth Bryant White | 1272 | |
| Virgil L. R. Wiles | 1050 | |
| Jomo K. Manual Williams | 1344 | |
| Kelcey Brian Wilson | 1182 | |
| Robert B. Winn | 840 | |
| Marc Wolin | 648 | 82% in league with Satan |
| James Wellington Wright | 1584 | |
| Vernon Edgar Wuensche | 1326 | |
| Eugene Robert Zarwell | 1392 | |
| Frank Zilaitis | 930 |
So there you have it folks. Now you know who the Anti-Christ is, what he's up to, and who is working with him. And yes, he is a Republican.
No time to thank me for all my hard work hunting him & his minions down...you have work to do!
Go get your own copy of Anti-Christ Hunter v6.6.6 and find out which of your co-workers, family & friends are in league with Satan, before it's too late!!
And tell all your God fearing friends about it! Spread the word!
Your soul depends on it.
