Can anyone help me with a question? I want to get hold of software that'll allow me to generate a map of the US with state colours user-defined. I'm up to do a speech in Toastmasters on Nov 3, so I figure it'll have to be about the Presidential election. I'd like to be able to make some visual aids for it. (I gave a speech last year on the US electoral system, but only got through the House and Senate before running out of time.)
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Oct 25, 2008 5:49:54 am PDT #6417 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Barb - Oct 25, 2008 6:27:24 am PDT #6418 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
When I was trying to convince Tim that Kato the dog NEEDED a pimp dog costume (what? it has a purple velvet coat! and a big purple velvet hat WITH A FEATHER),
No dog and I mean, no dog needs a pimp dog costume. Jeez, Tep, we've had this conversation. It's just sick and wrong.
And Ginger, I'm glad you came to your senses before succumbing to the evil vortex of Target and dressing the dog as a lobster.
This is why I have really large dogs. The temptation to dress them, not that I've ever had it, is lessened considerably.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2008 6:28:55 am PDT #6419 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I want to get hold of software that'll allow me to generate a map of the US with state colours user-defined.
I dunno. But if you can't find anything, how about using The Gimp? Since it's scriptable, you could have a file with a list of states with the color you want for each state, and the coordinates of a single point in the state. Then have a script that will fill each state (specified by the coordinate you have) with the color you want.
I can see this being a PITA to figure out if you don't know The Gimp and script fu, so hopefully you'll find an easier solution.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2008 6:33:14 am PDT #6420 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In case anyone still wants to dress up their dogs:
HOW TO - Make Star Wars Halloween costumes for dogs
Trudy Booth - Oct 25, 2008 6:49:42 am PDT #6421 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think Scooby Doo is a GREAT costume for a dog -- people dress as other people after all.
Tep, you pick up that dog's hair. It's not like disagreeing with "Daddy" is going to cause emotional harm. Get the pimp costume!
Nilly - Oct 25, 2008 6:59:41 am PDT #6422 of 10001
Swouncing
Skippity to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is brenda m's birthday.
Happy birthday, brenda! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
Trudy Booth - Oct 25, 2008 7:01:27 am PDT #6423 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
t FLYING TACKLE-HUGS BRENDA
Happy Birthday, Baby!!!!
I wish you happy puppy and mellow day.
brenda m - Oct 25, 2008 7:07:30 am PDT #6424 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hi, and thanks!
For the record, I dressed Lu up one year. I got one of those barrels of monkeys, wrote XX on it with a sharpie, and hung it from her collar. She was a St. Bernard.
So there.
brenda m - Oct 25, 2008 7:12:59 am PDT #6425 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
...and I just overheard my father on the phone ordering live lobsters, which he can't afford and I don't actually like. How to delicately put the kibosh on that plan? Maybe I'll send my sister a text.
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2008 7:15:44 am PDT #6426 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.