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magibrain ([personal profile] magibrain) wrote2013-12-24 08:18 pm
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Repost from [personal profile] magistrate for anyone over on this list who might be interested.

I made a bingo generator!

...okay, this is nothing which does not already exist on the internet, but I was bored and I wanted to build it. I plan on adding functionality that will pre-load lists of things like tropes, kinks, genres, dramatic situations, etc; problem is, first I have to generate those lists, or find someone who's already generated them who'll let me use them. XD

At some point, I may also add support for 3x3, 7x7, even 9x9 grids, and other fancy stuff like that. Maybe even styling. In the mean time, if you find yourself desperately needing a Bingo card this Holiday season and unwilling to google a generator, here you go! Let me know if you see any bugs. ;)
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Okay...

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2013-12-25 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
What kinds of lists would you like? I am good at making lists.

Are you going to code for this to allow mixing different categories for more variety?
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] magibrain 2013-12-25 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking mostly about lists which are good as writing prompts – themes, dramatic situations, tropes, kinks, etc. (Though, I realized at some point while making this that it could be used as a kind of "Unfuck your Habitat" motivational tool, as well; you could easily stock a list with things like "Wipe down stovetop" and "make bed" and "clean out fridge" and set up some sort of system to reward yourself for Bingos, etc.) I was thinking that quotes with attributions might also be cook, but I feel like that might be far too wide a field.

...you know, I hadn't thought of coding it to allow for multiple categories, but I bet I could figure out how. *g* I don't have a lot of experience in jQuery, which is what handles loading pre-made lists, but part of the fun is learning new things! And jQuery is quite approachable.
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] perfectworry 2013-12-25 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
I would so play "apartment cleaning" bingo.


… I know what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] magibrain 2013-12-25 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome! :D

Hopefully this is a tool that will get a lot of use in creative ways! (And if you want to nominate any lists of cleaning tasks, feel free to. ^_^)
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] magibrain 2013-12-25 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
There! It should allow selection of multiple lists, now. ...of course, the list I had for testing and debugging purposes was my own list of fiction kinks, many of which probably don't make sense to anyone but me, but they worked fine as a proof of concept.

(There's still a bit of cleanup to be done, but I think the major functionality for this is in place.)
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-01-06 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
>> I was thinking mostly about lists which are good as writing prompts – themes, dramatic situations, tropes, kinks, etc. <<

I have some that I originally wrote for a different bingo fest, that aren't going to be used immediately. And I can make new ones too.

>> (Though, I realized at some point while making this that it could be used as a kind of "Unfuck your Habitat" motivational tool <<

For that I recommend Goal-Fish:
http://www.goal-fish.org/

>>...you know, I hadn't thought of coding it to allow for multiple categories, but I bet I could figure out how.<<

I hope that works out.
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Re: Okay...

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-01-06 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
I have some lists for you. Get me an email address and I'll send them.
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[personal profile] magibrain 2014-01-06 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome! Best place to send them is probably my magistrata@ Gmail address.

And thanks!
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Done!

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-01-06 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I have sent the batch. There are 12 lists in it.
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[personal profile] magibrain 2014-01-06 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Received and uploaded to the site! You get your own section, now. :)
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Yay!

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-01-06 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for that. I have linked to it.
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[personal profile] fred_mouse 2013-12-25 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not the words to say how glad I am that you have made this - I've been looking for something similar for years. I, like perfectworry, intend to use this for housework, because I can only ever get a handful of my to do list done in a day, and this might be one way to winnow it down.
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Re: linked via ysabetwordsmith

[personal profile] magibrain 2013-12-25 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you'll find it useful! :D
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Re: linked via ysabetwordsmith

[personal profile] fred_mouse 2015-11-19 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
and I'm still using it, on and off, two years later! Still appreciative!
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[personal profile] veleda_k 2013-12-30 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a very useful thing! Thank you.
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[personal profile] magibrain 2013-12-30 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Very welcome! Hope you enjoy it. :)
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