Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Living

How do we live? What is our lesson in life? My friend would tell the story. Walking along and there is a pebble in front of you. Bend down. Pick it up. Examine it. Toss it over your shoulder. Continue walking. Life is a circle. The pebble comes back up during your walk. Toss it over your shoulder again?

Friday, September 04, 2015

Email post via Mail Chimp

The Mail Chimp posting worked. It does not have the best formatting but works. Wondering now if I should make another blog and get it set up and then forward all my past technology tips to that blog email post address. May be a lot of work but could make for a good record of information.

The email post to Evernote worked too. Except with the basic Evernote account you can only send five mails. This was not apparent on the Evernote site when setting up the email service but they sent an email this morning letting me know it is a trail basis.

If you are interested in Evernote and signing up for the service I can get a month of premium service for referrals.
Go to: https://www.evernote.com/referral/Registration.action?sig=83162d9ba3038b35790c3c014c557aeb&uid=4094042
to sign up and install Evernote. New users will also get a month of premium service too.

TTT - Twitter Guide

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Hello Sequoyah, 

The Mashable website has a great guide to using Twitter. It is an older article updated about two years ago. Yes, two years is a huge long time in online years. So many things can change in a short amount of time. 

I think the key to Twitter is simply using it. Get on. Look around. Have it going in the background throughout the day. It is like the news ticker at the bottom of the screen. If you see something of interest click on it. If you see someone tweet something you like follow them. Retweet it if it is something awesome.

Take a look at the Mashable article if you are having trouble getting started or are wondering what to do next. 
http://mashable.com/2012/06/05/twitter-for-beginners/

Thanks and don't forget to be awesome, 
Andy

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Thursday, September 03, 2015

Auto Post

I try to create a daily technology tip. I have been doing it for a couple of years now using MailChimp to mail my teachers tips and tricks. It is really nifty. There is an archive of posts through MailChimp. I have been thinking I really want to have my posts on the Internet too.
Racking my brain... Copy and Paste? ReDo? seems like a lot of work.
Then I remembered yesterday I was looking at EverNote settings. They have a email to post feature. So does Blogger. In theory add the posting email address to the MailChimp list. Then the MailChimp email should post automatically to the BlogSpot and to Evernote.
We shall see in the next couple of days...


Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Happy

Looking for good quotes today and ran across this one.

image found at https://loalover.files.wordpress.com/
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There is really something awesome about changing your mind, deciding to be who you want and how you want.

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Ricky Bobby

Not sure if that is right. "If you are not first,  you are last.". It should be "if you are not first, you are not first".
I think it is often best to be last. But then I have never been one to be first.

Monday, August 31, 2015

Guide

Odd paradox thought about this morning. We look toward others as guiding light. People who have forged the way and are a guide of sorts. Selfbhelp gurus and made it millionaires. And yet we know the each persons path is their own . Each must find their own path. And the road less traveled like that. If I knew the way I would take you there.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Ice Cream Social

Several years ago I wanted to try Graeter's ice cream. It was going to cost a lot for shipping so might as well order a bunch to try it all and share. So the Ice Cream Social was born.

Every year around this time. Ray and I buy a bunch of ice cream and invite everybody over to the studio for a scoop or two. My mom usually bakes a cake and some of the ladies in the studio bring some brownies. It is an opportunity to get together and hang out for a bit which really does not get to happen all that often.

So come by the studio (1218-C N. Western Ave.) on Sunday, October 26, between 2:00 and 5:00. Have some ice cream. Relax.

We are in the process of building a mobile glass studio and are planning on giving it a test run on Sunday too. So there may be something new and exciting to see on the glass front.  

Also be sure to mark your calendars for our Annual Holiday Home Show. We hold our home show every year in conjunction with my Aunt Pat at With Joy Nativities. The Home Show is December 5, 6, and 7. 


Friday, December 27, 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Ingress

I have been playing Ingress for about a month or so. It is great fun, well sort of fun, also very frustrating.

I am trying to figure out how best to approach the game. It is really something that takes a lot of time to excel at developing.
That perhaps is my largest deficit in that I do not have a lot of time to devote. I am lucky to hack a portal driving by. I have altered my travel routes to drive by portals.
Having time to meet up with others and hack together has yet to happen.

In OKC we are faced with the Enlightenment being much stronger and having vast control over the city. The Resistance is weaker and faces an uphill battle on every portal. There are however a few strong holds of the Resistance.

I finally created a field the other night and within about 4 hours it was destroyed. I am not sure if it is a good thing to create links and fields in the area. It gives the player much needed AP points but also calls attention to the portals and invites hacking. I do not know if it is possible to stay under the radar as it were of the green. It is just a matter of time for them to gang up and take over a portal.

Philosophically I would play the game differently. Getting everyone on that page would be difficult.
I think that if all the new L1 portals were captured by Level 1 or Level 2 players the portals could be built up slowly with new or low level folks developing those portals. Low level players would then be playing against each other building up skills and resources  The portals would not face a threat to high level players. When the high level players control the portals it does not give the opportunity for other players to gain knowledge and strength. Yes, I know this is against most game theory based on strength and supremacy but falls in line with the game theory of development and appeasement. Being self interested the game becomes somewhat stagnate. But then I am finding it difficult to not approach the game from developing the game self.
Using the field creation as an example, it develops the points for the player but in the end could have adverse effects on the other players being able to continue to develop the portal and area.

I am just not sure what approach is best. Or what course would be best to take and continue upon.


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Forward

Moving along. Forward perhaps, side ways or up. It is good for sure. Destination not so much as the journey.

the studio

why do I have to shrink and go away so someone else gets to grow?"