tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85153701174557172032026-09-10T04:48:58.726-10:00My hobbies: painting, gaming, Star Trek Online, etc.~Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11626454836533423356noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515370117455717203.post-42100104451298439502015-07-09T15:59:00.001-10:002015-07-09T15:59:05.035-10:00

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Let's see how this works! I've been meaning to do this for a while, as my Surface RT has Office 2013, but not Windows Live Writer. And, frankly, I don't always like using the web interface. I'm debating moving over to Word Press, just so I can learn it better, but we'll see.

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My Friday night gaming group runs what we call Casual Fridays. Basically, they're relatively short games, lasting about a month (4-5 sessions), just so we can try different things, have fun, and not have a huge commitment requirement. So, right now I'm running Paranoia, however Mongoose Games is currently between editions for the classic science-fiction spoof RPG. I have the previous edition

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Okay, its been a few days in, so... keep in mind that this is a developer'spreview, but us weirdo enthusiasts can get in on it too. Given that Microsoft and Apple were both inspired by WebOS's task switcher,the fact that MS followed through and added "flick to close" makes me reallyhappy. Unlike WebOS and iOS, its flicking/dragging downward, just likeWindows 8. I did a silly little dance/squeel

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"And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.'" Ayn Rand “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them

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If you play paintball, you know that paint isn’t cheap. It might be inexpensive, but its never cheap. I recently bought 100 GXG reballs so I could practice shooting my marker at home. What is a reball? Basically it’s a rubber paintball – they’re reusable! But, in order to use them, I needed something to both shoot at and to collect the reballs. So, This was a simple project that only took a few

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  I'm planning to do a review of Privateer Press' Iron Kingdoms RPG. So, the question is, "what would you like to hear?" I'll answer as best I can. I should note that I'm not super mechanically minded. So, amazing math questions and such might go over my head.

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Huzzah! As of this morning I weighed 212.2lbs. Why is that such a big deal? Because when I started everything and ordered DDP Yoga back in mid-December, I was 223lbs! Today I've crossed the 10lb mark! Also, that's 7lbs since I started doing the yoga on January 1st. So ~3lbs was lost by diet alone! I'm quite thrilled with this, obviously. I've been doing Fat Burner more often in the

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So, done with my Week 5! Today was *hard* - Diamond Dozen and Fat Burner - but it was *great* The slower pace of the Diamond Dozen gave me time to think about what I was doing, so I made some improvements on my level of engagement. I don't quite know how to explain them (maybe I should draw it later?), but it really helped with Touchdown, Diamond Cutter, and anything involving my arms. In

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A little early this week, considering I haven’t done my Friday training. That said, it’s the end of the month, so I want to see how things have progressed. I began on January 1, 2014, today is January 31, so that’s a good time period, right? Weight: 219.2lbs to 214.8lbs (-4.4) Chest: 42” to 41.75” (-.25”) Waist: 43.5” to 40.5” (-3”) Hips: 46” to 45” (-1”) Thighs: 23” to 22” (-1”) So, 4.4

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Closing in on the end of my first month, and I'm looking forward my updated measurements. This week was actually quite good! I did DDP Yoga Energy Monday through Thursday instead of just Monday and Wednesday. Unfortunately, I got busy Friday, so I didn't do Fat Burner on schedule. Wasn't happy about that! So, I did it late this afternoon, and plan to do it tomorrow as well. What's

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I'm on week 3! Yay! I'm at the point in Energy where I can do a good portion of it without a lot of modification. Some stuff is still difficult, but overall I'm getting the hang of it. Since I'm familiar with it, I can focus more on doing things than how I'm doing things. Of course, the third session of week 3 changes everything, and Fat Burner brought a good challenge to it. I'll need to

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Aaaand Week 2 check-in! I managed to practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday! I'm 95% sure my allergies are being seriously set off by something, so while I wasn't feeling fantastic before, after this morning's session I was pretty beat. Monday and Wednesday were fine, and I actually started doing about 50% of Energy without as much modification on Wednesday.

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DVDs? Check. Heart-rate monitor? Check. A place to train? Check. And thanks to some folks at www.TeamDDPYoga.com, I've entered a "3-times a week" Challenge, as it seems perfect for a beginner like me :) So far so good, although I did Energy Wednesday, Thursday, and this morning (Saturday). The rest days seem well placed, but I

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I’ve been working on my diet lately, which has been a good thing. A recent physical had my doctor concerned about my weight, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc., so changes are in order. But, that said? There’s a few big buzzwords I’ve heard I should avoid – not from my doctor but by friends, the internet, etc. Mulling it over, some of these things are subject to good ol’ fashioned hysteria. If you

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Microsoft's Bing is their attempt to be relevant in the search market. One of the nice things with them being so far behind Google is they're trying hard to get new users! One thing I love is their rewards program - use Bing, earn points, and get goodies. One of their rewards is a gift card from Rixty. On their reward site: Rixty is a universal prepaid card for over 1000 multiplayer &

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And, just a week later, looks like the market volume has rebounded a bit! Offers to buy Dilithium have gone up. Its interesting in that in the past month and a half offers to buy Dilithium and Zen have been a bit apart. Usually they tend to be a bit closer in volume! Interesting.

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Is it? Could it be? Movement! After being so flat and dull for the past few weeks, the Z:D rate has jumped up a bit to 1:115. What could have caused it? Good question. One could hazard a guess, but I suppose I could probably listen to this week's podcast to get a better idea ;) I'm currently quite interested in the Elachi Lockboxes coming up. The new ships are visually interesting, and the

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Its a nice, quiet week once more. The Z:D rate has been pretty darn steady, trading volume seems good, and a good number of people are making offers for Zen if you're in need for Dilithium right now. Certainly more offers than there's been for a while! There's a new cosmetic project going up for the Fleet Dilithium Mine called "the Motherlode," which might be fun as well. But for now... onto the

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Another quiet week of numbers, it seems. Massively has been doing a nice bit of interviews with Dan Stahl (part one and two), which has some nice food for thought about the future. I've been working a little on my Romulan character, getting Lockboxes opened up for Lobi, and all has been pretty nice, really. Now, that said, the number seem pretty good to me. Relatively flat, yes, but the numbers

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Ah, the joys of starting back at square one… I’m going to have to thank my friend John for introducing me to Maui Paintball back in March. I hadn’t played paintball in nearly two decades, and its so much different now than it was back then! Which is fair! I’m certainly a lot different than back then too. So, I’ve been going at least once a month since then, participated in two tournaments with

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/Not too much opining this week. Last week Kevin Ly asked if I could share the Excel spreadsheet I've got my data on. I think I'd like to do that. Question is, of course, Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online? Dropbox? Arg... So, if you've got some feedback into that, please let me know! Just be gentle when you see the spreadsheet! I'm not exactly a trained professional here ;)   

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Three statisticians went out hunting, and came across a large deer. The first statistician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left. The second statistician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right. The third statistician didn't fire, but shouted in triumph, "On the average we got it!" Its been a while since I've done looked at averages. Now, I have to fully admit that my data is a merely

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Today is a big day! Steam's online summer sale continues, so that's always big for someone. Microsoft announces its formal reorganization, which will have effects on the PC industry for years to come. Nokia announced the Lumia 1020 with its 42 mega-pixel camera (well, sorta... marketing math). And now? Pacific Rim is opening. Well, assuming you've got a midnight showing. I'm not sure what the

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Happy 4th of July to our US players! And if you're not a US player? Well, give me some holidays I should keep on my calendar and what country they're for! You know, I can't quite remember any holidays in Star Trek, but I'm not exactly an expert in trivia and lore. Ah well. Side note: I'm currently playing STO on my laptop, which is running the preview for Windows 8.1. Works great, no issues,

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