tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36911444773382003112024-03-13T10:50:56.570-07:00Chris Poldervaart :: BloglandThoughts, Nuggets, Photography, and other Randomness.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-40040098480023162842013-02-23T18:51:00.001-08:002013-02-23T18:51:16.652-08:00Jill Leading Kids at the VBS Expo Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-50058502135376457772012-11-01T17:48:00.000-07:002012-11-01T17:48:04.461-07:00Getting Juiced! (LaLanne vs Breville)My dear wife bought me a Jack LaLanne Power Juicer Express for my birthday recently. I have been wanting a juicer for a while, but it's been difficult to justify spending the cash to "give it a try". I imagine there are millions of juicers sitting in cupboards around the world that have been used less than 10 times (along with many other specialty household appliances). Juicing is one of those things that you have to just commit to and run with it to see how far you can take it. I'm less than a week into this, so I'll not even pretend that my juicer won't end up in the cupboard with the blender we never use, next to the extra coffee maker, and the rice cooker. ; )<br />
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So anyway....I really liked the Jack LaLanne Juicer. Knowing nothing about juicers...that was what I expected to be the "one to get". In fact, I went out of my way to make sure my wife knew that if I were shopping for a juicer on my own...that's the one I would have bought. It's important for her to know that....because it became clear to me that it wasn't a keeper. I really liked that juicer, until I used it.<br />
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I decided to start juicing using the "Mean Green" Recipe from the documentary "<a href="http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/" target="_blank">Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead</a>." (Great watch, by the way!) Basically it incorporates kale, celery, cucumber, green apples, ginger, and lemon. I modified it a bit by using kale and spinach...rather than just kale. I have no idea why, it just sounded like something to try.<br />
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Everything went okay, until the apples that is. It had a hard time juicing the apples, and took lots of pressure with the pusher to get them through. In the end, juice was to be had.<br />
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Same as before, except when I got to the apples...the juicer literally tried to juice itself. As I was pushing down to get it to take the apples (cut into quarters) I started to smell melting plastic and shut it down to find little bits of black plastic all over. I found that the feed tube was somehow being carved away by the juicing blade. Hmm...okay. Back to the store you go.<br />
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I exchanged it for another of the same kind. I figured maybe I just got a bad one.<br />
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Same problem as before. It just didn't have enough guts to juice the apples without a lot of effort.<br />
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After a little quick research, I decided to bring home a Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE98XL. It only cost a little more than the Jack LaLanne, but seemed to have quite a bit more power. It was also the same juicer used in "<a href="http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/" target="_blank">Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead</a>" so it had that going for it. It was time for a face-off!<br />
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Well, it wasn't much of a battle. After one use of the Breville, it became clear that it was the juicer for me. It is awesome. There really is no comparison. It handles the apples with ease, and literally sucks in the vegetables and spits out juice. It reminded me of the first time I demo'd a high power vacuum after using cheap-o vacs for all those years (we still have and love our Kirby, by the way). <br />
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Now...off to juice up my after-dinner snack!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-92080995854124195332012-07-26T18:33:00.004-07:002012-07-26T21:51:55.468-07:00Arduino UNO R3 :: It's Geek Project Time!<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Look what I got today....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In case you are wondering, its an Arduino UNO R3. It just showed up in the mail today...just in time for a "geek project" night that I've got planned for tomorrow. I'm starting off simple with my Arduino projects. I plan on building a high speed flash trigger that will trigger a strobe based on inputs of sound or breaking a laser beam. It should be a fun starter project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-70117759758159993202012-07-12T18:01:00.000-07:002012-07-14T05:02:33.489-07:00My Approach :: Notification of Amazon Free Android App of the DayI recently ditched the iOS ecosystem for an Android device. Not for any political reason like #boycottapple or anything <strike>silly</strike> <strike>crazy</strike> <strike>agressive</strike> <strike>hater</strike> like that. It wasn't because of cost. It wasn't because of Apple's slowly declining market share (if that really is the case). The reality is that it was about timing and boredom. I was getting bored with iOS, I needed a new phone, and the next iPhone is still several months out. I ditched Android for iPhone several years ago...and I guess now the pendulum is swinging the other direction. But...this post isn't to talk about my switch from iPhone to my smokin hot new Samsung Galaxy S3 on AT&T. ;-) It's to talk about how I chose to get notifications of Amazon's Free Android App of the Day to my device...and how you can as well.<br />
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It wasn't long after switching back to Android that I was getting advice about installing Amazon AppStore because each day they offer a paid app for free. (Thanks Kevin!) It seems sometimes it's a lame app that should be free...sometimes its a decent app...and sometimes its a killer app that is a nugget of gold hidden in the dirt. Okay...cool. <br />
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"How do you get notified of what each day's free app is?" I asked. "You have to check it every day," I was told. Okay. I can do that.<br />
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Yeah...that lasted about a week (or less). I couldn't remember to check Amazon each day. I was fearful that I was going to miss out on a really amazing app because I failed to check it that day.<br />
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I began looking into ways to get notified. I did find several apps on the Google Play Store that claim to do this for you...but I really hate to install an app just for this. Many seem to come with ads and junk...and well...there had to be a better way.<br />
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I started thinking about it...and the way was already available to me on my GS3. I have an app named <a href="http://tasker.dinglisch.net/" target="_blank">Tasker for Android</a>. I have been using this app to play with location and state based tasks. It's REALLY cool, and almost limitless in possibility. Some examples of how I use Tasker:<br />
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<li>Re-enable it when I am away from home</li>
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<li>Disable WiFi when I am away from home</li>
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<li>Re-enable it when I am in my neighborhood so that I can re-connect as I arrive home.</li>
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<li>Disable keyguard when my phone is connected to my car's bluetooth</li>
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<li>Re-enable it when I turn off my car</li>
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<li>If I am at work, and I place my phone face down, turn on airplane mode so it doesn't eat battery while in a place where it can't get service.</li>
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Tasker is great, and really great if you like to tinker and play with a light bit of pseudo-code. One thing that Tasker can do is to make http requests...so...I decided to use that to help me with my Amazon Free Android App of the Day situation. </div>
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I have a project in Tasker that consists of the following:</div>
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<li>At 0500 each morning, do the following:</li>
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<li>Go to the Amazon website where the Free App of the Day is posted</li>
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<li>App Name</li>
<li>App Description</li>
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<li>Fire a notification that tells me what the app name is.</li>
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<li>When I click the notification, open a popup that gives me the description</li>
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<li>When I click a button on the popup, take me to the Amazon App</li>
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It's really that simple. If the name catches my attention, then I can get the description. If I am still interested, I can go straight to the Amazon App Store and read the reviews and see the screen shots. </div>
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So now, each morning I am presented with the latest free app. No extra apps to download (I already had Tasker) and no ads to have to click through, and exactly what I want to see. </div>
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I debated what information I wanted to pull. Do I care what the original price was? Eh...not really. But I may add that later. Maybe not. </div>
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Anyway...so here is what it looks like:</div>
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Here is the notification that displays when the task fires. (FAAD is short for Free Android App of the Day, and it's the convention that Amazon uses in the webpage source.) </div>
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Word Shaker, btw, was a really cool game that I did take advantage of while it was free. Still available as I type this... ; -)</div>
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When I pull down the notification list, you can see the FAAD Notification.</div>
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Now, if I am not interested in Word Shaker, I can just dismiss the app, but if I want to see the description, I can simply touch the notification to get my popup. I didn't spend any time on the popup to make it look good...I just wanted something functional.</div>
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It ought to be obvious by now, but if I select "Go To Amazon," I am taken straight to the Amazon App Store where the Free App of the Day is found at the top of the display. Once here, I can check it out further and download it if I choose to do so. </div>
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That's about it. It's pretty simple. Now I just watch my notifications each day for that super-awesome-must-have-free-app!</div>
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If you want to use this, or take it and make it better, you are free to do so. You're ahead of the game if you already have and use Tasker. If not...there is a bit of a learning curve. </div>
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Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll save you some trouble. ; - )</div>
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Here is my .xml export of the project. You can just save all of this text as an .xml and import it directly into Tasker. It should work for you. (You must have the Amazon App Store installed as well as Tasker.) Of course, all of this is dependent upon Amazon not changing the layout of their website. There are certainly easier and more efficient ways to this. This is just the method I chose. Feel free to be more awesome than me and do it better. It's okay. : - )</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>658</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="ImageElement" sr="elements0"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>7</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>716</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>658</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>0</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>0</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Background</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="AppIcon" sr="arg1" ve="2"/><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>255</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="RectElement" sr="background"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>4</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val></val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg2" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#F5383882</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg3" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#F5555599</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg4"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>2</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg5" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#2BF4F4F4</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg6"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>9</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg7"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="TextElement" sr="elements1" ve="2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><ClickTask>-936</ClickTask></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>5</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>443</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>597</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>29</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>155</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>App Desc</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%AppDesc</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>16</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg4" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FFFFFFFF</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg5"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg6"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>2</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg7"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="RectElement" sr="elements2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>4</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightLand>17</heightLand></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>117</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthLand>250</widthLand></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>595</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xLand>0</xLand></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>31</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yLand>183</yLand></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>597</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Footer</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>2</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg2" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FFDDDDDD</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg3" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FF999999</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg4"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>4</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg5" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FF000000</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg6"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>9</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg7"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="TextElement" sr="elements3" ve="2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>4</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>155</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>609</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>17</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>0</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Text3</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%FreeApp</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>20</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg4" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FFFFFFFF</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg5"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg6"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg7"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="ButtonElement" sr="elements4"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><ClickTask>61</ClickTask></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>4</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>95</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>93</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>511</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>620</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Button1</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val></val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>16</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg4" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#F5383882</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg5"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="AppIcon" sr="arg6" ve="2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><nme>icon_dontsave</nme></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><pkg>net.dinglisch.android.taskerm</pkg></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="ButtonElement" sr="elements5"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><ClickTask>62</ClickTask></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><flags>4</flags></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><heightPort>95</heightPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><widthPort>389</widthPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><xPort>54</xPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><yPort>620</yPort></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Button2</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Go To Amazon</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>24</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg4" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>#FF000000</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg5"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="AppIcon" sr="arg6" ve="2"/><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Task" sr="task36"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><cdate>1341780862122</cdate></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><edate>1341884639918</edate></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><id>36</id></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><pri>10</pri></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>47</code></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Amazon</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>1</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>100</val></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg4"></div>
<div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><edate>1342132499890</edate></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><id>59</id></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><pri>10</pri></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act0" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>118</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=2350149011</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>10</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg4" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg5" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>590</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>mas_faad'&gt;</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act10" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>549</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD*</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>1</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act11" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>523</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Today's FAAD: %FreeApp</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>Today's Amazon Free App : %FreeApp</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="AppIcon" sr="arg2" ve="2"/><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg4"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act2" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>590</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD2</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>&lt;/a&gt;</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act3" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>547</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%FreeApp</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD21</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg2"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act4" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>549</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg0" ve="3"></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD1</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act5" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>549</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>%HTTPD2</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg1"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><val>0</val></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act6" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>549</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act7" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>590</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>590</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act9" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>547</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="StringArg" sr="arg1" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="IntArg" sr="arg3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></class></div>
<div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Task" sr="task61"></div>
<div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Action" sr="act0" ve="3"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>48</code></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><class cl="Task" sr="task62"></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><code>20</code></div>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br /></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-62380089975884187562012-06-17T05:58:00.000-07:002012-06-17T05:58:06.100-07:00Moleskine Planner / Wallet UpdateSo...it's been a while, but I thought I would toss out an update on the Moleskine Planner/Wallet usage. In short...I'm still using it. I've gone through a few since I started. I will say, the design is a little simpler than I originally started with...only because I am starting to find out what "features" I really use, and which ones I don't. The whole point of switching to the Moleskine as an organization tool was that I didn't want to be limited to what sections/layout/methods that built into a commercial planner. With that said, it doesn't make sense for me to limit myself to my OWN methods if they don't make sense. Right?<br />
<br />
Soon, I'll put together a blog entry about what my planner looks like these days. In a nutshell, I am still using a calendar (page a day style) method, but I decided to try something new this latest rendition. In stead of having the entire calendar in one section, I am now trying to keep everything sequential...so calendar section for a week -> notes and journal for that week -> calendar section for the next week -> notes and journal section for that week --> etc. This seems (so far) to be a little more efficient for me, and continues to reduce blank (wasted) pages as I move through time.<br />
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Anyway....that's all for now. I've been really REALLY busy lately...so my blog went to the "optional" list. I'm slowly starting to get caught up now, though.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-2679609899836453882012-01-30T19:34:00.000-08:002012-01-30T19:34:24.209-08:00Moleskine :: Planner Wallet Journal Version 2.0I am now on my second Moleskine since I developed my planner/wallet/journal system. You can find previous write-ups here:<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2023813137"><br /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/my-moleskine-plannerjournalwallet-setup.html" target="_blank">My Moleskine Planner/Journal/Wallet Setup and Hacks</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html" style="background-color: white; color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Book Darts! A Follow-up from the cpo Moleskine Customization Method -- And a Review</a><br />
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I made a few small revisions since my original setup, and I thought I would share the evolution with you. I simplified the system a bit, mostly by consolidation.<br />
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First off...I still really like the setup. I have carried it daily as a wallet, and really like it. I like having my journal and notes with me at all times. Of course, because I have it handy, I tend to use it...often. This first Moleskine lasted me a little over 3 weeks. I do have a lot going on in my life at the moment, so I may be using it more than I may once things settle down. I'll be satisfied if it gets to about one book per month. The good thing about refreshing books often, is that it forces me to "clean out my wallet". I end up with random stuff like receipts, business cards, and other papers that collect in the back pocket. These things begin to take up more and more space...and its good to thin it out when I change books.<br />
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I found that my system provides for very little wasted space. I did have a few blank pages, but not because of my method. Rather, I am very close to filling it up (just a few empty pages left) and I would rather swap now when it is convenient. If I held out, I could maybe get a couple more days, but then I'd have to transition in the middle of a very busy week. Moving to the blank journal was better for me now, even if it costs me a few blank pages.<br />
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I jotted some notes on things that I wanted to modify for the next go round. You can see them here:<br />
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As you can see, some things are obvious, and others require some explanation.<br />
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The first thing I want to mention is that I considered trying another book besides Moleskine. I am a fountain pen user, and there is a little show through...not much...but it's there. You can see a little in the photo above...from the page behind it. I was looking at other books that are known to be more fountain pen friendly, but I ended up back with Moleskine. The Rhodia books have covers that are too thick. The Ecosytem looked good, but I like the grid style, and the grids on the ecosystem were very prominent...dark ink. I liked the more subtle grid of the Moleskine, especially for writing.<br />
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I did swap to a soft cover Moleskine, and I think I will like it better. It is the same as the hard cover, only just slightly thinner without the hard cover.<br />
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Back to my list...I ditched the pen loop. I didn't need it, and it was just something else hanging off the journal. It was a cool idea, but I found that I rarely stored the pen with the book - likely because I carry it as a wallet.<br />
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I originally had a section for work, home, and church. What I found in practical use was that it was sometimes challenging to figure out what sections were best to put what in. My home and church life are intermingled...so it made sense to just make it one section. The other thing was that even sometimes work stuff is "journal-able" but doesn't belong in the "work" section with my other notes. So really, it now has two sections. A personal section for all journaling, and a work section for notes (reference) related to work. I also, of course, have the calendary (daily) and random sections. Here is a photo of the new book, and the old book. You can see how the indexing worked in the old book as I filled it up.<br />
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With this new book, I decided to move the to-do sections to the front of each major section. Personal to-do items are in the beginning of the personal section, and work to-do items are in the beginning of the work section.<br />
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I put random at the end again, but this time decided to run it backwards...It's just random notes and lists. The moleskine 2.0 list I showed you above is an example of something I put in random.<br />
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I also changed my identifiers. Previously, for each page, I put the label at the top, but I found it took up valuable space. I still like looking at the page and being able to tell immediately what section it is, so I switched to using a simple letter identifier at the bottom left corner, on the opposite page of the page numbers. I am using "m" for personal (me) and "w" for business (work). It's essentially a quick squiggle one way or another, which is why I used m and w. It's quick, and takes up little space:<br />
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Of course, I am going to use "r" for random, and the daily section is a calendar, so it needs no label...but I put "d" in the index anyway.<br />
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I still totally love the Book Darts. The change I made here was just in my implementation. Instead of putting the dart on the next available page, its 2 pages ahead. That way when I get to writing, I don't find myself writing on the page with the dart...requiring a move in the middle. It was just better for me.<br />
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The last thing I did was implement consistency in dating. I still documented the date for each day's entries, but it was random. I decided on a consistent dating delimiter. It just looks like this:<br />
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That way when I am looking for something from a specific date, I can look for lines across the page, and identify the date associated with those entries.<br />
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So far...I am much happier with this system than I ever was with any pre-printed organizing system. This is 90% journal, 5% task list, and 5% calendar. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-29311619418799114702012-01-25T16:57:00.000-08:002012-01-29T12:58:47.957-08:00Craigslist Scam :: Identify and Avoid :: Here's HowI recently listed an item for sale on Craigslist and was contacted by a scammer. Normally I would just ignore such things, but my curiosity (and boredom) got the best of me today. I was really curious what the angle was going to be -- hoping it may be something new and interesting. I was expecting too much. It was the same 'ol scam as usual.<br />
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Realizing that I was about due for a blog entry, I figured this would be a good topic.<br />
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Here are some ways to identify a scam email. This doesn't just apply to craigslist ads, but any similar email from a variety of sources for a variety of reasons. This just happened to be something I got today as a result of a Craigslist ad. Fifteen years ago, the same thing was happening from newspaper ads, just a little less techified (yes, I just made that word up).<br />
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So anyway, I received an email from Craigslist that had the following text:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div style="color: black;">
"<span class="HOEnZb adL">Do you still have the above subject still available for sale thanks"</span></div>
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<b>First red flag</b>: That's a very generic email about a specific item. Normally, when people are interested in something you have for sale, they tend to be a little more verbose. Mostly. Maybe not always. Another oddity was the lack of punctuation. <br />
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<b>Second red flag: </b>The sender email address didn't match the name on the email account. That was the big tip-off. It's such a simple thing, but it's often the case and is easy to spot.
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Depending on how you read your email, you may see the user's email address presented to you by default. In this case, the message said it was from <b>steve howell</b> via craigslist.org. When I hover over the name, however, I get a little popup window that shows me the email address associated with that sender. In this case, it was <b>lisajones0001@gmail.com</b>.<br />
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Hmmm.... <b>steve howell </b>at<b> </b><b>lisajones0001@gmail.com</b><br />
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Normally, this is all you will need to disposition this email as scam/fraud/spam. In fact, at the bottom of the email from craigslist, they provide a link to report it. It will say <b>"I<span class="HOEnZb adL" style="color: black;">f this email is a scam or spam please flag it now,"</span></b><span class="HOEnZb adL" style="color: black;">and will give you a hyperlink. When you report it, you will see this:</span><br />
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<span class="HOEnZb adL" style="color: black;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="HOEnZb adL" style="color: black;">That's it. Your job is done. Pat yourself on the back for being the super sleuth you are, and also for being a good netizen (I did not make that word up).</span><b> </b><br />
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As I said, I was a little bored and curious, so I replied with a simple, "<b>It is.</b>"<br />
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A few hours later I got the actual scam email. Here it is:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"I
would be really glad to get it asap, i'm not going to be around to come
look at it before the purchase but the price and condition is good with
me but i'm so busy for now and this is because we are running around to
set up a band and studio as well and we will need this asap.Am offering
extra $30 to the asking price.<br />
<div style="font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 15px;">
My
payment will be made by bank check or cashier check which will be
delivered to you as soon as i get your details. My shipper will come for
the pick up as soon as payment is certified by your bank. Also I will
be adding an excess to the payment that will be sent to you which you
will assist me in sending the the balance to my shipper for their
service charge.I really need this, quite important and urgent. I will be
more than glad if it can be sold to me. Email me back with a<b> Name, Address </b>and your <b>phone# </b>for the check, write back soon. Regards."</div>
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Now we get to learn the scam. If you made it this far, either because you missed the red flags I mentioned above, or those flags didn't exist for you, then here are some things that stand out about this message.<br />
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First and foremost...we have another email address issue. This response from <b>"steve howell" </b>came from a different email address than I originally replied to. This time it was from <b>steve howell </b>at<b> <span class="go">internationaholdingscompany@gmail.com</span></b><span class="go">.</span><br />
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<b><span class="go"> </span></b><span class="go">We have yet another poorly worded and punctuation-lacking email. This one tells us the set up. Here's how it works:</span><br />
<span class="go"><br /></span><br />
<ol>
<li><span class="go">They prey on the fact that you really want to sell your item, and know you may take a risk or go against your better judgment if it means a chance for success.</span></li>
<li><span class="go">They impart a sense of urgency, which puts you in a rush position, where you are less likely to fully consider the circumstances.</span></li>
<li><span class="go">They always agree to purchase your item sight-unseen, for a myriad of reasons.</span></li>
<li><span class="go">They sweeten the pot a bit by offering to give you more than you are asking.</span></li>
<li><span class="go">They offer payment by cashier or bank check. </span></li>
<li><span class="go">They have a "shipper" who will pick up the item.</span></li>
<li><span class="go">And here is the part where they make money. They need you to help them pay for the shipper, so they send you extra money, and then they will have you forward that off to someone else. It's of no cost to you, because the check they send you is for more than enough to cover the price of your item PLUS a little extra for your trouble PLUS the shipping fees. </span></li>
</ol>
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<span class="go">So what's the big deal? What's the harm in this? You sell your item, make a little extra money, and help a fellow human being out in a crunch. It's not a bad deal, is it?</span><br />
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<span class="go">Well, not unless the cashier's check or bank check is fraudulent. It will be. Trust me. </span><br />
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<span class="go">This is how the scam works...everything I mentioned above falls into place nicely. You get check, you deposit it. You then do your part and send off the "shipping fees" to the shipper. It might be a few hundred bucks or more -- but it was covered by the check. Well, a few weeks after your money is long sent, the bank will contact you to tell you that the check you deposited was fraudulent. Guess what? That "shipping money" is now YOUR money, and you lost it. That's the scam in a nutshell. </span><br />
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<span class="go">The more expensive the item you are trying to sell, the more likelihood you will get a similar email. The higher dollar or bigger items justify higher "shipping costs" so they can take you for more money at once before you have time to realize what just happened. </span><br />
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<span class="go">What's the best way to protect yourself?</span><br />
<span class="go"><br /> </span><br />
<span class="go">Reading this hopefully helped. Above that, follow <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams" target="_blank">Craigslist's Published Safety Tips</a>:</span><br />
<span class="go"><br /> </span><br />
You can sidestep would-be scammers by following these common-sense rules:<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="background-color: #ffff99;"><b>DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON</b> - follow this one rule and avoid 99% of scam attempts on craigslist.</span> </li>
<li><b>NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM</b> or any other wire service - anyone who asks you to do so is a scammer. </li>
<li><b>FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS ARE COMMON</b>, and <b>BANKS WILL CASH THEM AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE</b> when the fake is discovered weeks later. </li>
<li><b>CRAIGSLIST IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TRANSACTION</b>, and
does not handle payments, guarantee transactions, provide escrow
services, or offer "buyer protection" or "seller certification" </li>
<li><b>NEVER GIVE OUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION</b> (bank account number, social security number, eBay/PayPal info, etc.) </li>
<li><b>AVOID DEALS INVOLVING SHIPPING OR ESCROW SERVICES</b> and know that <b>ONLY A SCAMMER WILL "GUARANTEE" YOUR TRANSACTION.</b></li>
<li><b>DO NOT RENT HOUSING WITHOUT SEEING THE INTERIOR, OR PURCHASE EXPENSIVE ITEMS SIGHT-UNSEEN - </b>in all likelihood that housing unit is not actually for rent and that cheap item does not exist.</li>
<li><b>DO NOT SUBMIT TO CREDIT CHECKS OR BACKGROUND CHECKS</b> FOR A JOB OR FOR HOUSING UNTIL YOU HAVE MET THE INTERVIEWER OR LANDLORD/AGENT IN PERSON. </li>
</ul>
At <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams">http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams</a>, they also have some examples of similar scams and contact information to report if you are a victim of such. <br />
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Stay Alert. Be Safe.<br />
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UPDATE:<br />
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I received another spam email this week. I figured I would just add the new information to the end of this post since I realize that many of you are landing here from google searches for the email addresses and names of spammers who are contacting you. Hopefully adding them in here will help you make a quick decision on whether your "buyer" is legit or not. Keep in mind, I'm not *TRYING* to get them to contact me...I just have stuff for sale, and they are trying to take advantage of that.<br />
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The latest email was from <b>tonja.baby102@gmail.com</b><br />
with a reply-to email of <b>collinsmike100@gmail.com</b>.<br />
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The text of the message was simply:<br />
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<b>Do still have it available for sale?</b></blockquote>
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Do you think this message fits the suspicious criteria I named above? Absolutely!<br />
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UPDATE: (Again)<br />
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Got yet another email today:<br />
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from: <b>mich <fawcetttom6@gmail.com></b><br />
reply-to: <b>mich <truck.trader1234@gmail.com</b>><br />
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Text:<br />
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<b>Still available? please send me more pictures of it so that i can make my decision of purchase thanks Clifford...</b></blockquote>
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Mich? Clifford? Ugh. <br />
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<span class="go"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-36670506182954763912012-01-17T07:02:00.000-08:002012-01-17T07:02:23.477-08:00A Blast From the Past: 2007 Les Paul Elitist Complete Re-WireThis is a revival of an older write-up I put together back in May of 2009 for a guitar forum on the Internet. I did it as an instructional piece, and broke out the step-by-step process of re-wiring my 2007 Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Standard Plus. If you are not familiar with this particular guitar, it is very collectible and becoming more and more rare by the day. This guitar, which was made in Japan, is well known for its amazing build quality and tone -- and many argue it was better built than the American version manufactured by Gibson. In fact, I was looking for a Gibson Les Paul when I found this one, but I couldn't find a Gibson anywhere that felt as nice as this one. It plays like butter! The only thing that wasn't super awesome about it was the electronics that came from the factory. It is common to re-wire them with "Made in USA" electronic components to get the most out of this amazing Les Paul. <br />
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I was thinking about this guitar lately because I am wondering if I should attempt to sell it. It's been sitting un-played, in its case, for a very long time now...over a year or more. If you know me personally, you have probably heard the story that goes along with this guitar. It was a great surprise/shock/terror to my wife when I bought it from a Craigslist ad while on a business trip. It's a great party story! ; P<br />
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Not very long after I wrote this article on my complete re-do of the electronics, I found an American Standard Stratocaster which is now my regular guitar. I love the Elitist, and realize it rises in value each day I own it...but I still wonder if I should sell it. My wife would love that! It's my "backup guitar" but I haven't needed my backup...ever.<br />
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So here it is...nearly a direct reproduction of my 2009 write-up. Pardon the poor photography...it wasn't a focus of this effort, and I was using a little point and shoot with flash. Ugh. These pictures make me cry -- because today they would look much different! But...it's a moment in time, and I cherish them for that!<br />
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Components:<br />
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<li> RS Guitarworks Modern Wiring Kit</li>
<li>Neck Pickup: Dimarzio Air Norton (Zebra)</li>
<li>Bridge Pickup: Dimarzio Super Distortion (Zebra)</li>
<li>Neck Tone Pot controls coil tapping via push/pull</li>
<li>Bridge Tone Pot controls out of phase select via push/pull</li>
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First, let me say that if you are expecting tips from a pro...that's not me! This is my first time to mess with anything inside my guitar. I am posting this so others who are considering tackling the job can see that it is indeed doable, and also hopefully provide some direction and pictures that may help others. I can't say this is perfect, since frankly I have nothing to compare it to. I am proud of my work, and the guitar works....so mission accomplished.<br />
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Thanks to those on this forum who gave me lots of threads to research, and especially thanks to hillbilly for setting me up with the RS kit! I am a believer in giving back to people who give to me. I have lurked on this site long enough, and couldn't have done this job without your discussions...so I think it only makes sense that I share back so others can take something away from this experience.<br />
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Here is how it went down. Enjoy!<br />
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1. Pulled off all four factory pot caps from guitar using the "plastic grocery bag" method.<br />
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2. Created a template for wiring using a cardboard packing box top. Pressed the box against the installed pots to indent the cardboard. Drilled out these locations for securing the new pots for wiring.<br />
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3. Next, I wired pots up after attaching them to the template. I used a combination of the provided wiring diagram from RS, the diagram from Dimarzio, and some forum posts (to look at pictures). Honestly, it seemed overwhelming at first. But using the resources, I was eventually able to get it to "click" in my brain what all was going on. This is one of the primary reasons I chose to do this myself. I really wanted to learn what was going on under the hood, and wiring your own from scratch is a pretty good way of achieving this goal.<br />
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Here is the starting point, and as you can tell, I also measured the pots for resistance values (mostly as a learning experience).<br />
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Here is the final wire-up, at least pretty much all I could do outside the guitar. NOTE: I realized after taking this picture that I was missing one more wire, connecting the bottom tone (bridge) to the bottom volume. This was part of the confusing part of taking a diagram for the wiring kit and combining it with another diagram for the phase switch. I was thinking the hot lead that I ran from the switch took the place of the standard bottom lug to bottom lug connection. I was wrong, and didn't realize it until after the build. The result of the missing wire: No tone control for the the bridge. Nothing detrimental...and adding the wire after the fact solved the issue. It was a little challenging to wire it after everything was in place...but careful manipulation of the pointed tip pencil soldering iron yielded successful results without screwing up anything else that was in place.<br />
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4. Next, I removed all the existing electronics/pups from the guitar.<br />
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5. Next, I wired up the 3-way pickup selector switch. I measured what length I needed to wire it to the input jack first, then split the leftover in half for the pot connections. (Thanks for the tip on that, hillbilly!)<br />
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Here it is in its home.<br />
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6. The next thing I had to do before installing the pots was to drill out holes. The factory pots were smaller than the new pots (standard) so I had to bore the hole out to 3/8". I used the recommendation to use a drill and run it in reverse (from the top side). This worked like a charm. The difference in size is subtle. Here is a pic with two drilled and two factory sized. Can you tell which is which?<br />
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Here is the control cavity...waiting for pots. I used shrink tube for the input jack wire that was exposed to the control cavity. The black tape on the other wire tells me that it's for the Neck volume pot so I didn't wire it backwards since I used the same wire for all three switch runs.<br />
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8. Finally, I get to install the pots!<br />
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I also made sure the knob ends looked even on the front, using washers to compensate when necessary to control the depth. And, of course, I added my new pointer washers before screwing them in.<br />
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10. Now for the pickups. I started with the neck, wired it in, then moved to the bridge. Here is the final control cavity condition. I went ahead and wired both pickups to coil-split with the neck tone push-pull. I then have the bridge wired for reverse phase. NOTE: Also still missing the bridge tone-volume connection. I completed the task..but didn't get the picture of the updated view. This is, however, reflected in the wiring diagram posted below.<br />
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11. I took it for a "test drive" before buttoning everything down. I left the strings on, so that if I had any issues to fight I wouldn't waste a new set of strings. The strings weren't a problem, and are actually still on the guitar after the job was complete. All the functions seemed to work as expected, the sound is good and loud, no buzzing, static, etc. (Except it seems I missed the fact that there was no bridge tone control - I was so excited to play with everything else! Ironically, the stock tone controls really didn't seem to do anything, so I guess I was used to hearing little change with adjustment. Now, however, the ENTIRE TONE of the guitar changes with a roll off of the tone! Wow! So that's what those knobs are supposed to do!)<br />
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I eventually added the bridge tone-volume connection, and then slapped the new knobs on...and here it is:<br />
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Not bad for a half hour of work, eh? Ha! Yeah right! I don't know how long it took me...but defintely several hours from start to finish. I took my time, and went slow and steady. Of course I wasn't able to work on it continously, so it probably drug out longer than it should have. <br />
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Who doesn't enjoy photography of babies?! It's just so amazing! They are such tiny people!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-81253380652357812782012-01-12T13:01:00.000-08:002012-01-13T05:54:13.387-08:00Tattered Cover Bookstore in Highlands RanchI mentioned <a href="http://www.tatteredcover.com/" target="_blank">Tattered Cover</a> in my <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> about <a href="http://www.bookdarts.com/" target="_blank">Book Darts</a>, and I always get lots of great feedback about that Denver-based book store. I thought would share a photo I took of the Highlands Ranch store earlier this summer. <br />
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For you photography geeks, this is a 10 second exposure at F/8 and ISO 200.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-61077941019413936912012-01-12T07:21:00.000-08:002012-01-12T07:21:34.148-08:00Who Moved My Cheese?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I was listening to a photography podcast that I enjoy (The Grid Live) and they were discussing this book: Who Moved My Cheese. The discussion surrounded the challenge that professional photographers are having with their businesses because of the proliferation of DSLRs in the general consumer space. I won't go into that here...<br />
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I try and read this book every few years, but I realized I haven't read it in a while. I went down to the office and grabbed it off the bookshelf. I think it's time to give it another read. I have a lot going on in my life right now...and it seems my cheese is constantly moving. <br />
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Of course, another one of my favorites is "The One Minute Manager" so I imagine I'll end up wanting to read that one again next! <br />
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Hey...now I can start putting all those Book Darts to use. : )Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-21146937637996007512012-01-11T16:12:00.000-08:002012-01-12T13:03:40.823-08:00Book Darts! A Follow-up from the cpo Moleskine Customization Method -- And a ReviewYou might recall from my previous post on how I set up my <a href="http://www.moleskine.com/" target="_blank">Moleskine</a> planner/journal/wallet that I was originally planning on using <a href="http://www.bookdarts.com/" target="_blank">Book Darts</a> for my organization. If you missed that one, or you enjoyed it so much you wanted to read it again, you can find it <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/my-moleskine-plannerjournalwallet-setup.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Anyway, I ended up buying some magnetic book marks that were still pretty cool, but I really wanted to try the <a href="http://www.bookdarts.com/" target="_blank">Book Darts</a>. Well, boys and girls, I found my chance. I found them at a local Denver book store named <a href="http://www.tatteredcover.com/" target="_blank">Tattered Cover</a>, so I picked up a tin of 50. The price wasn't bad at around $8 and no shipping to mess with. I really like Tattered Cover. You can find a photo I took of the Highlands Ranch, Colorado store at:<br />
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So, you can count this as an amendment to my <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/my-moleskine-plannerjournalwallet-setup.html" target="_blank">original post</a> but also as a quick review of the Book Darts.<br />
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First. Man. These are awesome! Now that I have them in hand (and in book) I don't know how I was able to settle for the i-clips that I ended up instead. These things are super thin, super light, and hold to the page with a grip that simply amazes me.<br />
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As you can see in this photo I originally shared, the i-clips add a little bulk to the Moleskine. <br />
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Now, however, take a look at my Pocket Moleskine with the Book Darts!<br />
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I lost a little bulk by switching to the book darts, but the end result is still where I want to be. I have a section marker that helps me quickly get to where I want to me. Granted, I did lose the colors, and the thick item to quickly grab, but the Book Darts still make getting around very easy.<br />
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So some of you are this point are still confused by what a Book Dart is, exactly. I was unsure too, which is why I am spending a little time giving you some detail and photos. Let's take a look.<br />
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To quote essentially what the picture above says:<br />
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Book Darts are a bookmark for exactly where you stopped, and a linemarker for discoveries you want to find easily. They are archivally correct. A safe alternative to paperclips, underlining, and highlighting. Will not stain. Don't let kids eat them, and they are made in the USA.</blockquote>
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This things are hardly thicker than the paper they clip to! Here is how they compare against the i-clips I was formerly using:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book Dart vs i-clip</td></tr>
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Not only was having a thinner solution better for bulk, there is also the matter of the actual real estate taken on the page. As I mentioned in my other post, I use the marker to point to a writable page for each section. What that means is that I end up writing on that page, and then the marker gets in the way, so I have to move it around. The Book Dart takes up much less room on the page. I am using them upside down (blunt side up rather than the arrow side up) to give me even more room as depicted below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book Dart vs i-clip</td></tr>
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Here is what the Book Dart was designed to look like (arrow on page you are marking). You can see that it still doesn't take up a lot of room, but the blunt end is almost a non-issue on the page that I am writing on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both sides of a Book Dart.</td></tr>
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While these are a great addition to my Moleskine....I am very excited to use them elsewhere. Heck, I just bought a tin of 50, so I have plenty. I can think of many spots to mark in my Bible already. Even with a typical reading plan, I am in 4 books each day, plus wherever my Pastor happens to be teaching from, plus whatever personal study I am doing, plus wherever I am scribing at the time (you can learn more about that from http://scribingthebible.blogspot.com/). The options are endless.<br />
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I am still amazed at the magical combination of small, light, and snug-fitting these Book Darts are. I am very impressed.<br />
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And because Book Darts is a sponsor of this blog...<br />
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Well... Okay. The truth is that they are not a sponsor. They don't even know I exist. But, I like em anyway. And so will you.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<span id="goog_1774798896"></span><span id="goog_1774798897"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-50989674615824763592012-01-11T15:11:00.000-08:002012-01-11T16:17:47.917-08:00[BACK ONLINE] MyDomain[dot]com DNS Issues Breaking EmailEDIT: Apparently the issue is resolved. I appear to be getting email again. <br />
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If your suddenly unable to receive email and your senders are getting bounces that look like this:<br />
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Technical details of permanent failure: <br />
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 unrouteable address (state 14).</blockquote>
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...Then you might check to see who is hosting your domain name. If it's MyDomain[.]com, you are in good company. There are many of us experiencing an outage right now due to a corrupt/malicious/broken zone file.<br />
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It is my understanding that the hosting company is aware of the issue and is working on a resolution. In my case, there is a fancy new MX record that happens to have a priority of 0 that I suspect is causing the issue (m1[dot]dnsix[dot]com). I originally suspected Google Hosting Services (sorry Google) but I think I have cleared them through investigation as all fingers are now pointing to MyDomain.<br />
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In the meantime...email just ain't happening. Ugh.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-13269321536716801372012-01-11T06:49:00.000-08:002012-01-11T10:31:36.575-08:00Google Search is rolling out "Search, plus Your World"From Google's website:<br />
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Search, plus Your World
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Your photos, your friends, your stuff…
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Search has always brought you information from across the web. Now, search gets
better by including photos, posts, and more from you and your friends. When signed
in with Google+, you’ll find personal results and profiles of people you know or
follow. You can even expand your world by discovering people related to your
search.
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How it works</h3>
You have to be signed in to a <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts" target="_blank">Google Account</a> <img alt="new window" src="http://services.google.com/images/adwords/doit.gif" /> to get all of the features of personal results. Here's how Google personalizes your results when you're signed in: <br />
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<li><b>Google products</b>: Search for publicly and privately
shared content visible to you, like your Google+ (and Picasa) photos and
Google+ posts from your friends.</li>
<li><b>Social Search</b>: Discover relevant images and pages shared by people in your Google+ circles and by <a href="http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1254206" target="_blank">suggested connections</a>.</li>
<li><b>Web History</b>: Get customized results based on your past search activity on Google, such as searches you've done or results you've clicked. <a href="http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=54068" target="_blank">Learn more about Web History</a></li>
<li><b>Profiles in search</b>: When you search for a friend's
name, you might see a link to the relevant Google+ profile in the list
of autocomplete predictions. With personal results, you’re more likely
to see your friend John's profile than some John you’ve never met.</li>
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So now, not only will you get ranked results from the entire Internet, but you will also begin getting customized results that include people in your Google Plus circles, and based on your previous activity.<br />
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And finally, if privacy is the word you are thinking right now...<br />
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Your personal results</h3>
Your personal results are unique to you. This means that your private
content and any content privately shared with you will not appear in
the search results of others, unless this content has also been shared
with them.</blockquote>
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Here is a great video to show off this new feature.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Z9TTBxarbs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-2893661556496638362012-01-11T06:39:00.000-08:002012-01-11T06:39:03.687-08:00What I love about blogging on the InternetIt's fascinating to me that I can write an article, such as the one from last week about how I personally organize my Moleskine planner/journal/wallet, and I can nearly instantly reach an international audience. I can communicate with people in places that I will never have an opportunity to visit, and people can communicate with me from places so far away -- that to travel any further means you are actually getting closer. (That's a little brain teaser, if you can figure out what I mean : )<br />
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In just the last week, I've seen visitors from the following countries (not in any order):<br />
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United States<br />
United Kingdom<br />Ukraine<br />Canada<br />Germany<br />Czech Republic<br />Japan<br />Mexico<br />Malaysia<br />Taiwan<br />
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Bulgaria</div>
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Sweden</div>
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Australia </div>
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Netherlands</div>
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New Zealand</div>
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Philippines</div>
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Poland<br />
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Sorry, that's just cool. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-41456385077649095072012-01-07T20:12:00.000-08:002012-01-30T19:39:19.697-08:00My Moleskine Planner/Journal/Wallet Setup and Hacks<br />
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EDIT: I have since updated my tabbing method to use Book Darts instead of the i-clips you see pictured above. EVERYTHING else in this write-up is still valid and in use today. Read this...then go check out why I am using Book Darts instead of i-clips now: <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html">http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html</a>. I've got lots of photos for you there too!<br />
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EDIT; I am on my second Moleskine notebook, and I have made a few minor revisions to the system after several weeks of use. This post is still very valid, but when you are done with this...make sure you read about Book Darts, and then go see the latest revision: <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/moleskine-planner-wallet-journal.html">http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/moleskine-planner-wallet-journal.html</a><br />
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Much like the rest of the world...the turn of a new year is the time I find myself most concerned with organization, planning, task completion, and fun new projects. In additional to the usual desires to become better organized each year, I also made a resolution to keep a journal. In preparation for this, I went out and picked up a Moleskine-like notebook from a local office supply store (not the one you see here). I started journaling (sp?) with it right away. Also, as usual, I was kicking off the new year with a fresh daily planner. It was about the same size (perhaps a little bigger) than the 5x8 notebook I was carrying around. I won't go into why I prefer manual record keeping even though I also carry an iPhone (personal) and a Blackberry (business). I just prefer it. It works for me.<br />
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So anyway...I found myself trying to lug around a daily planner and a journal, along with my usual items such as a wallet, and a couple of mobile devices. I was happy...but I wasn't <i><b>really </b></i>happy. I wanted to be <b><i>MORE </i></b>happy. After a little research I ended up with a system that I think will work well for me. I saw several Moleskine "hacks" that I really liked, and it gave me some ideas. I combined information from several other blogs and Moleskine-lover websites and built what I think to be the perfect system for me: and it combines the planner and journal features, and also serves as a minimalist wallet. Now when I have my Moleskine, I have everything I need for most situations, including credit and gas card, identification, and insurance and a little cash tucked in the back cover pocket.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a close-up view of the i-clips magnetic page markers and the Leuchtturm1917 Pen Loop.</td></tr>
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So, lets' get on with how I set up my Moleskine. You may set yours up differently, but that's the great thing about this sort of project -- it's as individual as the people toting them around.<br />
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My Moleskine of choice was the Pocket sized squared (grid) notebook. I liked the grid paper because I feel free to use it in various ways. It's simple to write sideways or draw or box or whatever.<br />
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I glued a few things into my book, as you will see in the pictures below...like a 2012 calendar and my Bible reading plan. A glue stick is the perfect way to accomplish gluing items into your book.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I glued a year calendar into the front cardboard (on the other side of the owner and reward info page).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the very front inside cover, I glued the current month's Bible reading plan.</td></tr>
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I then numbered my pages...every other one...starting with 1 and labeling all of the odd pages. You can label them all if you want...but it's not necessary. If I can find page 125, I know that 124 is the one right before it. ; )
The key to my organization is to not think of this journal as something I start in the beginning of the book and fill up from left to right until I am out of room. That is how I used to keep a notebook. This is more of a multi-sectioned, yet expandable, concept. I saw lots of discussion about the GTD (Getting Things Done) strategies...and I don't know anything about that...but some of the ideas I implemented in my book came from folks who used a GTD-like system for organization. <br />
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The next thing I did was work out what sections I wanted in my book, and how many pages to devote to those sections. It's just a guess for now, but I won't waste space if one section grows faster than another...I'll just expand the growing sections into unused areas of other sections. It's much like the way your computer handles files on your hard drive and organizes where to find them with an index.<br />
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My index, labeled @index, is at the very front. Page 0. The very next page is labeled as page 1, and starts my @todo section where I will keep track of actions and tasks. I devoted 7 pages to this section (remember -- it can go beyond 7 at any time, but I had to start somewhere). As you can see in the picture below, I later decided I wanted separate @todo sections for personal items and work items, so I subdivided that section. My work actions start on page 4.<br />
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So as you can see, as I was thinking about what I wanted to keep in my book, tasking and actions was one of the items. Here is a breakdown of everything I decided to keep track of:<br />
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<li>@todo</li>
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<li>7 pages</li>
<li>tracks actions and things I need to accomplish. </li>
<li>uses common methods for tracking status in boxes (Covey, GTD, etc)</li>
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<li>@daily</li>
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<li>16 pages</li>
<li>this is the calendar to track appointments, by week (photo below)</li>
<li>it uses two pages per week with a section for each day</li>
<li>there is a separate section for overflow appointments for any day</li>
<li>I have allotted 8 weeks for this journal, but not sure how much I will really use</li>
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<li>@work</li>
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<li>50 pages </li>
<li>this is for work-related notes and journal entries</li>
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<li>@home</li>
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<li>50 pages</li>
<li>this is my personal journal area...for whatever I want </li>
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<li>@church</li>
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<li>50 pages</li>
<li>this is for church-related notes, revelations, scriptures, whatever</li>
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<li>@random</li>
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<li>whatever number of pages are left... 10-12</li>
<li>this is for random items, like lists or other notes that may not fit nicely into another section (jotting down phone numbers or addresses, etc)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first real text I have is the index which tells me where each section is found. The I start the @todo section.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use the two-page per week calendar hack to track appointments for the week. </td></tr>
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After I got the Moleskine organized the way I wanted, I considered how I wanted to mark the sections. I saw lots of people who use sticky notes or other paper markers...and that is certainly the cheap and easy route. I originally thought I might like to use Book Darts and I set out to find some of those. I didn't find any, but while I was at Barnes&Nobles looking for them, I ran across i-clips. [Remember, I found Book Darts and am now using them: <a href="http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html">http://www.chrispoldervaart.com/2012/01/book-darts-follow-up-from-cpo-moleskine.html</a>] These are little magnetic paper markers. They basically clip around a page magnetically. They are easy to move around, and because they have a little heft to them, they provide good tactile feedback when trying to find a section. They do take up a little space, however, and add slightly to the thickness of the book. Go back up to the second image from the top of this page, and you will see what I mean.<br />
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The i-clips I bought were the "Punctuation" version. I really didn't care what was on them, as long as they weren't too ugly. ; ) The good news is that while one side of these has punctuation marks (in the form of ? @ & and !) the other side has an arrow. That's pretty cool. Like I said though, I am not concerned with what is on them, because I use the color and location to find where i want to go. I know the order of my sections, so from the top down, I can hit the major sections of @work, @home, @church, and @random pretty quickly. <br />
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So far, I like them. I will still check out Book Darts if I happen to run across them, though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, I use the page markers to quickly find the writable space for any section.</td></tr>
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I typically only <i><b>need </b></i>2-3 credit cards and my Driver's License most of the time. I tend to carry around a bunch more in my wallet than I actually use on a daily basis...so it is about an inch thick. Taking those necessary items out of my wallet and moving them to my Moleskine allows me to use it as a wallet as well. And since it fits in my back pocket...it works perfect. I still have a wallet that I keep all of my random junk in...but I don't carry it around with me all the time. When I know I'll need it, I'll grab it. <br />
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I built my card holder from instructions I found here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.moleskinerie.com/2010/03/the-mowallet.html">http://www.moleskinerie.com/2010/03/the-mowallet.html</a><br />
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It was pretty simple. I just used a thick card-stock type photo envelope I found laying around in my office. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the very back cardboard sheet, I glued a makeshift credit card and driver's license holder. You can also see the pen loop.</td></tr>
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The last thing I wanted to share with you was the pen loop I found. It was a total impulse buy from The Container Store...but I thought I would give it a try. It's works nicely, and is pretty simple. There are tons of "hack" instructions to do something similar with tape. I just happened across this and bought it. The elastic is good and tight. In fact, it was a little challenging at first to use with my LAMY Safari Fountain Pen, which happens to be my writing utensil of choice. The LAMY is very thick and squared...so it doesn't slip easily into the elastic as a normal pen with a pointed section might. In fact, after I bought it, I thought I wasted my money. But...in just a few days, the elastic is starting to loosen up a bit, and I found an easy way to get the pen in there (stretching the elastic by pulling on it as I fit the end of the pen into it). It's getting easier, so I may keep it around a bit.<br />
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A couple of thoughts on placement. I didn't just stick it in the middle of the Moleskine, but rather lined the pen up and placed it on the pen to figure out where I wanted to put it. If I just put it in the middle, the pen cap might be in the way of getting the pen even with the top and bottom of the Moleskine. I didn't measure, but it looks like the Pen Loop may be just a smidge below the center line on the back cover. Not much though. But when I slide the pen in, and slip it all the way to where the cap touches the loop, the pen is perfectly centered.<br />
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Given all of the trouble I had getting the pen in and out at first, I was almost wondering if it might not have been smarter to put the pen loop higher up the cover...so that the loop would go around the cap rather than the barrel of the pen. That way I could just leave the cap connected to the book, and pull the pen out of the cap to use. I'm still considering that...but as I use it, the loop is breaking in nicely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were the items I bought (impulse buys!) i-clips from Barnes & Noble and the Pen Loop from The Container Store.</td></tr>
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So that's pretty much it. Oh! Wait! I need to tell you how I plan to make sure that I don't waste space if one section fills up before the other. Metadata and indexing. Like I mentioned earlier, it's a lot like how your computer keeps track of data on a hard drive.<br />
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Let's say I fill up the personal @todo section right away. That's pretty realistic, since it's only 3 pages. One option would be to find the next spot in the journal that has a few contiguous empty pages. I wouldn't want to do it at the work section of @todo, because there isn't much room there to begin with. It's likely that I'll find it somewhere in the @work section.<br />
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I'll just allocate a few more pages (4 perhaps) in the middle of the @work section for more @todo items. I'll note the page numbers that I allocated and then add that to the @index.<br />
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The new @index for @todo might look like this:<br />
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<li>@todo (personal) 1-3, 40-43</li>
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Now when I look at my index, I can tell that pages 1-3 has the beginning of my @todo items and then it is continued on pages 40-43.<br />
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I'll also add some metadata within the section to let me know where to go next, by putting something like "--> 40" at the end of page 3. If I am reading through the list, I'll know it continues on page 40. At the beginning of page 40, I'll put "<-- 3" to let me know that this is a continuation of page 3 information. See? Simple really.<br />
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Now what do I do if my @work journal reaches the end of page 39 now that 40 is used for the @todo list? Same thing. I know that 44 is blank (since I only allocated pages 40-43 for the @todo continuation) so I will use "--> 44" at the end of page 39, and "<--39" at the beginning of page 44. I'll update the @index to reflect the changes, at it's back to business. I essentially just skip the few pages that has something else on it, and keep going.<br />
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I wouldn't put an end number on the @work section, because I want to make sure that space can be used for whatever I need later should that be the case. If @work fills up really fast, I might allocate some pages at the end of @personal and keep going. <br />
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Additionally, I plan to use metadata for journal entries whenever it makes sense. Just like I continue pages, I may point a specific entry to another page that has a related entry...if I am continuing the thought. Time will tell how much I use that "feature".<br />
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Oh, and the back pocket...a few things like my insurance card, receipts I need, a little cash, etc.<br />
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Well, I hope you found something useful in here. I probably gave this much more thought than anyone should give to using a pocket-sized notebook, but that's how I roll. ; )<br />
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Please let me know if you have any questions or need clarification on anything. Enjoy!<br />
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<b>Manufacturer links to the products described on this page:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.moleskine.com/catalogue/classic/notebooks/squared_notebook__pocket.php" target="_blank">Moleskine Pocket Squared Notebook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lamyusa.com/lamy_fountain_L17_safari.php" target="_blank">LAMY Safari Fountain Pen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.peterpauper.com/sub_cat.php?cPath=21_163_164%20" target="_blank">i-clips Magnetic Page Markers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.leuchtturm1917.com/en/content/pen-loop" target="_blank">Leuchtturm1917 Pen Loop</a><br />
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Much of the information I used to develop my system came from some of the following references (that I could remember, anyway). Either way, if you are interested in such a things...there is tons of great reading here.<br />
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<a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/productivity/the-monster-collection-of-moleskine-tips-tricks-and-hacks/?utm_source=feedburner" target="_blank">http://freelanceswitch.com/productivity/the-monster-collection-of-moleskine-tips-tricks-and-hacks/?utm_source=feedburner</a><br />
<a href="http://www.moleskinerie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.moleskinerie.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.moleskine.com/mymoleskine/community/mymoleskine_hacks.php" target="_blank">http://www.moleskine.com/mymoleskine/community/mymoleskine_hacks.php </a><a href="http://www.43folders.com/2004/11/18/more-moleskine-hacks" target="_blank">http://www.43folders.com/2004/11/18/more-moleskine-hacks</a><br />
<a href="http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/04/25/definitive-collection-of-moleskine-hacks-tips-and-resources/" target="_blank">http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2009/04/25/definitive-collection-of-moleskine-hacks-tips-and-resources/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/10-great-moleskine-hacks.html">http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/10-great-moleskine-hacks.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/6-awesome-moleskine-hacks.html" target="_blank">http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/6-awesome-moleskine-hacks.html</a><br />
<a href="http://pigpog.com/2007/04/26/moleskine-hacks/" target="_blank">http://pigpog.com/2007/04/26/moleskine-hacks/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mikeshea.net/Mikes_Moleskine_Hacks.html" target="_blank">http://www.mikeshea.net/Mikes_Moleskine_Hacks.html</a><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-56876924514009604422012-01-01T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-08T14:29:21.418-08:00Firing up the Blog Again...Everything before this point was imported from an old Wordpress.com blog I had set up a couple of years ago (and basically abandoned).<br />
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I wanted to start blogging more, so set this new blog up and associated it with my domain. The important was okay from the old stuff...but it may look a little funky. I apologize for this.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-45989251627811178222009-11-13T00:18:00.000-08:002012-01-08T14:07:45.562-08:00The Importance of Context When Reading the Bible<b>.</b><br />
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<b>Question: Which of these center circles is larger: the one on the left, or the one on the right?</b><br />
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While the center circle on the left looks larger than the one on the right, the circles are actually the very same size. What is the difference between the two circles that makes them appear different? Context.</div>
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Context is the information around the center circles that helps you interpret them. Because the context around the circles is different, you actually interpret them differently. In this case, the size and position of the outer circles tricks your eye into interpreting them to be of different sizes.</div>
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How does this apply to the Bible?</div>
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When you read a single verse of scripture (which happens far too often) you may not have enough information (context) to correctly interpret the scripture. You may have heard it said: "Never read a Bible verse! Instead, always read a paragraph at least." This is why. You must interpret the verse in the context of the passage. Gregory Koukl from Stand to Reason has a great article on this, so I won't repeat it...just share it:</div>
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Just the way our eyes are tricked by the circle exercise above, our minds can be tricked by seeing or hearing Bible verses in the WRONG context. This can happen when someone quotes scripture and doesn't apply the Biblical context, but rather puts it in the context of the point the author is attempting to convey. This can happen unintentionally, or perhaps even intentionally with a desire to deceive or pervert our understanding of scripture.</div>
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The solution is to go to the Bible --the source. Attempt to understand the context in its original setting, THEN decide if the context provided outside of the Bible is accurate or mis-leading. This is also why it is important to READ THE BIBLE! Many folks try and cheat by reading books ABOUT the Bible. There is a feeling that if a book quotes a lot of scripture, it is just the same as reading the Bible. Not True! Books that reference the Bible are great. I read them all the time. They often help me apply scripture to my life. They offer insight and understanding. BUT...don't take them for face value. Go back to the source. Make sure the author is properly applying context so that their center circle doesn't appear to be of a different size than the center circle in the Bible's context.</div>
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Blessings!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-60879071850414212322009-10-23T12:12:00.000-07:002012-01-08T14:08:18.149-08:00Office 2004 for Mac Easter EggOkay, so I take no credit for finding or reporting this. I learned how from here: http://macfixer.blogspot.com/2006/12/microsoft-office-2004-easter-egg.html<br />
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Somehow at work I started thinking about easter eggs in programs. It's been a while since I have heard of one, and so I was wondering if there were any new one's out there. For those of you that aren't aware, an easter egg is fun feature sometimes hidden in software. Often, these are in the form of little games, but sometimes appear in other forms. Here is a great page on different easter eggs in Microsoft Products: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products<br />
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I don't really have any of these old versions around anymore...but I did happen to have Office 2004 for Mac. I thought I would take a moment to check out that easter egg. It's pretty fun.<br />
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SO...if you have Office 2004 for Mac, and you want to play a quick game of Asteroids that is hidden within it...here's how:<br />
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<li>Open the "Microsoft Office Notifications" application. I found it in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office. Once opened you will get a dialog box like this:</li>
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So there you have it! Asteroids...hidden inside the Office Notifications App. Enjoy!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-9528531330540582472009-10-04T22:39:00.000-07:002012-01-08T14:08:25.172-08:00Study Bible ComparisonHere is just a quick comparison of my four main study bibles. This not exhaustive by any means, but there are a few notable points about each that I will share in case it is helpful for those looking for a new study bible.<br />
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Here's the line-up, in order. The first study Bible I bought is on top, then the newest on bottom. I'm not sure, but it seems like the deeper I grow as a Christian, the bigger the Bible gets! Maybe one day I'll have a huge one like Ray Comfort! (and a back problem to go with it).<br />
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These are just my study Bibles _ which I tend to use for daily reading and church. I've got others that mostly sit on a shelf (including a great comparative Bible with four translations side by side). With the resources available on the Internet, I do most of my deep study online, although the Strong's Concordance gets some light every once in a while! It was pretty cool having a look at my book shelf...I still have my first Bible, given to me by my mom and dad in 1979, when I went into first grade. It's KJV and blue! Classic. Having a Bible most of my life, however, didn't make me a Christian any more than having athletic shoes made me an athlete. That's another blog post for another day.<br />
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As you can see in the next picture, my first bible got tabs. I needed some help getting around! The second one was a house queen...it just became a home reference. The third got worked over hard. I really got to know that one (as you can tell), and the fourth...has been out of the house one time. It's brand new (and the reason for this blog).<br />
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<tr style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="height: 15pt; width: 136pt;" width="181">Bible</td><td style="border-left: medium none; width: 56pt;" width="75">Publisher</td><td style="border-left: medium none; width: 57pt;" width="76">Translation</td><td style="border-left: medium none; width: 53pt;" width="71">Red Letter</td><td style="border-left: medium none; width: 85pt;" width="113">Capital Pronouns</td><td style="border-left: medium none; width: 236pt;" width="315">Page Format</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;">Life Application Study Bible</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Tyndale</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">NIV</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Y</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">N</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Paragraph, single column</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;">NASB Study Bible</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Zondervan</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">NASB</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Y</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Y</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">New line for each verse, 2 columns</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;">Thompson Chain Reference</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Kirkbride</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">NKJV</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Y</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Y</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">New line for each verse, 2 columns</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;"><td height="20" style="border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;">ESV Study Bible</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Crossway</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">ESV</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">N</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">N</td><td style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Paragraph, single column</td></tr>
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Now I am not going to try and weigh out the pros and cons of the various translations, but I will state that the ESV is becoming my favorite. NIV has some questionable translation for me and I don't rely on it for doctrinal issues. There...enough about that.<br />
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My new Bible (ESV Study Bible) is taking some getting used to. It is the first one I have owned without red letter or capital pronouns. I get why, on both accounts, but still not something I am used to. The other challenge for me is going back to a paragraph style bible. It seems a bit slower for me to find an exact passage. Here is an example...<br />
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Yesterday, during service, our Pastor went into 1 Thessalonians 4:4. I turned there, and for the first time realized how jumping straight to a scripture isn't as easy as it was with my Kirkbride Bible.<br />
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Here is a look at the Kirkbride page. Can you find 4:4 quickly?<br />
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See how the fact that each verse has it's own line? It's easy to just run down the left edge of the text and find "4". Now have a look at the ESV Study Bible:<br />
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Not quite so easy, eh? (Even though verse four does actually start at the left edge...just a coincidence here.) I decided to use this as an example because when I was turning to this verse in church, I realized how many numbers there are in that little section of chapter 4! I see two 2s, two 3s, two 4s, and a 5 and 6. With this particular Bible, the notational numbers and the verse numbers are fairly well mingled together. The verse identifiers are bold...but it still takes some time.<br />
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So far, the rest of the Bible is outstanding. The important issues, translation accuracy, doctrinal issues, and even the debatable issues are all very well presented. Those things are my primary concern. I can live with the slower paragraph format. Time will tell how I actually enjoy this Bible. It's only been a few days since I bought it, so it is just getting broken in.<br />
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Right now, my perfect Bible would be this:<br />
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2. ESV Study Bible Commentary, notes, and articles<br />
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3. Split verse format (1 or 2 column)<br />
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5. Capitol Pronouns for our Lord<br />
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6. Smyth Sewn<br />
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7. Highest quality paper<br />
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10. Soft genuine leather cover<br />
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If I could find that combination, I would be a happy camper. I haven't found it yet. If you know of one, please let me know! Thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-19964323216100292712009-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:002012-01-08T14:08:34.103-08:00Stratocaster Makeover :: PART TWOWARNING: GUITAR GEEK CONTENT<br />
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Part One is here: http://cpo1.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/stratocaster-makeover-intro-and-part-one/<br />
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Part Two of the Stratocaster makeover consists of a complete re-gut and electronics upgrade. I changed all three pickups to Dimarzio's Area 58s (neck and middle) and 61 (bridge). Here's some info about the pickups: http://www.guitarworld.com/article/dimarzio_area_58_and_area_61_pickups. The biggest benefit of these pups is the noiseless operation. Single coil pickups are notorious for noise (or hum). In fact, humbucking pickups were designed specifically to cancel out the noise (or "buck" the hum).<br />
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Playing guitar in a setting where the sound tech isn't familiar with the normalcy of strat hum could induce a situation where you're needlessly turned down at the board to cut the noise if caught humming during a low-intensity moment in a song. Alternatively, perhaps a noise gate is used to limit the perhaps unfamiliar buzz. Managing this as a player requires constant control of the volume - turning down the guitar when not being played. Another method of coping is to just avoid using the pickups in single mode (any three of the pickups selected alone - positions 1,3,5) and only use the guitar in dual-pickup mode (a la humbucking) by selecting positions 2 or 4. Sadly, this ended up becoming my coping mechanism...and my guitar tone suffered as I was limited to only those two positions.<br />
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Enter in the Area 58/61 pickups...noiseless. I have seen way too many people demo or sing praises of these pickups to not make this change. Once installed, I should be able to use any of the five pickup positions on the guitar without introducing additional noise. I bought the pickups at a Sam Ash in Atlanta. They didn't have them in stock, but ordered them and shipped them to my house. I decided that since I was changing pickups, I was going to get rid of the rest of the bright white parts on my guitar. I ordered the pickups in the "Aged White" color. This is basically a yellowed/beige off white color that is meant to replicate a vintage white that has seen some age. I think it tones down the brightness of the straight white. Of course, I had to get new knobs and switch covers to match.<br />
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As I mentioned at the end of PART ONE, I had some concerns about the quality of my shielding job on the body of the guitar. I decided that before I did anything, I would take a look at that. The shielding is supposed to help reduce noise from interference, but I honestly didn't notice any difference. I used a multimeter to test the continuity of all the shielding I applied, and was surprised to find a section that wasn't effectively shielded. Here is a quick video of this process to save me some typing:<br />
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So, moving on...<br />
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I ordered a wiring kit from RS Guitarworks (www.rsguitarworks.net). I used their kit in my Les Paul, and it worked out great, so they got my business again when it came time to tinker with the Strat. I bought the Complete Premium Vintage Strat Style Electronics Upgrade Kit. It comes with the following components:<br />
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<li>(1) 280K RS Split-Shaft SuperPots™- We designed these pots in conjunction with CTS. Used for the volume controls in the kit, these pots have a custom taper that gives you a noticeable difference between each number on your volume control. You can finally roll your volume down to 2 or 1 and not loose any clarity, even in the neck position!! Mil-spec construction and a smoother resistor path make this the best pot to ever be used in the guitar.</li>
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<li>(2) 250K CTS Split-Shaft Audio taper pots- Audio taper pots work great for tone controls. With that in mind, we had CTS improve their stock audio taper pot by using brass shaft construction (brass is much more resilient than the typical aluminum,) and much tighter tolerances.</li>
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<li>(1) RS Paper and Oil GuitarCap® by Jensen .047. Some of our customers have asked us for a good vintage cap option for some time, so we went to Jensen and asked them to make a paper and oil capacitor as small as possible for that "woody" tone and they nailed it!</li>
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<li>(1) Length vintage-white wire- Used for the grounding and wiring the switch in the circuit.</li>
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<li>(1) Length vintage black wire- Also used for the grounding and wiring the switch in the circuit.</li>
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<li>(1) Swithcraft input jack- Made in the USA</li>
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Also in the kit (not advertised) was an "optional" .047 treble bleed capacitor. This is supposedly not required for those looking for the treble bleed function (allows the retention of some highs when turning down the volume). I was, in fact, looking for treble bleed circuitry, so I decided to install it while I was putting the rest of the kit together.<br />
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Here's a peek at the factory wiring before I stripped it all out:<br />
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The first thing I did to get started was to attach the new tone and volume pots to a piece of cardboard in the same configuration they would be in the guitar. This allows me to solder most of the attachment points before attaching them to the plastic pick guard (and without them moving around). Soldering grounds to the back of the pots requires heating them up a bit for the solder to take (not too much!) and I didn't want to risk any heat transfer to the pick guard for fear it might warp.<br />
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I got most of the connections made (and added some ground blobs on the volume pot) before moving it to the pick guard. Still left at this point is the pickup, input jack, and bridge/body ground wiring. Check out the size of that Jenson capacitor (gold) compared to the tiny ceramic tab of the factory setup (red in above picture)!<br />
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You may notice I wired the bottom tone pot to the bridge pickup and the middle tone pot to the neck pickup. I left the middle pickup wide open with no tone control. This seems to be a popular configuration.<br />
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Next, I wired in the pickups. I tried my best to make the wiring clean with shrink wrap when possible to keep the wired bundled down the center.<br />
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Here is the complete wiring job, with ground and jack connections in place. Also, note the added treble bleed capacitor (white) connected to the volume pot lugs (just below the gold Jensen capacitor in the picture:<br />
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Here is the guitar all back together. It's sorta hard to tell from these low quality pics, but the "aged white" look is a little mellower and looks much better in my opinion.<br />
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The next thing I did was to work on the guitar setup. I put fresh strings on, adjusted neck relief (as flat as I could get it), and all the bridge adjustments, string height, and intonation. When I bought the guitar, the bridge adjustment was a bit out of wack...and this was my first time to really go through every component piece by piece. I made my own radius gauge from cardboard and then used that to have the strings (adjusted at the bridge) match the same radius as the neck. Oh, while I was at it...I added a fourth spring to the tremolo claw and the bridge to tighten up the trem a bit. This pulled the bridge back flush to the body rather than floating. I used aftermarket springs that were stronger than the factory springs, so I went with a "two and two" approach:<br />
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So after all the setup was complete..it was time for some testing. Thankfully, all of the electronics worked as expected! It looks like all of my work paid off. There was no noise from the single pickup positions at all...sah-weet! That's what I was looking for. I tested all the controls and made sure everything worked. It all did, however, I wasn't happy with the volume control.<br />
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The theory behind the volume control (particularly with regard to the treble bleed) is that you can turn down the volume on the guitar a bit and actually control the output to the amp and thus reduce some of the gain. With the treble bleed, you can retain most of the highs as you roll back the volume...so the sound of the guitar doesn't really change -it just cleans up a bit. So volume 10 = distortion; volume 7 = less distortion (but same overall sound and perceivable volume level). This is the expected behavior...but the reality of my configuration was that there was little change in gain level from 10 to about 4! The distortion didn't clean up til that point, and then the volume began to drop (perceivable) after that point. I didn't like that.<br />
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Knowing that the super pots from RS Guitarworks was designed to retain some of the highs (rendering the additional treble bleed cap unnecessary) I decided to pull it back apart and remove the second cap. I loosened the strings up, and slipped the pick guard out and removed it. Here is a look with the cap installed:<br />
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And after removal:<br />
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Soldering is so much fun! Anway...the end result was much more like I anticipated. There was a gain roll off around 7 and volume decline after that point. Perfect. So...that's it. I'll play it like this for a while and see what I think. I love to tinker, so I can't guarantee how long it will be before I pull it apart again.<br />
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Oh, by the way...if you are interested in a trick to work on Strat electronics without removing the strings, you can place a capo at the first fret and then loosen the strings enough to ease the pick guard out. The capo holds the strings in place so they don't get all out of whack when they are loose:<br />
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This post is really for the guitar techie crowd...so if you have no interest in guitars, and modifications to them, then I'll spare you and recommend you move on. This is an article about my black Fender Stratocaster makeover, including full electronics rebuild. Part One is a recap of original work I did right after the purchase (new pick guard and body shielding), and Part Two is the most recent recap of the electronics rebuild (repair shielding, new pickups, new wiring kit). Most of the information I used to make buying decisions and guitar electronics came from reading posts just like this on the Internet. I share my story in hopes that it may be helpful for someone else. It's my way of "giving back". :-)<br />
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Let's get to it!<br />
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<b>PART ONE</b><br />
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Here is my guitar as it looked on day one after I bought it:<br />
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It's a 2008 Fender American Standard Stratocaster. I own two electric guitars, and this has become my favorite (the other being an Elitist Les Paul). Anyway, the very first thing I wanted to do was something cosmetic. I am not a huge fan of the tuxedo look (black/white). It's just to clean...too proper...to formal. Since this guitar has a maple fretboard, I decided to go for the all black look (a la David Gilmour).<br />
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I hunted down a 1-ply gloss black pick guard (a harder task than I thought). In the end, I ordered a custom made one from Warmoth Custom Guitar Parts (http://www.warmoth.com/Pickguard/StratPickguard.aspx). The challenge with a 1-ply pick guard is finding one thick enough that it won't warp after installation (since all the electronics and pickups are hanging off of it). This particular pick guard is and 11-hole .09" black solid gloss:<br />
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Here is a pic of it compared with the factory 3-ply pickguard that was on the guitar:<br />
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First, I needed to remove the factory pick guard...and I have to remove knobs to make that happen. My favorite method for removing knobs is the plastic grocery bag technique. There are lots of methods, and even tools you can buy to remove knobs...but this trick works great. Best of all - it's free. Just flatten out the handle of a plastic grocery bag, slip it under the knob and get it wrapped around the pot post, then slowly pull up:<br />
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Here is my first look at the stock guitar guts after pulling the pick guard off. There is noticably more shielding on the factory pick guard, and obviously no body cavity shielding. Thankfully I was also able to do the entire project without removing the strings...just loosening. That's good, because I just put brand new Elixirs on...and hated to waste them.<br />
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In order to get the pickups re-aligned quickly in the new pick guard, I used a pencil mark to denote the position of the pickups in the factory pick guard. I then just screwed them in on the new pick guard to the same leveling. Seemed to be a quick way to get back into adjustment.<br />
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Looking at this bare body made me want to add shielding. Didn't really plan on it or think about it before, but since I had some aluminum duct tape laying around...figured I would do that while I was in there.<br />
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But first...had to do a test fit, to make sure all the holes aligned. It fit like a charm!<br />
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Next I added the shielding to the back of the pickguard. I was careful on all the shielding to make sure that there was good metal-to-metal contact from piece to piece. This was accomplished by always folding over a corner or section of the tape to have it sit non-sticky side against non-sticky side. Hard to see any of the folds here:<br />
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I would make little folds like this:<br />
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...or this. This is a piece I would lay across two other pieces that would tie them together.<br />
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Here is the finished body. I made sure to have tabs that would touch against the pickguard shielding, and at least one place where the shielding was over a pickguard screw hole. Not sure how much difference this makes, but it made me feel good.<br />
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Of course, I cut out the shielding for the pickup and control holes, then reinstalled the stock electronics.<br />
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And then it gets put back together, and here is the "after picture":<br />
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That brings us to the end of Part One. I like the new look. The shielding, which is supposed to help reduce noise from the single coil strat pickups, really didn't seem to matter much. I began wondering if I missed something...but would wait until the next time I cracked it open to have a look.<br />
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Part two takes us into the electronics side of things, and gets into changing the tone rather than the looks. Part Two...coming up.<br />
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Part Two is here: http://cpo1.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/stratocaster-makeover-part-two/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691144477338200311.post-81561362175744765122009-09-16T12:13:00.000-07:002012-01-08T14:08:57.456-08:00Jesus' Last Words on this EarthIf you were to ask people what Jesus' last words on this Earth were, many will begin to recite the phrases He uttered from the Cross during his crucifixion. While I agree those would be his last words on the Cross, or his last words before death..we must never forget His resurrection! He rose again in three days and continued to walk on this earth in the form of man.<br />
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Now remembering that, do you recall Jesus' last words as a man to mankind before being carried away in the clouds?<br />
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I'll be honest. I hadn't really thought much about it until this last weekend at the Deeper Conference in Atlanta. Some of you may have known there was a Twitter club set up to share tidbits from this very conference (http://twubs.com/deeper09) and an associated hash tag (#deeper09). This was a great way to share the words of wisdom from the conference with those that were unable to personally attend...but it has also proven to be a great reference for me to revisit some of the information. It's my virtual notepad...and I not only get to see my notes..but I can read the notes of others! That's totally cool!<br />
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One way this has played out for me is this: I had to leave the conference early to catch a flight. The only thing I missed was the closing hour, but I hated to miss anything. Thankfully, some of my fellow conference attendees continued to tweet tidbits, and I could follow what I missed. There was one particular statement made by Kirk Cameron that I missed...but thanks to twitter, I was able to catch:<br />
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"If Jesus' last words were, 'Go unto all the world and preach the Gospel,' how important must that be? Do something." Kirk Cameron <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23deeper09" title="#deeper09">#deeper09</a> -- Tweeted by <a href="http://twitter.com/KimberleyLopez" title="Kim Lopez">KimberleyLopez</a></blockquote>
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I didn't get to hear that statement personally...yet it continued to weigh heavy on my heart. Really? Were those the last words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as a man on this earth? Wow.<br />
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I was thinking about this a lot since I read it. This morning, if I knew that I was never going to see my wife again when she departed to work, what would I say to her? Surely it would be more profound than the usual, "Love you!" as she walks out the door. Of course it would! If I knew I was talking to my wife for the very last time, I would tell her how much I love her, how much she means to me, and how I am a better man because of her. I would also give her instructions for only the most important things...and I would expect (and plead) for her to carry them out.<br />
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When Jesus departed from this earth for the last time as a human being, don't you think he did the same? Don't you think his instructions were of utmost importance? Final instructions are typically not casual, but hugely important! I think we really need to look hard at the departing instructions from our Savior, and carry through with the desires He thought so important to convey at a moment where He had little time left for anything else.<br />
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There are several accounts of Jesus' ascent into the Heavens, and the Gospels of Matthew and Mark capture what is known as the Great Commission:<br />
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<sup>16</sup>Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. <sup>17</sup>And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. <sup>18</sup>And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. <sup>19</sup> <b>Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,</b><b> <sup>20</sup></b><b>teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.</b> And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."</blockquote>
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Did Jesus say, "Go and try and avoid offending people with your beliefs" ? Nope.<br />
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Did He say, "Lay low and try and go to church...at least for Christmas and Easter"? Nope.<br />
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What about, "Be a good person, be nice to people, and try and stay out of trouble"? Nope.<br />
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He DID SAY..."<b>Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."</b><br />
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Jesus' most important parting instructions regarded His concern for the lost and His desire to see them come to Him and be saved. I don't know about you, but I feel very convicted that I have not done enough to fulfill His request.<br />
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As Kirk Cameron would say, "Do Something."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17145294071376332958noreply@blogger.com1