![]() My writing on the subject is for the purposes of advancing knowledge (scholarly purposes.) I never comment on the brand that goes by that name nor do I comment on the author of the book. My comments about Getting Things Done are directed exclusively at the book Getting Things Done. See my next blog post on the future of self-quantification. It is a free integrative collection of concepts backed by a sample workbook. MySelfQuantifier is not a complete solution to the problem of tracking one’s time, let alone all self-quantification. Thus self-quantification apps could integrate with OmniFocus. As noted above, OmniFocus has an AppleScript® dictionary. ![]() I recommend these apps without hesitation. I am a dedicated user of OmniFocus, OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle. OmniGroup produces some of the best apps for MacOS®. The screencasts adds to thousands of words on the system, with more to follow. I’ve recently published a collection of screencasts on the mySelfQuantifier time tracking system. With mySelfQuantifier, you can track the amount of time spent on particular projects and in particular activities. With the mySelfQuantifier time-tracking system and example workbook, I’ve tried to address these two OmniFocus gaps. mySelfQuantifier could and I think should leverage it. Whereas OmniFocus does not directly support time-tracking, it has an extensive AppleScript dictionary which could be used by time-tracking software developers. If not, the R&D community would learn from the publication of their results, and no doubt be able to fix the problem in short order. I suspect that a couple of AI graduates would be able to crack this nut relatively quickly. Consider also that we are in the era of deep learning. OmniFocus is not particularly inexpensive either. Its OmniFocus seems to be the most popular personal project management app. In my opinion, the foregoing is not too much to ask of a company like OmniGroup. (As you would expect, writing, programming, debugging, and reading are important types of activities.) Aside. Some of the actions that matter most to knowledge workers are described in mySelfQuantifier. ![]() Then, OmniFocus should provide a way to filter activities by activity type. One should not have to classify it as such. For example, if one of your tasks is to read a paper, OmniFocus should know that this is a reading action. OmniFocus should, in addition, learn to automatically categorize actions. I have argued elsewhere on this web site (and in Cognitive Productivity) that OmniGroup could replace OmniFocus’s notion of context with the notion of activities. More important than context for modern knowledge workers is the notion of activity. Thus, the notion of context presented in Getting Things Done is archaic and not particularly helpful for knowledge workers. My own Cognitive Productivity contains an AI-based extension of Popper’s seminal concepts. Essential readings on knowledge work include Karl Popper’s Objective Knowledge and Carl Bereiter’s Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age. Philosophy of knowledge is one of the cognitive sciences. Cognitive science is, after all, quite concerned with the production and usage of personal and objective (public) knowledge. To understand my point it helps to read about knowledge work by cognitive scientists and philosophers. It’s just a correction of its common misrepresentation in the blogosphere, and I am sad to say, in some books written by academics on productivity (as I have mentioned elsewhere on this site). That book is instead a general productivity system. Where are the examples in that book about creating new theories, for instance? You will find them in the empty set. Although many who write about the book have swallowed the claim hook, line and sinker, that Getting Things Done presents a knowledge work system, the fact is that it was clearly not designed specifically for the core functions of knowledge work -e.g., learning and creating new scientific knowledge. The system deals with piles of paper and projects like cleaning one’s garage. As popular and useful as the book is, its ideas were developed in the 1990s. However, a major limitation of those apps is that they do not provide time tracking functions.Īnother issue with OmniFocus stems from its over-commitment to David Allen’s book Getting Things Done. Beyond creating and editing projects in personal project management software like OmniFocus and Things, one needs to know how much time one has sunk into one’s projects.
0 Comments
![]() An appropriate PSU (power supply unit), for your motor, I had a old camcorder charger, which was perfect for the motor. A high torque geared motor, speed (RPM) is not very important, my motor. The point of this instructable is mainly to inspire you to do something similar, or to help you build yours. Since this is my first instructable, I might miss out some information, so you can leave your questions in the comments, and I will respond as promptly as I can. I am making this instructable, as simple ways to make this online, and all I found were complicated attempts at chicken coop openers. This winter break I felt optimistic and, gave it a shot. At that time I did not have the knowledge to make a door opener. I had an idea to make a simple, and easy to use door opener with a geared motor a couple of years ago. Enroll in my 'Electronics in a nutshell' course here: Īlso check out my youtube channel here for more projects and electronics tutorials. Call us at 33 or contact us for personalized assistance. And our inventory is always full of options. We specialize in all high-security, heavy-duty door locks and hinges that come in various finishes. If you don’t know where to start when selecting the right hardware for your doors, then Park Avenue Locks can guide the way. Park Avenue Locks – A Lock Above the Restĭon’t let choosing the right commercial or residential door lock be a tedious process. This assures your door closes slowly and secures back into place. Instead of a spring box, this style uses a hydraulic tube that controls the closing force of the door. A mounting bracket connects the doorframe and a single parallel arm that attaches to the push side. If you are looking for a closer for your residential home, a surface mount screen door closer may be suit you. If you are in a high-stakes environment with a high frequency of use, this style may be less durable. The second arm pivots to control the closing force of the door. ![]() This style is more subdued and less apparent than the standard perpendicular style. An additional arm connects to the bottom of the doorframe. The spring box is on the push side of the door, with a parallel arm that extends to the side. While this door closer isn’t as strong, it’s still used in commercial settings. Some people don’t favor this design feature, so they opt for a parallel-arm or surface-mount style which is a bit more concealed. Similar to the standard screen door closer, the arms project perpendicularly. The spring box is attached to the push side of the door, nestled on the door frame. This closer has solid arms and a spring box, ideal for commercial or industrial use. However, this style can also be used in top-jamb and parallel-arm positions. This design is heavy-duty, making it an excellent option for commercial or frequently used screen doors.Ī standard door closer usually has one arm that connects to the spring box and one more extended arm that connects to the doorframe. This closer type will have a spring box attached to the pull side of the door. Let’s dive into the different types of door closers. The main differences are where the closer connects to the door and frame and where the spring box is located. After considering the best screen door for your house or business, you’ll need to choose the closer type accordingly. There are four main types of screen door closers. ![]() Sliding/Pocket Door Tracks and Hardware. ![]() With the introduction of the new release cadence, many have asked where they should download Java, and if it is still free. Join us on IRC #reddit-java Where should I download Java?
The funny part was that I announced my moving from Duelist101 blog and then announced again, my returning since my plan didn’t work. ![]() I was so into it, I opened it months later under the name WilliamTheHouseOwner and soon got canceled by the hosting provider losing all data. ![]() I got really creative and made a sketch of my own fan site. Later on, I had some extra time and I wanted to invest it into Wizard101. I cannot say with full certainty, but I think I was the first one to open a page with Trivia Answers. Although, it wasn’t a smart solution to just copy it to a text document I proceeded.Īt first, googling for some answers I stumbled upon an idea to open a website with the answers because I couldn’t find not one! I opened a blog on Duelist101 Community and later that evolved into something much bigger (as the numbers was saying). Since the quizzes have repetitive questions in each category I got an idea to just write them down so I can use them later and faster gain crowns. I solved them with no problem, considering I knew a lot about Wizard101 and its storyline which I enjoyed fully. Sadly, due to my lack of time, my Twitter profile is full of contest retweets and not exciting content from Wizard101.Īs KingsIsle introduced their Free KI Games website I used it to gain crowns thanks to the quizzes. ![]() This eventually lead me to a bunch of fan sites on the Internet. Ever since I started playing the game I was so interested in it that I did extra research on almost every topic. For all you that don’t remember me, I am William DeathWhisper, a 6 ½ year old Wizard101 player. ![]() 2023 And today, Blink confirmed that its extensive touring schedule will continue well into 2024. Chelsea Hassler, Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023 By Season 4, Bob’s love of Thanksgiving has been well established, but despite his best efforts to craft the perfect overnight roast, somehow his turkey always ends up in the toilet. 2023 In that sense, the old strip and the new fable work best, maybe, together. Kevin Paul Dupont,, Īdverb Steep until well infused, then remove the cloves and cinnamon sticks. Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023 Just minutes later, at 9:56 p.m., team captain Patrice Bergeron, with tears welling in his eyes, hugged close pal Brad Marchand as the veteran forwards made their way into the tunnel and disappeared down the runway. 2023 There was no toilet, Kerr, now retired, said in a recent interview, pausing often to regain her composure, tears welling in her eyes. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023 Blood welled on the 64-year-old’s fingertip, and the nurse coaxed a droplet into a vial. Photographs and Additional Reporting By Karen Dias, New York Times, 25 Aug. James Pindell,, 2 June 2023 As emergency medical workers placed Ms. ![]() 2023 Bill Clinton worked Dunkin’ Donuts and bowling alleys years before his wife, Hillary Clinton, welled up in a Portsmouth diner. ![]() 2023 The shaker was dropped, which resulted in his eyes immediately welling up. 2023 Anger was welling on the other side of the police barricades. Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. Verb Noticing the tears welling up in my eyes, Chrisple Sikawa, my guide from Usawa mobile camp, offered the salve of logic. 2023 On Apseven months before the first of the wells were shut down - Ann Johnson gave birth to a baby girl named Jacquetta, who had a cleft lip, a cleft palate and brain stem issues. Amy Taxin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2023 That changed in 2014 amid a historic drought, and as ever-deeper wells caused land in some places to sink. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023 Nearly 70,000 more are at risk of becoming orphaned wells. 2023 Still, there is a sense the political well has been poisoned, in a state where the ideological divisions are intense and often regional. 2023 And yet …) All through Merrily’s opening scene, Groff’s eyes are dead hollows - deep, dark wells with reservoirs of tears way down at the bottom, threatening to make their way up. 2023 Sprinkle batter in wells evenly with 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips. 2023 Artist Lauren Bon and her team at Metabolic Studio are taking an approach akin to acupuncture: drawing water from the river’s concrete channel to a well on a property owned by Metabolic, where it will be cleaned and used to irrigate Los Angeles State Historic Park. Noun The only water source is from a well, according to Gaza’s deputy health minister on Oct. ![]() All of these settings are accessed from the Speakers Properties dialog box. There are several settings related to your system’s speaker properties that can affect your computer’s sound quality. Use your mouse to drag the slider all the way to the right.Click the Speakers icon in the taskbar to display the volume slider.You can do that from the Windows volume control by following these steps: If your problem is that the sound volume is too low, and you have the physical volume controls turned up on your external speakers, you need to try increasing the volume on your system. Remember, when you plug in your headphones the speakers typically go silent. If the headphones sound just as bad as the speakers, then the problem is internal. If they sound okay, then the problem is probably in your speaker connections. Yes, sometimes the solution is that simple.įinally, try connecting a set of headphones or earphones. Wiggle the connector around a little and see if that makes a difference.Īlso, and this should go without saying, make sure the physical volume knob is turned up on your speakers. ![]() If your external speakers connect via an analog audio port, double-check the connection. You may also want to try connecting to a different USB port on your computer. Most external computer speakers today connect via USB, so make sure that connection is solid. ![]() It may sound too obvious, but when you’re experiencing audio issues you should always check all your cable connections, especially with a desktop system. Let’s take a look at how to fix Realtek HD audio low and bad quality after a Windows 10 upgrade. It probably has something to do with the Realtek HD Audio built into many computers today. When your audio sounds terrible after upgrading your PC – the sound is distorted, the bass is lacking, there’s screeching and chirping– it’s time to troubleshoot your problem and get it fixed. What do you do if, after upgrading, your computer’s audio sounds bad or has extremely low volume? Windows 10 is the latest version of Microsoft Windows, and well worth upgrading to. ![]() To format the text, Skype offers a simplified markup language that consists of various symbols (asterisk, underline, tilde) and tag - Strikeout text is disabledīefore the symbol of the markup, we should not add a space. Of course, this is only a partial text formatting, but it is good that they have listened to the users. Thus, now Skype users can send instant messages using bold, italic, strikeout and monospaced text. When the recent versions of Skype 7.0 for Mac and Skype 6.21 for Windows have released, it has become known that the developers have added the text formatting feature in Skype chat.
If you are too cool for standard tuning, don't fret: Pro Guitar Tuner (Free) is a great chromatic tuning app with a huge library of non-traditional guitar tunings. iStrobosoft's amazing noise filter automatically tunes out other instruments and any background noise, so it can focus on your instrument alone. With the press of a button, you can also transpose the tuner up or down an octave if you are using drop tuning or a capo, and you can customize the input frequency if you want to tune to something other than A=440Hz. IStroboSoft lets you adjust the note and octave window so you can tune to your intended note and not an octave below or above it. You can tune by using your device's microphone or by plugging in an external microphone and manually calibrating it to 1/10th cent with the app, and watching the strobe on your display to nail the pitch. While physical strobe tuners cost several thousand dollars and lack portability, you can still reap the benefits of a physical model with a digital strobe tuning app, and for a fraction of the price. Strobe tuners are known for having unbeatable mechanical precision, so if fine-tuning is important to you, check out iStrobosoft ($4.99/Android, $9.99/iOS). Strobe tuners are the oldest type of electronic tuning devices, built in 1936. Multiple Tunings for Guitar: Standard guitar tuning works for most folks, but if you're feeling crazy and want to try drop C or other exotic tunings, find a tuner app that can show you what those notes are and how to tune the strings accordingly.While guitar players don't need to worry about this as much, it is an important option for orchestras tuning to the European standard of A=442Hz, rather than A=440, for example. Semitone/Cent Accuracy: In addition to showing you what pitch you're playing, the best instrument tuner apps should also show you the accuracy of the pitch down to the exact cent.Pitch Pipe Playback: If you prefer to hear a pitch then tune your instrument to it, make sure the app you choose can play chromatic pitches across several octaves, so it can accommodate both low- and high-register instruments.The best tuning apps should show you exactly what pitch you're playing in, as well as how flat or sharp it is so you can fix it and move on. Visual Feedback: Tuning your instrument should only take a minute or two, and trying to figure out a tuner with a complex or cluttered interface can drag the process out.□ Bookmark this site and tuning your guitar will no longer be a problem for you. ![]() Even if you play a little, but have not tuned your guitar for more than a week, most likely, it will require tuning. As a rule, 1 hour of continuous play is enough to make it necessary to correct the sound. ![]() ![]() Active play, changes in ambient temperature, humidity, long-term storage - all this can ruin the sound. Especially for rare cases when there are problems with the microphone, the page contains the sounds of the strings for tuning by ear □. The tuning quality strongly depends on the frequency response of the microphone, from external noise. The analysis of the frequency of sound will allow you to fine-tune each string. For example, if you tuned the first string, but the others were not very tight, then after setting up all the strings, the first one will be "below" the required level.Īlternate six-string guitar tunings Guitar tuning quality The fact is that the total tension of the guitar neck changes if the tension of an individual string is greatly changed. After you have tuned all the strings in order from the first to the sixth (or vice versa), we recommend checking their sound in the reverse order. The notes for each string are shown in the list above. Your task is to tune all the strings to the right notes. As soon as the note on the tuner turns green, you can be calm, the string sounds right □! If the tuner shows a deflection, twist the peg, try to change the sound of the string. ![]() Play any string - the chromatic guitar tuner will show what note it is, and how accurately it is tuned. So the online tuner will have the opportunity to hear the sounds of your guitar. Your device will ask for permission to record sound from a microphone - allow recording ⏺. Press the "Turn on" button under the tuner. ![]() While TikTok and Douyin share a similar user interface, the platforms operate separately. Douyin was developed in 200 days and within a year had 100 million users, with more than one billion videos viewed every day. Not to be confused with doujin.ĭouyin was launched by ByteDance in September 2016, originally under the name A.me, before rebranding to Douyin ( 抖音) in December 2016. The Economist, Reuters, and Financial Times have described the Chinese government's stake as a golden share investment. In April 2021, a state-owned enterprise owned by the Cyberspace Administration of China and China Media Group, the China Internet Investment Fund, purchased a 1% stake in ByteDance's main Chinese entity. TikTok Ltd owns four entities that are based respectively in the United States, Australia (which also runs the New Zealand business), United Kingdom (also owns subsidiaries in the European Union), and Singapore (owns operations in Southeast Asia and India). ByteDance is owned by its founders and Chinese investors (20%), other global investors (60%), and employees (20%). Corporate structureīyteDance, based in Beijing, and its subsidiary TikTok Ltd, based in both Singapore and Los Angeles, were incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google. ![]() Morning Consult named TikTok the third-fastest growing infotech brand of 2020, after Zoom and Peacock. In October 2020, TikTok surpassed 2 billion mobile downloads worldwide. Since their launches, TikTok and Douyin have gained global popularity. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 3 seconds to 10 minutes. Whatever you do though, don’t sleep on Ramena’s recipe.TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin ( Chinese: 抖音 pinyin: Dǒuyīn), is a short-form video hosting service owned by ByteDance. There's an infinite scroll of content-I mean, of potential. ![]() Bake some fruit on top during the last trip to the oven, replace the sugar syrup with a drizzle of dulce de leche, or stud chocolate chips into the phyllo folds. The genius of the cake is that there’s room to riff at pretty much every step. So far I’ve tried a rosewater version using floral extract in the syrup, another with chai spices mixed into the custard, and a nuttier take with crumbled pistachios sprinkled on top. It’s a brilliantly simple recipe, practically begging to be customized. Then allow the cake to cool before cutting and serving. Remove the cake from the oven and drizzle syrup on top. The sugar syrup won’t go back into the oven, so you should aim to reduce the liquid until the texture is slightly thicker than simple syrup to avoid a soggy cake. lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Last, you’ll want to prepare the syrup by simmering 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, and 1 tsp. Remove the phylo from the oven and pour the custard evenly over the phyllo before returning to the oven until the top is golden and crispy, 30–40 minutes. vanilla extract in a medium bowl until combined. During this bake, whisk together 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, and 1 Tbsp. So I did what I do with all of the best-looking recipes: Tossed it a heart and swiped on with my evening.Īfter the first bake, drizzle 1 cup melted unsalted butter evenly over the phyllo. Ooooh, wow, I thought looking at the crispy-crackly end result, that looks gooooood. First, I saw the original video by Ramena from where she cleverly folds sheets of phyllo dough together like an accordion, then douses them with butter, sugar syrup, and a simple custard. That’s how, during a quick scroll through TikTok in bed at a totally normal hour, I found this phyllo crinkle cake recipe. And if it’s really good, it’ll probably show up more than once as others on the app re-create, rehash, and riff on the recipe. Sure, there’s a seemingly infinite amount of food and cooking videos to scroll through (a vortex), but I have a job to do, and apparently watching recipe videos in the test kitchen doesn’t count as “research.” Still, the algorithm is efficient, so rest assured that if there’s a hot new trend on #FoodTok, it’s going to show up on my For You Page right away. This might come as a surprise, but even though I share a lot of my own recipes on Tiktok, I don’t spend a ton of time on the app. ![]() Welcome to It’s That Simple, a column where we talk you through the process of making the dishes and drinks we can make with our eyes closed. The only thing better than a good recipe? When something’s so easy to make that you don’t even need one. ![]() Showed it to my kids a whole bunch of times when they were young. I'm not one of those guys who'll watch it over and over again, but just by chance, watching TV and seeing clips of it, I've probably seen it 100 times. I don't pull it up on YouTube, I don't do that. How many times have you seen the video of that day and what do you take from it when you do see it? Seriously, what would you rather be remembered for? Hitting a home run off Goose Gossage in the ninth inning to win a ballgame, or being the guy with hemorrhoids in the World Series? But then, July 24, 1983, came around and then I was the pine tar guy. And it seemed like everywhere I went after that, getting loose before your at-bat, all the idiots that would be sitting by the on-deck circle would make jokes. I felt a really bad pain inside me, basically, and it turned out I had internal and external hemorrhoids. All of a sudden, after beating the Yankees, I didn't feel good. 400 and obviously a lot of stress, and we finally beat the Yankees in the '80 playoffs. Nineteen-eighty was the summer that I almost hit. And then we met on a golf course and played golf, and now we're best buds. I never said one word to Goose Gossage playing against him, playing with him and All-Star Games - never said one word. And I'm forever known as the "pine tar guy." Goose and I have had a lot of laughs over that ever since he got in the Hall of Fame. We were playing the team that I despise the most, the New York Yankees, and they despise me. July 24, 1983, I remember distinctly I was in the Bronx and it was a Sunday day game. How would you complete a sentence that starts with 'July 24, 1983?' Here are excerpts from that conversation, which has been edited for clarity and length. Now in his 31st season as the Royals' vice president of baseball operations, Brett was a first-ballot Hall of Fame electee in 1999.īrett, 70, in Cooperstown for the annual induction weekend, spoke Friday about the pine tar episode, his unforgettable tirade and how the bat ended up in the museum here that displays his and Gossage's Hall of Fame plaques. 390 batting average in 1980 remains the second highest (behind Tony Gwynn's. He was an All-Star for 13 consecutive seasons, won the AL Most Valuable Player Award in 1980 and was a World Series champion and Gold Glove winner in 1985. That offseason, Major League Baseball changed the rule, memorializing the explosive events as a unique chapter in the sport's history.īrett, who played for the Royals during his entire MLB career from 1973 to 1993, is the only man to win batting titles in three decades. The Royals won 5-4 without Brett, as MacPhail had retroactively ejected Brett for his outburst. 18 in the Bronx, it took 12 minutes for the Royals and Yankees to replay the end of the game from the moment of controversy, in front of about 1,200 fans (nearly 34,000 had attended July 24). MacPhail said that although the umpires' interpretation of Rule 1.10 (b) was "technically defensible," it was "not in accord with the intent or spirit of the rules." The rulebook provision was meant to avoid dirtying too many baseballs, not to affect the outcome of a play or game. Four days after Brett had circled the bases, MacPhail upheld Kansas City's protest, overturned the on-field decision, reinstated the homer, negated the Yankees' 4-3 win and ordered the game replayed from the moment of the controversy. It was delivered to the office of American League president Lee MacPhail. pitcher Gaylord Perry had taken it from McClelland. Security confiscated the bat from the Royals after K.C. The chaotic scene, vivid for the ages, painted a new perception of Brett and altered the annals of baseball. New York manager Billy Martin immediately challenged the homer on the grounds that the pine tar on Brett's bat covered more than the allowable 18 inches.Īfter the umpires huddled and measured the bat's pine tar against the 17-inch width of home plate, rookie ump Tim McClelland invalidated Brett's blast, pointed the bat at the Royals' dugout and called Brett out, unleashing the ire of the Royals' third baseman, who stormed back onto the field. On July 24, 1983, with two outs in the ninth inning and his visiting Kansas City Royals trailing, Brett hit a two-run home run off fellow future Hall of Famer Rich "Goose" Gossage, vaulting the Royals into a 5-4 lead. ![]() Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett is his jovial self, laughing and smiling while reflecting on his rage 40 years ago today in the infamous yet celebrated Pine Tar Game against the New York Yankees. MLB, Kansas City Royals, New York YankeesĬOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. Hall of Famer George Brett on Pine Tar Game, 40 years later ![]() ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |