April 2018 Archive

Fortune Cookie Wisdom #6

2018-04-01 05:00:00

A visit to a strange place will bring you renewed perspective

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2018-04-12 05:00:00

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Explore More.

Hikery at Turkey Mountain urban wilderness area. 04/11/2018

36.1863688, -96.2376300

iPhone 8 Plus back dual camera 6.6mm f/2.8

VSCO Polaroid Instant 5

Fortune Cookie Wisdom #8

2018-04-06 05:00:00

An unexpected relationship will become permanent

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2018-04-04 05:00:00

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Mostly Cloudy At The Center Of The Universe

iPhone 8 Plus 3.99mm f/1.8

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4/4 GHR Check-In!

2018-04-04 05:00:00

Time to evaluate my progress for my Groundhog Resolutions, the 10th annual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discovered that right after the end of the year holidays I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for the upcoming new year. I need a break so I take the whole month of January off to reflect and plan and start on 2/2 instead of 1/1.

I’ll check back in on myself on 5/5

Fun-

Get another tattoo: Coming soon

More camping: Waiting on better weather

More skinny dipping: Waiting on warmer weather

Learn Spanish more fluently: Downloaded the Duolingo app for practice

Join a book club: No decent bookclubs around town. Start one?

50 Books a year challenge: I need to average 5 books a month to complete this goal. I’ve read five and started a 6th. Not bad for the month of March going into April.

Snail mail friend: Need to seek, find, write

Volunteer: Looking into organizations that I can contribute to

Fitness-

Kickboxing: Dusted off an old DVD called Tae Bo and set up a space to work out in. Let’s see how this will work.

Calvinball: Need to get some balls for this bit of fuckery

Yoga: Work in progress

More 5 & 10k obstacle course racing: I may have missed the boat for OCR this year. Looking into local 5ks and cause to support.

Consistent training: Working out with Tracy is mutually beneficial. Accountability may be the one thing I needed to maintain this. We’ve just started out this past week and so far so good for both of us. Will utilize digital encouragement as well with our Fitbits.

Consistent nutritional training: Work in progress. Bad food is too cheap and easy to acquire while healthier options are scare and pricey. Looking at some non-meat options as well as eating at home more. Again, accountability is key here. No Whataburger in weeks!

Hashing: Waiting on warmer weather. Got called out by THHH Mismanagement for it too. Will be paying for it when I’m back on trail.

Hiking: Taken more than a few hikes this year and explored familiar and new trails. Ancient Forest was extensive but limited access. Will go back. Also, urban hikes along River parks, Midland valley and Turkey mountain.

Geocaching: I am 0 for 15 so far this year. Um, what? Meanwhile, Tracy has decided to sign up and has found two that I wanted.

Meditation: Will be utilizing the same space as kickboxing and yoga for this.

Creative-

Complete my book: The plot thickens…finally.

Photo essay on a topic I am passionate about: Waiting on warmer weather and a topic.

Video log every month: Landed on Youtube instead of Vimeo. So far just dark, grainy video of me looking tired but giddy for some reason.

Leave inspirational notes everywhere: Waiting on weather to get better and people hit the streets. Send me inspiration.

Year in photos album: 2017 is just there, waiting on me. Cannot wait to see what 2018 memories I’ll have at the EOY.

Shoot more film: Buy more film. Ain’t cheap!

Find my muse: Found her. Now how to use her?

DAM: Constant work in progress here

Coding Misadventures

2018-04-04 05:00:00

Or another working title: what a tangled web I weave.

Delving back into coding but this time with some basics like javascript (finally).

Fortune Cookie Wisdom #7

2018-04-01 05:00:00

Sometimes traveling to a new place leads to a great transformation

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2018-04-06 14:48:33

Fortune Cookie #8

An unexpected relationship will become permanent

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2018-04-04 04:54:42

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Mostly Cloudy At The Center Of The Universe

iPhone 8 Plus 3.99mm f/1.8

Processed with Snapseed

4/4 GHR Check In!

2018-04-04 04:41:03

I’ll check back in on myself on 5/5

Fun-

Get another tattoo: Coming soon

More camping: Waiting on better weather

More skinny dipping: Waiting on warmer weather

Learn Spanish more fluently: Downloaded the Duolingo app for practice

Join a book club: No decent bookclubs around town. Start one?

50 Books a year challenge: I need to average 5 books a month to complete this goal. I’ve read five and started a 6th. Not bad for the month of March going into April.

Snail mail friend: Need to seek, find, write

Volunteer: Looking into organizations that I can contribute to

Fitness-

Kickboxing: Dusted off an old DVD called Tae Bo and set up a space to work out in. Let’s see how this will work.

Calvinball: Need to get some balls for this bit of fuckery

Yoga: Work in progress

More 5 & 10k obstacle course racing: I may have missed the boat for OCR this year. Looking into local 5ks and cause to support.

Hashing: Waiting on warmer weather. Got called out by THHH Mismanagement for it too. Will be paying for it when I’m back on trail.

Geocaching: I am 0 for 15 so far this year. Um, what? Meanwhile, Tracy has decided to sign up and has found two that I wanted.

Meditation: Will be utilizing the same space as kickboxing and yoga for this.

Creative-

Complete my book: The plot thickens…finally.

Photo essay on a topic I am passionate about: Waiting on warmer weather and a topic.

Video log every month: Landed on Youtube instead of Vimeo. So far just dark, grainy video of me looking tired but giddy for some reason.

Leave inspirational notes everywhere: Waiting on weather to get better and people hit the streets. Send me inspiration.

Year in photos album: 2017 is just there, waiting on me. Cannot wait to see what 2018 memories I’ll have at the EOY.

Shoot more film: Buy more film. Ain’t cheap!

Find my muse: Found her. Now how to use her?

DAM: Constant work in progress here

Coding Misadventures

2018-04-04 04:32:05

Or another working title: what a tangled web I weave.

Delving back into coding but this time with some basics like javascript (finally).

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2018-04-01 08:27:26

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Audio library of woodpeckers singing on the Midland Valley trail in the middle of Tulsa, Oklahoma

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2018-04-01 08:13:05

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Wander Society audio library of frogs singing at the Ancient Forest outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma

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2018-04-01 07:38:59

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Hikery at Keystone Ancient Forest 03/31/2018

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#deletegoogle

2018-04-21 05:00:00

I’m turning my focus on Google. Awhile back I had mentioned the inevitability of deleting Facebook and now I am taking the steps to migrate everything off the multiple accounts and services I have for the same reasons.

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2018-04-20 05:00:00

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Riverside Misadventures

Creative Storage

2018-04-17 05:00:00

“ You must be constantly adding to your store. For this purpose you create… principally upon your own impressions, feelings and experiences. You also acquire material from life around you, real and imaginary, from reminiscences, books, art, science, knowledge of all kinds, from journeys, museums and above all from communication with other human beings. “

Art, She Said

2018-04-15 05:00:00

The Norman Rockwell exhibit at Gilcrease museum was a brilliant behind the painting look at his photography. Throwing in a green screen and a bit of fuckery at the end made it even better.

Work In Progress

2018-04-14 05:00:00

I’ve been negligent lately in my research for the story I want to create. I haven’t, however, been completely disengaged according to all the notes and ideas jotted down. I don’t want to half-ass this but other responsibilities are taking over too. In the mean time, here is a sneak peek:

Pleasant Distractions

2018-04-14 05:00:00

These are the pleasant distractions currently occupying my attention in no particular order…

My secret, ambitious book project
hikery
portrait photography projects
re-learning javascript, html5, CSS
building my photography group
re-building my server
wandering
writing more for my website
audio/video updates on my progress

#deletegoogle

2018-04-21 20:46:16

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2018-04-21 13:55:47

Warrior Mode

So we signed up for another Warrior Dash. We’re in training mode because the race is in two weeks(!)

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2018-04-21 00:08:39

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Riverside misadventures

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2018-04-19 23:10:47

NSCoding.

@interface MyObject : NSObject <NSCoding>

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *firstValue;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *secondValue;

@end

Your implementation must include encodeWithCoder and initWithCoder

- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder*)encoder {
    [encoder encodeObject:self.firstValue forKey:@"first_value"];
    [encoder encodeObject:self.secondValue forKey:@"second_value"];
}

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)decoder {
    self = [MyObject new];
    self.firstValue = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"first_value"];
    self.secondValue = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"second_value"];
    return self;
}

You can then store MyObject in NSUserDefaults like this.

MyObject *myObj = [MyObject new];

myObj.firstValue = @"This is the first value";
myObj.secondValue = @"This is another value";

NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:myObj];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:data forKey:@"my_object"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

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2018-04-19 16:29:57

When I log into Facebook, I see Facebook. When I visit your blog, I see you.

Pleasant Distractions

2018-04-14 04:33:19

These are the pleasant distractions currently occupying my attention in no particular order…

My secret, ambitious book project
hikery
portrait photography projects
re-learning javascript, html5, CSS
building my photography group
re-building my server
wandering
writing more for my website
audio/video updates on my progress

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2018-04-27 19:02:39

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My revenge will be artistic, not personal

Discovery

2018-04-23 03:10:20

“I can’t begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something else.”