CSS3 Patterns Gallery — This small collection of CSS3 patterns is pretty neat. The code is simple enough to grok!
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Month: July 2013
Today my daughter and I tackled Chansey. She initially wanted to work on Blissey, but I’m trying to convince her to focus on the first generation of Pokémon for now.
Timelapse footage was captured using Hyperlapse for iOS and then put together using Quik by GoPro.
Our first Pokemon today was Gengar. For this painting, Emily drew the Pokémon and I painted it. It was a nice change of pace. As soon as we finished this painting, Emily wanted to do another. (Two in one day was enough, though.)
Timelapse footage was captured using Hyperlapse for iOS and then put together using Quik by GoPro.
For this painting we did something a little different. I sketched out Gastly for Emily and myself. Then we painted side by side. I learned a valuable lesson while recording… always make sure you have enough storage before doing a longer timelapse. I ran out of room mid-capture. :/
Timelapse footage was captured using Hyperlapse for iOS and then put together using Quik by GoPro.
In this video we collaborated on Pikachu. It’s a mixture of ink and Copic markers.
About This Video
My five-year-old daughter and I have been collaborating on an art project. We usually tackle 1 or 2 Pokémon daily and I’ve been recording the process.Time lapse footage was captured using Hyperlapse for iOS and then put together using Quik by GoPro.
Emily insisted on drawing this morning, and I know it’s not a first-generation Pokémon, but Pichu was too cute NOT to work on.
About This Video
My five-year-old daughter and I have been collaborating on an art project. We usually tackle 1 or 2 Pokémon daily and I’ve been recording the process.Time lapse footage was captured using Hyperlapse for iOS and then put together using Quik by GoPro.
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Pokemon Go Gear Essentials
(Disclaimer: Product links do have an Amazon affiliate tag. This is not an advertisement paid for by Anker. I love their stuff and want to see it more people’s hands.)
You’ve no doubt noticed by now that playing games like Pokemon Go that rely on active GPS use do a number on phone battery life. This is an issue Ingress agents have been dealing with for quite some time. While there are countless numbers of external battery manufacturers, one in particular was recommended to me when I first started playing Ingress: Anker. Their 18-month warranty on all products, lower prices, and quality builds make buying their stuff a no-brainer for me.
Anker PowerCore 20100
My everyday carry battery pack is the Anker 20000mAh Portable Charger PowerCore 20100. It’s powerful enough to charge my iPad air, and I’ll easily get several full charges of my iPhone 6s from it. ($39.99, Amazon.com)
PROS: Charge two devices at once. Automatically senses type of device and delivers appropriate charge.
CONS: It’s a little heavy to carry in a pocket or in your hand.
Anker PowerCore 10000
I don’t own one, but I’d have no reservations recommending the Anker PowerCore 10000 as a suitable replacement for those wanting something a bit smaller, and easier to carry. ($19.99, Amazon.com)
PROS: It’s half the size of the PowerCore 20100. Automatically senses type of device and delivers appropriate charge.
CONS: Only has one USB port. Only has enough juice to re-power an iPhone 6s 3.5x or a Samsung Galaxy S6 3x.
Anker PowerCore Slim 5000
The Anker PowerCore Slim 5000 is one of Anker’s newest releases. Designed to fit snugly behind an iPhone 6/6s and match it’s contours, this capable battery pack is thin enough to carry in your hand. It’s nice alternative to having. ($17.99, Amazon.com)
PROS: It’s slim design will easily fit in your hand or pocket with a phone.
CONS: You’ll get maybe ~2 full iPhone charges out of it.
A good battery pack is only half the battle. Bad cables suck the joy out of mobile gaming. Check out Anker’s Micro USB and Lightning cables. The PowerLine+ lines for both are super-durable.
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Dear PoGo fans: Chill.
Niantic knows tracking’s important in PokemonGo otherwise they wouldn’t have launched with it. What they launched with wasn’t scaleable. Period.
“I can’t catch them all. Niantic sucks.”
Because apparently managing an international game leveraging real-world locations, active gym battles, hundreds of thousands of concurrent Pokémon capture attempts, and hundreds of thousands of concurrent Pokéstop visits is supposed to be easy.
Which is exactly why no one’s done it before.
People up in arms over PoGo being broken need to take a chill pill. It’ll get fixed. And no amount of complaining will make the issues the game has experienced to magically disappear. If you want the issues fixed and fixed correctly, it’ll take time. And I’m sure fixing it involves a lot more than simply spinning up more servers.
And for those complaining about third-party tracking apps no longer working: there is no public Niantic API, and using those apps are TOS violations. Period. And if third-party abuse was causing the in-game tracking to fail in the first place, players have no one to blame but themselves.
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HAPPY: A Small Film with a Big Smile
Please join HAPPY: A Small Film with a Big Smile for its July 16th WORLD PREMIERE at the historic Imperial Theater. Buy tickets online!
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The Code of Conduct Conundrum
“When we see a Code of Conduct the understanding is that those rules will be enforced. In our minds, saying “Code of Conduct” is the same as saying “Enforced Code of Conduct.” If you have that policy in place, and you do not enforce it, then you put your entire organization at risk.“
This is a great read. All events should have a Code of Conduct. Period. Conference Organizers have a responsibility to protect their attendees, speakers, volunteers, and staff. A Code of Conduct can’t/won’t stop bad people from doing bad things, but it sets a baseline for acceptable behavior. (Just because people should act appropriately in a professional setting, doesn’t mean they will.) Organizers need to take enforcement seriously as well. Bad behavior shouldn’t be encouraged or tolerated.