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Anyone in the world can learn how to invest like the best out there with the right information and the desire to learn. My applied project will be a multi part series that looks to teach anyone whether they are familiar with the field of finance or not how to invest. Beginning with an introduction to basic terms and concepts. With the goal of showing any individual with the desire to learn how to effectively invest in stocks while also giving them an understanding of bonds, futures, options, foreign exchanges, and real estate. Personally, I have been able to learn a lot on my own and one of my favorite resources to use is YouTube. I have noticed that no series or compilation of videos has looked to do what I want to do. I think there is a market for a series like this and I think it can generate some views if I do an excellent job creating it. I think it will have a positive impact on the finance community or anyone trying to enter the finance community. This should be able to attract more people into entering the world of investing. I want to go into depth on the important parts that are required for someone to be a successful investor while still exposing the viewer to some of the newest and most exciting ways to invest today. Which will involve exposing them to disciplines such as philosophy, economics, medicine, data science, statistics, mathematics, chemistry, and computer science. All of which will be opensource and anything that is not I will recreate my own version to be opensource. Which will mostly include excel spreadsheets which have probably cost me hundreds of dollars and hours throughout my college career. However, I don’t see why these are not already openly available and easily accessible so I plan on making my own that will be openly available. I plan on posting all the videos I make on my eport as well as the excel sheets I make to go along with the videos. I also plan on posting some type of description to go along with the videos and whatever material I used with them on my eport. I will use OneDrive to share my excel spreadsheets with whoever might be interested in downloading them. Ultimately, I believe there is a lack of financial literacy today and I think the topic is easy enough for anyone to grasp and that the tools needed are openly available today. I hope at some point in my life I can play a pivotal role in providing financial literacy to others.

  • try to create 1 video/content needed for a video every week
  • video 1 posted by 10/14 How to invest (stocks/intro)
  • video 2 posted by 10/28 How to invest (the greater market/economics/hedging risk)
  • video 3 posted by 11/11 How to invest (financial modeling)
  • video 4 posted by 11/25 How to invest (portfolio theory/Markowitz/fama french)
  • video 5 posted by 12/9 How to invest (real estate)
  • video 6 posted by 12/23 How to invest (quant strategies/mean reversion/options/bonds)

1 week to create content for video, 1 week to make and post video

If I find I can do this faster I will post even more videos. I think this is an okay timeline to work off and a doable one.

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Bringing Financial Literacy to the World

There is a lack of financial literacy today where there shouldn’t be, we have the tools to provide just about anyone with the ability to invest smart yet most people do not. My research article will look to give an in depth understanding of the process it takes to make investment decisions. I will do a deep dive into multiple pharmaceutical companies and analyze their businesses and products that they offer. Using the information I gather I will conclude whether this company is undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued. This topic is important because not many people know how to analyze a company properly and how to really make an investment decision, even though it is something easy that anyone can learn. I hope someone younger than I am can see some of the work I do and start understanding the things I understand today at a much younger age because they will have a lot of success in their life. I think this research will do a number of things, it will show the average person how finance is intertwined and important in everything in today. It will also show that finance is an easy topic to grasp and that many people with degrees not in finance could benefit from learning it outside their degree work. Again I am a strong believer that there is a lack of financial literacy today and I want to do whatever I can to stop that.

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    I LOVE your idea for your project. I am totally an example of the type of person who could (and will) benefit from your work. Can’t wait to see how this shapes up!

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    These both sound great, and I feel confident that the work you produce will be top notch. That being said (and please just delete this comment), we need to leave extra time at the end of your RA to make sure you get editing help for your writing. You are a clear and strong writer, but there are grammatical errors throughout (nothing major, but certainly a lot of fragments, for example), and we don’t want that to diminish the final work that you produce here. So leave extra time for any written portions so you can see me, Janina, and/or a Writing Center staffer so we can make sure to polish up the prose.

    I also want to make sure we get some good mentors from your field to give input on this work. You know I will do my best, and I think these will both be useful for me– and somewhat targeted at my demographic actually– but you need some people who are at your own level to evaluate your work as well…

    Good luck, and go ahead and get rolling!

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    I love the idea for your applied project. We’re a generation of DIY’ers who would much rather take the time and figure out how to do something ourselves than to pay someone to do it for us. It seems like you found a great niche for these videos, or lack of, that could have demand if there’s nothing else like them already. I’ll be one of your first subscribers trying to learn the best ways to invest! Good luck!

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36 in 24.....

This one is for Brenda...
Brenda wanted to move to Torquay
as she thinks there are 36 hours in a Torquay day!!
She can't believe how much our group gets done all the time...
Multitasking is the key BUT I don't recommend it...
Here was my Saturday...
 Eat while reading Blogs/emails
Sew up Bear Creek Row Robin
 attach to quilt while watching Good Wife on Netflix
Ready to be mailed out...

Row 5 already!!
Head to field, take Arnold's place and start seeding

Dawson back on Bunny Watch...
Justin takes my place.
Do some gardening,help Arnold fix harrows and get him off,
 hang clothes since I have had NO DRYER for 6 WEEKS NOW!!!
(I am reeeeaalllly starting to hate SEARS!!! Whole other post...)
Throw chicken legs into oven for supper, clean the house a bit

Head back to the field, fill discers again, change fields and take Justin's place
Chicken legs!!!
Text Justin to go check...Power went out...oven shut off...
Justin makes them into a delectable teriyaki supper....
Saves the legs(and the day)!!
Justin comes back to take my place.
 Eat, shower amd head to opening car races

At Estevan Motor Speedway....
Season ticket holders don't miss a race!!
Hit the hay!!
No problem sleeping in my world!!
(I just can't sleep IN,Tracey!!)
A freind said his wife had trouble sleeping at night....
I said you are not working her hard enough!!
For added bonus to my day....
I filled the graintruck with gas,
later to discover I had left the ONLY key to the gas tank on the running board

It travelled 20 dusty, bumpy miles
 thank my lucky stars.... it was still there!!
I had visions of side grinders and explosions to get that lock off!!
It definitely takes a village to keep this life on the path!!
It's a new day....let the adventure begin!!
(or is it more like...No rest for the weary?)

  1. I always enjoy looking at your quilting accomplishments but I think I like to have insight to your farming world even more. Such a busy time for you all.

  2. It sure is but summer is so short!,

  3. oh my goodness, you DO work 18 hrs a day.

  4. That's how you do it all! Two things are different in your life than mine. I need Justin to save the day. Has he ever aspired to live in Weyburn? If so, I have a bedroom waiting for him. Secondly, I don't see the part in your day where you put your nose in a "who dunnit" and quit reading three hours later thinking "where has the time gone"! Still dreary here this morning so maybe I'll get some sewing done.

    1. Justin recently introduced me to a new app called Spritz(?) that is supposed to allow you to read 700 words a minute!! Thats the only way I will ever find time to read a book!!

  5. You get my vote for "Superwoman of the Year"!! You get so much done in a day, it makes me look lazy. I love reading your quilt posts, but I also love all the farming. I live in a farming community as well....although I am not a farmer!

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Trucks, Trucks and More Trucks

After Nate had soo much fun with The Snowy Day, I thought another THEME would be fun. In my planner I have that we were going to do the new theme for about 2 weeks.... well Nate's been busy potty training and just playing contentedly... so it's stretched a little longer, which is fine!

Our main book was Trucks by Byron Barton. It's a little chunky board book that Nate found at the library and wanted to bring home... and so the theme was born:)

And of course you can't do a theme with just ONE book;) So we also enjoyed reading these... (either library finds or things already at our house)

And we didn't just read books.. Netflix helped some too:)
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  • 36 episodes available of Mighty Machines - trucks, planes, trains...  the boys loved the few we watched
And then the activities.... its funny the things he does like and the things he quickly looses interest it:/ Can't quite figure this kid out:)

This moveable digger was a hit;) He completed it Sunday night before school even started for the week:)

Nate knows a handful of his colors... but I liked this activity to help him practice the ones he's still guessing at... I really didn't think he'd LOVE this activity as much as he did....

 and continues to use as he pulls them in and out of the little packet to practice his colors;)

I saw this activity from somewhere:) It looked cute and Nate loves sorting and glue... but he didn't dig this one very much... in fact it's still not complete :(

Nate loved "building" his T truck. We pasted the pieces onto white paper and he scribble-scrabbled all around it;)

Nothing replaces playing with trucks on the floor;)
He actually found this set of "construction" trucks for a few $ at Walmart:)

He even used the trucks to share his treats with the others at the table:)

We also used a little problem solving set he received from Christmas!! Awesome idea to get fun schooling things at Christmas;) And this is a set he will grow into:)

Not pictured was the matching cards I printed and laminated from Two Little Seeds.

I had hoped to talk a little more about shapes since some of the activities included some shapes but he did practice his colors more so now he is using a few more works like pink and orange. And shapes will be a nice thing to practice as we prepare for the next theme;)

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Fun! My preschooler loves themed units, too. "Trucks" is a good one! And I totally agree -- gotta have multiple books for a theme unit! :-)


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More Basement Treasures

I wanted to add some pictures of specific treasures I came across, during my excursion to my basement today. There are two old bicycles, propped in a dark corner, which I swear I've never seen. I found the coffee pot (which wasn't quite as vintage as I'd hoped), as well as a lantern that has, clearly, become the residence of the local arachnids. Think I'll clean this one before the creepy crawlies wake up. I also found a set of wonderful, antique bookends: with illustrations from "Moby Dick". The find of all finds, which were hidden in the recesses of the canning room, a set of yellow dishes with red poppies. There were 6 dinner plates, a large serving platter, a serving bowl, creamer/ sugar bowl & a few saucers. The pattern is lovely and are in amazingly good shape, considering they were shoved behind dozens of mason jars! Oh, I also wanted to share the vintage "machine" that haunts a space next to my washer & dryer. I'm not certain if it's a dishwasher or a washing machine and I don't dare open the lid, for fear of coming face to face with whatever might have claimed it as a residence.

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Size is Everything (no matter what they say!) – WHB

We saw these giants at the Farmer’s Market today. They should be kept in brown paper bags. Out of sight of the innocent.

Huge. Lush. Dark and swollen. The women gasped. The men glanced in their direction occasionally, discretely, enviously.

Some say that the smaller ones can be sweeter. Others try to convince that it’s all in how you use 'em.

But just let everyone see some really big ones, and the truth comes out. They all want the big ones.

So we got three pint boxes of huge ones, for an equally obscenely large price. But berry season comes and goes quickly. And this is the high season. And it is for my day, sort of.

We got some lemon verbena as well. My idea here is to make some little tart shells, a lemon verbena crème, and just place the berries on top. They look so fantastic, no cooking or manipulation could improve on them.

Plus, we got some fresh shallots. I’ve never seen shallots in a market that were still ‘fresh’ like this with the tops and roots still on. Usually they arrive like onions – greens removed, somewhat dried out. So these will go into the ribs marinade for tomorrow. Beef ribs. Roasted in the oven, then grilled to perfection.

And we saw some purple basil. And I mean purple. Pretty fresh too. So we snapped that up as well. I am not 100% sure where this will fit in, but it will. I’m thinking that a fresh corn salad with a light basil dressing. The purple would go nice with the yellow corn. Some shallots could come into play here as well.

And we also found something called Kelites. A green small-leafed affaire sold in big bunches. With the roots still attached. Apparently a variety of spinach. I was not able to find any information on this herb on the internet. It may be that the name the stand guy told us is not quite right. But there were a few ex-hippie types – in their 60s (!) with the full 60s regalia who ensured us that they ate it all the time, and that it was indeed a relative of the spinach family. So, we’ll give it a try.

And to finish off the menu for tomorrow, grilled sweet potatoes. Maybe with a light lemon or lime and cilantro garlic marinade.

Now there’s a meal. BBQ Beef Ribs, tomato salad with tarragon vinaigrette, fresh corn salad with purple basil vinaigrette on kelites, roasted sweet potatoes, and for desert the lemon verbena crème tarts with fresh black berries.

That's it this week for , sponsored by . Today was a prep day for tomorrow. Just getting things bought and ready. Figuring out how to put it all together. I will post the results of all this tomorrow!

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Happy Father's Day. I saw this on Technorati so I included it in the recap.

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Those giant berries look so juicy! and i would really like a bunch of shallots please!

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How were the Kelites? They look an awful lot like this to me:

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Anonymous Kaalogii said...

As a child, my mother used to take us out in the meadow to pick kelites for dinner. It is a great childhood memory. This is the correct name as my spanish, pueblo and navajo relatives referred to them. They grew about 4 feet tall or higher. The seeds grow on the top of the stalks, however, they are definitely not the same as "lambsquarters". Those look way too leggy, the clusters on top are too spindly. Kelites have a mild spinach flavor.

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Anonymous Claire said...

I, too, was looking for info online about "kelite", and came across your blog post. Apparently, it's more often written "quelite" and can either be amaranth leaves or goosefoot, aka pigweed, aka lamb's quarters, which judging by the picture, is what you had.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kelites, actually, quelites, are basically a spinach-esque weed. Maybe there's one specific plant that is a true quelite, but from my experience from living among Mexicans in TX, it basically meant "anything that grows in your lawn that you can eat." I've eaten the same plants I just spent two hours weeding from a friend's yard.

In some instances, I knew they were dandelion leaves, but they were still referred to as quelites, and other times they were some weed I couldn't put a name to. But they did taste like spinach.

A traditional way of preparing them is to wilt them, roll them into small balls, dip them in an egg bath, and then fry them.

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The 1950s were a tricky time for BMW; in many ways the brand was fighting for its very survival. Amongst the overall difficulties for the company, the 503 was a shining light in the upmarket sporting car market. Sadly, the obvious quality was ultimately to be underappreciated.

Sitting top of the BMW range, just above a wide range of similarly luxury cars, the 503 looked truly glorious. Designed by Count Albrecht Goertz, who was later heavily involved in the Datsun 240Z project – amongst many others. It was marketed alongside the buxom 501 and 502 saloons, using the same running gear as the 502 (V8 engine included).

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I was sitting on a river bank one evening and I saw this man and his wife come walking down the mountain. He looked like an interesting person, so I got up and said hello. He did not speak English so it was quite an interesting conversation. But, he was really happy! His expression was like, "I'm happy but I can't speak this man's language". We just stared at each other for a bit and sighed in many different ways, After, we just gave each other a pat on the back as we went our separate ways. I am curious but so thankful of times like these.

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Friday, 23 December 2011

Happy Christmas

As I'm working today and will be chasing my tail on Christmas Eve trying to get presents wrapped and delivered and to do the big food shop, I won't get to spend much time on the old computer tomorrow, so I want to wish you all a happy Christmas and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year.

I hope everyone gets what they want in their Christmas stocking (hint for Santa FABRIC, FABRIC AND MORE FABRIC PLEASE).

Nollaig Shona agus Bliain Nua síochánta (Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year)

From LindaC and family

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Name Game Swap

Anorina over at Samelias Mum is having a Name Game Swap.
Why not go on over to her page to have a look and see if you want to join in.

Friday, 11 November 2011

Knitting and Stitching Show

Can't wait, I'm going to the one show that we have here in Ireland at which you can buy goodies for our addiction.  Yes, fabric, thread, kits, templates, patterns, buttons, sewing machines (maybe not this time) and there is always a sweet stand as well to get something to bring home to hubby.
I usually try to take a workshop at it but this year youngest daughter is coming with me as her dad and older sister are both working on Saturday.
She has recently been talking about knitting so we are going to see what goodies she can find to get her started.  She has her needles and practice wool so wants to actually make something.
Older sister wants an aran cardigan with lots of cables on it so I'm hoping I will find a pattern for her.
I've printed out the exhibitor list and highlighted the stands I want to visit.
I'm also hoping to meet up with some of the ladies from the Sew Irish flickr group
I'll show you what I spend my money on over the weekend.
Have a great weekend.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Winter Stitching

I've linked up with Sarah for the Winter Stitching.

The list of things I hope to get finished are

1.  Hexagon quilt from Vignette magazine
2.  Some Christmas placemats
3.  Table runner for a swap
4.  Some Christmas ornaments
5.  Blue and white quilt for youngest dd for when her room has had it's makeovr
6.  An owl cushion that I've promised youngest dd
7.  Finish a shoe quilt for eldest dd for her room
8.  Make a bag for myself
9.  Finish off some quilt tops
10. Make a list of things that I've started so that I can finish them.

What do you think, do I have any chance of getting all this done?

Oh well, will just have to knuckle down and get going.

Saturday, 22 October 2011

My Friday Night Sew In project

These are the hexies I sewed on Friday night.
 I still have a lot more to do and then to start putting them together.
Hope you had a good Friday night.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Friday, 21 October 2011

Friday Night Sew In

I've decided to take the plunge and join the Friday Night Sew In hosted by Bobbi.
I have some hexies to sew so I think I will try and get some more of these finished.
What will you sew tonight?
Enjoy Friday Night.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

mug rug and goodie swap

Yippee,  my goodies have arrived.

These were from Tammi all the way from OZ.  A mug rug and needle case. My fav colours and she had it wrapped in part of a dressmaking pattern (neat idea).

These were from Jules in UK.  Again my fav colours.  Mug rug, fabric covered notebook and a great sewing case.

I will miss the excitement of waiting for the postman each day now.

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Another doll quilt

I received another doll quilt from my swap partner Monique.
The theme was black and white with a pop of colour.
I think it looks very southwestern american which is very apt as Monique is from Texas.
She also sent me a load of goodies.
I have my doll quilt for Monique finished and just need to finish off the label on it.
Will post a photo when I know she's received it.

Saturday, 24 September 2011

I saw this over at Fabraholic's  blog and I would like to do the same on my blog. I love getting surprises in the post so why not pass that feeling onto somebody else? This is how it works: I promise to send a surprise gift to the first three people to comment on my post. This gift will be a goodie made by me and sent sometime within the next year. Yes, that gives me a whole year to make it but I promise to try to make it as early as possible. Now for the business end of it:

1. I will make a little something for the first 3 people who comment on this post. It will be a surprise and may arrive at any time in the next year (you can give me a hint as to what colours you like or if you want it to be a total surprise).

2. To sign up to receive a gift from me you must play along too. Share on your blog by promising to send a handmade goodie to the first three people who comment on your blog post.

3. You must have a blog.

4. After commenting on my post, you have to post this (or similar) on your blog to spread the love.

So now, who will be first?

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Mug rug and goodie swap

Well I've finished my goodies to send off on the Mug Rug and Goodie Swap.
Partner one likes pink so I hope she likes these
There is a hexagon needle case, a small triangle pouch/thread catcher and a larger triangle pouch.  The larger one was made when I misread the instructions to make the triangle pouch which you make from only one triangle.  I misread it as having to make three and then when I put them together it had no bottom so had to make a fourth triangle.  It turned out not too bad.

These are my goodies for partner 2
Another hexagon needle case, a small purse and a travel sewing organiser.
Here's a photo of the inside.
I really enjoyed making all of these.  The little purse is a really easy make.  I think I might make some for my daughter to give to her friends in school at Christmas (yes that dreaded word).  The sewing organiser turned out better than I thought and was a lot easier than I thought it would be.  I might just have to make some of these for myself now.
I'll be posting these off this week and will be anxiously waiting to see what I will receive in return.

On another swap that I joined up for, I received these lovely blocks from my swap partner for September (Katie).  Aren't they lovely?

I asked for yellows and blues and these are just perfect.  I have to finish my block for Katie, a doll quilt for a swap and three fabric mini quilt postcards (no pressure).

Monday, 12 September 2011

As part of the Mug Rug and Goodie Swap organised by Cindy I've made the two mug rugs for my two partners.
Here is the mug rug for Partner 1
She likes pink (that's all I'm saying in case I give too much away)
This is the back of it

This is the front of mug rug for Partner 2 who likes modern fabrics
This was the first time I tried adding circular pieces in patchwork.  It was not one of my finest works.
This is the back

Now I have to make a goodie to go with each one.  Have some ideas, it's just a matter of making up my mind exactly what so I can get started.

We are getting the end of Hurricane Katia here.  The winds are very strong so I think I will have to get together some more hexagons to sew in case the electricity goes off.

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Post in and out

I've made a block for A Quilt of Love which Theresa at Confesssions of a Craftaholic is making.
Here is my block which I'm posting to her today.

I have to admit I'm not a big fan of orange and had to work my way through all my fabrics to try to find some but it doesn't look too bad.  The block is from a book by Jennie Rayment who does a lot of fabric manipulation.  The blue/flower sections are squares folded into triangles twice and stitched between two orange squares so that you can then fold them out like a kite or a windmill blade.

A few blogs ago I told you how I had won a giveaway at Possum Blossom  (thank you Joanne) for some die cut papers for paper piecing.  My lovely postman delivered them to me today.  I am really going to enjoy using these as I like doing english paper piecing in the evenings while watching telly.

It is a beautiful warm sunny day here.  Kids are back at school.  Training for camogie (for those not familiar this is a sport for girls a little bit like hockey but the ball is hit through the air as well as on the ground and the hurley stick is flat)

has started back and youngest girl had a match last night which her team won so she was a happy camper today.  Sailing regatta on this weekend which eldest girl is helping out with rescue, another camogie match on Sunday as well, so a busy weekend but as I have a day off from work tomorrow I might manage to squeeze in a bit of much needed sewing therapy.
Bye for now.

Small Blog

I've joined the small blog link at Lily's quilts today.
I have 18 followers.  I started blogging in May and was amazed that I got any followers.
My daughter is shocked that I can do a blog (I admit it's not a fantastic one, I find it hard to get links to work and copy buttons).
I've met some lovely people through the blogs and love reading what they are up to.

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Giveaway on Lisnaweary Quilts

Lisnaweary Quilts Blog is having a giveaway for some Creative Grids ( goodies. The website is It closes on the 31st August.
Good luck

Saturday, 20 August 2011

I can't believe it. I just won a giveaway on Joanne's blog ( And what a prize, a nice big pack of: 100 x die-cut 1" hexagons, 100 x 1" diamonds, 100 x 1" triangles, 100 x 1 1/2" hexagons, 100 x 1 1/2" diamonds and 100 x 1 1/2" triangles. I love doing hand piecing in the evenings and at the group I go to (roll on September till we're back). If you like doing English paper piecing please check out Joanne's site. What a lovely start to the day. Thank you Joanne.

Sunday, 14 August 2011

Festival of Quilts

Having come back from a week in Cork, my two girls and I set off for the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham. Originally we had planned to go on Thursday for shopping in the city and to go to the show on Friday and Saturday and return home on Saturday night. We were up very early on Thursday morning (3am), drove to the airport, checked in our two very light suitcases (heavy coming home)and got the 6.30am flight. We stowed our bags in our hotel and the concierge assured us that it was safe to go into the city during the day. So off we went on the train. After the riots we didn't know what to expect. When we were leaving the train station in the city, eldest daughter (age 16) was a bit ahead of me and younger one. She was wearing a hoody and carrying a backpack and looked like she was on her own. The ticket collecter did a lot of looking at her ticket and at her but when he saw her waiting on the other side for us he gave her a smile as if to say "okay". We've been to Birmingham many times and it looked a lot different this time. A lot of the shop windows were boarded up with the shops still trying to sell inside. One of the banks was completely closed and boarded up. There were also a lot more police around. We did feel safe and were able to enjoy our visit and spend some money.
Friday was our first day at the quilt show. We all had workshops organised to go to so while one was at their workshop the other two could wander around, buy some things and look at some of the amazing quilts.
Here are a few photos.
this one had two different views depending on if you were looking at it from the left or from the right side
This carousel was one of my favourites.
The stitching on this one made it stand out in more detail.
This one was made up of very small hexagons.
The colours in the pyramid quilt were stunning.
I'll try and post some more photos later on in the week.
Needless to say, we bought quite a lot (some heavier things to come by post later on), a lot of fabrics, some patterns, some gadgets, threads etc.
The girls both sail and they went around every stall that had fabric looking for nautical fabrics as they've decided to make a sailing/boat themed quilt. One stall Lady Sew and Sew had a wave fabric that they liked but they had none left. The lady very kindly arranged for some extra fabric to arrive on Saturday so that they could get some. Now that's what I call service. They will have fun sorting out all their fabrics and deciding what pattern to do with it.
We saw some wonderful quilts and had a great time. On the plane home on Saturday night, youngest asked "Mum, we'll be going next year as well won't we?". Better start planning.

Holidays and high days

Sorry I haven't been posting for a while but I was on hols (yippee). We spent a lovely week in West Cork in a small village called Durrus. We had a wonderful week, eating plenty of good food, visiting some lovely places.
Youngest daughter was happy as it was her birthday while we were away and her wish was to visit Fota wildlife park. Here are a few of the photos from our day there.

We also took a boat trip to Cape Clear island. A very tranquil place. Here are some photos of some of the lanes we walked.

On the island we visited the church, quess what I found, a tiled floor, another quilt pattern maybe?
sorry for the blurry picture, I still can't get to grips with the different settings on my camera.
The trip out on the boat was a very enjoyable one partly due to the lovely views but mostly to the very informative captain who was very knowledgable on all the different islands, areas, people, sealife and on our return journey even played the squeeze box (accordian) and sang for us.

Monday, 25 July 2011

Fab things received and made

Over the last couple of days I have made and received some lovely things.
First the received goodies
This lovely doll quilt is from Susan who was my swap partner for the July doll quilt swap on This was my first time to make a doll quilt for a swap and I hope Susan likes the one I made for her. Here is a photo of the one she sent to me.

Secondly I received a postcard from Cheryl for the Lake Life fabric postcard swap I took part in from the Postcard group on Yahoo.

Now to things made. I have been watching The Vignette Hexagon Quilt along site and have started making hexagon flowers. They are one inch hexagons and I am using scraps and 5 inch charm squares to make them (trying to stick to at least one project that I don't have to buy new fabric for). Here are the flowers I've made so far.

I also finished off a half started project, a bag. I had cut out part of the pattern so I cut out the rest and the lining and sewed it together. Here is the finished article.
and here is a picture of the lining and pockets

Lastly, youngest daughter had been playing with her friends in the sunroom. They had the dolls out, dolls furniture, little house and some small blankets and quilts that I had made for her. Guess who decided that she was taking one of the small quilts? Yes you got it right, the cat thief who I think has decided that everything belongs to her. Here is Tilly with the little quilt.

That's all for now. We've been having some fantastic weather this past week. Long may it continue.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Guest Blog by Cindy at Fluffy Sheep Quilting

Cindy at Fluffy Sheep Quilting was a guest blogger on the Quilting Gallery.
If you get a chance check it out here at
I read it and spotted a quilt by one of the ladies in my quilt group (LUSK QUILTERS).  The Forever Autumn quilt by Jackie Preston (the second lot of photos).  Well done Jackie and thanks Cindy.
We have glorious sunshine here all this week (very unusual for Ireland).  Kids doing lots of sailing

 so I'm not getting much sewing or quilting done.  Hopefully I will have something to show you next week, in the meantime, here is a picture of our cat Tilly waiting to go to sea.

Sunday, 3 July 2011

Lovely weekend

It's been a beautiful weekend here.  The sun has visited us at last and it really feels like summer.  School finished for the younger kids as well.
I finished my block to send away for the Cead Mile Failte quilt for the quilt festival next year.  Here it is
I used a piece of lace that I had to make it look like a sleeve on an old style blouse.  The rings are a yo-yo and some gold thick embellishment thread that I had.

I also got a parcel in the post with some items I'd ordered. Here they are
This is the superior frosted donut with bobbins of 39 colours.  Really good for applique.

I can start using some of my scraps to make fabric flowers with these templates.

I also got some machingers (gloves for free motion quilting), a pattern for a jacket and a fabric glue stick.

Here is a photo of my box of hexagons to make flowers for the Hexagon Vignette blog.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.


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A RANT: Rebellion, Conflict, Resolution and 1776. . .

. . . Not fucking 1774.

T-shirt companies tend to market the most obscenely jingoist shirts to the most ignorant members of the military. They used to say something on "U.S. Army Est. 1776" but now say something stupid like "1774."

1774, as we know, was the year people just began to think that rebellion against the English might be a good idea, after the Boston Tea Party, but before the English decided to the send in their regulars to violate what would have been known today as "civil rights," but what were known at the time as "ridiculous demands of precocious entitlement."

At that time, the Declaration of Independence hadn't even been written. In fact, the first battle of revolution, (Lexington and Concord) didn't happen until 1775. That battle was, as is often the case, merely the beginning of a long, hard war in which starvation gripped the native population to such an extent that the Empire wondered why the hell they were fighting at all. (Sound familiar?)

It could also be argued that the building of a country is an ongoing process that in America could have begun with immigrants in the 1600s and continued long after any arbitrary year designated by some arrogant, WASPy, jack-ass t-shirt designer.

Furthermore the resting on the laurels of a random establishment date means that people in power slack-off and spend more time thinking about little boys' buttocks while simultaneously plotting to subjugate emotionally healthy homosexual men and women who have the good sense to stay in their own age group, instead of making the United States a true country for the people and by the people.

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If the above were true, there would have been an independent Kurdistan as early as 1992, and a Pakistan in the late 40's with much less riots. But Kurdistan is still part of Iraq and Pakistan had riots.

It doesn't work that way. Sovereignty is as hard-won as freedom and twice as hard to enforce since you only need convince people that they superficially have freedom, while you have to convince the world that you have sovereignty. That sort of convincing takes nearly constant up-keep well beyond merely stomping on the opposition, but also asking the people of your country to enforce the concept as part of their day-to-day routine, if not their full time, color-alert-dependent, gun-toting, badge-wielding/flag-waving job.


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Life seemed good when I responded to an add somebody placed for a roommate from another prospective student at my prospective school. We e-mailed back and forth, traded voicemail messages, and then...she bailed. So I said to myself, "Don't let that one get you down! Let's try another!" So I did. This one had three different names she responded to, but I thought she was just being paranoid (and I could forgive that), or she was schizo (and hey, aren't we all a little schizo?). We exchanged multiple e-mails and even had a long conversation on the phone. I thought for sure this one would work out - she was even already set on a place and confident we could get it! I woke up the next morning to search the classifieds only to find another post from the three-named gal for a roommate...I guess we didn't hit it off? I felt kind of like Carrie Bradshaw when she got dumped via post-it note: he even brought her pink carnations! It seemed like it would work!

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Knights of the Old Republic EP55: Non Mothma

By Shamus
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I’m starting to suspect this was a deliberate design choice for classic BioWare:

  1. Have a game of modest difficulty. After all, it’s “all about the story”!
  2. Give the player frequent auto saves.
  3. At the end, have a sequence of wall-to-wall combat for a solid hour.
  4. Remove 90% of the auto-saves.
  5. Throw in a couple of surprise difficulty spikes.

I’m convinced that stuff like this is how gamers end up with immersion-shattering, flow-breaking, OCD-driven quicksave habits.

The next episode will wrap this series up.

Comments (61)

  1. I’m pretty sure Baldur’s Gate is where I developed my Quicksave habit. The difficulty in that game was all OVER the place. I cheesed my way through so many encounters via careful pulling and quicksave abuse.

    • Tektotherriggen says:

      Hear hear!

      In BG2, I got through most of the game by using one member of my party to stealth through an environment, one-shotting most of the monsters. In Throne of Bhaal the difficulty rose high enough that this didn’t work – but I now had no practice in group tactics, so it was much harder than intended. I put the difficulty setting to easy, but finally gave up when I was faced by a huge swarm of small enemies (the bit where you fight mind-controlled slaves) that just looked far too tedious to wade through.

      It might have been OK if I’d let party AI handle most of the fighting, but so far I had micro-managed everything, and had little idea how well the AI scripting would work. It’s a shame, because otherwise I liked the game a lot, but the clunky combat and high-stakes random numbers (a single number can be the difference between being one-hit-killed, reload saved game; and winning the combat) eventually stopped it being fun.

      • Incunabulum says:

        Party AI worked decently for the fighter types.

        The magic users . . . imagine seeing off in the distance a single kobold. Now your magic user cast his most powerful AOE spell then all his buffs.

  2. John says:

    And on that jolly note, here’s the comment I said I’d write after the last episode. It turned out to be pretty long, so I’ve broken it in half. Rather than clog up this post with two massive walls of text, I think I’ll save the second half for the final episode. Now, without further ado:

    Why I Love Knights of the Old Republic–Part I: The Personal

    Knights of the Old Republic was the game that got me back into PC gaming. I bought a new computer in 2003, you see. I realized that for the first time since 1999–the glorious year in which I bought Alpha Centauri and monopolized the family computer–I owned a machine capable of playing contemporary games. I had heard somewhere that Knights of the Old Republic was a pretty good RPG. There were, I was informed, many sidequests–and what’s more these sidequests generally had more than one resolution. I was intrigued. The last CRPG I played, you see, had been The Bard’s Tale III. While I’m sure it embodies the finest design principles of 1988, Bard’s Tale wouldn’t know a sidequest from a side of beef or an immersive experience from an immersion blender. (But if you like making maps on graph paper–and the Etrian Odyssey series says that some of you do–it’s aces!)

    So Knights of the Old Republic blew me away. I though the graphics were amazing. I spent a long time wandering around the Upper City on Taris just looking up at the buildings and down over edge of ledges. I was also impressed by the interactivity. I clicked on everything and talked to everyone. They all had so much to say! Out loud, with voice acting even! The game also let me be Luke Skywalker, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. If Tie Fighter let me realize the space-dogfight fantasies inspired by A New Hope, Knights of the Old Republic let me realize the be-a-Jedi fantasies inspired by Return of the Jedi. I played a Consular with one green light saber. I was nice to everyone I met and helped them with their problems. I was a calm but compassionate force (so to speak) for good in the galaxy.

    And yet the game didn’t really get its hooks into me until I had beaten it once and realized that I could play it again–and that if I was evil this time, then the game promised to be substantially different. I did, and it was. Most of your opportunities for incidental evil are cartoonish and silly, it’s true, but Korriban was a delight. And then I bullied and mind-controlled a Wookie so that he killed the girl who was his best friend and I couldn’t believe that the game let me do that. After I beat the game a second time, I thought to myself “You know, Force powers almost never work on the final boss. Would this be easier if I made a character who was good at lightsaber combat instead? Let’s try a Guardian.” So I did. Then I thought “I haven’t been an evil Guardian yet.” Then “Maybe I should try the Sentinel this time.” Then “What if I make a character who wears armor rather than robes?”

    I admit that the game starts to suffer when you play it so much. When you aren’t so impressed by the newness of it all, you notice the little failures. The sometimes less-than-stellar dialogue, for example. Or you realize that the swoop race on Taris is rigged. Things like that. And yet whenever I play Knights of the Old Republic I remember how I felt the first time. And I’m still finding new things to do. Spoiler Warning inspired me to try the Blaster Jedi–pistols, no lightsabers–run I’d been contemplating for years. (It’s surprisingly effective.) I don’t play the game nearly as often these days as I used to, but unless my discs give out or it turns out to be completely unplayable on my next OS I’m quite certain I’ll play it again.

    • Frankenbeer says:

      Well said sir. A beautifully expressed description of how good it can be when a game hits all the notes just right for the player. We’ve all had those moments, with one game or another. I wish I’d stated it as nicely.

  3. ehlijen says:

    I think one of the reasons some games have too long combat sections is because the developers don’t see it as boring? As in, to a theoretical player who enjoys the KOTOR combat, that starforge assault would be pretty good:

    -You get to feel powerful spamming all your latest attacks and pwning mooks
    -The big bad gets increasingly desperate in the cutscenes throwing more and more underlings at you
    -You get to see the space battle happening as you progress
    -the action ramps up nicely till you reach the final boss when he’s finally cornered

    …assuming you like the combat (and I did in my initial playthroughs). As soon as that’s not the case, yeah, it falls apart and hard.

    But would a game developer really think in terms of ‘am I boring the players with this game’ at that point? I’m not sure doing that would be easy. You made a game, with gameplay, and you’re proud of it. Some players will reach the final level. How much will they like the combat gameplay at that point? How much is too much, and what if that’s too little for too many other players? The final battle should feel epic, and when this game was being designed, Diablo 2 was still popular and showed that fighting hordes of mooks is something at least some players wanted.

    For late playthroughs, I personally enjoyed the starforge a lot more when I discovered you can just run past all enemies on level 2 and 3 (though you won’t get the starforge robes), until you get to the blocked door just before bastila. And there you only have to kill those three guys and open the door to lock all other remaining enemies behind you.

    One other question/idea:
    You’ve had a few games in spoiler warning that didn’t suit the show well and created tension as they went on (Bioshock, alan wake, now KOTOR), and you’ve known to exclude games like DA:O for its deep roads because of that.
    But what if you space the games out and alternate? Your half life 2 episodes fared a lot better, I think, possibly because you only played it in between other games.
    Could having 2 or 3 games running at once with you guys switching when you feel the need for a change of pace be helpful, or would the loss of focus mean neither game gets done?

    • Nidokoenig says:

      Another point is that when you get to the end, you’ve had the whole game to invest points in your stats and skills, so you’re probably deadly enough to handle a few waves, something they can’t really rely on in the earlier areas which you can take on out of sequence. So level 1 has a certain difficulty level, then levels 2 through 6 are just above that, then you jump to level 7 and the shift just feels rather abrupt.

    • Matt Downie says:

      I’ve seen RPGs where the final stage of the story cuts out the standard party combat, and people were all, “Hey! I just finished levelling my characters up and giving them all the best equipment, and then I never got a chance to use it!”

      You can’t say that about KotoR.

  4. Hector says:

    I didn’t find the final section difficult, per se, but it had a bad design. As far as I can tell, there’s some kind of invisible triggers which spawn dudes to come beat you up. This on its own isn’t that bad, but these triggers don’t appear to deactivate. If you’re going back and forth, you can spawn dudes multiple times, with no clear reason for it. I’m also pretty sure you can spawn more if you, say, go loot the Sith for spare medkits, which is supremely annoying and completely against everything in the game. (Technically, there was one similar event back on the Leviathan, but it easy and you were fairly warned.)

    Also, the game tends to reward glass cannon builds heavily. It’s not very practical to make tank characters in the game since you have relatively few options for it, but loads for demolishing your foes quickly. In fact, in most cases it’s irrelevant how high you defenses are, because enemy attacks outpace your AC very quickly. This is perfectly fair and I don’t fault the game for it, but this doesn’t work that well when they suddenly begin a battle of attrition.

    • Daemian Lucifer says:

      The end slog isnt difficult.But it is tedious.You get to fight the same mooks that youve been fighting the whole game,only this time there are more of them,and they cant really do much to you(unless you are Josh).

      And I get why it was made.Its so that we can have an epic fight with an army of enemies.But its not epic,its boring.Mowing down through a plethora of mooks is rewarding only the first,maybe second time you do it.But when you have to do it dozens and dozens of times,it loses the punch.

      And bioware loves their end game slog.Aside from me2,Ive never played their game where the end game mook fest was anything but tedious.

    • Ninety-Three says:

      I think you outright can’t make tank characters. If I remember correctly, there is a cap on how high your armour class can go (never explained, you’ll just notice if you try to get your AC too high), and it’s not an especially high cap.

      • Supah Ewok says:

        I’ve made tank characters by just boosting the CON up along with AC. You get the Heavy Exoskeleton from Yavin, the best STR gauntlets you can find, Force Wave, and level in Guardian, and you can quite literally solo your way through the Star Forge (on Normal). I’ve done it.

  5. Daemian Lucifer says:

    – The droids did not stop them.
    – Strange.How did they manage to destroy all of my droids so quickly?Its like they posses some power that can destroy a bunch of droids en masse.How could that be?!

  6. Daemian Lucifer says:

    Rutskarn,your problem is that you played the vanilla game,when you shouldve played mask of the betrayer.Mask of the betrayer was so good,you shouldve played that one instead.Shamus knows what Im talking about.Right Shamus?Isnt mask of the betrayer just such an awesome game?

    • ehlijen says:

      I know you jest, but I’m with Shamus, sort of. I didn’t like Mask of the Betrayer. I tried it. I got confused as to where to go (everywhere seemed to have too high level enemies), the companions weren’t quirky and fun like I came to enjoy in NWN2 (yes, i liked that game, despite its stupid plot door and the crime it committed on the poor farmer lady who just wanted her house not to burn down for a change), and then the game got to the point where it told me that I’d have to occasionally press the good or evil button to not die.

      Uninstalled and never looked back.

      • Fizban says:

        If you start a new character rather than loading one that’s finished the main campaign you’re quite short on gear, as well as spells known for a wizard. It’s not too hard to get caught up-if you already know what you’re doing and loot every single crate, barrel, and pile of rocks (yes really) in the city and shadow-city. But if you don’t know what you’re doing then it’s not gonna be pretty.

        I quite liked Mask of the Betrayer, my biggest problem is same though: the soul-eating. Compounded by the fact that I actually read instruction manuals so I knew all the mechanics beforehand, and further by the fact that a number of the mechanics were cut or don’t work, and yet further by the fact that in order to have a good set of gear you need to craft and in order to craft you need to eat lots of souls for extra materials.

        The story was nice, continuing my character from the first campaign just trying to get rid of a curse followed by rage at the gods was solid motivation, and it went to some nifty places. Bogged down by epic level dnd mechanics as expected. The best companion is hidden in a sort of guide-dang-it way: you have to kill the bear, then go into the shadow temple (which requires fighting guys over your level) and give his corpse to the furnace. If you don’t kill the bear, or dealt with the furnace first, no dice. If you know what you’re doing, you get a super-wraith that’s a fusion of a thousand tormented souls commanded by a creepy child and capable of eating more souls in order to switch character builds to different classes. The rest are admittedly kinda lame and if you don’t take them to the right areas you miss most of their story.

        • ehlijen says:

          I did actually continue a main game character. I foolishly assumed that as the game let me do that, it’d also let me continue to expect the same tone, which I’d enjoyed in the main game for the most part. No dice :(

  7. Alex says:

    Re: Fixing the hyperdrive

    You are literally travelling to a factory that builds spaceships. If you don’t need your hyperdrive to get there, taking some brand new parts off the shelf to fix your ship for the escape would seem to be a much better plan than scavenging millenia-old parts from a wrecked ship which already crashed once.

    • Drew C says:

      Maybe the Hyperdrive is like the warp core in Star Trek in that it’s the source of the ships power? I admit I know very little about this.

      • Yep, this is how it’s shown to work at the start of Kotor 2. In the prologue you need to get components to repair the hyperdrive so the engines have power.

        • ehlijen says:

          This is subverted by the Empire Strikes Back, however, where the Falcon is clearly fully capable despite not having a working hyperdrive. Going against the movie, an official primary and a practically more likely source of info than the sequel game, KOTOR needed to explain itself if it wanted to be different in that way.

          And it’s not like the broken part being the hyperdrive specifically was important. They literally could have left out the ‘hyper-‘ and just made the generic engine broken.

      • Atarlost says:

        I’m pretty sure it’s just an FX gaffe like when the Enterprise fires torpedos from a hangar or phasers from a torpedo tube or whatever it is. The dialog tells you you need to fix the stabilizers, which makes sense. If you need stabilizers you really need them. It’s just you go to a part of the ship labeled hyperdrive to do so either because someone labeled the object incorrectly or because some artist figured it would be easier to make the hyperdrive look broken than a wall panel somewhere.

  8. Grimwear says:

    Malak was super annoying my first time through because his attacks stun you. It also turns out my force powers weren’t strong enough so my plan ended up being put on jedi speed to run away from him, then just cast lightsaber throw over and over. It does a set amount of damage and cannot be blocked. You can literally just kill Malak by doing this over and over. It is also the way I beat the bosses in KOTOR2 because it’s a guaranteed way to do damage without any risk to yourself and without worrying about their saving throws.

    • ehlijen says:

      With life drain you can also use Malak’s recharge batteries yourself (evil, of course), or using destroy droid to turn them off.

      But for the Kotor2 villains, I didn’t worry much about their saving throws because I had 40+ Wisdom (WIS boosters in every slot). Only Kreia can occasionally save vs that, but she can still be beat that way.
      You can even boost WIS to 50+ if you abuse the respawning enemy trick on Korriban and grind yourself to lvl 50 (max), but that’s an actual exploit.

    • Ninety-Three says:

      I had the most miserable possible experience against Malak: I was a lightsider without Destroy Droid (“A power that doesn’t work on everything? Why would I ever want that?” I foolishly said). So I had to knock him down to zero health, have him drain a battery, then do it TWENTY MORE TIMES. There was a lot of “Use force speed to outrun him and heal”.

    • Grudgeal says:

      He’s also a solo boss in a game that’s seen you comfortable with teambuilding. If you didn’t make your Revan into a solo murdermachine, too bad for you. Also, he’s nigh immune to force powers due to saves up the wazoo, so there’s that too. Really, unless you’ve built a melee monster with saber throw or force lighting, your first Malak experience is probably going to be like mine, i.e. running around the Star Forge throwing Thermal Detonators at him for thirty minutes while the Benny Hill theme plays inside your head.

      • ehlijen says:

        His saves are tough, but can be overcome by a min-maxed Jedi Counselor. He was clearly intended to be smashable by a min-max guardian as well (I found it quite possible).

        It’s anything in between, including the entire Sentinel class, that’s gonna have a hard time :(

  9. Daemian Lucifer says:

    Back in the day bioware used to allow you to take only a handful of npcs with you,and you got to interact only with that small group.And everyone asked them to allow them to allow them to take everyone with them.So they did.But in the transition they forgot to include one key fact:Allowing you to not take with you someone you didnt like.

    • ehlijen says:

      The real problem wasn’t that you couldn’t take them all, it’s that they kept making ridiculously sad puppy eyes and gave you ALL THE DARMA when you wanted someone in your party to wait for you at the Inn/wherever to free up a slot to go do someone else’s personal side quest.
      Mechanically, you were saying ‘bye, see you tomorrow’, but in character they were responding with ‘why would you leave me? I thought we were friends!’.

      It was…messed up :/

  10. omer says:

    not nearly frequnt enough. I my be spoiled by modern games and not having this quick save habit (and i don’t like when games force me to save scum, it’s choosing between complete cheapness and treamendous frustration), but the amount of times i play a segment again becouse of some random death was not short.

  11. Ian says:

    I have F5 no idea F5 what your F9 what you’re F5 talking about.

  12. Daemian Lucifer says:

    Checkpoints?Quicksaves?Pfft!Back in the day we used to get only three lives,and if you squandered them you had to go AAALLLLLL the way back to the beginning of the game.And even if you were lucky enough to cheat,you still only got 27 more lives,and that was it.You kids these days with your F5s and your options menus are the worst.

  13. Killbuzz says:

    How are quicksaves flow-breaking? They don’t interrupt the game by making you go to a menu to save or something.

    • Zekiel says:

      You still have to remember to do them though. Its a lot more annoying if (like me) you play everything on a gamepad where possible, and there isn’t a quicksave key. I’m replaying Dishonored at the moment and its quite annoying to have to bring up the menu > Options > Save > Confirm to do my save-scumming. (But I’m weak and can’t kick the habit)

      • Killbuzz says:

        Well, that’s one of the great joys of PC gaming. Since you’re using mouse and keyboard to play, hitting the quicksave button (usually f5) is just a slight flick of the finger away. I do it pretty much instinctually.

    • modus0 says:

      My keyboard has alternate functions available for the F keys, with the FN key normally used to access those. But the vendor’s software allows me to alter that, so that the alt function is the main one, and I have to press FN+F key to get the F key function.

      That would kind of tend to take me out of the game as I have to move my hand off my mouse, and look for both keys since I don’t tend to press them often.

      I suppose I could try to remember to switch that option, so in games it’s F key, and out of games it’s the alternate function, but I know I’d forget it and either have the computer pull focus from the game to the program I just pressed a button to start, or I’d not realize that I didn’t actually quick-save, and have to replay 15 minutes of minutiae.

  14. Zekiel says:

    Ending games well is a real talent. Bioware frequently seem to do it very badly (with the tactics Shamus described here). I seem to recall Baldur’s Gate 2 had a reasonably decent ending sequence, but Dragon Age Origins was a huge slog.

    As far as I see it there are two good ways to end a game (from a game mechanics perspective):
    a) A carefully-calibrated challenge which forces the player to use everything they’ve learned so far in the ultimate test
    b) Give the player some sort of super-weapon and let them go crazy (e.g. Half-Life 2)

    (a) is very difficult to pull off, since its very hard to predict player skill; (b) seems highly satisfying to me, so I’m mystified why very few games seem to do it. Instead we get games that either jack up the difficulty for the last level or so (e.g. Psychonauts, Assassin’s Creed 1) or chuck in waves of enemies who aren’t especially hard but are a slog (e.g. KOTOR). I’m not sure why.

    • Trix2000 says:

      I think another option that might work better than a) is to make a situation where it SEEMS like you’re overcoming a big challenge and things are tense, but in actuality there are measures in place to ensure the player can make it through (unless they completely fail it).

      Like throttling the strength of the multitudes of enemies thrown at them, so the player can get a feeling of being overwhelmed but not actually reach the point where they can’t keep up. Or just amping up things like visuals (big giant things!) that don’t impact the combat itself. Still might take some real thought and balance to get right, but at least might not run into as much trouble with players of varying skill levels… so they all get a similar experience.

  15. John says:

    Remember how Josh said he was over-powered? He technically is. He just got cocky. The waves of mooks in the Star Forge will wear you down if you don’t play strategically and ration your use of Force powers. Unfortunately, the Star Forge is, as Shamus suggests, pretty much the only place in the game where that sort of thing is necessary. Of course, it would help if Josh remembered to level up his party and exploit their healing powers from time to time, too.

    But if you really want to breeze through the Star Forge, you should make a Scoundrel/Jedi Guardian 7/13. Force Jump plus sneak attack equals massive damage. You will kill enemies just about as fast as they spawn and almost never need to use Force powers.

  16. Rodyle says:

    Like most Obsidian products, Mask of the Betrayer is very good yes

    In fact one might say they’re the best RPG developer (or were, until The Witcher 3 happened).

  17. I developed my quicksave habit in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. That game hardly ever autosaves for you, and even on low difficulties, you can die in combat a any moment. I’m not ashamed to say I F5-F9’ed my way through that entire game.

  18. Steve C says:

    What should have been anticipated in the comments is this:

    Josh… You know that force wave is the “I win” button. Yet you did not use force wave. Why are you not using force wave?

    {sees Josh’s byline in the credits}
    Hmmm… ok. Carry on.

  19. Drew C says:

    Shamus I object! I never found the Auto save reliable. I can’t begin to count the times I died only to discover I’ve lost half an hours worth of progress.

    But seriously, as someone who likes the combat even I can see the problem with the Star Forge since unlike the rest of the game once malak starts throwing everything at you, mooks spawn in timed waves often behind you so you wind up back tracking a lot, literally taking one step back for every two steps forward (unless you aren’t quick enough in which case it’s one step forward one step back).

    Looking forward to this series ending though since I love this game (I’m playing it right now) and the shows been getting harder and harder to watch.

    Edit: Actually on re-reading what Shamus said is it the combat system you find boring or just the combat on the star forge you find boring?

  20. Heregoesnothing says:

    “T3 is the key to all of this.”

    This actually becomes true in the sequel.

  21. Darren says:

    Terrible final levels are so frustrating. The worst one I’ve encountered recently was Pikmin 3 of all things, which had a final level that was so far beyond what the rest of the game demanded that I just put the disc back in the box and moved on. I’m trying to think of what I think the absolute worst final stretch of an otherwise good game I’ve played is…maybe the final stretch of Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines?

  22. Peter H. Coffin says:

    The next episode will wrap this series up.

    Episode 56 is 2:37:42 and will be finished converting and ready for publishing on Sunday.

  23. Grudgeal says:

    8:40 — So, basically, Zathras?

  24. Many times I’ve read that “Malak is invulnerable to force powers”, but it is false. The truth is just his saves are very high so you have to build to get high DC for your powers. I wouldn’t say to forgo leveling in Taris because I’ve never been good with power building, I don’t like to be studying the powers and skills to find out what combinations get me the biggest and best numbers. What I know is in my second play through I went for a level 1 scountrel / 19 councilor and I beat Malak very easily: I kept him stunned and I didn’t even had to worry about him recharging with the dead jedi.

    • ehlijen says:

      That’s true. The counselor is the best class for getting through saves with powers (assuming enough D20 system knowledge which the game alone does not provide in full), and if you want to beat Malak that way, you need to be the best you can be. Same with Guardian and sabre hacking.

      Poor Jedi sentinel doesn’t get anything, though. Their special powers are purely reactive (and thus offer no help in actually defeating anyone, let alone malak) and the jack of all trades stat balance they get falls apart in face of the min-maxers challenge that is this boss fight.

      • Incunabulum says:

        “in face of the min-maxers challenge that is this boss fight.”

        This is why I consider boss fights to be shit.

        The only thing god to say about this one is that its a rare one that M-M builds that didn’t focus on soaking HP pumping out physical damage has a shot at winning.

        I remember one fight in Neverwinter Nights OC – I, a Socerer/Rogue poped into the room with a boss. He aggroed on me because I was the first one he saw. Then promptly ignored all my spells and cut me in half in one round with his double sided axe.

        Reloaded and ran in a circle while he chased me while he was chased by my companion. He couldn’t hit me, I couldn’t stop running, no one else could hit him to draw aggro. Cue ‘Yakety Sax’.

        • Ninety-Three says:

          That is exactly how I beat the first boss of Dragon Age on max difficulty. It has a billion hitpoints and you just cannot fight it fairly, so so I had one guy draw aggro and run in circles while the others shot it with bows. Every now and then it would switch aggro to a bowman who would become the new Yakkety Saxman.

  25. Incunabulum says:

    “I'm convinced that stuff like this is how gamers end up with immersion-shattering, flow-breaking, OCD-driven quicksave habits.”

    Or you could go with Bethesda’s favorite training method – have the game crash if you haven’t hit quicksave in the last two minutes.

  26. Ofermod says:

    BG2 had a pretty fantastic ending, in my mind. Plenty of breathing/saving possibility, and then leading up to the climactic final fight.

  27. Cuthalion says:

    So, I know the thing is to complain about how long this game is taking, but honestly I’m still being entertained. I still enjoy it. So… thanks for sticking with it? I’m curious if the next episode wrapping the series up means beating the game or quitting the game. :P

  28. Steve C says:

    There’s a problem with quicksaves and Rutskarn touched on it. It’s possible to accidentally destroy an entire game with autosaves assuming the save overwrites a previous save.

    If you save in a bad spot, or get corrupted data in that save then poof! Start from scratch. I’ve had that happen a few times and I haven’t trusted any quicksave system since then. I always go for manual saves in separate slots. In fact I think it was Baldur’s Gate 1 that made me go to the extremes that I do now. I zip up backup copies of saves.

    I remember a PS2 game where I did not have the option. I had to go with their autosave system. I ended up getting too much health and it wrapped. I would load with zero health, take a step then die. It was immediately before the end of the game too. I had to start a new game from scratch. Except I didn’t as I never played the game again. I ditched it in disgust.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Blanket # 6

This is once again I piece blanket with a thicker batting and a very BOLD print with a lot of PINK. Yes this material calls and possessed all the GIRLY genies. Bought it from the local fabric store and quilted around the flowers. I loved how it turned out.

Fun part with this fabric was it has a companion material. This was the very first time I have worked with companion materials. This is not a very heavy blanket but it will keep our little one warm this winter.

I did use a heavy batting for this to get a more quilted look. I have quilted almost every flower in this blanket. Since I am getting good at creating these blankets I might make some for holiday season as GIFTS.
I think it would be great to pair up a book and blanket with a toy. Would be a great gift for a budding toddler… I hope I will have enough time to make some this winter as GIFTS.

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Sunday, October 03, 2010

Weekend fun - a visit to the fabric warehouse

Yep. This weekend was my annual trip to the infamous SR Harris Fabric Outlet . It doesn't look like much from the outside does it? But boy, oh boy, when you walk inside you're in fabric heaven.

Rows and rows and rows of heavy duty shelving packed tightly with bolts and bolts and bolts of fabric, all 50 percent off the marked price. Knit, Lycra, Silk, Wool, Cotton, Rayon, Faux Fur. You name it they probably got it. Except silk jersey, which is one thing I was specifically looking for.

This is just the row of knit fabrics. Just the cotton and jersey knits. There's another row for lycra and lycra blends.
One never knows what oddity might be buried among the treasures. See what I mean? What would YOU do with this printed knit?

This is the place where you measure and cut your own fabric and trim, with some exceptions. Employees cut all silks, some trims and anything over five yards.

I do miss the days when I lived close enough to pop in weekly just to browse. But I do know my pocket book is much happier when I visit once a year.happier Pin It

  1. So did you buy the people covered knit? And what else did you get? I need to live vicariously through others fabric shopping now, so share okay!

  2. Yes, please do tell what came home with you. Lucky you to have such a place to shop at!

  3. OH Sharon!! I LOVE SR Harris!! I bought $500 worth of stretch knit for making baby wraps. It was wonderful because we happened to be there on a sale day when everything was 50% off and my mom and I got a HELL of a deal!! I LOVE this place!! I must admit that I've been lurking in the shadows reading your blog and I forget that you live near me until you write about things I know!! (I'm in the Rochester area)

  4. Hey- wait a minute- that store is in my city!!! You must live close by!
    Yes, that store is too far from my house to cause any great damage on a regular basis....thank goodness.....

  5. What fun! So, where's your fabric? Did you buy that people fabric?

  6. Big time envy from me! I can understand the financial implications that living close to this store might mean though. I'd probably get "choice paralysis" and walk out with nothing the first time I would be in a place like that. Too much to see/feel and fall in love with and unable to make a decision. Or else I'd be not thinking clearly and with a plan and grab whatever was interesting, only to think "huh?" when I got it home.

  7. i have never been there, but plan to go some time in the future...

  8. I see how it is...I think I live in a little bubble with no sewing enthusiasts near me only to discover a few in my backyard when I post about fabulous fabric shopping! We should plan a Twin Cities sewing meet up, with a trip to SR Harris included. My dream would be to get a group large enough that Kwik Sew would give us a tour too - fun, right?

    No, I did NOT purchase that people covered knit. That is one that made me want to shake my head sadly and contemplate the reason for wasting precious fabric on such a hideous print. I'm sure someone could do something fabulous with it ala Project Runway, but not I.

    And yes, when I lived close enough to swing by on my way home from work it was a bit of strain on the budget. Hey, it was either Friday night fabric shopping or Happy Hour.

    I'll share my treasures tomorrow after I get them photographed.

  9. How much fun! And, I love the idea of a Twin Cities meet up. Of course, I'm on the West Coast, so there's not a great chance I'd make it, but I would be oh so tempted!

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