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Applied Mathematics / Statistics

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Key Facts

Code GG13
  • Typical A-level offer

    ABC with A in Mathematics or BBB with B in Mathematics

  • Course Length

    3 Years

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In choosing to study the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Degree at Aberystwyth University you will uncover a fascinating and challenging discipline that combines the identification and analysis of shapes and patterns with data collation and calculation. Mathematics and Statistics are fundamentally important to modern society, contributing to numerous facets of life, including science, engineering, technology and finance and there is strong demand from industry for graduates from this degree. You will be taught in lectures and practical classes with good staff/student ratios.

[NSS/DLHE Awards]

Department of Mathematics: Top in the UK for teaching quality for the subject of Mathematics. (The Good University Guide 2018, The Times & Sunday Times).

Department of Mathematics: 3rd in the UK for satisfaction with Teaching on the course for the subject of Mathematics and Statistics (NSS 2017)

93% of our graduates were in work or further study within 6 months, 1% more than Mathematical Science graduates nationally (HESA 2017)

Institute of mathematics & its applications

Mathematics is a subject that has fascinated humanity for thousands of years from the ancient world to the present day. The language of Mathematics underpins so much of the modern world – from science, technology and engineering, to finance and commerce – opening up a wide range of career opportunities to you.

Why study Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Aberystwyth?

  • Uncover a discipline that combines the identification and analysis of shapes and patterns with data collation and calculation.
  • Mathematics has been taught at Aberystwyth since 1872, so that the department builds on over 140 years of teaching excellence, employing lecturers who are committed teachers and internationally-recognised researchers
  • A degree in Mathematics will open up a wide range of career paths to you, and this degree is accredited by the IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications), the UK's learned and professional society for mathematics, directly contributing to your recognition as a Chartered Mathematician.
  • The Department offers several modules taught through the medium of Welsh, for further details please click here.
Our Staff

All lecturers in the Department of Mathematics are qualified to PhD level and are research active. The majority have a postgraduate teaching qualification and new staff are required to complete the PGCTHE. The department also employs a number of part time tutors, with extensive teaching experience, and some student demonstrators, who are selected from our undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Career Prospects

Our graduates have found employment in the following sectors:

  • Statistical analysis and computational statistics
  • Teaching
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Accountancy and banking
  • Risk Analysis and actuarial work
  • Financial management and investment analysis
  • Information technology

What opportunities are there at University for me?

Employability is embedded across all of our teaching.

Click here to find out about the various opportunities that our Aberystwyth University Careers team offer.

Enhance your employability prospects with GO Wales and YES (Year in Employment Scheme) managed by our Careers department.

On completion of this degree you will have gained skills in the following;

  • Research and data analysis skills
  • Enhanced mathematical and computational skills
  • Effective problem-solving and creative thinking skills
  • A thorough grounding in information technology
  • The ability to work independently or as part of a team
  • Time- Management and organisational skills
  • The ability to clearly communicate in both written and spoken forms
  • Self-motivation and Self-reliance

Teaching & Learning

What will I learn?

The breakdown below provides an illustration of what you might study during the three year degree scheme.

In your first year you will explore topics in:

  • Algebra and calculus
  • Geometry
  • Differential equations
  • Probability and statistics
  • Mathematical analysis

In your second and third years you will be able to choose from a range of modules on topics which might include:

  • Analysis and partial differential equations
  • Abstract and linear algebra
  • Statistical modelling and mechanics
  • Distributions and estimation
  • Statistical methods
  • Regression and anova.
  • Optional modules include complex and numerical analysis, hydrodynamics, sampling, and mathematical physics.
  • You will also undertake a compulsory career planning module as part of your course, which will enhance your employability prospects and enable you to develop valuable transferable skills.

How will I be taught?

This degree is delivered through lectures, tutorials and practicals.

You will be assessed through a combination of coursework, presentations, reports and examinations.

You will be assigned a personal tutor throughout your degree course, who will help you with any problems or queries, whether these are academic-related or personal issues. You should feel free to contact them at any time for help and advice.

Further information :

You will also have the opportunity to complete a Personal Development Plan (PDP) at Aberystwyth. This is a structured process of self-appraisal, reflection, and planning, which will enable you to chart your personal, academic and professional development throughout your time at university. By recording your academic performance, and highlighting the skills you already have and those you will need for future employability, the PDP portfolio will equip you with the necessary tools to plan effectively, develop successful approaches to study, and consider your future career options and aspirations.

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Typical Entry Requirements

A Levels ABC with A in Mathematics or BBB with B in Mathematics

GCSE requirements (grade C min):
English or Welsh, Mathematics

BTEC National Diploma:
DMM-DDM with A/B in A level Mathematics

International Students

International Baccalaureate:
28-30 points with 4-5 points in Mathematics at Higher Level

European Baccalaureate:
70% overall with 75% in Mathematics

Applicants are considered on their individual merits and offers can vary. For further information, please contact

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This course is delivered primarily through spoken lecture. Because the skill you are learning is speaking related, it only makes sense that you learn through speaking.

The skill you will learn in this class is not primarily theoretical or academic. It is a skill that requires physical habits. That is why you will be asked to take part in numerous exercises where you record yourself speaking on video, and then watching yourself. Learning presentation skills is like learning how to ride a bicycle. You simply have to do it numerous times and work past the wobbling and falling off parts until you get it right.

This course contain numerous video lectures plus several bonus books for your training library.

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In 2009, Walker entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for most talk show appearances ever in a 24 hour period. Yearly, Walker has more than a quarter of a million views of his public speaking tips videos on social media platforms.

Walker is also the author of "Media Training A-Z" and "Media Training Success." Walker is also the producer/host The Facebook Page "TJ Walker - Speak to Influence" a source of daily public speaking training videos, tips and inspiration. He is also a past president of the National Speakers Association, New York City.

Walker is the most prolific producer of presentation skills online training courses in the world, with more than 100 separate courses. He has more than 50,000 students enrolled from 172 countries.

Walker was a merit scholar at Duke University where he graduated magna cum laude. He has lectured or conducted trainings at Yale University, Columbia University and Princeton University.

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Best Affiliate Program: Choosing The One From The Multitudes

The Internet is the most important information tool in the world today. It is a superhighway with literally tens of millions of people logged into it everyday. Indeed, the Internet has benefited mankind tremendously in the past couple of decades. It has made invaluable information and knowledge accessible to anyone anywhere.

With the Internet, the world has shrunk into just a click of the mouse. Everybody can communicate and reach out to anybody–cheaply. It was only a matter of time before entrepreneurs realize the full potential of the Internet in the world of business and money making. Prior to the Internet, a business needs physical or tangible merchandise to sell to consumers; but today, through affiliate programs, entities can make money out of websites in the Internet.

So you might ask what affiliate programs are and how do they work. Well, to fully appreciate the concept of affiliate programs, you have to think of it as some mutual relationship much like that of an Egyptian plover bird and a crocodile. The plover bird feeds on other organisms parasitic to the crocodile, while the crocodile provides intimidating protection against the bird’s predators.

Affiliate programs work the same way; it is basically a mutual cooperative venture between your website and another entity’s website that is already in the business of selling products and services over the Internet. In this venture, you direct your website visitors to your partner’s website; thereby, increasing the number of people becoming aware of your partner website’s products or services and effectively increasing the chances of people buying from your partner. As a reward, you are paid commissions. In short, you are performing as a marketing agent or referral arm for your partner website.

Affiliate programs are a great way to earn online. But conquering the world of affiliate programs needs patience and dedication. Finding the best affiliate program for you means knowing which affiliate program will give you more benefits and lesser disadvantages. Here are a few pointers to consider in finding the best affiliate program for you.

Research, Research, And More Research

If you pile up all the websites in the Internet offering affiliate programs, you might be able to construct the first stairway to the moon. And a chunk of these websites offer nothing but crap. It is therefore important to do a lot of researching about the affiliate programs you want to join. You can look for information over the Internet and by contacting other members of the affiliate program you are eyeing. It is always good to be a hundred percent sure than to be fooled by someone you have not even met.

Think Commissions

You are joining affiliate programs and agree to invest some of your time and efforts as a marketing agent of some online entrepreneur with the hope that you are to be paid with good commissions. Different affiliate programs widely vary in terms of the commissions they pay. Some programs pay higher commissions as an incentive for affiliates to work harder. There are also programs that do not pay well. Still, some other programs do not pay at all; so beware of cheating affiliate programs.

The Matter With Products Or Services

In the olden times of real world merchandising, every merchant or trader has a unique product or industry to sell. That was why they used to hate Jacks-of-all-trade. This philosophy also applies to online shops, and therefore the affiliate program you might wish to join.

An affiliate program website has a better chance of raking big money online–therefore, bigger commissions for you–if it offers a specialized product that targets a large population of potential users. So look for affiliate programs that sell a few specialized quality products, instead of a program that offers everything under the sun.

A Word About Experience

Experience is an invaluable gauge for a particular affiliate program’s performance and reputation. Make sure in your research that the affiliate program you intend to join is experienced in handling its business with its customers and its affiliates. More often than not, an experienced affiliate program provider is aware of current trends and what system should work or not.

An experienced program is an assurance in itself that it will not cheat its affiliates. An affiliate program is not like multi-level marketing where being first is always the best position; quite the contrary, long existing affiliate programs which you join very late in the game may prove to be your best choice.

Simple to Use Ecommerce Marketing Strategy For the Internet Marketer

If you are a new Internet marketer and you are looking for easy ways to provide an ecommerce marketing strategy there are many things that you can do. The most common is the use of blogs.

An easy ecommerce marketing strategy that you might consider using is blogging because it is so simple. If you are new to Internet marketing and you want to provide efforts to customers that is simple then this is where you should start. Blogging works in many ways which include providing inbound links, improving page rank, improving search engine status, and can assist with damage control.

Blogging includes discussion forums regarding products or services that can be posted throughout the World Wide Web. This type of ecommerce marketing strategy is very popular because it gives people a sense of ownership with their postings and they have the ability to post to most sites if they are relevant. Blogging can help with branding for a new business and getting the word out that they exist. This is not only popular but very beneficial in many ways.

When you use blogs to improve a site with the search engines one very important factor is including direct links to the customer’s site. These direct links may be words integrated into the article that are hyperlinks or you may direct the customers by offering the website itself. The goal of providing these direct links is to give customers an easy way to get back to the site to see for themselves what you are talking about in the blog. The last thing you want to do is forget a link and force the customer to go looking on the web for the business, especially if the site rank in the search engines is poor. Without direct links a blog is very ineffective.

Inbound links or direct links not only provide a way for customers to get to the site but they are a positive note for the website through the search engines. Search engines rank sites in search results based on popularity. The more inbound links a site has to attached to their site the better and more popular the site appears to be to the search engine. This helps move a site up with the search engine results. The higher a site is in search engine results the more traffic it will drive to the website. The more traffic a website has coming to it, the better their page rank is through Alexa. Customers trust a site with a good page rank and page rank is often the first thing that customers verify when they arrive on a site.

Damage control is a big factor with blogging and it is used for this all of the time. When you design an ecommerce marketing strategy, it may be to clear up some rumors about the company or save face. If a business has made a mistake in the past and they have a bad reputation but they are working hard to repair the problems and make it up to the customers, they may hire you to step in and provide damage control. The best way to do this is through blogging. You will go to blogs that you find people talking badly of the company and answer for the company on how they are fixing the problems and change the attitude of a negative light to something positive. This way when people read the blogs they are not poorly influenced but encouraged to go and see how well things are going now.

Best Affiliate Programs

Listing the best affiliate programs online can be trivial. You are doing your research and you would like to have a nice list displaying all of the links you like to click on to start up your online business in affiliate marketing. Unfortunately, no such list exists. At least not a true, comprehensive list. There are just too many programs and affiliate opportunities out there to compile such a list. Companies are changing and adding affiliate programs all of the time. The best affiliate programs are out there, you just need to know what to look for.

I assume you are researching affiliate marketing and are wanting to know which programs are the best and which affiliate programs provide you with the most income. Just like all people searching for ideas to make money online, you come across articles that talk of the benefits of one program and how it is a no-miss situation. I can tell you now, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. Affiliate marketing can be very lucrative. It is also a good bit of work. It is something that you can learn and do part-time. To be successful at it, you just need to tell yourself to keep at it. It takes perseverance, dedication and a salesman attitude. You are ultimately trying to get people to sign up or purchase something online.

Now what do the best affiliate programs available offer you as a potential business partner? The best programs will not only provide you with links to sign up and introduce you to the affiliate programs they ultimately want you to join. (They want to make money off of you as well.) The best programs will also educate you on how to be successful in affiliate marketing. Why would they do that? Because ultimately in affiliate marketing, the goal is to build a team of marketers that will go out and sell the same products that you do. That is where you can begin to make residual income and basically make money while you sleep. That is where all of your upfront efforts in bringing people to your website will eventually pay off.

Another sign of the best affiliate programs on the web is transparency. You need to trust that the money and time you are spending is worth it. If you can see the process and understand how the programs work, you will ultimately be more invested in the business. You do not want to work for a company that hides its practices and does not allow you to have insight into how the programs work. Just think if your normal day job operated in such a manner, you would not last two weeks. Being open and honest is the only way to go. If the person or company you are working with in affiliate marketing is not willing to answer personal emails or allow you the opportunity to talk to them on the phone, you probably do not want to get involved.

This brings me to my last sign of the best affiliate programs on the internet, support. Affiliate marketing is all about building a team of marketers and working with others to help sell products. Therefore, it would make sense that most of these programs have a large following or sales force that can be considered a small community. If you do not see support or feel supported by a larger community of like-minded folks who are also selling the program, then I would not consider them to be in the list of best affiliate programs out there.

All in all, find something that fits you. Find something you enjoy writing and talking about. Learn the technology behind internet marketing and you will be able to build your own affiliate marketing empire and you just might be able to add yourself to the list of best affiliate programs out there.

Top 10 Best Affiliate Programs That Can Make You Money Online

If you want to earn extra cash on the internet, one of the best ways to do this is by joining the best affiliate programs on the web. Online marketing is where it is happening right now and there are many affiliate networks and programs available.

A lot of people are earning money online by being affiliates (selling other people’s product or services for a commission) firstly and, some of them later on become product vendors. Here are 10 top best affiliate programs you can profit from, make sure to check them out.

Commission Junction: This is an online advertising company that is highly popular on the internet. Affiliate members are being paid on a pay per sale basis with commissions from 3-50%.

E-Junkie: This affiliate network is used by webmasters who sell scripts, themes and templates. With its growing inventory of digital products, one can do well and earn additional income by becoming an affiliate.

Amazon: Amazon affiliate networks are popular among webmasters as an alternative source of income. With a lot of products in its store, you can sell from almost any category. Getting a product that is based on your niche is a great way to earn since many people buy from Amazon Online.

LinkShare: This is a very good affiliate marketing network and has a huge global user base. They have a superb reporting system and a unique interface that lets you track your sales. Payment is on a monthly basis.

PepperJam Network: This affiliate program is more like Commission Junction, with lots of services and products that are being offered through a unique advertising model. There is a good chance of having high sales rate with this program if utilized properly.

ClickBank: This affiliate network program offers a wide variety of digital products that can be sold using your website. A lot of ClickBank’s affiliate products are niche specific, so getting a product related to your niche would yield better results.

Google AdSense: This is definitely one of the best affiliate programs on the internet, a must for every blogger. The key to Google AdSense is by taking advantage of targeted traffic and making use of effective keywords that boost a website’s earning.

eBay: Being an eBay affiliate is a good thing as you can have potential customers from around the world. With its global networks of eBay Stores that sells almost everything, there is a wide choice of target audience and a good chance of profit.

Chitika: This works like Google AdSense. It is based on a pay-per-click scheme and can be used as targeted advertising, making it as a good alternative to Google AdSense.

AffiliateBot: is a fast growing affiliate network program that has over a hundred, best affiliate programs.

There are other affiliate networks available on the internet, but choosing from the best affiliate programs on the internet helps ensure that you earn good affiliate network commissions and a stable income.

Having adequate knowledge on how websites and online businesses work would be a huge advantage for any webmaster, and by using this knowledge and information combined with collaboration with the best affiliate programs around, a stream of online income would not be too far away.

Choosing the Best Affiliate Program for You

What makes an affiliate program the best choice for you? Could the best affiliate program simply be the one that pays the highest rates? Could it be the one that promises the easiest way for you to earn money?

In truth, none of those are correct. If you want to find the best affiliate program for you, here’s what you should do:

Find a Product or Service You Believe in.

All affiliates programs are selling products or services, but only a few of those may be the best affiliate program for you. To identify which one qualify as the best, review the products and services that are on offer then look for something that interest you. Interest is essential because it’s what motivates you later on to tirelessly write and advertise about the products or services.

Secondly, look for something that gains your trust. Take the time to research about the products and services that capture your interest. Are they made of good quality? Do they make empty promises or do they truly stand by their word? Check how the website advertises its goods: are they prone to using false or inaccurate facts and exaggeration? Do they provide excellent customer support and service?

When you find affiliate programs that qualify for both conditions, then one, some, or all of them might be the best affiliate program for you, but you can’t be sure just yet.

Also, don’t make the mistake of choosing an affiliate product or service by the strength of its commission rate. If you don’t believe in it, you won’t be able to market it effectively so there’d be no point to having a high commission rate if you can’t take advantage of it. Choose what you can sell; it’s as simple as that!

Find a Payment Mode that Appeals to You.

Where payment modes are concerned, you have to think about the objectives as well and which of them you’re likely to find it easier to achieve. There are presently two payment modes that are being used: pay-per-sale and pay-per-lead.

Pay-per-sale programs are ideal if you passionately believe in the products and services on offer and your website content actually matches your affiliate products and services.

Let’s say that you own a website about being an equestrienne. A good affiliate product to sell would be horse products because it’s something you can write about with firsthand knowledge and experience. Those are, in fact, the two most important determinants when choosing a pay-per-sale scheme: do you have the requisite knowledge and experience to write convincingly about what you’re promoting?

On the other hand, pay-per-lead programs are simply better for you if you don’t have enough time to constantly update website content about affiliate products and services. With a pay-per-lead scheme, you don’t really have to sell anything. Rather, you just have to convince your readers that it would be in their best interest to know more about the product or service by performing a specified action.

Lastly, the best affiliate programs always pay fair rates and do so on time. They don’t hesitate to reward deserving individuals, businesses, or websites and they’re always willing to lend a helping hand to their affiliates.

The Best Affiliate Programs Need Your Help to Get Better.

The best affiliate programs owe its success not only to its management but also to its hardworking affiliates. As an affiliate, it’s your responsibility to do your best in promoting affiliate products and services.

Firstly, don’t be satisfied with the links, buttons, and banners provided by your affiliate merchant. Invest in making your own advertisements about your affiliate’s products and services. Use a combination of text and graphics.

Research, research, research! Enroll in free affiliate marketing courses provided in the Internet. Read articles, join forums, participate in workshops and seminars and exchange tips with fellow affiliates.

Dedicate as much time as you can to promoting your affiliate products and services. Yes, an affiliate program is an automated business: it can operate without your help or supervision. The affiliate management software is able to keep track of sales and leads that your website generates. You don’t really need to lift a finger if you don’t have to, but there’s no harm in investing your spare time, is there? In fact, there’s everything to gain and nothing to lose so why hesitate?


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Sunday, 31 December 2017

2017 Nerf Round-Up

Yearly thing where I look at the stuff Nerf (officially) released throughout the year.

Monday, 18 December 2017

Quick Review: Lightake/NFstrike 18 Dart Mags

Lightake contacted me, offering to send some products for me to review. I requested their 15 dart banana and straight/angled mags, as well as their 18 dart straight mag. I actually ended up purchasing the aforementioned 15 dart mags anyway, and those arrived before this review package did. This post therefore will just cover the 18 dart mag.

Disclaimer: These mags were sent to me for review by Lightake. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Friday, 15 December 2017

Review: Buzz Bee Rail Raider (15m) [Monorail Blaster]

The Rail Raider (aka Monorail Blaster) is a rather unique blaster, fed by an internal tube magazine loaded from the rear. This is a feeding mechanism that is near non-existant in foam blasters, with the only comparable blaster that comes to mind being the disc-firing Fusefire. Naturally the reveal of this blaster was met with much hype and anticipation.

Disclaimer: This blaster was sent to me for review by Buzz Bee Toys. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Review: Lightake/NFstrike 15-Dart Mags

With the recent rise of Lightake/NFstrike, there is yet another way to source various aftermarket Nerf parts from China. On top of reselling many products from other manufacturers (including Worker and Artifact), Lightake/NFstrike also produce their own Nerf-compatible mags. This review will be covering their two 15-dart mags.
Disclaimer: Lightake has sent me a package of products to review, however the mags in this review were purchased with my own money.

Saturday, 2 December 2017

Mod: Flat Top Cam ECS with Artifact Cage

A continuation of my Cam mods. I didn't like the bulky top section that was vacated as I removed the camera system, and I don't like stock flywheel cages.

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Review: Worker Retaliator Bolt

I'm not sure when Worker released these, but I only became aware of their existence fairly recently. As someone who (currently) exclusively uses full length darts and doesn't do much high velocity stuff, these interest me far more than short dart breeches and mags, expanded plunger tubes and so on. I ordered three of them from Lightake for about 4USD each, including postage.

Monday, 20 November 2017

Game Report: MHvZ 4/11/17

Another month, another Melbourne HvZ event. A variety of reasons resulted in a reduced amount of enjoyment for me personally, but the event overall went quite well otherwise.
This game report has been delayed significantly by my Uni exams, which are now over.

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Mod: Knock-off Stryfe with Blade 180s

With the relative scarcity of Stryfes in Australia since Kmart stopped stocking them, I wanted to try out other options. This knock-off Stryfe, sourced from Aliexpress, cost me about 25AUD shipped, about the same as the Stryfe when it was still available at retail here.
I was initially saving this post until after I completed the review, but honestly I might never get around to that. This post is a lot easier, and also a lot more relevant for all my intentions with it.

Monday, 13 November 2017

Mod: Cam ECS with Neo Rhinos

The Cam ECS is a blaster I've always had my eye on, as its shell is quite nice, and as far as I'm aware it is also compatible with Stryfe flywheel cages. My problem was of course waiting for it to drop to a not-awful price, which I never saw when it was in stores. I jumped at the opportunity to acquire one for a more reasonable price second hand.

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Review: Buzz Bee Thermal Hunter (15m)

The Thermal Hunter was one of the most anticipated of Buzz Bee's new releases, with the promise of the Sentinel's raw power and mod potential, in a more practical pump action rifle form. It also includes a unique attachment, a sight with basic thermal detection capabilities. Needless to say, I was very excited at the prospect of toying around with the blaster and its fancy scope.

Disclaimer: This blaster was sent to me for review by Buzz Bee Toys. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Saturday, 21 October 2017

Game Report: MHvZ 14/10/17

We had a really good turnout for this month's MHvZ event, which allowed for some good games. There was also quite a variety of different blasters present at this event.

All in-game photos courtesy of Dylan McDylan.

Friday, 6 October 2017

Review: Nerf Mega Hotshock

The Hotshock is one of the smallest and simplest additions to the Mega line, being of the classic pull-back single shot format that sees an incarnation in almost every Nerf line. As someone not very interested in the Mega line or single shot blasters, I gave it a pass until MHvZ introduced Mega zombies. As they are a rare, special unit, I only needed a basic Mega blaster to combat them, so I picked up a Hotshock from BigW.

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Mod: LiPo'd Jyn Erso Blaster with Lights and Sounds

Some time ago I rewired and remotored my Jyn Erso blaster. However, I removed the lights and sounds system because I had fears that the increased voltage would fry the circuit. It's taken a while, but I finally acquired a suitable voltage regulator and the time necessary to complete this mod.

Saturday, 23 September 2017

Review: Buzz Bee Double Drum (15m) [Barbarian]

The Double Drum is a slight reshell of the Buzz Bee Barbarian, formerly Blizzard, a new blaster fed from two 20-dart cylinders. It is a pump action, pump-to-fire blaster, which has drawn criticism as pump-to-fire is pretty much universally inferior to a triggered system. Regardless, having been pleasantly surprised by the very similar Buzz Bee Sidewinder, I had some hope that the Double Drum wouldn't be terrible.

Disclaimer: This blaster was sent to me for review by Buzz Bee Toys. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Monday, 18 September 2017

Quick Mod: NerfTurf 10kg Thermal Hunter Spring

As mentioned in my previous game report, a 5.5kg Elite Upgrade Spring was not enough to push the Thermal Hunter to an acceptable muzzle velocity range (that spring has since been moved to my Tri-Strike). For a stronger main spring, I looked to NerfTurf, an Australian based spring seller. I ordered their 10kg Thermal Hunter spring.

Friday, 15 September 2017

Quick Mod: Titan Hyperions in a Stryfe

Flywheel motors are moving almost entirely towards 3S, which is a little unfortunate for me as much of my gear is set up for 2S. This includes my Stryfe, which was previously running on Blade 180s/-3240s. I was finding their torque to be just a little low, so wanted to pick up a 2S flywheel motor with more torque that wasn't the expensive and now discontinued XP180. The next best 2S flywheel motor on the market is the Titan Hyperion, so I picked up a pair of those.

Friday, 8 September 2017

MHvZ Game Report 2/9/17

Today at MHvZ we introduced a new zombie, the Mega zombie, and spent much of the day play-testing it.

Friday, 1 September 2017

Review: Buzz Bee Eradicator (15m) [Tactical Storm]

The Buzz Bee Eradicator is a recolouring of the new and primarily blue Tactical Storm, a modular mag fed blaster very similar to the Champion/Ultra Tek 8. As part of Buzz Bee's new releases, it includes some of Buzz Bee's new darts, in this case some Long Distance darts. Given how good so many of Buzz Bee's recent mag fed blasters have been, I was rather excited to try this one out.

Disclaimer: This blaster was sent to me for review by Buzz Bee Toys. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Friday, 18 August 2017

Mod: Thermal Hunter Handle Replacement and Lever Mag Release

While the Thermal Hunter has a fair few things going for it, there are a couple of standout issues ergonomically. The handle and stock are very short, and the mag release is rather poor. Furthermore, the magwell and pump are quite far away from the handle. Initially, I had planned on straight replacing the handle and stock attachment point with that from a Retaliator, but after seeing John Yechan Seung's take, decided to copy that instead.

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Quick Review: Artifact Gen 2 Plastic Flywheels

Some time back, Artifact released a new wave of plastic flywheels. As I missed my chance to get more flywheels the previous time they were available, I quickly jumped on getting four pairs this time around. Shortly afterwards they ran out of stock, however they are currently available from Monkee Mods. Given I quite liked the previous Artifact plastic flywheels even with all their flaws, I was very much looking forward to receiving these Gen 2 wheels to test out.
Note that while the G1 wheels were available in both "full" and "truncated" forms, the G2 wheels were only ever available in this particular shape.

Sunday, 13 August 2017

Review: Buzz Bee Stryker Force (15m) [Zenith]

The Stryker Force is the smallest new blaster in Buzz Bee's latest wave of releases. It is a manual action revolver somewhat reminiscent of the older Air Max 6, though of course being a conventional springer rather than an air blaster. In particular, this wave of releases also contains Buzz Bee's brand new darts. I will be reviewing Buzz Bee's new darts in a separate post. The Stryker Force includes 6 PrecisePro (PP) darts and 2 Long Distance (LD) darts.
Note that while the Stryker Force is not identical to the Zenith, they are very similar, both physically and functionally.
Disclaimer: This blaster was sent to me for review by Buzz Bee Toys. Despite their contribution, I will do my best to ensure that this review remains as objective and unbiased as possible.

Monday, 7 August 2017

MHvZ Game Report 5/8/17

Another game at Melbourne HvZ. We had some pretty good games and a solid turnout, and I had an opportunity to give some of the new Buzz Bee blasters a go in combat.

Sunday, 6 August 2017

Quick Mod: MTB Neo Rhino Prototypes

While visiting the guys at MTB, I was given prototypes of some new MTB motors, Neo Rhinos and Neo Hellcats. These motors have a different wind to the regular Rhinos and Hellcats, as well as fancy new motor cans and neodymium magnets. The Neo Hellcat prototypes I received are unfortunately lacking the neo magnets, however the Neo Rhinos had them so I threw that pair into my Bullpup RS to try out at yesterday's MHvZ.

Thursday, 13 July 2017

MHvZ Game Report 8/7/17

We had a great turnout at MHvZ today, which resulted in some rather impressive hordes. We also tried out some new gamemodes.

Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Quick Mod: Jyn Erso Blaster with Meishel 2.0s

In my order from BlasterTech not long ago, I received a pair of Meishel 2.0 motors made by FoamBlast. My Jyn Erso blaster had been waiting for upgrade motors for a while since I'd actually run out of suitable 130s, so I took this opportunity to get my Jyn Erso blaster modded while also testing out these new motors.

Thursday, 29 June 2017

Quick Review: BlasterTech Stryfe Motor Cover and Grip Extension

Received a package of parts from BlasterTech today, a Stryfe motor cover, a Stryfe grip extension, and two Meishel 2.0 motors. I'll be installing the Meishel 2.0s into my Jyn Erso blaster at some point, but the Stryfe parts I could install immediately.

Friday, 12 May 2017

MHvZ Game Report 6/5/17

We had some solid games today at MHvZ. The on-off rain did dirsupt play a little, however we managed to miss the majority of it.

Friday, 28 April 2017

Review: Star Wars Jyn Erso Deluxe Blaster

The release of Rogue One brought with it, among other merchandise, a new set of Star Wars Nerf blasters. The Jyn Erso blaster is the most expensive general release one, and the only one of the three that offered any practical potential use. Due to its insanely high retail price, I put off buying it until they were discounted to half price at my local BigW. Is it worth it, even at half price?

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Mod: RapidPDW Overhaul

My barrelless RS, the RapidPDW, was my first Rapidstrike rewire, utilising stock motors and some stock switches off a 2S battery. Since then however, I have completed no less than four complete Rapidstrike builds (one of which was not my own), and the RapidPDW was left on my blaster rack collecting dust. I finally got around to giving it a motor upgrade.

Monday, 20 March 2017

Jase3D Parts: Thumbscrews, Flared Stryfe Magwell, RS Pusher Cover

Ordered some Jase3D stuff as well, a couple of newer parts. I ordered up some thumbscrews, a flared Stryfe magwell attachment, and an RS pusher motor cover.

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

MHvZ Game Report 11/3/17 - More Flywheel Saturation, Successful Husk

I hadn't attended a full Nerf event in months, so I was really excited to get back into action at this month's HvZ.

Sunday, 5 March 2017

BlasterTech Parts: Rapidstrike Mag Release, 5kg Elite Spring (Updated 18/6/17)

I recently ordered a couple of things from BlasterTech (BT). Within that package was a Worker Stryfe mag release, a Hellverine (Hellcat mislabelled as Wolverine), 2 BT Rapidstrike mag releases and a BT Elite 5kg spring. I've covered the Worker mag release and Hellcats before, so this post will be focusing on the RS mag release and the Elite 5kg spring.

Saturday, 4 March 2017

Mod: Artifact Motor as a Rapidstrike Pusher

The Artifact motor is the fastest motor created specifically for Nerfing purposes. It is rated to 50k RPM at 7.4V, significantly beyond the next closest of the MTB Wolverine Mk2 or Honey Badger, at around 45k RPM at 7.4V. The Artifact motor is also an odd size, being a little longer than the traditional 130 motor, but significantly shorter than the long 180 motor.

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

2016 Nerf Roundup

I somehow forgot to make this roundup post at the end of 2016, so here it is, two months late.
2016 was an up-and-down year for Nerf, there were some good releases, and some not-so-good releases. Non-Nerf brands had a fantastic year however, with both Buzz Bee and Dart Zone releasing some real winners.

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Loadouts with MTB

MTB recently uploaded another of their loadouts vids, this time featuring my Bullpup RS (and associated other parts), as well as my Rhino-Fire. It covers all the major points and is of course a far higher quality video than anything I'd make myself.

If you're wondering about the lack of activity recently, no I'm not leaving the hobby or anything so major. It's simply a matter of not having the time to produce content, and not having any real content to actually produce. I won't be doing anything Nerf related for the next month or so, but I will be returning in time for the March Melbourne events, and hopefully by then I'll have more content to put up.

As a final note, for anyone who has posted a comment in the past ~2 months, my apologies for not approving the majority of them, a change in the Blogger UI meant that I actually don't immediately see the number of comments awaiting approval, and I only just now remembered to check them.


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Monday, July 29, 2013

1307.6964 (Doru Sticlet et al.)

Persistent currents in Dirac-Fermion rings    [PDF]

Doru Sticlet, Balázs Dóra, Jérôme Cayssol
The persistent current in strictly one-dimensional Dirac systems is investigated within two different models, defined in the continuum and on a lattice, respectively. The object of the study is the effect of a single magnetic or nonmagnetic impurity in the two systems. In the continuum Dirac model, an analytical expression for the persistent current flowing along a ring with a single delta-like magnetic impurity is obtained after regularization of the unbounded negative energy states. The predicted decay of the persistent agrees with the lattice simulations. The results are generalized to finite temperatures. To realize a single Dirac massless fermion, the lattice model breaks the time-reversal symmetry, and, in contrast with the continuum model, a pointlike nonmagnetic impurity can lead to a decay in the persistent current.
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Saturday, 28 February 2015

Yappy Birthday!

Happy Saturday :o)

Here's my card for this week, using some cute Paper Smooches stamps, along with some MFT stitched dies.

I decided not to colour the image for a change, and just added some touches of white Prisma pencil.  Oh, and I quite like punny sentiments, so I masked the 'h' of 'happy birthday' and added a 'y' from a Paper Smooches alphabet set.

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a lovely evening!

Lisa x

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Monday, 30 August 2010

One Stitch at a Time - Challenge 28

The theme at One Stitch at a Time this week is "something girlie" so I'm uploading a card featuring shopping!
The stamp is from Little Claire Designs and is called "Lydia Goes Shopping" as is my backing paper which is from Imaginisce and is called "Tweet Talk" - it's double sided and you can see one side on the easel panel and one on the base panel.
The card itself is made with the Amazing Frames - oval and oval scallop - die cuts which again are from Little Claire Designs.

Monday, 23 August 2010

Blog Award from Mary

A big thank you to Mary for a lovely blog award - the first one that I've received!
So here is what I have to do:
1. Thank the person who sent the award to me - thanks again, Mary.
2. Put the award on my blog - done.
3. List three things that I love - crafting, blogging and relaxing.
4. Post a picture I love - I took this photo in my garden and was really pleased that the butterfly stayed put long enough for me to photgraph it!
5. Tag 5 other people for the award - Dot, Yone, Jax, Barbara and Kathleen.

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Anyone for Anya - Happy Birthday!

At Anyone for Anya? this week they are celebrating the first birthday of the challenge blog so this week's challenge is, of course, to create a birthday card.
I've used Maria from the Greetings Farm Role Call set for my card. I die cut an aperture in the front of my card, covered it with acetate and then put the image in the middle of the acetate circle. My backing papers are from Dovecraft and the circular greeting is from Craftwork Cards.

Just Cute Bears - Challenge 31

This week's challenge on Just Cute Bears is to use pink and brown. My entry is this set of ATCs that I made last night and which, by coincidence, fit the theme. I know the middle one doesn't quite fit it but I made them as a set of three so I've included that one too. The images and the sentiment are all from Elzybells and the paper on the middle ATC is from My Minds Eye.

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge 13

This week's challenge on Pear Tree Designs is to make a card with the words 'best wishes' on it.
I've used one of the very cute Pink Gem Chloe stamps on my card coloured with Promarkers as always. My flowers were also coloured with Promarkers to match the image and I've sewed buttons in the middle and then sewed them on to the backing paper. The paper is from My Minds Eye and the 'best wishes' is a black sticker.

Saturday, 21 August 2010

I Love Promarkers - Challenge 28

This week's challenge on I Love Promarkers is "the seaside". I've made an easel card using the 'Beach Huts' set of stamps from Little Claire Designs which you can find here. As always I've coloured them with Promarkers and then added some peel off words - also from Little Claire Designs and some punched dots.

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday 63

This is the other side of my desk - the right hand side was in the photo I posted last Wednesday. In this photo you can see my draining board cutlery holder again with all my pearls, gems etc in it and also my handle hole punch and Dymo machine. There's also a stack of double sided tape and a sheet which has tiny black dot peel offs on it. Under the desk lamp are my two boxes of little word stamps which I use time and again and also my punches. To the side of the desk is my box of 6 by 6 papers. The ATCs on the desk are for a round robin swap - I'm doing the 'finishing touches' stage before they go back to their owner.
Now I'm off to have a look at everyone else's workdesk!!

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 125 "Tree-mendous"

This card is for this weeks challenge on Cute Card Thursday which is "tree-mendous".
I've used the 'Cupcake Tree' stamp from Little Claire Designs coloured with Promarkers and then die cut into an oval with a pale pink scallop underneath. The backing paper is from My Mind's Eye and I've added black dots to each corner to finish it.

Introducing Odette ......

The image on this card is from The Greeting Farm's 'Roll Call' sheet and she's called Odette. I've paper pieced her dress using the pink handmade paper that I used in the background - it's made by Paper Mania. The black strip down the side of the card was made using one of my Martha Stewart punches and I added pink nailhead gems down the middle of the strip.
I'm entering this in three challenges:
One Stitch at a Time - 'pack a punch'

Thursday, 12 August 2010

Just Cute Bears - Challenge 29

This week's challenge on Just Cute Bears is "Bear and Me". My card is made with one of the stamps from Little Claire Designs available here - you get the main image and also the little shoes that I've used as the 'stopper' in the pack.
I've also used some stripey backing paper and some white flowers together with a peel off also from Little Claire Designs.

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - 62

I've noticed several people uploading photos of their craft room desk for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday so I thought I'd give it a go this week!
This photo is the right hand side of my craft room desk. You can see my Promarkers and my desk tidy (actually it's a plastic holder designed for draining cutlery!) which holds my gems, glue, scissors etc. My Cuttlebug is there too and next to it my box of Nestabilities and other die cuts plus a couple of packs of Gorjuss Girls pyramage I bought at the weekend. I also have some cardboard CD holders from Smiths which I use to store all my unmounted stamps and a pack of Elzybells stamps (bought in their sale) waiting to be put away. I'm busy working on some vintage style ATCs so I have all my 'vintage' stuff out on the desk as well as a sheet of images printed out ready to go.

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 124

This week's theme on Cute Card Thursday is 'whateva!' so I decided to upload a screen card that I made recently for a swap.
The base card was cut using a piece of A4 size green cardstock with the Wendy Stenton WS Designs screen card template - I didn't cut out the little 'feet' at the bottom because I wanted to card to be nice and stable and also wanted to put the decorative border on it. The border is actually gold (doesn't show up quite right in the photo) and was punched using a Martha Stewart punch. I added a gold straight line peel off along the top to neaten it up. The two floral images are from Little Claire Designs and the sentiments from Hero Arts. They are coloured (as always!) with Promarkers and then I added some gold nail head gems at the base of each inside panel.

Friday, 6 August 2010

Moving Along With the Times Challenge 58

The theme for Challenge 58 at Moving Along With the Times is Christmas so here's one of the cards I've made with one of the new stamp sets that will be available very soon on the Little Claire Designs website here.
The wording on the stamped design is "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year". I've coloured it with Promarkers and layered the image on to silver pearl paper and then onto lilac Swiss Dot Bazzill card. The greeting on the 'stopper' is a Little Claire Designs peel off and at the front I've added some punched snow flakes and silver peel off line.

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Little Claire Designs Lazy Days - More Cards

These are two more cards I made with the Little Claire Designs 'Lazy Days' stamp set which is available here.
For this first one, I stamped the hammock and then added poles at each end before die cutting the image and adding the sentiment which is also part of the set. The background paper is from My Minds Eye.

Lazy Days - Part 2

This is the final card I made from the Lazy Days set - a simple one using the washing line stamp. I stamped it once and then stamped two of the pairs of shorts again to get a longer washing line, coloured them in with Promarkers and added a peel off greeting.

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Allsorts Challenge 63 - Dressing Up

And the last one for today which is for challenge 63 on the Allsorts Challenge Blog which is Dressing Up".
This stamp is from Wild Rose Studio, coloured with Promarkers and layered onto black paper. The swirl design is a Sizzlit die and I've added some black pearl gems to the corners of the card.

Christmas in July

This is a Christmas card made with one of the new Christmas peel offs from Little Claire Designs which you can find here on their website.
I've put the peel off onto white card and then coloured it with Promarkers before die cutting it into an oval shape and adding a scalloped oval red border. My background paper is from Doodlebug and the peel off greeting and snowflakes are all the from the same sheet as the main image.
I'm entering this one into two challenges:
I Love Promarkers - challenge 25 "Christmas in July"
One Stop Craft Challenge - challenge 91 "Patterns"

Little Claire Designs - Lazy Days

The August club stamp set at Little Claire Designs is called Lazy Days and is available here now.
This is one of the cards I made with the set and it's featured as the club card for this month. I've decoupaged the man's trousers, arm and beer glass and used Craft Creations blue gingham paper as well as navy blue card for the background. Both greetings are included in the set too.

Lazy Days - Part 2

This card is made from the other stamp in the Lazy Days set and I decided to turn it into a Christmas card!
I've stamped and coloured the row of underpants and then used an oval die cut and scalloped oval round them, adding a peel off greeting and also 'Santa's Laundry' printed on the computer.
This card also features in the August club pack.

Lazy Days - Part 3

And this is the third card I made from the "Lazy Days" stamp set - this one also features in the club pack being sent out to members this month.
I've stamped and coloured the design as before and used paper from Cosmo Cricket called 'Delovely' as my background - it matches well with the pattern on the hammock. Again, I've printed my own words for this card because I thought it would be ideal for a retirement card.

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Friday, 5 June 2009

Sugar Bowl ch12

Hi and what A beautiful day we have here in the NW of England so much so after this post we (ma & darling Hubby) are off to Bake well for the day! one of my very favorite places to go not too long a drive and lovely markets and shops not to mention the river and greens (best fish & chips) I know not even near the sea! but they are FAB! also the lovely Tea rooms and adorable shops lots of shops! he he. So will have to hurry! as hubby is in shower and I have yet to get in there lol, here goes.
I Love the Sugar Bowl sketches. You never know one day I may WIN. This week we had to follow a colour theme of blue and green. Now I did two images as I didn't know which one would look best, in the end I couldn't pick between the two! so I have uploaded both although I am sure it will only count as one entry (would be good if you could do more than one wouldn't it? lolI have used All SU products for these cards, apart from the stamped image which is SN and a few extras from stash! I am sorry I can't give my SN up! I love to colour them in, and with the FAB SU inks (I am always raving about SU inks so I won't do it again) It is easy to colour such lovely images.
Items Used: Sugar Nellie, Poise & Purrfect Playmates. Papers SU summer picnic, card stock Bashful Blue, Whisper white & Old Olive. SU stamp Whimsy (for the Jumbo Stampin Around Handle) very easy to use and as you can see here om the white card stock making a love patterned paper! SU Ribbon Gross grain 1/4 inch Whisper white Died using bashful blue ink. Inks used: Bashful blue Old Olive, Certain Celery, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie & Pretty in Pink! The Flowers are Making Memories the Bling is prima (some large swirls cut down here) & brad is also Making Memories. I hope you like my take on the sketch pop over to the Sugar Bowl as I also love looking at the DT blogs such cleaver ladies oops Hubby is out of shower have to go please leave a comment Love Dawn xx

CraftyC said...

Beautiful cards Dawn, love both the images!

Dazie said...

Well they are both stunning, that poise stamp is fab, I haven't got around to using mine yet, but its great to see how good it looks on a finished card!

Lilian said...

Dawn, both your cards are just gorgeous! The SU papers are just yummy! Love the bling. I have to get me those new Leanne stamps.
Thanks for joining the Sugar Bowl and hope to see you in the next one too :)
Have a lovely day with hubby!

Pascale said...

Two stunning cards I love the shades of blue and green, hugs Pascale

Mina said...

two totally gorgeous cards Dawn...beautiful papers and I so love Sugar Nellie xxx

alison59 said...

WOW! 2 fab cards :)

Artyjen said...

Love the colours on your cards.....both look great.

ros said...

gorgeous. those papers are perfect for those images. beautiful cards

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John Currie, Val Oosterveld, Joanna Harrington and I are pleased to announce that a new edition of our International Law textbook will soon be going to print, in time for Winter term 2014.  We have just signed off on the galleys and so there is nothing left for us to do!

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Carbon Free Sugar?

Last time I checked, the chemical formula was C12H22O11.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Liberace of the Harp Lloyd Lindroth

Lloyd Lindroth was not a character on SCTV, but he could have been. Lloyd moved to Nashville in the early 1980s, and performed on The Nashville Network and Hee Haw. For years he did a Vegas style show in the open air Cascades section of the Opryland Hotel. Here's a postcard that he passed out at one of his Christmas shows, click to enlarge, or for biggest picture, right click and open in a new window.

Listen to Lloyd's Somewhere My Love, from the album "Love Drops" by clicking here.

Lloyd passed away in 1994 at the age of 63, an interesting highlight in Nashville music history.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Mad Men Barbie Style Postcard

A relic from the Reagan years, this officially licensed Barbie postcard says it all.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Big Lots 30% Off Sale

I hope that in 10,000 years, future archeaologists will hit this rich vein of Big Lots collectibles. What will these artifacts say about our civilization?

Delta Burke Intimates - and Delta's been every size in the box!

Baby recliners - train your kids for a lifetime of watching TV.

Marvel Superhero Gummy Candy Finger Puppets - they battle, and you eat them.

Hey look! I got a text from Zac!

Now you're packin!

No comment.

And some pre-mixed cocktail slippers for the road!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Polio Shot Immunization Card from the 1950s

It's hard for anyone under 60 to remember the panic that polio caused before the 1960s. It was a crippling disease, often leaving victims hunched over for life. It was also contagious, adding to the fear factor.
Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in the 1950s, and families lined up to get their shots. The government and other organizations flooded the mail with immunization cards like this one, with spaces for each family member.

 Later, the shots were given in school. The typical shot was a pressure activated needle with several smaller needles around it in a circular shape. The shot was usually given in the upper arm, and the circular pattern sometimes left a scar with a circle of dots and a larger dot inside.

Obviously even the ancient Spartans knew this, as evidenced by this still from "300". Click to enlarge.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Hans Conried and Fractured Flickers

One of the funniest and silliest shows of the 60s was Fractured Flickers, a Jay Ward production hosted by actor Hans Conried. The show took old silent films and added audio, turning them into all new and funny stories.
 Hans also interviewed stars in a special segment each week, like this Rod Serling video.

Fractured Flickers ran in syndication for 26 episodes during 1963. Several years ago the entire series came out on DVD, and I have my copy. You can order yours here.

In the late 80s I visited the Dudley Do-Right Emporium on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to buy some souvenirs. Among them were these Fractured Flickers Stickers, click to enlarge.

Hans, a Baltimore native, is gone now, but his voice lives on in Dan Castellaneta's Robot Devil character in Futurama.

R.I.P. Hans Conried, Jay Ward, and The Dudley Do-Right Emporium.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

More Hawaiian Shirt Wallpapers

One of the more popular posts on this blog has been the original Hawaiian shirt wallpapers, from the fabric that I bought. Here are some more wallpapers scanned from other shirts in my collection. Click each image to enlarge to 1280X1024.


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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Busy Bee

Well.... this week has been long but it's not over yet! I am taking a breather from the homework I am doing to write a note. An update if you will.

I wanted to share what is new. I am volunteering with Oregon Music Live tomorrow (Saturday) while they are shooting a local band called The Slants. I am not real clear on what I will be doing yet but I am ready to help in anyway I can. I plan to take a few classes at the PCM building so that maybe I can try a little camera or sound work next time. PCM is Portland Community Media and they have several stations up here that broadcast shows. So... Public Access. Think Wayne's World. I am not sure they would really pursue the connection but my brother mentioned that when I told him what I was doing this weekend. As far as the classes go... they cost money so I won't probably do too many of them in the near future but I may take a class on camera work.

Of course Sunday is the Superbowl and the Cardinals are in it! Wow! I am still in shock, it just sees unreal. I am looking forward tot he game although I have yet to really nail down a plan for viewing it. I may end up watching at home this year.

Another interesting little thing that happened this week was I got hooked up to volunteer time at a place called Free Geek. They take computers and electronic donations and salvage all usable parts (unusable parts get sorted into the proper recycling sections) and build refurbished computers to sell to people who can't afford a flashy new one. What is even better than that is they have several different ways that volunteering can result in a computer every year. I am not really needing a computer at the moment so I am not doing it for the computer, just for the chance to volunteer at something different and perhaps take advantage of some free tech education courses. Who knows maybe I will need a computer one day. They use Linux on the refurbished computers and I am interested in learning more about Linux, which is almost reason enough for me to contribute hours and accept a computer. Of course, ultimately I want people that need a cheaper computer to be able to get one and I don't need one just to satisfy my curiosity.

I am still tutoring at NELA on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, although I have only proofread one paper so far. Deadlines for scholarships are coming up and they are expecting some heavy flow of traffic and helpers will be needed. That will be good. I am also teaching English to Adult Language Learners.... but this week the freak snow storm caused a lot of trouble so I did not make it in. I will be doing that again this week... I hope it goes well.

Mad Science is nearing this session's end and we are signing up for next session. I, of course, forgot to turn in my availability form today and will need to drop it by Monday. Of course I actually have a few requests to make in regards to the schedule... To further add to my fun I was evaluated this week and it was a choppy experience. I can only improve. The good thing is that after watching my class today I am still being asked to teach in the next session. I have a lot to work on though as I was unhappy with my performance today in general let alone because it was being evaluated. If the evaluation had not taken place I would have still been irritated with my performance today and been figuring out how to do in the very near future (next week).

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

You can't go home again...Well not without the new tenant thinking your crazy

As some of you know my mother passed away this summer.  This was especially hard because we were always very close in a special and unusual way.  It was always just her and I.  Not having her around has been harder than I ever imagined.  I know I am still early in the grief process but it has been very easy to just pretend that she was over in her little apartment and we just haven't talked for a few days.  Strangely the other day when I was passing the road to her apartment I had an over whelming feeling to go it and visit my childhood home.  See we moved into this apartment almost 33 years ago when I was just 5 years old so all of my childhood memories are incased in those walls.  When she passed it was the task of emptying the place and getting out so we wouldn't have to keep paying rent.  After the last load was gone I walked away and haven't went back...until yesterday.  I parked in my usual spot and walked up to the door and knocking, having no idea what I was going to say if and when someone opened.  I stood there for what seemed like forever noticing all the changes that had taken place already to the exterior of the house.  Finally a man open the door a crack and said very bewildered "can I help you."  I started with "ok this is going to be very strange to you but I need to do this so just bare with me."  I then explained that this was my mother's apt and my childhood home and I needed to do this to get some closure.  I talked for about 15 minutes about our life there and how I hoped his family would get even 1/2 as much out of it as we did.  By the end of the conversation he had canceled the restraining order opened the door (the whole way) and was very pleasant to talk to.  Point is this will never be my home again.  I will never walk thru that door and see me mom but those memories will live in me forever and seeing that someone else has made it their own really does give me closure to this.  I felt like the book was done when I walked away several months ago but now it has a back cover.


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Tips for Canning Peaches

Here are my tips for canning peaches that will make life a little easier while trying to preserve all those peaches you can get at the end of summer. Any freestone peach is great for canning, which include Elberta and Angeline peaches. Freestone peaches fall off the pit easily which makes them ideal for canning. Try to avoid Clingstone peaches as they basically do what the name implies: They cling to the stone, meaning they are really hard to get away from the pit. Ask your local grower or farmer's market which peaches are freestone so you get the right ones.

Now that you have your peaches, here are a few tips to make this whole process easier.

1. DO get everything together before you start canning. Make an assembly line of where you boil them, peel them, slice them, fill jars, etc. This makes the whole job so much easier when you know exactly what you are doing and when.

2. Dip peaches in boiling water for about 30 seconds to 1 minute and then put in cold water because that makes the skins just fall off without having to actually peel them by hand.

3. Use firm and ripe peaches. If they are overripe, they will be mushy in the jar and if they are under ripe, they will be hard in the jar. You want firm peaches that feel firm but not rock hard and not at all mushy feeling.

4. To keep peaches from turning brown, place peeled peaches in a solution of 2 Tbsp each of vinegar and salt to each gallon of water. Do not soak for more than 20 minutes and always rinse them before putting them in the jar. There is nothing more un-appetizing than brown peaches in a jar, yuck!

5. Use the lids that are self sealing. That means that when they come out of the canner and start cooling off, you will hear random popping which means the jars have sealed. Push the jar lids lightly and if they do not pop back, they are sealed. Any jars that have not sealed after 30 minutes of being out of the canner can be opened and re-closed and placed back into the canner to try to seal again. If the jar(s) still do not seal, just place the jar in the refrigerator and eat within about 2-3 days.

With these tips, your job of canning the peaches should go without a hitch. They help me out a lot when I can peaches.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

So, tonight I had a monthly evaluation at the gym. It went well. Here is the rundown. Since I started:
  • I've lost 9 pounds (I know my ticker says 12; I had lost some before starting at the gym)
  • I've reduced my body fat by 3.4%
  • 1.25 inches lost around shoulders
  • 2.75 inches lost in my chest and back
  • 4.5 inches lost around my waist (WOW)
  • 1.25 inches lost in my hips
  • .5 inch lost in my calf

I've been at this for four months. It is slow going, but I am so happy to see progress. I don't mind that it is slow; as long as it goes in the right direction. I have plenty of time to reach my goals. The important thing is that I stay focused to the end, and then stay focused to remain healthy.

Besides the measureable progress listed above, I have made intangible progress as well. I can now run almost 3 1/2 miles, with some hills included. I'm running 3-4 times a week; I'm strength training 2-3 times a week; I'm doing two hard spinning classes every week. My resting heart rate has gone down about 5 beats per minute. I am healthier than I was in my twenties. I am training to run a half-marithon, and I am envisioning myself training to run a full marathon next year. I am as proud of these things as I am of the visible physical changes.

Thanks to all who take the time to read my blog. It motivates me a lot to know that people are keeping tabs on me!

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Monday, February 26, 2007

A Better Way?

A firestorm of controversy erupted a couple of weeks ago when former NBA star Tim Hardaway had this to say in reference to former NBA player John Amaechi, who came out as a gay man:

"You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people,” he said. “I’m homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."

How as a Christian should I respond to these comments? Should I agree with Hardaway or is there another way? Yea, a better way for a follower of Christ to respond? Rather than agreeing with Hardaway's comments, I did find myself saying, "Amen" to these thoughts from Michael Spencer of

"In this atmosphere, when someone like Hardaway lets it fly with unapologetic hate-rhetoric, many Christians will feel a greater attraction to the opportunity to denounce homosexuality than to the opportunity to distance themselves from an especially ugly expression of bigotry. Ironically, is there anyone left in the galaxy who doesn’t know, or who actually cares, what conservative evangelicals think about the issue of homosexuality? Still, we have to be heard saying things about how we don’t hate anyone, but we sure know what he means. We want Jesus to be on the record as hating homosexuality, and of course, mildly offended at the hating people thing."

Though Hardaway eventually apologized and recanted his initial statements, I think it's fair to say that his initial comments were probably how he really felt. Unfortunately, I think many of those who call Christ Lord actually agree with him. The issue of homosexuality has become one of the hot button issues for our current society and, in many ways, evangelical Christians have led the way in the preoccupation with this matter. Though each and every one of us struggles with various sins and shortcomings, this one particular area seems to have been lifted up as the most wicked of sins. Sexual sin and immorality should not be taken lightly (see I Corin. 6:18), but this is not limited to same-sex behavior. It also includes heterosexual sin.

When it comes to marriage, I really don't think gay people are the biggest threat to this sacred institution. We as heterosexual Christians have made a big enough mess of it ourselves. When we talk about the sacredness of marriage, yet divorce at the same rate as non-believers, the world shakes their head and laughs. What I'm calling for is some consistency in our judgments. In fact, Jesus told us to take the log out of our own eye before we could see the speck in someone else's. Once we deal with our own sin, then we can be in a position to help others. Our stone throwing and angry rhetoric needs to stop if we want to be true representatives of Christ. Yes, Jesus did have righteous anger at times, but it wasn't with those that were considered the sinners of his day. He saved His strongest words for those that claimed to be the religious leaders of His day that thought they were without sin. It was for them that His holy fury was unleashed.

Why is it that in many ways are we as evangelical Christians are known more for what we hate (e.g. homosexuality, abortion, etc.) than for the person we love (i.e. Jesus)? I think because at times our front foot can be in the form of "taking a stand" instead of being known as lovers of Christ. This doesn't mean we compromise our principles or biblical truth. It does mean that we seek to not be defined by issues that Jesus didn't call us to be defined by. So please stop using phrases like "hate the sin, love the sinner" and "it was Adam & Eve; not Adam & Steve." These saying are tired, trite and cliched and wins over no one. It shuts people down and interrupts dialogue.

When encountering a homosexual, maybe a better approach would be to get to know them and listen to their story. Maybe we could love and serve them and show them that we are not angry at them. Chad Allen is a gay actor who starred in the recent Christian film, "End of the Spear." The makers of the film took a lot of heat for having an openly gay man portray a Christian missionary. I wonder if he was "just" a heterosexual fornicator if their opposition would have been as great (but I digress). This is what Allen had to say about that experience:

"In making End of the Spear, [I] expected to meet only bigoted or mean-spirited Christians, but instead found "smart, God-loving, God-following individuals, who were doing what they thought was the most loving thing to do."

At least he encountered Christians who were loving and not mean. I have not always held up this standard myself. I think back to my sophomore year of college -- the year I told Jesus that He could have my life. One of my other three roommates was quiet, shy, kind, awkward and friendly. He wasn't athletic, didn't date girls and was a bit effeminate. We thought it was fun to tease him from time-to-time and tell "gay jokes" in front of him just so he would know how the rest of us felt about that lifestyle (just in case he was...well, you know). The next year I ran into one of my roommates from that year and found out that this other guy had just come out of the closet. Instantly my mind shot back to the jokes, the remarks and the mean way we had treated him. I was ashamed of my behavior and realized that I had fallen short in being an example of Christ to him.

Since then I have sought to be a better listener instead of seeking to tell everyone else how to live their lives all the time. I've failed at times, but I've also learned a lot as I've sought to meet people where they're at. In our ministry I've met many young men and women that live a gay lifestyle or those that struggle with this and desire to change. I've found that for many of them, the church was the last place they could go for help. For a number of them, but they've received has been condemnation, judgment and scorn. I don't think that's how Jesus would want us to be. Let's trust Him to change our own hearts so that we can represent Him well to a hurting world just as He would -- in grace and truth (John 1:14).

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Emerging Church

There has been a lot of discussion in evangelical circles about the emerging or emergent church. You may or may not be familiar with this new movement, but I have found that there are a lot of questions about what emerging is, who the major leaders are and what they believe. As I've read about this movement over the past year or two, I've seen elements that I like and things that I'm concerned about.

But like "non-denominational" churches, you really don't know what you may be describing when referring to this movement. Its churches, people and values are broad and diverse. This article, "Five Streams of the Emerging Church", does a good job of giving a brief overview of the emergent conversation. While not making a judgment on the emerging church, this piece does share some common traits that would be true among those that describe themselves as a part of this movement.

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Friday, February 02, 2007

Beyond the Ultimate

On Sunday, February 4, millions of sports enthusiasts around the world will tune in to watch the ultimate game in professional football as Tony Dungy's Indianapolis Colts face Lovie Smith's Chicago Bears.

Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, has teamed up with both head coaches and several players to create an opportunity for them to use this historic stage to talk about their common faith in Jesus Christ.

On Friday, February 2, Campus Crusade has placed a full-page advertisement in the USA Today Super Bowl special section. The ad features both head coaches and points readers to a special Web site,

The Web site features articles and streaming video from players and coaches who share their stories and talk about their faith in Jesus Christ. Additional articles and a clear presentation of the gospel create multiple opportunities for site visitors to learn how they can begin a relationship with God and receive God's love and forgiveness. You may view the ad online.

How You Can Participate:

  • Encourage everyone you know to visit the Web site
  • Post a copy of the USA Today ad on your church bulletin board
  • Bring a copy of the ad to your Super Bowl party
  • Forward this message onto others to let them know about this opportunity
  • Pray for many people to experience God's love and forgiveness
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