In 2015, I entered all the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) literary prize contests as part of my effort to get writing back into my life. I didn’t win anything, but that’s OK. The competition was immense for both quality and quantity. This is my entry for the Short Story contest (link to winners), which is now over and I can share my entry. It’s my first ever science-fiction story. I hope you’ll enjoy it. 🙂
Brady “peys” Tribute to Manning with Incompletion at 12 seconds to Remain at 18 Points
Brady vs Manning XVII was a classic! In what might be their last duel, and possibly Peyton’s last game if the Broncos had lost, Tom Brady showed his class with a near end of the game tribute.
Trailing by 2 with 18 points on the board and 12 seconds to go in the game, the Patriots QB missed the 2 point conversion pass to seal the deal for the Broncos, leaving his and Manning’s numbers on the scoreboard for a few more minutes for all to see – 12 and 18.
Go Broncos! 🙂
An Origami Crease Pattern Quilt, or Origami Quilt?
I recently came across some fantastic information on origami (paper folding) like this mind blowing talk from Robert Lang.
In it, he talks about crease patterns, which are mostly square pieces of paper with all the creases required to make an origami drawn on to it. For example, this crease pattern
I’ll Be Going Electric on May 17th (guitar talk)
I’ve never had an electric guitar.
Too bulky and noisy with amp. Too quiet without. A bit heavy, though very nice to minimize callouses and get cool sound effects.
Somewhat recent changes in technology and recent affordability in that technology will allow me to get Bluetooth capability with an electric guitar, for noise cancelling headphones and/or Bluetooth wireless mini-speaker with some decent volume.
As a result, I’ve resolved to go electric this year with my guitar playing, mostly for songwriting and playing music. I’m very far from a true guitarist!
My Personality Assessment Now Available as an iOS App!
I’m very delighted to share the news that my Personality Assessment based on work by Jung, Myers, Briggs and Keirsey
is now available as a free iOS app in the iTunes App Store!
A huge thank you to Shawn Seymour, a student at the University of Minnesota, Morris, for creating the app for free so you all can use it for free!
Since it was his project and app, I pretty left it all to him and he did a fantastic job!
- The design is simple and elegant.
- The colour scheme is beautiful.
- He kept the text short and simple.
- He even randomized the questions which I had wanted to do but could not easily do in my Excel version!
I am just delighted with out it turned out, but I shouldn’t be surprised given what else Shawn Seymour has done as seen on his site.
I’ve been wanting to turn my test into an app for a few years now seeing where the tech interface of choice was going. However, I couldn’t find a good app programming course / diploma in my area so I’m very happy Shawn was able to do this for me, and made it freely available for everyone when I asked him to do so.
Please tell others about the app if they can access it, or if the Excel format had stopped you from being able to try it before.
Thank you VERY much, Shawn! 🙂
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