tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80680509714315041022024-03-13T14:03:49.684-04:00jon.west.0Design, Programming, Music and LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-73636252072161022292017-12-02T12:25:00.001-05:002017-12-02T12:30:33.789-05:00Game Testing - Bliss OS 8.0 alpha for PCs - 12.02.2017<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/50gNoaxb1tY" width="459"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br />Testing out a couple minutes of a game on the new version of Bliss OS :) - Sorry for the lack of sound (forgot to enable that in this)<br />OS: Bliss OS 8.0 alpha for PCs (not available yet) visit blissroms.com for our old versions<br />Launcher: Taskbar by @farmerbb<br />Game: Dead Trigger 2 for Android by @madfingergames<br />https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.madfingergames.deadtrigger2&hl=enAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-67584058394844005822015-09-25T21:11:00.002-04:002015-09-25T21:11:26.009-04:00Idea - Modular Powered Gadgets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of my more recent ideas that I came up with. I was tired of events where I had to rely on battery powered gadgets, just to find out that there was no power, and no more batteries in the junk drawer, so I thought of a modular system that would allow me to see the battery level, as well as be compatible with new battery technologies in the future.<br />
Upon also realizing the harsh reality of my ongoing economic state, I have decided to share this one with no attempts at trying to claim dibs on the idea. So here is a decent idea for any techno gurus out there with the capital to make it happen :)<br />
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The system is meant to be packaged as a pack of three battery packs, a charger, and one module of the users choice. The modules could be almost anything really, a video camera, flashlight, fan, microphone with recorder, USB charger, and many more possible modules could also be used. I just left a couple here to give the idea out.<br />
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I don't think it was a "ground breaking" idea, but it was decent enough to sketch it out at the time :) Enjoy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-39190030460312947962015-09-23T13:43:00.003-04:002015-09-23T13:46:00.304-04:00Top 9 Android Emulators For Gaming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have tried many many android emulators for the PC over the last couple years, and there were a number of them on the market that I never found any mention of. So I put it upon myself to write up a review of what I found that works well for playing Android games on the my Windows tablet.<br />
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To start off with, I will not be focusing on Android-x86 variants like Console-OS, nor will I be focusing on android emulators focused on development, like the one that comes with Android Studio or Microsoft's Android emulator or browser based ones like ARC reactor, Appetize.io, Manymo, or xamarin. We will be focusing on the ones that work in fullscreen, and also support touch or multi-touch for Windows tablets. My test machine is a Surface Pro 3 - i3 - 4gb RAM, so it is the lower end of surface pro tablets.<br />
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<b>#9 - <a href="http://www.bluestacks.com/" target="_blank">Bluestacks</a></b></h3>
This was one of the first Android emulators to hit the PC, and in my opinion, has since sold out to the consumer hardware sector, and turned what could have been a great idea into a bloated, adware filled sluggish experience. This might be the most advertised solution, but it is one of the worst on this list. They do allow you to pay for a bloat free version, but it is not worth the trouble in my eyes. <br />
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#8 - <a href="http://youwave.com/" target="_blank">YouWave</a></h3>
Following in the footsteps of Bluestacks, YouWave is also one of the older ones on the list, and as far as Android Emulators go, it has a lot of features, but not very well designed. This solution will also cost you around $20 too, and in my eyes is nowhere near worth that price. It looks like the developer who designed the interface is stuck in Win XP mode, and the performance reflects the same.<br />
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#7 - <a href="https://www.genymotion.com/" target="_blank">GenyMotion</a></h3>
This emulator is geared towards developers, but it can work in Fullscreen if you have a tablet device loaded up and a couple options selected. There is a wide range of different Android versions available for it, and it's overall performance is good, but on the downside, they don't have many features available at all for the free version, and the paid version will run up quite the bill at almost $35 per month!! No thanks, moving on.<br />
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#6 - <a href="http://www.andyroid.net/" target="_blank">Andy</a></h3>
This emulator does a great job at making it compatible with a wide range of Android games and apps, but it does suffer from a little lag, and very low resolution when it comes to graphics quality. The user interface is very simple and unrefined, almost looks as though it belongs on Windows Vista computers and nothing modern. This one is free for non enterprise users, and they do update it pretty often. Just not fast enough for me to use on my SP3.<br />
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#5 - <a href="http://www.droid4x.com/" target="_blank">Droid4X</a></h3>
This one is a step in the right direction, it is geared more towards gaming, and supports all the needed stuff to work on most Windows tablets/pc's, but it is a little sluggish and the options for display and performance are not where they need to be. It is however, completely free, and if you have decent machine specs, you will get by with it just fine.<br />
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#4 - <a href="http://www.bignox.com/en" target="_blank">Nox</a></h3>
This little baby is one of the new kids on the block, and is off to a great start. Still a little work needed to be done on performance and input, but the interface is well designed, and there is a pretty good flow of development going on behind the scenes. This is free, and does come with Google Play services built in. I am personally keeping an eye on this one in the future.<br />
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#3 - <a href="http://www.xyaz.cn/en/" target="_blank">MEmu</a></h3>
This one is fast, and for the most part, it does the job well, but app compatibility is not where I think it should be, and the options available pale in comparison to some of the other Android emulators out there. It is free and should work on most machines though, so it is worth a try. It does install Oracle VM Virtualbox too, which does not un-install by it's self.<br />
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#2 - <a href="http://amiduos.com/" target="_blank">DuOS</a></h3>
This is a great example of how Android emulation on Windows should be done. It is fast, well designed, compatible with every app I tried, even VainGlory, and it also is the only one that allows me to let my computer go to sleep, and wake back up with the emulator still running in the background. The resolution of DuOS is also a great example of what the other guys should be doing. I love this one so much, that it was worth the $10 I paid for a full license a while ago. The only draw back I have from DuOS is that their development team could do a little better working with Windows 10. It can take quite a lot of work to get up and running. Another thing about DuOS, is that you have to install Google Apps separately, and can be a little confusing if you don't read up on it first. <br />
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#1 - <a href="http://www.windroye.com/" target="_blank">Windroye</a></h3>
This one takes first place for fastest android emulator available now. It runs most of the apps I tried to install, but on the downside, there are still a good number of apps it doesn't support. So it's a trade off on speed vs compatibility with Windroye. They also have a couple different versions available, but Windroye is the only one that comes with Google Play services. As far as ease of use, this one is also a great choice, because I didn't have to mess with anything except for the resolution and DPI. It even fixed my SP3's issue of not having VTx enabled in bios for me. (Windows 10 locked down the SP3 bios options to not allow this any more)<br />
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In conclusion, it was a close call between DuOS and Windroye, but considering the issues my SP3 has with DuOS at random, I cannot rely on it when I want a quick gaming fix. So Windroye takes the win. There are also a number of things I did not mention about many of the emulators on this list, so if you are really curious, feel free to follow the links and check them out for yourself. Enjoy!!<br />
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I like many others out there have found that the new release of Windows 10, is not as easy as M$ makes it sound when applying it to the new Surface Pro 3. Many users have reported that the screen constantly crashes and it restarts often. I too had these same issues, but I also found a temporary workaround that allowed me to continue using it and apply the updates and hardware fixes through Windows Update.<br />
The trick here is to only leave the screen on for 5-10 seconds at a time. At least for me, it seemed that the Surface Pro 3's screen would start to flicker and blank out after 10-15 seconds on on time. So when you start up the update, and install it, it will mostly work fine until you actually get to the Desktop. Once there, tap the power button and count to 5. Then turn it back on, unlock it, and hit the start button. Then type in Windows Update, and then hit the power button. If you are not quick enough, the screen will start to blank out. If this happens, hit the power button as soon as it happens, because this function will override the systems want to re-enable the screen. Turn it back on, unlock, and select the Windows Update app on the search list. Once that starts, Check for Updates and install all hardware / software updates available. Throughout this process, I did turn the device off every 10 seconds, for 5 second intervals. Once Update was complete, the device restarted, and I repeated the process again to make sure it now grabbed the hardware fix through Windows Update. Constantly putting it to sleep and then waking it again in order to complete the process without rebooting.<br />
Once it was all said and done, my Surface Pro 3 has been issue free on the latest 9926 build. Hope my post has helped out your journey as well :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-86887162496385542862014-12-20T16:21:00.001-05:002014-12-20T16:24:33.079-05:00Setting up a new build environment for Android<div dir="ltr">
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So the past week, I have installed about a dozen different Linux distros on my HP x360 in order to be able to build Android ROM's from source. Most of them work out of the box, but only a few came with support for the touchscreen. So that limited my selections to variants of Ubuntu 14.10. From those, I found the Unity and Gnome distros to be the best. Builduntu 1.2 was able to build from the Blissrom repos with only updating to OpenJDK 7, but the problem was no touchscreen :( </div>
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So after settling with Ubuntu GNOME 14.10, I set out to automate the setup of a decent build environment with minimal effort while I continue to test out different repos. I started with @<a class="bigfusername xda-popup-trigger" href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4745111" id="postmenu_57059054" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #de7300; font-family: Hind, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 46px; max-height: 999999em; text-decoration: none;">rharshit</a> script since it was recently updated, and I modified it quite a bit. So now I share my result with you all :)</div>
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<li>I will not tie it down to one repo source. That is all you. </li>
<li>I would be happy if you find a way to thank me for my work.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-13784055848327801052014-12-01T19:33:00.001-05:002014-12-01T19:46:04.103-05:00Not just another Christian<p dir="ltr">Socially, I'm at a point where I am surrounded by a lot of people who believe they are Christians, but philisophically, or theologically, I am having a hard time understanding their belief in God. They typically see God in one of a few different ways; <br>
A) They understand God to be a single humanoid type being, with superpowers, living somewhere up above. <br>
B) They understand God to be this Great War General in the sky, commanding religious armies and individuals to do Gods bidding. <br>
C) They understand God to be some kind of puppet master,placing trials and tribulations in our path, just for spite. <br>
D) They understand God to be a vengeful, demeaning being that only shows grace towards certain people who have either paid their way into heaven (penance), or have signed some kind of contract that signifies a firm understanding in the trinity (The Father, Son, & Holy Ghost).<br>
E) Then there's those who take the Ancient Aliens approach to God, and actually understand God to be an race of creatures from outside our world. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Now I may not be the worlds foremost expert on what God actually is, and I will never claim to be such a person, but I am fairly certain that God is not any of the things above. If you can go through your life blaming God on every hardship or negative event in your life, then I think its time to take a step back and gain a little more perspective on how you value what you might already have and how you might be missing the boat when it comes to aligning yourself positively with the world. If you can say that you always do the right thing and God still puts roadblocks in your path, then I would have to ask you how you are teaching others to do the the right thing while facing hardship. Or a better way to put it would be, how can you always be doing the right thing, if you are still facing up to wrong things happening in your life? <br>
The majority of the Christians I know, typically believe that God is in complete control of their lives, and this way of looking at things allows them to "pass the blame" on to God, for anything they might not completely agree with. This is not how I think God operates, and I find it hard to even think of labeling myself with the "Christian" branding that so many others who do not even have a loose understanding of what God is do. I will not be labeled with the same name as those that believe God will not accept those that have not heard his word and testament. I will not be labeled along with those that believe Gods will is to wipe out entire families and bloodlines, all for some kind of perverse property dispute. I will not be labeled the same as those who believe God is a vengeful, jealous, ruler that requires you to pay your way into heaven. </p>
<p dir="ltr">What other word, or label can I possibly use to signify that the God I believe in is full of grace, love, understanding, perspective, and wisdom. A God that shows us what we can do in our lives to maximize our positive influence on others through actions and not just words. A God that can help us understand what true enlightenment/heaven/etc. really is, and how we can achieve it. A God that shows us how to embody all the qualities of Christ. Since the Christian label has been ruined in my eyes by those that use it, I am looking for a better word that actually fits what I believe.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Suggestions are welcome...</p>
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I have been working full time as a Graphic Designer/Animator/Video Producer/Web Programmer/etc. for a little over a year now, and I have not been able to share much of what I have been working on. Well, recently I have been given a little more creative freedom to work on some Web/Programming stuff, so I thought I would take some time out to share a snippit with you all :)</div>
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This is a single eBay template, that carries some of the theme and branding from the main website over to eBay. Single .html file with all styling and Javascript done in line. </div>
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<a href="http://speeddemonusa.com/">Speed Demon - Website</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-30784764719409863162013-08-07T11:23:00.001-04:002013-08-07T11:23:24.732-04:00OMG! Best Use Of A Billboard I Have Ever Seen.<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Putting a reverse osmosis water collection unit into a billboard is a really smart idea for impoverished nations. Give these people an award!<br/><br />The link: OMG! Best Use Of A Billboard I Have Ever Seen. http://www.upworthy.com/omg-best-use-of-a-billboard-i-have-ever-seen?c=ufb1 I fricking love engineers.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-61031690710353390242013-08-07T10:34:00.001-04:002013-08-07T10:34:49.998-04:00The $4 Million Teacher | jon.west.0<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The $4 Million Teacher http://t.co/5TKiWa6MR8<br/><br />The link: The $4 Million Teacher | jon.west.0 http://t.co/5TKiWa6MR8</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-43014220070642730002013-07-12T21:08:00.000-04:002013-07-12T21:08:14.949-04:00iOS 7 - Feature: Use camera to redeem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I stumbled upon a nice little feature in iOS 7 for my iPad & iPhone, and it is a much needed feature, redeeming a gift card through the camera on the device. I haven't seen much on this feature as of yet, so I figured I would post a few pics of the process.<br />
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When you hit the Redeem button in the App Store, you are asked to use the camera or enter a code manually to redeem a gift card. Once you hit the Use Camera button, it ises the front facing camera to identify the code on the back of the card.<br />
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Once it finds the code, it will show a box around it for a second, and then blink and show the text (not backwards) and then ask for your account password.<br />
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Once the password is confirmed, the box will turn blue and then the camera view will close and go back to the App Store's redeem dialog.<br />
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That's about it! Nice feature for iOS 7 I think, and gone are the days of entering a redeem code 2-20 times until it takes :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-32616469731009469442013-07-06T14:42:00.001-04:002013-07-06T14:42:59.959-04:00IDEA: A different take on how we record sound.<div>
When we are at a concert or listening to a guitar, we aren't just hearing a guitar, but we are hearing the guitar, the string, the reverb, and they are all coming from different places, so the sound is more pleasurable to our ears. So what we hear is analog when it comes from the guitar. Once we record that sound, we lose the quality of the sound, and it doesn't matter what medium we use to record, the sampling rate is still dependent on the medium used. Currently, we convert analog audio to digital audio in a form that uses sampling, or grabbing a snapshot of the analog wave at a certain rate per second. The way it is stored is a lot like how we store a picture too, where you will only get one sound/pixel per sample. </div>
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In Graphic Arts, I have learned a lot about using vector information I my graphics for scalability, and the way a vector is made is by grabbing the relative point and curve values, along with attached lie or color info. This could be done with sound too, by initially recording at a high enough ate to be able to analyze the point, frequency and curve values of a single wave. With a high enough sample rate, it is theoretically possible to be able to separate each wavelength by source and curve, allowing for a much higher quality recording, along with a much smaller file size, because all that is being stored is point values, curves and metadata. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-90283686390384712772013-04-18T22:58:00.000-04:002013-04-18T23:30:01.549-04:00Dreams of life on the other side...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMiPv0il21KHzBb66w3_SOEdWo9ZglguYJwXeL1vPfG15zhIbf0qH-sc1qXp5fD_DpwZ-o38WdhaqmmdFVsZpyRBpif7bWDELbI5k9mQRLiHvsYkAi2VzkohNlZu1RVAs2b7sY2TfEJE/s1600/Broken_sermon-notes-with-word,-blurred.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMiPv0il21KHzBb66w3_SOEdWo9ZglguYJwXeL1vPfG15zhIbf0qH-sc1qXp5fD_DpwZ-o38WdhaqmmdFVsZpyRBpif7bWDELbI5k9mQRLiHvsYkAi2VzkohNlZu1RVAs2b7sY2TfEJE/s640/Broken_sermon-notes-with-word,-blurred.png" width="640" /></a><br />
I have been working part time as a Graphic Designer / IT guy and going to school full time for Application Development. Life has been a bit busy for a while now, and this being the last full two weeks of classes, it is also a tiny bit stressful. On the upside, I am working a job that gives me full creative freedom within reason, and I get to use one heck of a military grade computer while doing so. I do plan on showing some of my work there as soon as it is released, so you are just going to have to be patient a little longer. <br />
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I have also been donating my artistic and technical talents still at Frontline Community in Grand Rapids, and things there are also smooth sailing, in fact, this is the first church I have found that doesn't make an overly bureaucratic mess out of suggestions towards artistic direction and visualizing the message. Nice place, you should visit sometime ;) Anyways, I have a few pieces here that I can show from past / current series and a couple proposals for future series... (Will be adding more soon)<br />
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After this semester of school is over, my Wife and I plan on doing a role switching exercise, and she is going to be putting work on hold while I will be working full time for Rev-X Products and starting my own personal projects in app development. This will not be easy, since I have pretty much played the role of a stay/work at home Dad for almost three years, but I have all the faith in the world that this will work out for the best for all people involved, and this is where dreaming of life on the other side comes to play. What if this actually works, what if this can actually help us afford to spend time with each other more as a family.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-11232026471378830372013-02-04T16:24:00.001-05:002013-02-04T16:25:08.145-05:00Note to future self,Treat this as a dream for now, but develop it further based on the way the brain processes and stores impulses. As time moves on, the technology needed will be built. <br />
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I got an interesting idea for a processor today that focuses on using memristors instead of your general CPU, memory, L1,L2, & L3 cache. The system acts more like the neurons in our brains, when new data needs to be buffered and stored for quick retrieval, it assigns a group of memristors to handle that function, but instead of using just enough to store the information, each group is assigned the task of storing and possessing multiple copies of itself, so that when a task is needed, it is also treated and a threaded process for nCores available per millisecond. Currently our computers need more memory to save more system device IO information whether or not it is using it, and then when any of that info is needed, it has to speed up to the speed of the processor in order to be used. Doing this with memristors will save time and energy that is currently used in making a process speed up or slow down as it moves from the various caches to memory or storage. We make up for the lack of speed with the process being sent and received from nCores available because each memristor can act as a processor or memory, we can fire one signal off in many directions, and always receive that process in a timely manner. <br />
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As I learn more about the electrical engineering involved with the process, I will be further developing this idea to hopefully also include an OS with application, device, and utility runtime services too that each use this way of storing and processing information in hopes of having an OS that is capable of running any OS's applications as a native app and crunching redonkulous amounts of data more efficiently. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-24831561996393702182013-01-19T16:03:00.004-05:002013-01-19T16:03:56.704-05:00Finished Another Site: OneCraneSource<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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December was quite a month, besides the obvious holiday celebration and preparations, I was also helping out my churches Arts Team and creating a Christmas set to remember. I also was able to finish up a clients website and also optimize the site for best search results, which all worked out beautifully ;) <br />
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The client was Star Crane, located in Allendale MI. And this job was a two part deal, first, fix their current mail forms that they had on their site, and second, build them a new site that will help them move into the year 2013, and also be flexible and secure, as well as help promote a better search result. <br />
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This site took me about 50 hours to complete from start to finish, and with three designs and four revisions, along with a mobile version to boot, that's not too bad. With that said though, this brings me to a place I'm all too familiar with, looking for more work ;) You can check out some of the screenshots of the design below, or you can head out to http://www.onecranesource.com and check it out for yourself.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-41043881570745715102012-12-18T11:02:00.000-05:002012-12-18T11:02:18.229-05:00Idea - GPS Enabled Gun Safety Lock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I haven't posted any of my thoughts on the recent shooting at Sandy Hook or any of my thoughts on Gun Control as of yet. Mostly because I am tired of seeing rows and rows of posts on Facebook that only make a statement or complaint, no real proposed solutions that weren't going completely over the left wall or the right wall. It even looks as though people are afraid the Government will try to use this to take away our weapons. So I set out on a thought experiment that would allow us our rights to bear arms, while allowing us the ability to track and disable weapons if a situation arises, so this is one of the solutions I came up with, GPS enabled electronic safety lock for guns.<br />
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In this experiment, we were given a good period of time to replace most weapons on the market with ones that included an electronic safety lock. The way this works is by pushing the button, and waiting till it turns red, then you can shoot.<br />
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When the button is pressed, the unit sends a unique identifier and GPS coordinates through GPRS, and awaits a simple confirm or deny message. this can happen as quickly as it takes to check the time on your cellphone, so 1-2 seconds.<br />
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In some locations, the weapon would be automatically given a denied response if your weapons identifier is not authorized for that area, like Government buildings, schools, malls, etc. Other places would be given an automatic confirmation, like rural areas during hunting season, or shooting ranges, etc. The point is to allow as much freedom with your weapons as possible, but allow the ability to provide a kill-switch if needed.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-27901382899988409112012-12-14T16:26:00.000-05:002012-12-14T16:26:46.132-05:00How-To - Using Joomla to build mobile Web Apps. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This rough How-To will go through using Joomla to build a simple mobile Web App.<br />
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You will need a few things first:<br />
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<li>Joomla 2.5 or 3.0+ - <a href="http://www.joomla.org/">http://www.joomla.org/</a></li>
<li>Add2home plugin for Joomla - <a href="http://download.waltercedric.com/downloads/joomla/917-apple.html">http://download.waltercedric.com/downloads/joomla/917-apple.html</a></li>
<li>A good responsive template. I used the YooTheme Warp Framework with the Yoo_master template for this one - <a href="http://www.yootheme.com/themes/warp-framework">http://www.yootheme.com/themes/warp-framework</a></li>
<li>The MobileJoomla framework or one like it, this one is free at least and only used in this case to load a different template on Mobile devices. - <a href="http://www.mobilejoomla.com/">http://www.mobilejoomla.com/</a></li>
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Start off by reading the setup instructs for the YooTheme Warp framework, and set up your pages accordingly. I will sometimes make it so the content of the page doesn't go down too far on the first screen, this will give the users an overall good first impression on a mobile device. Once that is complete, we will set it as the default template. With this design, it automatically detects screen size, but if your client wants a different design for Desktop users, then you can use the MobileJoomla plugin and component to assign a different template to mobile devices. <br />
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Next we will have to download the Add2Home plugin, but don't install it right away. Once you download it, navigate to your download directory and extract the file into a folder. then navigate into the plugin folder, and change the photos there (Unless you absolutely love the ones the developer uses)<br />
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Once we are done editing and replacing the graphics, we will then re-archive the files back into a .zip and then we will add the Add2Home plugin to your Joomla extensions. Once it is installed, Just make sure you enable it. <br />
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Then it's time to start testing it out and making sure all the content is in the right places. Have fun with it and make it yours :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-34013362218427072732012-12-14T14:02:00.001-05:002012-12-14T14:02:33.482-05:00Projects - Star Crane Mobile site design<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLB4FpHb9WBAHHRzOsYeNtLqQ9Ne1SDqtwnSsELQj2v-chn0QG740yj57m-WVAgeS71fY405n3GUjr8fxe9gvWgd3LBQLhJrDhj3jNvsBun_8IXGTA6exp6_3DwDCYDasl0i1YLy4x2U/s640/blogger-image--1613537252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLB4FpHb9WBAHHRzOsYeNtLqQ9Ne1SDqtwnSsELQj2v-chn0QG740yj57m-WVAgeS71fY405n3GUjr8fxe9gvWgd3LBQLhJrDhj3jNvsBun_8IXGTA6exp6_3DwDCYDasl0i1YLy4x2U/s640/blogger-image--1613537252.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aPLv0uHuj0gJ9dpap5e9kaVd-iXSU1vbsqI8HXp9AYOzjlQDQj2OuMwHUAVMi7yIlm8cK7XleUSVdWW-p5lwsRnRKyhEnysJsOdtZd5jQ29wL-uIYlAgq5taR1ajjrVGG0MiyEP3eI0/s640/blogger-image-1001757213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aPLv0uHuj0gJ9dpap5e9kaVd-iXSU1vbsqI8HXp9AYOzjlQDQj2OuMwHUAVMi7yIlm8cK7XleUSVdWW-p5lwsRnRKyhEnysJsOdtZd5jQ29wL-uIYlAgq5taR1ajjrVGG0MiyEP3eI0/s640/blogger-image-1001757213.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZaDUvJjTF52izN3fGrdbKO63HrLjBV0EnMPMCnN7N6Q1QPMeC_vFihQLF5wiqPXr-VrrBqC2fp5REThqDDVxJtxFkSJsrCQauUwEgTGKjKX1nc1HMLXKV2jUomt5C9zU6rGEijSLrgg/s640/blogger-image-1304065233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZaDUvJjTF52izN3fGrdbKO63HrLjBV0EnMPMCnN7N6Q1QPMeC_vFihQLF5wiqPXr-VrrBqC2fp5REThqDDVxJtxFkSJsrCQauUwEgTGKjKX1nc1HMLXKV2jUomt5C9zU6rGEijSLrgg/s640/blogger-image-1304065233.jpg" /></a><br />
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Did some more work on the mobile app for Star Crane today. I was able to get it to finally show the Add to Home Screen pop up for mobile phones and tablets, and I also added a custom Icon and Start Screen for the web app too. <br />
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I wasn't happy with the menu design I was using to start with on this, so I decided to use the native UI controls so that it will appear smoothly on all mobile devices. I have some messing around to do in order to get the slides how's to show up right on the mobile side as well, but the good part of making the entire mobile app just a themed wrapper for the website makes upkeep on the app almost completely automated.<br />
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I like the direction this is moving, so I think I will keep it like this unless the client doesn't like it, then I may be able to change what they need, but for usability across the board, this is the way I feel it best presents it's self. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-9321388752796641262012-11-29T12:41:00.001-05:002012-11-29T14:08:53.205-05:00On to other things - new site design<span /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Yb5EhYSY2pucf39gEFQlDwlZqjy6IgZvjS4G1VfGvKkwL8R1OE4rzaKGwZ_WJ_Lc0hyKmej-UDVQMUxs1_nEzlMqtUCu8Mop1xCgWgxlRaiB9Mo9XnMYurLigxqbnFOCd-SAIPgbu0/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Yb5EhYSY2pucf39gEFQlDwlZqjy6IgZvjS4G1VfGvKkwL8R1OE4rzaKGwZ_WJ_Lc0hyKmej-UDVQMUxs1_nEzlMqtUCu8Mop1xCgWgxlRaiB9Mo9XnMYurLigxqbnFOCd-SAIPgbu0/" /></a><br />
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So I have been working on a new project recently, and this one was a two part project. The first part was making sure that their current site has a working contact form. and the second part is redesigning a new look and feel on top of a Joomla site, so that they can expand in the future with components like an online storefront, or deeply integrate a social marketing campaign into their website. <br />
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I took a peek at their current site, and found out that the issues were with the current request mail form, which mind you is written in .PHP, which I kinda hate. I was able to fix the issue though, and got it working perfectly. I know its working perfectly, because the client is now getting SPAMBOT requests :) Too Funny!! But I have them covered already, because the first thing I implemented into the new request form on their new site was a ReCaptcha security method. This should stop the spam from coming through. <br />
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I then took my time and started working on a nice responsive theme, but wanted to keep it looking like it was more for their Corporate Office vs a large crane shop. I remade their logo based on some of the feedback they gave me and then used the main colors of their logo and equipment for the highlights of the site. I also used a simple menu system that will adjust to smaller mobile screens and provide a mobile dropdown menu in those cases. Overall, the site is pretty solid so far, with no real issues other than having to rebuild Apache with multibyte strings enabled. <br />
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My next stage of this process is to dismantle the site and modules I have now, and rebuild it with a darker, more progressive theme, and after that, another lighter theme, so once they choose from one of those, I will put it all back together with the look and feel of their choice, and then it goes live. I gave the client a timeframe of two months for the project, but the pace I am working, it may only take me three to four weeks, so that's a good thing ;)<br />
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Till next time, enjoy your adventures!<br />
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I started work on a new clients site, got that first down payment, then I also received a check from a back owed client, so that was nice too, not much, but together I was able to pay a little towards rent and pick up one gift each for the kids. This year we picked a gift that has the potential to offer gaming, learning, and communication... but that will end up becoming a whole other post on it's own. <br />
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The wife cooked the entire Thanksgiving meal by herself this year, and I didn't even realize till the next day that I didn't have a single complaint about it, it turned out pretty awesome! (That, and I didn't have anything to do with it this year), just awesome! There were also an assortment of baked goodies too, from Pumpkin pie, to some kind of Spice Cake and even cookies. She went all out this year and it turned out awesome.<br />
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My mother came over, and we spent plenty of time playing games and socializing. There was even a spy game in there I think, found the to-do list from my little spy... Just not sure why finding Willow is so far down the list :) Overall, it was a good week spent with the family, so there are never any complaints about that. I did plenty of art and even some music in between. I'll update my post later with a live recording of a song I'm working on. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwvlVPh_feKvmyoL33UHXCYO6TFr0W9vGkx_pKOD4iL8Md_uI-UgjGeIkCw4YQZEyQclFLhhhJmNV7ylcL2GrI83DnaVDa0Y8S6audlXvqbzBzYSes8PguhpIgz2suc92OTa6hJKcydE/s640/blogger-image--403673383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwvlVPh_feKvmyoL33UHXCYO6TFr0W9vGkx_pKOD4iL8Md_uI-UgjGeIkCw4YQZEyQclFLhhhJmNV7ylcL2GrI83DnaVDa0Y8S6audlXvqbzBzYSes8PguhpIgz2suc92OTa6hJKcydE/s640/blogger-image--403673383.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-3014597378784566392012-11-12T18:10:00.001-05:002012-11-12T18:13:30.617-05:00Forced downtime... againI have been busy lately, so please forgive me for the lack of posts recently. For starters, I have almost no work on the table, three projects in limbo, just waiting for a green light, and a tiny trickle of gas and cigarette money coming from one web client. So I have a bit of downtime. This doesn't mean that I haven't been bust cold calling businesses or answering requests for websites and graphics work off the web though, I keep myself pretty busy, just in things that don't generate immediate income.<br />
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I started taking out some time to make some animated backgrounds for my Church's projectors during the songs. Some... less psychedelic ones perhaps ;) Here is a playlist of a good portion of the animations. I am willing to donate high resolution animations for any religious organization that may want it, otherwise, I think I will ask for a donation. <br />
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I also got a little flame under my butt on music too, trying to make a couple new songs and a couple remixes of things I hear here and there. Here is a little taste of one song I'm working on recently:<br />
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As usual, I'm always up to something, so keep posted for updates on what I'm up to next. <br />
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Thanks ;)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-8551733750063194962012-10-30T14:13:00.000-04:002012-10-30T14:13:18.933-04:00APPS: The Adventures of making a showcase app for Windows 8 UI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday, I woke up knowing I would do something I have never done before, but not quite knowing what it might be. I started off the day, took the kids to school, and came home and cleaned up a little with Willow (More like, I cleaned, and she played the defensive linebacker role), so after she fell asleep, I climbed onto the computer and made up a quick and dirty mobile app for my church: <a href="http://www.joshfireapps.com/508eadd457ce4402000027f4/index.html" target="_blank">Frontline Community</a> It's still not done, but I at least got the basics in there, and can do a little of styling in Visual Studio now. <div>
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Now all I have to do for it is fix the picture container when it loads the pictures from their sources, and also fix the YouTube stream from trying to use an ActiveX component... (Not even available, cant see why it defaults to it) and I'll be all set. At least I got somewhere in my ventures though, even though it is not 100% working, it is better than anything I've done with the OS thus far. (Minus a couple found registry tweaks :0)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-52507750184849836742012-10-22T13:26:00.000-04:002012-10-22T13:38:27.004-04:00IDEA: Bluetooth Tape Reciever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I have been toying with this idea for only a short period of time, the idea started with a want to get my iPhone to play music to my old school stereo, without having to leave it plugged in next to the stereo. So I thought of a unique way to make that happen using elements that already exist, so the cost is lower than it normally would be. </div>
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The unit is made up of a Bluetooth radio, Processor/DSP, a magnetic tape head, button, batteries and a generator. When the unit is in use, the play action of the tape player will charge the batteries and run the device. When the tape player is not running, the unit will only power the Bluetooth radio to allow for connection or reset. </div>
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Overall, its a simple design, and I haven't seen anything like it on the market as of yet, but who knows, it may already be out there somewhere. On the event it has not been produced yet, I am considering this as a Kickstarter project, so if you think its a good idea, let me know in the comments.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-4793700736943287122012-10-20T13:33:00.001-04:002012-10-20T13:33:11.775-04:00Proposed solution for the FTC's latest contest.So the FTC is now offering a reward to the person offering a way to stop telemarketing or robot calls. This may prove to be a bit difficult, but it can be done and I wish I had the funds to work on this. Since I don't though, here is what I'm thinking.<br />
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What they would need is not to monitor the content of calls, but the pattern that calls are made. If calls are made in a timed pattern of more than three or four in a row, then we take that number and block all outgoing calls until they can answer a simple spoken word or a math problem over the phone to restore service. This would resemble a system close to the one we use for social networking or chat systems that use a Captcha model to deter bots. <br />
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The only way a telemarketing robot could get around this would be to use a new outgoing number after making the max amount of calls per number. Using a triangulation or location based system to detect location, would also help this from happening, because if two or more numbers are found from the same location repeating the same call patterns, it's a bot. <br />
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It's a good start at least, and its a solution based on software and not hardware, so there is no need to upgrade existing equipment in order for it to work. <br />
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Let me know your thoughts in the comments, Thanks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-8472028559720293642012-10-12T21:23:00.001-04:002012-10-18T11:51:30.414-04:00Quick and dirty UFO timelineHere is a quick and dirty UFO sightings timeline I made for Tablets and Laptops/PC's. You can view it <a href="http://jonwest.site44.com/ufosightings.html" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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If you are interested in making your own, Head out to joshfire ( http://factory.joshfire.com/)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270816880570618650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068050971431504102.post-28658797878251956432012-10-12T19:26:00.000-04:002012-10-18T11:51:07.443-04:00Giving a webapp a try<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I set out to make a web app. One that will pull a lot of the different media I have to offer online and present it all to the user in an easy to digest manner. Well, I have something along those lines, but not quite the experience I was rooting for at first. You can check out the latest version of my web app <a href="http://jonwest.site44.com/webapp.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I will also be working on a Windows 8 app, just as soon as I figure out a couple things first.<br />
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If you are interested in making your own, Head out to joshfire ( http://factory.joshfire.com/)<br />
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