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19th October 2019:
Would Recommend: Yes
out of 5
18th September 2019:
Idyllic - just what is needed to escape the modern day worries.Tips:
In poor weather, worth taking the walk over to Camasunary bothy. The view from Elgol harbour to the Cuillin must be one of the best in the world.
Would Recommend: Yes
out of 5
9th September 2019:
Fantastic and unique accommodation in this beautiful corner of Skye. The perfect place for a short trip away from it all!Tips:
The boat trip to Coruisk is a must do activity whilst the more intrepid explorers can walk into the Cullins from the car park a few miles up the road towards Broadford.
Would Recommend: Yes
out of 5
29th July 2019:
Picturesque location although well off the beaten track. Cottage was just as expected and in a very peaceful location. Easy to contact owner and very helpful with regards to local information.Tips:
Skye Fairy Pools and Old Man of Storr are 9bvious tourist attractions and definitely well worth a visit. Basket of 8nformation booklets in cottage very helpful when planning trips. Portree lovely and friendly town. Tourist Information office there really helpful and informative.
Would Recommend: YesOwner Response:
Many thanks for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back.
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5th June 2019:
we enjoyed our stay at the very comfortable Cottage very much! The welcome package ( bread, milk , eggs) was very helpful! In case of any questions we could contact the owners and always got very fast support! This was highly appreciated!
Would Recommend: Yes
out of 5
5th May 2019:
Boat trips from Elgol are really good. Great walk from the village to Loch Coruisk - about three/four hours and boat back (via the Bad Step). Little shop in the village for milk, butter, rolls etc.
Would Recommend: YesOwner Response:
Many thanks for your review.
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25th April 2019:
Very clean and well equipped cottage. The bread, milk, and eggs were a welcome addition after a long drive. We had a lovely stay and hope to return again in the future.Tips:
Take a boat trip to Loch Coruisk to admire the surrounding Cuillin mountains. Elgol pier is beautiful on a sunny day.
Would Recommend: YesOwner Response:
Many thanks for your 5 star review. We hope to see you again soon.
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4th April 2019:
Beautiful cottage. Very special place with so much character. The cottage had everything we could have needed and very cosy and warm with amazing underfloor heating. The owner of the cottage, Derek, was so helpful and gave lots of information on staying in Elgol and more. Derek went over and above to make sure our stay there was as comfortable as possible. Would highly recommend this special cottage in a beautiful location. Thank you.Tips:
We visited the fairy pools and it took approx an hours drive taking in all the beautiful landscape along the way. This was a special place and our two young sons (8 and 4) loved it. We did get soaked though and looked for somewhere cosy to eat. We went into Carbost and found 'The Old Inn' which was perfect with delicious soup and bread! We only had two and a half days to explore with quite extreme weather. We walked up to old man of Storr which was incredible and Dunvegan Castle with short seal trip which was lovely and boys loved it. We would have loved to take the boat into to Loch Coruisk from Elgol, however time and weather didn't allow! Soo much to see and do. The drive up and into Elgol and the cottages was beautiful.
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Disability Insurance; who really collects?
Disability insurance is not as simple as one might think. There are many contract definitions that come into play and many different ways that a person might become disabled. But if you own a disability insurance contract or are looking to purchase one, please talk to someone who knows disability insurance and has the ability to explain it to you so you understand what will happen at claim time.
Real Claim Examples
A person jumped into his car and drove only a few blocks, through one intersection, and was broad sided in the drives side by a car that did not stop at a stop sign. Resulted in a brain injury he never worked another day. Disability insurance became the family income for 16 years.
A professional working some incredible hours reached a breaking point, had to pull himself out of his practice. After a number of medical tests the result total disability for a couple of years followed by part-time work the rest of his life. Disability insurance supplemented that part time income.
A person on his farm, looking for some lost cattle at dusk, went over a 30 foot cliff on his quad. Lucky to be alive and not paralyzed collect disability insurance during his recovery.
What these examples and all my other clients on claim have in common is that none of them had never been ill or injured before these events occurred. In fact most of my clients on claim really questioned if they should buy disability insurance at all. Could it be a waste of money?
Have you thought that, could disability insurance be a waste of money? Please don't let that one thought stand between you and income that will support yourself and your family if some bad luck should come your way and you are forced to quit working due to a disability.
To get a quote, get a second opinion or just get some questions answered contact a knowledgeable disability insurance agent today by calling our office, we would be happy to help you.


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Last week when I visited my friend's house, I was really impressed to see a soothing water fountain in his house or you may say that I was quiet jealous of him too. The water fountain was really artistic and traditionally designed holding a glass slate etched with natural beauty and soothing sound of falling water. When I enquired more about the fountain from my friend, he told me that it is a Floor Water Fountain and he bought it from a home decoration shop. As we all know that whenever we saw a beautiful object in our friend's or relative's house we like it to be in our house too. So, I was also interested to add that beautiful floor water fountain to my interior decor and give an inimitable touch to my house beauty as my friend did.
Although I could have bought that fountain directly from any home decoration shop, I thought it is good to browse some internet sites for choosing the best water spout for myself. There are many online shops on the internet that sell floor water spouts and provide a variety of styles and designs to opt for. I went through a list of designs and styles of indoor fountains on the web that were really charming and holding several unique features with them. I would like to mention a few of them in this article so that you can have a variety of floor fountains to opt for.
The Garden fall Imprinted Bamboo Floor Water Cascade
It is a very beautiful and charming indoor water spout imprinted with beautiful bamboo design on the glass. The imprinted design of Bamboo tree reveals an implausible beauty of nature that will perfectly sooth your body and mind. The cascading sound of water hums like a natural waterfall and will let you feel the surroundings of breathtaking natural panorama. The fountain is really fascinating and will add an appeal to your interior decor.
The Garden fall Steel Floor Water Cascade
It is a classical design indoor water fountain having striking natural landscapes on its glass. The base tank and frame of the fountain are built from stainless steel with a shining metal finish. The sound of falling water from the fountain is very gentle and creates a soothing atmosphere in the surrounding area. The beauty of this fountain is really charming and will surely add an alluring touch to your home decoration.
These are some most stunning and charismatic designs of floor water fountains that attract many people to the home decoration shops every day. Discussing about their price, they did not hold any expensive price range and are worth of their costs. You can simply buy them from any home decoration shop or local market. You may also go online for the brief description and details of these fountains.
Floor Water Fountains are preferred as the most appropriate decorating object for the living room as they not only give a unique touch to your interior decoration but also soothe your mind with their natural waterfall sounds.


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Bing has always played second, sometimes third, fiddle to Google. It's owner, Microsoft, has continually challenged search engine giant Google and it's starting to pay dividends. What this means for businesses in Melbourne is that there's a completely different pie that you could be getting a slice of; a pie which is only going to get bigger.
In fact, Bing now has around 12% of the market share in search results, in which there are now close to 192 million searches every month in Australia on the Bing Network, which includes Bing, Yahoo (in which searches were conducted by Bing) and AOL.
Now that you know the stats, here are some of the benefits of ranking higher on Bing…
Put yourself in front of new customers
With close to 90% of searches conducted on Google, it's a no brainer that you need to focus your attention there. However, considering most companies purely target their SEO to Google alone, there's an opportunity to put your business in front an entirely different audience on Bing – an audience that is continually growing every month.
We're not saying ditch your efforts on Google and put all your resources into Bing. What we suggest is that you use similar tactics to your SEO for Google and endeavour to rank higher on Bing AS WELL.
Your strategy for Bing should include:
- A keyword set that targets specific terms you want to rank higher for
- Quality On-Page elements such as Title Tags and Meta Descriptions
- Well-written business descriptions across several directories
- Relevant content (copy and images) throughout your website
- A blog page that houses frequent articles on relevant topics
- High-quality backlinks
Bing is the default search engine on ALL Windows devices
In 2015, Microsoft launched Windows 10. Now two years later, there are more than 400 million devices worldwide with Windows 10 – all of which have Bing as the default search engine. Microsoft is even aiming for 1 billion devices using the software by 2018. This means that in Australia, there are thousands of devices you could be tapping into which searches on Bing by default – resulting in thousands of potential customers.
Local businesses are easy to find
Much like Google My Business (GMB) pages, Bing also has local listings for small-to-medium organisations. Known as Bing Places, there are similar features to GMB such as map location, address, contact details, operating hours, links to Yellow Pages and Yelp and other key information.
The fact that fewer businesses have claimed their Bing Places listing means that you have more chances to be found when users search for local terms such as "lawyers south yarra" or "car service dandenong".
To claim your business' Bing Places listing, follow these simple steps:
- Visit Bing Places and click "Get Started"
- Create an account and complete your profile, including details of your business
- Submit your listing and verify it (you'll receive a code sent to your business' mailing address in 4-5 business days)
- Regularly manage and update content on your local listing
Conversion rate is likely to be higher
Despite the fact that there are fewer people utilising the Bing search engine, what recent results have shown is that the type of users on Bing are far more likely to convert than on Google.
This means that your website will achieve:
- A much lower bounce rate
- Visits to more pages across your site
- More time spent on your site
- More clicks on affiliate links
With higher conversion rates and better user behaviour on your website, you could see an increase in sales generated from Bing search results.
In campaigns that we run for several clients, we've found that rankings in search results on Bing can increase as much as they do on Google. For one particular client in the jewellery industry, we've recently been able to achieve an increase in conversions from Bing searches by up to 200%, which resulted in a revenue increase of 361%.
With these benefits, you can see that there's merit in allocating your resources to ranking higher on Bing. A strategic marketing plan that incorporates both Bing and Google will give you even more scope to attract potential customers.
If you'd like more information about how your business could utilise Bing, or to get help claiming your Bing Places listing, get in touch with our Digital Strategists today.
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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel will host a new poker tournament, which is expected to reunite hundreds of players and dish out prizing to the sum total of $2 million for the $3,500 buy-in event alone.
Seminole Hard Rock Plays Host to a New Tournament
The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida has played a host to many poker tournaments. Now, news has broken out that the property is teaming up with the
World Poker Tour (WPT) to give themselves a proper power-up and introduce a new and exciting poker pow-wow.
With the festival featuring 19 events, the WPT Championship will definitely steal the spotlight as the guaranteed money for this one is $2 million. However, it's worth mentioning that the buy-in is also fairly steep at $3,500 to enter the competition.
The tournament hosts are currently all agog carrying out final preparations for the upcoming action taking place from November 14 through November 28. As to the WPT Championship, the event will be the crowning jewel of the entire festival, in the three days between November 25 and the final day of the festival.
Hard Rock tournaments have been a success as early as 2016 when the Rock 'N' Roll Open drew in 5,000 entries for the $360 buy-in $1 Million Guaranteed.
Just as is the custom of most events co-hosted with the WPT, the event will be broadcast on WPT's website, allowing fans to tune in and enjoy the action. Additionally, the Fox Sports Network will also broadcast the poker tournament live.
The event also received a lot of endorsement from Hard Rock's Tournament Director, Tony Burns, who has stated that the Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open has been one of the flagship products of the organizers. The spate of events comes amid a massive expansion bid by the Seminole property, too.
According to Burns the interest in the series was visible as early as 2016, when the $360 $1-million tournament brought in 5,000 entries – a number fit for many of poker's largest festivals out there.
Following up on this success, the hosts are back with a new suggestion how to keep poker aficionados hyped. The festival will kick off with the $360 Deep Stack NLHE tournament which will be a big event in itself, caring a prize pool to the tune of $1 million.
The event in its entirety has been thought out well enough, giving everyone an opportunity to not only break into decent prizes, but also win a seat at the Championship, with 40 satellite tournaments.
The Hard Rock Festivals
The Seminole Hard Rock property has a rich history involving poker. Just in August, Brandon Eisen won the $5,250 SHRPO and many fellow players distinguished themselves across varied events. The event hosts published a press release, featuring some of the highlights of the upcoming tournament, too
- $1,100 NLH One-Day (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed
- $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
- $5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
- $360 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
The tournament will also host on the "Win a Seat" program, which will offer chance to any player of particular merit to stand out from the crowd and gain an entry into the WPT Championship, and that in turn is going to be one of the most desired events here.


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In planning, it sounds amazing. I board a flight close to midnight, fall asleep like any other night, and wake up on another part of the globe. Teleportation. Perfect.
Only… things don't always work that way, do they?
Instead, sometimes you can't sleep in the plane and by 3pm the next day you're wandering a foreign city like a zombie, or falling asleep in meetings, in cabs, on subway trains.
Life lesson reminder : If something seems too good to be true… it probably is.
But I'll keep taking those chances.
And I'll keep taking those redeyes.


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The Buzz Board
This book will astonish and delight anyone who believes that the great age of biological collecting—the one that nurtured Charles Darwin, Henry Walter Bates, and Alfred Russel Wallace—is over. Joe Slowinski was a scientist-adventurer of the first order, and Jamie James does a splendid job of capturing the combination of intellectual curiosity and adrenaline that fueled, and eventually ended, his remarkable life.
PEOPLE MAGAZINE, 3½ stars (out of 4), July 7, 2008
USA TODAY, August 7, 2008
This is a true story, which was bad news for Joe Slowinski, the main character. One of the world's leading biologists, Slowinski led a scientific expedition to the jungles of Burma in 2001 in search of exotic and deadly snakes. He found one: a many-banded krait, the deadliest snake in Asia. It bit him. He died. Journalist Jamie James tells, in incredible detail, the story of the ill-fated Slowinski expedition, right down to fascinating asides about the feuds among field biologists. An interesting tale all around and a good page-turner, even if you already know the outcome.
—Craig Wilson
BOOKLIST, July 1, 2008
Like the more famous wildlife adventurer Steve Irwin, biologist Joe Slowinski, an expert in snakes, died as a result of his professional passion. On a 2001 expedition into the Burmese jungle to locate rare snakes, Slowinski was bitten by a many-banded krait, a reptile with a paralyzing neurotoxin venom that spells near-certain death for the victim. This book, which falls firmly into the same true-life tragedy genre as Into the Wild or Into Thin Air (also about people who died doing the thing they loved), tells us about Slowinski's life and career and the frantic efforts, after he was bitten, to keep him breathing until he could be rescued. At the end, we feel as though we knew Slowinski, that we understand what made him tick. It's a dramatic and moving story, told by an author who clearly understands that his subject is not simply about a man's cruel and ironic death but also about his life, his spirit, and his dreams.
—David Pitt
LIBRARY JOURNAL June 15, 2008
James chronicles the life of Joseph Slowinski, one of the preeminent herpetologists in the world at the time of his death in 2001. James begins his story with the last, fatal encounter Slowinski had with a many-banded krait snake, the deadliest snake in Asia, while on an expedition in Burma, then takes us back to Slowinski's childhood to reveal how this brilliant scientist ended up dying in a hut in one of the most remote areas in the world. Herpetologists seem to have a natural recklessness and flamboyance about them (think of the late Steve Irwin), and Slowinski exhibited these traits in abundance throughout his life. However, instead of using his skill and daring for personal fame, Slowinski used it in pursuit of knowledge. Both a biography of a flawed but dedicated scientist seeking to understand the natural world and a dramatic adventure/travel tale, this account gives the reader a fascinating look at the incredible hardships and dangers of field expeditions to impossibly remote places (using mouth-to-mouth respiration, Slowinski's colleagues kept him alive for 30 hours for a rescue that never came).
KIRKUS REVIEWS, June 1, 2008
Absorbing, stylishly written account of the life and career of a celebrated young herpetologist whose reckless fascination with venomous snakes ended with his slow death in the sub-Himalayan wilderness of northern Burma.
* A star is assigned to books of unusual merit, determined by the editors of Kirkus Reviews
NEW YORK SUN, July 2, 2008
July 21, 2008
When renowned herpetologist Joe Slowinski was bitten by a many-banded krait, a profoundly venomous snake found throughout Southeast Asia, he knew better than anyone the daunting odds he faced. He gathered together his colleagues, fellow biologists engaged in a survey of remote northern Burma, and described for them the symptoms he would experience: first the potent neurotoxin would numb his extremities; next his eyelids and head would droop; soon thereafter the paralysis would reach his diaphram, and he would stop breathing. Drawn to all that creeps, slithers, and crawls, Slowinski mingled the macho charge he got out of handling deadly serpents with a zealous curiosity about the natural world. Author Jamie James charts the origins of Slowinski's passion for nature: artist parents who fostered curiosity and exploration, access to the rough woodlands and fossil-laden riverbanks of the Midwest, and above all an immunity to fear that lead Slowinski to great discoveries and, ultimately, to his death. As his symptoms progressed, Slowinski's colleagues fought to keep him alive, administering mouth-to-mouth breathing in the rank tropical heat for hours, awaiting a rescue that never comes. But it's wonder, not suspense, that's at the heart of this book. The Snake Charmer is more than a tale of derring-do, discovery, and death in the jungle; it's also a story of the grandeur of the biosphere and the lengths some people will go to understand and protect it.
—Matthew Battles
LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 6, 2008
The tragic, engrossing story of scientist Joe Slowinski's fascination with snakes -- a fascination that finally led to his death in 2001.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, April 21, 2008
OUTSIDE Magazine, April 2008
By Dianna Delling
Joe Slowinski knew more about Asian snakes than almost anyone; the California Academy of Sciences herpetologist discovered dozens of new species in more than two decades as a field biologist. So on September 11, 2001, when he was bitten by a poisonous many-banded krait, deep in the jungles of Myanmar, he knew what to expect. He lay down in his tent, called in his expedition teammates, and, as the American embassy frantically tried to orchestrate a rescue, calmly prepared to die. Outside covered Slowinski's death in April 2002 (see "Bit," by Mark W. Moffett). In this frequently gripping narrative, journalist James fills out his life story, from his reptile-chasing childhood to his chilling final moments.


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Three Signs You Need to Visit a Sleep Specialist
Summary: Sleep is a very important thing to regulate the quality of life, but too many people are not getting enough sleep or suffer from the effects of sleep disorders. If you are finding that snoring or excessive tiredness is contributing to problems in your life, you may need to see a sleep specialist. This blog gives three of the indicators.
Lack of sleep is a big problem throughout the nation. In fact, it is becoming a global epidemic. There are serious health risks; some say that our sleep deficit eventually builds up a debt that our bodies can never fully repay. Sleep problems, such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and many other diagnosable sleep disorders affect up to half of the world's population. Sleep specialists can help if you think that you are among those who are building up a big sleep debt and you don't know why.
A sleep specialist is medical doctor, or a psychologist with training in sleep medicine and sleep disorders. They understand that even in children, sleep deprivation can contribute to health risks such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke, and other medical conditions, as well significant loss to quality of life. In other words, sleep affects all that we do.
What Are Three Signs That You Need to Visit a Sleep Specialist?
A significant indicator is snoring, although not all snoring is a problem. Everybody snores sometimes, but snoring can be a sign of something more serious. If you feel as though you wake yourself up with your snoring, or your partner wants to sleep in another part of the house entirely, then that may be a problem. People with sleep apnea snore and often wake up not because of the sound of the snoring, but because they can't breathe. They wake, jumpstart the breath and fall back asleep, sometimes over and over again each night, sometimes without even realizing what they are doing.
Falling asleep during the daytime is another sign that you may not be sleeping enough at night, without realizing it. A sleep disorder, or significant lack of sleep, can cause someone to take a micro nap during the day. These naps last only for a moment, but that is enough time to cause an accident, or miss something important.
Inability to concentrate may also mean that you are not getting enough sleep, and so is a sudden change in the quality of your health. If you wake up with a headache every day, or are unable to lose weight or are not getting some of the benefits you were expecting from your hard work, then you may not be getting enough sleep. A good night's rest is essential to restore lost energy and balance.
The main sign that you should consult a sleep specialist is not a sign at all. It is a feeling. If you think there is something wrong, there probably is, and it couldn't hurt to find out. If lack of sleep is causing you problems, or your spouse complains that they are kept awake at night, or moves to another room because of your snoring, then you should consult a sleep specialist to see if your snoring and tiredness is because of sleep apnea or another sleep disorder. If the lack of sleep has been going on for a long time, or is causing you problems in your life then it is time to visit a sleep specialist who can offer some solutions.


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"There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. ... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning...
"And that, I think, was the handle – that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting – on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave..."
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GenCon 50 (August 17-20, 2017) has come and gone. (And it only took me a month to publish this after-action report!) In most ways it was less frenetic than the previous version, and lacked the same nervous energy. There are still ways to optimize planning for future expeditions, but they are able to be tweaked without difficulty.
Soberer minds have already given the straight dope on GenCon — a post from Zak S. over here, a post from Patrick Stuart over there, a wild Mike Evans post somewhere in the middle. Expect this, then, to largely be a travelogue. I'm not sure if we'll be back next year, but we will certainly return.
All pictures are by Nicole and I, except wherever obvious exceptions occur.
There is a set of stone gates that mark the end of the lands of my ancestors. That is the gauntlet to be traversed to reach Indianapolis.
|If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.
|...the raw, existential horror of the Midwest.
Finally, we arrived.
|Strangers on a train.
Also, we were in the Charlie Chaplin room. They name all of them after celebrities; I'm guessing the feature in this one is that HUAC kicks you out if you stay too long.
|If you meet the Buddha in the road, kill the Buddha.
|Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!
Indiana's First Dragon & I welcome everyone to #GenCon2017! pic.twitter.com/ETuBRGW7v9— Eric Holcomb (@GovHolcomb) August 17, 2017
The teeming throng of humanity strains against its bonds, searching only for one thing: commerce.
|Before the Dealers' Room opens.
|Hugh conquers GenCon
|The Flame Princess conquers GenCon
|The Flame Princess and James Raggi
|Hugh and Michael Curtis
|Hugh and the Dark Master!
|Hugh and the True Hugh
|Protip: Gnomes are delicious.
But first, a brief cosplay interlude:
|Praise the Sun!
|A friendly capitalist robot.
That night, we were scheduled to hit the They Might Be Giants concert at 8 PM. Some GenCon press folks interviewed people waiting in line, and you can hear my stupid voice at about the 1:37 mark, doing a Shatneresque "Dr. Worm."
Unsurprisingly, they put on a kickass show. (Although I still should've opened up the pit.) I was greatly amused that they kept making Indianapolis references, though; I'm guessing nobody told them that most of us wouldn't be local. The obligatory pictures:
|Audience selfie time!
Then we went back to the hotel, because the next day was going to be a long one.
Friday, August 18, 2017
|I swore we saw this graffiti on Saturday, but the timestamp says Friday.
Then we hustled to the Unknown Armies panel. (Audio is here.) There were few revelations, as most of the stuff was covered in last year's panel, although we did learn that the intensely popular Sleeper meeting minutes in Book 5 come from long-time Unknown Armies writer Chad Underkoffler. The other thing is that there are no specific plans to publish the long-buried first edition supplement Town Without Pity, but Greg said he'll try to contact Tim Toner again.
After dinner, it was time to head to the ENnie Awards.
|The stage is set.
|Several of the Atlas Games crew accept the "Best Production Values" award.
|Judges Jen and Jeff accepting the Silver ENnie
|Ken and Robin win about stuff
|It's the company logo!
|Just repeat this photo four times. Left to right: Zak S., Patrick Stuart, James Raggi.
|The promised land.
Downstairs, Nicole and I continue to talk to Ela, and I'm pretty sure we're all just living in Plato's Cave while she's living in the realm of Solids. She does the camming thing, and is working to develop integrated VR and automation tools for it (because we live in the cyberpunk future). Once those are full functional, she'll probably take them to their logical conclusions in other applications outside of entertainment. (Assisting people with disabilities is probably the most obvious one.) Along those lines, you can hear her talking about Apple, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality on The Future Is Virtual here. Fascinating stuff.
[Edit (November 9, 2017): Ela talks about her work in Rolling Stone, if you're interested.]
Charlotte Stokely was also there, and she's pretty hilarious. I know I asked her about gaming, but the edges of our conversation are fuzzy, probably because of the Maker's Mark. Pictures in-bound:
|Nicole, Zak, and I before moving downstairs
|Myself and Ela Darling. I don't even know what's happening here.
|There was a stone backdrop and shields for some reason.
|Ela, Nicole, and Charlotte, prepared for battle.
|Throwing up the horns.
|Stokely, screaming while pressing a T-shirt on my face, for reasons that made sense at the time.
|Jacob Hurst with an awesome shirt.
|The obligatory selfie.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Technically, part of the party should go here, but it's not the next day until you sleep. The next morning, we did something touristy and went to the City Market Catacombs, an old storage space under Tomlinson Hall (at least before it burned in 1958). It was neat; the most important thing from the perspective of a gaming blog is looking at the old architecture.
|Creepy chair circle.
|The last standing portion of Tomlinson Hall.
|"Voodoo Corner," so named because it flooded back in the day and was therefore bad market space.
Although I'm just going to assume it was cursed.
|The Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Next, we had to hustle to see d20 Burlesque at 9 PM. It was a solid show, but in retrospect, I should have budgeted more game time, as this would have been a perfect time to play Doug Kovacs' Inferno Road. There were a couple of brilliant routines — a deconstructed Black Widow who started mostly nude and then put clothes back on, and a Bugs Bunny routine (inspired by this bit, but also reminiscent of Frank Zappa's hand signals) requiring the audience to make the music a capella — but the standout was DC-area native Maki Roll, who not only put on a kickass routine, but did so having driven to Indianapolis that afternoon (seriously, she got there just in time to get onstage at intermission), and then having to drive back to DC the next morning.
We originally had a Driftwood Verses event at midnight, but Clint Krause was in a car accident on the way to GenCon (he's fine, fortunately), and so had to cancel. With that, it was time for bed.
Sunday, August 20, 2017
We skipped returning to the con and started driving home; a good thing, too, as apparently all the road construction in the Indiana/Ohio region starts at 4 PM, which explains the long, grueling drive home last year. The most notable thing from the return trip was this graffiti, a clear indicator that we were in America's heartland:
|I bet they thought of that comeback themselves, too.
Lessons for future years include hyper-focusing (seriously, trying to divide attention among OSR, Unknown Armies, and random seminars meant that very little gaming happened), and potentially leaving Monday.
Thus ends GenCon. Being less frenetic and vaguely overwhelming than last year's convention, it didn't feel as magical as the first time, although I guess there's a joke in there somewhere. But by the gods, we shall return to that broken jaw of our lost kingdoms as conquerors.
|Kickin' rad.
|A priest of Adeptus Mechanus.
|Stan "The Man" Lee
|Why not Zoidberg?
|Royal rainbow!
|Vraska the Unseen. (Thanks to Jenx for identifying this one.)
|Spock's wedding party might be my favorite costume.
|Breath of the Wild cosplay!
|Raoul Duke, living the American Dream
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Recently I was asked what I thought of Macs and I replied that I thought they were made for retards. Besides being politically incorrect and a product born of frustration with working on Windows PCs all day, my comment was not strictly accurate. Apple products are supposedly made for people who don't WANT to think. Since I am a huge fan of the cognitive process I tend to disrespect those who don't; hence the harshness of my reply.
That being said, I can understand why people would like their computer to work like a toaster or a can opener. One just wants to accomplish the task at hand without having to read manuals or fire up a few extra synapses, and single task tools like toasters and can openers meet that need. Why would one want to have to learn an entire new language and procedures to accomplish a simple task like building a spreadsheet to monitor your monthly expenses?
Alright, I am trying to be funny here.
There's NOTHING SIMPLE about spreadsheets or word processors or email or surfing the web or getting pictures off of your incredibly ingenious digital camera. And what about video editing or installing your printer or building a web page or designing a brochure or using Skype with a webcam? How about networking, wired or wireless, sharing printers or files? Not simple either. To pretend that these tasks are simple is self-delusion and completely overlooks the vast complexity upon which it all rests. Moreover, the delusion of simplicity will not abide the chaos that naturally arises with the actual complexity that exists. People are astounded when bizarre things happen when they work with complexity, but they shouldn't be. Any complex system is naturally co-dependent with chaos, that's why the weather is never exactly the same two days in a row, and why cancer springs up in three year olds as well as octogenarians. In fact, complexity breeds chaos and chaos naturally leads to complexity.
The fine people at Apple try to cover up that chaos and complexity by removing OPTIONS. The thinking is that if they reduce the number of things you can actually do with your Mac, you are less likely to break it (Microsoft attempts the same in Windows 7). Given the unix-based underpinnings of the Mac operating system (OSX) and the proprietary nature of the hardware, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
How do they do that? One way is that they maintain strict control over who builds and sells their hardware. They do; no one else. In the PC world, any joker with a Phillips screwdriver can build a rig (badly), but not in the Mac world, it's all proprietary, you can only get hardware from them or a few designated suppliers with deep pockets. As for upgrades, the desktop systems can take more ram and larger hard drives, as long as you are: A) willing to take apart your hermetically sealed iMac; B) reload your OS from scratch and C) void your warranty, if it is still applicable. If any other part has failed it is a trip to the service depot. You cannot just take it to your local nerd and get him to fix it; he has no access to replacement parts.
Another way Apple tries to cover up the complexity/chaos is in the operating system, it is only the very technical user that can gain direct access to the file system (or actually do anything with it), and even then it is all controlled by permissions. For most people it is just the icons they see in folders on the desktop or on the drive, the rest is of no concern and that is what is considered to be the killer feature of OSX. The apparent simplicity of the file system means that the user doesn't actually have to know anything about it.
Except that's not entirely true. One of my clients brought in his brand new $2500 MacBook Pro because he could not get his printer to work with it. As directed by the instructions that came with the printer, he had installed the software for the printer and then plugged it when it told him to, but alas, no print function. The thing simply didn't work. As it turned out, his printer disk only had Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) drivers on it and it was not compatible with the OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) that he had gotten with the MacBook. So how to repair this? The only thing a user can do (which I classify myself as being when it comes to OSX) is to drag the printer driver to the Trash Bin and reboot. Unfortunately, that was not nearly enough to solve the problem. In the first place, a resident process was left running that would pop up every reboot saying that it couldn't connect to the printer. Worse yet, downloading an experimental driver from Apple proved to be of no use also, since it refused to install with portions of the other one still present.
Solution? Reload the Mac from restore disk. Yup, reload your system from scratch, that's all you can do. Any time you run into a problem that is unsolvable by simply dragging icons you have to backup your data, if possible, put in the restore disk and reload your operating from scratch. Then you will have to reload your applications and setup your email and restore your bookmarks and data. Even their tech support will tell you that. As for my client, a new printer with OSX 10.6 drivers may have worked also, but he still would have had to put up with that error message every time the Mac booted up.
Clearly, the still water of apparent simplicity hides a thorny quagmire waiting to seize the hapless user and drag him down to a painful new realization: Macs can suck just as much as PCs.
Anyway, I am getting ahead of myself; I need to share more personal insight on the Mac phenomenon, particularly since I am a relatively new user of OSX. Three years ago I purchased a 21" iMac in protest of Microsoft's craptacular release ofVista. It wasn't so muchVistaitself that offended me so much (though there was plenty to be offended about), it was that they immediately ceased shipping XP. They tried to remove the choice. SinceVistais three to four times larger in the computer's "head" than is XP, many machines were just not up to the task, a fact that anyone who purchased a $599 Compaq from the center row at Walmart can attest to. With 256 Mb of ram there was no hope of that thing ever accomplishing anything, it was simply too slow. Even now, if you are running a PC with less than 2 Gb RAM, you should not be runningVistaor Windows 7.
I placed the order online which is the best way to get one of these things. Just go to the apple.ca website, setup an account, spring the credit card and you're off and running in five days; it ships right to your house. But beware of "upgrades", that's where they really juice you. Just like on the dell.ca website you are best off purchasing the machine that really meets your needs without resorting to upgrades. I have seen people spend more on a slower machine with upgrades than just buying the faster machine in the first place.
The big day arrived. The whole unit was in one box, as expected. I unpacked the sleek and shiny device with childlike wonder, and to my tired of old PC eyes the thing was a work of art. There is no doubt that Apple puts a great deal of thought into making their products esthetically pleasing, the latest ones are even nicer to look at. I plugged it all in, struggled to find the on switch (surface stealth-mounted on the back left side) and was rewarded with that heavenly chorus telling me that I had found Apple Nirvana.
Then I spent an hour and a half getting it auto-loaded according to language choice, connected to the network and registering it before it would let me do anything recreational. This is basically no different than any other boxed equipment you would pick up at Staples. When it comes to networking, there really is no difference between a Mac and a PC, wired is instant on and utterly reliable, wireless is messy to setup and still quits for no apparent reason, prompting frequent re-training of the connection. Even with a wireless router (three different ones tried) only six feet away, my IMac seems to lose its knack for wireless frequently, so it remains to this day tethered by wire. No patch has ever smartened this up. But it's really no different than a PC on wireless, they are not reliable either.
Macs ship with very little software beyond the basics and a couple of bling toys, leaving users to hunt down expensive applications to run for themselves. Amazingly, there aren't even any games (at least not when I got mine), though you can now download scads of them from the apple.ca website. Many retail programs you purchase now have Mac versions on disk, QuickTax comes to mind. But keep this in mind before you pop $2k: Windows programs do not run natively on Macs. If you're thinking that you're going to run your Family Tree Maker that you've had for six years on this thing, forget it. The only way to run Windows apps is to procure some kind of virtual machine software (Parallels is the most popular consumer choice, $100), install Windows in a VM, then switch to the VM and install your Family Tree Maker. Can anyone out there tell me how smart it is to spend thrice the amount necessary to run Windows, just so that it can be on a Mac? It boggles my mind that one would want to get away from Windows and go to a Mac so badly that they would be willing to 1) spend three times as much as necessary, and 2) load Windows anyway just so they could run the programs that they are used to using. It's not an experiment I have ever done because it is just too silly for me.
Apple mice only have one button; apparently they think that two is too complicated for you and me. Fortunately you can plug in a two button mouse and gain the other 50% functionality that it is supposed to have, but don't be surprised if Apple-written applications don't make use of it. I laughed the first time I direct compared Safari (Apple's browser that comes with MacOS) and Firefox (a popular third party browser) and noticed the number of right click differences between the two. You can't even right-click close Safari from the dock, you have to open it and then close it manually (I think you can Command-Q it while hovering, if I recall correctly). That said, Safari is a reasonably competent browser. What frustrates me most using it is mousing on the address bar. I find it difficult to click-select text the way I am used to in Windows, but that's a niggling point. The mouse as a whole seems less responsive than it should be, even after tweaking the controls for it, but again, this is easily remedied with a USB PC mouse.
The keyboard is another enigma for me. Though I find it physically pleasing, it is difficult for me to use well. Perhaps more practice would help, though in my line of work I am quite used to switching between dozens of different keyboard configurations. It seems to be something to do with hand position. I tend to rest my left thumb on the table against the bottom side of the keyboard to maintain stability as I type, whereas I think the Mac keyboard encourages hand hovering over it. There is no resting area around the keyboard; it is straight up and down on the sides. This may have changed by now though.
I can't forget to mention the first time I went to burn something. I slid in the blank DVD, OSX mounted it up as a burning folder on the desktop and started up a burning wizard. Since I was not ready to do the burn, I cancelled it and dismounted the disk. Unfortunately, that does not eject the disk. There is no optical drive eject button on the iMac, so I spent 20 minutes online doing research only to find out that the eject button is on the keyboard, top rightish corner. I guess Apple gets to maintain propriety even on peripherals, because if I use any other keyboard I would lose that function.
Onto the operating system. Every copy of Windows gets fatter and slower over time, as you use it and change it. Every time you add a toolbar or a new program, or one more product registration reminder you add to the overhead of the system. Overall system performance is a function of processor speed and ram available versus the number and size of processes being run. If you never changed anything (never added new processes or changed their size), your system performance would remain exactly the same.
This is equally true of OSX, not surprisingly to me, but to many others a shock. The reason it seems to have less impact is because of the limited options one has with a Mac; most users "plateau" their usage on the Mac. They get the specific things working that they want to use repeatedly and then they change nothing more. In effect, they make it a toaster. Even Apple updates can (and frequently should) be disabled, just like on a PC.
I was recently having a fairly heated conversation about this topic with a friend who is far more technically competent than I am. I am not kidding when I say this. He is a Nascar engineer and I am a Canadian Tire mechanic when it comes to computing. He knows his Mac inside and out, top to bottom, and can make it do anything he wants. It is his preferred platform because it is fundamentally Unix underneath, which is his forte. That said, he knows little of the consumer experience and cannot empathize with their concerns. When I told him the story about the printer driver and the Macbook, he merely said that the client should have done more research. But that is not what the client bought into! We are all being told that Macs are supposed to just work, that they are simple and reliable. From his perspective they are, and I admit that for now anyways, they are more stable than equivalent PCs running Windows XP. My iMac has only locked solid two or three times in three years, though it does need to be rebooted every couple of weeks (the thing basically stops, you click on programs and nothing happens).
From his perspective, his colleagues have to run a System Restore on their windows every time they mess something up. From my perspective that's just silly. I have NEVER run a System Restore on one of the PCs I personally use, and if you treat your Windows right, you will never have to either. It's a tool of last resort only, but not nearly as catastrophic to use as having to reload your OSX from disk just because you didn't know your Mac printer drivers were wrong for your particular iMac.
What about spyware and viruses? First off, there are very few actual viruses these days, there's just no money in it. That said, OSX is not immune to viruses, as is commonly thought. Determined writers can infect any operating system, but there needs to be motivation to do so and sheer vandalism is just not cutting it these days.
The real money is in spyware and trojans. People (especially me) are sick and tired of getting infected by fake antivirus ads and spyware, there is no doubt that something has got to change. OSX suffers very little from this kind of malware, but only because there isn't enough market share. The people who write this crud do it for money; the more PCs they infect, the more they make from people who stupidly type in their credit card info. But they don't bother writing it for a 10% user base: if and when OSX hits 50% market share be prepared for the onslaught of new malware designed specifically for it, and be prepared for reloading OSX yourself when it blows up.
I am getting three or four calls and visits per week now from Apple clients to repair OSX boot and software issues, driver issues or requests to replace hard and optical drives (or even just to get a DVD out!). I cannot help them. Their only options are to contact Apple directly, if under warranty, or go to FACT computers in Regina(the only authorized repair depot I am aware of) and spin the roulette wheel with them. I honestly have not heard any reviews of their service, good or bad, though I have heard that their store has very little stock. Apple products are very proprietary and as such they have maintained very proprietary access to their services.
One last story about the one time I tried to copy a picture from my wife's Canon EOS digital camera. My intention was to pull over the picture, edit it up a little, and set it as the wallpaper. Simple, right? I gave up in disgust 30 minutes later and went and did it on the PC in two minutes. Oh, and another one: I once tried to cue up a selection of songs in (cursed) ITunes by multi-selecting and then right-clicking to queue. No go after several different attempts, I could seemingly only queue up songs one at a time.
Clearly OSX requires a round mind that my square mind cannot fit into. I am not saying that it is impossible to accomplish these tasks, I am saying that 32 years of computing experience is more of a hindrance than a help. If OSX were all I used I would definitely be more adept. But OSX is different than other computing paradigms merely for the sake of being different. It is only simple if you don't know any better. In my case, I need to be PC lobotomized to accomplish "simple" tasks on my iMac because I EXPECT to be able to do powerful things. I still regularly plug away at it to see if I can figure out what gives but so far it is a mystery to me. My recent work with Windows 7 and even certain programs like Thunderbird is giving me a little more insight into what's up. The people who design operating systems and programs are attempting to limit the user's options to enhance reliability overall, to hide the complexity so as to limit chaos. The problem is that it comes at the expense of versatility, ie. power.
Human beings like tools because they make them more powerful in a universe which has seen fit to short change them in other, more visceral ways. We have blunt teeth and no claws and we don't run very fast. It is our minds enabled by tools that make us so powerful, relative to the rest of the animal kingdom. Everyone knows that there are good tools and bad tools, whether hammers, paring knives or wrenches. But good versus bad is not really the right comparison for operating systems. It's really about function and a bad tool is better than no tool at all. To me, OSX is a beautiful ratchet multiwrench while Windows is a whole socket set. Sure, there is more chance of tool failure with the socket set, but it can do more jobs with more precision and versatility.
Finally, it doesn't matter how good the tool is, if you are not willing to put in the time necessary to wield it effectively you will never accomplish anything. Whether you are using a trowel or a bitmap editor, practice and knowledge are very real components necessary to a quality product. In the case of the trowel the knowledge is learned mostly in the arm and hand, while with bitmap editor the knowledge must be acquired in one way only: the brain. If you don't want to learn anything new, don't get a computer at all.
My apologies to everyone out there over my use of the word "retard". Unfortunately, my circa 1962 mind is still a product of my teen years in the seventies, and it contains several different buttons with letters on them connected to red-hot circuits. Regrettably the R button gets pushed far too often. I am sorry.


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Sambar powder May 31, 2007Posted by live2cook in Spice Powders and Mixes.
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Sambar powder is the spice mix of Southern India. Every family have their own way of preparing it. The spices are either sun dried or dry roasted in cast iron pan. The concept behind it is to make the spices crisp, as it makes the grinding process easy. I am registering the way I prepare sambar powder, in this post. we will be seeing recipes using this powder in future posts.
The Ingredients I use:
Coriander seeds – 1 cup
Black pepper corns – 1/3 cup
Fenugreek seeds – 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds – 1 tablespoon
Whole Red chilli – 1 and 1/3 cup
Toor dal – 1/3 cup
Chana dal – 1/3 cup
Dried Turmeric roots – 4 count (We need a very strong blender or food processor to grind turmeric root. If you don't have one, use 1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder)
Here's how I prepare:
I will measure and spread all the ingredients in a cookie sheet. After baking my bread, I will turn off the oven and pop the cookie sheet in the hot oven. The oven takes atleast 20 minutes to cool. By that time all the spices turn crisp without any burns.
If you don't want to wait till you bake something and get a hot oven, you can preheat the oven at 400F for 20 minutes. Turn off the oven and keep the cookie sheet in the hot oven and allow the oven to cool down.
If you have hot weather year round, you can keep the cookie sheet in the hot sun for 3 hours.
After the spices are ready for grinding, I will grind the spices to fine powder by sieving and grinding again. I will repeat this process until there is less than 1/8 cup of large particles.
I will store the powder in a sterilized and dry jar.
This quantity of spices will give approximately 2 cups of powder which is enough for 2 months for a family of 2 people.
Tikhat Mithachi Puri May 29, 2007Posted by live2cook in Flat and Fried Breads.
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The Backbone of Indian cuisine are the variety of spices. By varying the proportions, we create tons of tastes. By mixing them with different ingredients, we produce millions of recipes.
If the recipe calls for ingredients available in my pantry, if it gives a different taste and if it introduces variety to my weekly menu, it will find a place in my collection. I will look for these kind of recipes in Books, Magazines, grocery bags, cartons, labels…..etc.
One such recipe is Tikhat Mithachi Puri. I noted down the recipe from Bawarchi Contributions. Though I did not know the meaning for the name of the recipe, I wrote it down because it called for most common ingredients.
When Nupur announced RCI – Maharashtra cuisine, this recipe came to my mind because the name sounded like Marathi. I searched the internet for the meaning. Vaishali of Happy Burp helped me with her post for "Tikhat- Mithaacha Sanja".
From Vaishali's post what I understood was "Tikhat Mithachi" is Marathi and means "Uppu Oraippa" in Tamil which is "Hot and savoury" in English.
So, what's next…Post it and send it for RCI event!
What we need:
For the dough:
Whole wheat flour – 1 cup
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Ajwain seeds – 2 teaspoons
Cilantro – 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder – 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder – 2 teaspoons
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Other ingredients:
Oil for deep frying
How to prepare:
1. Mix all the ingredients except oil for deep frying.
2. Knead to a soft dough, adding 1/4 cup water.
3. Cover and allow to rest for 15 minutes
4. Roll into 3 inch discs.
5. Heat the oil for deep frying, in a large pan until a black pepper size dough, dropped into the oil floats to the surface immediately
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