Welcome to my new blog. Here I will be diving into a number of topics which may not strictly be guitar or music related, but we’re all human right? With the same demands as everybody else? I hope to provide some useful tools and food for thought so you can make the most with what you have to work with on your journey.
I’ve developed a simple, folder based pipeline for scheduled content. Each folder name includes the number in order for it to sort by name correctly. The “1 – Ideas” folder contains files on topics that come to you. You might have a lot…
In our busy world, there are two content styles that I find frustrating: The first uses long introductions to frame the content. The second uses an old presentation template of: Intro: Tell them what you’re going to tell them Body: Tell them Summary:…
Everyone these days has too many things competing for their attention, just like an Executive. As such, we scan instead of read, and our eyes glaze over when we see large blocks of text. As creators, if we want our message to get…
Blender (www.blender.org) is a fantastic program for a number of 3d tasks. Teaching blender from scratch is a big topic. Today, I’m just going to cover some topics specific to 3d printing, and show you some settings and tools to facilitate 3d printing.…
The secret to getting better and faster at anything is to practice a little every day. Chip away at it a little bit at a time until you’ve mastered it and it becomes second nature. A 30 day challenge can take you from…
So much of our content comes to us fully formed. People use to have to read and imagine the characters and scenes. Even the old radio theater left a lot to your imagination. With the advent of motion pictures, we don’t get to…
A few years ago, I went vegetarian, and then vegan. It was a gradual process, and has worked so well for me, that I feel like a bit of an evangelist – compelled to share it with anybody who will listen. Disclaimer: This…
Out with the Old, In with the New. Or so the saying goes. This past week, I’ve been moving into a new computer. I always love moving into a new computer. It’s more than picking a new wallpaper, although that took longer than…
Last time we discovered that the FLSun QQ-S profile that comes with Cura 4.3.0 works pretty well, out-of-the-box. Of course there is always room for fine tuning. Unfortunately, I did not make much progress this week, so today, I’m just going to share…
Last time we assembled, tested and calibrated the steps per mm of the printer. Now we’ll continue with the calibration steps by pushing some filament through and adjusting the printer profile. Per Filament Calibration Filament Diameter: Average at least 3 readings from a…
