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Two weeks before George Rivera's father died, he pulled him close and said three things: Don't miss Leo's games. I missed too many of yours. No business advice. No legacy talk. Just a deathbed confession from a man who finally understood what the scoreboard should have been tracking all along. That moment became everything. George Rivera is the founder of 18 Summers Advisory and author of Before They Stop Asking and this conversation is for every parent, future parent, and founder who's been telling themselves they'll make it up later. George and George break down what it really costs to build a business that consumes your life, and exactly what it looks like to build one that funds it instead. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why "I'll make it up to them later" is the most expensive lie founders tell themselves How George Rivera went from 90-hour weeks to semi-retired, while doubling revenue to $50M What the time audit reveals about where you're actually leaking presence and profit The 3-5 things that truly move the needle in any business and how to find yours The absence rehearsal test: what would break if you disappeared for a week? Why children stop asking and the two ways it happens The vacation rehearsal: how to test your business before stepping away Key Takeaways: ✔️You can always make more money. You cannot redo a childhood. You don't even know if they're going to like you later. ✔️The "I'll do it later" promise is a false finish line. Tomorrow sometimes means never. In George Rivera's case, it meant three years. ✔️Owner-dependency is not a badge of honor, it's a ceiling. The business that requires you for everything cannot outlast you. ✔️The time audit question: what are the 3-5 things only you can do in the business that actually move the needle? Everything else is a candidate for elimination or delegation. ✔️The absence rehearsal test: if you disappeared for a week with no phone, no laptop, no internet, what would you have a nightmare about not getting done? Those are your needle movers. ✔️Children don't stop needing you. They just stop asking. And it doesn't happen in one big moment, it's a hundred small ones of "give me five minutes." ✔️Consistency breaks trust. Consistency rebuilds it. The bond with your family works exactly like the bond with your clients. ✔️You don't have to choose between a great business and a present life. But it requires intentional design, not an accidental one. Timestamps & Highlights: [00:00] — The deathbed confession: "Don't miss Leo's games. I missed too many of yours." [01:24] — Welcome: two Georges, one very important conversation [04:17] — The most expensive thing founders spend and it's not money [06:59] — 2015: cancer, a confession, and the generational pattern George Rivera refused to repeat [08:36] — Hating life at $50M and the moment he decided to change everything [11:18] — Leo's real estate negotiation at eight years old and Leo's Lake House [14:10] — What presence actually looks like in practice [22:00] — The time audit: finding the 3-5 things that actually move the needle [30:00] — Owner-dependency: the trap most founders don't see until it's too late [37:00] — The vacation rehearsal and how to stress-test your business [44:00] — Installing real operators without losing control [50:00] — The absence rehearsal test: George Bryant's version [54:15] — Buy Back Time Formula and Before They Stop Asking explained [57:03] — The glass door story: how Leo stopped asking and how the bond was rebuilt [1:00:48] — Tattoo wisdom: they don't stop needing you, they just stop asking [1:03:25] — Where to connect with George Rivera and the free resource Connect with George Rivera He is the founder of 18 Summers Advisory and author of Buy Back Time Formula and Before They Stop Asking. He scaled an e-commerce brand to nearly $50M, then rebuilt his life to work 30 hours or less per week without killing growth. He hosts the 18 Summers Roundtable and Founder Dad Dinners in Austin. Website: buybacktimeformula.com/home | beforetheystopasking.com Free video: buybacktimeformula.com/freedom Instagram: @georgerivera1977 YouTube: @buybacktimeformula Your Challenge This Week: Go to buybacktimeformula.com/freedom for George Rivera's free video on where you're leaking time, profit, and presence and what to fix first. Then reach out to either George and tell them what landed. Follow George Bryant: @itsgeorgebryant Work with George: The Alliance — Community for entrepreneurs designing a life they don't need to escape from. 1:1 Coaching — Limited spots. Apply at mindofgeorge.com/coaching-consulting/ Live Retreats — In-person experiences for founders ready to stop building a business that owns them.
I show how I use ChatGPT's Etsy plugin to uncover underserved Etsy niche ideas and product opportunities beyond the usual best sellers. Learn how to run Etsy niche gap research, spot solution-based digital product ideas, and use AI to narrow your target buyer for a stronger Etsy product launch.
This solo episode features Travis Chappell, a veteran podcaster and founder who has helped thousands of people learn the mindset and habits required to earn more. Drawing from his own journey of lifestyle creep, debt awareness, and building multiple income streams, Travis breaks down simple, practical habits anyone can adopt—no degree, big savings, or special skills required—to start moving their bank account in the right direction over the next 3–6 months. On this episode we talk about: Why checking your bank account balance daily changes your money awareness and urgency. How to delay purchases for at least an hour to avoid impulse spending and emotional decisions. Eating at home to reverse lifestyle creep and stop letting restaurant and delivery bills quietly drain your income. Going to monthly in‑person events so “the more hands you shake, the more money you make.” Changing your inputs (podcasts, YouTube, conversations) so your environment pushes you toward earning more. Top 3 Takeaways Daily money awareness—like checking your bank balance or using tools such as Rocket Money—keeps your real financial situation in front of you and creates the urgency to go earn more. Small habits like delaying purchases for an hour and eating at home can quietly free up thousands of dollars a month that you can redirect toward debt payoff and savings. Your environment and relationships matter: attending monthly events, consuming business content, and talking openly about money with your spouse or close friends increases opportunities and motivation to build the life you want. Notable Quotes “What you focus on, you get more of—so put your bank balance in front of your eyes every single day.” “It's never been easier to make money, but it's also never been easier to get distracted and to spend it.” “The more hands you shake, the more money you make.” Connect with Travis Chappell: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travischappell Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/traviscchappell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell/ Other: Website – https://travischappell.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Maggie and I dive into her reading about a possible new job: Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at lines 3 and 5 to 31, Influence. changing to It’s not only about being ‘open to the new’, I think – also about being prepared and actively engaged with the process. Installing the feudal lords, embracing the marriage, writing the music to sing… In the introduction I mention a similarity with episode 68, and at the end I talk about the Change Patterns course you can access inside Change Circle. (If you’re already a member, you’ll find it in the ‘Enrich your understanding section’ in the new Learning Guide.)
Lords: Kevin Nicholas Topics: Mina the Hollower, game learning/difficulty curves adjusting challenge through options/modifiers Not having a day job any more, the blank page creative block is real. How do i come up with ideas if I don't hate my day job Arcade 1 Up "Hail, Poetry," from The Pirates of Penzance, by W.S. Gilbert https://karenspoetryspot.blogspot.com/2007/11/hail-poetry-by-ws-gilbert.html Wanting to make better food at home BUT within the unique constraints of cooking at home, budget, time, specialised equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXy12xVnRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38nrUFFpaw Microtopics: The only show on the Internet where topics are discussed. You Are Light. Working with Planetaria. The Game Club. A way to curate and discuss games. Steam reviews that don't count. Completely giving up on tuning your game's difficulty curve and just dropping the tuning parameters in the player's lap. Normie focus testing. Putting the half damage option in the gameplay settings and then putting the no damage option in the accessibility settings. Whether it's still crunch if you're doing it to yourself. Invalidating achievements when the player uses the accessibility options because you still think of them as cheats and want the player to think of them as cheats even as you call them accessibility options. Throwing poop over the wall until the boss dies. Needing a big brother to hand your controller to to play the hard parts. Making all your best prototypes when you're unhappy at your job. Have you heard the good word about PiCoSteveMo? Coming up with a commercially viable prototype ASAP. Making the first thing that comes to mind as quickly as possible and then throwing it away immediately. Becoming a postie so you finally have a day job to hate. Quote-unquote living the dream Why you only get one life in Canabalt. Kids looking at Las Vegas and thinking it looks like bullshit for old people but they still like the feeling of gambling so the play a lot of Binding of Isaac instead. Opening up Pokemon cards packs on Twitch. Opening the pack of Magic cards because you want to feel that rush but you feel nothing because you don't play Magic and don't know what cards are good. Looking for the Magic cards with the coolest quotes on them. Installing a Pac-Man cabinet to liven up your living room's aesthetics. An arcade cabinet that has no controls, it just cycles through the attract modes of various arcade games. Why you want the arcade cabinet to be taller than you are. Putting a tablecloth over the cocktail arcade cabinet when you have your fancy guests over but it keeps making the weird noises so they're like "what's going on down there??" Topic Lords off-season attract mode game jam. Creepypasta attract modes. The four player Avengers arcade game where the attract mode was just the entire running time of Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Minecraft Dungeons arcade machine. Arcade games extruding collectible hero cards. The F-Zero arcade game that you can put your GameCube memory card into to unlock exclusive levels. Zoomers no longer having access to video games because legally they're considered "experiences." Gilbert and Sullivan. Divine Emollient: it's life's moisturizer. Stopping what you're doing to go listen to Pirates of Penzance. Kevin Kline as the Pirate King. Constant emollients on hand. Poetry getting down on one knee and proposing to you. The state of musical theater in the late 1800s. Contexts in which you hear about flowing founts. Poetry's ability to make you want to moisturize. Being into cooking but everyone else suddenly getting way more into cooking. The Mr. Beastification of food Youtube. Using broth from concentrate and it's fine because you don't know any better. Finding new vegetables and trying to figure out how to cook them. Whole spices vs. pre-ground spices. Team Less Time. Why you keep hearing exhortations not to deep fry a turkey. Deep frying gnocchi. Slapped silly by the Fondue Vortex. Which family gets the onion bloomer this week and is eating nothing but blooming onions all week. Relative onion size on different continents. WoW Classic but for fast food.
I show how I use the ChatGPT Etsy plugin for Etsy trend research, niche validation, SEO, product ideas, and Pinterest content. Learn how to research Etsy bestsellers, find laser-engraved dog product opportunities, review listing URLs, and build a Pinterest posting workflow for your Etsy shop.
Bill Taylor, CEO of DCE Solar, DCE Services, and DCE Design, discusses building three complementary companies spanning solar structure manufacturing, installation, and electrical design. He explains his commitment to domestic steel sourcing, his people-first management philosophy, and hiring based on behavior rather than credentials. Topics Covered DCE Company Overview Solar Structure Manufacturing Domestic Steel Sourcing Company Culture & Leadership Hiring Philosophy Employee Retention Solar Module Trends Battery Storage Tax Credits & Incentives AI Power Demand EPC = Engineering, Procurement, Construction IPP = Independent Power Producer Carport Reach out to Bill Taylor here: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/billetaylor/ Website: www.dcesolar.com Email: btaylor@dcesolar.com Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean's classes at www.heatspring.com/sean www.solarsean.com/pvip
Hello Interactors,I've long been a fan of “regreening” cities, imagining replacing bits of asphalt and concrete with trees, plants, mini-parks, and green roofs to cool them down. In many cases these are indeed good interventions. But even these celebrated nature-based solutions to the “urban heat island” effect require closer inspection. It turns out any land cover change alters energy, water, and momentum exchanges between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. Which are the right ones and where?To understand why cookie cutter greening plans can fail and how planners and policy makers can build cities that can handle climate change, we need to understand how land and the air interact. Environments vary from place to place, and this puts limits on what we can do to land to create urban climates that are both beautiful and healthy.To get a handle on what the research says, I found a literature review from 2025 that synthesized findings from 84 peer-reviewed studies. In was published in the journal Climate Risk Management.Let's see what they, and others, found.BEATING HEAT WITH BIOPHYSICAL FEATSWhat better place to start than science. Let's just delve right into how urban green spaces affect temperature. It starts with determining the energy balance at the surface of the earth. This comes from a budget equation found in physical geography. When sunlight hits the Earth's surface, it breaks down into three main fluxes, or ways heat moves around* Sensible heat flux: the heat that directly warms the surrounding air, which we measure as temperature.* Latent heat flux: the heat that's used to turn water from a liquid to a gas, like when we sweat or plants release water vapor (transpiration).* Ground heat flux: the heat stored in building materials, asphalt, and soil.In conventional urban environments dominated by concrete and asphalt, latent heat flux is minimal because we've built cities in ways that rapidly drain water away as ‘waste'. As a result, incoming solar energy is funneled into sensible heat. This raises daytime air temperatures that gets stored as ground heat, which is slowly radiated back into the city at night. Urban greening can reshuffle this thermodynamic budget through three interconnected physical mechanisms: shading, evapotranspiration, and albedo modification.Mechanism 1. Shading: Intercepting Solar RadiationShading — the most immediate and reliable cooling mechanism provided by vegetation — requires precise microclimatic quantification. Vegetative canopies act as physical shields, intercepting incoming shortwave solar radiation before it strikes impervious surfaces like concrete or asphalt. By preventing these dense materials from absorbing heat and emitting sensible heat flux back into the boundary layer, shading dramatically lowers surface temperatures and reduces the baseline thermal energy transferred to the surrounding air. (Bowler, D. E., et al. 2010)The cooling benefit of urban trees is non-linear, accelerating significantly once neighborhood canopy cover crosses a critical threshold of around 40%. Measuring daytime air temperatures across urban gradients, they found that canopy cover above this 40% mark can lower local air temperatures by up to 1.5 to 2.0 degrees Celsius, effectively offsetting the thermal burden created by surrounding roads and impervious surfaces. (Ziter, C. D., et al. 2019)Mechanism 2. Evapotranspiration: Trading Sensible Heat for Latent HeatWhile shading blocks heat absorption, evapotranspiration actively removes heat from the air. Plants absorb soil moisture through their root systems and release it as water vapor through tiny microscopic pores in their leaves called stomata. This process requires thermal energy that turns phase-changing liquid water into gas. This energy transfer absorbs sensible heat and converts it into latent heat.Evapotranspiration from well-watered urban green spaces can lower local air temperatures by 2-4 degrees celsius. (Coutts, et al., 2013) However, physical geographers emphasize a crucial physical prerequisite that is easy to overlook: evapotranspiration is entirely dependent on available water. When the soil is dry or the air is super dry, plants close their stomata to save water. When stomata close, evapotranspiration shuts down. This leaves shading as the sole remaining cooling mechanism.Mechanism 3. Albedo Dynamics: The Surface Reflectivity ParadoxAlbedo measures the reflectivity of a surface on a scale from 0.0 (total absorption) to 1.0 (total reflection). Urban asphalt has a low albedo (0.05 to 0.10), absorbing up to 95% of incoming solar energy. Vegetation's albedo can range from 0.11 to 0.25.In temperate climates, replacing low-albedo asphalt with greenery or reflective surfaces increases surface reflectivity, sending more solar radiation back into space before it can be absorbed as sensible heat. One study documented that increasing urban surface albedo typically lowers peak ambient air temperatures by 0.3 degres Celsius to 1.0 degree Celsius — alongside much larger drops in surface pavement temperatures. While a temperature change under one degree Celsius may sound modest at first glance, a baseline shift of this magnitude across a neighborhood is enough to redefine a local microclimate. (Santamouris, 2014)But swapping out light urban surfaces for dark vegetation can also have a negative effect. Paradoxically, when researchers in 2023 replaced dry, light-colored desert soil with darker vegetation in hot, arid regions it reduced overall surface reflectivity. The drop in albedo caused an increase in daytime surface warming. (Schlaerth, et al., 2023)Furthermore, dense tree canopies inside narrow urban street canyons can act as thermal blankets at night. While trees provide valuable shade during the day, their foliage reduces the sky view factor at street level, trapping outgoing longwave thermal radiation emitted by surrounding building facades and asphalt. When combined with reduced wind permeability, this canopy barrier restricts nocturnal radiative cooling and holds warm air near ground level (Lee et al., 2016).These are the physical realities that can demonstrate how urban greening is not a consistently inherent cooling practice. It is a complex thermodynamic intervention whose success relies entirely on local environmental conditions.PLACEMENT, PATCHES, AND PARK PATTERNSBecause thermodynamic processes happen across physical spaces, cooling urban green space can be uneven. The literature review reveals that a green space's cooling capacity depends on four spatial and biological variables: vegetation density, species selection, spatial configuration, and urban morphology. Let's break them down individually.Cooling Factor 1. Vegetation Density and Species TraitsNot all greenery cools equally. One way to measure this is through a Leaf Area Index (LAI). This is the total leaf area per unit of ground area and is a primary predictor of thermal performance. As you might imagine, dense foliage absorbs more from the sun and then produces higher cumulative transpiration (so long as there's adequate water).Botanical traits also play a big role. Broadleaf deciduous species (like oaks or maples) feature large surface areas that maximize summer transpiration, but that goes away when they drop their leaves in winter. Evergreen coniferous trees, however, maintain continuous canopy coverage through every season.In temperate rainforest environments like Seattle or Vancouver, researchers found that conifers cooled urban surroundings up to 1.7 degrees celsius more effectively than broadleaf trees. Dense needle canopies continuously block incoming solar radiation due to higher LAI and the fact that clusters of spiny needles better trap a stable buffer of calm air which moderates heat exchange with the surrounding urban environment. (Eyster & Beckage, 2022, 2023) Cooling factor 2. Spatial Configuration: Landscape Ecology PrinciplesEcologists and geographers commonly evaluate green spaces through two main attributes: composition (how much green space exists) and configuration (how those green patches are arranged across the landscape). Over 58% of the mechanism-focused studies in the literature review analyzed spatial pattern metrics. The consensus is the spatial layout of green space is just as important as its total area!Other empirical studies consistently demonstrate that cooling effects decay the further you get from green spaces. Research done in 2016 and 2023 shows how urban parks can produce a primary “cooling footprint” that extends typically 100 to 300 meters from the park boundaries. If you're lucky enough to live within this buffer, temperatures drop between 1.9 and 3.1 degrees celsius, but beyond 300 meters, the cooling influence quickly falls off. (Bao, et al. 2016, Shi et al. 2023)This spatial limit leads to a couple spatial layout choices. A few big parks or connected networks of smaller green spaces. Large, consolidated parks (>2 hectares) generate intense, stable “cool islands” at their core, but their benefits remain localized. For example, a study in Xalapa, Mexico, revealed that parks larger than 2.8 hectares with over 21% tree cover provided reliable local cooling of around 2 degrees celsius . (Lemoine-Rodriguez et al., 2022)Connected networks of smaller green spaces distributed across a city create a more equitable cooling effect. Three studies in 2019 and 2021 show that fragmented, isolated green patches — like big parks — perform poorly compared to continuous, linear green corridors. Linear “green belts” or street-tree networks (in the right environment) can act as ventilation channels, allowing cool air generated by vegetation to flow into adjacent built-up neighborhoods. (Masoudi et al., 2019, 2021; Pramanik, 2019)Cooling factor 3. Urban Morphology: The Built Environment MatrixObviously, green spaces don't exist in isolation. They're embedded within a three-dimensional hodge podge of buildings, streets, and other bits of infrastructure. Urban morphologists can quantify this urban morphological cacophony using building height-to-street-width ratio and sky view factor - the extent to which surrounding structures and canopies obstruct a location's view of the open sky.High-density urban cores with tall buildings create deep “urban canyons” that generate their own shade. In these settings, building shade can combine with tree shade during peak daylight hours to significantly lower temperatures.However, studies show that if tree canopies in narrow street canyons are too dense — particularly in humid environments — they can trap anthropogenic heat emitted by vehicle exhaust and air conditioning condenser units. They can also significantly reduce localized wind speeds. As a result, maximizing green space cooling efficiency requires aligning vegetation density and canopy architecture with prevailing wind corridors to preserve urban ventilation channels (Cheung & Jim, 2019; Morakinyo et al., 2019).Nothing is every as easy as it seems.BRIDGING GAPS WITH BETTER MAPSWhile academic literature can offer detailed insights into microclimatic processes, there remains a big gap between academia and urban planning and governmental policy. That gap may be self-fulfilling. The literature review of 84 papers revealed 61% of the papers simply advocate for expanding green space area, whereas only 26% focus on optimizing existing green infrastructure.Recommending that dense, historical cities “add more large parks” ignores real-world urban constraints. In modern, rapidly expanding cities, urban land is expensive, highly contested, and structurally constrained. Space dedicated to a new park often competes directly with housing, transit infrastructure, or commercial development. To move beyond idealistic slogans, urban planning will have to recon with three major implementation challenges.Challenge 1. The Water-Energy-Heat Nexus in Arid CitiesThe most significant implementation challenge facing nature-based solutions occurs precisely where urban heat stress is most severe — in hot, arid regions. Cities like Phoenix, Cairo, Tehran, or Riyadh already suffer from intense summer heatwaves. You don't have to live in or visit these places to know water there is extremely scarce.Maintaining green spaces in places like this requires pumping groundwater or desalinating seawater. Pumping and desalinating water requires massive amounts of electricity, which only increases greenhouse gas emissions if that power is coming from fossil fuels. Furthermore, if irrigation water runs out during a heatwave, non-adapted vegetation dries out, loses its cooling capacity, and can even become a wildfire risk.To solve this dilemma, physical geographers advocate evaluating urban greening through a standardized resource efficiency metric: evapotranspirative cooling per unit of water applied. In plain language, this ratio measures how many degrees of cooling you get for each liter (or gallon) of water that plants and soil release into the air through evaporation and transpiration.In dry climates — where municipal water is already tightly rationed and turfgrass is increasingly discouraged but rarely banned (I'm looking at you Arizona) — urban greening strategies are going to have pivot away from high-water lawns and non-native foliage. These cities have to move from simply prioritizing or incentivizing drought-tolerant species to requiring them. While drought-tolerant plants transpire less water than many other plants and trees — and still require water — when combined with drip-irrigation using treated municipal wastewater (greywater), they can provide a pretty reliable canopy shade and even modest evaporative cooling without draining water reserves.Challenge 2. Environmental Justice and Thermal EquityUrban heat exposure is rarely, if ever, distributed evenly across socio-economic groups. In many cities worldwide, low-income neighborhoods exhibit significantly lower tree canopy cover, higher proportions of impervious asphalt, and higher building densities than the more affluent suburbs and ex-urbs. This imbalance leaves more vulnerable populations exposed to extreme heat hazards.When municipalities undertake uncoordinated “regreening” projects, they risk triggering green gentrification. Installing fancy attractive parks can then inflate surrounding property values, displacing residents while still not reducing their heat related vulnerability.To address this, requires targeted interventions like deploying small-scale, distributed interventions (think pocket parks, vegetated bus stops, and road corridors) directly in high-vulnerability, low-canopy/vegetation neighborhoods. You could focus on functional shading over high-maintenance aesthetics. This could better ensure that at least transit stops, pedestrian walkways, and playgrounds are prioritized for canopy cover. Lastly, combining situated green infrastructure with social policy could create and/or protect more affordable housing around old and new greened public corridors and spaces.Challenge 3. A Multi-Benefit, Context-Specific Design FrameworkNo single cooling intervention works everywhere. Planners and policy makers need to adopt an integrated, multi-tiered approach that combines nature-based solutions with material interventions.In arid and semi-arid environments, planners should prioritize structural canopy shading and end an over-reliance on water-intensive lawn evapotranspiration. It's time to demand drought-tolerant trees with greywater irrigation networks, shade sails, and high-albedo “cool pavements” that can better reflect solar radiation without draining water resources.In contrast, humid and more temperate climates would likely benefit most from maximizing green spatial connectivity. By linking existing parks through linear street-tree corridors — with select broadleaf and/or coniferous species — summer evapotranspiration can be enhanced while maintaining year-round microclimate regulation.Finally, within high-density, built-up cores where ground space for new parks is limited, cities should leverage vertical green walls and green roofs paired with reflective building materials. But they best also preserve prevailing wind corridors while preventing nighttime heat traps through street canyons.“Regreening” is a compelling slogan, but as physical geography demonstrates, simplistic blanket policies can yield unpredictable thermodynamic results. Simply planting trees without considering local climate, available water, species traits, spatial configuration, and urban geometry can lead to unintended consequences.The exhaustive synthesis of decade-long research provided by Hadi Soltanifard and Majid Amani-Beni (2025) offers a clear path forward. Nature-based solutions are not off-the-shelf products that can be copy-pasted across different global cities. They are dynamic, living interventions that alter energy fluxes across urban surfaces.By moving beyond blanket acreage targets and framing urban greening as the strategic reorganization of surface-energy relations, geographers, urban planners, and policymakers will need to work together. When we design green infrastructure that respects local environmental constraints, honors spatial equity, and optimizes microclimatic processes, urban greening moves from a vague policy promise toward tools of experimentation that can pragmatically evolve our cities and megaregions into truly climate-resilient urbanscapes.ReferencesBowler, D. E., Buyung-Ali, L., Knight, T. M., & Pullin, A. S. (2010). Urban greening to cool towns and cities: A systematic review of the empirical evidence. Landscape and Urban Planning, 97(3), 147-155.Cheung, P.K., Jim, C.Y., 2019. 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Georgetown OC Jarrell Flores Breaks Down the Boundary and Field Glance RPOCoach Jarrell Flores, offensive coordinator at Georgetown High School in Texas, joins the Board Drill Podcast to break down the RPO concept that has become the foundation of Georgetown's explosive pass game. Coach Flo walks through how reading the boundary safety on the glance route opened up the offense, why it pairs directly with their wide zone run game, and how they have adapted it across personnel groupings, formations, and coverage shells for the last two seasons.Inside this episode, Coach Flo covers the origin of the read, the pre-snap and post-snap process his quarterback goes through, how the concept holds up against one-high, two-high, and three-high safety structures, and how Georgetown layers motion, bunch, and stack formations to protect it from disguised coverage. He also gets into the program's culture, coaching lineage, and what has made Georgetown one of the most consistent offenses in Texas for over 20 years.Timestamps are estimated from the raw recording and may shift slightly once the final edit locks.0:00 Introduction and Coach Jarrell Flores joins the show4:01 Georgetown culture, coaching lineage, and GT DNA identity10:53 Installing the boundary and field glance RPO: reads, pre-snap keys, and route detail17:57 Bunch, stack, and split variations to protect the concept26:08 Beating one-high and three-high safety shells, marrying it to wide zone33:24 Handling the overhang defender and the levels concept answer39:59 Run game numbers, offensive line staff, and explosive play examples48:29 Answering two-high shells with checkdowns and bunch concepts55:50 Formation variety: ace, 12 personnel, and empty sets1:00:44 Live Q&A: quarters coverage, the dart run, and layering the offense1:05:30 What makes Georgetown unique: staff development, velocity-based training, and community1:09:54 Book recommendations and closing thoughtsThis episode is brought to you by Sideline HQ, equipment inventory management built for football programs. Stop tracking gear on spreadsheets and start managing it from your phone. Check it out at sidelinehq.co and claim your free 30 day trial. Board Drill listeners get the tool built for how coaches actually work.If you coach ball and want more breakdowns like this one, subscribe to the Board Drill Podcast for new episodes and head to www.boarddrill.com for more coaching content, articles, and film study. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.boarddrill.com/subscribe
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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 Introduction In this episode I will describe techniques for downloading podcasts using basic shell commands such as wget. I will illustrate this using a bash script that can be used to download HPR podcasts. Even if you do not have any interest in downloading your podcasts using this method, you may find some of the methods useful or interesting. It is the principles that are discussed here that are important, rather than the implementation. 02 I realize that there are already a number of different podcast download programs available, including at least one written in bash. However, you may feel that none of these suit how you wish to do things and want to create your own system tailored to your specific needs. If so, then I hope the following is of some use to you. If not, then you may still find some of the things discussed here to still be of interest. Some of the subjects I cover include wget to a user defined file name. parsing xml with xmllint. using inotifywait to trigger an action when a file is created or modified. using notify-send to send a message to the notification area. and a way of allowing a cron job to send a message to the user interface. 03 Background There has been an ongoing discussion in comments to some HPR episodes about problems downloading HPR podcast episodes. Apparently some people have been experiencing problems with the way the episode URLs are structured. 04 I am afraid that I don't fully understand the nature of these problems, so I won't be addressing that problem directly. Instead, I will present a bash script that I have written which can be used to download HPR podcasts. This bash script can be run using cron to automatically fetch new HPR podcasts and save them to a designated directory. This is a simplified version of a script that I have used for years to download HPR and other podcasts. 05 I won't try to read the full bash script out in this podcast, as that would be a bit dull to listen to. I will instead describe what each section does and why I chose to do things that way. Perhaps other people can offer suggestions of better ways to do things. I will post the full bash script in the show notes. 06 Fetching Podcasts The standard way of distributing podcasts is to publish an RSS feed containing URL links to the audio files. RSS is a very long established and widely supported mechanism for this and other purposes. An RSS feed is basically an XML document which can be accessed over HTTP. These URLs contained in the RSS XML document can then be used to download the actual audio files, such as MP3 or OGG files. 07 Basically what we need to do is the following • Download the RSS XML document. • Extract the URL links to the audio files. • Compare the list of these links to a previously saved list to see which ones are new and which ones are ones that we previously downloaded. 08 • Make a list of the new URLs. • Go through this list of new URLs and download each of the new audio files. • Check to see that we actually received the new audio file. • Add the URLs of the files we successfully downloaded to our saved list of podcast URLs 09 In addition to this, we would like to have the above happen automatically in the background without our having to take any action on our own. We may wish to receive a notification of when a new podcast has arrived however. We would probably also wish to receive notification of any errors or failures. 10 Fetching Podcasts - The Preliminaries Our desire to be able to run the script automatically imposes some requirements on our solution. To schedule the script we will use cron. Cron is a Linux facility to run scripts on a schedule. 11 One of the side effects of using cron however is that we need to specify the full path to the locations where we intend to keep any data files, plus also the full path to where we intend to put the downloaded podcasts. 12 So the first thing we need to do in our script is to specify a number of different values for things like file location, the URL for the HPR RSS feed, and several other things as well. I will skip over the details of these, although I may make reference to them later. 13 Get the RSS Data The first thing of real substance to do is to fetch the current RSS feed data. I have put this in a bash function called getrssurldata The contents of this function are a one liner, but with a number of elements chained together through pipes. 14 Downloading the RSS XML Document • First we use wget, which is a standard command on most Linux distros. • We specify four things. • First we set a timeout. I have chosen 20 seconds. • Next we set the retry limit. I have chosen 3. 15 • Then we specify that the output of wget is sent to stdout rather than saved as a file. • This is done by using the -O option followed by a space and then a dash. • The O option is usually used to specify a file to save the output to, but when used with a dash causes output to go to stdout. • Then we specify the URL of the HPR RSS feed. 16 Contents of the XML Document This gives us the HPR RSS XML document. There are about 5,000 lines in this RSS document. Most of those lines are the show notes which are also included in the feed. 17 Extracting the Podcast Episode URLs There are only 10 lines of the document that contain information that we are interested in however. These lines are enclosed in "enclosure" XML tags. We just need to find those lines and separate out the URLs 18 Standard Command Line Tools There are two ways that we can do this. One is to use a combination of grep, sed, and cut. Grep can find the lines containing the enclosure tags. Sed and cut can extract the URL from the surrounding extraneous data. 19 However, this method does not discriminate between real enclosure tags in the data portion of the RSS feed and enclosure tags in the show notes which are included in the feed from episodes such as this one. This may be an acceptable problem in practical terms, but we can do better. 20 Using an XML Parser The other method is to actually parse the XML document. there are at least two command line XML parsers that I am aware of. These are "xmllint", and "xlmstarlet". I have used xmllint in this example. I have not used xmlstarlet, so I can't offer any comment on how easy or difficult to use it is. 21 I won't give a detailed explanation of all the things that xmllint can do. It has many features, most of which, as the name suggests, have to do with finding formatting problems with the XML itself. Describing everything it can do would be at least one episode in itself. I will instead just give the particular command used and explain each element of it. 22 In this example assume that we are piping the output of wget directly into xmllint. The complete command is xmllint --xpath "//channel/item/enclosure/@url" - | cut -d'"' -f2 23 In this example, xmllint is the name of the command. --xpath tells it to parse the document according to the string which follows. "//channel/item/enclosure/@url" tells it to find a series of tags in the hierarchy of channel, followed by item, followed by enclosure, and then extract the url attribute from the enclosure tag. The "-" which follows tells it to look for input from stdin rather than from a file. 24 The result is a string which has the url attribute name, an equal sign, and the URL that we want enclosed in quotes. To get just the URL itself, we pipe the output from xmllint into cut, using the doublequote characters as delimiters. We then save the result in a temporary file. 25 Finding the New Episodes Next we wish to find the new podcast episodes. Each HPR episode is identified by a unique URL. This means that if we save the URLs of episodes that we have already downloaded, we just have to look for the URLs that do not appear in this saved list. https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4659/hpr4659.mp3 26 The easiest way to do this is to take our two lists of URLs, sort each into temporary files, and then compare the sorted URLs using the "comm" command. 27 This is simple, but has a drawback. Some podcasts occasionally change distributors. When they do this, the old podcasts are re-published with new URLs and you end up downloading a lot of old episodes over again. 28 With HPR we could get around this by extracting just the file name and looking for that instead of the full URL. I will however leave that problem as an exercise for the student and just accept that if the URL format changes we may end up downloading old episodes over again. Since the feed has a maximum of only 10 episodes in it however, that isn't really that big of a problem. It would be more of a problem with podcasts which have very large numbers of episodes in their feed, but the solutions to those will be feed specific. 29 Downloading the New Podcasts We should now have a list of URLs for the new podcasts we do not already have. Typically this should be only one file, but there could be several, or even as many as 10, if we have not turned on our computer in a while. Therefore, we need to iterate through the file of new podcast URLs and download each one. 30 Before we do that however, we should check to see if there is in fact anything new to download. To do this, simply use "wc -l" to count the number of lines in the list of new URLs and save the resulting number. 31 If this number is zero, there is nothing to download, we can skip the download step. As an additional check, we should see if the number of downloads exceeds some threshold value that we wish to set. This is not a major problem with HPR, but some podcasts have hundreds of files in their RSS feed rather than just the most recent ones. If we do exceed our download limit, then we need to log an error and skip downloading. 32 Assuming there are no problems so far however, the first thing we need to do is to extract the name of the audio file from the URL. We can do that using the "basename" command. We will use this to specify the name that we use when we save the audio file. 33 HPR has a very well formed file name. Some podcasts do not however, and for those you would need to construct some sort of suitable name either using information found in the URL or simply creating a name using a time stamp. 34 Next we download the audio file using wget. This is similar to how we downloaded the RSS feed, but with a few changes. One is that I have increased the timeout to 90 seconds. This may not have been necessary, but seemed like a good idea. 35 The next is that when specifying the output file name using -O, we use the file name we extracted from the URL. The third is that we specify a destination directory using the -P option. 36 After wget has finished, including any retries that it had to do, we next check that the expected new file is both present and not empty. We did this using an "if" statement with the "-s" option. If the file was found and not zero, then we add that URL to a temporary list of downloaded URLs. 37 If the file was not present, or was zero length, we output an error message to an error log. I will come back to this point later. 38 Next, if there is more that one podcast to download we sleep for 3 seconds. While not strictly necessary, it is considered to be "polite" to not hammer a server repeatedly, but rather to put a small delay between file downloads.. 39 After we have downloaded all the audio files in our list, we can add the list of URLs for the files downloaded to the permanent list. While we are at it, we should use "tail" to trim the permanent log to keep it from growing indefinitely. This limit should be several times bigger than the number of files in the RSS feed. In this case I selected 50. 40 Finally we write any errors to the permanent error log, and also write these same errors to another file used to signal errors for display to the user. We have now successfully downloaded at least one HPR podcast. 41 Notify the User of Events It would be convenient to be informed of new podcast downloads when they occur, and also be notified of any errors. One of the limitations of cron jobs is that they cannot access the user interface. This means that we cannot readily send a message directly to the notification system to inform the user of the presence of new podcasts or of errors. 42 inotifywait The solution to this is to use "inotifywait" to monitor particular files and directories for changes. The man page for inotifywait states the following - 43 inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts. It can either exit once an event occurs, or continually execute and output events as they occur. End of quote. 44 In many Linux distros, inotifywait is provided by the "inotify-tools" package. I won't go over all the features of inotifywait. Instead, I will just describe how to use it for our purposes here. 45 inotifywait Modes I should point out first though that inotifywait operates in two different modes. In the normal default mode, it exits after being triggered by an event and must be re-established again in order to resume monitoring. In monitor mode, which is enabled by using the "-m" option, it runs indefinitely, responding to events. I will use the default mode here. 46 The man page for inotifywait provides a simple example that we could copy and modify for our purposes. A great many examples that you will find are based on this example. However, it doesn't quite do what we want, so we need to change a few things. 47 podfetchnotify The first shell script is one which monitors for the arrival of new podcasts and sends a notification to the user. I will call this "podfetchnotify". The complete scripts are in the show notes, I will just provide a brief description here. 48 Setting Up Event Watches Using inotifywait The script is enclosed in a while loop which run indefinitely. In the first line inside the while loop, we call inotifywait. inotifywait will then block until the event it is told to look for occurs. In short, execution of the script will wait there until an event occurs. 49 The names of the events are listed in the man file. In this case we are looking for "modify", "create", and "moved_to". Each of these does pretty much as you would expect, reacting to modifying an existing file, creating a new file, or moving a file to that directory. 50 Problems When Testing Using Text Editors I should point out that if you are testing a script which uses inotifywait, then modifying a file with a text editor may not produce the results that you may think it would. Instead it treats this as a new file with the same name, with the original file being erased. Since inotifywait attaches itself to the inode rather than the filename, it sees the file that the text editor changed as being a new file. If you wish to test this realistically, then use "echo" to overwrite the file by using I/O redirection. 51 Capturing Output In my example I capture the output from standard out into a variable, but I don't do anything with it. If you wish to for example display the name of the newly downloaded podcast file, then use the --format option along with an appropriate formatting code. There are details about this in the man page. On the next line we capture the exit code using "$?" 52 Responding to Exit Codes If the exit code was zero, then a monitored event was triggered and there should a new podcast in the directory. In this case we display a message indicating that a new podcast has arrived. I will describe how to send notifications shortly. If the exit code was not zero, then an error occurred. An example of such an error would be if the directory were not present when monitoring was started. In this case we display a message indicating that a fatal error has occurred and then exit. 53 Delay for More Podcasts Finally, we use "sleep" to wait for some arbitrary period of time to prevent notifications from being triggered multiple times if several podcasts were being downloaded in succession. In this case I chose to wait for 60 seconds. 54 We have now completed the process and can return to the top of the loop and resume waiting using inotifywait. 55 Sending Notifications to the User I mentioned above about sending notification messages to the user. In the Gnome desktop, notification messages appear from the centre of the top bar in a list. Other desktops or operating systems may have something similar. 56 To send a notification message to the notification area, you use the "notify-send" command. Simply follow notify-send with a quoted string and it will be displayed in the notification area. 57 podfetcherrornotify The second shell script is one which notifies the user of errors. I will call this "podfetcherrornotify". With this shell script we set up a watch on a file which contains any error messages from podfetch. This script is very similar to podfetchnotify. 58 The exceptions are With inotifywait we only monitor for "modify". There is no sleep command at the end of the loop. Instead we sleep for a few seconds just after getting the exit code from inotifywait. This helps prevent problems caused by race conditions. 59 Next we check the inotifywait exit code. If it was zero, then we read the error report file and send a notification message to the user containing that error message. 60 If it was not zero, then we check to make sure that the directory that should contain the error log exists. If it does not exist, then we send a notification message to that effect to the user and terminate the script. 61 If the directory exists, then we check to see if the error message file used for signalling exists. If the file does not exist, then we create it. 62 One of the reasons for an inotifywait error is that if the file that it is told to monitor does not exist, it cannot set up a watch condition. By creating the file we correct the cause of the error and allow inotifywait to operate normally. 63 Finally we increment an error counter and check to see if the limit is exceeded. If there are excessive errors, then send a notification message to the user and exit. The reason for this is to give the user an indication that the error notifications are not working for some reason and there may be a problem that needs looking into. 64 The error counter is reset every time the inotifywait exit status is ok, so occasional unexpected glitches should be something that is ignored. Of course podcast fetching errors are something that will probably happen only rarely if at all, so this final step may be seen as an unnecessary embellishment. 65 Installing the Scripts Next I will describe how to install and prepare the scripts to run. We need to perform the following steps. 66 • First, we need to create a directory to hold the scripts and their associated data files. • Next we need to create a directory to hold the downloaded podcasts. • Then we must copy the scripts to these directories and make them executable. • Then, we must edit the scripts to have the file path in the script match the locations of the new directories that we created. 67 • Then we need to install xmllint, or alternatively modify the download script to comment out the use of xmllint and enable the alternative method using grep and sed instead. • Then we need to run each script manually from the command line to check for errors. • If podfetch ran correctly, it should download the most recent 10 podcasts during this test. 68 Adding podfetch to the Crontab The above describes how to run the scripts manually. In order to fetch podcasts automatically, we need to add the podfetch script to the cron schedule. To do this, open a terminal. 69 Type "crontab -e", and then press return. A text editor should open up containing the crontab file. On Ubuntu, this editor is GNU nano. Enter the appropriate cron parameters. I will provide an example here for running it 12 minutes past the hour every three hours. 70 12 */3 * * * /home/username/pathtofiles/podfetch.sh 71 I won't explain cron in detail here. The example that I have just given should be good enough for most people. The "*/3" parameter will cause it to run every three hours. The "12" parameter will cause it to run 12 minutes past the hour when it does run. 72 Checking every three hours should be good enough for most people, but you can adjust that as you see fit. I would recommend however that you don't check more frequently than once per hour. Checking more frequently than necessary puts extra load on the distribution servers. It is very unlikely that you really do need each new episode the moment it is available. 73 I would also recommend changing the "12" parameter to some other random minute value. I would suggest avoiding on the hour or on the half hour, as a lot of other people are probably checking at those times, and it would be better to spread the load out more evenly over time. 74 The file path parameter should of course match the actual path to wherever you have located the script, including the correct user name. 75 Making the Notification Scripts Start Automatically The two notification scripts can be made to start automatically. The exact method to do this may vary according to distribution or desktop. 76 On Ubuntu this is done using the Startup Applications Preferences GUI program, which should come already installed. 77 I won't go into details on this here, it should be fairly self evident how to use it once you see it. What this program does is to create ".desktop" files in the ".config/autostart" directory in your home directory. 78 These ".desktop" files are all run automatically on start up. Once you have added the notification scripts, you will need to log out and then log back in to make them active. 79 Conclusion I this episode I explained how to write a set of simple shell scripts to automatically download each new episode of HPR as it comes out and to notify you of its arrival. 80 The download script described here is tailored specifically for use with HPR only. However, it was derived from a larger script that downloaded other podcasts as well, based on information read in from a text file. If you are feeling ambitious, you can add those features back into this to handle all of the podcasts that you listen to. 81 In a comment to another episode of HPR I had said that I would cover ID3 tags in MP3 files, but this episode is long enough now, so I will leave that subject for later. I look forward to seeing you again later on another episode of Hack Public Radio. # ====================================================================== podfetchdownloader #!/bin/bash # Fetch pending HPR podcasts listed in the HPR RSS feed. # 8-Jun-2026 # Licensed under GPLv3 or later. # ====================================================================== # Today's date and time as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. podttimestamp=$( date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ) # The absolute path to the script. This is necessary when running it # using a cron job. podpath="/home/me/Apps/hprfetch" # This is the absolute path to where to store the podcast files. podfilepath="/home/me/Music/Podcasts/HPR" # Create the full path names here for all the text files used. podcastsfetched="$podpath/podcastsfetched.txt" poderrorslog="$podpath/poderrorslog.txt" poderrorsreport="$podpath/poderrorsreport.txt" tmpoldurlssorted="$podpath/tmpoldurlssorted.txt" tmppodsnew="$podpath/tmppodsnew.txt" tmppodstodownload="$podpath/tmppodstodownload.txt" tmppodserrors="$podpath/tmppodserrors.txt" tmppodcastsfetched="$podpath/tmppodcastsfetched.txt" tmplog="$podpath/tmplog.txt" # The URL for the HPR RSS feed. PodURL="http://hackerpublicradio.org/hpr_rss.php" # Limit on number of podcasts to download. DownloadLimit=11 # Name of the podcast. PodName="Hacker Public Radio" # ====================================================================== # Check if the required paths exist. # If this path does not exist, cannot log the error. if [[ ! -d "$podpath/" ]]; then echo "$podttimestamp Error - Could not find $podfilepath." exit 1 fi # Where to store the podcast file fetched. if [[ ! -d "$podfilepath/" ]]; then echo "$podttimestamp Error - Could not find $podfilepath." >> $tmppodserrors # Copy the errors log from the temporary errors file to the permanent files. LogErrors exit 1 fi # ====================================================================== # Check if the podcast log exists. We read it before we write to it, # so it must exist or we will hang on it not being present. if [[ ! -e $podcastsfetched ]]; then touch $podcastsfetched fi # ====================================================================== # Delete the specified files if they exist. # This accepts multiple file names in a variable number of parameters. CleanupFiles () { # $@ accepts multiple parameters. for f in "$@"; do # Check if the file exists. if [ -e "$f" ]; then rm "$f" fi done } # ====================================================================== # Copy the errors log from the temporary errors file to the permanent files. LogErrors () { if [ -e $tmppodserrors ]; then # The permanent log. cat $tmppodserrors >> $poderrorslog # This file is monitored for display by other scripts. cat $tmppodserrors > $poderrorsreport fi } # ====================================================================== # Get the URL data from an RSS feed GetRSSURLData () { wget --timeout=20 --tries=3 -O - "$PodURL" | xmllint --xpath "//channel/item/enclosure/@url" - | cut -d'"' -f2 | sort > $tmppodsnew # This is an alternate method that does not use xmllint. # However, it is not as robust. If someone were to include the # first grep search pattern in their show notes, then it would # look for that as a valid tag and output the following text # as a URL. #wget --timeout=20 --tries=3 -O - "$PodURL" | grep " $poderrorsreport fi # Increment the error counter. count=$(( count + 1 )) if (( count > 3 )); then notify-send "Podfetch error: Excessive unknown errors, exiting." exit 1 fi fi done # ====================================================================== Provide feedback on this episode.
Original text by Dan Littman, Tom Moran, and Charles Piller. Apologies for my rough voice in this one. It's been a difficult year. “Apple and IBM will work together on architecture-independent multimedia products and license them to other vendors.” IBM never so much as bothered to license QuickTime, and allegedly stopped distributing its multimedia tools to discourage people from using AIX for multimedia delivery. The stupefyingly vague and dull Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance press conference. Warning: do not consume while driving or operating heavy machinery. Get to know your new IBM RS/6000 system! David Barnes talking about Taligent and Workplace/OS, because why not transplant your current computing environment on top of an environment that runs all environments that will be shipping Real Soon Now for … reasons? WWDC 1997 Q&A: What's holding back CHRP? Is Apple afraid of (gasp) being undercut by Macintosh clone makers? clabretro: RS/6000 startup sequence and 1990s GeoCities animé fan page font in the System Management Services console. Installing and running CorelDraw, Netscape 1.0, and Quake on an RS/6000. Remnants of CHRP in the AIX netinstall configuration assistant. Running Windows NT on a G3? More likely than you think. Cameron Kaiser's extremely detailed look at Netware Server on a Power Mac 6100. How about that artwork? That weird point in time where the highest performance AppleShare solution was a giant Apple box running AIX. Get a load of the chonky Motorola PowerStack systems.
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Lords: Chall RT-55J https://samarantes.neocities.org/ https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=878 Topics: Remembering the Dynowarz Instagram private server, and social media thoughts every Mastodon user had already Why don't CPUs do analog arithmetic? Leaves, by Ursula LeGuin https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148293/leaves-5bd9e153d78b2 Microtopics: DogTroid, the first Metroid ROM hack to star a dog. Self-finishing games. Sparkling water: it's like water but a lot more interesting. Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. What sodas foam the most in response to a mento. Foam persistence. Foaminess reactions of a mento on various vintagesn of Diet Coke. Jolt Cola: all the sugar, twice the caffeine, three times the foam. A can of soda that's safe to open in a bathroom stall. Artisanal Coca Cola cans on Etsy that finally allow you to open a can of soda in a bathroom stall without anyone realizing you're drinking a Coke on the toilet. Flushable soda cans: as flushable as a flushable wipe. Why do toilets have pee traps when the pee deserves to be free? The second worst game in your NES collection. Desert Chrome title screens. Playing as a little spaceman until you enter the dinosaur mech. Shooting some alien brain or maybe a heart. 8bitnintendo.science How to pick what video games to buy in the late 1980s. How Metroid improved on the maze-with-keys genre. Nanosaur. A velociraptor with a techno-backpack. A game that is exhilarating and scary and endless when you're a child turning out to be a twenty minute trifle when you're an adult. Trespasser (1998) Simulation dinosaur emotions but you can't find a good balance so you just permanently lock them all to angry. Installing a violent action game about dinosaurs in the elementary school computer lab because dinosaurs are technically educational. Revisiting games that perplexed you as a child. Playing bad video games because no matter how bad they are they're still better than going outside and talking to people. The one where Kirby eats a car. The Roblox-like games you can find by logging into third party Minecraft servers. Starting your own Pixelfed server. Following the only person you know on Mastodon. Bluesky's recommendation algorithms recommendeding you nothing but bots. Inventing Internet forums from first principles. When your brain makes up garbage and you need a void to shove it into. Doing your part to make AI worse. CSS Crimes. How to find people to follow on Cohost. Signing up for a social media site and looking around and realizing you doing know anyone here. Mining and reposting. The ongoing maintenance requirements of running a Mastodon server. Ways you can interact with your family that only work if you have an iOS developer in the family. Off-box SQL database backup. Hypothetical IRC servers that support chat logs. Hardware random number generation. The pot of boiling water every Intel CPU draws thermal noise from for random number generation. The most commonly used analog computers in 2026. The market forces that led to semi-modular synthesizers being available for $300. Using your analog CPU to run a million instances of Lunar Lander at once. A rustic summer retreat ranch in the hills of Napa Valley, California. What makes us perceive the gradient of identities over the course of someone's life as a single identity. The most ephemeral thing possible. Musing for a few sentences and then thinking "hmm, I could put some line breaks in here and then publish it." Musing about the nature of identity, with line breaks. Topic Slingers. Topics: throw them around a lil bit. They love it. A lot of people don't know that.
A Christchurch City Councillor says $200,000 to light up a CBD mural is money well spent - because small touches help bring people into the city. The lights were installed on Press Lane to address concerns it felt uninviting after dark. The Taxpayers' Union says the cash could have been better spent. Councillor Nathaniel Herz Jardine says creating a vibrant city requires choices that cost money. "The big problem with Courtenay Place, with Queen Street - partly, it's the pipes that are leaking - and also, there's no sense of fun. There's no sense of beauty and excitement in those cities." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thinking about installing a Level 2 EV charger yourself? This episode reveals the hidden dangers of DIY electrical work, from fire hazards and voided warranties to costly code violations, and explains why hiring a licensed electrician is the only safe choice.Learn more at https://www.mistersparky.com/services/ev-charger-installation/ Mister Sparky of Fort Wayne City: Fort Wayne Address: 3404 Metro Park Drive N Website: https://www.mistersparky.com/fort-wayne/
Behind the political theatre $50bn worth of procurement plans were announced at the NATO summit, from artillery shells to airlift and space capabilities.Sitrep explains who's buying what and why with the help of the UK's first Director of Joint Warfare, retired Air Marshal Greg Bagwell.Professor Michael Clarke assesses whether this will improve Europe's defences, or simply turn into a game of whack-a-mole filling gaps left by the US. And the alliance has rebranded its air-policing mission in the Baltics to “air-defence”. What practical difference does that make, and will it require the RAF to contribute more?
Paint Protection Film shields cars from rock chips, scratches, and daily road hazards, but is it worth the cost? This episode covers self-healing options, how PPF compares to ceramic coating, and how to match the right film to any vehicle. To learn more, visit https://thecarshopmd.com The Car Shop City: Laurel Address: 10075B N 2nd St, Website: https://thecarshopmd.com/ Phone: +1 240 240 3922 Email: info@thecarshopmd.com
If you're heading to Macstock Conference later this week, make sure you have everything you need to get the most out of this unique annual event. From the things you should do before you leave to the things that you need to have with you, the MacVoices' Macstock Checklist will make sure you are ready for the year's best Mac event. (Haven't decided yet? On-site registration will be available!) Show Notes: Chapters: 00:39 Preparing for the trip to Crystal Lake 00:55 Introducing the personal MacStock checklist 01:09 Reviewing Road to MacStock presenter interviews 01:39 Downloading Ecamm before Creator Camp 02:17 Packing power adapters, batteries, and cables 02:31 Installing apps for Jeff Gamet's session 02:50 Preparing spreadsheets for Allison Sheridan's session 03:20 David Pogue's session and book signing 03:49 Bringing the right tools for taking notes 04:12 Leaving room for swag and giveaways 04:43 Bringing contact cards for networking 05:00 Dressing for cold conference rooms 05:31 Checking presenter resources before leaving 05:47 Brett Terpstra's Marked download for attendees 06:06 Wrapping up the checklist Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe: Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss
If you're heading to Macstock Conference later this week, make sure you have everything you need to get the most out of this unique annual event. From the things you should do before you leave to the things that you need to have with you, the MacVoices' Macstock Checklist will make sure you are ready for the year's best Mac event. (Haven't decided yet? On-site registration will be available!) Show Notes: Chapters: 00:39 Preparing for the trip to Crystal Lake 00:55 Introducing the personal MacStock checklist 01:09 Reviewing Road to MacStock presenter interviews 01:39 Downloading Ecamm before Creator Camp 02:17 Packing power adapters, batteries, and cables 02:31 Installing apps for Jeff Gamet's session 02:50 Preparing spreadsheets for Allison Sheridan's session 03:20 David Pogue's session and book signing 03:49 Bringing the right tools for taking notes 04:12 Leaving room for swag and giveaways 04:43 Bringing contact cards for networking 05:00 Dressing for cold conference rooms 05:31 Checking presenter resources before leaving 05:47 Brett Terpstra's Marked download for attendees 06:06 Wrapping up the checklist Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe: Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss
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Hello and welcome to Handgun Radio! I'm your host Ryan Michad, Weerd Beard & Co from the wild woods of Central Maine and this is your home for all the news, information and discussion in the handgunning world! This week we talk Developmental Dead Ends! Please check out the Patriot Patch Company for their awesome patches and other high quality items! Visit www.patriotpatch.co for more information! Cool artist “proof” rendition come along with the latest patch of the month patches! Thank you to all our patreons! Visit us at https://www.patreon.com/handgunradio Week In Review: Ryan: -Back from a short hiatus; been a busy few weeks. In the space of a week, water heater died out, that same day, the fridge died out. So new fridge delivered and installed, new water heater installed. -Installing a new 1TB SSD for my PS5. Installed an external hard drive but you can't play PS5 games directly from it, only archive them. -Been doing some fishing with Connor! Actually going to go after we record. Haven't had much luck but hoping to change that. Done rivers mostly but theve been fast and high. -Cut the hell of out my thumb. Nice meat cleaver action! -October Road Trip! Weerd: MOVING! Drink Segment: Moving….so too much Main Topic: Developmental Dead Ends From Listener G: I have an idea for a show topic. Guns of the future that wasn't/or has yet to come. I think this is great, because yall can dive into the developmental dead ends of the firearms industry. I think this could act as a platform to talk about what yall think was truly a dead end and what may be brought forward into future development. I took a day to think this over and compiled a list of examples that I think are fitting: The Dardick (trounds and revolving “cylinder”) Calico (helical magazine) Stuff and Things Mars automatic (desert eagle part 1) Frommer Stop (my personal favorite)(long recoil handguns) Jo.Lo.Ar and others (single hand chambering firearms) Webley-Fosbury/Mataeba Unica 6 (recoil operated revolvers) Beretta 92 (this is just D.Od bait) Last is a big list with all of the attempts at caseless ammunition: HK G11 Daisy V/L (the only ‘successful' one in my opinion) Volcanic (arguably the second most successful attempt) Gyrojet Wrap Up: Don't forget to shop Brownells using our affiliate link! Head to firearmsradio.net and click the affiliate link in the upper right hand corner! Be sure to go like Handgun Radio on facebook and share it with your friends! Leave us a review on iTunes! Listen to all the great shows on the Firearms Radio Network! Check out the Patriot Patch Company!! www.patriotpatch.co Weerd where can people find you? Assorted Calibers Podcast, Weer'd World Oddball gunscarstech.com Assorted Calibers Podcast ACP and HGR Facebook Play screechingtires.wav David Assorted Calibers Podcast ACP and HGR Facebook Blue Collar Prepping Brena Bock Author Page David Bock Author Page Team And More Xander: Assorted Calibers Podcast Here so Ryan doesn't do a bad impression of me Until next week, have fun & safe shooting!
Today we have a Selling and Installing Features Masterclass rounding up 5 past episodes on Lighting, Gas Fire Features, Water Features, Radiant Snow Melt Systems, and Artificial Turf. We talk about selling, installing, maintenance, and more in these episodes.Sponsors:Cycle CPAKnowledge Tree Consulting Smart Growth EventPatioSEOHow to Hardscape HeadquartersRegister for HNA and Use Code: HTH for 50% Off
Kellen Sampson joins the JAMODI Podcast for a deep dive into championship culture, player development, coaching philosophy, leadership, and the principles that have helped build one of the most successful programs in college basketball at the University of Houston.In this conversation, Coach Sampson shares lessons learned from growing up around the game, working alongside legendary coach Kelvin Sampson, developing elite defensive teams, simplifying coaching, building player confidence, and creating an environment where accountability and relationships thrive.From offensive rebounding and defensive identity to player development and leadership, this episode is packed with practical wisdom for coaches at every level.
Kellen Sampson joins the JAMODI Podcast for a deep dive into championship culture, player development, coaching philosophy, leadership, and the principles that have helped build one of the most successful programs in college basketball at the University of Houston.In this conversation, Coach Sampson shares lessons learned from growing up around the game, working alongside legendary coach Kelvin Sampson, developing elite defensive teams, simplifying coaching, building player confidence, and creating an environment where accountability and relationships thrive.From offensive rebounding and defensive identity to player development and leadership, this episode is packed with practical wisdom for coaches at every level.
Kellen Sampson joins the JAMODI Podcast for a deep dive into championship culture, player development, coaching philosophy, leadership, and the principles that have helped build one of the most successful programs in college basketball at the University of Houston.In this conversation, Coach Sampson shares lessons learned from growing up around the game, working alongside legendary coach Kelvin Sampson, developing elite defensive teams, simplifying coaching, building player confidence, and creating an environment where accountability and relationships thrive.From offensive rebounding and defensive identity to player development and leadership, this episode is packed with practical wisdom for coaches at every level.
Kellen Sampson joins the JAMODI Podcast for a deep dive into championship culture, player development, coaching philosophy, leadership, and the principles that have helped build one of the most successful programs in college basketball at the University of Houston.In this conversation, Coach Sampson shares lessons learned from growing up around the game, working alongside legendary coach Kelvin Sampson, developing elite defensive teams, simplifying coaching, building player confidence, and creating an environment where accountability and relationships thrive.From offensive rebounding and defensive identity to player development and leadership, this episode is packed with practical wisdom for coaches at every level.
Kellen Sampson joins the JAMODI Podcast for a deep dive into championship culture, player development, coaching philosophy, leadership, and the principles that have helped build one of the most successful programs in college basketball at the University of Houston.In this conversation, Coach Sampson shares lessons learned from growing up around the game, working alongside legendary coach Kelvin Sampson, developing elite defensive teams, simplifying coaching, building player confidence, and creating an environment where accountability and relationships thrive.From offensive rebounding and defensive identity to player development and leadership, this episode is packed with practical wisdom for coaches at every level.
Episode Summary In this episode of Business Coaching Secrets, Karl Bryan and Road Dog get real about what separates truly elite business coaches from the rest. Karl unpacks the mindsets, systems, and beliefs that drive top coaches—and why persistence, identity, and serving before selling are the real secret weapons. The duo also dive into the controversies around billionaire entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, using them as powerful lessons in mindset, resilience, and value creation. If you want a step-by-step breakdown of what it actually takes to get more coaching clients, boost results, and build confidence (for yourself and your clients), this episode delivers the playbook. Key Topics Covered What Makes an Elite Business Coach Three Levels of Coaches: Hiders (avoidant), Wingers (improvising), and Installers (system-driven). Patterns of Success: Top coaches are "all in," keep it simple, focus on systems, and are resilient in the face of setbacks. Embracing Delayed Gratification: Like treasure hunter Mel Fisher, elite coaches believe in the long-term payoff and stick with it when others quit. Thinking in Percentages: Why tracking improvements as percentages—not raw numbers—is a pro's approach to growth and client results. The Mindset Ladder: From Identity to Lasting Results Winning the Battle in the Locker Room: Your mindset isn't just about positive thinking; it's about upgrading your core identity, beliefs, and values. Identity Drives Performance: What you believe about yourself shapes your daily behaviors and long-term outcomes. Action vs. Self-Sabotage: Without an identity shift, short-term wins won't stick open the door for self-sabotage. Lessons from Elon Musk: Mindset, Reinvestment, and Critics The All-In Mindset: Elon's willingness to risk it all, learn from failure, and reinvest in his vision is a playbook for business coaches. Serving Before Taking: Real wealth is created by solving big problems—focus on value and impact over comfort or luxury. Overcoming Fear, Doubt, and Limiting Stories Change How You Talk to Yourself: The stories you repeat about who you are become your reality. Three Powerful Beliefs: (a) It's possible, (b) I am the person for this, (c) It will be worth it. Don't Practice to Practice—Practice to Improve: 1% better every day creates exponential growth over time. Taking Real Action: "Three Conversations a Day" Empathy Isn't Enough: Are you actually reaching out to business owners in pain, or just feeling bad for them? Three Bone System: Always come prepared with three value bombs for every interaction. Serve from a Place of Love and Urgency: Operate from your deepest "why"—not just sales tactics. Notable Quotes "You just gotta go all in, right? Don't practice to practice. Practice to improve." —Karl Bryan "Optimists run the world. The end." —Karl Bryan "If your why doesn't make them cry, you're not done establishing it." —Karl Bryan "What you say to yourself about yourself when you're by yourself absolutely matters." —Karl Bryan "Empathy is great, but are you going to do anything about it?" —Karl Bryan Actionable Takeaways Pick Your Level: Get honest—are you hiding, winging it, or installing a real system with clients? Choose "installer." Track Progress as Percentages: Frame client wins as percentage improvements for real, motivating progress. Upgrade Your Identity: Audit the stories you tell yourself. Change "I struggle to get leads" to "I'm a person who always finds a way." Practice 1% Better Daily: Focus on continuous improvement rather than perfection. Serve Before You Sell: Make three real, solution-focused conversations daily your habit; lead with value, not desperation. Have Three Value Bombs Ready: Be prepared to drop actionable strategies with every prospect, no matter the direction of the conversation. Operate from Your "Why": Reconnect to the deeper reason you started coaching, and let that urgency propel action and outreach. Don't Let Setbacks Stop You: See obstacles as learning moments, not permanent failures. Resources Mentioned Books: Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill Software & Tools: Profit Acceleration Software™ (by Karl Bryan) – for demonstrating instant, tangible value to clients Platforms: Focus.com – For Karl Bryan's daily emails and strategies
Stump coverage does not get talked about enough. Most cover 7 teams run Stubbie as their three by one answer and stop there, but the moment a good offensive coordinator figures out you are in Stubbie, the double in from three becomes a weekly problem. Stump is the answer, and Coach Colin Lark from Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas breaks the whole thing down.Coach Lark walks through every position rule in the coverage: the corner in mod technique, the in call and what it triggers, the nickel reading three to two, the safety's vertical tracking rules, and how the three by four push changes linebacker responsibilities. He then puts it under pressure against trips concepts you actually see on Friday nights, including dagger, sail, and stick, and shows spring film of the coverage working against each one.Kyle and Matt bring their own history with the coverage into the conversation, from using Stump almost exclusively as a high red zone answer to beat the double in corner, to the linebacker communication nuances that made it difficult to run full time at the high school level. The result is a real coach to coach conversation about not just how the coverage works, but when to use it, how to teach it, and what it takes to make it stick with your kids.Coach Lark also demos Football U, his interactive playbook tool that lets players rep coverages from their phones and gives coaches accountability on whether their guys actually know their assignments.This one is worth a full listen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.boarddrill.com/subscribe
Coach Colin Lark, defensive backs coach at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, joins the Board Drill to teach Stump coverage from the ground up. Stump is the three by one check out of the cover seven world: a four over three concept that matches any three receiver surface while keeping split safety structure intact.Coach Lark walks through every position rule, from the corner's mod technique and the in/smash call to the nickel reading three to two, the safety's vertical rules, and the three by four push mechanism. Then Kyle and Matt stress test the coverage against real trips concepts from Notre Dame's offense, dig into formation checks against attached tight ends, sniffers, and bunch, and break down spring film including a pick six against stick.If you run Stubbie, mini, or special and you're tired of getting beat by the double in from three, this episode is the answer.Coach Lark also demos Football U, his interactive playbook tool that lets players rep out coverage checks from their phones.Check out Football U here: https://www.footballu.comTIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro and welcoming Coach Colin Lark02:09 Stump coverage overview: the four over three check for trips09:20 Stump vs Stubbie: what changes at the corner and why you need both16:16 Why Stump became a red zone answer against the double in22:02 Stress testing Stump against Notre Dame's dagger and sail concepts28:06 Formation checks: attached tight ends, sniffers, and bunch33:36 Backside coverage options and game planning around their best player38:44 Spring film: the three by four push, carrying the wheel, and a pick six42:46 Taking three through and handling the dirty over route49:15 Up calls and teaching defenders when to fall off55:42 Final question: the most unique thing Bishop Lynch doesThis episode is sponsored by Sideline HQ. If you're still managing equipment on spreadsheets, check out Sideline HQ for check in, check out, and full equipment management right from your phone. Handle equipment in minutes and get back to coaching football. Learn more at sidelinehq.coSubscribe for more X's and O's breakdowns, coaching philosophy, and film study, and find all of our content at www.boarddrill.com
Coach Chamberlain joins the podcast to discuss your offensive and defensive system
The Real Forno Show: Vikings Minicamp Takeaways, QB Competition Uncertainty, and Front Office Changes — After Vikings mandatory minicamp, Tyler Forness and producer Dave Stefano review key takeaways heading into the five-to-six-week break before training camp. They discuss personnel changes under Nolan Teasley, including departures of executives and scouts, and argue fans lack evidence to demand Ryan Grigson's removal. The main focus is the Kyler Murray–J.J. McCarthy quarterback competition: Kevin O'Connell offers ambiguous “runway” comments on reps and development while outside reports (notably Tom Pelissero) suggest minicamp may have clarified the decision, though O'Connell says he wants padded, high-pressure evaluations. They note the offense's complexity, Murray learning it, and McCarthy's year-three advantage, plus Justin Jefferson praising both QBs' growth and planning workouts. Other notes include praise for DL coach Ryan Nielsen, Jake Golday as a linebacker, optimism about OL coach Keith Carter, Christian Darrisaw's health, and a push to extend Brian O'Neill, with Harrison Smith's return still expected but unresolved. 00:00 Minicamp Wrap Intro 01:06 Show Welcome and Member Plug 02:23 Front Office Shakeup 03:58 Ryan Grigson Debate 09:05 Contracts and Unknowns 11:59 Learning From Failure 13:40 KOC Press Conference Setup 16:07 QB Reps and Media Noise 19:02 Pelissero vs KOC Signals 23:24 Installing the Offense 25:09 McCarthy Advantage and Vibes 26:56 When the Decision Comes 28:38 No New Info Until Camp 29:53 QB Competition Fatigue 30:28 Hockey Goalie Debate 31:22 Jefferson Sees Growth 33:33 Ryan Nielsen D-Line Impact 35:02 Golday Moves to Linebacker 36:50 O-Line Buzz and Carter 38:28 Kyler Drops and Tackle Play 42:47 O'Neill Extension Breakdown 46:40 Addison Deal and Harrison Watch 51:45 Wrap Up and Next Shows _______________________ ⭐️ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/@vikings1stskol92 ⭐️ Our Twitter can be found at @Vikings1stSKOL ⭐️ Our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/493z6mQXcN ⭐️ Tyler Forness can be read at A to Z Sports - https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/ ⭐️ Submit questions: forms.gle/7LJkCAern9kdUkuD8 ⭐️ On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vikings1standskol ⭐️ Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/OPJ4S5ZfNHE Fan With Us!!! Tyler Forness @TheRealForno of Vikings 1st & SKOL @Vikings1stSKOL and A to Z Sports @AtoZSportsNFL, with Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this Vikings 1st & SKOL production, the @RealFornoShow. Podcasts partnered with Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Real Forno Show: Vikings Minicamp Takeaways, QB Competition Uncertainty, and Front Office Changes — After Vikings mandatory minicamp, Tyler Forness and producer Dave Stefano review key takeaways heading into the five-to-six-week break before training camp. They discuss personnel changes under Nolan Teasley, including departures of executives and scouts, and argue fans lack evidence to demand Ryan Grigson's removal. The main focus is the Kyler Murray–J.J. McCarthy quarterback competition: Kevin O'Connell offers ambiguous “runway” comments on reps and development while outside reports (notably Tom Pelissero) suggest minicamp may have clarified the decision, though O'Connell says he wants padded, high-pressure evaluations. They note the offense's complexity, Murray learning it, and McCarthy's year-three advantage, plus Justin Jefferson praising both QBs' growth and planning workouts. Other notes include praise for DL coach Ryan Nielsen, Jake Golday as a linebacker, optimism about OL coach Keith Carter, Christian Darrisaw's health, and a push to extend Brian O'Neill, with Harrison Smith's return still expected but unresolved. 00:00 Minicamp Wrap Intro 01:06 Show Welcome and Member Plug 02:23 Front Office Shakeup 03:58 Ryan Grigson Debate 09:05 Contracts and Unknowns 11:59 Learning From Failure 13:40 KOC Press Conference Setup 16:07 QB Reps and Media Noise 19:02 Pelissero vs KOC Signals 23:24 Installing the Offense 25:09 McCarthy Advantage and Vibes 26:56 When the Decision Comes 28:38 No New Info Until Camp 29:53 QB Competition Fatigue 30:28 Hockey Goalie Debate 31:22 Jefferson Sees Growth 33:33 Ryan Nielsen D-Line Impact 35:02 Golday Moves to Linebacker 36:50 O-Line Buzz and Carter 38:28 Kyler Drops and Tackle Play 42:47 O'Neill Extension Breakdown 46:40 Addison Deal and Harrison Watch 51:45 Wrap Up and Next Shows _______________________ ⭐️ Subscribe to us here! - https://www.youtube.com/@vikings1stskol92 ⭐️ Our Twitter can be found at @Vikings1stSKOL ⭐️ Our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/493z6mQXcN ⭐️ Tyler Forness can be read at A to Z Sports - https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/ ⭐️ Submit questions: forms.gle/7LJkCAern9kdUkuD8 ⭐️ On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vikings1standskol ⭐️ Watch the live show here: https://youtu.be/OPJ4S5ZfNHE Fan With Us!!! Tyler Forness @TheRealForno of Vikings 1st & SKOL @Vikings1stSKOL and A to Z Sports @AtoZSportsNFL, with Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this Vikings 1st & SKOL production, the @RealFornoShow. Podcasts partnered with Fans First Sports Network @FansFirstSN. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is moving forward on AI-powered autonomous surveillance towers that are expected to be deployed across the southern border, signing a $71 million task order with GDIT last week. The award is the latest in a massive indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, worth up to $1.8 billion, that kicked off three years ago and is aimed at modernizing and expanding CBP's surveillance tower system. GDIT is a key player in CBP's modernization plans as the prime contractor on a remote video surveillance program, the developer of a CBP database with quantum sensors and a fundamental part of a number of other projects including the smart border wall. Michael Wagner, VP of biometrics, border and transportation security at GDIT, told FedScoop that the company started working on this next-generation autonomous tower about three years ago and has gone through several iterations of solutioning and testing and validating out in the field. The American military deployed an autonomous Corsair maritime drone built by Saronic to find and recover two soldiers who were stranded near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after their Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a patrol operation, U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins told DefenseScoop. The confirmation of this unique rescue mission comes as military tensions are surging in the Middle East amid the United States-Iran conflict. It marks the U.S. military's first publicized use of an autonomous surface vessel to locate and retrieve downed aircrew in real-world warfare, following years of experimentation with different types of sea drones. Hawkins said the drone used in the operation was a U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet's Task Force 59. In that rescue operation, he told DefenseScoop, the maritime drone picked the two pilots up “and transported them to another location on the water where they were then hoisted up to a helicopter for further transport.” The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.
Episode 09: How to Become Unrecognisable & Embody Your New IdentityThis episode is about how to become completely unrecognisable and embody your new identity. In this episode, we explore:— Letting go of who you were (“die to the old man”)— A new reality and new experiences require a total new way of being— Installing a new identity operating system— Continuing to be the old you = creating the same experiences and patterns— 6 steps to become unrecognisable
Show Notes What if you could catch a plumbing leak before it became a five-figure repair? In this episode of Be a Smarter Homeowner, Beth Dodson talks with Ian Greene about why leak detection is one of the smartest upgrades a homeowner can make. They break down how flow-based leak detection works, why hidden leaks are so destructive, and how smart systems can shut water off automatically before a small issue becomes a major disaster. Beth also shares her own experience with water damage and why even a "small" leak can create months of disruption, unexpected out-of-pocket costs, and a long repair process. Ian explains why toilets, hidden pipe failures, freezing conditions, critters, and faulty fittings are among the biggest leak risks homeowners face. He also shares how FlowLogic differs from simpler devices by detecting extremely low flow rates, offering battery backup, app alerts, and user-controlled settings that help prevent nuisance shutoffs. The conversation also explores the insurance angle: how water damage claims can be costly, why some insurers now require leak detection devices for certain homes, and how discounts may help offset installation costs over time. Beyond protecting your home, Beth and Ian discuss the peace of mind, water savings, and environmental benefits that come with catching leaks early. If you have ever worried about what's happening behind your walls, under your floors, or while you're away from home, this episode is a practical reminder that prevention is far easier than restoration. Sound bites "Recognize when a leak has been going on too long." "Nothing lasts forever, but technology can help." "Installing leak detection can significantly reduce risk." Chapters 00:40 Introduction to Leak Detection and FlowLogic 01:41 Inspiration Behind FlowLogic 03:06 How FlowLogic Detects and Controls Water Leaks 04:49 Monitoring Water Use and Automatic Shutoff 06:45 Common Hidden Leak Areas and Risks 08:07 Insurance Claims and Leak Prevention 12:54 FlowLogic vs Other Leak Detection Devices 15:03 Installation Options: New Construction vs Post-Construction 17:11 Early Leak Detection and Preventing Damage 18:34 FlowLogic's Sensitivity and Smart Home Integration 22:15 Insurance and Cost Savings with Leak Detection 25:28 Final Tips and Resources for Homeowners
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Show Notes: “From Hidden Chaos to Visible Execution” Most founder-led companies do not need more theory. They need a clearer way to turn strategy into execution. In this episode of the TriMetric Roadmap Podcast, Scott and Jeff continue the Executive Performance System series by walking through what it actually looks like to install EPS inside a real company. The core idea: executive performance is not something you understand once and magically have. It has to be installed through clear priorities, leadership alignment, role clarity, captured knowledge, operating cadence, and visible execution. Scott and Jeff unpack why many businesses are successful because of the founder, but also stuck because of the founder. The very instincts that helped the company grow early can become the constraint when the business needs systems, accountability, and leadership infrastructure. They walk through the BFA process, including: Starting with the Business Health Diagnostic to reveal the truth of where the company really stands Identifying the biggest constraints and highest-leverage priorities Turning those priorities into CSIs — Critical Strategic Initiatives Using the Decision Matrix to connect SWOT-style thinking with the Five Freedom Levers Clarifying who owns what through the accountability chart Installing weekly cadence, scorecards, issue-solving, and follow-through Capturing institutional knowledge so the company no longer depends on what lives inside the founder's head A major theme in this episode is visibility. Hidden complexity creates chaos. Visible priorities, visible ownership, visible issues, visible knowledge, and visible execution create freedom. Jeff also shares a practical example of how tracking the right metrics revealed hidden problems in accounts receivable and accounts payable. Once the numbers became visible, the real issues could finally be solved. Scott ties the discussion back to the TriMetric Flywheel: Truth → Alignment → Action. The work starts by getting brutally honest about current reality. From there, the leadership team can align around what matters most and take focused action quarter after quarter. The episode ends with a simple but powerful question every founder can ask their team: “What is the most important thing we do as a company?” The answers will reveal how aligned — or misaligned — the business really is. Core Takeaway: Installing EPS is not about adding complexity. It is about removing hidden complexity by making the company's leadership, knowledge, priorities, and execution rhythm visible. That is how a founder-led business begins moving from founder follow-up to true leadership rhythm — and eventually, founder freedom.
Send us Fan MailPerfect-looking terminations and clean certification results can still hide the interference that slows networks weeks later. We break down EMI, RFI, and crosstalk in plain terms, then lay out the practical install rules that protect performance and your reputation. • why EMI is invisible but disruptive to Ethernet signals • common EMI sources on job sites, from lights to motors to transformers • the real cost of downtime and why customers only remember performance • how crosstalk differs from EMI and where it comes from • near-end, far-end, power sum, and alien crosstalk explained • termination mistakes that create marginal passes and failures • Cat 6A, higher frequencies, and the cable combing debate • prevention rules: separation, preserving twists, pathway fill, and bend limits • cable tray and bundling tips, including PoE heat concerns • shielding done right with proper bonding and grounding If you're watching this show on YouTube, would you mind hitting the subscribe button and the bell button to be notified when new content's being produced? If you're listening to us on one of the audio podcast platforms, would you mind leaving us a five-star rating? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below what's the worst EMI or crosstalk issue that you've ever encountered in a project. Drop your story in the comments below. Support the showKnowledge is power! Make sure to stop by the webpage to buy me a cup of coffee or support the show at https://linktr.ee/letstalkcabling . Also if you would like to be a guest on the show or have a topic for discussion send me an email at chuck@letstalkcabling.com Chuck Bowser RCDD TECH#CBRCDD #RCDD
The great Jesse Kelly Show studio flood of 2026. The Jill Biden isn't one to sit on the sidelines after being so close to power. Installing a fake president works fine for democrats til he starts acting like the president. Musical acts are pulling out of America250 and an MLB team is discriminating against Catholics. How are these two things related?Follow The Jesse Kelly Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJesseKellyShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Most contractors walk past air curtains every day without realizing how much money they can save commercial buildings. In this episode of Service Business Mastery, Tersh Blissett and Joshua Crouch sit down with Curtis Rosol from Mars Air Systems to break down how air curtains work and why they've become a powerful solution for energy savings, indoor air quality, and insect control in commercial spaces. From convenience stores and restaurants to cold storage facilities and warehouses, Curtis explains how air curtains create an invisible barrier that keeps conditioned air inside while preventing heat, humidity, dust, smoke, and flying insects from entering the building. They also discuss: How air curtains reduce HVAC energy loss Why electrification will make energy savings even more valuable How air curtains help solve cold storage and freezer issues The difference between strip curtains and air curtains Why insects and contaminants enter buildings through open doors How air curtains improve indoor air quality The ROI contractors can present to commercial customers Why these systems are becoming more important in high-traffic buildings Simple installation opportunities for HVAC contractors Residential applications for luxury outdoor living spaces If you work in light commercial HVAC or want to offer energy-saving upgrades to your customers, this episode is packed with practical opportunities. Timestamps 00:00 Energy efficiency in buildings 05:54 Energy savings with protected openings 07:08 Impact of Electric Demand on Costs 12:24 Using air curtains for patios 13:11 Using CallRail for Marketing 16:29 How air curtains work 19:43 Installing above-door units 22:54 Episode wrap-up and closing remarks Follow the Host and Guest Tersh Blissett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tershblissett/ Joshua Crouch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-crouch/ Curtis Rosol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtisrosol/ Connect with Us • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/service-business-mastery • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@servicebusinessmasterypodcast • Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/servicebusinessmasterypodcast • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/servicebusinessmasterypodcast This episode is kindly powered by: UpFrog: upfrog.com MarketStorm is an AI-powered advertising platform. Results vary by market, budget, and campaign configuration: https://marketstorm.ai/ Get Your 14-Day Free Trial with CallRail!: https://www.callrail.com/sbmpod CompanyCam: https://companycam.com/ Breezy: Capture 25-30% more clients with Breezy AI Agents. Use code 'SBM' to book a demo and get $500 on us: https://getbreezyapp.com/schedule-demo PhoneTAP: Your calls hold the key to growing your business. PhoneTAP gives you instant AI analysis, real customer lifetime value, and tools to coach your team. Learn more: phonetap.ai/demo
This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the spouseware or stalkerware industry. This is malware sold to ordinary people, which they then often install on their girlfriend's or someone else's phone. Zack talks about the crazy scope of this problem. Behind the stalkerware network spilling the private phone data of hundreds of thousands Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users Stalkerware tag on TechCrunch This Week In Security Newsletter YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/BLb46310iLs Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this powerful episode of The Unapologetic Man Podcast, host Mark Sing takes you through a powerful NLP visualization called "The Hot Bridesmaid" — one of his favorite tier-two protocols designed to rewire your brain and make you feel like an absolute girl magnet. If you've ever struggled with feeling unattractive, not good enough, or lacking that natural confidence around women, this episode is for you. Mark uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to smash through those limiting beliefs so you start showing up as the confident, alpha version of yourself that women naturally respond to. Key Takeaways: - Why feeling like a girl magnet changes your behavior and how women respond to you - How to use visualization to install unbreakable confidence and attraction power - The power of seeing yourself as the prize in social situations - Detailed step-by-step "Hot Bridesmaid" NLP protocol you can use anytime - Bonus: A fun, actionable way to pump yourself up before going out (don't miss the end!) Key Timestamps: [00:00:00] – Episode intro and preview [00:02:55] – Announcement: Last-ever NLP Masterclass on April 25th [00:06:31] – The Hot Bridesmaid NLP visualization begins [00:07:38] – Arriving at the wedding and seeing the hot girls [00:08:46] – Meeting Nicole – your perfect woman [00:11:06] – Dancing, slow songs, and escalating attraction [00:14:25] – Becoming the man every girl wants at the party [00:16:01] – Installing the "girl magnet" feeling into your body [00:19:12] – Bonus: Hot Miami cheerleaders "Call Me Maybe" video [00:21:21] – Episode Outro Connect With Mark: GET YOUR NLP MASTERCLASS TICKET BEFORE IT'S SOLD OUT!!!: https://coachmarksing.com/NLP-masterclass/ Call me Maybe Dolphins cheerleaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5jVWt7P-3M Apply for Mark's 3-Month Coaching Program: https://coachmarksing.com/coaching/ Check Out The Perks Program: https://coachmarksing.com/perks/ Email: CoachMarkSing@Gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmarksing/ Grab Mark's Free Program: The Approach Formula - https://www.CoachMarkSing.com/The-Approach-Formula About The Unapologetic Man Podcast The Unapologetic Man Podcast is your resource for mastering dating, attraction, and relationships from a confident, masculine perspective. Hosted by Mark Sing, this podcast gives men the tools and mindset shifts needed to succeed in their dating lives and build lasting, high-value relationships. #DatingAdvice #NLP #ConfidenceForMen #Attraction #GirlMagnet #Masculinity #SelfImprovement #DatingTips #HighValueMan #Mindset #InnerGame #UnapologeticMan