Total Cost of Hobby over Time
I tried to track my expenditure in Airsoft, to keep me honest about how much I am sinking in to the hobby. Surprised how much I’ve spent in the past…
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2012-09-17
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Effective Communication Lecture Reflections
Ok, a lot of what is being espoused I’ve come to the same conclusions out of experience. it is nice that those suspicions are confirmed. Why did I go to effective communications:…
Read more →First Time in KM14
First time in KM14 it is about 5,000sqm of warehouse space. There are 3 sections: The machining section of about 1,500sqm, the furnace section 1,500sqm, and the loading section of…
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2012-09-15
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A Lesson I remembered from being an Artist.
Its a surprise to me it is applicable to project management. I guess the thing about Art is that each project has a LARGE emotional investment when you are starting…
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2012-09-15
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Some Simple Mental models – Margins and Consolidation
After Total Cost of Ownership we have the “margin” or some would call profit. My take on it is that is a very indirect form cost. I’ve talked about this…
Read more →Freaking Floods – can’t get to Quiapo
Foods are pretty bad. I left as soon as I could wake up and dress up and… I called alfredo and dby merchandize a day before and they confirmed having…
Read more →Specializing – multi tasking
I am commissioning a map, which I plan to detail with some economic information. I’m familiar with enough of the economics and the variables that I can make the details…
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2012-09-14
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Management by Due-Diligence aka Common Sense
We have had some interesting improvements in our situation. Improvements that was sorely failing in the previous managements. It has really turned things around, but the funny thing about it…
Read more →First time in Camp Masada
First time at Camp Masada. I think I’ll play here again when it is drier. It was really muddy, but still a great place to play. My main problem with…
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2012-09-08
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Visualization as a Tool to Prepare – Visualizing Sacrifice
I use Visualization as a tool for work. The way RPG hone Visualization, it allows me to visualize things in great detail. RPGs teach me to narrate and tell stories,…
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2012-09-08
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The Traveller Mindset for me
To me its like work but we can afford to lose and take risks we would normally not take. We get to use our skills and explore it in the…
Read more →If you want to play – go to me.
Ok, after all my invites it seems people were just being too polite to say no. I guess it didn’t see this blind side coming because when a friend first…
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2012-09-05
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A short break
My airsoft team is active again and I’v gotten enough guns to bring newbies into airsoft. Also I’m in a work out/exercise phase trying to get fit. After spending so…
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2012-09-03
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A Source of Pain – needed to be Rational
Surprisingly I realize I draw from my sources of pain: regrets, humiliation, fear, disappointments, isolation, depression, anger and failures to make good decisions. The reason is because, while making a serious…
Read more →Working out for Airsoft, Came from Manang Luming’s
There are a lot of exercises that doesnt need gym equipment that can help me. I really don’t need special targeted muscle build up, because the range of activities I…
Read more →Prepping for a Game… and the rest of the Month
Preparing for the month I invite co-workers and friends to airsoft. So I have to prepare WAY more guns than I usually do. Normally I prepare 2 guns, one spare…
Read more →Some Pix of what I’ve been upto.
if you’re comming from C5, then this is the 3rd pedestrian overpass as you make your way to edsa/makati. From makati this is the first overpass. This view is towards…
Read more →Repairs 8/10 guns repaired by tomorrow; Curiousities
So I’m getting all my guns fixed. Currently 7/10 guns fixed, My gunsmith Shadowpersona retired. He was not only my gunsmith but my captains gunsmith. I guess its not so…
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2012-08-30
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Rolling Diplomacy; Been Busy
A recent event has made me aware that Diplomacy Rolls, social circumstance, rolls can be varied in difficulty (like Duh). I think we are able to detect nuances in social…
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2012-08-28
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When a Game becomes Hidebound
This is a big deal to me, specifically because it is one of the contentions I had that made me leave a group. I know games are supposed to be…
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2012-08-25
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13,000 people ordered 225 minis for $100
Well its almost done and I guess I’ll have to wait for March 2013. The Bones KickStarter is going to give gaming companies a benchmark on how much people will be…
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2012-08-24
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Kazam a Open Source Screen Caster for making tutorials
Found Kazam through Nixie Pixel if you use ubuntu you can download it in the Software Center. too bad this is an awkward freeze frame. Anyway, it was awesome and easy. If ever…
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2012-08-24
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Some Drawing Updates
I’m drawing some mountain to be made into vector Icons. I can only work at home where I have a large screen and my new tablet. Anyway, learned some things…
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2012-08-21
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Getting a Graphics Tablet for Mapmaking
I got this 10″ tablet only to find out that its not compatible with my Ubuntu 12.04 home PC. I even went out of my way to track the OEM…
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2012-08-17
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Methods of Resolving Dramatic Actions
Combat is not the only Dramatic Action we will experience in an RPG and the interactive games in life. There are races, contests of will, social maneuvering, politics and diplomacy, and…
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2012-08-16
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GMing and Personal Brand; and other ideas
Ok I’m heavily under the influence of a lecutre. I got to thinking about GMing and a Personal Brand. There is really no point in selling GMing and to Pander…
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2012-08-15
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USP: Using real world skills in a game so that we can hone them.
I am using hours as my “Character Credits”. My system uses the Term “Character Credits”, to differentiate the kinds of hours a character spends. Again my system emphasizes and puts…
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2012-08-13
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Arn: The Knight Templar Movie Trailer
very relevant to my interests
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2012-08-12
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More Adventures Hooks for your GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople
I wasn’t satisfied with the hooks in the GURPS hotspots: The Nika Riots Wiki the Nika Riots and you have the understanding of the Race Factions that practically controlled the…
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2012-08-11
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Review of GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople
Review of GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople My Praise Its a great introduction to Byzantine World and its Core City: Constantinople. As a great Introduction, it does very well to focus and highlight all…
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