tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33746352657048726842024-03-08T04:16:57.656-05:00Life After 28The epic adventures of realizing you are/were 28 and you no longer knew what you wanted to do with the next 5 years of your life. Herein lay the exploits of trying to find yourself and start living your life.Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-45670245180654778582023-12-24T10:32:00.003-05:002023-12-24T10:32:00.137-05:00Merry Christmas!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Merry Christmas!</b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-48945079565649452182023-03-27T06:00:00.135-04:002023-03-27T06:00:00.177-04:00How to make money online - Review for Branded Surveys and Survey Junkie - Part 3 of 3<p> This is not a paid review but <a href="https://surveys.gobranded.com/users/register/eca0cfce9a708ad9e4046f889" target="_blank">I do have an invitation link</a> for Branded Surveys listed in a few places because everyone that signs up gets one and it can't hurt to try.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How to make money online - Review for Branded Surveys and Survey Junkie - Part 3</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I could barely get through the one month that I said I would try both sites. </p><p>Survey Junkie just annoyed me so fast. I had used it in the past and part of me really hoped that they had improved the percentage for making the qualifications but... No. I also thought that changes in my life and titles would also help but that was also a no. </p><p>They do give you a few pity points for not qualifying for the survey. Around 1-3 points is what I have been seeing. Which isn't too bad because that will slowly add up. </p><p>They also will popup surveys on on your site dashboard for 1-3 points. They are usually super short but theoretically they should improve your odds if you don't want to install any apps.<br /></p><p>I am still against adding blatant spy apps onto my devices just for being certified to be able to take surveys. I am a little tempted to get a separate computer setup to put that crap on it instead. That I could see myself doing.</p><p>If only crypto miners hadn't destroyed the computer market. Maybe I can find a super cheep laptop to test this with?<br /></p><p><b>On to the next site!</b><br /></p><p>Branded Surveys doesn't count the surveys that you don't qualify for towards your monthly surveys. And no pity points either. I made more points doing the Daily Poll, formerly the Daily Survey, then from surveys. <br /></p><p>Which explains a LOT about the number of people in the Gold Rewards tier when I first started looking into this. <br /></p><p></p><p>Speaking of the Rewards, I am starting to wonder if the additional percentages stack.</p><p>12+ surveys bronze = 5%</p><p>12+ surveys silver = 10%</p><p>12+ surveys gold = 15%</p><p>But to get gold you have to have completed 25+ surveys? Is it adding the percentages for the 12 or 20 or 30+ ranges together? I haven't qualified for enough surveys to find out. It would explain why so many people are in the 20,000 - 30,000 point range.</p><p>Then again, after going on their site casually for 3 days I have not been qualified for a single survey. The points are very slow going. I'm not sure I'm going to bother with it.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The irony of this test is that I think I am more inclined to use Survey Junkie. Years and Years ago when they were new they were... not good at all. Fortunatly they seemed to have fixed that.</p><p>They have really upped their game with getting you surveys that you can actually do. It only took me casually 3 days to get to the $5 pay out. So, if you are going to invest your free time I say go with Survey Junkie because you'll at least get $5. <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-82905886599350359732023-03-20T06:00:00.064-04:002023-03-20T06:00:00.173-04:00How to make money online - Review for Survey Junkie - Part 2 of 3<p> This is not a paid review. <br /></p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Review for Survey Junkie - Part 2</b></span><p>I was looking at other lists for good sites to take surveys that will
pay you. There are some that dominate others review lists that I will
eventually get to but I am going to start with Branded Surveys. </p><p><b>I
found out that in order to use their site you have to let them sell
your information. If you want to opt-out you can but you account &
points will be deleted and you will not be able to do any more surveys.</b></p><p></p><p>They give you points for signing up, finishing your profile.</p><p>They have a secondary app they want you to get and any icon with the Pulse you are 100% guaranteed to qualify for. Might be worth it but at the same time I really don't want an obvious spy app on my phone.So I am doing this with out that additional app.</p><p>Each point is worth $0.01 and you need 500 points or $5 minimum to cash out.</p><p>To get to the $5 it take 500 surveys at a min of one point each. </p><p>Which seems easier then Branded Surveys. But if you take into account the bonuses and referral link that Branded surveys has, then they seem almost about the same. more in part 3<br /></p><p>It doesn't seem to offer any sort of invite code or a reward for inviting others. Which is strange because generally companies want to have some encouragement for word of mouth. Branded survey does give you a referral link to share. So <a href="https://surveys.gobranded.com/users/register/eca0cfce9a708ad9e4046f889" target="_blank">I do have an invitation link</a> for Branded Surveys which they make sure you know and see it as soon as possible. <br /></p><p>It seems to have an app that doesn't seem very popular. </p><p>I am going to be playing with Survey Junkie as I do Branded Surveys. But as they are so alike I am probably only going to have one more update planed for this series.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-52556206554683967042023-03-13T06:00:00.001-04:002023-03-21T13:27:22.747-04:00How to make money online - Review for Branded Surveys - Part 1 of 3<p> This is not a paid review but <a href="https://surveys.gobranded.com/users/register/eca0cfce9a708ad9e4046f889" target="_blank">I do have an invitation link</a> listed in a few places because everyone that signs up gets one and it can't hurt to try.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How to make money online - Review for Branded Surveys - Part 1</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at other lists for good sites to take surveys that will pay you. There are some that dominate others review lists that I will eventually get to but I am going to start with Branded Surveys. </p><p><b>I found out that in order to use their site you have to let them sell your information. If you want to opt-out you can but you account & points will be deleted and you will not be able to do any more surveys.</b></p><p>It is an extremely easy site to sign-up with. Their sites re-directs don't seem to work well with my extensions that i have running on FireFox so I am using Chrome for it.</p><p>The dashboard looks very clean and intuitive to me. There is a Daily Survey offered and for the larger surveys it lists both the points that can be earned as well as an estimate for how long the survey could take. Pretty convenient.<br /></p><p>There is a Rewards area that has a ranking system biased on how many surveys you have completed <b>per month</b>. Which can potentially give Bonus Points that is an additional percentage. The highest reward percent is the Gold level for taking 30+ a month you get 19% bonus. It also mentions a bonus if you do 12 surveys per week, but it doesn't show what that could be.</p><p>There is a Leader Board that shows the top survey points of the day. It also shows the leader for the Week and Month. There are bonuses for being in the top 50 for Day & Week and for the top 20 for the Month. They also give out point for a random winner for each day, week and month respectively. <br /></p><p>There is a link to see the last 10 winners for Day/Week/Month. There are people earning over 1,000 points a day. For weekly it looks like a range of 7,000 - 9,000 earning range. Monthly seems to be 26,000 - 30,000. So if you want to be on that list it is hefty competition. The Gold & Silver levels also have their payouts instantly approved. If you are bronze or less then it can be 1-2 days for approval.<br /></p><p>the money you get per point is only one penny or $0.01so the top monthly earners are getting about $260 - $300 a month for all their work. To get 30,00 points a month at 50 points per survey you would have to do 600 surveys a month.</p><p>Or 150 surveys every week. </p><p>Or 20 surveys every day for 30 days. </p><p>Or 30 surveys a day if you are only doing them Monday through Friday.</p><p>Although if you are earning 30,000 points a month and at a Gold reward level that would bring in an extra 5,700 points or $57 which isn't too bad.<br /></p><p><b>You need a minimum of $5 or 500 points to cash out</b>. The max you can cash out at a time is $1,000. Your cash out options are direct deposit, Paypal or gift cards. They list the direct deposit as their fastest and preferred method. It might be worth it to open a secondary account with your bank just for direct deposits. Some banks do a $100 free when you open a new account and have it for a year but I haven't heard of that deal for a while.<br /></p><p>This all sounds good until you find out that you are agreeing for them to sell your information. <b>If you want to opt-out you can but you account & points will be deleted and you will not be able to do any more surveys. </b>I personally really hate the idea of companies selling my information. At least this one is a little bit open with it. They are a survey site so it does make sense and they do pay a good amount. But still. </p><p>Seeing as I just recently started this I do not know how smoothly the funds transfer is going to be. Assuming I make it to the $5 point. I will have a followup once I am able to test that. I'm planning on being super casual with this so... 10 surveys shouldn't be too hard to do. </p><p>There is also an app but it dosen't seem to be very popular? I'll be experimenting with that also.<br /></p><p>And if anyone feels like joining me in this<a href="https://surveys.gobranded.com/users/register/eca0cfce9a708ad9e4046f889"> you can click my invitation link </a>because there is a 50 point reward for each time someone uses your link to signup. <b><br /></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-8657528033585478142023-03-07T07:00:00.001-05:002023-03-21T13:27:38.055-04:00survey sites that pay you<p> I'm going to be posting about several sites that say they will pay you for taking surveys. This is not a paid review.<br /></p><p>The first two are ;<br /></p><p>Branded Surveys - $0.01 per point<br /></p><p>Survey Junkie - $0.10 per point<br /></p><p>I am starting to use them at the same time and will be trying to put in the same amount of time/surveys for each. The money per points is very different but so are the qualifications and amount of surveys.</p><p>I'm not sure if this is going to be interesting or a waste of time.</p><p>What i do know is they are gathering ans selling my info and honestly they should be paying me for that. I guess i can also see how much my junk email increases?</p><p>Off to the surveys!<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-72975362216560353132023-01-01T00:00:00.001-05:002023-01-05T11:01:00.175-05:00Happy New Years 2023!<div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Happy New Years 2023!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-48984114290279564832022-12-24T10:31:00.006-05:002022-12-24T10:31:00.169-05:00Merry Christmas!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Merry Christmas!</b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-15518514011687638442022-10-31T02:00:00.001-04:002022-10-31T02:00:00.166-04:00Happy Halloween!<p> Happy Halloween!</p><p> May your trick or treating be safe & fun!</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-86862731715755262492022-10-28T14:40:00.003-04:002022-10-28T14:40:00.165-04:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 10-28-2022<p> Future Friday Predictions & Planning 10-28-2022</p><p>Winter is coming and I am in no way prepared for it. I think the best thing I can do this year is keep my snow blower on my front porch so I don't get bogged down with having to try and dig it out of my garage.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-87664199231737751622022-10-12T13:36:00.000-04:002022-10-12T13:36:13.093-04:00 Automatic Spray Bottle - Product Review<p> Product Review - Automatic Spray Bottle Electric Watering Can Adjustable Water Sprayer Mist to Straight -White<br /></p><p>The item name is literally what is listed on Amazon. It was the cheapest version with the best recent reviews that I saw. When I ordered it the price was listed as $23.99 which I was willing to spend for this.</p><p>I got this because I can not constantly use squeeze bottles with out my hands and wrists cramping up. I had seen a few clips of people in China using an automatic spray bottle and haven't actually thought about searching for one until recently. And this is what I found.</p><p><br p="" /></p><p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=lifea08-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B088HDVRZT&asins=B088HDVRZT&linkId=c0309a0846aed1634005ae3fa2b2aaaf&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>This model is rechargeable and that causes a pretty large price jump. There were other ones that I couldn't really tell if they were powered let alone rechargeable. I found a lot of spray bottles that listed as constant spray but they are manual and not powered.</p><p>They come in both pink and white. I got the white one.</p><p>The spray nozzle is adjustable. </p><p>It comes with a USB C charging cord that is a bit over a foot long and is a good length for charging with your computer or power strip with USB port or from a wall socket if you have a wall plug/adapter to use with it. I have a few extra wall plugs so I was set.</p><p>I admit, it's ugly to look at but it is comfortable and well balanced for me.</p><p>So far it has been working really well for me. I have not let it use up all the battery life in one go because some other reviews seemed to have done that and then they were unable to get the battery to charge again. I have heard of batteries doing that which is why a lot of companies will advised not to let a charge fully go out.</p><p>If this keeps working this well I am going to get a few more to swap out the bottles that other cleaning solutions come in and put them in their own auto spray bottle.<br /></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-15745474915399423112022-06-14T02:00:00.000-04:002022-06-14T02:00:00.174-04:00Second Tuesday Update 6-14-2022<p> Second Tuesday Update 6-14-2022</p><p> My parents visited and I have most of a room free of boxes. Weeds were whacked. A nice rany start to summer is here.</p><p>started trying to do 2 streams a day and seems good so far? one short one at lunch and then a longer one after i get out of work.</p><p>an... thats about it.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-53735239627908485232022-06-06T02:00:00.001-04:002022-06-06T02:00:00.176-04:00Mechanical Keyboard musings<p>With mechanical keyboards I haven’t seen too many affordable options for
cool looking frames. Please note that by affordable I mean dirt cheap. Unlike with membrane keyboards that are over all cheaper and have been around long enough that they can crank out so cool looks. </p><p>Which makes me
wonder about using the gram for a mechanical keyboard.<br />
<br />
Searches don’t actually give me much info. Most all of the posts I have
seen are either talking about converting keyboards or they are copies of
other posts. Lots of content piracy in that search.<br />
<br />
The only reason I am searching for an answer is because I want to make a
purple mechanical keyboard that isn’t going to break the bank. Also the
color for the frame doesn’t seem to be a thing and i really don’t want
to paint anything.<br />
<br />
I already dropped the cash for the key caps. They are super pretty and aesthetic.<br />
<br />
I am considering getting new switches but the Holy Pandas and the Holy
Panda X’s are super super $$$. Even on the knockoff sites the Holy
Pandas are still $$$.<br />
<br />
Considering the majority of my collection of two mechanical keyboards
are both gaterons… and any keyboard i would experiment with would also
have gaterons…. I might just go with them for the time being.<br />
<br />
I really want a purple case for the very purple key caps. I think I might
just buy the membrane keyboard with the case or gram color that i want
and then hunt around for a mechanical keyboard that will fit inside it.
Which means I’ll be taking it apart to have the case with me while i
shop so i look like a dork. Or someone that is super dedicated to the
art. Whichever.<br />
<br />
It is a very nice purple…<br />
<br />
If this ends up working i will be super happy. The keyboard whose frame i
like is about $20-ish so I would prefer to know if it would work
first…. But… at the same time I don’t want to wait. I think that unless I
find good evidence that it will work, or if i figure out how to do the
measurements, then I will just end up waiting a few more months until I
can get into a shop to ask someone directly. Some day.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-83253207185381131972022-05-27T02:00:00.003-04:002022-05-29T12:02:54.638-04:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 5-27-2022<p> Future Friday Predictions & Planning -posted one 5-29-2022 and back dated<br /></p><p>Whoops! 3 day weekend chaos and i did not even think about this </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-85507144037659545702022-05-10T02:00:00.025-04:002022-05-10T02:00:00.173-04:00Second Tuesday Update 5-10-2022<p> Second Tuesday Update 5-10-2022</p><p>The weather here has been absolute crap. The nice weather seems to happen when I am out traveling.</p><p> I did get to do a little gadening on Mothers Day, so that was nice.</p><p>Watched some streaming and that... is pretty much my month. This is a weird time and it's like my sleep schedule is fighting for winter vs summer sleep patterns. Either way it kinda sucks until one wins. <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-89984037191864972122022-05-04T02:00:00.001-04:002022-05-04T02:00:00.170-04:00Twitch Streaming<p> I have started, or I have been doing Twitch Streams. Mostly Minecraft but sometimes Lost Ark. </p><p><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/dracota" target="_blank"> https://www.twitch.tv/dracota</a></p><p>I plan of streaming while i do art and possibly while sewing.... but that is still a little in the air because my setup is not even remotely steady because it is hella slapped together. It's a selfie stick connected to a tripod. No extra lighting from the camera area and lots of ambient lighting.</p><p>One day I might get brave enough to stream while working on a story. I'll probably start a new one just so I don't have to worry about the others I have brewing.</p><p>I never remember to post the link anyplace when I go live... Which is hilarious to me because if Twitch had a little button to push that would auto post to verious sites I would be all over that.</p><p>But it doesn't. So now I have to figure out something tht I can copy and paste.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-52259644577757763262022-04-29T02:00:00.001-04:002022-04-29T02:00:00.155-04:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 4-29-2022<p> Future Friday Predictions & Planning 4-29-2022</p><p>Time for growing things. the warm weather that was perfect for starting seeds happend while i was out of town. As i predicted. so /i have a lot of things to do.</p><p>Lupins and echinatia are top on my list. I have a few other seeds to do and I also hav some garlic from last year that is growing that I will need to divide.</p><p>I am also going to do a cardinal sin in gardening that everyone does, I will be digging up bulbs out of season to move and split them. I have an absolutely crazy number of this fancy white flower and then tons of crocus. There is also a clump of pink flowing stars-things that I need to split also.</p><p>The 1880 hyacinth bulbs i will wait until the fall to split i think. Unless they are smothering each other.</p><p>Then the gladiolas i know i need to split because they made a ton of baby bulbs last year. there will be a lot of red and poss a lot of purple in the future.</p><p>I'm exhausted just thinking about this.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-34502910492728908182022-04-20T02:00:00.001-04:002022-04-20T02:00:00.159-04:002am thought<p> </p><p>2am thought. </p><p>I just realized after almost 30 years that an old house we lived in had an electrical problem in one plug. </p><p>It was the plug we had the tv plugged into. </p><p>The
older tv started not turning off. It wasn’t just that the vacuum tubes
were holding a charge, which was probably the first sign, but the screen
was still lit. </p><p>You could hear when it was doing this because it
was so loud that people who couldn’t and had never heard an electric
current before were able to hear it. (Several of my parents friends were
startled to find out their kids weren’t joking about hearing the
tv/electric) I had showed my parents that it was still ‘on’ one weekend
by having them stay in the room and you could almost hear the hairs on
the back of their neck standing up because they got so creeped out by
it. </p><p>There were always the last ones to go to bed and they used a
switch on the next floor or at the door to the next floor so they never
really had a fully dark room when turning it off. </p><p>This was the late 80’s or early 90’s so no plasma or LED tvs. </p><p>So
after one weekend of it just having the screen glowing and seemingly
never fully turning off? They decided to save & get a new tv. </p><p>After
a few years it started having the same thing happen. We never noticed
that the old tv didn’t have trouble in the play room. </p><p>Then we moved to CA and got pets and never noticed that neither tv was having trouble. </p><p>We moved again NY and still hadn’t noticed. </p><p>I literally figured it out today at 2am. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-13088186254316988422022-04-12T02:00:00.019-04:002022-04-15T09:18:36.931-04:00Second Tuesday Update 4-12-2022<p> Second Tuesday Update 4-12-2022</p><p> </p><p>First, if you are planning any serious outdoors things or gardening go get a tinnitus shot. I got my 10 and i am going to nag my little sister until her family gets them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, March was a relatively peaceful month al la my personal life. </p><p>I have plans for April that have been changed a few times already so I will asume that they will change again. </p><p><br /></p><p>and this was published on 4-15 and back dated to 4-12<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-76346145201246339942022-03-30T02:00:00.001-04:002022-03-30T02:00:00.178-04:00Day light alarm part followup<p>So last year I made this post <a href="http://www.lifeafter28.com/2021/11/day-light-alarm-but-cheaper.html">http://www.lifeafter28.com/2021/11/day-light-alarm-but-cheaper.html</a> </p><p>Which was about my attempt to make a cheap daylight alarm. </p><p>Good news is it works super well! The wall timer gives a few more options for turning the light on & off.<br /></p><p>The bad news is that I wake up before the 'click' of the timer so then a jump every time it actually turns on.</p><p>Because I am using the manual kind, I do not know if the digital version gives an option for a weekend setting.I just turn it off on Friday night and turn it on again Sunday so that it is ready on Monday.Or I just deal with it waking me up on the weekends also.</p><p>So it isn't perfect but it is cheaper then the true market made daylight alarm clocks.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-34197989350698477662022-03-25T02:00:00.065-04:002022-03-25T02:00:00.153-04:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 3-25-2022<p> Future Friday Predictions & Planning 3-25-2022</p><p> So! sewing! there are plans do do sewing! Not with my modern machine because... it's not working again. <br /></p><p> My vintage baby is so so wonderful. I made a plague doctor mask and i was surprised at how well it turned out.</p><p>I am planning on making some doll cloths. I have the fabric and i am trying to find the patterns from old 1880's garment cutters books but i keep getting distracted by the dresses. <br /></p><p>Any future plans will be sewing related, until the weather is nice and then it is all garden all the time. </p><p>The weather is very close to turning nice.</p><p>SO! Garden plans are... clearing out last falls over growth with out destroying the new spring growth. This is far harder then it sounds. Mostly because by the time it is warm enough for me to get out there... lots of things have already started growing. It's a yearly pain. In the before-winter-lasted-forever times... i would have been out in the few warm days in Feb to get the weeds ripped out and put down a layer of mulch to look like i knew what i was doing.</p><p>So since it takes about 10-15 bags of mulch that will be one of the weekend projects. I wish I could get mulch dumped on my driveway but I don't have a driveway that that can be done with.</p><p>The backyard is forever and always an overgrown nightmare.</p><p>Since I am not stuck several states away like last summer... I will be able to get something of a start on it. As soon as I find my gloves because there are spiders every place back there. Every leaf can have a spider because yes, there are that many. I have no idea what to do about it because the crickets are thriving and that is what they eat.</p><p>I am going to try and do something about the grass again... I have enough newspaper to try the smother method again in the areas that there are no hidden bulbs. The areas were there are hidden bulbs? I am going to try and dig them up. Doing this in the spring while they are blooming is a Very Bad Idea but it is the only time I can see them so I don't really have much of a choice. After they bloom is in the summer when everything has grown over them.</p><p>And then, last but not last on the list, is the fact that I have been streaming games on twitch. Nothing big or amazing but lots of rants. I hope to bring this out side when I mess with the garden during my lunches or after work. </p><p>But then again I also plan on going for walks and winning the lotto so... yeah....</p><p>Things with small changes and more day light! Warm weather is a wonderful thing and gets me more active. I do plan on posting more but, again we shall see.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-77548452667399629372022-03-08T02:00:00.006-05:002022-03-13T22:04:07.678-04:00Second Tuesday Update 3-8-2022<p> Second Tuesday Update 3-8-2022</p><p> . . . . well there wasn't much to talk about.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-64006115425285545832022-02-25T02:00:00.001-05:002022-03-04T22:28:26.338-05:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 2-25-2022<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Future Friday Predictions & Planning 2-25-2022</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> whoops. I forgot to make a post.</span><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-40272979606407374522022-02-08T02:00:00.044-05:002022-02-08T20:06:05.153-05:00Second Tuesday Update 2-8-2022<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Second Tuesday Update 2-8-2022</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Good new is for now, my desktop computer seems to be working. Unfortunately due to the supply chain and crypto miners the parts for a new desktop are far over priced. Hopefully it will be fine for a while or a few years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I picked up a few new projects. A comic/graphic novel idea that was adamant until i wrote most of it down. I also picked up a few dolls to repaint for the main characters of said art thingy. One did not have adjustable writs so that is going to be a bit of a pain. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't have any of the necessary materials accept the acetone to take the paint off the face. They will need their hair re-rooted and i don't have any of that. I might just get a ton of samples and a tool from someplace to see just how hard it is. I do have a few 'extra' dolls that I can practice with so one small plus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am debating trying to make costumes or to drop more cash on pre-made things that more then likely wont fit. I think I might try sewing first. Hopefully i might be able to glue or use iron on sewing stuff to make the cloths? My hopes are not high.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">*update 2-8-2022 because I forgot to hit post.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doll customization is a money sink & I actually discovered that there are art supplies that i don't have.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also got distracted from things with mushroom armor.<br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-76904575634615836882022-01-28T18:23:00.053-05:002022-01-28T18:23:00.161-05:00Future Friday Predictions & Planning 1-28-2022<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Future Friday Predictions & Planning 1-28-2022</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The biggest plan that I am doing right now is re-decorating my work space. Not just so that I can fit my monitors & laptop together on my desk, but also because I want to move my work setup off of my dinning room table. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not that I use it as a dinning room, but i need the space and to put it bluntly, it's not the best work area. The lighting is messed up and it's just... bleh. The only reason I was using it was because it was the only room down stairs that I have a window that can open. Long story tl;dr is that the storm windows are screwed into the window frames and removing them is a powder keg of work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This update is going to include a new desk, floor mat for the chair, and a few other small but ultimately useful things to give me more space or organize things better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been holding off on it because it's going to set me back $300-$400. This is only painful because I had a family wedding and that took a chunk out of the overall budget.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But.... I just can't keep using the same setup. The production improvement just from upgrading my keyboards is amazing. So there is proof of change at least.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once I makeup my mind I'll post about the things I get and have amazon links that will hopefully have photos? I'm not even sure if they do that anymore. But yeah. Plans and such. </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374635265704872684.post-76137971051166832312022-01-17T12:41:00.072-05:002022-01-17T12:41:00.201-05:00Why NTF's Are Bad<p> Why NTF's Are Bad</p><p> First <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/" target="_blank">they are destroying the environment</a>.<br /></p><p>Yeah, this is already a dangerous topic because of bad information that has flooded the internet as well as the argument that but Rich Person is doing it!!</p><p>Let's give it a go.</p><p>First, Do Not Do NFT's.</p><p>Second, Do not Do Crypto Currency.</p><p>Third, Do Not Do Data Mining.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically these things showed up in a different order. Crypto Currency -> Data Mining -> NTF's</p><p><br /></p><p>I do remember when bit coin started and they literally could not give the stuff away. Some sites would give you one free bitcoin when you made an account with them! One whole coin!</p><p>Someone mentioned finding a contest were the people that placed 8th would get 25 bit coins. Which would never be seen or heard of happening today.</p><p>So for bit coins they need to be 'mined' to be worth more or some such. But because of the huge data usage they people that 'farm' the data managed to cause a shortage of computer parts long before the Pandemic and the Everready. Computer prices are actually just starting to come down a bit.</p><p>There is also the bit were crypto miners were being added to sites and apps without anyone's knowledge or permissions and slowing their devices because of it. There was so much crap going on.</p><p>Now, with the NTF's it's starting to go in a new direction but it's using so much more energy then can be supported. And for what?</p><p>A receipt.</p><p>Not an item, a receipt that they paid for a recite. They also tout that they are un-traceable. I'll get back to this little bit. You don't even get the item because you are only buying a receipt.<br /></p><p>This has money laundering written all over it.</p><p>It's worse then the whole beanie baby thing from the 90's, mostly because of the money laundering.</p><p>There is some of the worst art work being purposely made to look that bad, going for $10,000 and that is assuming it's being sold by the original artist and not just stolen from them. They are trying to say that all funds go back to the artist that is selling them. Completely skipping over the rampant art theft that has been happening on the internet for years. </p><p>They are trying to use this same false seance of safety to claim that right clicking + save image is some kind of super hacking. </p><p>But this goes back to their "un-taceable" claim.</p><p>Remember the bitcoin Milionair that died with the only password to a wallet with a whole bunch of peoples money? $190 million gone in a moment. Quite a few crypto sites think he faked his own death.<br /></p><p>If one of these 'block chains' gets shut down all of the super secret receipts on it go away with it. Then all you have is a debit and not even your receipt that you paid money for. I have seen people on twitter desperate to get their hacked wallets back and all they get told is too bad.</p><p>And don't forget that the IRS is now going to be going after the transactions for NFT's.</p><p>Technically they have been watching this with banks and now they have the ability to go full on after them. And since no one was keeping track of who was selling to who, i wonder if the sites will be locking access until they sellers list the appropriate info like Tax ID or SS numbers? Seeing as the IRS will be able to go after them also.</p><p>Please do not go into the NFT's.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">This post was originally posted at Life After 28 and can be found at http://life-after-28.blogspot.com/</div>Phyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786000210794917113noreply@blogger.com0