A curve ball too low
From first to second, a gentle stroll No one's covering third. Turn the jets on. By the time they figure out what's happening, he's already gone.
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I put this track together while watching the Mets win game 5 vs. the Dodgers last night. The drums and part of the bass track are the only things that I made with software instruments. The rest is guitars and keys.
Our final belief is about disconnecting — using the off-ramp to leave the information super-highway. It's really all about balance and the constant awareness of choice and agency to make choices. If you spend all your time online, you will not lead as well as you could. And if you never pull back, and stay too involved, and never let the online tools take hold, you also will not lead as well as you could. To succeed as a leader with a blended practice, you must build the capacity for online-offline shifting. Ok I am really excited about the Mets game tonight. Last night they won so they are up 2-1. In honor of the monster home run which Yoenis Cespedes hit into the second deck at Citi Field, I've created an aerial view of what it would have looked like. In this example I used the Mixed recorded mode to first capture the rotating baseball being hit out of the park. Then I recorded a little dot to simulate a shadow. Not exactly a professional animation, but it was very easy to make. Let's go Mets!
I am a huge Mets fan. For those who are not in the United States and/or do not follow baseball, the Mets are the "other" team from New York City. For the first time in almost 10 years they are in the playoffs. The first two games were played in Los Angeles (3 hours behind) and each had starting times of 9PM or later (which is late for me). I thought I would have a hard time staying awake, especially during commercial breaks, but a new experience for me was really helpful: following other fans' reactions, celebrations, and disappointments on Twitter.
By searching for both the #Mets and #Dodgers (the opponents) hashtags, I was instantly able to get a glimpse in to how other individuals, all over the world, were experiencing the game. Home run replays, complaints about the umpiring, and even comments about subtleties in the background like TV News personality Larry King sitting in the front row. Throughout the first two games I "favorited" some of my, well, favorite tweets. First, Left Fielder Michael Cuddyer, who is not known for his defense, had two really tough fly balls in his direction that if he had taken a good route, he probably would have caught. He didn't.
After the second misplayed ball, one viewer suggested the player sit next to Larry King who was basically visible for the entire game because of his front row seat.
TBS, the television station airing the two baseball games had a graphic in the bottom right corner of the screen that was supposed to show if a ball was in the strike zone. However, the umpires seemed to be using a totally different zone so the graphic was not helpful at all.
The Mets' starting pitcher, Jacob deGrom had a terrific game, shutting out the Dodgers for 7 innings with 13 strikeouts. He is a key reason they won the first game.
Game 2 had a lot more dramatics. The Mets were winning for most of the game until the 7th inning. First, one of the oldest pitchers in the game who does not have the same athletic frame he once possessed when he started his baseball career entered the game in relief. He jogged from the bullpen to the pitcher's mound.
With his only batter faced, Bartolo Colon gave up a ground ball and the second baseman tried to convert a double play but was taken out with a very aggressive (later determined illegal) slide that broke his right leg. After a lot of deliberation, there were many calls made that did not work out in the Mets favor. Many fans and players had opinions.
One fan linked to a tweet from another player who was trying to explain the rules.
And a former Mets player shared his opinion.
Experiencing a regional (or national or international) event in this way is a different experience. I'm not necessarily saying it is better or worse, but I did enjoy it and it helped me stay awake. Game 3 is tonight. Let's go Mets.
This cold, acquired from my son
or perhaps from too much time in the outdoor fall fun This cold, or is it allergies? I don't have them, though, I think, could it really be the trees? This cold, ruins my sleep I made some tea with honey and lemon, but for too long I let it steep This cold, it beckons hot soup with noodles. I will find a place. Ramen, delicious ramen noodles. Oodles. I wanted to play around some more with recording things in a really slow tempo and then speeding them up to the desired tempo. The reason for doing this is that my fingers can't perform certain rhythms or melodies quickly enough so this is the workaround. I do have to launch the Garageband editor in order to fix some of the hits so that they are as precise as possible. And now for more metal.
Our sixth belief about blending leadership has to do with articulating and advancing institutional mission and responsibility of the leader (or any member, really) to always keep the mission in mind.
Looking for interesting infinite zoom examples I stumbled up on this article about Paul Trillo and his 41x41 project which he created for Nokia. He took photographs all over New York City with the same perspective of the street. The end result is an amazing zoom complication that makes you feel like you are moving through the city. I tried to recreate a similar effect using the same image over and over (from unsplash.com).. Here are two attempts. In both examples, I imported the photo, locked the rotation, duplicated it, resized it and positioned it so it looked like it continued from the original one. Then I grouped the two images and duplicated them over and over until I got bored. I think I could have gone on forever. Give it a try!
I had the fortune to spend time with students and teachers from several independent schools across Hawaii. I learned about customs and traditions and songs. I learned that leis made with the tea leaf are travel-safe. I also learned more about the volcanos on Hawaii (the Big Island) and visited Kilauea - a VERY active volcano. I ran a session on Friday called Explain Everything: Master Class. I think people liked the format where I used very deliberate chunks of time: 30 minute demo, 30 minute play time, 30 minute demo, break, 30 minute play time, demo, lunch, and so on. It was a 8 hour workshop that seemed to go by (at least for me) very quickly. And now some more volcano pictures.
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