Whatever...A Hobbiests Philosophy

Tarot Card reading basics

2008-03-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

Tarot Card reading basics

Recently I have been hearing a lot of talk about tarot cards. Apparently it’s a pretty fast growing hobby or should I say it already is a very large hobby so I thought I would do a section on beginning tarot card reading.

Now days there are many different types of tarot cards and a lot of companies have been augmenting tarot cards into franchises such as cartoons and other shows. Although it has been adopted for today’s franchises and modern business cards the tarot cards have a lot of history. Most people when they think of tarot cards think of Gypsies and fortune telling and all that other stuff but the cards real power lie in how much you believe in them.

Getting Started
To start tarot card reading find a good book that explains the cards meanings and so you can get a feel for the history and meaning behind them also to learn what the pictures mean.
Secondly after you have purchased a deck to your liking you have to get a scarf or something to store them into to keep them from harm’s way. The next step is to season you cards. This basically involves you sleeping with your cards close to your heart when they are wrapped in the scarf. You only have to do this for a week or so.
After all this is done the fun part comes along. When reading the cards concentrate ask the question out loud. Now using your tarot spread of choice lay the cards out. Now depending on the direction and type of card means different things. The main thing to do is follow your instincts even coming up with your own meaning of cards helps.

Check out these forums for more help. http://www.tarotforum.net/

Construction process of a paintball

2008-03-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

How Paintballs are made

I done some digging and have discovered that paintballs are made out of nothing more than some gelatin and certain food mixtures and the “paint” is made of the inert mixture in cough syrup and crayon thickener.
I was going to look into researching how I can make a dulled down version of the machine that makes them see if I can design something that will pump out maybe a 100 with one lot of mixture. I will see what happens. If any of you know a home brew way of making paintballs let me know.
If you are interested in how they are made commercially have a look at this.

Make your own paintballs

2008-03-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

How to make a Paintball Guide

Hows it going anyone out there know a method of making paint balls. I have a General idea and am currently compiling a guide on how to to make them along with your own paint ball gun but i am still messing with the outer shell recipe.

If anyone has made a successful paint ball let me know and tell me how you did if you don't mind disclosing the information.

Laser Tag P90 Construction

2008-03-18T21:04:00.000-07:00

Laser Tag: P90 Construction

Basic Shell Construction

The first step in constructing is building the casing. Probably the hardest part about the system is finding places to buy the right parts from for the shell.

Step 1: Begin with the handle. Start by shaping a piece of wood of your choice into the shape of the handle in this case a P90. The reason we use wood is because it is easy to shape unlike metal or plastic. Shape the wood using a jigsaw, sander, and a dremel if you own one.

Step 2: Once the handle is complete go onto working out a groove for the trigger.

Step 3: Now you have to go about locating the right sized U channels to use for the upper part of the case. You can usually find what you are after at sites like http://www.onlinemetals.com/. You usually need 3 or 4 various sized U-channels to make a decent case.

Step 4: once you have the metal sections of the case attach them using screws and metal plates and you can use a welder if is available to you. Once all the sections are attached you are almost set.

Step 5: Quickly shape a little piece of metal into an I shape to be used as a scope mount.

The inner Workings

The inner working is everything else but the case…

Step 1: begin by putting together the LED barrel. The hardest part is getting the distance right between the LED and the lens. You can pick up lenses from places like http://www.surplusshed.com/. Once you have correctly measured the distance fit them using a piece of PVC pipe and some couplings.

Step 2: once you have the lenses fitted go about fitting the speaker and the key hole in the back panel this is just a matter of screwing it on.

Step 3: Now to fit the trigger. This is just a matter of shaping a soft lump of aluminum into a desired shape and fitting it onto a pivot.

Step 4: using the previously made laser barrel fit it onto the front in the U-channel with some screws. Also fit a small cosmetic barrel underneath with a plastic bracket and some PVC.

Step 5: Now comes the fitting of the brain. Depending on your preference you can go with frag tag or miles tag. Both are DIY sites. http://lasertagparts.com/mtdesign.htm http://www.fragtag.com.au/. Both have full systems available for purchase. Miles tag is by far cheaper and the system runs fairly smoothly has no major glitches. Frag tag is for the really hardcore players and the systems are a bit more complex and a lot more expensive.

Step 6: once you have a main board and a sound chip it’s just a matter of fixing it in place. Using little screw mounts screw the parts in place.

Step 7: now fit the trigger switch in place in front of the trigger. The trigger switch basically consists of a spring and a small circuit that acts as an on off switch the main board runs with.

Step 8: now it’s just a matter of fitting the other parts in such as reload switches the key hole and the lcd screen and connecting them all. All the cables can be purchased through either miles tag or the frag tag site. Electronic parts can be purchased from http://www.mouser.com/.

Other Notes: the Frag tag system and Miles tag system are no longer compatible I believe because the Frag tag group upgraded their software. If you are after a scope a decent one can be picked up of ebay for cheap.

Conclusion: All in all it should set you back around 200-300 dollars depending on how many extras you get and how much effort you want to put into the actual case. For a more detailed case construction of the P90 you can go to Frag tag they have a good guide there to follow. If you want the full set AutoCAD files for the P90 just give me your email and I will send it to you.

This is just a basic Guide I am in the Process of writing a full one now but it probably won’t be put up here so if you want it drop me a message and I will email you a link to it when it’s done. If any of you have any cool designs please share them I would be happy to check them out.

Construction

2008-03-17T23:28:00.000-07:00

Having just joined the lucrative world of blogging i am currently constructing this new blog. so hopefully soon i will be able to put everything and have a blog that has some success in it. if you are wondering what this blog is about i will tell you. This blog will contain information on pretty much anything from games to different peoples lifestyles and my online marketing experience. So if that sounds interesting i should hopefully have it all going in a week if you want to stick around. :)

Whatever Example 1

2008-03-17T16:15:00.001-07:00

Whatever philosophy example 1

College Food....

2008-03-17T15:56:00.000-07:00

Of Late i have noticed the diminishing quality of food at the dining hall at my college. Now i try to apply my whatever philosophy to a lot of things but food has its own section.

Rule No 1 for a happier life. Don't Mess with a man and his food. To a man food is a way of life you just don't mess with it, it's like an unwritten law of something. lately they have been charging more and the food keeps getting worse. they don't even use tomatoes in spaghetti sauce.

This has left me severely aggravated. stupid food snatchers. if your a terrible chef and cant find work or you want to be a chef and have no qualifications join a uni kitchen they will have you. No prior skills needed.

Whatever....A philosophy of life

2008-03-17T01:54:00.000-07:00

There are a lot of people in this world and a lot of different lifestyles that vary depending on your geological location. But one lifestyle that can be applied no matter where you are is the "whatever lifestyle."

The whatever lifestyle could have turned a lot of situations around if people would just heed my advice. instead of getting pissed of just say whatever, unless the person murders your family runs away to marry your daughter you usually wont have that good a reason to be mad at them. the whatever lifestyle also makes a better quality of life for example,

If i am walking down the street and some dude pushes me out of the way quite aggressively and lets say i know some level of martial arts and could beat his face in i don't stop him and make him apologize. say whatever keep walking that turns a situation from some angry midget from getting his faced bashed in by you saves you the hasel of the law suits. a simple whatever philosophy can prevent all those things. :)