Charles W. Moore

No GPS? No Problem!

This is an article I want to record here on my blog. I would venture to say that most of my readers would not be interested but my son may be so here it is recorded.

No GPS? No problem! Using GPSDirect to develop location-aware apps (Part 1)

By John M. (Intel), published on December 13, 2012

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In an earlier blog post titled “Develop location-aware, Metro style apps when your development system doesn’t have GPS“, one option I presented for those wishing to develop high-precision location-based Windows Store apps is to hook up an external GPS to your computer. What I want to do now is explore this method in greater detail, and I’m creating a three-part series on doing so with a software application called GPSDirect from TurboIRC.COM Software & Research. In part one, we’ll introduce the GPSDirect sensor driver and learn how to use it. In parts two and three, we’ll look at connecting an external GPS recevier and an Android-based smart phone as a GPS provider.

Part 1. Introducing GPSDirect

Part 2. Using an external, handheld GPS.

Part 3. Using an Android smartphone as a GPS receiver

This is another related link supplied by CW Moore: Welcome to GPSComplete

Finland Social Experiment

As a result of a Facebook comment this morning I have been thinking more about his Capitalism vs Socialism analogy: basically, Capitalism is good and Socialism is jamming “whatever” down the throats of unwilling constituents. A shortsighted, false view in my opinion.

Later in the morning, I came across this study conducted in Finland and it grabbed my attention because of the mornings response I made to the post on Facebook to which I referred above. I will present some data below that may stimulate an interest.

The link to the Finnish social experiment study is here. I do not know how long the link will last but I would almost bet this site will last longer than the link. Therefore, I will add some of the text in the block below.

“Finland basic income trial left people ‘happier but jobless’: This is seen as increasingly important in the age of automation – that is, put very simply, as robots take people’s jobs.”

Love New Mexico

I thought this was funny and I hope you do too; however, if I have offended a Brother please forgive me.

Prayer

USA Today

The picture is from The New Yorker Daily 2.3.2019. I thought this pretty much sums up where we are today. I heard a guy the other day say “trump gets things done”. He did not pass any judgement, yea or nay, but was stating a matter of fact from his point of view: This took place in Livingston, TX. I guess he does get things done in his isolated, confrontational, divisional, mediocre sort of way. What does he get done? Well, I guess that sort of depends on who you are talking to. Of course, this is all hearsay, since no one can believe anything the media presents these days. I guess I do not care anymore since I am in media override and I know, in general, what I believe and so I have become an island unto itself. I guess that makes me as bad as any politician I could name.

Guess What? Restring time!

Guess what we get to do?  The string broke in our main shade in the RV.  So we have the pleasure of restringing it soon.  As soon as I order the kit it is a go.  I also ordered some extra 1MM string just in case I screw something up.

Super Blood Moon and segues

Last night (1/20/2019) was the Super Blood Moon and we watched it at a club house party here in the Escapee’s Rainbow’s End RV Park at Livingston, TX.  We gave up at 11:12 which was the 100% Umbra.  It was not quite as spectacular as I expected but still it was pretty cool. I can see why the ancients were perplexed and a bit worried.  The skies were perfectly clear.  The binoculars were usable and useful seeing it with a bit of color. I am glad I stayed up to see it.  I may never again be able to observe with such clarity and at a time that I will stay up to see it from this Earth.

Approximately 12 PM today the plumber showed up at the RV to repair the lavatory single handle faucet.  He did not think he could repair it so I told him to install the Moen two handle set I picked up at Lowes last Friday.  I am glad I took the precaution.  He went zip, zip and had it installed in less than an hour.  I paid him the $100/hour and he departed.  So, the faucet cost $83 and this brings the total to $183±.   That sink has cost us this year!  The better half was washing some socks and pushed the sink out from the counter top and that cost $180.  Hopefully we are finished with that part of the RV for a while.

While waiting for the plumber, I was listening to a Youtube on a sailing vBlog called RAN and came across his comment about liking the native tribe in the vicinity of Panama City.  I made a comment about my daughter being down there in the Peace Corps.  Herein, I include her embeded link to picture she took and the blog she continues to produce.

Worried about this

Via a Tweet I was lead to an interview of Sugar Land Man.  That article pointed to the GWU hyperlink https://extremism.gwu.edu/travelers.  I just sort of shake my head and wonder why a citizen of the USA would do such a thing?  Admittedly, it is a small % of the people but still it is a pretty extreme act.  The man interviewed is university educated but is broken somehow.  I am much more worried about this type of person than the Latinos coming across the border (that try to integrate into the communities).

12 January 2019 in NE Indiana

My shutdown comment

A year from now we will probably not even remember the ‘shutdown’ because of the even more absurd topics that will replace it as talking fodder. What amazes me is that the Democrats even give this type of thing air time.  The same goes for most of the Republicans and legitimate media.  By legitimate media I mean ones who give a more or less unbiased presentation of facts and statements.

So considering the above I am going to violate the premise of the statement by presenting this cartoon: