I’ve been in Houston so that I can lock in my new job. While there, I decided to go to the Houston Zoo. I love animals, and have wanted to visit the Houston Zoo because they have the endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chickens there in a restoration project…
From the Houston Zoo website:
Attwater’s prairie chicken [...] is a critically endangered subspecies of prairie grouse that was once very common on the coastal prairies of eastern Texas, including what is today the Houston metropolitan area. This bird is perhaps best known for its “booming” display, a characteristic male behavior that attracts hens during the breeding season, which takes place from late winter through early spring. Unfortunately, the combination of vanishing habitat, predation, and introduced species has taken its toll on the remaining wild population, which now numbers less than 100 birds at three protected sites[.]
There are less than 100 wild Attwater prairie chickens remaining in the wild! They are beautiful, as you can see from the image at the top of this post, and ever since I did a project over them in high school, I have been trying to see one or hold one before they go extinct!! Unfortunately, I was not able to see them! They had some hatching ‘behind the scenes,’ but nothing I could get close to… I asked around and eventually was told that if I really, really wanted to see them, I could possible set up a VIP tour or set up a special tour with the Houston Zoo at a later date… I guess I have to wait until next time I come to visit…
But! There were other cool animals that I saw there!
My party and I were planning on getting to the zoo around noon, but we got there a little later, around 2:30… and we were only going to stay for about 2 hours… But the zoo was just too large and too fun for us to leave so early! We ended up staying until after their closing time at 7 that evening and we still didn’t get to see all of the animals there. (Yes, even the Attwater prairie chicken…) Oh, it would have also been cool to see a Victoria Crowned Pigeon… We will definitely be going there again very soon. Here in a few weeks, I’m going to be going to the Dallas Zoo!
To wrap up this blog post, though, I have to say that my favorite animal that I saw there was the Siamese Fireback Pheasant!
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More about the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken at the Houston Zoo: Click Here
So, I came down to Houston for the weekend. There were a few reasons why I came here, but the two most important reasons were 1.) write a new business program for Rightway Networking, one company that has contracted me recently for creating their logo and website, and 2.) finalize the things I need to become an official employee of Rightway Networking as a graphic designer for their advertisements that they make for their projects.
Tomorrow morning, I’m heading back to Dallas so that I can continue making pizzas for the first part of this week and then back down to Austin to celebrate my birthday that’s quickly approaching on June 1st. I’ll be working for both companies for just a bit longer.
All in all, I’m glad to be picked up by a company that is going to using the skills that I’ve acquired. It makes me feel accomplished.
The new Spider-Man is, despite some heavy criticism, was revealed nearly a year ago to be a half-black and half-Hispanic teenager. A friend of mine showed me this little comic and I thought that I would share it.
If you don’t realize that it’s a joke aimed at raising intelligent discussion surrounding the stereotypes that the recent Trayvon Martin killing.
Actually, earlier today, a statement came out from April 2nd that revealed a girl had been on the phone while Martin was being pursued by George Zimmerman and talked to him about a, “crazy and creepy” man that had been watching and following him. Eventually, Trayvon said that he gave Zimmerman the slip and “he said he lost him.”
Read more about the new Spider-Man: USA Today
Read more about the new revelations surrounding the Trayvon Martin killing: New York Times
Heard this on the earlier today… Then listened to it 10 times in a row on YouTube… It’s probably one of my favorite songs right now. I highly suggest people take a listen to it.
I actually don’t like tattoos… Some people can pull them off… But, I find ‘em unattractive. I have decided, though, that if I ever got a tattoo, it would be either an awesome Pokemon like these, or a chicken.
Taking screenshots can be very important to developers, but a lot of other kinds of computer users find them userful. Whether you want to take a picture of a problem to show someone who knows how to fix it, or to show off a high score in a game. It’s easy to do and there is even a way to capture the image of a single window instead of the entire screen! It’s easy and there’s a button on your keyboard to do it!
Take a screenshot of your entire screen:
To take a screenshot of your entire screen, find the Prt Sc button on your keyboard. (Sometimes it’ll be called Prnt Scrn.) Either way, it’s usually located around the place that’s highlighted in the above image. After you do that, just go to Paint or another image editing program and Paste what you have. That’s it! Just save it, now!
Take a screenshot of a single window:
It’s very similar o take a screenshot of just a single window you have on screen. All you have to do is click on the window you want a screenshot of and push both Prt Sc the Alt key at the same time. Then go to an picture editing program and Paste what you have. That’s it! Then save it somewhere!
I’ve had quite a few people contact me about TeleCommand. I actually was going to post about it sooner because I’ve made a lot of progress with it. One thing that I wanted to show off what the new format of TeleCommand and a screenshot, but I had finals to take care of. Well, those are over and I’m out of school for the school year, so I have a lot of time to spare! I am going to be finishing up TeleCommand within the next few days, and I’ll be releasing the TeleCommand Receiver for PC in my Downloads Section of my website for free. However, the Vita version of the controller will not be immediately available for download. You must contact me if you’d like the pre-release version for the PS Vita. On another note, I will finish working on the version for Android, and since I went through and restructured the server-side code, it should not take long before the android version is completed. Until then, you can take a look at some of these sexy screenshots.
PS Vita of TeleCommand:
TeleCommand Receiver for PC:
Some things that I’ve done are… updated the user interface so the programs look as nice as they operate, included the ability to allow arguments to be sent to programs, made the code more efficiently in general on the server, added separate code for each individual user instead of global code which will make the programs run extremely efficient on your receiving machine. All that remains to do is finish adding SSL to my server and the ability to save your custom commands. These both will take very little time to implement.
If you’d like to try it out whenever it’s finished, you may e-mail me: crait.is@gmail.com or tweet me on Twitter: @crait That is the only way you will get the pre-release version of TeleCommand for the PS Vita.
I’m specifically posting this for one person, but I hope that others can get use out of it, too. I’m going to start posting shortcuts like this, tutorials, or other tips on a regular basis.
Space: Play/pause S: Stop Ctrl + H: Turn control display on/off E: Frame-by-frame V: Toggle subtitles on/off N: Next item in media que P: Previous item in media que F: Toggle full screen mode Z: Change zoom size Ctrl + Up / Down: Increase/decrease volume M: Mute/unmute T: Display time remaining + / -: Play media faster or slower
If you’re like me, you really are impatient… That’s why shortcuts were invented! Use this list of VLC keyboard shortcuts if you need them.
I saw this picture a while back and then saw it posted all over the web, so I decided to wait on posting it since I didn’t want to seem like a follower of the mainstream. I promise, I’m a total hipster. I had to wait ’till it was out of style and old to post it.
Looking at these Lego figures, the whole minimalist idea comes out and shows how our brain can actually take the smallest details and connect them in a way to recognize something familiar. Can you recognize these figures? For the answers to a few, check the tags in this post.
Faint white figures paint my sleep,
please don’t tell my secrets… keep them hidden.
(You got it. You got it. You got it.)
If the words that matter reach your face from floor,
will you be wondering if, or… do I need what is given or honest?
Does it cost me scarring if the words stay true?
Even number your nephew…
(I don’t want it… don’t want it… don’t want it anymore….)
And when the answer that you want,
Is in the question that you state!
Come what may!
Come what may!
[x2]
In a pain that buckles out your knees,
could you stop this if I plead?
(You got it, you got it, you got it…)
So destined I am to walk among the dark,
a child in keeping secrets from… will they know what I’ve done in the after.
In the sought for matter when the words blame you,
In a blood red summer I’ll give you.
(I don’t want it, don’t want it, don’t want it…)
And when the answer that you want,
Is in the question that you state!
Come what may!
Come what may!
What did I do to deserve…
What did I do to deserve….
HEEY! HEEEEY!!
[x2]
Wa oh wa ooooh….
Wa oh wa ooooh.
Wa oh wa ooooh!!
Wa oh oh oh woah!
What did I do to deserve…
What did I do to deserve….
HEEY! HEEEEY!!
[x3]
My party and I were planning on getting to the zoo around noon, but we got there a little later, around 2:30… and we were only going to stay for about 2 hours… But the zoo was just too large and too fun for us to leave so early! We ended up staying until after their closing time at 7 that evening and we still didn’t get to see all of the animals there. (Yes, even the Attwater prairie chicken…) Oh, it would have also been cool to see a Victoria Crowned Pigeon… We will definitely be going there again very soon. Here in a few weeks, I’m going to be going to the Dallas Zoo!
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