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hannahhaslem · 5 years

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HTML Basics Guide for Code Box

This will be the first step by step guide on my website. I have made this guide easy to follow and after each section, there is an exercise specific to each section. This is for users to put their knowledge to the test and practice what they have just learnt. Images will be added to the PDF version of this step by step guide. The content I have written for the Home page will be visible on my promotional website for Code Box.

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Coding made easy, no matter the coding language!

Code Box is the best place to learn code in an easy and enjoyable way. With easy step-by-step guides, you'll be developing websites in no time!

The first guides available will cover the basics of HTML and CSS. These guides will be easy to follow and informative.

HTML Basics (PDF)

Introduction

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the standard markup language for websites and documents to be viewed on a web browser. HTML is the first building block to develop web pages. This guide will cover the basics of HTML, so you can learn how to begin to build your own website from scratch.

HTML uses a ranges of elements and tags to display the content on a web browser. An HTML element consists of a start tag, content and end tag. An HTML tag is the opening and closing tag for the whole element, for example <h1> _______ </h1>.

Before you start learning HTML, you will need a text editor. For this guide, please download Brackets. This is free so once you download Brackets to your device, you are ready to start coding! In order to view your html document on a web browser, you will also need to download Google Chrome, which is also free.

TIP! Once you have started the below tasks, use the Live Preview tool to view your work on Google Chrome. Remember you can keep both Google Chrome and Brackets open at the same time to see how the information is displayed once coded.

Once the application is downloaded and on your device, you can open a new document and save this under the file name index.html and in a folder called ‘Code Box Guides’.

Once you have done this, you will then copy the following code exactly to begin your coding journey!

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> London </title> </head> <body>

HTML Headings

These tags define HTML Headings. <h1> defines the most important heading, while <h6> defines the least important heading.

Now over to you!

Exercise 1:

Take the following headings and use the appropriate heading tags to show their level of importance i.e. which would be the main heading and which would be shown as sub headings.

London Before you go Things to do London Attractions

HTML Paragraphs

<p>

This tag defines a paragraph in HTML. Any content within the <p> tags is treated as a paragraph. Paragraphs are usually represented as blocks of text.

<br>

This tag can be used to get a line break between paragraphs without having to start a new paragraph. This tag has no closing tag.

Try it yourself!

Exercise 2:

For this exercise use the paragraph tags to edit the following sentences. These sentences will be under the ‘London’ heading.

London is Europe’s largest city and one of the largest in the world. London has a population of over 7.5 million. The City of Westminster is home to the majority of the Parliament buildings in London. London is also home to Buckingham Palace which is where Queen Elizabeth II lives.

After you have completed this task experiment with using line breaks <br> to see how it changes your text in live view.

HTML Links

<a>

Hyperlinks are defined with this tag. The href attribute specifies the destination address (https://www.ixdbelfast.com) of the link. The link text (This is a link.) is the visible part in the web browser. By clicking on the text, you will be taken to the specified web address. Links in HTML don't always have to be text, they can be images, tables and lists etc.

Now it's your turn!

Exercise 3:

Under the ‘London’ heading, add this link and text.

https://www.visitlondon.com Visit London Now!

HTML Images

<img>

HTML Images are defined by this tag. The <img> tag does not have a closing tag. The src attribute identifies the image by the URL. The alt attribute is known as alternative text, this is text that shows if the image doesn't load correctly.

Try it yourself!

Exercise 4:

Choose an image of the London Eye, save this image in your already made ‘Code Box Guides’ folder. Under the heading ‘London Attractions’ add this image and add the alternative text as ‘The London Eye’.

HTML Buttons

This tag identifies a button in HTML. This tag has both a start and end tag.

Over to you!

Exercise 5:

Add a button that says ‘Click here for more information’ under the image of the London Eye.

HTML Text Formatting Elements

These are a range of elements that can be used to edit text in HTML. These are shown below in code and live preview. The live preview image shows how each text formatting element looks when shown on a web browser.

Now it’s your turn!

Exercise 6:

Under the ‘Before you go’ heading re-write these sentences and edit each one with one of the following formats: important, italic, highlighted and underlined.

Don’t forget to take your passport when flying to London. In London you can only use ‘Bank of England’ notes. Some museums and tourist attractions are closed on Mondays. No vaccinations are needed for London.

HTML Tables

HTML Tables are defined using the <table>. Table rows are defined using the <tr> tag, a table header is defined using the <th> tag, by default table headings are bold and centred when shown in the web browser. The tag <td> defines the table data/cell. The <td> tags are the data containers of the table, however, unlike table headings, all table data is left aligned. Table data can contain more than text, they can also contain images, lists, links etc. The <table style=“width:____> tag defines the full width of the table. This is how wide it will be across the web browser page. The whole table can be later edited using CSS (See CSS Basics Guide)

Over to you!

Exercise 7:

Make a table with the following information. The table should have a width of 80%. This will be under the ‘Things to do’ heading. The below information is in the order it should be entered into to the table, all you need to do is add the correct table tags.

Shopping Sight seeing Fortnum and Masons London Eye Selfridges Buckingham Palace Hamleys St Paul’s Cathedral

HTML Lists

Within HTML, there are a range of different types of lists that can be used.

The first one is Unordered Lists. This type of list starts with the <ul> tag, which stands for unordered list. An unordered list uses bullet points instead of numbers to label list items. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

Next up is Ordered Lists. This type of lists starts with the <ol> tag, which stands for ordered list. This list uses numbers instead of bullet points to label list items. Again, like before, each list item starts with the <li> tag.

The last HTML List is a Description List. This is a list that describes each list item. The tag <dl> defines a description list, the <dt> tag defines the list item and the <dd> tag describes each list item.

It’s your turn!

Exercise 8:

Make an ordered list with the following places. This list will be under the ‘London Attractions’ heading.

London Eye Big Ben St Paul's Cathedral Buckingham Palace The Shard Tower of London Tower Bridge Tate Modern

#ixd302 #ixdbelfast #content #design #product #digitalproduct

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profoundnet · 5 years

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Profound Member Post - January 2019

Header by @cryptomoon and is available on merch from her redbubble store. You can use all those fancy emojis (and more!) on our Discord Server!

The Masterpost is open for all creations by ProfoundBond members which are posted in entirely during that month.

MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR JANUARY 2019!

Masterpost below the cut.

drawlight - drawlight

Autobiography of Black

Summary: Castiel knows all human languages; Dean has never been particularly good with words. (Or: an examination of pies and stars.)

Tags: Falling in Love, First Time, Feelings Realization, Pining, Romance, Food, Bakery

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J Train

Summary: If you want to be somebody, you have to go to the Chelsea Hotel. In 1979, aspiring writer Castiel Novak takes room 109. His roommate is not quite what he expected.

Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Pining, Falling In Love, Alternate Universe - Human, Writer Castiel

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mittensmorgul - @mittensmorgul - MittensWraith (Pillowfort)

Endings Are Easy

Summary: They all finally get a happy ending. Michael’s gone forever. Amara, of all people, stepped in and claimed him for herself. She figured it was her due, and her duty, to finish off that one last cosmic imbalance herself. She’d given Dean what he’d really needed the first time she’d departed, but now she decided to help Dean get what he really wanted . They were two different things entirely. Episode 14.10 coda fic, of a sort, with an endgame series twist.

Tags: fluff, happiness

SFW

Makeshift

Summary: It's Dean's 40th birthday, a major milestone for pretty much everyone, but for Dean it means a little something more.

Tags: fluff, happy 40th birthday Dean

SFW

MaggieMaybe160 - @maggiemaybe160 - MaggieMaybe160 (Pillowfort)

Heaven’s Orders

Summary: Castiel finally tells Dean about Naomi torturing him (Season 9)

Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, PTSD

SFW

Angel’s Touch

Summary: Zachariah gave Dean stomach cancer and took away Sam's lungs. He fled before healing either Winchester. Cas helps Dean the best he can.

Tags: Major Character Death, Cancer, Sick Dean Winchester

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The Only Way To Die

Summary: Dean's been handed the last book. The book that says the only way he can die that isn't by Michael taking over. Cause of Death: By the hand of Castiel, Angel of the Lord

Tags: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Season 14 Spoilers, Angst, Love Confessions

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The Garden

Summary: Cas has a secret garden behind the bunker. Dean follows and the best kind of fluff ensues.

Tags: Fluff, First Kiss

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Happy Birthday, Dean Winchester

Summary: It's Dean's 40th Birthday! Cas takes him out to celebrate.

Tags: Major Character Death, Fluff and Angst, First Kiss

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It Had To Be This Way

Summary: The book that Dean is given by Billie says "Dean Winchester Dies at the age of 73, survived by his brother Sam and son Jack." There is no mention of Castiel...

Tags: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Season 14 Spoilers

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Dreaming Of You

Summary: Based on a Profound Bots botstat Dean is having a nightmare. Cas witnessed someone hurting his Dean. Sam wishes the bunker had thicker walls.

Tags: Angst With Happy Ending, Alternate Angst Ending Included, Nightmares

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Man at Sea

Summary: Dean's built himself the sigiled coffin to contain Michael. How does this end?

Tags: Season 14 Spoilers, Heavy Angst

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Just a Boy

Summary: Dean has a hard time coming out to Cas because of what happened when he came out to his father.

Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Homophobia, Coming Out

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Graceless

Summary: Sam has found a way to get Jack his grace back with no strings attached.

Tags: Major Character Death, Spells and Enchantments, Grace, Blood, Angst

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Through His Door

Summary: Cas whispers his love confession through Dean's door while he sleeps.

Tags: Fluff, Getting Together, Alternating POV, Falling in Love

SFW

spandwiches - @spandwiches - spandwiches

Sweat

Summary: Dean doesn’t like flying, okay? It’s just not natural. But sometimes a man’s gotta do, what a man’s gotta do. So he powers through the fear and gets on the flight to California, only to find that flying isn’t nearly so bad when there is someone holding your cock hand. Flying is in Castiel's genes so he takes his work seriously, and aims to provide excellent service to every passenger. So if one particularly attractive passenger happens to require a little more attention than usual, he is all too happy to provide. Snakebite, sabotage, pteromerhanophobia, FAA rule breaking, mile-high clubbing, a Winchester wedding (or two), first dances, a British dog sitter, potential disciplinary action, and a whole lot of sweat.

Tags: Dean/Castiel, AU, sex on a plane, Explicit, Panic attacks, semi-public sex, anal sex, self-doubt.

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jemariel - @jemariel - jemariel (Pillowfort)

Fool For Lesser Things

Summary: “I’m not looking for a relationship,” Cas says at last. The panic is quick as a flashbulb all over Dean’s face. “What? Who said — What did — No. Yeah. Yeah, I know that.” Cas closes his eyes. “Let me try that again,” he says. “I’m not cut out for a relationship. But I don’t actually pick people up at parties very often either.” In which Dean and Cas feel more than either of them care to admit. Part 3 of More Than I Hoped For (a college AU)

Tags: College AU, recreational drug use, house parties, friends with benefits, minorly risky sexual behavior, pining

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sternchencas - @sternchencas - sternchencas (Pillowfort)

Romance is Dead

Summary: Dean invites Cas to a romantic cabin to finally tell him how he feels. They get interrupted by very unwelcome guests.

Tags: fluff, fighting, zombie AU

SFW

LanaSerra - @lanaserra - LanaSerra (Pillowfort)

Saying Yes

Summary: Everything finally seemed to be going Dean’s way after he’d been saved from Michael’s control. Sure, the Bunker definitely felt a little more complicated than he was used to with all the new residents that came back with him and Sam from the other reality, but it had nothing on how much more complicated the latest new arrival had made things. The familiar face changed nothing and everything. Now Dean must survive threats from both inside and out, not only to protect the Bunker, those he loves and his fragile still-new relationship with Cas, but also his very peace of mind.

Tags: Explicit, Minor Character Death, Canon post S14-E3, Homophobia, Wing-kink, posession, BAMF!Castiel, John WInchester's A+ Parenting.

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spnhell - @spnhell - spnhell

Enjoying the View

Summary: Wherein Dean has run out of beer, Cas is acting strange(r than usual), Dean can no longer tell the difference between praying and dreaming, Cas is leaving feathers everywhere, and neither one of them knows how to lock a damn door.

Tags: Canonverse, bunker!fic, Castiel with wings, grooming, fluff, smut

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Archeolatry - @archeolatry - archeloatry

Eros

Summary: Cas is still adjusting to the realities of having a human body. Dean is quite willing to help him with that. ------ “How about I show you,” Dean asked, his voice low and husky, “just how much I approve of this body?” Cas swallowed thickly. “I think I would like that.”

Tags: Destiel, Newly Human Castiel, Porn with Feelings, Rimming, Oral Sex

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thatpeculiarone - @ilovetodreamx (Pillowfort) (Youtube)

do you think I’m afraid to die? // cas

Summary: Fanvid about Cas and his sad journey. Song: 1-800-273-8255 by Logic, cover by Travis Atreo

Tags: Cas Fanvid, Mentions/References of Suicidal Thoughts

SFW

insominia - @a-insominia - insominia

Saved the Best for Last

Summary: Arguably, he had had greater moments. But right now, lying on Dean Winchester's bed, in Dean Winchester's room while Dean Winchester kissed away his bruises, Castiel would deny that any of them even came close to this.

Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss, Mutual Pining

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Castiel Thought they were Freckles

Summary: Neither Sam or Dean Winchester have a soul mark, the first words you hear your soul mate ever say. But during a particularly disastrous hunt it transpires that maybe they do, and that maybe Sam is just lying and Dean is oblivious.

Tags: AU - Canon divergent, AU - Soulmates, Fluff

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Studies in Blue and Green

Summary: Everyone knows that Dean Winchester and Castiel Novak have been in love since college. They even know it themselves. But Dean's straight and Castiel is ace so they're both happy to settle for a life of close living and close friendship...which could all have been avoided if they'd just had one conversation.

Tags: AU - College/University, Fluff, Idiots in love, Implied/Referenced Homophobia

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zipegs - zipegs

Refraction

Summary: refraction, noun ( re·frac·tion | \ ri-ˈfrak-shən \ ) deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different the change in the apparent position of a celestial body due to bending of the light rays emanating from it as they pass through the atmosphere also : the correction to be applied to the apparent position of a body because of this bending the action of distorting an image by viewing through a medium<br /> <i>also : an instance of this A collection of 100-word drabbles as prompted by the Profound Bond Discord's weekly challenge. Each chapter will correspond to a one-word prompt, with at least one stand-alone drabble per chapter. SFW

supernatural9917 - @supernatural9917fic - supernatural9917 (Pillowfort)

Holy Orders

Summary: Seminary students Castiel and Dean have carefully planned their escape. There's just one more thing Castiel needs to do... Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Forgive me Father for I'm about to sin

Tags: Seminary student Castiel, Seminary student Dean, Altar Sex, Blasphemy, Alternative uses for anointing oil

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Crossed Wires

Summary: People seem to keep assuming that Cas and Dean are together, and Cas has no idea why. Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: coming untouched.

Tags: Everyone Thinks They're Together, Including one of them, Clueless Castiel, Clueless Dean but for a different reason, mention of asexuality, mention of anxiety, Coming Untouched

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Castaway

Summary: Dean gets washed off a cruise ship in a storm, and ends up on a deserted island. Well, it's not quite deserted... Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Lost in the jungle/desert/shipwrecked

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Poker

Summary: Sam walks in on Dean and Cas playing poker. No big deal. Then he walks in on Dean and Cas playing strip poker. Weird. Then... Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Strip poker was too tame, so we tried sexual favour poker instead.

Tags: POV Sam Winchester, Sam Winchester Needs Brain Bleach

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Lookalikes

Summary: Dean has a naughty little secret, which Cas can never ever find out. Cas is about to find out. Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Why are you watching gay porn with two actors who look like us?

Tags: why are you watching gay porn with two actors who look like us?, Deansturbation

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The Riteous Man

Summary: Castiel loves Dean, but knows they can never be together, so he fantasises about the dashing highwayman The Riteous Man. Will he feel the same way when The Riteous Man targets his carriage? Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square filled: 2 person love triangle. Based on art by Pimento

Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Restoration England, highwayman, Nobleman Dean, Nobleman Castiel, two-person love triangle

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Accompanying art by @pimentogirl

The Big 4-0

Summary: It's Dean's 40th birthday! Sam, Cas and Jack have set up a day of Dean-centred fun with beer, burgers and boobs. What could possibly make it better? Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square filled: jealousy/possesive sex

Tags: Happy 40th birthday Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester's Birthday, jealousy/possessive sex

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Experiments in Sexting

Summary: Cas wants to try something, and Dean is more than happy to oblige. Unfortunately Cas is somewhat lacking in skills in this particular department. Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Cas is terrible at sexting

Tags: Cas is terrible at sexting

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The Mask of Zorro

Summary: Dean likes to be slapped during sex by an angel wearing a Zorro mask. Castiel likes it too. Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Dean- this is a Zorro mask.

Tags: Dean- this is a Zorro mask, Roleplay, light humiliation kink, Dean likes to be slapped during sex by an angel wearing a Zorro mask, and it's a good idea

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Ascot

Summary: Since the Zorro mask thing went so well, Dean is looking forward to trying out his kink for another item of clothing. Written for the Destiel Smut Bingo 2018. Square fill: Are you wearing an ascot?

Tags: Are you wearing an ascot?, Dean's adorable kinks, Sam doesn't want to know

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tabulaxrasa - tabulaxrasa

Not in Love

Summary: It occurs to Dean that this is the happiest he’s ever been, and there is only one more thing he needs-- and that there’s not actually anything stopping him from that one last good thing. (S14 spoilers, deals with Cas's deal with The Empty)

Tags: Angst, Season 14 spoilers, Not a happy ending, but not without hope

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Honey to the Bee

Summary: Dean is not a farmer's market kind of guy. He may, however, be a hot bee keeper kind of guy.

Tags: AU, Fluff, Charlie is a great best friend, failboats in love, pre-relationship, no supernatural, domestic

SFW

LeafZelindor - @leafzelindor

Date Night

Summary: Date Night for Dean and Cas, Inspired by a role play on kid

Tags: destiel, fluff

SFW

nickelkeep - @nickelkeep - nickelkeep (Pillowfort)

Pietaimori

Summary: Dean is Turning 40, but Cas isn't sure what to get him. With some advice from Sam, and a lesson from a show that he and Dean watches, Cas comes up with a great idea.

Tags: Food Sex, Birthday Sex, Fluff, Fluff and Smut, Sex in the Men of Letters Bunker, Anal Sex, Gay Sex, Blow Jobs

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dean-cas-in-the-impala - @dean-cas-in-the-impala - dean-bangs-cas-in-the-impala

Colors

Summary: Dean wants to know what color Castiel's wings are.

Tags: Romance, Angst, Fluff and Angst, just a tiny bit of Angst, Wings

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The Rainbow Bridge

Summary: “Cas, where do pets go when they die?"

Tags: Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pets, Mentions of pet loss, Pets in afterlife

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Forever and Always

Summary: Cas is bad at surprises but Dean doesn't care.

Tags: Fluff, Romance, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Established Castiel/Dean Winchester, Valentine's Day Fluff

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Nera_Solani - @nera-solani - Nera_Solani

Pool Party

Summary: Dean tries to teach Cas how to play pool. ...or does he?

Tags: Pool & Billiards, POV Outsider, Pool hustling, BAMF Castiel, BAMF Dean Winchester, Fluff, Making Out

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profound-boning - @profound-boning - profound-boning

The Final Surrender

Summary: The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender. - Emil Ludwig

Tags: AU - no supernatural, AU - celebrities, fake/pretend relationship, love confessions, fluff and smut, mugging, aftermath of violence, 5+1

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#member masterpost #members masterpost #january masterpost #profoundnet #profoundnet monthly masterpost #deancasreclist #member fic #member art

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tibbo · 3 years

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Introducing the WM2000EV Evaluation Kit and Ubuntu-Derived Linux Distribution for Tibbo Project System

Folks,

We are proud to make these two important announcements:

WM2000EV Evaluation Kit for the WM2000 Wireless IoT Module

Ubuntu-derived distribution for our LTPP3(G2) board WM2000EV Evaluation Kit

WM2000EV Evaluation Kit

The newly released WM2000EV is an elegant kit for evaluating the capabilities of the WM2000, Tibbo's programmable Wi-Fi/BLE module.

The kit was designed to be completely self-contained and enable the exploration of the module's features without having to wire in any external circuitry. To this end, the board comes equipped with all essential buttons and status LEDs, temperature and light sensors, as well as a PWM-controlled RGB LED. The included CR2032 battery (installed in a holder) can be used to test out the WM2000's low-power "sleep" mode, in which the RTC continues operating and can wake the module up at a preset time.

To aid you in learning about the WM2000's features and capabilities, we have prepared a tutorial featuring a variety of projects.

Your journey begins with testing the IoT/sensor application that comes preloaded on the kit's WM2000. Follow the accompanying step-by-step guide, and in as little as 10 minutes you will have the WM2000 connected to and reporting the measured temperatures and light levels to the Keen service.

The second chapter teaches you how to wirelessly upload a different application into the WM2000. This application showcases controlling the board's RGB LED from a modern, non-reloading web page. In this step, you will also learn about the module's ability to store two applications at once.

Further steps will explain wireless debugging, using CODY (our project code generator), debugging code wirelessly, connecting to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, as well as using the WM2000 in BLE-enabled access control applications.

The kit is powered via an included USB-C cable, which can also be used as a wired debugging interface accessible from our TIDE and WebTIDE software. To facilitate debugging, the board's USB port is connected to the serial debugging pins of the WM2000 via a USB-to-serial converter IC. Wired debugging is useful when wireless debugging via Wi-Fi is unavailable or inconvenient.

Two pin headers are provided for easy access to the WM2000's pins. The module itself is held in place by spring-loaded pins and can be easily popped out and back in. The board even features jumpers and test points for measuring the current consumption of the board and the module.

Order Samples Now!

Ubuntu-based Distribution for the LTPP3(G2) Board

To facilitate the rapid development and deployment of Tibbo Project System (TPS)-based automation and IoT applications while offering our users a familiar environment, we have created an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.

Ubuntu is one of the world's most popular flavors of Linux. It runs on all kinds of platforms and architectures, and there is a massive amount of community resources available for all project types.

Tibbo's Ubuntu-derived distribution is ideal for system integration, one-off projects, low-volume applications, educational props, and rapid prototyping of products, as well as experimentation and exploration. It provides a user experience similar to that of single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi, but on an extendable hardware foundation that was purpose-built for IoT and automation projects.

Those familiar with Ubuntu will find themselves at home on this new distribution offered by Tibbo. For example, there is a Personal Package Archive (PPA) that is accessible directly through the standard package management utility, apt-get. The PPA contains several tools to help you get started with our Ubuntu-based distribution on the LTPP3(G2) as quickly and effortlessly as possible.

The LTPP3(G2) is a member of the TPS family. A popular choice for automation and IoT projects, our TPS lineup includes the mainboards, I/O modules called Tibbits, and attractive enclosures. The LTPP3(G2) is a Linux mainboard designed around our advanced Plus1 chip.

Included in the PPA, the Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) script simplifies the device's configuration with a series of interactive prompts that guide you through the process of setting up Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity and the board's Ethernet ports for pass-through or dual-port operation.

Despite its young age, our Ubuntu-based distribution is already hard at work at our manufacturing facility in Taipei. For example, we use LTPP3(G2) boards for testing Tibbits during their production. Employing two high-definition cameras and a touchscreen, this system serves as the testbed for different Tibbits. Thanks to the power of the Plus1's pin multiplexing (PinMux), the individual I/O lines of the board can be remapped on the fly to cater to the needs of whichever Tibbit is being tested at the moment — no kernel rebuild or reboot required. On this new distribution, the board's GPIO lines are reconfigurable in code, much like they are in a typical Tibbo BASIC application.

While this effort remains a work in progress, the development of our Ubuntu-based distribution has reached a point where we feel comfortable sharing a working build with you. We have prepared a repository that contains not only the latest working image, but also automation scripts for customizing your builds through Docker.

We invite you to join us in exploring the exciting opportunities opened up by this new distribution. As always, we welcome your feedback to help us deliver useful solutions tailored to your needs.

Visit the LTPP3(G2) Page!

#Tibbo #IoT #IIoT #industrial automation #Industry 4.0 #Tibbits #TIDE #WebTIDE #IDE #Linux #Ubuntu #Evaluation Kit #WM2000 #LTPP3(G2)

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carriejonesbooks · 6 years

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So, I have to go to Book Expo America at the end of this week. If you are not some official publishing person you’re probably like, “What is Book Expo America?” It’s this big huge massive (insert another large-sounding adjective here) industry thing where there are:

1. Publishers 2. Authors 3. Book sellers 4. Publicists

And almost all of them are well dressed.

There is the issue! I am from Maine…. Okay, I live in Northern Maine. How northern? When people from Glamour Magazine came up here to do a photo shoot with Megan Kelley Hall and myself (for our Dear Bully anthology) they made us DRESS IN LL BEAN CLOTHES!!!!!

Yes, even Glamour knew that it is not glamorous up here.

Sigh.

Megan still looked good. Me? The hair stylist/make-up person kept complaining about my hair, and how my nose turned red in the cold, and I felt so badly for her because she was used to super models or My Little Pony (really – she was the stylist for My Little Pony) and then she got stuck with me.

Anyway, I was thinking about BEA and authors who are always beautiful and poised and funny and lovely. And I have decided I need to somehow magically channel these authors at BEA so I don’t look like a hick from Maine or like, you know, I’ve never actually interacted with other actual human beings before.

But pretty much everything in my wardrobe has paint stains on it, holes, or long white dog fur.

She always blames me. There are lint rollers out there for a reason. Geesh.

I basically come across as either an eccentric old-money professor or homeless.

You may think I have no reason to be panicky, but I’m going to repost what happened to me the last time I went to BEA, and maybe you’ll understand.

ONCE AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT BEFORE – HERE IS THE HORRIBLE INCIDENT OF ME AT BEA LAST TIME (Taken from the original blog post of horror): So, yep, I had my skirt fall off (YES! PAST MY KNEES!) when I got out of the taxi today! Oh, Britney…oh Lindsey…oh Paris… I so feel your pain. Fortunately, there were no paparrazzi, just my cab driver (His eyes got really big) and a father with his eight-year-old son (WHO WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!). They were standing right there, waiting for the taxi. The little boy gasped! GASPED!!!! I have marred him for life.

I then realized I should not be let out of Maine.

So I started yanking my skirt up with my hand while trying to: a. Pay taxi driver guy b. not die c. juggle three massive bags full of ARCS d. not worry about that little boy’s therapy bills.

It was then that I realized that hotel security cameras probably totally caught the skirt fall action.

I thanked God (and pretty much every potential deity in existence) that I am not famous and therefore not worthy enough to have the skirt DISASTER image blasted all over the internet.

I then hid in the hotel room, vowing never to come out again.

So, yeah. I don’t want that to happen again.

If you would like to see me in unsuitable clothes, check out the Lerner Booth on Friday, June 1 from 11:30 to noon. I’ll be there with a spy who was also a catcher. 🙂

WRITING NEWS

Yep, it’s the part of the blog where I talk about my books and projects because I am a writer for a living, which means I need people to review and buy my books or at least spread the word about them.

I’m super good at public image and marketing for nonprofits but I have a much harder time with marketing myself.

So, please buy one of my books. 🙂 The links about them are all up there in the header on top of the page on my website carriejonesbooks.blog . There are young adult series, middle grade fantasy series, stand-alones for young adults and even picture book biographies.

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And more about the class I specifically teach? It is right here.

Here is what current students are saying:

Carrie is all strengths. Seriously. She’s compassionate, funny, zesty, zany, insightful, honest, nurturing, sharp, and…Wow, that’s a lot of adjectives. But really, I couldn’t praise Carrie enough as a mentor. I’ve long respected her writing, but being talented at something doesn’t automatically mean you will be a great mentor. Carrie just happens to be one of those rare cases of extreme talent and excellent coaching. Aside from the specific feedback she offers, she also writes letters in response to the process letter and analyses. These letters have been so impactful for me as I writer that I plan to print them and hang them up. Creepy? Maybe. But they are so inspiring. And that, in the most long-winded way possible, is how I would summarize Carrie as a mentor—inspiring.

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And finally, the podcast DOGS ARE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE is still chugging along. Thanks to all of you who keep listening to our weirdness. We’re sorry we laugh so much… sort of.

Look, Mom! It’s a podcast.

Book Expo America is Coming and I have Nothing to Wear So, I have to go to Book Expo America at the end of this week. If you are not some official publishing person you’re probably like, “What is Book Expo America?” It’s this big huge massive (insert another large-sounding adjective here) industry thing where there are:

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TWO JOURNEYS

TWO SHORT FILM PROGRAMS TRAVELING BETWEEN VIENNA, LOS ANGELES AND ELSEWHERE

EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES 14.11.2019 - 16.11.2019

Two Journeys is a project by The Golden Pixel Cooperative, conceived by Viktoria Schmid and Lisa Truttmann, in collaboration with Los Angeles-based filmmakers Rebecca Baron and Nora Sweeney. Through this collective exchange, two short film programs were compiled, consisting of films that relate broadly to the two places of their creation, Vienna and Los Angeles. Austria and the United States are just starting points – we travel to a library in Buenos Aires, a ranch in rural Mexico, the sky in Switzerland, a pool in Tehran and through intangible spaces and surfaces. The films, including documentary, experimental, and narrative work, range in form, and some defy categories. The works of pioneers such as Chick Strand, Charles Burnett and Friedl vom Gröller are in dialogue with those of filmmakers from the next generation. Taking the title from Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys, Esther McCoy’s collection of letters between architects residing in Los Angeles and Vienna, the Two Journeys project aims to create a cross cultural conversation through cinema.

With films by Charles Burnett, Joie Estrella Horwitz, Victoria Fu, Juan Pablo González, Friedl vom Gröller, Luis Gutiérrez Arias, Adele Horne, Rosa John, Karl-Heinz Klopf, Nathalie Koger,Laura Kraning, Claudia Larcher, Brigid McCaffrey, Dorit Margreiter, Simona Obholzer, Sasha Pirker, Marlies Pöschl, Raphael Reichl, David de Rozas, Lotte Schreiber, Chick Strand, Katharina Swoboda, John Henry Theisen and Antoinette Zwirchmayr.

EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES

TWO JOURNEYS – Part 1

Short film program (94 min) followed by a Q&A

November 15, 2019, 8 pm Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles 1200 N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles, 90026

TWO JOURNEYS – Part 2

Short film program (106 min) followed by a Q&A

November 16, 2019, 8 pm Now Instant, Los Angeles 1200 N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles, 90026

FRAMEWORK PROGRAM LOS ANGELES

Screening and talk: Films by Viktoria Schmid und Lisa Truttmann Presented by the filmmakers

November 14, 2019, 7 pm Now Instant, Los Angeles 5319 York Blvd., Los Angeles 90042

#TWO JORUNEYS PROGRAM FOLDER

Filmprogramm

TWO JOURNEYS – PART 1

It’s Going To Be Beautiful Luis Gutiérrez Arias, John Henry Theisen, 9 min, 2018

Testa Karl-Heinz Klopf, 18 min, 2018

Untitled (Flying trees) Katharina Swoboda, 3 min, 2013

Quiero Ver Adele Horne, 6 min, 2008

-5°C 40% rF Simona Obholzer, 7 min, 2016–17

Devil’s Gate Laura Kraning, 20 min, 2011

Noise above our heads Claudia Larcher, 4 min, 2016

ttttouch me Raphael Reichl, 3 min, 2017

Télévoix 1 Victoria Fu, 7 min, 2017

In its form asleep Antoinette Zwirchmayr, 4 min, 2016

Artificial Paradise Chick Strand, 13 min, 1986

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Filmprogramm

TWO JOURNEYS – PART 2

Transfer (Monument Valley) Dorit Margreiter, 3 min, 2016

Alejandro & Miguel Joie Estrella Horwitz, 9 min, 2019

Erwin, Toni, Ilse Friedl vom Gröller, 9 min, 1968–69

Exil Rosa John, 3 min, 2011/16

Bad mama, who cares Brigid McCaffrey, 12 min, 2016

Pause

Give David de Rozas, 16 min, 2018

Exhibition Talks Lotte Schreiber, Sasha Pirker, 9 min, 2014

What is exhibited Nathalie Koger, 6 min, 2008–12

The Pool Marlies Pöschl, 5 min, 2014

Las Nubes Juan Pablo González, 20 min, 2017

When It Rains Charles Burnett, 13 min, 1995

Supported by

Austrian-American Partnership Fund, U.S. Embassy Vienna and Bildrecht

Photo credits header:

Event documentation: Edgar Jorge-Barralt

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AWS is THE cool kid in the town. Every other cloud provider comparison is incomplete unless you compare it with AWS at least once. S3, the most popular solution for storing on the cloud - the most loved by all, should not be the "always" choice. In this article, I'll explain why.

CloudFront + S3

CloudFront is another service often used (and recommended) with S3 when you're trying to distribute files digitally all over the globe. CloudFront is a CDN from Amazon with the edge servers all over the world. This is how it works:

Your user, say from India, tries to load your website whose server is located in the USA. Let's say you're using a SPA like React or Angular. The first index.html page would load from your origin server (it is usually a good practice to never cache HTML pages, especially if you're using SSR applications to prevent cache mishaps). After that, if you've hosted your JS/CSS files on CloudFront (S3), those calls would be made to a domain name from CloudFront which would resolve to an IP address of a machine closest to your location, in this case, probably some server from AWS sitting in some data center in Mumbai, India.

From this point, that server has the responsibility of delivering that file. Two things can happen - either your file is already available with that Mumbai server (cached), and that server returns you that file immediately (cache hit), or it does not has that file and has to perform a trip to your origin server (S3 bucket in this case) to get that file.

But even if there's a cache miss, chances are high that it would be still faster for a user compared to no CloudFront in front. Why? Because when there is a cache miss and the edge server is trying to reach the main server - it is using a Tier 1 internet connection line operated by Amazon - a trillion-dollar US company. They likely have much better internet connectivity and latency than what your ISP can offer. Also, because they're on the same global Amazon network, they can do some neat optimizations to save more time.

Alright! Sounds great to me so far, so what's the problem? Hold your horses, we'll get to it.

Asset compression

CloudFront allows you to deliver compressed assets using GZIP. But there's even a cooler kid in the market - brotli compression - and it is supported by almost every major browser. Broli compresses your transmission data even more so it's not only good on your wallet, but it's also good for the end-user because they'll spend less time seeing that loading/white screen.

Amazon CloudFront does not support brotli compression delivery, yet. And I won't blame them for this either. This is because brotli compression is slow to do on the fly (CloudFront does gzip on the fly), hence they have not implemented it yet.

Sure, then let's do it ourselves and store it on S3 and deliver the compressed version, right? Unfortunately, it is not as simple, and we'll soon spin down into more of an architecture problem.

A typical asset URL would look like this: http://mysite/assets/javascript/file.js

When your browser makes a request, it sends a header: Accept-Encoding. This header can contain compression algorithms your browser can support, like gzip, deflate, brotli, etc. The server now has to act smart to have maximum efficiency.

If the client supports brotli, then always deliver the brotli compressed asset.

If the client supports gzip, then always deliver gzip.

Otherwise, deliver the original file.

Also, make sure that in the response type, the correct Content-Encoding is set so that browser can recognize the compression algorithm.

Now, firstly, you have to create 3 variants of every single asset file:

file.js

file.js.br - brotli

file.js.gz - gzip

And you have to conditionally deliver them depending on if the browser supports it or not. CloudFront is a "dumb" CDN - it would just map your request URL to the file on your server. It cannot perform any transformations unless.... you opt-in for another AWS service - Lambda@edge functions

We all know what Lambda is on AWS - run functions on the cloud without worrying about underlying infrastructure upscaling or downscaling. Per API request pricing, time-bounded, sweet. Lambda@edge is a similar service but made for edge servers (CloudFront CDN datacenters)

You can technically configure a Lambda server to act as a "middle man" between the request made by your client and the CloudFront CDN. Lambda can open the request, see the supported content headers, modify the URL accordingly and forward it to the "dumb" CloudFront which is going to retrieve the modified URL file then. For example, if Lambda sees that browser sent an Accept-Encoding: br then lambda can be used to modify the request URL from /javascript/file.js to /javascript/file.js.br without actually telling the user side. Cloudfront would now retrieve a smaller payload and return a response for a brotli encoding. WIN!

But that is good, isn't it? WHERE is the problem? The problem is... pricing.

AWS is ridiculously expensive (for this task)

Whatever you did so far would sound and look very good. But when you look at what's happening when you start to hit significant numbers, you'll realize that AWS sucks big time when it comes to data transfer. Plus, with the asset compression, now you also have to pay for Lambda@edge calls. I figured out that implementing Lambda@edge would actually reduce your costs, otherwise you'll pay much more for AWS for traffic!

CloudFront works on data transfer pricing. It does not charge you when it retrieves data from the S3 bucket, it charges you when a user retrieves data from the edge servers.

The most expensive country - India - CloudFront charges you $0.170 per GB of data transferred. This is huge! Let's say you have a popular (mainly) Indian website with about 50,000 users visiting your site daily. Also, let's say you make some design changes every week on your site (pretty common for fast iterating products) so you have to invalidate browser and CloudFront cache.

Also, let's assume on average, a single user downloads about 10MB of the static asset from your site (includes CSS/JS/images/fonts) hosted on S3 proxied through CloudFront.

Let's calculate the cost:

50K Indian users

0.17 USD per GB

10MB per user

Every user retrieves this 4 times a month (you flush your cache 4 times - once every week)

Cost = 50000 * 0.17 * (10/1024) * 4 = 332 USD. That is your COST of just data transfer! I did not calculate the S3 storage cost and the hosting site cost. (I also did not include lambda pricing because it's not much => $(0.20 * (50,000 * 4))/1 million = 4 cents.)

Let's say now you host all these static assets on your main server only - reverse proxied by NGiNX and say, running on a 60$ DigitalOcean instance.

Your data transfer per month = 50000 * (10/1024) = 488 GB - DigitalOcean covers your 1TB of transfer per droplet for free. So no extra charge here.

Sure, you'll get some latency now - because you're hosting it yourself (we'll even fix this later). NGiNX is a high performing web server and you can rely upon that it would not be a bottleneck in your static asset delivery. So you just dropped the cost of "only asset transfer" from $332 to a cost of $60 for running the whole server! Bonus tip? - We were focusing on running this only in India, use a DigitalOcean server from India! This would mean less latency!

Not only this, but you can also opt for CloudFront CDN too - which is FREE. CloudFront won't respect your files to keep in CDN if they're too big or too infrequently accessed, but we're assuming a hell of a popular site here, so we should be fine. If not, opt for any other CDN service, and I guarantee you it would be less than 332$ a month.

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Women’s Euro 2021 qualifying: Belarus Women 0-1 Wales Women

Wales captain Natasha Harding had a strong penalty appeal turned down in Belarus

Wales’ Rachel Rowe returned from a year out through injury to reignite their Women’s Euro 2021 qualifying campaign.

The Reading midfielder’s late winner, a low left-foot shot, was her first for her country and saw Wales edge Belarus.

The result keeps Wales second in Group C, two point behind leaders Norway but crucially opens up a four-point gap over third-placed Belarus.

Belarus created good chances, but skipper Anastasiya Shcherbachenia sent the best one over the crossbar.

But in truth Wales did deserve all three points with captain Natasha Harding leading from the front, having a strong first-half penalty appeal turned down and hitting the woodwork with a long-range shot.

In the evening’s other pool game, Norway took their goal difference to 25 after thrashing Faroe Islands 13-0.

Wales, looking to bounce back from the disappointing home draw against Northern Ireland, were without injured skipper Sophie Ingle and star midfielder Jess Fishlock.

Ingle was replaced in the squad by Cardiff City’s 17-year-old forward Grace Horrell, with Reading striker Harding taking the captain’s armband.

Manager Jayne Ludlow handed a debut to Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Anna Filbey, while Rowe played her first international for a year after an ACL injury.

Belarus looked the better side in the early exchanges at the Borisov Arena, but Wales slowly worked their way into the game, with Kayleigh Green unable to finish off a half-chance from an acute angle.

Hayley Ladd then let fly with a long-range effort that had plenty of power but was straight at Belarus goalkeeper Nataliya Voskobovich.

Belarus were dominating the middle of the park though, with midfielders breaking from deep causing Wales problems.

Home skipper Shcherbachenia was particularly impressive and just failed to meet an inviting cross that would have given Belarus the lead.

Strong appeal

Wales were denied a penalty when Harding broke through and was able to nick the ball beyond the lunging Voskobovich before being sent tumbling by the keeper, only for referee Tanja Subotic to wave play on.

The visitors had a second good chance before half-time when Rowe worked herself into space, only to see her goal-bound shot well blocked.

The half ended with a flurry of chances, with Wales were indebted to the reactions of Laura O’Sullivan who rushed from her goal to smother Anastasiya Kharlanova’s shot.

Then it was Wales’ turn to threaten as Rhiannon Roberts’ header from a corner was tipped over the bar by Voskobovich.

Wales continued to live dangerously after the restart and were fortunate that Shcherbachenia blazed over the bar with the goal at her mercy.

The commitment from both sides was fierce and the game was held up after a worrying collision between Rowe and Tatyana Krasnova, which saw the Belarus substitute booked.

Wales went close again when Elise Hughes had the ball in the back of the net, but the Everton forward had drifted offside after Harding had clipped the corner of post and crossbar with a fantastic curling shot.

Green then broke through but a heavy touch allowed Voskobovich to smother the danger, with the Wales player booked for the challenge.

But with seven minutes remaining Rowe capped her comeback game with a crucial winner after Roberts had made a nuisance of herself in the area from a corner.

The ball broke loose and Rowe scampered after it before unleashing a low left-foot shot that found the far corner of the net.

Wales squad: Laura O’Sullivan (Cardiff City Ladies), Claire Skinner (Cardiff City Ladies), Hayley Ladd (Manchester United Women), Loren Dykes (Bristol City Women), Gemma Evans (Bristol City Women), Rhiannon Roberts (Liverpool FC Women), Charlie Estcourt (Charlton Athletic Women – on loan from Reading FC Women), Anna Filbey (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Angharad James (Reading FC Women), Elise Hughes (Everton Ladies), Rachel Rowe (Reading FC Women), Natasha Harding (Reading FC Women), Emma Jones(Lewes FC Women), Megan Wynne (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Helen Ward (Watford FC Ladies), Kayleigh Green (Brighton & Hove Albion Women), Josie Green (Tottenham Hotspur Women), Nadia Lawrence (Cardiff City Ladies), Georgia Walters (Tranmere Rovers), Grace Horrell (Cardiff City Ladies).

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2019 BMW i8 Roadster First Drive: Back to the Future

I never bothered to figure out exactly what it was, but I recognized it immediately. Growing up in a farming community, I have the smell of an orchard on the first hot day of spring burned into my memory. Frankly, I’d rather it wasn’t, as I’m pretty sure it’s rotting fruit. As I rolled roofless through Majorca’s back country in near silence, the unpleasant scent flooded the little cockpit of the new BMW i8 Roadster, accompanied by a torrent of memories.

As a lifelong sci-fi enthusiast, I’ve always been fascinated by the ability of a scent to transport you back in time. Given the option, I’d still prefer a DeLorean with a Mr. Fusion, which can be directed to the exact date and time I’d like to visit or revisit, but until then, the i8 Roadster in good weather is a decent stand-in.

There are more than a few similarities. Both are wedge-shaped exotics with mid-mounted gasoline engines. Each sports a pair of signature top-hinged doors giving way to seating for two. Just as the DeLorean gained more features and got greener as the sequels progressed—going so far as to switch from dirty plutonium fuel to literally recycled garbage—so too has this updated i8 improved. It may not fly yet, but it flies down a country road better than ever.

To get there, BMW did more than cut the roof off (though that’s literally how the first prototype was made). Improvements in battery technology over the past few years have led to a larger battery with more powerful cells, giving both the Roadster and Coupe more power and greater EV range and hybrid fuel economy. Battery capacity jumps from 7.1 kilowatt-hours to 11.6 kW-hr, extending range from 20 miles to 33 per BMW’s testing on the generous New European Driving Cycle standard. (For context, the EPA rated the 2017 i8 for up to 15 miles of all-electric range.) All-electric driving now has a top speed of 65 mph in Drive (up from 43 mph) and 75 mph in eDrive mode.

With the extra available power, the electric motor at the front axle generates an extra 12 hp for a total of 143; torque holds at 184 lb-ft. At the rear, the turbocharged inline-three has found an extra 3 hp and no extra torque, but a particulate filter cuts exhaust emissions. The 8-hp electric motor/generator connected by belt to the gasoline engine is unchanged. Total system output climbs to 374 hp from 357. BMW wildly underestimates 0–60 mph at 4.6 seconds. The pre-refresh i8 Coupe we tested did it in 3.8 seconds with less power and only 130 fewer pounds to pull.

The updated Coupe model gets the same enhancements.

You won’t notice the extra 17 hp from the driver’s seat, but you will notice how little the gasoline engine is pressed into service. The old model’s lower battery output and EV top speed meant you’d regularly hear the little I-3 kick on to provide extra acceleration and higher speeds. Now, you’ll be surprised at how rarely it intrudes. The i8 isn’t just quiet cruising through town. It’s quiet on the freeway and even on a back road if you’re stuck behind a tourist’s rental car. The always-peaked torque is more than enough to zip you around in most situations with a perfectly linear whoosh of power.

The most impressive aspect of the i8 continues to be how it blends power when the gasoline engine fires up. You hear it rather than feel it, as despite the two powertrains not being mechanically connected, they work in perfect harmony, and you mostly hear it because BMW employs electronic sound enhancers in the cabin to boost the pleasant growl from the intake. Once engaged, the gasoline engine doesn’t change the character of the car. It simply makes it quicker. It’s not eye-bulging supercar power, just an appropriate amount for the chassis and tires. It’s every bit as quick as it needs to be, so you can use all of it whenever the mood strikes.

Just as you don’t feel the gas engine integrate into the power delivery, you don’t feel either the front two-speed or rear six-speed automatic change gears. Only by coming off the throttle and going quickly back on in the middle of a shift did I get a stiff-legged response from the rear transmission, and only once.

The sum of the parts is a car as suited for shooting down the freeway as it is whipping down Majorca’s unreasonably narrow mountain roads. Like a pure EV, instant power is always at hand for passing. Slotted into Sport, the gas engine becomes a full-time employee and runs up and down the revs with an angry little snarl to complete the sports car experience.

A wide track and low center of gravity, the latter afforded by the batteries between the seats, gives the car a confident demeanor. The steering is quick and light, affording you great precision in a corner. It doesn’t talk much, likely due to the power being sent to the front wheels. The car is stiffly sprung, as its look would suggest, and combined with the width and shortness of it, it feels like it would be impossible to get a wheel off the ground while cornering no matter how hard you tried. The seats aren’t bolstered particularly heavily, but the car corners so flat and the cockpit is so snug that you don’t really need them to be.

The brakes have a whiff of that familiar hybrid wonkiness to them as they transition from regenerative to mechanical, and having just wrapped-up a year behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Bolt EV, I have two thoughts on the matter. First, the feel of the BMW’s pedal is vastly superior, as you would hope of a car multiple times the price. It still feels artificial, but it’s closer to the feel of a purely mechanical system than anything else on the market. Second, I long for more control of the regenerative braking. The i8 does everything for you in that regard, and I prefer the Bolt’s ability to drive with just the throttle pedal and fine-tune regenerative braking both with driving mode and a steering wheel–mounted paddle.

The real limitation of the handling and braking components, though, remains the tires. BMW has done a commendable job of balancing handling performance and low-friction efficiency in its tire choice, but it remains a difficult compromise. Most of the time, you won’t notice it. On the day you really want to drive it like a sports car, though, you’ll need to be cognizant of the tires, brake a little earlier, and brake in a straight line. Trail braking invites understeer. The tires have a lot of grip in them, but you can and will ask too much of them if you drive it like an M4.

You’ll also want to make liberal use of the DSC Sport function. In its default mode, the traction and stability control system is conservative and won’t give you much if any power when the steering wheel isn’t centered. If you want to leave corners aggressively, you need to switch it to Sport. You’re left with plenty of don’t-bin-it safety net but are allowed to get on the throttle with some gusto exiting a corner, enough to make the inside rear wheel slip a bit.

When the red mist isn’t clouding your mind, you’ll find driving quickly in an i8 a special experience. Roof open to let the sun and smells in and gas engine off to hear the world, you feel more connected to the scenery blurring by the windows. It’s not just a drive in the hills. It’s a drive with the hills.

Getting the roof down requires slowing to under 31 mph for all of 15 seconds (with the same time and speed requirements to put it back up). The switch is hidden under the center armrest, and the control for the roll-down rear window is next to the rearview mirror. By default, the rear window stops with an inch still exposed to act as a wind blocker, and it does a pretty good job of it. You can set it wherever you want, roof up or down. BMW has also added self-adjusting louvers to the hood vent to prevent hot air tumbling into the cabin when the roof’s open.

The targa-like section of roof that comes off stores vertically where the vestigial rear seats would be in a Coupe, taking up as little space as possible and leaving you with a storage slot behind the seats. Running the width of the interior, it’s big enough to slide in a few items such as backpacks, briefcases, duffel bags, and maybe a small carry-on or two. Be glad for it, because the trunk is big enough for maybe two backpacks, and there is no frunk.

As you might imagine, getting luggage behind the seats is easier with the top open, and so is getting in and out of the car. Given the i8’s monocoque design, the sills are wide and must be climbed over as gracefully as possible. Complicating matters slightly is the long windshield, which places the header nearly over your head if you have short legs and sit close to the dash. It makes an already cozy cockpit feel even tighter.

You’ll also have to look around the massive carbon-fiber A-pillars, especially when attacking a particularly sharp corner. Per BMW, they’re no thicker than those on the Coupe, which is not only an impressive engineering achievement given the butterfly doors now hinge off them but also cold comfort from behind the wheel.

This is the story of the i8 Roadster in a nutshell. It’s a collection of small compromises and eccentricities you’re happy to make for a car that, as a reader once told me, “looks like the future.” Said eccentricities are, like the rest of the car, more polished this time around, and the whole vehicle has a feeling of being 20 percent better than the last iteration.

Usually when we make excuses for a car’s impracticality and idiosyncrasies, it’s for some charming but flawed British or Italian thing, but this German, with its unmistakable future-now looks and wholly unique and involving driving experience, has earned a place in the hall of cars I recommend for people who care more about the journey than the destination. Especially the ones who have $165,000 to spend, a love of technology and/or the environment, and a desire to stand out in the supercar crowd. All 10 of them.

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Rangers 2-1 Coronary heart of Midlothian

Highlights: Rangers 2-1 Coronary heart of Midlothian

Rangers returned to second place within the Premiership because of targets from Jason Cummings and Daniel Candeias in opposition to Hearts at Ibrox.

After a colorless first half, Cummings fired within the opening objective on 47 minutes, with Candeias including a flying header.

Hearts had been barely seen as an attacking drive earlier than Christophe Berra nodded in from a free kick 19 minutes from time.

Kyle Lafferty cracked the put up quickly after however Rangers completed the stronger facet, squandering a number of probabilities.

Rangers had misplaced floor within the race for second, with only one win from their previous 4 outings within the league and the temper was darkened additional by final weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-final mauling from Celtic.

Hibs moved degree on factors on Saturday lunchtime and Aberdeen jumped above them later within the day, so supervisor Graeme Murty wanted a response from the house facet in opposition to a Hearts facet who had been stubborn in defence throughout a forgettable first 45 minutes.

With a subdued environment contained in the stadium, a number of empty seats and a banner studying: “No struggle, no pleasure. Nowhere to cover. Incompetent on & off the pitch. We deserve higher”, it was clear followers had been additionally in search of enchancment.

Nevertheless, there have been solely two moments to hassle Hearts earlier than the interval, with goalkeeper Joe McLaughlin swiftly off his line to dam from Jamie Murphy and a glancing header from Russell Martin drifting narrowly excessive.

Cummings, who was making only a third league begin since his January mortgage transfer from Nottingham Forest, flitted on the fringes within the first half however made made his mark simply two minutes after the restart.

Jason Cummings knocks within the opening objective at Ibrox

Murphy drilled in a low cross from the left and, with three defenders drawn to Candeias, the Portuguese did nicely to show and lay a go off to Cummings, who had time to slam the ball residence from 10 yards.

The match was out of the blue a lot livelier and Murphy had the gang on their ft after a mazy run took him previous three opponents contained in the penalty field solely to see his closing effort blocked when a go might have been the higher possibility.

The winger, on mortgage from Brighton, made amends by delivering the cross for Candeias to double the hosts’ lead.

As soon as once more, Hearts had been discovered wanting on the again because the scorer was left on their own to choose his spot with a robust header from close to the penalty spot.

McLaughlin needed to beat away a fierce angled strike from Josh Windass as Rangers pushed for a 3rd however the Edinburgh facet modified the complexion of the match with a objective out of the blue when Berra diverted in a Don Cowie free kick.

Two minutes later, Lafferty was unfortunate to see his curling shot from 18 yards thunder in opposition to the put up as he took purpose for the far high nook however Craig Levein’s males couldn’t muster one other alternative to discover a leveller.

As an alternative, Hearts had been making life troublesome for themselves with extra shaky defending.

Cummings couldn’t punish a slack go from Berra, unable to revenue from a one-on-one with McLaughlin, whereas the goalkeeper’s stoppage-time rush from his space led to Michael Smith making a goal-line clearance to disclaim Rangers substitute Alfredo Morelos.

Now Murty’s males should summon extra of the verve and dedication proven within the second half as they put together to go to a Celtic facet seeking to wrap up a seventh successive title subsequent Sunday.

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So, Carrie’s been thinking a lot about success lately and if you check out her blog you’ll see she’s had a heck of a last two weeks trying to define success and come to terms with it and all that.

But here’s the thing. Nobody wants to fail. You can talk about loving the process and that’s important, but striving for success is also important. For authors, getting a mindset for success can be… well, almost impossible.

Three Hot Tips For Success After Screwing Up

Look for Inspiration – Spend 10 minutes with things that inspire you. For some people that’s music, poetry, dogs, being outside, listening to an awesome podcast.

Don’t be Rigid – Understand that no matter how well you plan, life is chaos. If your plan has a glitch, a swerve? Don’t let that freak you out so much that you stop. Be flexible like you do yoga all the time or something.

When you Mess Up Learn From It – Dwelling in mistakes and failures keeps you in those places mentally. Stepping back and wondering, “What can I learn from this so next time I rock it?” That’s what makes a success mindset.

Dog kissing helps

Dog Tip for Life: When you meet people who suck, thank them in your head for teaching you whatever they taught you. Write down how you are a better dog because you learned something from them. Yes, that ‘something’ might be to stay away from men who smell like asparagus and like to kick, but it’s still a life lesson. You’ve learned it.

Look, Mom! It’s a podcast.

Writing Tip of the Pod: Mistakes happens. That’s okay. It’s how you recover from mistakes, from bad plots, crappy sales, rejections – that is what makes the difference. Question your story constantly. Ask other people who are honest to check it out.

We all make mistakes, but what makes some people a still a success is that after they realize that they’ve made a mistake that’s hurt other people or themselves or their organization, they acknowledge it, apologize for it, and try to do better.

That’s it. Three steps.

Acknowledge it.

Apologize for it.

Educate yourself and do better.

That’s important in relationships, too. Saying you’re sorry is a promise to try to not repeat the hurt you’ve caused and/or the mistake you made.

Carrie’s Writing News

I’ll be at Book Expo America in NYC on June 1 at 11:30 – 12 at the Lerner booth signing copies of the Spy Who Played Baseball. A week before that, I’ll also be in NYC presenting to the Jewish Book Council . Come hang out with me!

To find out more about my books, there are links in the header. And if you buy one? Thank you so much. Let me know if you want me to send you a bookplate.

PODCAST

The podcast DOGS ARE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE is still chugging along. Thanks to all of you who keep listening to our weirdness. We’re sorry we laugh so much… sort of. Please share it and subscribe if you can.

COOKING WITH A WRITER

Carrie has started a tongue-in-spoon subgroup in her blog all about cooking vegetarian recipes as a writer. It is silly. The recipes still work though. Check it out here.

There are white beans in this image. Try to pretend they aren’t there, okay?

THE CLASS AT THE WRITING BARN

The awesome six-month-long Writing Barn class that they’ve let Carrie be in charge of!? It’s happening again in July. Write! Submit! Support! is a pretty awesome class. It’s a bit like a mini MFA but way more supportive and way less money.

Look. A typewriter.

FLYING AND ENHANCED – THE YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION SERIES

These books are out there in the world thanks to Tor.

What books? Well, cross Buffy with Men in Black and you get… you get a friends-powered action adventure based in the real world, but with a science fiction twist. More about it is here. But these are fun, fast books that are about identity, being a hero, and saying to heck with being defined by other people’s expectations.

This quick, lighthearted romp is a perfect choice for readers who like their romance served with a side of alien butt-kicking action –School Library Journal

What Make Some People a Success Even When They Mess Up All the Time So, Carrie's been thinking a lot about success lately and if you check out her blog you'll see she's had a heck of a last two weeks trying to define success and come to terms with it and all that.

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10th Blogiversary…

On Wednesday, October 5th, 2017 MV Obsession will be 10 years old. TEN. Ten years of obsession about the place that I love most in the world, that’s a lot of obsessing. There have been almost 1,050 posts and it all began with these words…

‘Vineyard-a-holic…

October 5, 2007

Hi, my name is Joan and I’m a Vineyard-a-holic… ‘

Followed by…

‘In the beginning…..

October 7, 2007

My obsession/love affair with Martha’s Vineyard started early in my life. I was around 2 and a half in this picture and this was already my second trip.

My connection to MV was through my mother who although was born in Maine was raised on MV. She went to Oak Bluffs high school (there was no regional high school, each town had its own back then) and after graduating moved to NJ where she met my father and quickly converted him into an MV fan.

We stayed with my godparents in Oak Bluffs every summer. Life on MV was so different from Newark, NJ where I spent the other part of my existence. My mother and I would take the train from NY to Woods Hole in June, my dad would arrive for the entire month of August and we’d all sadly leave the beginning of September.

My summers were filled with trips to the beach in Oak Bluffs… endless rides on the Flying Horses… ice cream at the Frosty Cottage on Circuit Ave… popcorn at Darling’s… fairs and parades… at least one trip to Gay Head (Aquinnah)… visiting relatives in Indian Hill… movies… setting pins at the bowling alley in Oak Bluffs… endless hours at the Oak Bluffs library… Bible school at the Tabernacle… Illumination Night… and one especially painful memory of my first and only dance lesson at the Tivoli ballroom where the Oak Bluffs police department now stands.

These are just a few snippets of memories and stories I’d like to share. Hope whoever reads them finds them as enjoyable as I did experiencing them.’

MV Obsession isn’t strictly about the Vineyard anymore but like the header says, it’s ‘almost all the time.’

Feel free to wander through the category links along the right side, visitors are always welcome

Happy 10th blogiversary MV Obsession

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Taming Mr. Flirt, a sexy all-new standalone from A.M. Madden & Joanne Schwehm is coming September 12th!

Taming Mr. Flirt by A.M. Madden & Joanne Schwehm Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publishing Date: September 12th, 2017

Here’s a tip: never say never.

It all started in a barn, rolling around in the hay with a hot brunette. When I hooked up at my best friend’s wedding with the bride’s best friend, I had hay in places it should never be. And how my bowtie ended up around my dick was an entirely different story. I’ll give you a minute to consider the possibilities.

That first romp set the tone, and each sexual encounter with her that followed became more intense. The fact that all my fantastic orgasms were coming at the hand of one woman baffled me.

A lifetime of observation taught me that monogamy equated to boredom. Variety was the spice of life, in and out of the bedroom. I enjoyed the company of a sexy, smart, confident woman. It was my kryptonite. I was a master flirt, and my sexual skills were unrivaled.

Until her.

With this woman, I had met my match.

Her carnal appetite a perfect match for mine, and she also taught me a few things along the way.

She called me Mr. Flirt, and could bring me to my knees at every turn.

Lesson learned: Sex always trumps sanity.

I spun back around, taking her hand with me and started around the rink until we made it to the small break in the railing. With a tilt of my head and a small tug, she knew I wanted off the ice.

Rubber mats greeted the blades of our skates. As if we were marching rather than walking, we carefully made our way to the dimly lit corner of the rink. The small corner was the perfect place for what I had planned.

“What are we doing back here? I could go for that drink now.” She started toward the opposite end where the bar was located.

“Stay.” Her eyes glanced up at me. I lowered my mouth to her ear. “Turn and face the rink.” Vanessa’s brows furrowed, but she did as I asked. “Put your hands on the railing, and don’t move until I tell you to.”

Her head craned back. “Okay, but why?”

The strobe lights were back in full force. I pressed my body against her back and kissed the curve of her neck. “I’m going to fuck you.” Even in the dimly lit rink, I could see her white-knuckled grip on the railing. “Do you remember when Jude and Brae almost walked in on us fucking in the barn? Do you remember what you said?”

“Something about getting caught was hot?”

“Yes. You said the thought of getting caught in public was a complete turn-on. When you said that, the thought of fucking you in public made my dick stone hard. I know I’m turned on right now… are you, Nessa?”

“Very.”

“Good. Ready?” A short quick nod and her ass shifting backward into my crotch could be compared to the effects of a green flag for a Formula One race car.

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A.M. is a wife, a mother, an avid reader of romance novels, and now an author.

“It’s all about the HEA.”

A.M. Madden is the author of the popular Back-Up Series, as well as several other contemporary romances. She is also a published author with Loveswept/Random House.

Her debut novel was Back-up, the first in The Back-Up Series. In Back-Up, A.M.’s main character Jack Lair caused readers to swoon. They call themselves #LairLovers, and have been faithful supporters to Jack, as well to the rest of his band, Devil’s Lair.

A.M. truly believes that true love knows no bounds. In her books, she aspires to create fun, sexy, realistic romances that will stay with you after the last page has been turned. She strives to create characters that the reader can relate to and feel as if they know personally.

A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she loves getting lost in a good book. She also uses every free moment of her time writing, while spending quality time with her three handsome men. A.M. is a Gemini and an Italian Jersey girl, but despite her Zodiac sign, nationality, or home state, she is very easy going.

She loves the beach, loves to laugh, and loves the idea of love.

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About Joanne Schwehm:

Joanne is a mother and wife and loves spending time with her family. She’s an avid sports watcher and enjoys the occasional round of golf.

Joanne loves to write and read romance. She believes everyone should have romance in their lives and hopes her books bring joy and happiness to readers who enjoy modern day fairy tales and breathless moments.

She is an independent romance author and has written several contemporary romance novels, including The Prescott Series, Ryker, A Heart’s Forgiveness, The Critic and The Chance series.

Joanne looks forward to sharing more love stories in her future novels.

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