Possibilities For Improvement — In January of 2020, I hired into Home Depot as a garden associate. HD management at my local store is not aware of my training as a systems engineer, my previous professional life as a military officer or, after that, as a UNIX systems administrator of 20 years. …

The Matrix Of Fifths— An Alternative Visualization Of The Circle A colourful alternative depiction of the Circle Of Fifths which breaks the keys and notes into a matrix for easy reference. I came up with this diagram as part of an effort to help myself better understand the Circle Of Fifths and how it relates to the guitar fretboard. I present it here in the hopes that it may help others as well. The centre column serves as the legend assigning…

Benign, Crowdsourced And Automated The following is a method proposal that I believe can be used effectively to identify astroturf accounts in a benign manner. The method is fairly simple and requires only a number of pieces working asynchronously to be effective in identifying offending accounts for further action. The Third Party Method This method will be necessary…

Iteration Two — This is the second iteration of this paper in which I further refine my ideas on how to accomplish art provenance with IOTA. From my previous paper: I wish to address the primary concerns of art provenance in a simple and low-cost method which works for artists, owners and gallery…

This is an idea in motion and I welcome input and feedback from the community. I wish to address the primary concerns of art provenance in a simple and low-cost method which works for artists, owners and gallery goers — all concerned really. The following method might even allow for…

I spent some time making an animation that delivered the main points of The Super Cluster Method in an engaging way. It is worth remembering that The Super Cluster Method is simply Part I of the larger guitar method book, The Rosetta Pattern, which simplifies modes and scales in a similar manner. The guitar does not have to be difficult to learn! You are two minutes and twenty-three seconds away from understanding the fretboard. Click Here.

Use The Rosetta Pattern To Move Seamlessly Between Modes And Scales The Rosetta Pattern does for modes and scales what The Super Cluster Method does for the fretboard. By that I mean it gives a simplified framework for understanding them in the way that the students learn best. The following diagram shows a simple flow of relationships between the C major…

A Geopolymer Mix Incorporated Into A Crystalline Structure Could Explain Some Of Their Features The Bulge The outward bulge on the face of these stones is interesting in that, when looked at through the lens of a poured geopolymer, it seems to negate some possible techniques of construction. …

Acceptance, Not Forgiveness Forgiveness is not a singular event, rather it is the culminating state which results from actions started, taken and driven to completion by the perpetrator. Enabling Allowing ‘bygones to be bygones’, unilateral forgiveness by the victim, without concrete action on the part of the perpetrator is not forgiveness; it is enabling…