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organized</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I&#39;m writing this post to really think through and get organized with reading on Kindle.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Useful Bookmarks&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://read.amazon.com/kindle-library&quot;&gt;Kindle Library&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;= view and read your Kindle books online (formerly Kindle Cloudreader?)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://read.amazon.com/notebook&quot;&gt;Kindle Book Notes and Highlights&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;= read notes and highlights you made on your Kindle books (please notice that ONLY notes and highlights made on Kindle books are synced!)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://read.amazon.com/kindle-notebook&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kindle Scribe Notebooks&lt;/a&gt; = view the notebooks you created in Kindle Scribe&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage your Kindle Content by going to Accounts &amp;amp; List --&amp;gt; Content &amp;amp; Devices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle&quot;&gt;Send to Kindle&lt;/a&gt; to easily upload personal documents to Kindle (again, please remember that notes and highlights made on personal documents do NOT Sync!)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Now a VERY IMPORTANT caveat. As an academic, I read a lot of articles. and as noted above only notes and highlights that are made in Kindle books are synced online and across devices. What that means is that if I start reading a personal document on my phone&#39;s Kindle app and make some notes and highlights, those notes and highlights will NOT sync when I start reading the same document on my regular Kindle. Worse, those notes and highlights are NOT easily available online in a repository (I&#39;ll describe how to get the notes out of documents below). This is a bit disappointing, but it hasn&#39;t been enough for me to give up my Kindle. Just keep in mind &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: #fcff01;&quot;&gt;a best practice for reading personal documents in Kindle may be to make sure you make notes on only one Kindle device as much as possible&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Getting Documents into Kindle&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Now that I&#39;ve made that big warning about notes and highlights not syncing on Kindle, here&#39;s how you do get documents onto Kindle. Kindle has come a long way since its early days and it&#39;s actually quite easy to get documents onto Kindle now. There are three main methods:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;mail them to your personal Kindle email (go to Account and Lists --&amp;gt; Content and Devices --&amp;gt; Devices --&amp;gt; Kindle (once you choose your Kindle device, you&#39;ll see the kindle email associated with your device)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle&quot;&gt;Send to Kindle&lt;/a&gt; (PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM, HTML, PNG, GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, EPUB; Max file size: 200 MB) and drag your file into the window.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;install a browser extension and use the extension&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;So far, I&#39;ve liked the Send to Kindle page best. Whatever method you choose, within a few minutes, your document is ready to be downloaded on your Kindle for viewing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Reading PDFs on Kindle May be Hinky&lt;/h2&gt;As I mentioned, I read quite a few PDFs so I uploaded a PDF using that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle&quot;&gt;Send to Kindle&lt;/a&gt; page to see what reading a PDF was like. The good news is that the PDF was seamlessly delivered to Kindle. But PDFs can be hinky on Kindle. While they&#39;re readable, I found the experience far from perfect. After all, Kindle is NOT a bells and whistles PDF reader. Kindle basically treats the PDF as an image, so while a PDF could be read on Kindle Paperwhite, it still required a little zooming in places. A PDF rendered even better on the larger Kindle Scribe and had the the added advantage of allowing me to write directly an the document (I must admit it almost felt like reading and scribbling on a paper PDF, it was that good!). BUT, and this is a big &#39;but&#39;, I couldn&#39;t select or highlight text on the PDF or even add any sticky notes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Easiest Way to Turn PDFs to DOCX or EPUB Format&lt;/h2&gt;So I checked to see how easy it would be turn my PDF into a Kindle formatted document for reading. In past years, I remember this being a real pain and I remember giving up on this. But again, technology has come a long way. Now a PDF can be easily turned into a Word or even EPUB document just by  using Google Drive then uploaded to Kindle in five easy steps (all FREE!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;save the PDF in Google Drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;locate the PDF in Google Drive online&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;right-click then choose Open with --&amp;gt; Google Drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;this coverts the PDF into a Google doc and there will usually be a few word formatting errors; you could go through and fix these if you want or leave them if you don&#39;t mind the few spacing issues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;tables and charts will definitely need fixing-- I usually go back to the original document and use an image capture tool (such as Microsoft&#39;s Snipping too) and paste the chart image back into the Google doc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;when you&#39;re ready, choose File --&amp;gt; Download as --&amp;gt; docx or EPUB, etc. (choose the format you want-- docx works best)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;background-color: #fcff01;&quot;&gt;after some more tests, I think the version that works best is to make sure the document is in LEFT Align (NOT justified or block paragraphs) and download as &lt;u&gt;docx&lt;/u&gt; files. The epub formatted files made the table unreadable whereas the docx file seemed to allow the chart to flow more.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;finally, go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle&quot;&gt;Send to Kindle&lt;/a&gt; page and upload your new Kindle-ready/friendly file &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;The other way to do this is to just email it to your Kindle address, attach the pdf, and type the word &quot;Convert&quot; in the Subject line so Amazon knows to convert the PDF to the kindle format. It worked, but when you do it this way, all the problems of the conversion remain and you won&#39;t be able to fix them (e.g. words with odd spaces, tables and charts), so I prefer the Google Drive method.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Getting Notes Out of Personal Documents&lt;/h2&gt;The only way to get notes out of the personal documents is to export them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;What I Would Love to See &lt;/h2&gt;In an ideal world, here&#39;s what I would want:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;see my documents in my online Kindle Library&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;be able to sync notes and highlights across all content including my documents&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;be able to access &lt;a href=&quot;https://read.amazon.com/kindle-notebook&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kindle Scribe Notebooks online&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strike&gt;-- at present, the only way to access these notebooks is in Kindle or by emailing them to yourself as a PDF (!)&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/zt1j6o/view_kindle_scribe_notes_online/?utm_source=share&amp;amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;amp;context=3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this is actually already available! 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3. I’ve been obsessing about getting one of these satchels. But before buying one, three questions need to be answered: 1) why do I want one,  2) from what company should I buy the satchel, and 3) what size should I buy?<br />
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6. I. Why do I want one?</h2>
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8. The short answer to this question is I've  always wanted one and they're so darn cute and stylish! The more practical reason is that they seem so functional. Because they're like totes, it's so easy to see everything in them (as opposed to backpacks). They also stand upright on their own so it feels like you have your own personal file box with you at all times. I have these images of me working at my desk with my incredibly useful satchel next to me.<br />
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12. II. What company to buy from?</h2>
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14. After a little bit of googling, I came up the with three main companies (there are many other companies, but these three seem to be the biggest or at least the most popular):<br />
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16. <li>The Leather Satchel Company (LSC) </li>
17. <li>Cambridge Satchel Company (CSC) </li>
18. <li>Zatchels </li>
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20. After reading quite a few blogs and forum discussions, I decided that I probably want to go with  LSC. I like how <a href="https://www.leathersatchel.com/guides/leather-guide/">informative their website is and how transparent they are about where they source their leathers</a>. A particularly <a href="http://www.lovebezuki.com/2014/08/cambridge-satchel-company-vs-leather-satchel-company-full-review-lovebezuki/">useful blog comparing LSC and CSC leathers</a> also helped me decide that I probably prefer the type of leather used by LSC (thicker and softer) over that used by CSC (thinner and harder). Finally, of the three sites, <a href="https://www.leathersatchel.com/guides/customisation/" target="_blank">LSC has the most flexible options for customizing their satchels</a>. For example, you can add a back slip pocket, request a deeper gusset (a very nice feature!), backpack straps (particularly important), and shorten the main crossbody strap (also a nice feature since I'm only 5').<br />
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29. <a name='more'></a>As for which would be my second choice, the very <a href="http://www.thefashiongrid.com/law/2012/8/28/cambridge-satchel-settles-lawsuit-against-zatchel-copycats.html" target="_blank">public lawsuit between CSC and Zatchels</a> made me think that they both use the same type of leathers, but Zatchels's seems to have more options for customization than CSC and is generally cheaper than CSC. Moreover, CSC seems to have stopped making the landscape satchel backpacks that I wanted. So despite CSC’s fancier website and popularity, I think my second choice would have to be Zatchels. CSC does have some beautiful colors and some very nice purses and clutches. I am particularly in love with these two bags. Are they beautiful?<br />
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38. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
39. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="160" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/CiCqMnbmKU1lE9aoMiVALjB4K0vQiTYA-Q8w3RL3MWYPXUO1G_JZLpqO6mTCsOOMj9tGg6mNW7gvXNH-anmli6kQFno6lPfWQP2oQZppO4odtz_5SxWjzv2rRFfj6y7tABRpKWqB" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="200" /></span></div>
40. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
41. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="166" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V-Zgf3AMgBgBh3a2cswmdACZkeIHEm9_Vb-QPeE4s4KjQHAm33yh3tBAKVG6BzkQq9hGfc0866ybep3ajwJCECF9Gbpl664fL_RPvCcXciGRKFje4E5wNvoWDjc__vTuJSOi83tw" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="200" /></span></div>
42. </td></tr>
43. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
44. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">CSC - Mini Poppy</span></span></div>
45. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
46. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">9” x 6” x 3</span></span></div>
47. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
48. <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">tuck luck</span></span></div>
49. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
50. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">CSC - Mini Daisy</span></span></div>
51. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
52. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">8.5” x 5” x 3.75</span></span></div>
53. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
54. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">turn lock</span></span></div>
55. </td></tr>
56. </tbody></table>
57. </div>
58. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr>
59. </tbody></table>
60. </div>
61. <span id="docs-internal-guid-fb222669-7fff-bfab-e73d-a98cbd714842">
62. </span></div>
63. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
64. <h2>
65. II. What size?</h2>
66. The next thing to decide was what size to buy. To figure this out, I watched countless unboxing and “see-what-I-have-in-my-bag” videos. Two things I noticed right away-- 1) these bags don't seem to hold as much as they would appear and 2) people don’t seem to carry any papers or notebooks with them in their work bags anymore! When did that happen ?!!?! At any rate, the main options from all three sites are 11”, 12.5”/13”, 14”/14.5", and 15” sizes (the different sizes depend on which company you choose). I quickly realized that 11” satchels are basically just purses...and although very adorable, definitely not what I wanted. The 12.5” or 13” satchels are still pretty small-- definitely not large enough to hold a laptop so they, too, were out. The 14” or 14.5" satchels were good candidates, but <a href="http://www.tracyctran.com/2011/05/30/my-new-bag-the-cambridge-satchel/">because of the way satchels are built, you lose a few centimeters in the internal storage</a> so I still worried that they weren’t large enough; some reviewers did note that this size was plenty large for them, but others noted that they were still kind of small as work bags (especially if I wanted to fit papers and books in them). So the 15” satchel was the winner! Still, I have to admit I'm still wondering if a LSC 14" satchel with a deep gusset would be enough mostly because a 14" satchel is only about 2.1lbs whereas a 15" satchel weighs a hefty 2.9lbs (and at that weight, it weighs about as much as my laptop!).<br />
67. <br />
68. My next worry was that it might be too large (I’m only 5’ tall!). So I decided to try out a 15” satchel backpack before biting the bullet with a $200+ bag from LSC. I ordered this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MR3D31M/ref=twister_B01M1HR5KE">Ecosusi messenger backpack from Amazon for about $60</a>. It's a PU leather bag, but it'll give me a chance to try out carrying this style before I commit to an LSC satchel.<br />
69. <br />
70. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
71. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
72. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PeV_bPrXPRZ575--r49hmkaVsVE-UPoonZXXfOnNKKlWSX4j5gLBLz1MC6v5Mo_Z-XuyE3A1KqLKUHwZn-57aDw0vG_lJ3C-3PphTAG1kzguJF6jKuWuGVk7IjwLRZ6M8QXjgif0" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="307" /></span></div>
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74. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qkx8iiTtRkrVAiMB3fQJg5-0KDbG328haCMuu58xrvk8NP6xHF2du7VokIYSspKUSBj9SAOrjt-2DsltDWkW0NDFzoDtOMh4kMkbB56Ba8CICuQQI7fRdWq_cpf31TZMEhQnQvCj" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="307" /></span></div>
75. </td></tr>
76. </tbody></table>
77. </div>
78. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
79. </div>
80. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
81. By the way, a worthwhile mention is <a href="https://ruitertassen.com/product-category/vegetable-tanned-leather-bags-for-women/womens-leather-backpack/adult-leather-satchel-backpack-for-women/">ruitertassen’s Professor Backpack II</a>. It’s larger (at 15.7” x 12.6” x 6.3”) and heavier (at 4.6lbs) than the other satchels, but it has some great features. Notice that there are two large compartments and two front compartments. There’s also a zip pocket separating the two main compartments. In other words, this bag seems like a it was designed for professors (as indicated in the name) and those who have a lot to put in their work bags.<br />
82. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
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84. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="160" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Te1G6paw_bVkqc5uz4Wc0mtBUMncmtdnfhRZR83fkwjfSKm08haouFCyhIp1ct6B_JMchCau2RbSXJOFWzi7PKhlHBV0RvE6YBy0joI_7tR4CXwib38ObWRB5lkX1S0waIOn0G3F" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
85. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
86. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="188" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/T6M34cC6d08YvkLXG-AGeoW6kRcZkpUfCvwH8n-oqLx4dkHXPSAJmwnmdn-QYQLinQgJtX2Ll8jVqAV6ObuQJYyyn5mBMA7lA0M65GJKmFar8z0qGiFKO5EsPaD42KFu5QW2z3ln" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
87. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
88. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="173" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NazWC8DgB0PmMgdYfYxwQlcRMox_kO1zArYklKamsQX3Q9BzyZ5_b_YrglR3NGG2H9Wf_kEzaX3pQsVpVtYcljm8R_ZJCfnDpkyvabY1seUbovo65n-vX1tBwGIBF83vUXZfBsMX" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
89. </td></tr>
90. </tbody></table>
91. </div>
92. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
93. </div>
94. <hr />
95. Finally, let's have a more detail look at LSC's leather types and colors.<br />
96. <div>
97. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
98. <h2 style="margin-left: 0pt;">
99. Premium Leather is the thickest (2.8mm to 3mm):<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
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101. </div>
102. </td></tr>
103. </tbody></table>
104. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
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106. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/phbfSfc0ModEZmxXnOcDz4YmOHcVMb2RrFildg4fQUdu_9bsIQsz9irIHWEzD5dyrTsaxFLxaIEI9A-sW7_QC-A_gN5GFkVWPHeyLAJiTPQF4xUf_dUz6I5OX_4Qh8ujNX9A_xXE" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
107. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
108. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cqddSrbZwNoEJPaXROj_ytlz6HoKWwMtaUu7qwISngvtqZKnsRCIL4bgvVSgMnD4A9XMcbEsuOHQQ_rvxRyIyto4FfTI93Y5DU198FbOtx74jr6V7DP51ydrVQDEL6yws5VcSxmZ" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
109. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
110. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/roNb1FydwS74huCxBAaxi0L69QH2h2M0vXluNViQ7aYsbqCVkduoG1og6iQQup0jGWr-ucYYWbi-UVgEm-j5GDmE7ZoUb8RejrES_Y4lsJAcivLg5YQr10vf7zGAbe4H5H-OOnOE" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
111. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
112. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/O3mzmWCUxppN0MeYDVBilkBAq_w5ZE7iGfIlTA-me3p2CWEK3B9zD-TLbFd27eSnqUcZoAvtKq-1EuKO6vW2h0irJBo1JSpsiHs8Dyl5pXsAavbrtFKifatbyJPLSWODmv0vU1iS" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
113. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
114. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gnerlqDypRln0aNafZEkyjzLRWiSWKXY3OR7ifI7nQ9cqKiXPEZdZ-uHL0AeI9KbKqd02UtM7O30SQizaVSjTpMZZBE3GRwpDfLjuXkhqmPoTYD18_3InqfeUzayUr0Faekj5FxE" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
115. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
116. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="93" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GA_Ewc-ycG8s7QIMaTC9y6uMhP8pHCGwGmTRn-VMoFvWp0mW0kjk-EIiCdgOrJmB_6m-3GU8lBeACgALunL4-L0_GXJ6hmlgC-u5ywFsJ_wo7c0Mp4eAWBXeN-7LatHf92yxdLqa" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
117. </td></tr>
118. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
119. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Ebony</span></div>
120. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
121. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mahogany</span></div>
122. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
123. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(also pretty good)</span></div>
124. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
125. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mersey Blue</span></div>
126. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
127. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(a fav)</span></div>
128. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
129. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Oak</span></div>
130. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
131. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(too dull)</span></div>
132. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
133. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Walnut</span></div>
134. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
135. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(too dark)</span></div>
136. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
137. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Black Olive</span></div>
138. </td></tr>
139. </tbody></table>
140. </h2>
141. </div>
142. </div>
143. <h2 style="margin-left: 0pt;">
144.  
145. Waxy Speckle similar to Classic Leathers, but with more grain showing (2.6mm to 2.8mm):</h2>
146. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
147. </div>
148. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
149. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
150. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
151. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/sCI02ixdr0AVw5u4HwfM-AF-LZQy2X86_6UyFgfsMCy5yLD_Jr6sE9T2AHc93IqB1EZmLvJ330qSAawe07ixHR07arogHXdxdPciUXMWr2B1Ld64VUZqZtRMaRx_whkug1EYwyx3" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
152. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
153. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5MvZmJ2whEG8WmBO-sD1vV4PAaCm0r4qjx8Tg_CDi87ZZfttQuMRf7Y5gAG8HrBKNSZirVTedpPbx1p91aTWYmzAgtjx6iHgMAilW7pUlkHOGqgTyhou2bGTGhxVfeAdug5spBSy" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
154. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
155. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/zXnhGcyXQDMhgEA9M4LUmqeRJcZBgDTfsX5kAaVdVKsbM9Z7kiDH2DhObbPwvZIAIDJyoGuvFT8M31n3EmSQT2-B9RWQSRBkubJyE8SJnsrzds6k4R-lobJ-y7HbaTbHuNlLp9Di" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
156. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
157. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xAiWCwzbtc-SU43sLl4TNRNwkUCO0GKJrXqeYeXd7GTFCl9b64V50dMKn35RVEWFJJs32pPh_rwsVx15fSVV4lrN2lbbLCdwhhFo6ron7D42pXLIZ1X50VibmPgwo9SegxpJJtlu" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
158. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
159. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7lrW35ghC8y1_XD2Lyov2OicvD9mmvgslOvVhXi_prQ0ksoa07WVMuj1IrMqGTdRBrYHh_nyBREnp2S82E9VLTNbTBOgzMXrVkBKQKhrvIfwfegn8ZneD1Rvyy7h_wAfEe7P_7bH" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
160. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
161. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
162. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Royal Claret</span></div>
163. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
164. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Milk Chocolate</span></div>
165. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
166. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">London Tan</span></div>
167. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
168. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(my fav)</span></div>
169. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
170. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Greystoke Granite</span></div>
171. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
172. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">English Mustard</span></div>
173. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
174. </tbody></table>
175. <h2>
176. Pastel, Classic, Neon, & Fashion are really the same leather except for the color (2.6mm to 2.8mm)</h2>
177. </div>
178. <h3>
179. Classic</h3>
180. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
181. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
182. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
183. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/TxMoKBjY6NYUveqYgQbZNut3fgMveORHV4MoAGW0DkPf7yX9tvAwFHWFB-qBtfvSIL1Ew_5ITd1wxqEeqhEcYHCUd3NuAcxTyAhJ8th69azCNFXHxiJ64cnQb4eJBWHu_3kpIk7J" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
184. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
185. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RlU2iZkIW2Sp3uHQIsRg2PyhVi4Ey_uEum_VhrAZ2tLwoxxmjJWmEQX03XlV06gC9Ve7SA0hRPsX6t3NcIrULEqnB8wswO_oi3n8G6xnTJSjGVtEiqxuqlfDjd5EyI-Usam8mmZN" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
186. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
187. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/s0HkVo9ylf2TWybPwWGk38LxrgeW6u0_ct1NafSYx90juyFXOf2KF-mfuP0_sNiiaRIiugDcBhaNl7s9yM7Mo-QnW6cb2NgIVh5uhDFlNfyg1WzONZdABpKyDDBc-Xb-en8XBXx4" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
188. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
189. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Uspbnwv80RGThNf6R0w-G-0E6v1m7RI-rTTWxQXbzVIjvzdMT_J65WO1Cil7rzef75m0Te3uAQBCyVpsiEoSXIGN-7jgMFwLlVOoVbWE46hdzAlsxzb-myyaiHziOf88BbtZEIA-" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
190. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
191. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YEt2rGoaaI4WmMtKWr1WamLzIEXgR84DUnwJb6Ww08IfRYYmGy5hHwDVdTMQMlDjoYbVhVUGNJXB1FzMBJrh45YZXtiGxthh22CHMpVQ-FSP9-jx3NHEAUiJ5f7xqZaJviMb0cB-" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
192. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
193. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/q2PorJN7cxG9GC52Pr5PkASAyZ898exUOTgSFv_vtcGbExwB05uU010cH8Jj0b1Fi3E1ZkrNvsC1Fue21FZ56IrxSoOIjIVi16PKu_nZlIWzLxmn8OjKoIeIzdwlTbvcJT85xOTJ" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
194. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
195. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="77" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/L3oo4Ndm03ndQEHBcO5hs47QkkMC1t5OofOnsGU-iTgnUjWx1vrlYTJp7ff3g5109pI1wT6Ue2KLuyM0tBkAeBB9JK_WRTYLrv1EkR0ISOYlqHfH3Y2ez6CtraqtDH6G3WrP1h_Q" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="77" /></span></div>
196. </td></tr>
197. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
198. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">British Racing </span><br />
199. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Green</span></div>
200. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
201. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Sherwood </span><br />
202. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Green</span></div>
203. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
204. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Chestnut </span><br />
205. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brown</span></div>
206. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
207. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Oxford Blue  </span></div>
208. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
209. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Loch Blue</span></div>
210. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
211. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Charcoal</span><br />
212. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Black  </span></div>
213. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -11pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
214. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pillarbox</span><br />
215. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Red</span></div>
216. </td></tr>
217. </tbody></table>
218. </div>
219. <h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
220. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pastel</span></h2>
221. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
222. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
223. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
224. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/z6BILPzpRItSc896axhhoHAScPu2M5m7yLwNnmz_UoggFcFv53ibbovlPQx2q4Fg89F1jm8e6v4u-LfYTZ43rcV7ALBF611QuA7NTloUbtanMylLxd8VrM5xUFZQ7IYe5xngwIkF" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
225. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
226. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/o_mDNpS0Mb7h7CMSGLp2FSQM8C3NbrA1oMTkdocT-7PT1qCOy1dmgZTCqGhWlLscMQ2fEnmp_MC7HUjIM6gwAHZOOm7SowEmUetCQRievlrEk8dV0f8Zn2W87p0w1aGEAJ_bSgmf" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
227. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
228. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/YVyCEg8YHfNYAoVvIzGZ4fscYss_7DpgieJQX2yEKcSt1j_F1IyABhUj9JOPmXkicUWgcrGBbZeri1Bbqlbl-T9ZZb90j-RgYXSlU51JNb5wlhvLh1OjdksKcOVELRMDblEl_gji" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
229. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
230. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NhAZTEWjazdgY9s-5KiDOokJA7m6tJKBgqCpmLAG2h9S9kmaETfkLbSbCnDhevTTSJXcA2eqP7wUdT_iEaIU6YFeTgxNon2iYnH16sLUwxZJgK_4lC_izLM4gct6BcUMtw50bxjd" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
231. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
232. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="92" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/QIbX-KzziOQd7IOYGKPLTJiuf9xpr8q8trIctqkUKHHffhbG3KFnHACLqSBYVfQ_i162UTtJQ9GpsHnbij9AAsDo535_Ou8naL-6IKhuaIKo9MUNNDMiiIPm8ghilgvxLujnbosy" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="93" /></span></div>
233. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
234. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
235. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Parma Violet</span></div>
236. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
237. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sherbet Lemon</span></div>
238. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
239. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Candy Floss</span></div>
240. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
241. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cloud Cream</span></div>
242. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
243. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sugared Lime</span></div>
244. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
245. </tbody></table>
246. </div>
247. <h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
248. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Fashion</span></h2>
249. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: -11pt;">
250. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
251. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
252. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/w6TxC1QtzlMOUHd7JsZt8Bk-c0IHKP-Do10DJVCovY047hPSII060d1BMaebF_ZPh5y0uh16N3bbtlU_PXmR5aU18EBBQhO5W8Zt4fRhirIF6VNjpqTPL48f6uaaoUnqJhFdVweb" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
253. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
254. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/kx0xJzvsvHqY3Y2V7TQ18XQBUb1X8bjBhSZDXwqA5xAz4rcCf_LSUVSbeeeLzDyRMHjbUxaA1LDrJ0dRZB4nffWbxtR71fHx8lIj4SQysULcVSskMaaDwvXq-wSyd59QNQw1ej9d" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
255. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
256. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/BW2t5ZCJPSclASglHvtX6zYd__33M77AwKlfb-tRlNemamSr1v-fMO2riuzBmlns4Sv6g-s4WmRrldO3MKkv8gy9vpNlgdV8MDXtW_3rw-SEwyc9lPDjSsuSY3t1ZGE-jAZgtOX4" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
257. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
258. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/y__Hxwy4yqAmNtkINScp64e4y8oJkI4yqiq10zjfkftRDPjjW1GkzqEa02ZInQeb_RLI-kxX_5EgG5TB--gk1Piay9XatkCwX6sF3F6gAR0xf-eVPgWjybl0Qmu2Xl-DJ9zuNO7q" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
259. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
260. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ki4g3F52Yeh0ZE-IKCKOuMUs5yfsD7bvwOTCOlOwSYinsr-adgI6yMELLaGRP6w_2FQLpid9xyFJSwvbVFKsT_NOpIaIxqM6kNNPI9MvA2EnhXTTzppCAJLjNvyxrBCrCSdLAFSx" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
261. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
262. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/oYhXrfdU6-dMvq5BcdnLcXgTgP2gaIcUp9SZkQlPRXxJzU3LCPr86-y92nSee8E-9JDSntpfdVA42_zUq082VKC61jy9nqQ9sndFX6lME2ugvmLQbdFIyCc9Gr3aQUltiZYGtBY_" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
263. </td></tr>
264. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
265. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Baby Blue</span></div>
266. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
267. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Fresh-Mint</span></div>
268. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
269. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rockpool Teal</span></div>
270. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
271. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Snow White</span></div>
272. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
273. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Baby Pink</span></div>
274. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
275. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cabaret Pink</span></div>
276. </td></tr>
277. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
278. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FGazyo2uV_KQsemSAGualvW4cqxrObItuN5uAVD340JVvh49CNTXKI2qhh17XHC9kKuD_-11LPW2c-SgxLhuomHkTLGWne1F9H0BS9QTh40o_SuXk58m_r0O604WrAALIlAO1M14" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
279. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
280. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kg8soQ9Qkt7B-pGtrBiSHARlX_2qmA7KYxel8xtIe2CmNtnnLhNQfKhb5XIvy7IP4tPhYJNnUYb7q2aQ5Uyh8wHgB-sKglN1sXqJ-5HRd5nucqxUS7oZsmWlt-sIogN2bZzwQAy2" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
281. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
282. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ee3xYNqcd8H3NC5K2N4rmGP7Ln-OvkOtcG0IgRJMTr7C5pq_SCp-pBzUrCJB2yiDQ546zOGK5feb1EFsO8b4UktW6Ss5roGkehjsICvGGLJpwbGXMDS5wGE2R-Qgxxcq8LKf47K4" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
283. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
284. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/k5cDzsVzrkYovC1XrSFSWftWcW8q3HOx2V1OS5bRlQp6sRgSWfTzZanO9f5zTNsZta5M9DsL_z1kTYvrqL3No8ietYZrDEq6fcGA4Yb7zEnZXDCKC4CFUkEjcfOWkTAUl1pg9goZ" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
285. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
286. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="95" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xxZ__Wi37uIGPtePa88EkuY57wrxTDNOfyZh2-hqydccUj8Ay8kHmnCyc9q9oRsW_ZhQAjie7dl4xe0_YmUNrlwAOzHjQSbc8OuMfq-J_38FcUfTp_mo-SV-73a546sq6vcdLM5G" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="95" /></span></div>
287. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
288. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
289. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Coral Reef</span></div>
290. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
291. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bellflower Purple</span></div>
292. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
293. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Boysenberry</span></div>
294. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
295. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Deep Purple</span></div>
296. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -11pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt 0pt; text-align: center;">
297. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #555555; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Double Yellow</span></div>
298. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr>
299. </tbody></table>
300. </div>
301. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
302. </div>
303. <hr />
304. And here are the actual colors as bags.<br />
305. <div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">
306. <br />
307. <table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; width: 482.4pt;"><colgroup><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col><col width="*"></col></colgroup><tbody>
308. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
309. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mersey Blue (Premium)</span></div>
310. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
311. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mahogany (premium)</span></div>
312. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
313. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">London Tan (Waxy Speckle)</span></div>
314. </td></tr>
315. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
316. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="147" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZXdwH-DdGQLRH6QG-Fg4nROZqD1zvPXvA92HJB8Mi4oXLrRhXpZYgEnToZwyfppyd6kLhbZdbQefGUN5YUwF2_t2hbc6YOIAkthKEmQQFEoSSmX_HyEwB2H68FZNKndWhoaHGDzF" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
317. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
318. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="131" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/G5xY3qBKZvfstLbAAythNXnlDZy0RqptNVjQAX7vXlENumzeoAPcqb7kOD65_fAgqW7ZtTorKTazLEuZCUOv-oaTgd_MlnRROEoR-UJNe5LP70kxDsHev76F_WBqDvZpu-91VvZE" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
319. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
320. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="141" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TXW3ZjfFZ_5RRXNOaYXpXaC6NDf33uvoudJNat0Ozy8S-B9JtYDVX7KpZLdTXmfJq854FWknIQ_EFh4QzHqJ53tMnr_ze1WWQ856nyedyp7Ll2C-ItRoBfK22CGqDaPdXufxYTWn" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
321. </td></tr>
322. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
323. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Loch Blue (classic)</span></div>
324. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
325. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pillarbox Red (classic)</span></div>
326. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
327. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sherwood Green (classic)</span></div>
328. </td></tr>
329. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
330. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="151" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/JlNeflZR8GmFAD92thxYHADUy7JQoEPsz3P9xKtcPgdjpxmZ4Qmlp0LQ8PFBG_Pk7w3Jc0tud1SpzhT9hxaH1x8yur2pffp7LHTyIxTyzEOFNGDsLp06_v241gexzIENsQm98iMW" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
331. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
332. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="177" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2Wsn3KvEza4tgJf7y1IWO2ryFoEStxmjg37mTGvrXg78PRYoXemsoKKVJ_kmnb434icEuXXRyMUh-HdY0mkgpClNFAoHMF2KPh_QbTBkdj4Ug8va2bVTRtc-mhWJMs6I4oJBbmT6" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
333. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
334. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="164" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/oSkSvXSG4DEdcqU_bG-txJrPlISHOHRxQ_XdszGidrpQj1HDgiYcJg-vnPhJMEf5XYlsyh62bKeYfeIh_HnEaOW2vDwzGtV-c-lQj5h59fOhpYNpPc_DkK6uiuh3kjIw_TAs2ipg" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
335. </td></tr>
336. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
337. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cabaret Pink (fashion)</span></div>
338. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
339. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cloud Cream (pastel)</span></div>
340. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
341. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Candy Floss (pastel)</span></div>
342. </td></tr>
343. <tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
344. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="127" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GpalmAqqkuiThkh2s1or1FnCt0zOh0JiGC8xytie-4CtbG_hZZ9uZOgQO4Ws1JJ02LKe_w1vGSX2afHTbBQZMaa-P1uxtDnxEU4GVHoXHDv9_4UQ3ATbigOgH2XyX-lr1UAOax2S" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
345. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
346. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="144" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Kn5xtuwgqEKNvwiU4Flz8qcHdPlfxD5uxECIGHxqsT3gXuXwqop4h7K1CB5BBkZlcSqPdbt4Y6Txme5v-SUMVLnpLa3pwz5-y-OSgo1GLqFgmAJMcukmZTCc57NnUN27m3Khf2JD" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
347. </td><td style="border-bottom: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-left: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-right: solid #ffffff 1pt; border-top: solid #ffffff 1pt; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: middle;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
348. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><img height="165" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/z-XKebXAyN1vIiGVX7R2qpqvnph8-UarxaVJeWz_RGpJctUnngHwJ5JPbOpiIMrNeqCgW7_5bkAeNXxIxrCJUxNMuznnknDiH6ghn-T9LtT7FCT2Irx8TrSkxWh4nFjaQ0Cm1s0f" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="199" /></span></div>
349. </td></tr>
350. </tbody></table>
351. </div>
352. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
353. </div>
354. <hr />
355. BTW, LSC has a really interesting one called the Windsor Broad that I'm kinda in love with.<br />
356. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
357. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.leathersatchel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pre-oak-LWBP-side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://www.leathersatchel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pre-oak-LWBP-side.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
358. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.leathersatchel.com/ready-made/backpack/broad-windsor-large-backpack-in-a-premium-oak-leather/" target="_blank">from LSC</a></td></tr>
359. </tbody></table>
360. According their site, this broad backpack is large enough to hold a 14" laptop.<br />
361. <br />
362. Finally, check out the following reviews for more information.<br />
363. <br />
364. <b></b>
365. <b>
366. Blogs with Very Useful Info: </b><br />
367. <ul>
368. <li><a href="http://www.lovebezuki.com/2014/08/cambridge-satchel-company-vs-leather-satchel-company-full-review-lovebezuki/" target="_blank">Lovebezuki</a></li>
369. <ul>
370. <li>Nice review of the differences between leathers from The Leather Company and Cambridge Satchel Company </li>
371. <li>LSC - thicker and softer, CSC - thinner and harder</li>
372. </ul>
373. <li><a href="http://www.tracyctran.com/2011/05/30/my-new-bag-the-cambridge-satchel/" target="_blank">Tracy Tran</a></li>
374. <ul>
375. <li>15” satchel holds a lot </li>
376. <li>Doesn’t love how stiff it is and doesn’t think it holds as much as one would think, but still for me, it seems like more than enough </li>
377. </ul>
378. <li><a href="https://medium.com/@melindacasino/review-batchel-the-cambridge-satchel-company-230a37d0fa74" target="_blank">Melinda Casino</a></li>
379. <ul>
380. <li>Nice comparison of LSC vs CSC and <a href="https://medium.com/@melindacasino/review-the-leather-satchel-company-b47346a4c7e3" target="_blank">14" satchels generally</a></li>
381. </ul>
382. </ul>
383. <b>More General blogs: </b><br />
384. <ul>
385. <li><a href="https://kerotab.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/13-inch-cambridge-satchel-review/" target="_blank">Kero on 13” satchels</a></li>
386. <li><a href="http://rubysasha.blogspot.com/2013/03/leather-satchel-co-whats-in-my-bag.html" target="_blank">Rubysasha on 14” satchels</a></li>
387. <ul>
388. <li>“The 14" for me is great as it holds EVERYTHING and can also handle a magazine or A4 documents without looking bulky or brick-ish.”</li>
389. </ul>
390. <li><a href="http://claireabellemakes.com/2015/11/04/a-cambridge-satchel-collection/" target="_blank">Claireabellemakes</a></li>
391. <ul>
392. <li>A general blog with lots of colors </li>
393. </ul>
394. <li><a href="http://theavantguardian.com/leather-satchel-co/" target="_blank">The Avantguardian</a></li>
395. <li><a href="https://eabgiles.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/the-leather-satchel-company/" target="_blank">Emma Giles</a></li>
396. <li><a href="http://thatwhimsicalblogger.blogspot.com/2013/10/first-impressions-cambridge-satchel.html" target="_blank">The Whimsical Blogger</a> (with a very helpful picture of a small woman carrying a 15" satchel added here and which I found incredibly useful-- thank you!)</li>
397. </ul>
398. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
399. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CUodlhmt6JKBMChlJPIVjjarCgvHN18TFwLcUr1BQEUXGQnG0PhU_MDLRVqbFl_OeJQOT1ND5xB1zxPfqKcavFRypcORWkjTheLFLgezglaIEus_GHrUb5ONe7cLwUxWBSKdPtpehHc/s320/DSC_0436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="320" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CUodlhmt6JKBMChlJPIVjjarCgvHN18TFwLcUr1BQEUXGQnG0PhU_MDLRVqbFl_OeJQOT1ND5xB1zxPfqKcavFRypcORWkjTheLFLgezglaIEus_GHrUb5ONe7cLwUxWBSKdPtpehHc/s320/DSC_0436.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
400. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thatwhimsicalblogger.blogspot.com/2013/10/first-impressions-cambridge-satchel.html" target="_blank">from The Whimsical Blogger</a></td></tr>
401. </tbody></table>
402. <b><span style="color: blue;">So what do you think? What color would you get? What size would you get?</span></b><br />
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410. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2019/02/satchel-obsession.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ODjJ030rd4HHojKCOJ0er2GwiaYRIyAmc-8w-_tGWP2kAGVE5XUv9ghJbVTJUQJpNeK6qOjcj885nRvdypKeHcYK93zM7yDaLHYnPCGYwyPTfNUEUl1U38_SMhvJTrErJW58sLlL=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-4302573406261976353</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-05-24T21:19:01.832-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">girlie</category><title>vintage compacts !</title><description>My latest obsession are vintage compacts. I always thought it was so old-fashioned and glamorous to carry one these beautiful, refillable compacts; they had weight, they were small works of art, they were well, just so glamorous! And I think they&#39;ll make great gifts for special friends. Take a look at&amp;nbsp; these ads:&lt;br /&gt;
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412. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCWcJRLHNjw/Wv9z9nfYXtI/AAAAAAAAgZA/z7boI4-xSOcPm4DmV9PhJNvvKEyIp6fhgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/laMaycompacts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="591" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCWcJRLHNjw/Wv9z9nfYXtI/AAAAAAAAgZA/z7boI4-xSOcPm4DmV9PhJNvvKEyIp6fhgCPcBGAYYCw/s200/laMaycompacts.jpg" width="141" /></a> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CCKfFJmM8nU/Wv_Iz7sw6HI/AAAAAAAAggk/ZX48uKhDcn4jrL1InRTsJ7svhbEZLmM7ACEwYBhgL/s1600/cfe09672f3dbfa74d76cfb24704cdbf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="462" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CCKfFJmM8nU/Wv_Iz7sw6HI/AAAAAAAAggk/ZX48uKhDcn4jrL1InRTsJ7svhbEZLmM7ACEwYBhgL/s200/cfe09672f3dbfa74d76cfb24704cdbf1.jpg" width="144" /></a></div>
413. <a name='more'></a>I purchased two from eBay and was immediately disappointed by both. I hadn't actually done my homework and didn't know a thing about the history of compacts or their evolution. At the time, I thought that I could just buy a compact and plop in a new refill. It turns out that there's quite a bit more to purchasing old compacts than that. I hope this post clarifies or helps anyone else who might be thinking about dipping into vintage compacts.<br />
414. <br />
415. The first compact I purchased was a beautiful gold compact in wonderful condition, but I was thoroughly flummoxed by how it worked or how I was supposed to refill it. The compact looked something like this:<br />
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417. <a href="https://abadhomance.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-20-2015-144.jpg?w=450&h=600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://abadhomance.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-20-2015-144.jpg?w=450&h=600" width="240" /></a></div>
418. You open the compact (top is the mirror) and instead of seeing the usual powder, there seems to be another inner cover. That inner cover opens to reveal a powder well. At the time I was so confused! Why was there an inner cover?! Since that first purchase, I've learned that the pressed powder compacts we're so used to seeing today didn't actually make their appearance until 1950s. Before that, <a href="https://powdercompacts.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/how-to-refill-replace-powder-in-a-vintage-powder-compact/" target="_blank">most compacts were manufactured to hold loose powder</a> which explains that extra cover; if you're carrying a compact filled with loose powder, you would need an inner cover to hold the powder in place! In addition to this inner cover, these types of compacts also contained a fine mesh sieve so that your puff wouldn't pick up too much powder. So from the base up, the order would be 1) loose powder, 2) mesh sieve, 3) inner lid, 4) powder puff sitting on top of the inner lid, and finally 5) the mirrored cover.<br />
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420. <a href="https://powdercompacts.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/loose-powder-compact-well.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="150" height="200" src="https://powdercompacts.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/loose-powder-compact-well.jpg" width="192" /></a></div>
421. These compacts tend to be smaller. Modern compacts just won't fit into these types of compacts. So if you buy one of these, you could fill it with your own loose and use the sieve, etc. or diy pressed powder to fit the compact. The good news is that since I first purchased one of these compacts, there are now tons of <a href="http://vixenvintage.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-fill-vintage-compact.html" target="_blank">tutorials about how to refill these compacts by turning loose powder into kind of solid powder</a> (also see <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Refill-and-Refresh-Vintage-Compact/" target="_blank">here</a> and even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIHASGEvvVc" target="_blank">this video</a>).<br />
422. <br />
423. If turning loose powder into your own pressed powder seems like too much work for you, read on for other options. Beginning in the 1950s, companies started manufacturing slightly larger compacts that would accept pressed powder compacts. From what I've read on this, two of the biggest names were Stratton and Kigu (later purchased by Stratton). I don't have much experience with Kigu, but I now own several Strattons including this one:<br />
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426. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5bfSsgipg9k/Wv-3mcECCjI/AAAAAAAAgec/qWHYrz29coEs23FaQz7iror8MtDzm2klQCLcBGAs/s1600/blueflowers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="747" height="274" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5bfSsgipg9k/Wv-3mcECCjI/AAAAAAAAgec/qWHYrz29coEs23FaQz7iror8MtDzm2klQCLcBGAs/s320/blueflowers.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
427. <br />
428. Pretty, isn't it? These compacts accept refills that are about <b>67mm</b>; before discussing the refills that can be used with these compacts, first, let's see what they look like on the inside. There seem to be two kinds. One has a "ring" that can be popped up and down to hold the refill in place. I've seen these referred to as "convertible" compacts.<br />
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430. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ik20T8eDLUo/Wv-g9df90GI/AAAAAAAAgcc/wv_Jbv5QUsYAcGd9Io-BgoetxSijbeV-wCLcBGAs/s1600/strattonring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="998" height="185" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ik20T8eDLUo/Wv-g9df90GI/AAAAAAAAgcc/wv_Jbv5QUsYAcGd9Io-BgoetxSijbeV-wCLcBGAs/s200/strattonring.JPG" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ehuc0e-o7eM/Wv-law5lTyI/AAAAAAAAgc4/i2FQnty8ZQkK5G3xRPWIasaD9pQDKQ0WACLcBGAs/s1600/strattonclosed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="656" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ehuc0e-o7eM/Wv-law5lTyI/AAAAAAAAgc4/i2FQnty8ZQkK5G3xRPWIasaD9pQDKQ0WACLcBGAs/s200/strattonclosed.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>
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432. The other kind has no ring and the refill just sits inside (the plastic rim is actually powder sieve and can be removed).</div>
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434. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dsqskY1I7c/Wv-VnZT0xTI/AAAAAAAAgaI/xSl7vgKlVnUIljfnkDY4ndfG9AsomzJDQCLcBGAs/s1600/il_570xN.1539333129_kpp4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="570" height="222" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dsqskY1I7c/Wv-VnZT0xTI/AAAAAAAAgaI/xSl7vgKlVnUIljfnkDY4ndfG9AsomzJDQCLcBGAs/s320/il_570xN.1539333129_kpp4.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tqUcopshDLI/Wv-_n3GeaeI/AAAAAAAAgfM/6Z0wfjniznsC30NwyESMMOJmZ5uAFr1SwCLcBGAs/s1600/rim2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1393" height="211" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tqUcopshDLI/Wv-_n3GeaeI/AAAAAAAAgfM/6Z0wfjniznsC30NwyESMMOJmZ5uAFr1SwCLcBGAs/s320/rim2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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437. <b>I have to admit that I wish people would list the <i>type of compact</i> in the titles; it would make browsing for a compact so much easier. </b><br />
438. <br />
439. Aside from the <i>type of compact</i>, there are a couple of other things you may want to watch out for including:<br />
440. <ul>
441. <li><b>the mirror</b> - I've had a few instances when I ended up with some pretty foggy mirrors...and I haven't really tried to repair any of them (to be honest, I have no idea where I'd even start). </li>
442. <li><b>the condition of the inside</b> - is it discolored? Will a good wipe take care of it or is it beyond some basic home care? </li>
443. <li><b>year</b> - is it vintage from 1940s - 1970s or 1980s, 1990s? This may or may not matter to you. Some people only want the older ones while other people don't care; I fall into the latter. In terms of condition, older compacts tend to have a few more scratches and wear while I find that newer ones have a different aesthetic. Again, I don't really care and tend to buy the one I like the most. </li>
444. <li><b>scratches or wear on the enamel cover art</b> - I've been playing with the idea of using car wax - such as Turtle Wax - to clean up minor wear and scratches. I figure car wax is specially designed to fill in light scratches and keep cars looking like new...surly, it could do the same for the painted enamel of vintage compacts? I'll update after I've tried it out.</li>
445. </ul>
446. <b>What refills work in these compacts? </b><br />
447. From all I've read, the consensus seems to be that Rimmel Stay Matte or Max Factor Creme Puff are 67mm so fit perfectly into these compacts. Rimmel can be found pretty easily in most drugstores;  Max Factor is harder to find in the US but can be found on Amazon.<br />
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449. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpu9xDYEBhw/Wv-YJ3mk8vI/AAAAAAAAgaw/aNmPGqYH-oU1zRQe--mYl3Xt6D8AvpwLQCLcBGAs/s1600/stayMatte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpu9xDYEBhw/Wv-YJ3mk8vI/AAAAAAAAgaw/aNmPGqYH-oU1zRQe--mYl3Xt6D8AvpwLQCLcBGAs/s200/stayMatte.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q5-IfeBZlLE/Wv-nUZNPNCI/AAAAAAAAgdM/zEmOeHGxkTIkUgJgIedMrWo1g5vVoD6agCLcBGAs/s1600/MFcreme.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="871" height="212" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q5-IfeBZlLE/Wv-nUZNPNCI/AAAAAAAAgdM/zEmOeHGxkTIkUgJgIedMrWo1g5vVoD6agCLcBGAs/s320/MFcreme.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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452. The powder in the Rimmel compact is glued in so it takes a little effort to remove it, but there are some <a href="https://abadhomance.com/2015/08/05/stratton-convertible-compact-and-how-to-depot-rimmel-stay-matte-powder/" target="_blank">tricks for depotting the powder from the Rimmel compact</a>. Meanwhile, I've read that the Max Factor compact is designed to be easily depotted (they're either loose or are supposed to have a pinhole in the back to push out the compact, <strike>but I can't say from any personal experience</strike>). I recently tried the Max Factor powder and had no problems pushing out the powder. BTW, I rather like the way the powder looks, but the smell is a bit overwhelming. <a href="https://powdercompacts.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/the-use-care-and-repair-of-stratton-powder-compacts/" target="_blank">Don't forget to clean the compact before using them</a>!<br />
453. <br />
454. Here are some of my current favorites. Aren't they beautiful?<br />
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456. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Oulght8300/Wv-dWMZElwI/AAAAAAAAgbM/AXxHhh6-04sFIhuF54-c_PhD5cCaUvKWwCLcBGAs/s1600/pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="400" height="196" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Oulght8300/Wv-dWMZElwI/AAAAAAAAgbM/AXxHhh6-04sFIhuF54-c_PhD5cCaUvKWwCLcBGAs/s200/pink.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NN2Id7T3MAM/Wv-fEomH6DI/AAAAAAAAgcA/bE3DB1evBUY0I_aG9bJQFyM2ysRe97YwwCLcBGAs/s1600/s-l400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NN2Id7T3MAM/Wv-fEomH6DI/AAAAAAAAgcA/bE3DB1evBUY0I_aG9bJQFyM2ysRe97YwwCLcBGAs/s200/s-l400.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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460. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vFr3ARXHwfk/Wv-d6-4goYI/AAAAAAAAgb0/W7ml1y_lgIAXOnNhOVNgxhTVY4vWM32MQCEwYBhgL/s1600/pink2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="859" height="189" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vFr3ARXHwfk/Wv-d6-4goYI/AAAAAAAAgb0/W7ml1y_lgIAXOnNhOVNgxhTVY4vWM32MQCEwYBhgL/s200/pink2.JPG" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPQCj-j7Ey8/Wv-2_0JvWZI/AAAAAAAAgeE/WR6FUes4Q7QisaJ17LvJ53mGhw43DBL3ACLcBGAs/s1600/blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1280" height="193" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPQCj-j7Ey8/Wv-2_0JvWZI/AAAAAAAAgeE/WR6FUes4Q7QisaJ17LvJ53mGhw43DBL3ACLcBGAs/s200/blue.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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464. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__WzyHS5vhY/Wv-3JOJzbeI/AAAAAAAAgeM/-FN0wU7GLCQkEbDvWkbQEe9PbK3Eb21TwCLcBGAs/s1600/orange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1267" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__WzyHS5vhY/Wv-3JOJzbeI/AAAAAAAAgeM/-FN0wU7GLCQkEbDvWkbQEe9PbK3Eb21TwCLcBGAs/s200/orange.jpg" width="197" /></a> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vXYCqUOUnXI/Wv_BoBt_iTI/AAAAAAAAgf8/vpL9rS6cengNa1VTH65_yq5XDPWgX6YtwCLcBGAs/s1600/blackspiral.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1215" height="192" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vXYCqUOUnXI/Wv_BoBt_iTI/AAAAAAAAgf8/vpL9rS6cengNa1VTH65_yq5XDPWgX6YtwCLcBGAs/s200/blackspiral.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
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466. And although it's not a Stratton or a compact, look at this adorable guy! It's a vintage <strike>Avon</strike> Max Factor solid perfume. I might have to grab him...</div>
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468. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hvpnfZNRRZQ/Wv-ylRS2izI/AAAAAAAAgds/Lp_y93Dk5YsVBx-JTiaygTihDF-8yGcCQCLcBGAs/s1600/bearcompact.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="400" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hvpnfZNRRZQ/Wv-ylRS2izI/AAAAAAAAgds/Lp_y93Dk5YsVBx-JTiaygTihDF-8yGcCQCLcBGAs/s320/bearcompact.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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472. Finally, here are some great links that have been invaluable for helping me figure all this out.</div>
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474. </div>
475. <ul>
476. <li>A Bad-Homance - <a href="https://abadhomance.com/2015/07/20/vintage-1950s-stratton-loose-powder-compact/">Vintage 1950s Stratton Loose Powder Compact</a> & <a href="https://abadhomance.com/2015/08/05/stratton-convertible-compact-and-how-to-depot-rimmel-stay-matte-powder/" target="_blank">Stratton Convertible Compact and How to Depot Rimmel Stay Matte Powder</a></li>
477. <li><a href="https://powdercompacts.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/where-can-i-get-a-refill-for-my-vintage-pressed-powder-compact-refills-for-stratton-kigu-convertible/" target="_blank">Where can I get a refill for my vintage pressed powder compact? (Refills for Stratton, KIGU, convertible)</a></li>
478. <li><a href="https://powdercompacts.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/how-to-refill-replace-powder-in-a-vintage-powder-compact/" target="_blank">How to refill / replace powder in a vintage powder compact</a></li>
479. <li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/a-nose-for-a-bargain-1277534.html" target="_blank">Cayte Williams hunts for post-war compacts</a></li>
480. <li><a href="http://miavenues.blogspot.com/2014/01/vintage-dating-stratton-powder-compacts.html" target="_blank">VINTAGE: Dating Stratton Powder Compacts</a></li>
481. </ul>
482. <br />
483. <div>
484. <br /></div>
485. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/vintage-compacts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCWcJRLHNjw/Wv9z9nfYXtI/AAAAAAAAgZA/z7boI4-xSOcPm4DmV9PhJNvvKEyIp6fhgCPcBGAYYCw/s72-c/laMaycompacts.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-3844366583565000541</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-22T15:18:05.503-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zotero</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zotfile</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Zotpad</category><title>Zotero again </title><description>Sometimes, a good old-fashioned document beats a blog post. I&#39;ve decided to use a published Google Document to update&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSPrYrbE5iAofJCp-kexSo76l5iv91E5g6ukTC_QD-uqmSJLRJgs40mxqudzLIGFBkokPMxKk11qlRT/pub&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;how to set up Zotero&lt;/a&gt;; using a published&amp;nbsp;Google Document will make updating instructions much easier and faster.</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2018/01/zotero-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-6156088434386301280</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-21T11:41:10.987-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">text editors</category><title>getting started with Brackets.io</title><description>&lt;!--Title: Getting Started with Brackets --&gt;
486.  
487.    <p>When I first downloaded Brackets, I didn't quite understand how it worked (i.e. I could not for the life of me figure out how to write HTML and generate a preview). After a little trial and error,  googling, and YouTube videos, the answer is actually quite easy. Basically, the preview works in Brackets if your file is saved as an HTML file. Let's go through this step by step to show you how I set up my work in Brackets.</p>
488.    <p>I like to store my blog posts in one place. And right now, pretty much everything is stored in Google Drive for me.
489.    </p>
490.    <ol>
491.        <li>Create a new folder in Google Drive and name it BlogPosts or whatever you want.</li>
492.        <li>Open Brackets</li>
493.        <li>Go to File → Open Folder, and choose your new folder (<a href="https://www.toptal.com/designers/htmlarrows/">arrow code comes from here</a>)</li>
494.        <li>Create a new document</li>
495.        <li>Save it (name it anything you want- e.g., the name of a post, etc.)</li>
496.        <li>Then right click and rename it by adding the extension .html</li>
497.    </ol>
498.    <p>That's it! Now you can click the preview button in Brackets and see the outcome as you write your code.
499.    </p>
500.    <p>
501.        Now when I want to make a new blog post, I just open brackets and write my post in html. Once I'm done, just copy and paste the HTML code into a new Blogger post (of course, make sure the post's html editor is selected!) and I'm done! Where has this been my entire life...?!!!
502.    </p>
503.    <h1>Some Hints</h1>
504.        <ol>
505.            <li>At the bottom of the editor, you get to choose what kind of code editor you want to use (e.g. C++, html, etc). So if you're writing html, make sure you choose that to get all the bells and whistles of the Brackets' editor for HTML. </li>
506.            <li>If your html code is off in some way, the preview will become disconnected. Fix this by either refreshing the preview pane or fixing the code. I find that it stays connected and works best when the entire post is bounded by the "body" code. </li>
507.            <li>The easiest way to make the font size bigger is to just use CTRL+ +sign</li>
508.        </ol>
509.    
510. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2018/01/getting-started-with-bracketsio.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-3173771662126551268</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-21T11:23:17.052-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">text editors</category><title>blogging in text and text editors</title><description>&lt;h1 style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0.67em 0px;&quot;&gt;
511. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
512. I've been testing going all-in on writing blog posts only in text. I'm doing this for two main reasons: 1) I've realized that if I ever want to be fully comfortable in code, I'm just going to have to take the plunge and just write in it a lot (practice makes perfect, right?) and 2) I was tired of what a pain it is to work in WYSIWYG in Blogger, etc.</div>
513. <a name="more"></a></h1>
514. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.15;">
515. standard text editor with online check</h2>
516. <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0.67em 0px;">
517. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
518. So I started with my trusty<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Notepad++</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and it works great. The one disadvantage was that I then had to test the code somewhere. I googled "test html editor" and found quite a few including<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://html-online.com/editor/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">online html editor</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(requires disabling Adblock),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://htmledit.squarefree.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">htmledit from squarefree</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">code beautify</a>, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_editors.asp" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">W3Schools HTML Editor</a>. These are basically two-pane editors where the code goes on side and then you can generate a preview on the other side. Again, these work great, but required being online and that extra step.</div>
519. </h1>
520. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.15;">
521. Simplenote?</h2>
522. <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0.67em 0px;">
523. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
524. Then I thought-- what about using Simplenote? It makes use of basic text, has a bunch of different apps (for Windows, Android, etc.), and handles markdown. The desktop version even comes with a preview and I could access it from everywhere! In fact, I'm writing this post in Simplenote! But I hit a snag- Simplenote works great for handling markdown, but there's not really a preview for html/xhtml code. Of course you could write in HTML, but Simplenote isn't the best editor for that (no numbered lines, auto codes, colors).</div>
525. </h1>
526. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.15;">
527. full on HTML editor?</h2>
528. <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0.67em 0px;">
529. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
530. So I went back to looking for a full service HTML editor. Another Google search turned up the following:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.upwork.com/hiring/development/text-editors-atom-sublime-brackets/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Upwork's post about text editors</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.codecademy.com/en/forum_questions/54fe25a376b8fe5a1e000060" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">a discussion in CodeAcademy</a>. The winning options seemed to be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.sublimetext.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Sublime Text</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://atom.io/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Atom</a>, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://brackets.io/" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Brackets.io</a>. Upwork's post gives a great review and I decided to try Brackets because it's free, open-source, and has a preview pane.</div>
531. </h1>
532. <h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 1.15;">
533. Conclusion</h2>
534. <h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0.67em 0px;">
535. <div style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
536. I haven't tested Brackets yet so I can't really give a full review of how well it worked for me... and after writing this post in Simplenote, I'm kind of lamenting that I can't make markdown work in Blogger (<a href="http://blog.saliya.org/2014/08/blogging-with-markdown-in-blogger.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">there are ways</a>). Markdown is so much faster and easier than html! At any rate, I think what's going to happen is that I'll probably use one of those html editors regularly, but in a pinch, I'll use Simplenote and just copy and paste Simplenote's Preview directly into Blogger (there are quirks...like different texts, etc.). Still....</div>
537. </h1>
538. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2018/01/blogging-in-text-and-text-editors.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-6531378651015486701</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-13T03:15:29.399-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Apple</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">keyboard</category><title>delete file Apple keyboard shortcut in Windows10</title><description>Quick Outcome: to delete a file in Windows, use Ctrl+D&lt;br /&gt;
539. <br />
540. The solution to this problem was so painfully simple that I can't believe it's not more easily available online-- maybe it's so simple everyone else already knew about it! At any rate, I'm making this post in case it helps others.<br />
541. <br />
542. I'm a Windows user, but I prefer the mini Apple keyboard for it's size (I prefer the wired version rather than having to deal with wireless settings and batteries):<br />
543. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
544. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3iWuoafV7pM/Wlm_ilYhoDI/AAAAAAAAeDo/_wpuUMlxLZsjqzIL_oOOobE-Xaq-uL95ACLcBGAs/s1600/appleWiredKeyboard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1515" height="154" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3iWuoafV7pM/Wlm_ilYhoDI/AAAAAAAAeDo/_wpuUMlxLZsjqzIL_oOOobE-Xaq-uL95ACLcBGAs/s320/appleWiredKeyboard.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
545. <br />
546. I also use keyboard shortcuts a lot and I could not for the life of me figure out the shortcut to delete a file in the Explorer window. When I googled for a solution, I came up with all kinds of answers such as Command+Delete (did nothing for me) or even downloading a program to write to the registry (a kinda scary proposition for me). Again, the solution is so simple-- all you have to do is look what the shortcut actually is by opening any folder in Explorer, going to ribbon (my ribbon is auto-hidden), and hovering your mouse over the command to see what the shortcut actually is. Here's an image:<br />
547. <br />
548. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
549. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XxsP5roMfkY/Wj6sArM-N8I/AAAAAAAAdnw/BkwsY1SMo-QpbZacSvT0b0C39eqUVCsNwCLcBGAs/s1600/deleteFileShrtct.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="658" height="228" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XxsP5roMfkY/Wj6sArM-N8I/AAAAAAAAdnw/BkwsY1SMo-QpbZacSvT0b0C39eqUVCsNwCLcBGAs/s640/deleteFileShrtct.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
550. You can see that <b>the Delete command is just Ctrl+D</b> and that works perfectly. The same goes for all other commands- and there you have it. Apple Keyboard shortcut to delete a file in Windows is just Ctrl+D-- just a Copy is Ctrl+C, Paste is Ctrl+V, etc.<br />
551. <br />
552. The only other shortcut that&#39;s a little harder to find is the one to pull up the Task Manager-- and that shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+Esc on the Apply keyboard.</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2017/12/delete-file-apple-keyboard-shortcut-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3iWuoafV7pM/Wlm_ilYhoDI/AAAAAAAAeDo/_wpuUMlxLZsjqzIL_oOOobE-Xaq-uL95ACLcBGAs/s72-c/appleWiredKeyboard.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-5207880681028647759</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-07T03:13:06.917-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">code</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Finance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Sheets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stats</category><title>using Google Sheets with Google Finance</title><description>One assignment for a class I teach is having students create a stock portfolio. To track the class portfolio&#39;s performance, I used Google Sheets so I could share it with &amp;nbsp;students (I couldn&#39;t for the life of me figure out how to share a portfolio created in Google Finance). Lucky for me, Google Sheets can easily work with Google Finance to pull data about stocks. I am very indebted to this post for helping me create the portfolio:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-track-stock-data-in-google-sheets-with-googlefinance-function--cms-28182&quot;&gt;https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-track-stock-data-in-google-sheets-with-googlefinance-function--cms-28182&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
553. <div>
554. <br /></div>
555. <div>
556. And then I decided I wanted to track daily record of the value of the portfolio and decided to automate the process. To do that, I am indebted to this post: <a href="http://www.gadgetsappshacks.com/2013/08/how-to-automatically-record-daily.html">http://www.gadgetsappshacks.com/2013/08/how-to-automatically-record-daily.html</a></div>
557. <div>
558. <br /></div>
559. <div>
560. Just some notes on the process since I was a little confused (and I view this blog out as a kind of code-help for REALLY, REALLY non-coders :) ) This is the script that automates the recording of a daily value of the stock portfolio. Here's the script:</div>
561. <!-- HTML generated using hilite.me --><br />
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563. <br /></div>
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565. <table><tbody>
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573. 8</pre>
574. </td><td><pre style="line-height: 125%; margin: 0;">function <span style="color: #0066bb; font-weight: bold;">recordHistory</span>() {
575.  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.<span style="color: #336699;">getActiveSpreadsheet</span>();
576.  var sheet = ss.<span style="color: #336699;">getSheetByName</span>(<span style="background-color: #fff0f0; color: #dd2200;">"History"</span>);
577.  var source = sheet.<span style="color: #336699;">getRange</span>(<span style="background-color: #fff0f0; color: #dd2200;">"A1:B1"</span>);
578.  var values = source.<span style="color: #336699;">getValues</span>();
579.  values[<span style="color: #0000dd; font-weight: bold;">0</span>][<span style="color: #0000dd; font-weight: bold;">0</span>] = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "MM/dd/yyyy");
580.  sheet.<span style="color: #336699;">appendRow</span>(values[<span style="color: #0000dd; font-weight: bold;">0</span>]);
581. };</pre>
582. </td></tr>
583. </tbody></table>
584. </div>
585. <div>
586. <br /></div>
587. <div>
588. Notice that the script references only one worksheet-- the "History" worksheet (line 3). For some reason, I didn't pay enough attention that, but what that means is that any cells you reference must be in the same worksheet. In my case, the total value for the portfolio is calculated in the main worksheet so I also need to create cells that in the History worksheet that pull the values from the original worksheet.<br /><ul>
589. <li>Create a new document in Google Sheets</li>
590. <li>Create <b>two</b> worksheets in the document</li>
591. <li>Worksheet 1 should contain all the data (using Google Finance)</li>
592. <ul>
593. <li>one cell in this worksheet should be designated "=Today" to pull the current date, and </li>
594. <li>another cell is the day's portfolio total value</li>
595. </ul>
596. <li>Worksheet 2 will contain the daily record (in the code above, worksheet 2 is the <span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: red;">"History"</span> sheet)</li>
597. <ul>
598. <li>set up one cell in worksheet 2 so that it references Sheet 1's "= today" cell (this is the reference <span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: red;">A1</span>)</li>
599. <li>another cell should reference Worksheet 1's portfolio total (this is the reference to <span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: red;">B1</span>)</li>
600. </ul>
601. </ul>
602. Don't forget that after you run the script and it works, you'll also want to create triggers to automatically record the date.<br />
603. <br />
604. I'll post a template for the entire thing later, but I hope this helps someone.</div>
605. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2017/09/using-google-sheets-with-google-finance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-7447924294612978845</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-04-03T16:04:51.977-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pens</category><title>more pen refills</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
606. </div>
607. If you've visited here before, you know my obsession with pens. Since the last pens post, I've added a few pens to my collection and fallen in love with another pen. My favorite ink is usually a Pilot G2. But almost by accident, I found myself writing with Pentel's Energel pen in 0.7mm because in <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/07/pens-that-accept-pilot-g2-refills.html" target="_blank">my search for a clickable all metal body for the G2, I accidentally hacked a Pentel Energel into the Pilot Axiom</a>. That mistake led me to realize that I love the Pentel Energel pens. Here are the colors for this refill:<br />
608. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
609. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6lvR58DHJLo/WOKg6Z4JjnI/AAAAAAAAYl4/pGgJ9lRhieEuz1ph9HHnCEFnIG1lq43fwCEw/s1600/energelreill%2Bcolors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6lvR58DHJLo/WOKg6Z4JjnI/AAAAAAAAYl4/pGgJ9lRhieEuz1ph9HHnCEFnIG1lq43fwCEw/s640/energelreill%2Bcolors.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
610. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.jetpens.com/Pentel-EnerGel-Gel-Pen-Refills/ct/2384" target="_blank">from JetPens</a></td></tr>
611. </tbody></table>
612. Compare the Energel colors to the Pilot G2 refills:<br />
613. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
614. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6g69xvu_P4/V3dHFTWNkxI/AAAAAAAATUE/Hq6iNJOQtnULN66KDv5mnY8E882ffDPDwCPcB/s1600/g2%2Brefill%2Bcolors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6g69xvu_P4/V3dHFTWNkxI/AAAAAAAATUE/Hq6iNJOQtnULN66KDv5mnY8E882ffDPDwCPcB/s400/g2%2Brefill%2Bcolors.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
615. <br />
616. <a name='more'></a><b>Pens that take Pilot G2 refills with no modifications:</b><br />
617. <ul>
618. <li>Karas Kustoms</li>
619. <li>Pilot Metropolitan</li>
620. <li>Waterman Western Hemisphere Rollerballs</li>
621. </ul>
622. <br />
623. <b>Pens that take Pilot G2 refills with modifications:</b><br />
624. <ul>
625. <li>Retro 1951</li>
626. <li>Pilot Ageless </li>
627. <li>Lamy Swift </li>
628. </ul>
629. <b>Pens that take <a href="https://www.jetpens.com/Pentel-EnerGel-Gel-Pen-Refills/ct/2384" target="_blank">Pentel Energel</a>:</b><br />
630. <ul>
631. <li>Pilot Axiom (with modification)</li>
632. <li>Energel Alloy (like the pen because it's easy to find and inexpensive, love the refill so much, I find myself using this pen just for the refill)</li>
633. </ul>
634. <br />
635. <div>
636. <div>
637. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
638. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMD6C_TOkRQ/WOKmIbpL_DI/AAAAAAAAYmA/CdF-7eeF210YGtagMfyajQMld3HgkowOACLcB/s1600/energelAlloy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMD6C_TOkRQ/WOKmIbpL_DI/AAAAAAAAYmA/CdF-7eeF210YGtagMfyajQMld3HgkowOACLcB/s400/energelAlloy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
639. </div>
640. </div>
641. <div>
642. <br /></div>
643. <b>Other pens in my rotation:</b><br />
644. <ul>
645. <li>Zebra G-301 (super light, but writes very well)</li>
646. <li>Zebra F-701 (love the pen, not necessarily the refill]) </li>
647. </ul>
648. <br />
649. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
650. </div>
651. <br />
652. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
653. </div>
654. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
655. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mqa5EHwHmVw/WOKm940afwI/AAAAAAAAYmI/bbqjs7VtJDcgi4PpQNaJkVYWtPvLWw1dQCEw/s1600/ZebraF701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mqa5EHwHmVw/WOKm940afwI/AAAAAAAAYmI/bbqjs7VtJDcgi4PpQNaJkVYWtPvLWw1dQCEw/s400/ZebraF701.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
656. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
657. <br /></div>
658. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2017/04/more-pen-refills.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6lvR58DHJLo/WOKg6Z4JjnI/AAAAAAAAYl4/pGgJ9lRhieEuz1ph9HHnCEFnIG1lq43fwCEw/s72-c/energelreill%2Bcolors.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-6601479644070524860</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-02-27T23:37:51.533-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Docs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Sheets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MSExcel</category><title>the wonder of offset in Google Sheets and Excel</title><description>Every once in awhile, you want to grab every 3rd row of a set of data. After a bit of searching online and trial and error, I got it to work!&lt;br /&gt;
659. <br />
660. The formula turns out to be =OFFSET('sheet name'!$A2, 0, (Column()-2*n) where n stands for whatever number of columns you want to offset.<br />
661. <br />
662. Here's what the formula means:<br />
663. <br />
664. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
665. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYRKTiY8QBw/WLT-CMV_LpI/AAAAAAAAYLs/inywylPchNQTHq9Xo_7ON7M0ZGdIEl20gCLcB/s1600/offsetFormula.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYRKTiY8QBw/WLT-CMV_LpI/AAAAAAAAYLs/inywylPchNQTHq9Xo_7ON7M0ZGdIEl20gCLcB/s640/offsetFormula.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
666. Make sure you include that (Column()-2 part; notice that in my case, I wanted every 3rd column.</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-wonder-of-offset-in-google-sheets.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYRKTiY8QBw/WLT-CMV_LpI/AAAAAAAAYLs/inywylPchNQTHq9Xo_7ON7M0ZGdIEl20gCLcB/s72-c/offsetFormula.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-4232737441180917612</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-20T01:21:36.857-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><title>reset the toner on your Brother printer!</title><description>This is brilliant and worked like a charm! I was tired of the Replace Toner message on my Brother HL2340DW printer. A little Google and this is what came up:&lt;br /&gt;
667. <ol>
668. <li>Open the front cover and leave it open while completing the following steps.</li>
669. <li>Turn the printer off.</li>
670. <li>Hold the ‘go’  button while turning the printer on.</li>
671. <li>After 3 seconds release the ‘go’ button.</li>
672. <li>(USER MODE) will appear.</li>
673. <li>Press the ‘go’  button NINE times.</li>
674. <li>The Wifi led will flash once. (my wifi button flashed each time)</li>
675. <li>Press the ‘go’ button 5 times.</li>
676. <li>Close the cover. Your toner is now reset</li>
677. <li>Press OK 3 times to print a status page and this will show that the toner has reset back to 100%</li>
678. </ol>
679. <div>
680. This solution came from the the good folks at <a href="https://www.easyink.co.nz/support/hl-tn2345-toner-reset/" target="_blank">easyink</a>.</div>
681. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2017/01/reset-toner-on-your-brother-printer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-1305642109046065540</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2017 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-28T01:59:35.820-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><title>Blogger tweaks for new blogs</title><description>Here are some of the main tweaks I do for every Blogger blog.&lt;br /&gt;
682. <br />
683. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/creating-toc-for-blogger.html" target="_blank">Create a TOC/Archives page</a><br />
684. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/display-only-post-titles-when-you-click.html" target="_blank">Change the way search results are displayed</a> (with only titles)<br />
685. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2013/01/getting-rid-of-showing-post-with-label.html" target="_blank">Get rid of the "Showing all posts with labels message..."</a><br />
686. <strike>- <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-search-box-in-blogger.html" target="_blank">install a good search box</a></strike><br />
687. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-labels-page.html" target="_blank">create a Labels page</a><br />
688. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/01/easiest-way-to-remove-page-titles.html" target="_blank">remove Title of pages</a><br />
689. - <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2014/08/fantastic-tip-on-how-to-center-your.html" target="_blank">center blog title</a> (also listed immediately below)<br />
690. - <a href="http://mamamandolin.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-center-page-tabs-in-blogger.html" target="_blank">center page tabs</a><br />
691. <br />
692. Here's the code for the centering the blog title and page tabs (put in the Advanced -> Add CSS section when customizing the template.<br />
693. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code>#header-inner {text-align:center !important;} #header-inner img {margin: 0 auto !important;}
694.  
695. .PageList {text-align:center !important;}
696. .PageList li {display:inline !important; float:none !important;}
697. </code></pre>
698. <br />
699. Optional, but good ones:<br />
700. - <a href="http://www.bloggertipspro.com/2012/06/creating-blogger-static-home-page.html" target="_blank">Create a landing page</a> (well I don't really do this for all blogs)<br />
701. - &lt;a href=&quot;http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2012/05/adding-more-than-one-pages-gadget-to.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Add more than one page widget Blogger&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2013/01/blogger-tweaks-for-new-blogs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-875849974406765429</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-30T15:24:37.707-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">girlie</category><title>a comfy reading chair</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
702. </div>
703. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
704. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0AtDPUvDmA/WGTZThue49I/AAAAAAAAWDU/RtcJCh9zN-0wbbR8_Zbw_Mq9Aovjlsy-wCEw/s1600/railroad-tracks-dusk-1330082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0AtDPUvDmA/WGTZThue49I/AAAAAAAAWDU/RtcJCh9zN-0wbbR8_Zbw_Mq9Aovjlsy-wCEw/s320/railroad-tracks-dusk-1330082.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
705. For about as long as I can remember, I've wanted a comfy, dedicated reading chair- a place where I could really snuggle in and read to my hearts content. I'm sure this desire comes from a longing to recapture some feeling that always seems to be <i>just</i> out of reach. There are memories and feelings that stay with you; over time, they morph into a deep aching, happiness, joy, sadness, and even physical sensations are intimately bound to something that's not quite a memory, more like an impression or the left-behind ghost of a memory-- Proust's famous madeleines. For me, it's a moment or series of moments from childhood. At that age, we lived in an apartment with west-facing windows and I'm reading by them; I've spent hours reading and the sunlight is fading, dusk is settling into the what's left of the day. If my mother was home, I was allowed to sit on the porch or under the tree to read and in those memories I can almost feel the warmth of the fading light on my arms and face; I see myself looking up from my book, staring at the train tracks that ran in front the apartment, the weakening light glinting off the tracks-- and I'm wondering where the tracks go; they must lead to some adventure. Then I return to my book, back to the warmth, the fading light; it's as if I know even at that age that this memory would be special.The picture above comes close to capturing these feelings and below are some additional artworks of reading by windows.<br />
706. <br />
707. <a name='more'></a><br />
708. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
709. <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hXcimhsGXpE/WGN2Hdy1u1I/AAAAAAAAWAE/sbgeBVeH0EowfjDdJYhnjepJQggOdHeLgCLcB/s1600/girl_reading_by_window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hXcimhsGXpE/WGN2Hdy1u1I/AAAAAAAAWAE/sbgeBVeH0EowfjDdJYhnjepJQggOdHeLgCLcB/s320/girl_reading_by_window.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>
710. <br />
711. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
712. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGJi-sQiIOw/WGN13PNhFfI/AAAAAAAAWAI/deW3eQ6lAyE_FV3FVidsbPmEt6-vzXWfwCPcB/s1600/cMcChesney-girl%2Breading%2Bby%2Bwindow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGJi-sQiIOw/WGN13PNhFfI/AAAAAAAAWAI/deW3eQ6lAyE_FV3FVidsbPmEt6-vzXWfwCPcB/s320/cMcChesney-girl%2Breading%2Bby%2Bwindow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
713. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C. McChesney, Girl Reading by a Window, 1900</td></tr>
714. </tbody></table>
715. <br />
716. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
717. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YoLphjxQhrk/WGN13P_D8EI/AAAAAAAAWAI/7xj4nqml2cgBi5PAc0ksPHfsZfVEUmRYACPcB/s1600/orpen-the%2Bwindow%2Bseat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YoLphjxQhrk/WGN13P_D8EI/AAAAAAAAWAI/7xj4nqml2cgBi5PAc0ksPHfsZfVEUmRYACPcB/s400/orpen-the%2Bwindow%2Bseat.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr>
718. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W. Orpen, The Window Seat, 1901</td></tr>
719. </tbody></table>
720. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
721. And doesn't this nook seem like a heavenly space to read?</div>
722. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
723. <br /></div>
724. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
725. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n96ZCcANYrI/WGN13FEGe3I/AAAAAAAAWAI/yHwZqPx9GAsJZsCTp7njK_ozu-jk122UACPcB/s1600/bayWindowReadingNook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n96ZCcANYrI/WGN13FEGe3I/AAAAAAAAWAI/yHwZqPx9GAsJZsCTp7njK_ozu-jk122UACPcB/s320/bayWindowReadingNook.jpg" width="317" /></a></div>
726. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
727. <br /></div>
728. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
729. But the reality is that window seats, although enticing, probably aren't nearly as comfortable as one would think. Well, this Christmas, I decided that I don't care how much it would cost, I deserve that life-long dream of a comfy reading nook. And I finally arrive at the real reason for this post. Look at the chairs I've come up with:</div>
730. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
731. <br /></div>
732. First up, the Ikea Stocksund:<br />
733. <div>
734. <br />
735. <div>
736. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
737. </div>
738. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
739. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2o6OViGMkzA/WGTgUUHMZpI/AAAAAAAAWDo/kOPhcT7qY1U7kDH3Lotu9O68XvFIOijmACLcB/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2o6OViGMkzA/WGTgUUHMZpI/AAAAAAAAWDo/kOPhcT7qY1U7kDH3Lotu9O68XvFIOijmACLcB/s400/Capture.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
740. Width: 36.25"</div>
741. Depth: 37 3/8 "</div>
742. <div>
743. <span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Height: 35"</span><br />
744. Seat depth: 22 7/8 "<br />
745. Seat height: 19.25 "</div>
746. <div>
747. <br /></div>
748. <div>
749. <br />
750. Then there's this adorable velvet chair from Christopher Knight. </div>
751. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
752. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fYALx5jnAPU/WGOB22mVjiI/AAAAAAAAWA8/f7oRzYvmSVkI0Wvy4LGxduxEjet5Fnf5gCPcB/s1600/ChristopherKnightCaroleVelvetChair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fYALx5jnAPU/WGOB22mVjiI/AAAAAAAAWA8/f7oRzYvmSVkI0Wvy4LGxduxEjet5Fnf5gCPcB/s400/ChristopherKnightCaroleVelvetChair.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
753. <div>
754. Width: 30.25"</div>
755. <div>
756. Depth: 26.25"<br />
757. Height: 37.25"<br />
758. Seat depth: 21.75"<br />
759. Seat height: 19.25"<br />
760. Seat width: 26.50"</div>
761. <div>
762. <br /></div>
763. <div>
764. I'm leaning toward the Ikea chair. To me, it just looks more like a "comfy, reading chair," but given how similar are the dimensions of the Christopher Knight chair and just how adorable it is, I have to admit I'm sorely tempted. What do you think?<br />
765. <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #595959; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
766. </ul>
767. </div>
768. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-comfy-reading-chair.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0AtDPUvDmA/WGTZThue49I/AAAAAAAAWDU/RtcJCh9zN-0wbbR8_Zbw_Mq9Aovjlsy-wCEw/s72-c/railroad-tracks-dusk-1330082.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-6881399576601564172</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-30T16:32:38.982-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DNS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">domains</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">subdomains</category><title>setting up a subdomain for blogger</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;
769. Creating a subdomain redirect for blogger is slightly different from doing the same for Google Sites. This post is specific to eNom since I had so many problems figuring this out. First here's the deal. I have a domain name: www.MyDomain.com. But I created several Blogger blogs and I want to create subdomains for them. For example, I wanted:<br />
770. <ul>
771. <li>www.blog1.MyDomain.com</li>
772. <li>www.blog2.MyDomain.com</li>
773. <li>www.blog3.MyDomain.com</li>
774. </ul>
775. But I also wanted the naked subdomains to point to the same blogs. For example if someone typed in "blog1.MyDomain.com", (without the www), it should still go to "www.blog1.MyDomain.com".<br />
776. <br />
777. It was easy enough to create the correct subdomain redirect in Blogger using any number of tutorials including <a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1233387?visit_id=1-636185032247880187-3098519516&p=customdomain&hl=en&rd=2" target="_blank">Google's own directions</a>, but I had a devil of a time setting up the second address correctly. After tons of searching and trial and error, it turns out that the solution is relatively straightforward-- I actually need to do two things:<br />
778. <ol>
779. <li>set up a custom domain as per the tons of tutorials and then</li>
780. <li>set up a url redirect. </li>
781. </ol>
782. So here's how I did it with Blogger and eNom.<br />
783. <br />
784. <a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;">
785.  <b>Part 1: set up the Subdomain</b></div>
786. <div dir="ltr">
787. <b><b>Step 1)</b> </b>create a new blog with your desired blog name: e.g blog1; the default url will be "blog1.blogspot.com"</div>
788. <b>
789. </b><b>Step 2)</b> log into your DNS manager (usually Enom, GoDaddy, etc.)<br />
790. <b>Step 3) </b>set up the subdomain in your DNS manager. </div>
791. <div dir="ltr">
792. <ul>
793. <li>For eNom, under Host Records, click Edit</li>
794. </ul>
795. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CUHo4FWPh1w/WGbG3vYY-uI/AAAAAAAAWHI/erFNAjw-fXoWSb5-VuCK0IxMA20JjqclACLcB/s1600/enom-domain-control-pannel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CUHo4FWPh1w/WGbG3vYY-uI/AAAAAAAAWHI/erFNAjw-fXoWSb5-VuCK0IxMA20JjqclACLcB/s400/enom-domain-control-pannel.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
796. <ul>
797. <li>Then click Add New</li>
798. </ul>
799. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bdPnClJRzTA/WGbHkWHkLKI/AAAAAAAAWHQ/E2NPmKFYuMQ0oDtHFJK-4KuG4NWSBsBWACLcB/s1600/enom-addNew.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bdPnClJRzTA/WGbHkWHkLKI/AAAAAAAAWHQ/E2NPmKFYuMQ0oDtHFJK-4KuG4NWSBsBWACLcB/s400/enom-addNew.png" width="400" /></a><br />
800. <ul>
801. <li>in the Host Name put in www.blog1 (or whatever desired name you want-- it does not have to be blog1) </li>
802. <li>under Address, enter ghs.google.com</li>
803. <li>under Record Type, choose CNAME (Alias)</li>
804. </ul>
805. <b>Step 4)</b> IMPORTANT- wait at least one hour<br />
806. <b>Step 5)</b> Configure the new URL in Blogger</div>
807. <div dir="ltr">
808. <ul>
809. <li>go back to your blog, under Settings -> Basic -> Publishing, click "Setup a 3rd party URL"</li>
810. </ul>
811. </div>
812. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
813. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kru4SM0h1dk/WGbKlwzu3FI/AAAAAAAAWHg/28lEZUycWqMCOrppou2rQasqoM2A5x24gCLcB/s1600/blogger-3rdURL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="417" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kru4SM0h1dk/WGbKlwzu3FI/AAAAAAAAWHg/28lEZUycWqMCOrppou2rQasqoM2A5x24gCLcB/s640/blogger-3rdURL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
814. <div dir="ltr">
815. <br />
816. <ul>
817. <li>enter the name you chose in your DNS host-- e.g. www.blog1.MyDomain.com and click Save</li>
818. </ul>
819. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
820. </div>
821. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
822. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rr6pWg90mE0/WGbM8DZxzII/AAAAAAAAWH0/yrDIZX_d5dosBPAtW9wPObSTBRtKaYDtwCLcB/s1600/blogger-3rdURL2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rr6pWg90mE0/WGbM8DZxzII/AAAAAAAAWH0/yrDIZX_d5dosBPAtW9wPObSTBRtKaYDtwCLcB/s640/blogger-3rdURL2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
823. <br />
824. Now, when someone enters www.blog1.MyDomain.com, it should go to your blog.<br />
825. <br />
826. <div style="text-align: center;">
827. <b>Part 2: set up the URL Redirect to your subdomain</b></div>
828. But you may also want to make sure that when someone types the naked subdomain (when he/she leaves out the www), he/she also lands on your blog. For that to work, you have add a URL Redirect in your DNS host.<br />
829. <b>Step 1: </b>Log into your DNS manager<br />
830. <b>Step 2: </b>set up the URL redirect<br />
831. <ul>
832. <li>again under Host Records, click edit (see image above)</li>
833. <li>again, click Add New (see image above)</li>
834. <li>in Host Name, add the naked domain: blog1</li>
835. <li>under Address, enter the <b>full URL</b> of your subdomain: e.g. www.blog1.MyDomain.com</li>
836. <li>under Record Type, choose URL Redirect</li>
837. <li>click Save</li>
838. </ul>
839. Wait about an hour and you're done! Now, whether someone enters www.blog1.MyDomain.com or just blog1.MyDomain.com, he/she should land in the same place.<br />
840. <br />
841. Finally, I should point out some quirky things I found as I tried to work this out. One, Firefox automatically adds www to naked urls which meant that even if I didn't set up a URL Redirect (Part 2), I still ended up a the correct address. However, since other browsers do NOT automatically add www, I think it's a good idea to go ahead and complete Part 2.</div>
842. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/12/setting-up-subdomain-for-blogger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CUHo4FWPh1w/WGbG3vYY-uI/AAAAAAAAWHI/erFNAjw-fXoWSb5-VuCK0IxMA20JjqclACLcB/s72-c/enom-domain-control-pannel.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-2806205126376721335</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-02T18:24:32.082-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tmobile</category><title>tmobile&#39;s Gold rewards</title><description>I can&#39;t believe I just realized this. I&#39;m sure I knew at some point, but somehow forgot but here&#39;s this post to remind me. &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/85894?start=0&amp;amp;tstart=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;In order to get calls for 10 cents/min on tmobile&#39;s grandfathered prepaid plan, we have to refill with a $100 card each time.&lt;/a&gt; Otherwise, the cost is pretty high.&lt;br /&gt;
843. <br />
844. $10 refill = $10/35 = $0.29/min or txt<br />
845. $25 refill = $25/150 = $0.17/min or txt<br />
846. $50 refill = $50/460 = $0.11/min or txt<br />
847. $100 refill = $100/1000 = $0.10/min or txt<br />
848. <br />
849. In other words, Gold Rewards gives you two benefits: 1) ensures that the minutes won't expire for a year and 2) gives an extra 15% worth of mins, but it does not bring the cost down to $0.10 per min/txts.<br />
850. <br />
851. So in future, <b><span style="color: red;">remember to refill with $100 cards!</span></b><br />
852. <br />
853. <br />
854. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #f6f5f5; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "Swiss 721 W01 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; max-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
855. <tr><td class="gldrewards" style="background: url("/Images/myphone/GoldReward/GoldRewards_TMOR_08.gif") no-repeat; color: #9c0058; font-family: arial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 57px; line-height: normal; padding: 12px 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: top; width: 292px;">Spend $100 in refills, and get instant Gold Rewards status.</td><td style="padding: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://s.tmocache.com/Cms/Files/Published/0000BDF20016F5DD010312E2BF5CDF8B/0000BDF20016F5DD012332EA6552447C/file/GoldRewards_TMOR_09.jpg" data-pin-nopin="true" height="69" style="border: 0px; height: auto; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" title="" width="213" /></td></tr>
856. <tr><td class="gldrewards-tbl" colspan="2" style="background: url("/Images/myphone/GoldReward/GoldRewards_TMOR_10.jpg") no-repeat; height: 223px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 517px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
857. <tr><th style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 54px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">Refill value</th><th colspan="2" style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 54px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;">Whenever Minutes<span style="font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.3em; vertical-align: text-top;">®</span> / Minutes Expire</th></tr>
858. <tr><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">$10</td><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">30 min / 90 days</td><td class="bldtxt" style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">35 min / 1 year</td></tr>
859. <tr><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">130 min / 90 days</td><td class="bldtxt" style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">150 min / 1 year</td></tr>
860. <tr><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">$50</td><td style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">400 min / 90 days</td><td class="bldtxt" style="color: #00467f; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 40px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">460 min / 1 year</td></tr>
861. <tr><td class="ytxt" style="color: #f0dc00; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 45px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">$100</td><td class="ytxt" colspan="2" style="color: #f0dc00; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 45px; line-height: normal; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">1000 min / 1 year*</td></tr>
862. </tbody></table>
863. </td></tr>
864. </tbody></table>
865. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/12/tmobiles-gold-rewards.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-2845505044260257242</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-27T23:18:51.808-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fire tablet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google Play</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kindle</category><title>UPDATED - adding Google Play Store to Fire HD 8</title><description>UPDATE - 10/27/2017&lt;br /&gt;
866. So once again, I bought the 2017 Fire HD8 (7th generation for those keeping count). <a href="http://pointsmilesandmartinis.boardingarea.com/2017/09/amazon-up-to-40-off-fire-tablet-when-use-1-mr-point/" target="_blank">There was an amazing deal (now expired) where if you purchased a tablet with an American Express card and pts, you could get a $30 discount, so the price dropped to something like $27 ($79-$30 (Amex promotion) - $25 (Amazon sale for Prime members)</a>! Again, I went searching to see how to install Google Play and it seems easier than ever to install Google Play! Just visit <a href="http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/06/09/how-to-install-google-play-on-2017-fire-tablets-in-5-minutes/" target="_blank">How to Install Google Play on 2017 Fire Tablets in 5 Minutes (Video)</a> or the <a href="https://liliputing.com/2017/07/making-amazons-fire-hd-8-2017-googley-play-store-third-party-launchers.html" target="_blank">Liliputing site</a>, follow the instructions, and you're good!<br />
867. <br />
868. So from start to finish, this is what to do after your Fire HD arrives.<br />
869. <br />
870. <ol>
871. <li>unbox</li>
872. <li>plug in to charge</li>
873. <li>turn on Fire tablet  (you need to plug it in to turn on the tablet, but it should be partially charged already)</li>
874. <li>choose language</li>
875. <li>choose WiFi and log in</li>
876. <li>tablet will search for software update and update</li>
877. <li>confirm your identity</li>
878. <li>choose to restore or do not restore your data</li>
879. <li>Fire Options: Enable Location Services, Save WiFi to Amazon, etc.</li>
880. <li>open the Silk browser</li>
881. <li>in the Silk browser browse to one of the pages above</li>
882. <ul>
883. <li>These apps must be installed in the following order:</li>
884. <ul>
885. <li><a href="http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-account-manager/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-release/google-account-manager-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/">Google Account Manager</a></li>
886. <li><a href="http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-services-framework/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-release/google-services-framework-5-1-1743759-android-apk-download/">Google Services Framework</a></li>
887. <li><a href="http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-10-2-98-release/google-play-services-10-2-98-230-146496160-android-apk-download/">Google Play Services</a></li>
888. <li><a href="http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-7-4-25-release/google-play-store-7-4-25-l-all-0-pr-145823605-android-apk-download/">Google Play Store</a></li>
889. </ul>
890. </ul>
891. <li>shut down and restart the tablet and you're all set</li>
892. </ol>
893. <div>
894. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div>
895. <div>
896. <br /></div>
897. <br />
898. I wanted to make this post because the process wasn't as straightforward as I remembered. You see, about a year ago, I bought the very basic <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TSUGXKE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">Amazon Fire 7" 8GB</a> for about $30 when there was some kind of deal. It was a very mediocre tablet. This year, I'd read tons of good reviews about the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018SZT3BK/ref=fs_ods_fs_tab_ga">Fire HD 8" 16GB</a> and I had recently given my 8" tablet to my mom so I decided to buy it during Black Friday for about $59.<br />
899. <br />
900. Last year, I was able to successfully install the Google Play Store on the Fire 7" so I was hoping to do the same on my new Fire HD 8", but as I said, I quickly realized that I didn't remember the steps and the online tutorials weren't all that straightforward. Basically you'll be doing 4 things: 1) installing a driver to correctly recognize the Fire tablet, 2) enabling the Fire tablet to allow debugging, 3) installing the Google Play Store, and 4) setting up the Google Play Store.<br />
901. <br />
902. <a name='more'></a><br />
903. <div>
904. <h3>
905. 1) installing a driver to correctly recognize the Fire tablet</h3>
906. First go over to <a href="http://adbdriver.com/">http://adbdriver.com/</a><br />
907. = choose ADB Driver Installer (Universal)<br />
908. == download ADB Driver Installer (9.22mb)<br />
909. === Unzip the ADB Driver Installer file<br />
910. ==== install the ADB Driver (you may get a message that it's unsigned, install it anyway)<br />
911. <br />
912. <h3>
913. 2) enabling the Fire tablet to allow debugging</h3>
914. Next, prepare the Fire HD 8 by going into Settings -> Device Options<br />
915. = scroll down to the Serial Number and tap on it seven times to enable Developer Options<br />
916. == once Developer Options appears, tap on it and under Debugging, make sure you Enable ADB (you'll likely get some kind of message that it's for advanced use)<br />
917. <br />
918. <b>Note:</b> if  the ADB driver (from Step 1) is correctly installed, once you enable ADB on the Fire tablet (Step 2), you'll get a message that the Fire tablet recognizes the computer doing the debugging.<br />
919. <br />
920. <h3>
921. 3) installing the Google Play Store</h3>
922. Next, go to <a href="http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/">http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/</a><br />
923. = choose <a href="http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Amazon%20Fire%205th%20gen">Amazon Fire 5th Gen</a><br />
924. == download "Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-Install-Play-Store.zip"<br />
925. === unzip the file<br />
926. ==== Find "1-Install-Play-Store" and run it.<br />
927. <br />
928. Here's what the tool should look like:<br />
929. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuHMALstTo0/WDvAiveE3RI/AAAAAAAAVqA/yBn8KVjhdior7NQiSMc8Mv7MISJLJhFkgCLcB/s1600/sshot-2.00.png"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuHMALstTo0/WDvAiveE3RI/AAAAAAAAVqA/yBn8KVjhdior7NQiSMc8Mv7MISJLJhFkgCLcB/s640/sshot-2.00.png" /></a><br />
930. <b>Note:</b> If the previous steps have been correctly done, the screen above will also recognize the tablet with the tablet ID. <br />
931. <br />
932. The previous screen will turn into the following screen:<br />
933. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFl95ixe4aw/WDvAioA-SjI/AAAAAAAAVp8/aWT3nAiCeHgei2n7RYBFXrqLHwcXy7aRQCEw/s1600/sshot-2.0.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFl95ixe4aw/WDvAioA-SjI/AAAAAAAAVp8/aWT3nAiCeHgei2n7RYBFXrqLHwcXy7aRQCEw/s640/sshot-2.0.jpg" /></a><br />
934. At this screen, type 2 and hit Enter to Install Google Play.<br />
935. It will say that there are 4 files to install and will install each of them.<br />
936. Restart the tablet and the Play Store should be installed.<br />
937. <br />
938. <h3>
939. 4) Sign into the Google Play Store</h3>
940. Tap on the Google Play Store and log in. If you have 2-step verification enabled, you'll probably get an error message that says that you need to log into your account using a web page. Select ok, and you'll be taken to 2-step verification.<br />
941. <br />
942. <b>Adding more than one Google account:</b><br />
943. I also ran into the problem of how to add more than one Google account.  The solution is to download the Gmail app from the Google Play Store and then add your other Gmail accounts. Once you add your extra Gmail accounts, you can choose which Google identity to use with which Google apps.<br />
944. <br />
945. I am indebted to the following sites: <br />
946. <ul>
947. <li>How-To Geek: <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/">How to Install the Google Play Store on Your Amazon Fire Tablet</a> </li>
948. <li>Tech for Luddites: <a href="http://techforluddites.com/amazon-fire-tablets-google-play-apps/">Amazon Fire Tablets: 4 Ways to Install Google Play Store Apps</a> </li>
949. <li>MakeUseOf: <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-google-play-remove-lockscreen-ads-amazon-fire-tablet-without-root/">How to Install the Google Play Store on Your Amazon Fire Tablet</a></li>
950. </ul>
951. <ul>
952. </ul>
953. </div>
954. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/11/adding-google-play-store-to-fire-hd-8.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuHMALstTo0/WDvAiveE3RI/AAAAAAAAVqA/yBn8KVjhdior7NQiSMc8Mv7MISJLJhFkgCLcB/s72-c/sshot-2.00.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-2901838398670405407</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-04-03T16:03:55.720-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Google calendar</category><title>standalone html link for multiple Google calendars</title><description>I teach several classes and I create individual Google calendars for each class. Google makes it pretty &lt;a href=&quot;http://tjhouston.com/2012/04/displaying-multiple-google-calendars-on-your-website/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;easy to embed multiple calendars into a single webpage&lt;/a&gt;- in fact, there are tools right in Google calendar to generate the appropriate embed codes. But I also wanted a standalone url for that same embedded calendar and getting that takes a little tweaking. To be clear, it&#39;s easy enough embed multiple Google calendars into a single webpage (follow the link above or &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/41207?hl=en&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;these instructions&lt;/a&gt;), but I&#39;m interested in getting a a standalone url such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://goo.gl/NvNgJW&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
955. <br />
956. <a name='more'></a><br />
957. <b>Step 1: </b><br />
958. Follow the steps for generating the embed code. Make sure that you give each calendar the colors you want, etc. You'll end up with an iframe code that looks something like this:<br />
959. <!-- HTML generated using hilite.me --><br />
960. <div style="background: #272822; border-width: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.8em; border: solid gray; overflow: auto; padding: 0.2em 0.6em; width: auto;">
961. <pre style="line-height: 125%; margin: 0;"><span style="color: #f92672;"><br></span>
962. <span style="color: #f92672;"><iframe</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">src=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=professorpok%40gmail.com&color=%23B1365F&src=1saupj867uga40dguoscdpaqo8%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23BE6D00&src=hpr4cabte8qfuvbq6q52cbh3sk%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%231B887A&ctz=America%2FNew_York"</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">style=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"border-width:0"</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">width=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"800"</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">height=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"600"</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">frameborder=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"0"</span> <span style="color: #a6e22e;">scrolling=</span><span style="color: #e6db74;">"no"</span><span style="color: #f92672;">></iframe></span>
963. <span style="color: #f92672;"></br></span>
964. </pre>
965. </div>
966. <br />
967. <b>Step 2: </b><br />
968. Copy the entire link within the " " (the highlighted portion)<br />
969. src="<span style="background-color: yellow;">https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=professorpok%40gmail.com&color=%23B1365F&src=1saupj867uga40dguoscdpaqo8%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23BE6D00&src=hpr4cabte8qfuvbq6q52cbh3sk%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%231B887A&ctz=America%2FNew_York</span>" style="border-width:0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"<br />
970. <br />
971. <b>Step 3: </b><br />
972. Delete from "height=600" to just before the first "src=" (delete the pink highlighted)<br />
973. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&</span>src=professorpok%40gmail.com&color=%23B1365F&src=1saupj867uga40dguoscdpaqo8%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23BE6D00&src=hpr4cabte8qfuvbq6q52cbh3sk%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%231B887A&ctz=America%2FNew_York<br />
974. <br />
975. <b>Step 4: </b><br />
976. From there, delete all the "amp;" (again, delete the pink highlighted).<br />
977. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=professorpok%40gmail.com&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>color=%23B1365F&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>src=1saupj867uga40dguoscdpaqo8%40group.calendar.google.com&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>color=%23BE6D00&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>src=hpr4cabte8qfuvbq6q52cbh3sk%40group.calendar.google.com&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>color=%231B887A&<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">amp;</span>ctz=America%2FNew_York<br />
978. <br />
979. The final link should look like this and you should be good to go:<br />
980. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=professorpok%40gmail.com&color=%23B1365F&src=1saupj867uga40dguoscdpaqo8%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23BE6D00&src=hpr4cabte8qfuvbq6q52cbh3sk%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%231B887A&ctz=America%2FNew_York<br />
981. <br />
982. I owe thanks to the <a href="https://blog.ouseful.info/2008/12/04/displaying-events-from-multiple-google-calendars-in-a-single-embedded-calendar-view/" target="_blank">discussion in this post</a> for the pointing me in the right direction.<br />
983. &lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/08/standalone-html-link-for-multiple.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-2786892642045198514</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2016 07:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-04-03T16:03:05.764-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pens</category><title>pens that accept Pilot G2 refills</title><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;12/16/2016 update! The G2 does NOT fit in the Pilot Axiom! A reader posted my mistake and when I went back and double-checked, the refill I hacked into the Axiom pen is an energel refill. I&#39;m so sorry!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
984. <b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b>
985. <b><span style="color: red;"><strike>11/29/2016 UPDATE!!!</strike></span></b><br />
986. <strike>I've discovered that you can modify a G2 refill to fit the Pilot Axiom ballpoint (cost is about $20).</strike><br />
987. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
988. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3mDnAu4Yzs/WD0V3h5h2bI/AAAAAAAAVrw/t58dYosWsK8AkB_hJznl_xZwG8MEeebCACLcB/s1600/pilotAxiom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="79" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3mDnAu4Yzs/WD0V3h5h2bI/AAAAAAAAVrw/t58dYosWsK8AkB_hJznl_xZwG8MEeebCACLcB/s320/pilotAxiom.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
989. <strike>Usually, the Pilot Axiom takes Dr. Grip™ Center Of Gravity Ballpoint Pen Refills, but I realized that the G2 could be hacked to about the same length (see the images here- the G2 is the orange).</strike><br />
990. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
991. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jWx9nTwJazk/WD0TXDcA7GI/AAAAAAAAVrk/A_IIHNLS_FA6z_MaRGw7st8BtOjl5dRcgCKgB/s1600/November%2B29%252C%2B2016%2B122720%2BAM%2BEST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jWx9nTwJazk/WD0TXDcA7GI/AAAAAAAAVrk/A_IIHNLS_FA6z_MaRGw7st8BtOjl5dRcgCKgB/s320/November%2B29%252C%2B2016%2B122720%2BAM%2BEST.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
992.  <strike>As you can see in this picture, I did a quick hack-- but it can certainly be done more cleanly.</strike><br />
993. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
994. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ulzir9FDZvU/WD0TXLD6eBI/AAAAAAAAVrk/CJ8cPer0iYc30s2_B7towVvBbR2P720QQCKgB/s1600/November%2B29%252C%2B2016%2B122632%2BAM%2BEST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ulzir9FDZvU/WD0TXLD6eBI/AAAAAAAAVrk/CJ8cPer0iYc30s2_B7towVvBbR2P720QQCKgB/s320/November%2B29%252C%2B2016%2B122632%2BAM%2BEST.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
995. <strike>Once that's done, it fits into the all metal Pilot Axiom without a problem-- and voila, an all metal clickable G2 pen.</strike><br />
996. <div>
997. <br />
998. My favorite ink is Pilot's G2. I know that lots of people love this ink; there are also lots of people who don't...I happen to in the former camp. One of the reasons I like it so much is that it comes in so many colors:<br />
999. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
1000. <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6g69xvu_P4/V3dHFTWNkxI/AAAAAAAATUE/Hq6iNJOQtnULN66KDv5mnY8E882ffDPDwCPcB/s1600/g2%2Brefill%2Bcolors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6g69xvu_P4/V3dHFTWNkxI/AAAAAAAATUE/Hq6iNJOQtnULN66KDv5mnY8E882ffDPDwCPcB/s320/g2%2Brefill%2Bcolors.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
1001. <br />
1002. <a name='more'></a><br />
1003. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
1004. Aren't they gorgeous? I want all the colors; I've tried the Teal, Burgundy, and Green and all three are just beautiful. In addition to the colors, many of them come in all of the following tip options:</div>
1005. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
1006. </div>
1007. <ul>
1008. <li>Ultra Fine (0.38mm)</li>
1009. <li>Extra Fine (0.5mm)</li>
1010. <li>Fine (0.7mm)</li>
1011. <li>Bold (1.0mm)</li>
1012. </ul>
1013. <div>
1014. So what pens accept the G2 refills or hacked versions of the G2? Without further ado, here's a (non-definitive) list...<br />
1015. <br /></div>
1016. <div>
1017. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></div>
1018. <div>
1019. <a href="http://karaskustoms.com/pens/retrakt-661.html" target="_blank">Karas Kustoms Retrakt Pen</a> ($55, $80 (brass), $105 (copper)) depending on what material you choose). I am currently pining for the brass version of the pen. It looks beautiful and is basically a retractable G2! It's been noted as being rather weighty-- about 2.5 oz-- so I'm still debating it.</div>
1020. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
1021. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zznlFNngC6Q/V3daXWuF2ZI/AAAAAAAATVI/JvR4B214GGkmqwf4hcabHfKfkQSFrpa0QCLcB/s1600/retraktpen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="155" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zznlFNngC6Q/V3daXWuF2ZI/AAAAAAAATVI/JvR4B214GGkmqwf4hcabHfKfkQSFrpa0QCLcB/s400/retraktpen.jpg" title="from Well Appointed Desk" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
1022. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">image is <a href="https://wellapptdesk.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/kickstarter-retrakt/" target="_blank">from The Well Appointed Desk</a></td></tr>
1023. </tbody></table>
1024. <div>
1025. <a href="http://karaskustoms.com/pens/bolt-g2.html" target="_blank">Karas Kustoms Bolt G2</a> ($65, $90, $115) A stunning pen with an absolutely amazing mechanism. I wanted to love this pen so much, but I found it a little too long for my small hands. I also found that it seemed a little top heavy for me. I ended up giving it to my husband who seems to love it.</div>
1026. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
1027. </div>
1028. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
1029. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz8sCBezUNk/V3deBlpG-bI/AAAAAAAATVU/6Owv7AH6QCYcQNNItwPnx2l6XyWDH57mgCLcB/s1600/karasBoltG2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz8sCBezUNk/V3deBlpG-bI/AAAAAAAATVU/6Owv7AH6QCYcQNNItwPnx2l6XyWDH57mgCLcB/s400/karasBoltG2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
1030. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from Karas Kustoms</td></tr>
1031. </tbody></table>
1032. <div>
1033. <a href="http://karaskustoms.com/pens/render-k-677.html" target="_blank">Karas Kustoms Render K</a> Another stunning pen from Kara Kustoms. It has a separate cap so it'll require posting.<br />
1034. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
1035. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-St8fmyx5JWM/V3d1LGtMZ1I/AAAAAAAATWA/Cx3NtRU-udcMbXlNxpryagTvtVVAKxStACLcB/s1600/karasrenderK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-St8fmyx5JWM/V3d1LGtMZ1I/AAAAAAAATWA/Cx3NtRU-udcMbXlNxpryagTvtVVAKxStACLcB/s320/karasrenderK.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
1036. Retro 1951 Tornado Rollerball (<a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2015/12/retro-51-pen-with-g2-pen-refill-hack.html" target="_blank">require a little modification, but works well</a>). This pen comes in so many colors and is so relatively inexpensive that it seems like everyone should own at least one. The pen is all metal and has a nice weight.  </div>
1037. <div>
1038. <br /></div>
1039. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
1040. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kirqVub17gA/V3dZPEmxPiI/AAAAAAAATVE/w37OsqOmcDc3Vmvld2bNbQtheXWs-uYfACLcB/s1600/retro-1951-lacquer-tornado-stainless-POP.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="42" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kirqVub17gA/V3dZPEmxPiI/AAAAAAAATVE/w37OsqOmcDc3Vmvld2bNbQtheXWs-uYfACLcB/s400/retro-1951-lacquer-tornado-stainless-POP.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
1041. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">image is from <a href="http://www.coloradopen.com/product/Retro-1951-Lacquer-Tornado-Rollerball-Steel/retro-1951-tornado?r=GMRC&s=GMRC&p=GMRC&gclid=CjwKEAjwqdi7BRCL6Zmjk5-rsTwSJABmrVabZN9p8s1MW6QkNM2ahLQko7g0FfVEs1oQlUKtsBHnBhoCihLw_wcB" target="_blank">ColoradoPen.com</a> (I've ordered from them before and they're great)</td></tr>
1042. </tbody></table>
1043. <br />
1044. <div>
1045. Pilot Ageless gel (also requires a very easy modification (post coming)). There are several "collections" of this pen; the Present collection comes with <b>resin barrels</b> in Teal, Rose, and Carbon Grey for about $53 while the Future collection comes with metal barrels in Carbon Grey or Copper. The Future collection with metal barrels retail for about $67 but <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Ageless-Future-Collection-61041/dp/B005WPT8RE/ref=pd_sim_sbs_229_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=216lPqCkY8L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR320%2C320_&psc=1&refRID=721Z549DC7ZNCY6ND76Z" target="_blank">can be found for about $53 at Amazon</a>. In short, the Present collection is colorful and resin, the Future collection is a bit more conservative and metal; so pay particular attention when you're buying them (I inadvertently bought the resin one because I didn't realize that the colorful ones were resin (but I still love it)). Also pay close attention to whether you're looking at the gel or the ballpoint pens since both types of pens are in both collections.</div>
1046. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
1047. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y966sRLs1wg/V3dkfsk5YPI/AAAAAAAATVw/R4lrX-yFRoEdPRoGSNIggz7gbnISVueOQCLcB/s1600/ageless-TealGel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y966sRLs1wg/V3dkfsk5YPI/AAAAAAAATVw/R4lrX-yFRoEdPRoGSNIggz7gbnISVueOQCLcB/s400/ageless-TealGel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
1048. <div>
1049. <br /></div>
1050. <div>
1051. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
1052. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kC3Go_KH5jA/V3dT5V_QDZI/AAAAAAAATUs/OnLYCAhpESYDhD6ijOScy16WxMSCvYp0gCLcB/s1600/ageless%2Bcopper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="47" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kC3Go_KH5jA/V3dT5V_QDZI/AAAAAAAATUs/OnLYCAhpESYDhD6ijOScy16WxMSCvYp0gCLcB/s400/ageless%2Bcopper.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
1053. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in copper</td></tr>
1054. </tbody></table>
1055. <div>
1056. The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009X9Z432/ref=s9_al_bw_g229_i5" target="_blank">Pilot Metropolitan Collection</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Collection-Fountain-Turquoise-91446/dp/B015XIKJ54/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1467438415&sr=1-1&keywords=pilot+turquoise+pen" target="_blank">Pilot MR Pop Collection</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Animal-Collection-Roller-91234/dp/B00EVC955Y/ref=pd_sim_229_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=31BzbweehTL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=5VD69VR0089JQ4EKSJ4B" target="_blank">Pilot MR Animal Collection</a> pens are some of my favorite pens. They have all-metal bodies and accept G2 refills and range from $13-$18). I have one from the Metropolitan collection and one from the MR collection. Aren't they beautiful? </div>
1057. </div>
1058. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
1059. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMC8ibRJsw0/V3dg_EBTg3I/AAAAAAAATVk/m2zJQHIf0lY3kcwgtox9DKrIdK9TFavXgCLcB/s1600/pilot%2BMR%2Bpop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMC8ibRJsw0/V3dg_EBTg3I/AAAAAAAATVk/m2zJQHIf0lY3kcwgtox9DKrIdK9TFavXgCLcB/s400/pilot%2BMR%2Bpop.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
1060. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Metropolitan-Retro-Pop-Rollerball-Gel-Pen-Fine-Point-Turquoise-Dots/pd/15196" target="_blank">JetPens</a></td></tr>
1061. </tbody></table>
1062. <div>
1063. Waterman Hemisphere Rollerballs also accept G2 refills. I believe that most Waterman Rollerball pens will accept G2, but the Hemisphere line is probably one of the less expensive lines. The line ranges from $56-$70 while other Waterman lines can easily cost over $100. I have this one and it's a dream to use.</div>
1064. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
1065. <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Evh_aGJsH0/V3d42v7IefI/AAAAAAAATWU/pzvhEzH3Zt0Yc1JlYVmTmSWdIjjqeg03QCLcB/s1600/watermanHemisphere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Evh_aGJsH0/V3d42v7IefI/AAAAAAAATWU/pzvhEzH3Zt0Yc1JlYVmTmSWdIjjqeg03QCLcB/s320/watermanHemisphere.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
1066. <div>
1067. <br /></div>
1068. <div>
1069. The following suggestions come from <a href="https://pensandplanes.com/pen-hacks/" target="_blank">Pens and Planes</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pens/comments/2eeyrn/anyone_know_niceish_bodies_that_take_g2_refills/" target="_blank">this Reddit discussion</a>.</div>
1070. <div>
1071. <ul>
1072. <li>OHTO Rollerball (all-metal), </li>
1073. <li>Pilot Limited (all-metal body), </li>
1074. <li>Lamy 2000 rollerball (interesting material),</li>
1075. <li>Lamy Studio rollerball (metal), </li>
1076. <li>Lamy Safari rollerball (plastic, about $20), </li>
1077. <li>Lamy Al Star rollerball (plastic, about $25) </li>
1078. <li>Lamy Tipo rollerball (plastic)</li>
1079. </ul>
1080. </div>
1081. <div>
1082. Truth be told, I already have a Retro 1951, the Pilot Ageless (in Teal), two of the Metropolitan pens, and the Waterman. They're all quite good and I enjoy using all of them, reaching for them fairly regularly. The only reason I'm looking for another pen is that I was hoping to find a pen that is 1) all-metal, 2) retractable (rules out the Pilot Metropolitan and the Waterman), and 3) requires no modifications to the refill (since the modifications to both the Retro 51 and the Pilot Ageless require shortening the standard G2 refills, they can be kind of a hassle, albeit an easy hassle). To be honest, I think Pilot is really missing out on a huge demographic here, adding a nice retractable all-metal pen to their affordable Metropolitan line would have a huge market!<br />
1083. <br />
1084. So what do you think of the list so far? Do you have another favorite?</div>
1085. </div>
1086. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/07/pens-that-accept-pilot-g2-refills.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X3mDnAu4Yzs/WD0V3h5h2bI/AAAAAAAAVrw/t58dYosWsK8AkB_hJznl_xZwG8MEeebCACLcB/s72-c/pilotAxiom.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>12</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-4187671258219047062</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-06-23T13:43:48.471-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">code</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><title>how to add code snippets to a blog post</title><description>I&#39;ve been wanting to write this post about how to add code snippets to a blog post for awile, but to be honest, I think I was kinda out of my depth. Finally, I sat down and did some concerted googling and have some answers for newbies who aren&#39;t really coders (some day, I hope to actually get better at coding, but for now googling and reading will have to do).&lt;br /&gt;
1087. <br />
1088. There are times when you may want to share some code with readers-- the trick is to make sure the code you want to share doesn't get read as actual code and get executed. <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2013/01/textboxes-very-belated-post.html" target="_blank">My previous attempts at doing this weren't always the best</a>. It turns out that there are a number of ways to embed code snippets and I learned a lot from this <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/679189/formatting-code-snippets-for-blogging-on-blogger" target="_blank">stackflow conversation</a>. If you don't want to read through the entire conversation, here are some of the main methods:<br />
1089. <ol>
1090. <li>You could use online services that allow you to copy and paste the code snippet you want to share and then they generate the full embed code for you to copy and paste into your blog post</li>
1091. <ul>
1092. <li><a href="http://hilite.me/">http://hilite.me/</a> (my favorite)</li>
1093. <li><a href="http://formatmysourcecode.blogspot.co.uk/">http://formatmysourcecode.blogspot.co.uk/</a></li>
1094. <li><a href="http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/format.aspx" target="_blank">c# code format</a> </li>
1095. <li><a href="http://www.pvladov.com/p/syntax-highlighter.html" target="_blank">C# Syntax Highlighter</a> </li>
1096. <li><a href="https://tohtml.com/colorer.php?type=auto/" target="_blank">Online syntax highlighting for the masses</a> (my second favorite-- very flexible, you can choose colors, etc.)</li>
1097. </ul>
1098. <li>Store the code you want to share some place such as <a href="https://gist.github.com/" target="_blank">GitHubGist</a> and then embed it using src code to point to where it's stored (like embedding a Google document). </li>
1099. <li>You could modify your blogger template to recognize and format code snippets</li>
1100. <ul>
1101. <li><a href="http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/" target="_blank">Syntax Highlighter</a></li>
1102. <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27619171/social-content-locker-for-blogger-com-blogs-is-it-possible" target="_blank">Social Content Locker for blogger</a></li>
1103. </ul>
1104. </ol>
1105. <div>
1106. Of the three methods, I found the tools in option #1 the easiest. Option #2 requires storing code snippets somewhere else and option #3 requires modifying the blog template. See below for examples of the same code snippet being shared using the different options listed under #1:<br />
1107. <br /></div>
1108. <a name='more'></a><a href="http://hilite.me/">http://hilite.me/</a><br />
1109. <div style="background: #ffffff; border-width: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.8em; border: solid gray; overflow: auto; padding: 0.2em 0.6em; width: auto;">
1110. <table><tbody>
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1123.  <span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold;"><div</span> <span style="color: red;">class=</span><span style="color: blue;">'h-section-cont shw-box'</span><span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold;">></span>
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1125.    
1126.     <span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold;"><p></span>All your content here<span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold;"></p></span>
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1131. </pre>
1132. </td></tr>
1133. </tbody></table>
1134. </div>
1135. <div>
1136. <br /></div>
1137. <a href="http://formatmysourcecode.blogspot.co.uk/">http://formatmysourcecode.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
1138. <div>
1139. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code><div class='hidden-section-container'>
1140.  <div class='sh-section-btn'><span>Show</span></div>
1141.  <div class='h-section-cont shw-box'>
1142.    <!-- All your text/html below this -->
1143.    
1144.     <p>All your content here</p>
1145.    
1146.    <!-- All your text/html above this -->
1147.  </div>
1148. </div>
1149. </code></pre>
1150. <br />
1151. <a href="http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/format.aspx" target="_blank">c# code format</a></div>
1152. <!-- code formatted by http://manoli.net/csharpformat/ -->
1153. <style type="text/css">
1154. .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre
1155. {
1156. font-size: small;
1157. color: black;
1158. font-family: Consolas, "Courier New", Courier, Monospace;
1159. background-color: #ffffff;
1160. /*white-space: pre;*/
1161. }
1162.  
1163. .csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; }
1164.  
1165. .csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; }
1166.  
1167. .csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; }
1168.  
1169. .csharpcode .str { color: #a31515; }
1170.  
1171. .csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; }
1172.  
1173. .csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; }
1174.  
1175. .csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; }
1176.  
1177. .csharpcode .html { color: #800000; }
1178.  
1179. .csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; }
1180.  
1181. .csharpcode .alt
1182. {
1183. background-color: #f4f4f4;
1184. width: 100%;
1185. margin: 0em;
1186. }
1187.  
1188. .csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; }
1189. </style>
1190. <br />
1191. <div class="csharpcode">
1192. <pre class="alt"><span class="lnum">   1:  </span><span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">div</span> <span class="attr">class</span><span class="kwrd">='hidden-section-container'</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1193. <pre><span class="lnum">   2:  </span>  <span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">div</span> <span class="attr">class</span><span class="kwrd">='sh-section-btn'</span><span class="kwrd">><</span><span class="html">span</span><span class="kwrd">></span>Show<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">span</span><span class="kwrd">></</span><span class="html">div</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1194. <pre class="alt"><span class="lnum">   3:  </span>  <span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">div</span> <span class="attr">class</span><span class="kwrd">='h-section-cont shw-box'</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1195. <pre><span class="lnum">   4:  </span>    <span class="rem"><!-- All your text/html below this --></span></pre>
1196. <pre class="alt"><span class="lnum">   5:  </span>     </pre>
1197. <pre><span class="lnum">   6:  </span>     <span class="kwrd"><</span><span class="html">p</span><span class="kwrd">></span>All your content here<span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">p</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1198. <pre class="alt"><span class="lnum">   7:  </span>     </pre>
1199. <pre><span class="lnum">   8:  </span>    <span class="rem"><!-- All your text/html above this --></span></pre>
1200. <pre class="alt"><span class="lnum">   9:  </span>  <span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">div</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1201. <pre><span class="lnum">  10:  </span><span class="kwrd"></</span><span class="html">div</span><span class="kwrd">></span></pre>
1202. </div>
1203. <br />
1204. <a href="http://www.pvladov.com/p/syntax-highlighter.html" target="_blank">C# Syntax Highlighter</a><br />
1205. <pre style="background-color: white; margin: 0em; overflow: auto;"><code style="color: black; font-family: "consolas" , "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: 10pt;"><div <span style="color: blue;">class</span>=<span style="color: #a31515;">'hidden-section-container'</span>>
1206.  <div <span style="color: blue;">class</span>=<span style="color: #a31515;">'sh-section-btn'</span>><span>Show</span></div>
1207.  <div <span style="color: blue;">class</span>=<span style="color: #a31515;">'h-section-cont shw-box'</span>>
1208.    <!-- All your text/html below <span style="color: blue;">this</span> -->
1209.    
1210.     <p>All your content here</p>
1211.    
1212.    <!-- All your text/html above <span style="color: blue;">this</span> -->
1213.  </div>
1214. </div></code></pre>
1215. <br />
1216. <a href="https://tohtml.com/colorer.php?type=auto/" target="_blank">Online syntax highlighting for the masses</a> (very flexible, you can choose colors, etc.)<br />
1217. <div>
1218. <pre style="background: #f6f8ff; color: #000020;"><span style="color: #0057a6;"><</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #474796;"> </span><span style="color: #074726;">class</span><span style="color: #308080;">=</span><span style="color: #1060b6;">'hidden-section-container'</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1219.  <span style="color: #0057a6;"><</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #474796;"> </span><span style="color: #074726;">class</span><span style="color: #308080;">=</span><span style="color: #1060b6;">'sh-section-btn'</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span><span style="color: #0057a6;"><</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">span</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>Show<span style="color: #0057a6;"></</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">span</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span><span style="color: #0057a6;"></</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1220.  <span style="color: #0057a6;"><</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #474796;"> </span><span style="color: #074726;">class</span><span style="color: #308080;">=</span><span style="color: #1060b6;">'h-section-cont shw-box'</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1221.    <span style="color: #595979;"><!-- All your text/html below this --></span>
1222.    
1223.     <span style="color: #0057a6;"><</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">p</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>All your content here<span style="color: #0057a6;"></</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">p</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1224.    
1225.    <span style="color: #595979;"><!-- All your text/html above this --></span>
1226.  <span style="color: #0057a6;"></</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1227. <span style="color: #0057a6;"></</span><span style="color: #200080; font-weight: bold;">div</span><span style="color: #0057a6;">></span>
1228. </pre>
1229. </div>
1230. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-to-add-code-snippets-to-blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-3093760003801847689</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-21T01:32:26.945-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><title>wonderful blogger directions for expandable posts!</title><description>Sometimes an expandable Q&amp;amp;A section is just what is needed in a blog post and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stramaxon.com/2013/09/expandable-section-boxes.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this post from Deepak Kamat&#39;s StramaXon blog&lt;/a&gt; shows you how to do it!!! Just brilliant!!!&lt;br /&gt;
1231. <br />
1232. I've started it in this <a href="http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/06/tmobile-q.html" target="_blank">T-Mobile's Q&A post</a>.<br />
1233. <br />
1234. Although the tutorial is great, I find that I sometimes have to go back and figure things out a little since it's written in someone else's words, so here's the full tutorial:<br />
1235. <br />
1236. Basically, you'll be doing four things:<br />
1237. <ol>
1238. <li>Add the jQuery library</li>
1239. <li>Add the JavaScript/jQuery code</li>
1240. <li>Add the CSS to style the box</li>
1241. <li>Include the script to call the all of it in a post</li>
1242. </ol>
1243. <div>
1244. <b></b><br />
1245. <a name='more'></a><b>I. Add the jQuery library</b>
1246. <br />
1247. This step may be optional; if you are using a custom designed template and it already has a jQuery library included, you won't need to do this step. If not, continue with the following steps to add this script:
1248. <br />
1249. <br />
1250. <span style="white-space: pre;">1) </span>Go to your Blogger Dashboard -> Template -> Edit HTML
1251. <br />
1252. <span style="white-space: pre;">2) </span>When inside the code box press CTRL+F to open a search box and find
1253. <br />
1254. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code></head>
1255. </code></pre>
1256. <span style="white-space: pre;">3) </span>Once you find it in the template, paste the following code immediately above the head code you just found
1257. <br />
1258. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
1259. </code></pre>
1260. </div>
1261. <br />
1262. <div>
1263. <b>II. Add the JavaScript/jQuery code</b>
1264. <br />
1265. Next, you'll add a small jQuery dependent JavaScript to make the expandable section work (it handles the hiding and showing). This code simply tells the browser to show hidden content if the "show" button is clicked, and if the content box is already visible it simply hides. <b>Remember to add the jQuery script code above any script.</b>
1266. <br />
1267. <br />
1268. Again, go to your Blogger Template (Blogger Dashboard -> Theme -> Edit HTML) and use CTRL+F to find
1269. <br />
1270. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code></body>
1271. </code></pre>
1272. Paste the following JavaScript code immediately above the body code you just found and save the template.
1273. <br />
1274. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code><script type='text/javascript'>
1275. $(document).ready(function(){
1276.  $(".sh-section-btn").on("click",function(){
1277.    $(this).parent().children(".h-section-cont").slideToggle(200);
1278.  });
1279. });
1280. </script>
1281. </code></pre>
1282. </div>
1283. <div>
1284. <b>III. Add the CSS to style the box</b>
1285. <br />
1286. Now we have to style our expendable box so that it looks nice and the reader notices it. To add CSS to Blogger, go to Theme -> Customize - > Advanced. Scroll down to "Add CSS" and paste the followng code in the box.  
1287. <br />
1288. <pre style="background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px dashed #999999; color: black; font-family: "andale mono" , "lucida console" , "monaco" , "fixed" , monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; overflow: auto; padding: 5px; width: 100%;"><code>/* Expandable Box CSS */
1290. .hidden-section-container {
1291.  background-color:rgba(187, 187, 187, 0.93);
1292.  box-shadow:0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
1293. }
1295. .sh-section-btn {
1296.  font-size:18px;
1297.  color:#fff;
1298.  text-shadow:1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
1299.  padding:5px 10px;
1300.  cursor:pointer;
1301. }
1303. .h-section-cont {
1304. padding:10px 10px;
1305. background-color:#eee;
1306. display:none;
1307. }
1308. </code></pre>
1309. Click "Apply to Blog".
1310. </div>
1311. <br />
1312. <div>
1313. <b>IV. Create a blog post with your expandable box</b>
1314. For each blog post in which you want to use your expandable box, copy and paste the following html code:
1315. <br />
1316. <!-- HTML generated using hilite.me --><br />
1317. <div style="background: #f8f8f8; border-width: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.8em; border: solid gray; overflow: auto; padding: 0.2em 0.6em; width: auto;">
1318. <table><tbody>
1319. <tr><td><pre style="line-height: 125%; margin: 0;"> 1
1320. 2
1321. 3
1322. 4
1323. 5
1324. 6
1325. 7
1326. 8
1327. 9
1328. 10</pre>
1329. </td><td><pre style="line-height: 125%; margin: 0;"><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"><div</span> <span style="color: #7d9029;">class=</span><span style="color: #ba2121;">'hidden-section-container'</span><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">></span>
1330.   <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"><div</span> <span style="color: #7d9029;">class=</span><span style="color: #ba2121;">'sh-section-btn'</span><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">><span></span> ((YOUR BOX TITLE GOES HERE)) <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"></span></div></span>
1331.   <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"><div</span> <span style="color: #7d9029;">class=</span><span style="color: #ba2121;">'h-section-cont shw-box'</span><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">></span>
1332.     <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic;"><!-- All your text/html below this --></span>
1333.      
1334.      <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"><p></span> ((YOUR BOX ANSWER GOES HERE; USE HTML TO STYLE IT)) <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"></p></span>
1335.      
1336.     <span style="color: #408080; font-style: italic;"><!-- All your text/html above this --></span>
1337.   <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"></div></span>
1338. <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;"></div></span>
1339. </pre>
1340. </td></tr>
1341. </tbody></table>
1342. </div>
1343. <br />
1344. In the code above, change the title of your box and the answer by doing the following:
1345. <br />
1346. <ol>
1347. <li><b>Your Box Title:</b> In the second line of code, delete "((YOUR BOX TITLE GOES HERE))" and change it to your title.</li>
1348. <br />
1349. <li><b>Your Box Answer:</b> You can start your answer in line 5. You may add anything possible with HTML inside the hidden box. Add text, images, links etc. using its HTML markup.</li>
1350. </ol>
1351. Remember that you can't simply paste HTML code in your post editor. In order to prevent the HTML from being shown just as plain text you need to switch to the HTML mode in the post editor.
1352. <br />
1353. Open your Post Editor, now select the HTML tab next to the 'Compose' tab to switch to HTML mode. Now you can paste your code anywhere you want the box to appear.
1354. </div>
1355. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/06/wonderful-blogger-directions-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-3261274837654428533</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-07-03T01:06:23.136-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tmobile</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><title>tmobile international Q&amp;amp;A</title><description>This post compares international plans for tmobile. Here, international plans means the cost of using your phone when you travel abroad. T-mobile has two types of plans: 1) &lt;b&gt;Simple Choice&lt;/b&gt; plans and 2) &lt;b&gt;Pay in Advance&lt;/b&gt; plans (formerly called Prepaid plans). Click on the expandable links to quickly find the answer or read below for more detailed information.&lt;br&gt;
1356. <br>
1357. <!-- BEGINNING OF CODE -->
1358.  
1359. <div class="hidden-section-container">
1360. <div class="sh-section-btn">
1361. When I'm abroad, can I surf the net on my phone?</div>
1362. <div class="h-section-cont shw-box">
1363. <!-- All your text/html below this -->
1364. Yes, but it's pricey for prepaid customers- $15/mb! As a reference, according to <a href="http://bmobile.co.tt/faqs/what-can-i-do-with-1-megabyte-of-data/">this websites</a> one (1) MB is typically (15 – 20) emails with no attachments OR (10 – 15) web pages OR 3 social media posts with pics.  
1365. <!-- All your text/html above this -->
1366. </div>
1367. </div>
1368. <!-- END OF CODE -->
1369.  
1370. <!-- BEGINNING OF CODE -->
1371.  
1372. <br>
1373. <div class="hidden-section-container">
1374. <div class="sh-section-btn">
1375. When I'm abroad, can I send txts?</div>
1376. <div class="h-section-cont shw-box">
1377. <!-- All your text/html below this -->
1378. Yes, the cost to send a text is $0.50/txt. This can add up pretty quickly-- sending two texts is $1!
1379. <br>
1380. <br>
1381. Also  keep in mind that you can only send txts from your carrier number (NOT from Google voice since Google Voice relies on data).
1382. <br>
1383. <!-- All your text/html above this -->
1384.  </div>
1385. </div>
1386. <!-- END OF CODE -->
1387.  
1388. <!-- BEGINNING OF CODE -->
1389.  
1390. <br>
1391. <div class="hidden-section-container">
1392. <div class="sh-section-btn">
1393. When I'm abroad, can I receive txts?</div>
1394. <div class="h-section-cont shw-box">
1395. <!-- All your text/html below this -->
1396. Yes, it's deducted from your txt plan. If you do not have a txt plan, then the cost is $0.20/txt. Again, it can add up quickly.
1397. <br>
1398. <br>
1399. As before, keep in mind that txts only go to your carrier number (NOT to a Google Voice number since Google Voice use is based on data use!!)<br>
1400. <!-- All your text/html above this -->
1401.  </div>
1402. </div>
1403. <!-- END OF CODE -->
1404.  
1405. <!-- BEGINNING OF CODE -->
1406.  
1407. <br>
1408. <div class="hidden-section-container">
1409. <div class="sh-section-btn">
1410. When I'm abroad, can I make calls with my phone?</div>
1411. <div class="h-section-cont shw-box">
1412. <!-- All your text/html below this -->
1413. For PrePaid customers, the <a href="http://tmo-assets-1524598101.netdna-ssl.com/prepaid-phones/pdf/IntlCallingRates.pdf" target="_blank">cost is based on the country you are in</a> and the cost is deducted from your balance. Also keep in mind this cost applies whether you make the call or receive it! In other words, whether you call someone or someone calls your number while you're in FR, it will also cost you $1.49/min!
1414. <br>
1415. <br>
1416. In France:
1417. <br>
1418. <ul>
1419. <li>The cost of making calls is $1.49/min.</li>
1420. </ul>
1421. In Guadalupe:
1422. <br>
1423. <ul>
1424. <li>The cost of making calls from Guadalupe is $2.39/min.</li>
1425. </ul>
1426. <!-- All your text/html above this -->
1427. </div>
1428. </div>
1429. <!-- END OF CODE -->
1430.  
1431. <br>
1432. <ol>
1433. <li><b>Simple Choice</b> plans are the ones that are more similar to traditional carrier plans. (description from NerdWallet: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j8e3d6u">http://tinyurl.com/j8e3d6u</a> and from Tmobile's site: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/j4qhyo2">http://tinyurl.com/j4qhyo2</a>). Under these plans, </li>
1434. <ul>
1435. <li>international Data: unlimited (but at a lower speed)</li>
1436. <li>international Texts (send): unlimited</li>
1437. <li>international Texts (receive): unlimited</li>
1438. <li>international Talk: $0.20/min.</li>
1439. </ul>
1440. <li><b>Pay in Advance</b> plans are prepaid plans but can be a little confusing because there are <a href="https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4826" target="_blank">several types of prepaid plans</a> including <b>Simple Choice Monthly</b> and <b>Simply Prepaid </b>plans. There are some differences between these plans at the domestic level, but their international plans are the same.</li>
1441. <ul>
1442. <li>international Data: $15/mb</li>
1443. <li>international Texts (send): $0.50/sms</li>
1444. <li>international Texts (receive): deducted from your SMS plan or $0.20/sms</li>
1445. <li>international Talk: depends on the country</li>
1446. <ul>
1447. </ul>
1448. </ul>
1449. </ol>
1450. As you can see, one of the big differences between Simple Choice plans and Pay in Advance options is the cost to you when traveling abroad. Simple Choice plans include international Data and Txt and international calls cost a mere $0.20/min <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ks3xrkw">http://tinyurl.com/ks3xrkw</a>.<br>
1451. <br>
1452. By contrast, prepaid plans do NOT include international perks. Using international data is prohibitively expensive! Meanwhile, sending txts while you're abroad costs $0.50/sms and receiving txts are deducted from your domestic sms plan (if you do NOT have a domestic SMS plan, then the cost is $0.20/sms). Finally, the cost of calls is based on the country you are in.<br>
1453. <br>
1454. So what does all this mean for me? Read on to see exactly what to do to get it all set up correctly.<br>
1455. <br>
1456. <a name="more"></a>When I'm abroad, I want to make sure my data is off (given the cost!), but want to make and receive calls and texts. My plan is still using the cheapie $30/mth "Walmart plan" (includes 5GB of data, unlimited txts, and only 100 mins for calls); since I have unlimited texts, there is no cost to receive texts when I'm abroad, but sending a texts will cost me $0.50/sms and of course the cost of calls will be based on whatever country I'm in. <b>So the first thing I have do is make sure I have extra money on my phone <i>before I leave </i>to cover the costs associated with international phone use.</b> Before I travel abroad, I add $40 to my phone; the costs of calls and txts I send are deducted from this $40 recharge. <br>
1457. <br>
1458. Once in the destination country, make sure lte data is turned off by doing the following:<br>
1459. - From the home screen, tap the Settings<br>- Tap Data usage.<br>- switch off the Cellular data (you'll get a message that some apps won't work properly...)<br>- Also go back to Settings, tap More, choose Cellular Networks, and make sure that Data Roaming is off<br><br>
1460. Finally, since I have Google Voice set up as my default phone number to make calls and send txts, I have to change these options to go back to using only my carrier number when I'm abroad. Here's how to do it:<br>
1461. <ul>
1462. <li>Switch from Google Voice to carrier number for calls:</li>
1463. <ul>
1464. <li>open the Voice app (look in all the apps)</li>
1465. <li>in the Voice app, click the three buttons on the bottom and choose Settings. </li>
1466. <li>tap Making calls and choose either the "Do not use use Google Voice to make any calls" or "Ask every time I make a call".</li>
1467. </ul>
1468. <li>Switch from Google Voice to carrier number for txts in Hangouts:</li>
1469. <ul>
1470. <li>open Hangouts</li>
1471. <li>swipe to the right and choose Settings</li>
1472. <li>tap SMS</li>
1473. <li>tap "Send SMS from", choose "Carrier number"</li>
1474. </ul>
1475. </ul>
1476. <div>
1477. I should add that as soon as you land, you'll usually get a free SMS message from TMobile welcoming you and informing you how much calls and SMS will cost.<br>
1478. <br>
1479. In summary,<br>
1480. Step 1: Add money before you leave<br>
1481. Step 2: Once in destination country, turn off data<br>
1482. Step 3: Modify settings to use only carrier phone number for calls and texts</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, I should explain what happens if you don't use all of the recharge money. For<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> example, I travel to France for a week and use only $25 of of the $40 for calls (@$1.49/min-- see above) and sending sms (sent at $0.50/txt). The $25 is subtracted from my $40 recharge leaving me with a balance of $15. Next month when TMobile automatically charges my credit card, instead of charging me $30, they only charge me $15. In short, you never actually lose money, you just basically pay for what you use.</span></div>
1483. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/06/tmobile-q.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-2132213607203148581</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-04-17T01:12:49.717-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">technology</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tools</category><title>aspect ratio calculator</title><description>What a great little tool! Resize anything with this &lt;a href=&quot;http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aspect Ratio Calculator&lt;/a&gt;. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/04/aspect-ratio-calculator.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-3810532390258667629</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2016 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-04-17T01:07:49.266-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">art</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">girlie</category><title>bringing the past to life - photoshop &amp; a labor of love from artist Alexey Zakharov</title><description>I found this work just wonderfully cool and fascinating.
1484. <br>
1485. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen frameborder=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;410&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; id=&quot;molvideoplayer&quot; title=&quot;MailOnline Embed Player&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1281049.html&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/04/bringing-past-to-life-photoshop-labor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332889596177873758.post-1522220088447838709</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-02-15T01:31:14.324-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">geek</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Surface Pro</category><title>Surface Pro 3 not recognizing keyboard solution</title><description>I&#39;m making this post and because this has a happened a couple of times and I could never remember the solution, so it drove me batty. My Surface Pro 3 stopped recognizing my keyboard-- as in nada-- no mouse, no keys, nada... The only solution that worked for me came from &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2015/10/06/how-to-fix-a-type-cover-not-working-on-a-surface-pro-3/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the Digital Lifestyle&lt;/a&gt;. Do the following:&lt;br /&gt;
1486. <ol>
1487. <li>Shutdown the Surface</li>
1488. <li>Hold down the Volume UP and Power Button at the same time <b>for 10 seconds (I found the 10 seconds part is important)</b></li>
1489. <li>Power on the Surface (or it might restart in the BIOS screen tap, if that happens, use the keyboard arrows to "Exit setup")</li>
1490. <li>The Surface will boot up and hopefully the keyboard will work again.</li>
1491. </ol>
1492. </description><link>http://geekandgirliestuff.blogspot.com/2016/02/surface-pro-3-not-recognizing-keyboard.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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