My new BON ocarina…

I’m waiting for it to go on delivery around after lunch, normally. Then will post some pics and maybe sound samples. Hopefully learning it will be easy. They say it’s easier than the pendant I’ve been playing with limited success / repeatability. I half hole a lot and as usual can't remember the drill.

So, the oc is on delivery at roughly noon. Good news. Hope it sounds good for the price we're paying which is far above TNG prices. Mostly, it is the new taxes Malaysia has imposed on ''luxury'' items which I guess includes music stuff -non essentials. And the thing is plastic. May have to wait 4 hours+ for it.

I made the micro quiver after all and it kinda works okay…

Somehow I can’t post images much on Blogger so I’ll just describe how I finally, after months, made the micro archery quiver for 3 heavy aluminum Easton arrows.

The thing is a strip of fabric, looped 3 times to each carry one arrow, then zip-tied snug with just one tie. I used 3M double sided tape to tape a soft steel disc to my bow sight mount and more 3M tape to affix magnets to the fabric loop ends. These 4 very strong magnets keep the 3 arrows attached quite well. In the future, I might use tacky fabric and even stronger magnets.

The quiver was designed to clip onto clothing for use, or be stowed with the bow during breaks / for transport. Think I may add another loop and magnet near the arrow heads so it’s sturdier.

Making this quiver was on my mind a lot as I had promised it to myself. Some say it is a sign of things to come, that the idea was seeded by God or his agents around me. In any case, the Mission Matthews now has its missiles.

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A pretty lazy day aside from making the quiver. I ended up zip tying the small coin magnets with some foam tape between and clamping on this to the arrow holder loops. Been 4 hours, still no droop or peel off. Am thinking of improving the design with some aluminum wire to hold the arrow heads end.

Winded up using a magnet on a ziptie to capture the arrowheads. Works pretty well and is an elegant solution. The tie tail is wedged into a riser hole. Luckily there was one nearby. You can see it in the photo above, left side, the white curved line.

The quiver is steady when the bow is held and swung in horizontal and vertical positions thanks to the arrowhead capture magnet. This must be the most basic compound bow ever built. More later…

It has no sight pins, no release, no peep, and a drop-down rest I DIY-ed. I eyeball fletched the arrows myself with turkey feathers. (neon green). After some time, vanes tear / the rubber deteriorates. My nocks are budget no-brands as they tend to go brittle after some time. Used pliers and some force to get them to fit. Perhaps should have filed them down.

I picked up the cable roller from AliExpress, which replaces Mission Matthews’ simple plastic slider that abrades a bit much. It’s the slight bulge on the vertical rod center of the bow. Some say it contributes to speed.

Fresh graphics for Frag…

 

I overhauled Frag’s graphics. They are much more appealing. Unfortunately, I had to adjust the positions of each fragment in 3 different size of pod. That was a black art. If not done right, the pods explode and reform spontaneously after whirring around somewhat. Am still lost as to the crashes due to unhandled touches on the background. Included above, is a video with the game soundtrack I sorta DIYed.

Feeling okay this morning. Somehow a bit sad. Was thinking of buying a different ocarina since the one I wanted was cancelled for late shipping.

Am looking a bit pudgy. Dieting and some exercise would help but I can’t do that much nowadays with so many in my space. Will run on Thursday. Keep up nightly brief workouts. Am eating significantly less lately.

Frag is now touch stable and ready for tuning the gameplay. I like that the pods are slightly unstable in different ways, blue versus purple, like Kylo Ren’s lightsaber. They spin and flick out a bit. Some may say this is an unfair foundation to base the game on, but I kinda like it. It’s organic, real-world. I think this is a game that older players and fighters would benefit from training at and still be fun for young ones.

My ocarina should ship tomorrow. There are so many frightened people in my mindspace. Maybe we can relax and write an article on Medium?

Heading out to the mall…

We’re going out for lunch as there’s no gas to cook anything. The gas delivery man should arrive sometime soon, then we’ll be off. I’ve managed to get Frag pretty far:

This is where I am now, making pods and fragments. A pod is 3 fragments, each one, a rough diamond shape. Pods may explode into their component fragments. The gameplay is interesting because you get 3 kinds of pod and fragment of varying size, mass, at the velocity of your choice. More later…

Feeling a little wasted. Will run again in 3 days and recharge those batteries. Next week is my Arip jab at psych clinic. I have 3 months to get fit and healthy as possible before my blood test. Hopefully that will go well despite all the attacks on me thru telepathy and witchcraft over the past decade.

Need to rest a bit. I am no longer young and hard work over long durations should be avoided. Will resume coding in an hour.

Found out from a blog search that I conceptualized Frag in June 22 2025, so it’s been a month and 2 weeks in development, plus it started off quite different, just like highly-playable SeTT came out of the oddball Sekk. The decision to switch from turn based strategy to arcade real time strategy was that the former dragged. Sometimes, letting go of pride results in a better app / game even tho it abandoned all those ‘good’ ideas.

After dinner, I had some inspiration and now all Frag needs is some error / touch handling code as it crashes now and then. Also needs some copy handling / parameters. Maybe tomorrow or later tonight.

Frag has bugs…

Some insidious ones in the makePod function prevent the other functions executing. Forgot to allocate time for the church dinner tonight, believing they had turned against me but Pastor called and reminded me of the seminar this weekend. I guess he still wants me in despite the heavy burdens I lug around with me.

Liew witchy 6 still manipulating the general public but now many are sensing / seeing how she tricked everyone into doing things her way, giving her a huge base to throw her weight around from. But after all the information is clear, there’s still no way to stop the blame game and siding with evil cowardice. I wonder myself what I should do?

Age is creeping up on me, soon to be 49. Staying fit is important but the weapons of the Liew witches are trained on me and will eventually overpower my frail state of mind. I will try to find the bug(s) and see if the game will run better.

Turns out one of my nodes didn’t like being globally declared. Wonder why? At least I now have all my fragments and pods showing up albeit haphazardly at the moment. By tonight I will arrange them properly.

I’m tasked with shrinking the pods and frags. Getting late after a never-ending argument with the western witchcraft group so this will have to drag into tomorrow.

This should be the last day of coding…

I am itching to be free of my work. Not that it’s bad or drudgerous, but it exists like a constant reminder that I haven’t fully stocked up for the winter ahead. I need my apps, stories, math-physics research, gospel writings. My life’s experience mentoring lecture notes are already printed and in my cabinet. Trying times lie ahead and teaching others to think critically may put rice in my bowl during the months / years ahead, whichever I suffer to.

Dressed in old cotton clothes, feeling okay. Will do some mind work now, wear down the witchy Liew 6 and scare them away from bothering our friends in the west, with more God-tier powers.

Coding going smoothly. Things are falling into place without kludges or spaghetti. Brings back the old times feeling of coding the iPhone 3GS from my Mac Mini. I did enjoy making Apple ecosystem apps. Just taking the work slow. I renamed a lot of variables and dropped in some copied code for the score keeper. Soon, Mom and I will head out on a medium long walk.

Some additional issues cropped up in Frag, so we’re not done yet. Mom made me eat a banana and is dragging me out for a walk. The coding should wrap up this afternoon.

Back from a good refreshing walk in the mild sunshine. Sun heals lots of things. Relaxing in a/c while I finish up my app’s AI. Then I have a lot of positioning and physics properties to set. This might take a while, considering I’m being impinged upon and prevented most of the day, “don’t work so hard” etc. But we Chinese are hardworking by nature and don’t need pleasure that much. Success is the best reward.

Today's ABY reading is a bad one. "The outsider who dared" -"no movement in any way advantageous". But tomorrow, 6c "The stolen iPhone", is going to be good for releasing Frag. BTW the app is free (PD) -Yap gives back.

Frag is more than just a shooter, it's about guesstimating mass, angles and speed, trying to prevent enemy fragments and pods (joined up fragments) from scoring past your home base / end. It is also about strategy as formation play is required. Do pods launch first or fragments, or both together? I think it's a very educational game for kids as well as adults.

Am wearing my Seiko 5 Sports Flieger SRPj89K1 on NATO strap. It's small, lighter and comfy. I like that the dial is complicated, having an inner hour and outer minute track. Also gotta love the blue SAT and red SUN in the day-date window. Brings back memories of my first Seiko.

Went for a run…

Rain coming, not sure when. Supposed to be overcast. Chanced a run round the block which went well. The energy boost makes a big difference. This will be an every week  thing from now on, I think. Now I have juice to work on Frag(ment). It should be done by tonight if I’m not too lazy.

Tried to contact the ocarina seller but I think he does not speak English. 4 days to ship is unusual. Watched more poor reviews of my buy. Wonder if I will be disappointed?

Try to break down my coding work into small chunks. 

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8e - ䷹ - 58 “Joy. Success. Progress in firm correctness favorable” 

THE COMPUTER, THE PRESS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF PROVERBS : Angel John was explaining the holy books of the West to Brother Yeap who had no English of much worth to discern them. “Perfection is the reason Ye Shu used sheep, or goats to the Chinese, to represent our wayward generation, as he used wheat in our previous discussion” Brother Yeap was edified, “His teachings do not pass away up to today as still do the sheep and wheat endure”. He prophesied: “The light of diode ebbs. Charcoal stone brushes the steel block. The center of the desk is empty of the abacus. Cloth, rice paper and plank flow in its place”

I had been thinking of sutra 8e in the ABY for a long time. And I finally figured out the last bit: My computer is put aside, replaced by study of the Bible. My main Bible is a hardcover (plank) with thin paper (rice paper), and ribbon bookmarks (cloth). Charcoal stone must be graphite, and the steel block is a sharpener.

The next time day 8e occurs is in early November 2025. Perhaps I get something published that is a wisdom?

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Frag nears release. Was supposed to work on it conclusively today but managed only half the work outstanding, done. Still it’s progress. With the witchy blockade, it’s a wonder anything gets done at all. Tomorrow, I have to work hard in the early morning and finish it before lunch.