Seals and Crofts First Love Guitar Chords

Here's my guitar chord attempt at First Love by Seals & Crofts. Hope you like it.

For a number pattern like this 087980, just remember that it stands for EADGBe

e --0--
B --8--
G --9--
D --7--
A --8--
E --0--

Intro
087980 - 053560 - Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)

First Stanza Pattern
FM7 - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333) or (C7sus - C7)
Everybody has a first love,
FM7 - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
They have left in yesterday.
Am7                         Bb
Feelings they have left behind,
087980 - 053560 - Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
It's just a place in time but not so far away.

Use First Stanza Pattern
FM7 - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
Everybody has a first love,
FM7 - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
When the dream they shared was new.
Am7                         Bb
I remember that special someone,
FM7 - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
So I wrote this song just for you.

Refrain
Am      054555             A                    076770        
First love in my life. Where are you tonight? I wonder about you.
Am7      054555             A                    076770
First love in my life. Did things turned out alright? I worry about you.

Second Stanza Pattern (1 step Higher) (G)
GM7                - Em7                           Am7      - D7 (or 054550)
'Cause I've got everything, Everything in life that I wanted.
GM7                - Em7                           Am7      - D7 (or 054550)
It would kill me now and make me sad to know you are lonely.
Gm7        C7 (or 032333)
First love never dies.

Use First Stanza Pattern (F#) (Slight Change in the end part)
F - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
I wish you love, I wish you happiness.
F - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
And may the years be kind to you.
Am7                         Bb
You'll always be a part of me,
023231                          
Share this thought with me.
C7 (or 032333)  C# (or 043540) - D# (or 065760)
I'll carry you always.

Fade Out
F - Dm7         Gm7 - C7 (or 032333)
First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. I tell you
First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. Whoa...

End with
087980


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Below is my initial attempt....

First Stanza Pattern
F# - Ebm7         G#m7 - C#7 (C#7sus - C#7)
Everybody has a first love,
F# - Ebm7         G#m7 - C#7
They have left in yesterday.
Bbm7                         B
Feelings they have left behind,
F#                              C#7sus         C#7
It's just a place in time but not so far away.

Use First Stanza Pattern
Everybody has a first love,
When the dream they shared was new.
I remember that special someone,
So I wrote this song just for you.

Refrain
Bbm      Eb             Bb                               F            Fsus        F
First love in my life. Where are you tonight? I wonder about you.
Bbm      Eb             Bb                               F            Fsus        F
First love in my life. Did things turned out alright? I worry about you.

Second Stanza Pattern (1 step Higher) (G#)
G#                - Fm7                           Bbm7      - Eb7  (Eb7sus Eb7)
'Cause I've got everything, Everything in life that I wanted.
G#                - Fm7                           Bbm7      - Eb7
It would kill me now and make me sad to know you are lonely.
B                      C#
First love never dies.

Use First Stanza Pattern (F#) (Slight Change in the end part)
F# - Ebm7         G#m7 - C#7
I wish you love, I wish you happiness.
F# - Ebm7         G#m7 - C#7
And may the years be kind to you.
Bbm7                         B
You'll always be a part of me,
G#                            
Share this thought with me.
Bbm7           B - C#  
I'll carry you always.

Fade Out
F# - Ebm7         G#m7 - C#7sus C#7
First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. I tell you
First love, first love never dies. Remember
First love, first love never dies. Whoa...

A Poem About Making Money Online

a poem for Nathan's Soliloquy


If you think earning money
On the Internet is easy
Then I suggest you try
And experience what it is like

They say put up a website
They say put up a blog
And then, put up a lot of ads
And hope you'll get a lot of clicks

They say go on the face's book
And listen to birds tweet
Build up, amass your following
Drive traffic to your thing

But after years of writing
Providing free content
My online wallet, I look up
And still am discontent

Still haven't reached the threshold
Still haven't gotten paid
You only have yourself to blame
Try harder - you'll succeed

So I continue writing
And I hope you do to
Even if you're just starting out
Remember, love what you do

Give others information
Or simply make them smile
Just knowing someone read your work
Is its own reward

San Mig Coffee Wins the 2013 #PBA Governor's Cup

"That looked like an old play that the Alaska team of the 90's used to run" - was all I could say to myself as I saw San Mig Coffee's big men set up a pass to the small man waiting beneath the basket. And it happened a second time in the same quarter. I guess it isn't surprising when your assistant coaches are Johnny Abarrientos and Jeffrey Cariaso, and your head coach is Tim Cone.

They may have changed companies, but they still carry with them the Alaska underdog fighting spirit. You know how that is, they are smaller than their opponents, and sometimes, even less skilled. But whatever they lack in physical ability, they make up for in terms of heart. And although they no longer are the players on court, the team they are now in, as the teams they have been in, continues to show heart. And who best to show that heart but Marc Pingris - a local player - matching the intensity of Petron's import. Although this was the 7th game - when you would expect all players to be tired, and Pingris had suffered a sprain in the previous game, he played like there was no tomorrow, and no career to look out for. He dove after that basketball several times, as though it were as precious as gold.

And he was the man guarding the import. There were several times when Petron seemed to be on the verge of catching up, but a crucial block, or a defensive play by Pingris helped stop a re-surging Petron team. The crowd was even chanting MVP near the end while Pingris was shooting free throws - something I believe I've never witnessed in a PBA game, and only experience when playing NBA Live. The San Mig fans really showed support for their team.

Also of note was Blakeley who was recipient to one of the beneath the basket plays I was talking about earlier which he ended in an emphatic dunk. If Pingris was working on the defensive end, it was Blakeley who gave San Mig the much needed offense.

Petron would have been able to bring the lead down to one if they only made their free throws. There was a stretch where Jun Mar Fajardo missed 4 free throw attempts. Looks like "Hack a Shaq" paid off. And you would expect that from a big man, but not from 2013 PBA MVP Arwind Santos who also missed a couple.

Contrast that with James Yap, the former MVP, who wasn't having a good night, and only had 6 points near the end of the game, before being fouled, but at least he made both free throws.

Kudos to Tim Cone who has finally tied Coach Baby Dalupan as the PBA's Coach with the most wins at 15 Championships. Mr. Cone, I think you will break that record before you even retire. You still have plenty of coaching years ahead of you, God willing, so try to go for 20 Championships.

Coach Cone said it best when asked what made the difference. His answer was adversity - San Mig Coffee went through a lot of it compared to Petron who dominated the entire conference. But the San Mig Coffee team never gave up, and the championship had to go down the wire.

God never forgets His people. You could hear the praise from Pingris - praising the Lord for protecting him even when he had an injury. God will raise up men who will stand for Him. Johnny, and Jeffrey, and Jojo, and Alvin praised Him before. Pingris is praising Him now. And in the future, some rising star will yet praise Him once more, for the Lord is good and He blesses those who walk in His ways and whose hearts long to honor Him. To God be the glory forever and ever.

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Ikariam v 0.5.9: New Structure - The Black Market

Ikariam version 0.5.9 was rolled out today and the newest structure introduced is the Black Market.

To be able to construct this new building, you have to research it first under Economy. It will cost you 56,000 research points.

After you have researched the building, you can now construct it on any vacant building slot. This might be problematic at this stage in Ikariam for any player since all building slots have been used by this point in time, especially by those gunning for a 12th town. It would have been nice if the Ikariam development team allowed for an extra building spot, in the same way they created one for the Pirate fortress.

If you do decide to tear down an existing structure and build the Black Market, then the following units should be available for sale, depending on the Black Market's level.

The Black Market is an alternative to simply dismissing units from an oversized army or navy in case you're burdened with their gold upkeep. Sometimes, players overproduce units in times of war, only to waste the material used in production once they dismiss their units.

If there is a demand for units in your area, then you could make a profit via this structure. But just like the trading post, player demand and activity will be important in the decision to add this building to your collection.

Other details of the version update can be found below. Enjoy!

0.5.9

01.10.2013

Feature - New building: Black Market The building has 25 levels and allows the sale of land and sea units for any resources. A requirement for the building is the new "Soldier Exchange" research and a building ground. The building levels unlock the unit types that can be sold, after one another. For every unit type there is a minimum and maximum price, to avoid overpricing or dumping prices. For every soldier exchange, one part of the sale price has to be deducted as tax. With increasing Black Market level, taxes are reduced. The offered troops can be viewed and accepted by other players in the new "Soldier Exchange" tab at their Trading Posts. You can also purchase troops that you haven`t researched yourself yet. No Black Market is required to buy troops. Soldier Exchange also does not need to have been researched for purchasing. Change - the effects of the Hades, Demeter, Athena, Ares and Colossus miracles have been strengthened. Change - the trading post view has been adjusted slightly. Bugfix - when entering a running battle, only the units in the battle overview that fought from entry are displayed. Bugfix - while the chat window was open, the breadcrumb bar could not be clicked on. Bugfix - military actions of an occupier do not prevent the deletion of an occupied town by the owner. Bugfix - allied stationed troops are not thrown out of the town anymore when the town owner comes to a garrison right agreement. Bugfix - in the battle reports, the maximum amount of walls was displayed instead of the actual amount. Bugfix - when purchasing goods at an own town, the loading time was incorrectly calculated. Bugfix - when accepting a trade offer, the loading time was not displayed. Bugfix - various display errors fixed.

The Tomorrow People

Warning: Possible spoilers.

We've had Heroes and Alphas. And of course, we've had X-men. Now, we have the Tomorrow People. Except, in the TV show, all mutants seem to have basic teleporting, telepathic, and telekinetic abilities. And then there are those which have extra powers.

This TV show is about Steven Jameson, a mutant who's powers are about to manifest. He meets some mutant friends along the way and they are fighting against a human organization out to get mutants and defend  humanity.

The special effects are amazing. If you've seen the movie Jumper, you'll get an idea. There's also a Matrix like scene where Steven stops a bullet - rather slows down a bullet - just in time for him and his friends to teleport out of harms way.

While it's too early to say whether this show will have more seasons than Alphas or Heroes, (seems mutant shows have a problem of longevity once they've exhausted all X-men type manuscripts), I'm already a fan. Check it out, and decide for yourself.

Free Online Word Count Tool Built With AngularJS

I thought I'd try my hand at AngularJS. Check out the app I've made below. Hope it helps!

3D Tin - Free Online 3D Tool

If you want to try out 3D modeling, one free tool that is easily accessible is 3D Tin. Simply go to their website, www.3dtin.com, and you can log-in using either a Facebook, Google, or Twitter account. After doing that, you can save all the 3D images you create.

You can even try the tool anonymously, the only drawback is you cannot save the drawing you made.

For software that is free, 3D tin is great. I tried it out and came up with the following image.

You might think that cubes are the only shapes available, but that's just me. 3D tin has a huge collection of complex shapes, derived from the basic 3D shapes (cone, sphere, cube, pyramids, etc), that you can choose from.

So check it out, and if you want to, share your feedback about the tool.

Inkscape: Mandala

Coming up with a Mandala like image is easy using Inkscape's star tool. Try out the settings below. A higher value for the Rounded setting results in a more intricate image.

Bayantel Worst ISP 2013: Ongoing Intermittent Connection

Even after speaking to a manger at Bayantel, they have failed to resolve this issue. Manager states that port re-blocking is usually a final solution to this type of problem if all parts between the customer and the service provider have been replaced.

Port re-blocking, according to them helps ensure that the customer is not in a congested network. I tend to think they may be right. After several years of accumulating new customers, it is possible that there are periods during the day when there are simply too many customers connected, and that results in some of the customers connection getting cut-off.

Still, after all that talk, here's today's ping test. This happened between 6 and 7 A.M.

BayanTel Worst ISP of 2013 Ongoing Intermittent Connection

I have had 6 service calls from Bayantel and they still have not resolved the intermittent connection issue.

Below is the ping test of the day.

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Making spirals is easy with Inkscape's Spiral shape tool. Try out the settings below.

Is that spiral really-spinning?

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Making sunflower-like shapes are easy in Inkscape. Just use the star shape tool and add a bit of randomization, and you're set.

Try out the settings for the image below and tweak to your heart's content.

Inkscape: 007 Like Spiral

Remember those James Bond intros? If you want to create a shape like that, you can easily use Inkscape's Star Shape Tool.

Just follow the settings in the image below and tweak to your heart's content.

Bayantel Worst ISP 2013 Intermittent Connection

Still part of continuing monitoring of Bayantel's service. This issue started since September 26 and is ongoing. Bayantel cannot come up with a solution. So I guess I have to live with this problem or change ISP.

Don't make the same mistake of choosing Bayantel as your Internet Service Provider.

Bayantel Worst ISP Provider 2013

Already had 5 service calls at this point. Modem was replaced. Splitter was replaced. Made sure phone line was static and noise free. And the "last resort" according to them was having my port changed from the cabinet.

After observing for another day, here's my ping test results.

Download speed was 0.8 Mbps while upload speed was about 0.6 Mbps.

Requested bill adjustment for unsatisfactory service.

Atlantis TV Show 2013

Warning: Possible spoilers

The show starts off with Jason, the show's main character, searching for his father. And by some strange accident, he ends up on the shores of Atlantis - some ancient city with a disciplined military force like the Romans and whose inhabitants still believe in pagan practices such as consulting oracles and preparing human sacrifices to appease the gods.

Jason then meets Pythagoras - the mathematician responsible for the theorem about triangles, and Hercules - which I'm still not sure is the same hero represented by Kevin Sorbo we have grown to know, since he certainly does not possess incredible powers. But this trio reminds me of Xena, Gabriel and Jocster the Mighty. And this show is somewhat similar to Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess in terms of format.

I wonder if Jason is of Jason and the Argonauts fame. Still, that's only a few stories, and for a series like this, they will probably borrow from all sorts of ancient lores, and adopt those into Jason's journey.

Funny and amusing, with a flash of stunts and fighting, this show is a fresh break from all the detective and crime-related series pervading the current TV arena. Check it out, and feel free to share your thoughts on the show.

Bayantel Worst ISP of 2013

Took several attempts just to get this post up. Still experiencing intermittent internet connection. It has been like this for more than a week now. Already had four service calls from various technicians.

Phone line was already checked. They made sure that it was clear.

DSL Modem and filter have already been replaced.

On my part, I've already replaced my LAN card with a brand new one.

ISP states that I should continue to monitor my connection. Ping results are shown below.

Let this be a warning to those who want to apply for a Bayantel DSL connection. You might be better off with a different service provider.