Categories: "Personal"
Return from UT Tyler
Much of my blogging ceased when I started back to school in 2008. There are some, but few, entries between 2008 and 2012. Now, I have a little more freedom to write, and with a much improved platform in b2evolution, writing will be easier to do.
To be continued..
Scrabble Card Box Guide (part 3)
June 30th, 2021Card Box Searches This is the final post in the three part series on Scrabble Word Study using card boxes. This section illustrates how you would do some of the searches that you want to add to your card boxes. You may also want to just do these… more »
Scrabble Card Box Guide (part 2)
June 30th, 2021Card Box Strategies When beginning to study word lists for Scrabble, it's useful to know what to start with and how to create useful card box databases. There are many guides to what words to learn and most are useful, so you can choose one and adjust… more »
Scrabble Card Box Guide (part 1)
June 30th, 2021Background This is a 3 part post is about card boxing in the Hoot word study app, and the alternate Hoot for Collins. It expands on Using Hoot Card Boxes, a previous post. While this is an extensive coverage of the subject, getting started is really as… more »
Creating Useful Pattern Searches in Hoot
June 20th, 2021Hoot has many search options/types including Length, Anagrams, Prefixes, and Contains. With the exception of anagrams and the like, you can use a pattern search to execute those searches. The app help file has some help and the online pattern has an… more »
Hoot Settings
June 17th, 2021Hoot is an Android app that assists in searching Scrabble word lists, and studying words for competition. Hoot can be simple to use but it also has a lot of features and options. As you navigate the different menus you can check them out. Before you get… more »
Hoot and the Android 11 debacle
June 9th, 2021A couple weeks ago I discovered that Hoot, my word study app, was not working when accessing files in Android external storage. After some quick research I discovered that Android 10 and 11 don't allow access to external storage using the standard File… more »
Church Growth Warnings
April 30th, 2021This is an old message that I found in my archives, about a church I used to attend. While it isn't appropriate for a present circumstance, I still agree with much of what I've said and believe it could still be a useful post to include here, with names… more »