[liu-anhuaming]

sports vocab in mandarin (pt. 1)

so it turns out there’s a lot of sports! i don’t want to overwhelm anyone so this is gonna be split up into two posts

运动「運動」yun4dong4 sports

球 qiu2 ball

踢 ti1 to kick, to play (for games such as soccer where feet are used)

打 da3 to hit, to play (for sports like basketball or tennis where hands are used)

球队「球隊」qiu2dui4 team

球员「球員」qiu2yuan2 player

啦啦队长「啦啦隊長」 la1la1 dui4zhang3 cheerleader

球衣 qiu2yi1 jersey

球衣号「球衣號」qiu2yi1hao4 jersey number

足球 zu2qiu2 soccer

球门「球門」qiu2men2 goal

守门员「守門員」shou3men2yuan2 goalkeeper, goalie

裁判员「裁判員」cai2pan4yuan2 referee 

带球「帶球」dai4qiu2 to dribble

头球「頭球」tou2qiu2 header

铲球「鏟球」chan3qiu2 sliding tackle

掷界外球「擲界外球」zhi4jie4 wai4qiu2 throw-in

任意球 ren4yi4qiu2 free kick

射门「射門」she4men2 to shoot

救球 jiu4qiu2 to save

进球得分「進球得分」jin4qiu2 de2fen1 to score a goal

红牌「紅牌」hong2pai2 red card

黄牌「黃牌」huang2pai2 yellow card

越位 yue4wei4 offside

橄榄球「橄欖球」gan3lan3qiu2 can be used to refer to American football or rugby

美式橄榄球「美式橄欖球」mei3shi4 gan3lan3qiu2 American footbal

美式足球 mei3shi4 zu2qiu2 another name for American football

擒抱 qin2bao4 tackle

传球「傳球」chuan2qiu2 to pass

接球 jie1qiu2 to catch, to receive a served ball (tennis, volleyball, etc.)

英式橄榄球「英式橄欖球」ying1shi4 gan3lan3qiu2 rugby

冰球 bing1qiu2 ice hockey

冰鞋 bing1xie2 ice skate

球杆「球桿」qiu2gan1 hockey stick

滑行 hua2xing2 to skate

曲棍球 qu1gun4qiu2 field hockey

曲棍球棒 qu1gun4qiu2 bang4 field hockey stick

篮球 lan2qiu2 basketball

球场「球場」qiu2chang3 court

中圈 zhong1quan1 center circle

罚球线「罰球線」fa2qiu2xian4 free-throw line

三分线「三分線」san1fen1xian4 three point line

底线「底線」di3xian4 end line 

边线「邊線」bian1xian4 sideline

篮板球「籃板球」lan2ban3qiu2 rebound

犯规「犯規」fan4gui1 foul

投篮「投籃」tou2lan2 to shoot

跳投 tiao4tou2 jump shot

灌篮「灌籃」guan4lan2 to dunk

运球「運球」yun4qiu2 to bounce, to dribble

阻挡「阻擋」zu3dang3 to block

盯人 ding1ren2 to mark

please let me know if there’s any mistakes! i tried to double check every word but there’s always a chance i still messed up

[lockzinhas]

[keepeek]

me: i wish someone liked me

someone: [likes me]

me: i must fake my death and lie low for ten years

[rewatchingpokemon]

can we just appreciate this happy heracross 

[stability]

[theartofanimation]

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[northgang]

[actualdogvines]

[surprisebitch]

so calming :)

[boomeyer]

Do yourself a favor. Learn to code. Here's how.

I’ve said this to my non-techie friends countless times. It’s no secret that being able to code makes you a better job applicant, and a better entrepreneur. Hell, one techie taught a homeless man to code and now that man is making his first mobile application.

Learning to code elevates your professional life, and makes you more knowledgeable about the massive changes taking place in the technology sector that are poised to have an immense influence on human life.

(note: yes I realize that 3/5 of those links were Google projects)

But most folks are intimidated by coding. And it does seem intimidating at first. But peel away the obscurity and the difficulty, and you start to learn that coding, at least at its basic level, is a very manageable, learnable skill.

There are a lot of resources out there to teach you. I’ve found a couple to be particularly successful. Here’s my list of resources for learning to code, sorted by difficulty:

Novice

Never written a line of code before? No worries. Just visit one of these fine resources and follow their high-level tutorials. You won’t get into the nitty-gritty, but don’t worry about it for now:

Dash - by General Assembly

CodeAcademy

w3 Tutorials (start at HTML on the left sidebar and work your way down)

Intermediate

Now that you’ve gone through a handful of basic tutorials, it’s time to learn the fundamentals of actual, real-life coding problems. I’ve found these resources to be solid:

Khan Academy

CodeAcademy - Ruby, Python, PHP

Difficult

If you’re here, you’re capable of building things. You know the primitives. You know the logic control statements. You’re ready to start making real stuff take shape. Here are some different types of resources to turn you from someone who knows how to code, into a full-fledged programmer.

Programming problems

Sometimes, the challenges in programming aren’t how to make a language do a task, but just how to do the task in general. Like how to find an item in a very large, sorted list, without checking each element. Here are some resources for those types of problems

Talentbuddy

TopCoder

Web Applications

If you learned Python, Django is an amazing platform for creating quick-and-easy web applications. I’d highly suggest the tutorial - it’s one of the best I’ve ever used, and you have a web app up and running in less than an hour.

Django Tutorial

I’ve never used Rails, but it’s a very popular and powerful framework for creating web applications using Ruby. I’d suggest going through their guide to start getting down-and-dirty with Rails development.

Rails Guide

If you know PHP, there’s an ocean of good stuff out there for you to learn how to make a full-fledged web application. Frameworks do a lot of work for you, and provide quick and easy guides to get up and running. I’d suggest the following:

Cake PHP Book

Symfony 2 - Get Started

Yii PHP - The Comprehensive Guide

Conclusion

If there’s one point I wanted to get across, it’s that it is easier than ever to learn to code. There are resources on every corner of the internet for potential programmers, and the benefits of learning even just the basics are monumental.

If you know of any additional, great resources that aren’t listed here, please feel free to tweet them to me @boomeyer.

Best of luck!

[mementoluceat-blog]

I’d also like to add some more specialized resources!

Video games:

Easy game engines (virtually no coding): 

Game Maker Studio (2D; free and paid versions)

GameSalad (2D)

RPG Maker (2D; numerous versions ranging from free to $69.99)

Stencyl (2D; free and paid subscription versions)

Scratch (good for kids and is more general; 2D; free)

More difficult game engines: 

Unity (lots and lots of platforms; C# and JavaScript script; 2D, 3D, VR; free and paid versions)

Unreal (specializes in graphics; C++ and visual script; 2D, 3D, VR; free with a royalty on successful products)

CryEngine (Lua script; 3D; paid subscription and full license versions)

Mobile game development: 

Corona (free and paid subscription versions)

SpriteKit (2D) and SceneKit (3D) which are built into the official compiler to create iOS apps (see iOS apps for more resources)

also all of the above game engines (cross-platform)

Game console development: 

Game Maker Studio (with a paid subscription)

Unity

Unreal

CryEngine

Note that games can also be created on more general platforms like iOS and Android apps, but the resources listed above are specialized for game development.

iOS apps:

In order to develop iOS apps, you’ll need to purchase an iOS developer program membership for $99 a year, which requires an Apple account. Here are some general resources:

Xcode (the official IDE for iOS apps; can be installed on OS X)

Start Developing iOS Apps Today (Objective-C)

Ray Wenderlich iOS tutorials (Objective-C and Swift)

Code School: Try iOS (Objective-C)

Developing iOS 8 Apps (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Swift)

TutorialsPoint: iOS Tutorial (Objective-C)

How to Make iPhone Apps With No Programming Experience (Swift)

Swift Tutorial: Building an iOS Application (2, 3)

iOS apps are developed in the 2 official languages of Apple: Objective-C and Swift, the latter of which is newer and generally much easier to learn.

Objective-C resources:

the official documentation

TutorialsPoint: Objective-C Tutorial

Ry’s Objective-C Tutorial

Swift resources:

the official documentation

The Swift Programming Language (free official e-book)

Swift: A Quick Reference Guide

Xcode also has SpriteKit, SceneKit, and Metal built in, all of which are incredibly useful for creating apps that require elaborate graphics, particularly games.

SpriteKit resources:

How to Make a Game Like Candy Crush With Swift (2)

Sprite Kit Swift Tutorial

Create Space Invaders with Swift and Sprite Kit

iOS SpriteKit Physics Tutorial in Swift

Build the Game of Life (Swift)

SceneKit resources:

Scene Kit Tutorial: Getting Started (Swift)

An Introduction to SceneKit (2; Swift)

Metal resources:

the official documentation + other resources (Obj-C)

iOS 8 Metal Tutorial with Swift (2, 3)

Getting Started With Metal (Obj-C)

An introduction to 3D graphics with Metal in Swift

Also, in order to publish iOS apps, you’ll have to juggle certificates, app ids, and provisioning profiles. This process can be convoluted at times so here are some resources:

How to Submit Your App to Apple: From No Account to App Store (2)

Beginner Tutorial: iOS Certificates & Provisioning Profiles

Android apps:

In order to develop Android apps, you’ll need to register as a developer for a one-time fee of $25. Here are some general resources:

Android Studio (the official IDE for Android app development; free; can be installed on Windows, OS X, and Linux)

the official documentation

Getting Started

Android Tutorial For Beginners (2, 3)

Learn Android SDK From Scratch

Introduction to Android Development With Android Studio

Android apps are developed in Java and the layout is coded with XML.

Java resources:

W3schools: Java Tutorial series

TutorialsPoint: Java Tutorial

Core Java Tutorial

XML resources:

W3schools: XML Tutorial series

TutorialsPoint: XML Tutorial

For publishing (which is somewhat easier than publishing iOS apps):

How to Publish to the Android Market

3D modeling/animation:

Blender (can also be used to create games; Python script; free and open-source; can be installed on Windows, OS X, and Linux)

Maya (specialized script; free trial, free 3-year student subscription, and paid subscription versions; can be installed on Windows, OS X, and Linux to an extent)

3ds Max (Python script; free trial, free 3-year student subscription, and paid subscription versions; can be installed on Windows and OS X)

RenderMan (specialized script; free for non-commercial/educational use and pay-per-license for commercial use; can be installed on Windows, OS X, and Linux)

Misc. resources:

Stack Overflow is an ask-and-answer community for programmers. It’s amazing and will save your life. Sign up and don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Github offers a student pack (here) if you create an account and prove you’re a student. This gives you free access to a bunch of great programming resources for free for a certain period of time, such as Unreal Engine. Also, Github in general is a site that you can host your code on. Other users can see it, and “fork” it to make a copy of your code and modify it.

Parse is a backend service that allows you to store data in databases it hosts on its own servers. It lets you use push notifications, create users, store and retrieve data, etc. It’s compatible with iOS apps, Android apps, Windows apps, Xamarin, React, Unity, OS X, Windows, JavaScript, PHP, .net, Arduino, and Embedded C. It’s free up to a certain limit that depends on the services you use.

Cloud9, Codebox, and Squad are online IDEs that allow for real-time collaboration and support a variety of languages, so they’re useful for team projects.

And some general advice:

Your program will not work right away, 99% of the time. That’s okay. Do your best to figure out where the error is. Here is some advice on debugging (written for PHP but the methods can be generalized).

If you’re stuck, Google. Google like there’s no tomorrow.

Ask questions on a community like Stack Overflow.

For that matter, browse relevant Stack Overflow questions. You can probably find some solutions there.

Don’t be afraid to copy and paste.

Take breaks sometimes if you’re getting burned out. But don’t stay away from your projects for too long or you’ll lose track of its status.

Backup your code. On the cloud, on a USB drive, wherever. If your IDE has a backing up feature like snapshots, use it whenever you hit a milestone.

If your project is big, split it up into milestones and set goals. Don’t tackle everything at once.

Like the OP said, coding isn’t just for professionals and “geeks” anymore. Anyone can learn it if you really try, and with the rapidly expanding tech industry, learning coding can really broaden your opportunities.

If any of the links are broken, or you have a question or some information/resources to add, you can contact me through the askbox or the OP through his Twitter (as mentioned in his post).

If you’re interested, try some of these out and best of luck!

[boomeyer]

Great work expanding on my humble list to include a much fuller collection of resources for learning how to code! Cheers!

[picketsmodblog-deactivated20181]

Reblogging again because this is useful

I need to start coding again

[studenting]

how to improve memory!!

[ionahi-deactivated20240918]

Nintendo pls let me change names of trade Pokemon

P L S

[englishgradinrepair]

[deinterlacing-deactivated201607]

Hello, friends! I’ll walk you through an organization system that’s simple, quick, and easy–like spaghetti alla puttanesca. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

I should say it early on that this method requires both digital and analog media. It aims to minimize unproductive pseudo-busywork/unnecessary effort in the process of organizing schoolwork. The time it frees up can be used for actual learning, self-care, or whatever it is that you like to do! (・∀・)ﾉ

Disclaimer: I deliberately removed social media/gaming apps from my phone. Wifi access is almost always switched off. It’s strictly used for calling, SMS, the occasional photo, and various school-related apps.

Ready? One, two, three–go!

Time Management

▨ Assignment Masterlist

Jot down tasks (and their corresponding dates, if available) as soon as you get them. Get shit out of your head and filed into a place where you can find them easily.

I keep a list of all the things I need to get done in the Notes app that comes with my phone. Digital lists are that much easier to update–you can remove, add, and rearrange tasks however you find it necessary.

During your downtime (wherever you may be), parse through your list aggressively divide big assignments into smaller, bite-sized pieces. Regroup tasks such that errands are batched together and study sessions are spaced apart. The idea is to butcher the wolf into a bunch of tiny sheep so that they’re easier to tackle later on.

(Alternative App: Evernote.)

▨ Calendar

I spend a lot of time on my computer for school stuff, so I’m quite comfortable with using a digital calendar–they just make it super simple to color code, schedule recurring events, and generate multiple calendars that run in parallel. I have the iCal app docked on my taskbar for easy access, and I default to the monthly view.

You can see that I don’t encode strict study schedules–excess rigidity stresses me out and from there, I’d find it super hard to find my fucking chill. ( ˃̩̩ ⌂ ˂̩̩ )

It takes a bit of discipline and sincere focus on my part, but I’ve found that the flex time (1-1.5 hours) between my classes is enough to finish a good portion of my readings or to accomplish one block in my programming homework. I also do study stuff after classes without prompt from a schedule–just my calendar with deadlines and my assignment masterlist. These time pockets should not be underestimated!

(Alternative App: Google Calendar.)

Digital Management

▨ Folders

Whenever available, I save digital copies of lecture slides, assignment specifications, textbooks, scripts, and anything I could possibly need.

Instead of leaving everything to rot in the downloads folder, I make sure that each course has its own section in my college folder. It takes around 5 seconds of my life to perform this rename-and-move-to-proper-folder ritual.

Each file starts with the name of the course, and then followed by a short description about its contents. It’s a habit I got from my thesis adviser, actually. This makes everything hella easy to find.

▨ Evernote

I use this app to take notes on everything–academic or otherwise. I have a separate notebook stack specifically for scholastic purposes, and I like that it’s very compact and all my notes are in one place.

In separate post, I will talk about how I manage to learn from digital notes despite all those claims that physically writing down your notes helps you better. ( U v U ) <3

Paper Management

▨ Accordion File

Since I digitize as much of my shit as I possibly can, paper stuff for all of my 5 courses fit into one A4-sized accordion file (with 12 built-in pockets). It eliminates the need for hole punch and the fear of things falling out. It also fits a range of paper sizes!

Each tab is labeled accordingly. Some classes need more sections than others, but in general:

each class gets their own notes section;

math-based classes get their answerables section (for problem sets under the works); and

reading-based classes get their readings section;

non-academic documents and receipts get their own miscellaneous section.

I use these binder clips to hold small stacks [of readings or of problem sets] together. They’re super fucking pretty, oh my god. I’m a goner. They’re gold and I’m in love. You can’t stop me. (◕ᴗ◕✿)

And that’s it!

You’ll notice that my system is really spartan, but I’ve figured that simple systems work and it’s really nice to use the time I would’ve spent compulsively making stuff look pretty on things that’re more important to me (like practicing my figure drawing or creating stuff for this blog or being trash with my friends).

I hope you picked up something useful from this post! Tell me if you’ve got any questions/ideas/comments. If you’d like, tell me about how you organize your time and your stuff for school–I’d love to see!

(人^ ∀ ^) ✿

[circle-and-square-studies]

My film team is brainstorming for our new project this week, and its just about the most exciting thing I’ve worked on at this company.

[stoodyspo]

🌿 collaborate! ☕️

[studiyng]

someone asked me a while ago to make a masterpost about my supplies and my study methods so here we go!!

let’s say that i passed the first year of med school with an average of 7,5/10, so maybe this will be helpful!!

supplies

pilot frixion

stabilo highlighters

staedtler fineliners

mr wonderful planner

uniball jetstream

colored pencils

lots of white sheets

lots of scratch paper

computer with word

i’m mostly a visual learner that’s why i have so many pens in different colors

study methods

Planning

i always carry my planner with me when i go to uni and i write all of the due dates of the assignments. when i get home i plan my afternoon in like 15 minutes or even more (it depends on whether i have exams coming or not). 

when i have exams i plan a week or two ahead and i think how many times i want to revise the subject and if i have more than two exams in a week (which happens a lot rip) i try to study the same amount of time for both if they are difficult subjects, obviously i’m not going to study psychology as hard as biochem. you need to study a subject based on how many ECTS credits it has, in my uni psychology has 3 credits and biochem has 9, so i have to study 3 times more biochem than psychology.

i also make a lil list of the chapters that i have to study for the exams, and everytime i revise one i put a mark next to it so i know that i’ve already studied it! 

Taking notes

i take notes with my computer because my handwriting when i write fast is awful and really hard to read. i use word and it’s pretty good, if you can’t have word download open office it’s free and it’s good too!!

if your teacher has uploaded their presentations before class print them so you only have to make a few annotations. but if don’t really like to study from presentations like me copy paste the text and the pictures to a word document and write ALL of the stuff that the teacher says (i think that this is mostly for med school because in med school EVERYTHING is important). also if you have teachers who draw important stuff on the board take a white sheet and draw it, then when you get home scan it or take a picture with your phone and add it to your notes!!

then as soon as i get home like i said i edit my notes, which means that i fix the writing mistakes and stuff, i add color to the titles and i place the pictures (if there are) correctly, and if we’ve finished that chapter i print it and if it’s not too late i start revising. also i like my notes to look like a scheme, with lots of bullet points, that way i can see the important stuff faster and i don’t waste time reading really long sentences that only work to make your notes well written and grammatically correct.

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME MAKING YOUR COMPUTER NOTES LOOK PRETTY AF, I DID THAT MISTAKE LAST YEAR AND IT DIDN’T GO WELL, but hey, if you think that you can handle it do it, but i do not recommend it!

Studying

like i said i’m a visual learner, so for complex subjects like biochem where there are tons of chemical reactions and you need to learn a bunch of names i make color coded schemes with the reactions, i use the pilot frixion because they’re erasable and that’s just perfect (no seriously it’s so helpful) and it looks like this

for anatomy, where you need to memorise EVERYTHING, i bought a coloring book and a feneis (which can be a coloring book too) and i assign a color for every muscle/bone….. in that page

and when i can’t make any kind of scheme and it’s just text (like embryo ew) i take my stabilo highlighters and i assign a color to the words, for example, the sonic hedgehog gene (yep u have a sonic gene!!) will be green, the dates will be blue, and for the important stuff i will use pink (classic) and it looks like this

and once i’ve ran out of highlighters,  i use the staedtler fineliners to underline other words. 

also for histology, or any other subject really, i like to make tables, for example for classifying the types of epitheliums and where they are. when i’ve done copying the info i assign a color to every kind of epithelium, and it looks like this

ok so once i’ve done all of this with my notes, i read them a few times and then i take an old scratch paper and i write everything that i’ve learnt from memory and it works!!!! i swear it does. and if i forget a few things i rewrite them in that paper and i read them a few times. also if there is a part of the chapter that i can’t get into my head i set a limit of time to read it and then i write it, and it works too!!

the bad thing about this method is that you waste tons of paper, i’ve thought of getting a board to write.

i forgot to say that it’s vital that you understand what you’re studying, it will make it so much easier to memorise and you’ll probably remember it for a longer time

sorry for all of the grammar mistakes, english is my third language, and if you have any questions just ask

good luck in your studies!!!!! 💖

-lucía 

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This challenge is a salvation, if you’re a huge-ass procrastinator as I am. I’ve done something similar to this and it improved my time management skills so much. Plus, I’ve finally done a lot of stuff I always wanted to do. Besides, many of the steps below are based on scientific research! (sources: x, x, x, x)

Here’s what you’ve got to do:

Write down on a paper everything that you want to do upcoming month.

Get rid of at least 20% (1/5) of the tasks, which are not that important (if you can’t, then do this step after step 4).  

Now, add more details to every task, how you’re going to do it. For example, if you wrote ‘Read physics textbook’, then write down how many chapters you need to read, how many pages each chapter has… Take your time, this is crucial.

Estimate and write down how much time each sub-task is going to take (now, you may realise that you don’t have enough time to do everything, in this case get rid of some tasks).

Create a list of rewards. Assign a reward to every task or sub-task.

Get a monthly calender and plan when you will do your tasks.

(Optional step) If you’re a massive procrastinator (like me), you may want to use weekly and daily schedules, too.

Share your goals on tumblr. You don’t have to do it all in details, with all the sub-tasks, but you need to write how much you need to do (e.g., how much words/pages/chapters you need to read/write; or just how many sub-tasks you need to do).

Tag your post with #MonthlyGoals and #(the name of a month)Goals (e.g., #JanuaryGoals). Scroll through the tag for motivation and ask others, how they’re doing with their tasks, to motivate and support them!

Every week, update your task list (make a new post), writing down how many things you’ve done. For example, “read 2/5 chapters of the physics textbook”. Celebrate, if you’ve been productive. If not, then think of the reasons of what’s wrong and how to improve. Just don’t get mad at yourself!