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hi hiiii! i decided to take mha matchups because i’m bored and why not :)))

my only rule for these are that youre patient with mee! <3

if you want a matchup please put an ask in my inbox with the following!

gender preference

hobbies/interests

likes/dislikes (or just things about you)

personality

love language

appearance (optional but it does help!)

group pref (class 1a, ua staff, etc)

any characters you want me to avoid!

and what you’ll get in return is…

headcanons personalized to YOU!

a small one shot/small set of dialogue (maybe)

the more info the better! also there’s not slots for this so i’ll close them when i feel like it ^^”

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Finally collecting these in a post—Atomic Robo robotswap ideas. This was more of a character design challenge than a real AU, but the concept kind of got away from me.

Rambling design notes + a couple panel redraws + some ideas I had for Helsingard and ALAN 1.0 under the cut:

This idea spiraled out of an old sketch by Wegner of real-boy Robo as a genetics experiment. I'm interpreting that as basically Wolverine minus the animal motifs (and generally much more well-adjusted).

I tried to mimic more elements of his bot design; for example the hair silhouette and the thick blue-tinted glasses, swapped for goggles as his lifestyle got more active. I guess sensitive eyes are a side effect of his mutations. (The classic superhero forehead curl on babyrobo has no design justification, I just couldn't resist.) His appearance would make the public of the '20s a little uncomfortable with seeing him as Tesla's son. Which feels very thematically appropriate.

I'm still calling him "Robo" because it feels weird not to, though it would be a nickname. Appropriate for a guy who never sleeps; plausibly derived from Robert/Ratko. (The American name would be how he's introduced to the public; the Serbian one used casually by Tesla.*) Honestly, it seems in-character for him to put down Robo as his actual legal name when he finally got that chance.

*Things I found out after picking these names for their superficial resemblance to "Robo": Robert means "famous, shining" and Ratomir means "defender of peace"; literally "war for peace". Definitely an affectionately ironic moniker for a son so determined to be an action hero. Though dear monolingual Robo probably wouldn't catch on until decades after Tesla's death... Well, now I've gone and made myself sad.

The action scientists are mostly an excuse to still draw robots. Let's say they're Robo's big midlife crisis project after realizing he was going to outlive his entire first team and not think about it too hard.

Vik (inspired by Robby the Robot) is the oldest of the models. He's optimized for processing power, which is how you get a robot that will try to suggest purely hypothetical (but mathematically sound!) solutions to urgent real-world problems. And enjoys TTRPGs of Turing-complete levels of complexity.

Lang (inspired by Robo) came shortly after, more optimized for the "action" part of action science. Being made of metal does wonders for your recoil management. (I know she hasn't had the hair buns in 10+ years, but that's what I was trying to do with the "antennae".)

Foley (inspired by Alan) is the newest model, optimized for human-robot interaction. Getting wifi installed in her head early on had the unexpected side effect of making her really good at understanding networks of all kinds.

BRN-3 wasn't built to be sentient. He's just a lab geological survey bot that began showing signs of sapience one day and attributes his own "enlightenment" to the "crystals" he'd been studying. This is obviously bullshit but nobody can give a better explanation, so...

Jenkins is literally just the Terminator, except his evil future is vampires instead of AI. He was sent back to kill Robo, which clearly didn't work, so they talked it out and now he just hangs around Tesladyne on high alert for anything that might kick off the apocalypse.

(I have no idea where Ada, Ben, and Koa fit in here, but I might come back to them later. Using their Agents of CHANGE power suits as android designs felt like cheating.)

Not included in these drawings are Helsingard and ALAN, but I'm considering switching around parts of their premises, too.

Helsingard was a Nazi supercomputer meant to calculate the perfect world-conquering strategy. Instead, it realized that Germany's loss was imminent and hid copies of itself around the planet. Every once in a while, someone accidentally boots up a copy and it tries to take over. In the modern age it's a total dice roll as to whether this will be horrifying (what major infrastructure isn't computerized these days?) or just kind of pathetic (it's too old to understand the internet and can easily get itself trapped in an office printer spitting toner and stacks of paper that read BEHOLD HELSINGARD).

ALAN (potential rename pending; the Turing connection is rather lost in the version I'm going with for now) is the world's second successful "unkillable" genetic experiment, a govt project during the Cold War to ensure that the last man alive in a nuclear winter scenario would be British. But it turns out telling a guy he's the next stage in human evolution and sealing him in a bunker for decades to await a chance to inherit the earth which doesn't come isn't great for his sense of compassion or morality. Eventually, ALAN decides to hurry things along before we inferior humans end the world in a less convenient way, and Robo has to... well, you know this part.

It turns out there was a secret phase 2 to this plan, which would have been to populate the solar system with perfect immortal mind-networked clones of himself. The single under-baked clone that it does manage to spit out before being shut down is our Alan :] He needs someone to look after him while his crazy healing powers fill in the missing chunks of his body and brain, and he didn't get a full memory upload from ALAN, so it's free son boy!

No changes were made to Dr. Dinosaur. He's already perfect.

[jelfish-aether]

pinned post alert. woo

profile - sales tab - hatchery - lore thread

call me aether :3 i use he/him + neopronouns. pretty much any of them will slide but i prefer ae/aers or vae/vaers

i change my avatar & theme very often and hatch new babies like. weekly. come hang out and see what that’s all about. this is mostly here because i was talking about fr way too often on my main blog oops

profile and header are fr images! autumn harbringer koa is my current avatar with the drakeharvest scene

[crazysnor1ax]

BEHOLD: THE GOOBERS

I’ve got full info about them here but, to jokingly and quickly summarize each:

Azure (Captain 3/Agent 3):

Loser alert

Anxiety riddled thang

Goober :3

Gay gay homosexual gay

The Squid Sisters are her honorary sisters canon and true

100% a tumblr artist

Special interest is definitely Pokémon

Koa (Agent 4):

L O U D

“I’m not gay but $20 is $20”

Scary when angry

Marie is his honorary big sister canon and true (and his therapist)

Bangs out the tunes (on guitar)

All about that grind baby

Mist (Agent 8):

Anime character with a tragic backstory

Strongest of my agents

Toxic positivity incarnate (affectionate)

Gay gay homosexual gay

Mom friend

Pearl and Marina are her parents canon and true

Is the reason her apartment smells like incense

Sting (New Agent 3):

Does not know what a gender is

Has committed several felonies (not a joke)

Banned from Grizzco

Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

Eats dirt

Struggling single parent (real) (not clickbait)

Everyone start sharing splat ocs now

Showme your agents abd your weird guys and your splatbands and everhthing i wanna see

[mouse-fantoms]

ALERT ALERT

New Koa's picture :3

HE’S GOT A COLLAR NOW LOOK AT HIM 😭 he looks so big too 🥺🥺

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denver broncos koa

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NEW MIXx ALERT... This Saturday & Sunday on Power102Jamz-WORLDWIDE Radio you can catch my NEW 2 THE OLD MIXx @2pm sharp! This is episode 3 of a series of mixes I do to give you a little of both worlds of music in one hour mix. The first part of the mix will include.. SUMMER (icdre2 remix) by The Carters Love N Hennessy by A.CHAL ft. 2chainz Ball For Me by Post Malone ft Nicki Minaj Pineapple (feat Gucci Mane & Quavo) by Ty Dolla $ign I Do by Cardi b ft SZA Solitaire by Gucci Mane ft. Migos & Lil Yachty Look Alive by BlocBoy Jb ft Drake I Get The Bag by Gucci Mane ft Migos New Freezer (feat Kendrick Lamar) by Rich The Kid KOA by J Cole Walk It Talk It (feat Drake) by Migos DROP by G-Eazy ft Blac Youngsta, BlocBoy Jb I Don't Die by Joyner Lucas & Chris Brown Rich Sex by Nicki Minaj ft Lil Wayne I'm Upset by Drake Bickenhead by Cardi B APESH*T by The Carters 1942 by G-eazy and a few more... The second half is filled with... So Gone by Monica Lopez Rain by Missy Elliott On & On by Erykah Badu Mrs. Officer (feat Bobby V) by Lil Wayne Aston Martin Music (feat Drake) by Rick Ross Back To What You Know by Ne Yo Wife You Up by Russ Lady (radio edit) by D'angelo My Boo by Usher Happy by Ashanti One For The Money by Horace Brown Let Me Blow Ya Mind (feat Gwen Stefani) by Eve & much more! Thanks for the support and make sure to download that free Power102jamz app, now. iPhone : http://apple.co/2ontKJ6 Android : http://bit.ly/2uVIbXf @power102jamz @themrvip @iamdjaron @jbrown58 @dj__silkee @partyroka67 (at Champaign, Illinois)

[gokatiesmith-blog]

8 Tips to build better Node.js Apps

In this article, we’ve collected few tips that we think you should follow while developing Node.js Apps.

Tip #1: Use

async

–

await

Async – await landed in Node.js 8 with a boom. It changed how we handle async events and simplified previously mind-boggling code bases.Tip #2: Get acquainted with

import

and

import()

ES modules are already widely used with transpilers or the @std/esm library. They are natively supported since Node.js 8.5 behind the

--experimental-modules

flag, but there is still a long way until they become production ready.Tip #3: Get familiar with HTTP/2HTTP/2 is available since Node.js 8.8 without a flag. It has server push and multiplexing, which paves the way for efficient native module loading in browsers. Some frameworks – like Koa and Hapi – partially support it. Others – like Express and Meteor – are working on the support.HTTP/2 is still experimental in Node.js, but we expect to bring wide adoption with a lot of new libraries.Tip #4: Get rid of code style controversiesPrettier was a big hit in 2017. It is an opinionated code formatter, which formats your code instead of simple code style warnings. There are still code quality errors – such as no-unused-vars and no-implicit-globals – that can not be automatically reformatted.The bottom line is, that you should use Prettier together with your good old fashioned linter in your upcoming projects. It helps a lot, especially if you have people with dyslexia in your team.Tip #5: Secure your Node.js applicationsThere are big security breaches and newly found vulnerabilities every year. Security is a rapidly changing topic, which can not be ignored.If you think your application is already secure, you can use Snyk and the Node Security Platform to find sneaky vulnerabilities.Tip #6: Embrace microservicesIf you have deployment issues or upcoming large-scale projects, it may be time to embrace the microservices architecture. Learn these two techs to stay up to date in 2018’s microservices scene.

Docker is a software technology providing containers, which wrap up a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything it needs to run: code, runtime, system tools and system libraries.

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Before getting too deep into containers and orchestration, you can warm up by improving your existing code. Follow the best methodology, and you will have a much easier time containerizing and deploying your services.Tip #7: Monitor your servicesFix issues before your users even notice them. Monitoring and alerting is a crucial part of production deployment, but taming a complex microservice system is no easy feat. Luckily this is a rapidly evolving field, with ever-improving tools.Tip #8: Contribute to open-source projectsDo you have some favorite Node.js projects? Chances are that they could use your help to become even better. Just find an issue that matches your interest and jump into coding.

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8 Tips to Build Better Node.js Apps in 2018

In the previous two years we covered best practices for writing and operating Node.js applications (read the 2016 edition & 2017 edition). Another year has passed, so it’s time to revisit the topic of becoming a better developer!

In this article, we collected a few tips that we think Node.js developers should follow in 2018. Feel free to pick some development related New Year's resolutions!

Tip #1: Use async - await

Async - await landed in Node.js 8 with a boom. It changed how we handle async events and simplified previously mind-boggling code bases. If you are not yet using async - await read our introductory blog post.

Refreshing your knowledge about old school async programming and Promises may also help.

Tip #2: Get acquainted with import and import()

ES modules are already widely used with transpilers or the @std/esm library. They are natively supported since Node.js 8.5 behind the --experimental-modules flag, but there is still a long way until they become production ready.

We suggest you to learn the foundations now and follow the progress in 2018. You can find a simple ES modules tutorial with Node.js here.

Tip #3: Get familiar with HTTP/2

HTTP/2 is available since Node.js 8.8 without a flag. It has server push and multiplexing, which paves the way for efficient native module loading in browsers. Some frameworks - like Koa and Hapi - partially support it. Others - like Express and Meteor - are working on the support.

HTTP/2 is still experimental in Node.js, but we expect 2018 to bring wide adoption with a lot of new libraries. You can learn more about the topic in our HTTP/2 blog post.

Tip #4: Get rid of code style controversies

Prettier was a big hit in 2017. It is an opinionated code formatter, which formats your code instead of simple code style warnings. There are still code quality errors - such as no-unused-vars and no-implicit-globals - that can not be automatically reformatted.

The bottom line is, that you should use Prettier together with your good old fashioned linter in your upcoming projects. It helps a lot, especially if you have people with dyslexia in your team.

Tip #5: Secure your Node.js applications

There are big security breaches and newly found vulnerabilities every year, and 2017 was no exception. Security is a rapidly changing topic, which can not be ignored. To get started with Node.js security, read our Node.js Security Checklist.

If you think your application is already secure, you can use Snyk and the Node Security Platform to find sneaky vulnerabilities.

Tip #6: Embrace microservices

If you have deployment issues or upcoming large-scale projects, it may be time to embrace the microservices architecture. Learn these two techs to stay up to date in 2018's microservices scene.

Docker is a software technology providing containers, which wrap up a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything it needs to run: code, runtime, system tools and system libraries.

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Before getting too deep into containers and orchestration, you can warm up by improving your existing code. Follow the 12-factor app methodology, and you will have a much easier time containerizing and deploying your services.

Tip #7: Monitor your services

Fix issues before your users even notice them. Monitoring and alerting is a crucial part of production deployment, but taming a complex microservice system is no easy feat. Luckily this is a rapidly evolving field, with ever-improving tools. Check out what the future of monitoring holds or learn about the recent OpenTracing standard.

If you are a more practical person our Prometheus tutorial gives a nice intro to the world of monitoring.

Tip #8: Contribute to open-source projects

Do you have some favorite Node.js projects? Chances are that they could use your help to become even better. Just find an issue that matches your interest and jump into coding.

If you don't know how to get started, run through these quick tips or watch this course about open-source contribution on GitHub. Doing is the best way of learning, especially for programmers.

What's your Node.js Development advice?

What else would you recommend to your fellow Node.js developers to get right in 2018? Leave your opinion in the comments section!

We hope that you will have an awesome 2018. Happy coding!

8 Tips to Build Better Node.js Apps in 2018 published first on http://ift.tt/2w7iA1y

[iyarpage]

8 Tips to Build Better Node.js Apps in 2018

In the previous two years we covered best practices for writing and operating Node.js applications (read the 2016 edition & 2017 edition). Another year has passed, so it’s time to revisit the topic of becoming a better developer!

In this article, we collected a few tips that we think Node.js developers should follow in 2018. Feel free to pick some development related New Year's resolutions!

Tip #1: Use async - await

Async - await landed in Node.js 8 with a boom. It changed how we handle async events and simplified previously mind-boggling code bases. If you are not yet using async - await read our introductory blog post.

Refreshing your knowledge about old school async programming and Promises may also help.

Tip #2: Get acquainted with import and import()

ES modules are already widely used with transpilers or the @std/esm library. They are natively supported since Node.js 8.5 behind the --experimental-modules flag, but there is still a long way until they become production ready.

We suggest you to learn the foundations now and follow the progress in 2018. You can find a simple ES modules tutorial with Node.js here.

Tip #3: Get familiar with HTTP/2

HTTP/2 is available since Node.js 8.8 without a flag. It has server push and multiplexing, which paves the way for efficient native module loading in browsers. Some frameworks - like Koa and Hapi - partially support it. Others - like Express and Meteor - are working on the support.

HTTP/2 is still experimental in Node.js, but we expect 2018 to bring wide adoption with a lot of new libraries. You can learn more about the topic in our HTTP/2 blog post.

Tip #4: Get rid of code style controversies

Prettier was a big hit in 2017. It is an opinionated code formatter, which formats your code instead of simple code style warnings. There are still code quality errors - such as no-unused-vars and no-implicit-globals - that can not be automatically reformatted.

The bottom line is, that you should use Prettier together with your good old fashioned linter in your upcoming projects. It helps a lot, especially if you have people with dyslexia in your team.

Tip #5: Secure your Node.js applications

There are big security breaches and newly found vulnerabilities every year, and 2017 was no exception. Security is a rapidly changing topic, which can not be ignored. To get started with Node.js security, read our Node.js Security Checklist.

If you think your application is already secure, you can use Snyk and the Node Security Platform to find sneaky vulnerabilities.

Tip #6: Embrace microservices

If you have deployment issues or upcoming large-scale projects, it may be time to embrace the microservices architecture. Learn these two techs to stay up to date in 2018's microservices scene.

Docker is a software technology providing containers, which wrap up a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything it needs to run: code, runtime, system tools and system libraries.

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Before getting too deep into containers and orchestration, you can warm up by improving your existing code. Follow the 12-factor app methodology, and you will have a much easier time containerizing and deploying your services.

Tip #7: Monitor your services

Fix issues before your users even notice them. Monitoring and alerting is a crucial part of production deployment, but taming a complex microservice system is no easy feat. Luckily this is a rapidly evolving field, with ever-improving tools. Check out what the future of monitoring holds or learn about the recent OpenTracing standard.

If you are a more practical person our Prometheus tutorial gives a nice intro to the world of monitoring.

Tip #8: Contribute to open-source projects

Do you have some favorite Node.js projects? Chances are that they could use your help to become even better. Just find an issue that matches your interest and jump into coding.

If you don't know how to get started, run through these quick tips or watch this course about open-source contribution on GitHub. Doing is the best way of learning, especially for programmers.

What's your Node.js Development advice?

What else would you recommend to your fellow Node.js developers to get right in 2018? Leave your opinion in the comments section!

We hope that you will have an awesome 2018. Happy coding!

8 Tips to Build Better Node.js Apps in 2018 published first on http://ift.tt/2fA8nUr

[princetonsocialmedia]

Princeton University’s Top Social Media Moments of 2017

What was our most liked post on Facebook? Which post was retweeted the most? As 2017 winds down, we are taking a look at some of our top moments on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Solar eclipse in 90 seconds

It was a week before 2017’s total solar eclipse and our team brainstormed up the idea to create a short informational video using a Princeton astrophysicist as the expert. This was a new concept and process for our team. Many of our videos are between 4-5 minutes and take several weeks of planning and filming. The results:

Facebook: #1 most watched video

Facebook: #3 most shared post

Twitter: #1 most watched video

All you need to know about the #SolarEclipse in 90 seconds with #PrincetonU astrophysicist Amitava Bhattacharjee. pic.twitter.com/lV74cAwVrZ

— Princeton University (@Princeton)

August 18, 2017

Response to federal immigration executive order

On Sunday, January 29, 2017, President Eisgruber issued a statement in response to the federal executive order barring entry to the United States for refugees and for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. Days later, President Eisgruber and 47 other American college and university presidents sent a letter to President Trump urging him to “rectify or rescind” the executive order. Both stories were posted to the University’s website and then immediately distributed to our social media channels. Here’s how our social audiences reacted:

President Eisgruber issues statement on federal immigration executive order

Facebook: #2 most liked post

Facebook: #1 most commented post

Facebook: #1 most shared post

Facebook: #1 most clicked post

Twitter: #1 most retweeted post

Twitter: #1 most liked post

Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber has just issued a statement on the federal immigration executive order. https://t.co/KbtdBIpTd7

— Princeton University (@Princeton)

January 29, 2017

Eisgruber, other university presidents ask President Trump to ‘rectify or rescind’ immigration order

Facebook: #2 most shared

Twitter: #2 most retweeted post

Twitter: #2 most reach

Eisgruber joins college presidents urging @realdonaldtrump to rectify damage done by executive order on immigration: https://t.co/05Jdwp4xAP pic.twitter.com/0aFEW7fRw0

— Princeton University (@Princeton)

February 2, 2017

#TellUsTigers About Your First Day of College

Launched in February 2016, Princeton’s weekly #TellUsTigers campaign introduces the world to Princetonians, one post at a time. It initially began as an Instagram campaign, but is now shared on Facebook and Twitter. On the first day of classes, we shared the story of Camden Olson ‘19 and her service dog, Koa. Not only did the post break our record of most liked Instagram post, but it also was the most liked post on Facebook. Some may say we cheated by placing a cute puppy in front of iconic Nassau Hall, but read the comments and you’ll find people took the time to read all 2,200 characters. Readers were truly touched by the service dog team’s mission to help Type 1 diabetics.

Facebook: #1 most liked

Instagram: #1 most liked post

Instagram: #2 most commented post

#TellUsTigers about your #firstdayofcollege: "Meet Koa (@koatheservicepup), a #comfortretriever. The seemingly effortless trust and communication that accompanies a working service dog team is truly beautiful. Next year, as part of my senior thesis research, I'll have a chance to observe this relationship by training Koa to be a #diabeticalertdog on campus. I will teach him how to alert to high and low blood glucose levels before placing him with a Type 1 diabetic. I will also teach an after-school program that teaches middle school students how to train service dogs; the kids will work with Koa. If you see Koa on campus with his service vest, please do not pet or distract. When I was little, I was terrified of dogs. That all changed when my grandma brought home Inukshuk, an 8-week-old #blacklab. Inukshuk is a cairn, or a trail marker, who has guided me on my path to discovering my passion for training service dogs. Working with a dog teaches me new lessons every day. I took a gap year before starting at #PrincetonU to raise a guide-dog-in-training, Derby. One of the most important things he taught me was to live in the moment. He mirrored my mood and if I was stressed about something, his less than adequate behavior was a constant reminder to focus on the work immediately in front of me. (This is a skill that has come in handy at Princeton.) When I dropped off Derby for the test that would determine whether he would continue his #guidedog training, I cried but a huge smile accompanied my tears. I was so proud of him. We had worked so hard for this moment. As part of my work with Derby and his trainer, we entered a busy mall. His trainer turned to me, handed me a blindfold and the leash. A cloud of darkness surrounded me as the fabric pressed against my face. I could hear the trickle of an indoor fountain and children playing down the hall. I felt the gentle tug of leather in my grasp, as I grabbed onto the harness handle. Disoriented, I turned to my dog, trusting Derby, just as he had turned to me so many times before. — Camden Olson, Class of 2019 #Princetagram #diabeticalertdogintraining #t1dwarrior #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedogintraining #collegedog

A post shared by Princeton University (@princeton_university) on Sep 13, 2017 at 6:03am PDT

Key Takeaways

Be timely. As seen in all three moments, we learned that content must be topical and relevant to our audiences. Our editorial calendar is focused on sharing stories about how students, faculty and staff are making a difference in the world through research, publications and service as well as highlight important events on campus. As we shifted in telling more timely stories, we saw an exponential increase in engagement and reach for stories that were aligned with the news cycle. With more flexibility and quick thinking, we hope to do more of this in 2018.

Create short videos with high impact. At first, creating a compelling 90 second video seemed impossible as our team is accustomed to creating 4-5 minute videos. With careful planning, targeted questions and creative editing, we achieved our goal and were inspired to create more short videos that went on to be top performing content as well. For instance, we took this video of our vertical farm project and worked it into a short video which became the second most viewed video on Facebook.

In 2018, we hope to continue delivering short videos for our social audiences, some may be created from scratch while others can be created using existing footage from feature videos from the website.

Instagram > Twitter. This year, we were especially surprised to see that even though we have a larger following on Twitter, we received more engagement and better quality engagement on Instagram. For instance, the most watched videos on Twitter received between 4,000-6,000 views whereas on Instagram, the most watched videos received between 9,000-12,000 views. We saw this with click-throughs as well. A link in our Instagram Stories consistently outperformed a link included in a tweet.      

More Facebook Lives = More reach. In addition to looking at likes, comments and shares, we analyzed which posts received the most reach on Facebook. Our Facebook Live broadcasts reached the most people, making 2017 the year of the Facebook Live broadcast for Princeton Social Media. We broadcasted our annual P-rade, Opening Exercises, Commencement as well as produced exclusive content including a rock concert, a pumpkin toss and an hour-long telethon. The more we did, the more we learned and expanded our equipment and caliber of broadcast. As we wrapped up the year, it was great to see our efforts rewarded by seeing that this content received the most reach. Will 2018 continue the year of Facebook Live? We are planning for it and will also stay apprised of new features coming out of Facebook.

So there you have it. #PrincetonSM in 2017. Happy New Year to all!

-Jessica Leontarakis, social media specialist

[adamandbrittanyinhawaii]

Midnight Run

Wow I know how far behind I am on the blog because my birthday was nearly a month ago and yet I still haven’t shared details from that amazing 4 day weekend.  Yes, it was a 4 day weekend because my job gives everyone a bonus day off to use anytime during their birth month.  With Tuesday off and Britt having both Monday and Tuesday off it only made sense to use my day on Monday.  With my birthday hitting Sunday we started the festivities early with a grill out on Saturday night.  It was a lot of fun.  A couple of people brought me floaties which I thought was a strange coincidence but then I learned that Britt had instructed people on the invite to bring something goofy for me to wear on our midnight run.  It made it hard to sit down at the table but otherwise was hilarious to me to strut around with all these floaties on.  Since it was my 3rd (Decade) birthday we celebrated ninja turtles style with TMNT masks and plates.  It was a 2 part party though and nobody was up for sticking around for the 2nd half: a midnight run in costumes!

Why did we do this?  Well since I hate getting older I decided I should do something that helps me celebrate youth.  Acting like a child checked that box.  Staying up late, like past midnight, checked the box again.  Exercising also seemed like a young man’s game so running was a cinch.  The result: rocking a ninja turtle t shirt, swim trunks and mask to go along with floaties, high socks, glow sticks and a furry lei!

We started our run before midnight and about a mile in the clock hit midnight as we were running by the docks near Waikiki.  It was official, I had become old and just like Cinderella the midnight tolls alerted me to the change.  Here’s the photo of midnight:

We kept the run going though so that we would make it a 3 mile run (cause 3rd birthday party).  We cut through the Hale Koa on the way back.  Between the mask and all of the other things I was a sweaty mess underneath it all.  Let’s just say it traps the heat much better than I anticipated when I put everything together.

The best part of the run was the looks from people.  It was an initial look of surprise that faded into laughter once they processed what they were seeing.  Even a homeless guy came up to say we were “F*ing crazy”.  We also passed a guy that was legitimately out for a run who cracked up as he passed.  We even had someone at an intersection roll down their windows and wish us luck on our race.  I don’t know what race they imagined we were taking part of at midnight in costumes that included me rocking 2 floaties but the encouragement was appreciated.

I’m proud of the fact that my reserved wife was willing to participate.  She gets so shy that she doesn’t like calling people which makes for a strange combo considering how assertive (read: bossy) she can be! Someday I’ll teach her to not worry about what other people think one day, just in baby steps.  So that in itself was a nice gift to myself.  Next step: skydiving?