Hello, Steemit, my name is Andy. I was introduced to this site from a friend @sykochica, She actually told me about it previously, shortly after she started. I was reluctant about it at first, and forgot about it.
Just recently, I talked to @sykochica again, and she brought up steemit, and her blog posts. This time around I decided to give it a shot.
As someone who was born in USA, my English sucks. As part of blogging, I am hoping that will improve. Sorry in advance!
About me: My name is Andrew, but, people call me Andy. I am 27 years old, I was born in California, only lived there until I was 7 (will talk about why in a future blog post) I now live in the midwest. Enjoying the winter/summer in the same week. I am wanting to get a degree in Mechanical Engineering. But, I keep changing that to different engineering disciplines. I am hoping to build robotic prosthetics for a living.
My hobbies:
RC related (cars/drones)
computer programming, computer languages I code in the most are, Java(android), python, bash (more like scripting I guess), and C#.
I play video games, Watch dogs 2, Overwatch, Planetside 2, Team Fortress 2, Tom clancy's the division, minecraft (if I feel like running my private server), and Pokemon Go!(yes, people still play it)
Arduino projects
Raspberry pi projects.
I like to work on cars, and small engines (dirtbike, ATV), atm I am saving up to finance a 2012+ Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Magic card tricks (beginner)
I am currently working on a project, I picked up a RC car from thrift store, and goal is to control the RC using arduino, and control it from my phone (android) or on my PC using C#.
That project looks promising, my current soldering gun went out. Waiting on new one coming in.
I am not sure how often I will blog, and what to blog about. Once I get the ball rolling I will start getting a schedule going. Who knows!
Thanks for reading, and I am sorry if my blog was hard to follow.
Woot! Glad you decided to join us! :D
Now we've just gotta get you streaming! Lol
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Yeah..... you are good influencer sykochica (am I correct ? :)) warm welcome andyadd. Nice !
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Hehe...refusing to heal him in games until he joins goes a loooong way. Lol
(Totally kidding..I heal him, cause I like to win.)
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sykochica you are right ! Sometimes steemit can cure gaming addicted, that true... for example ---> it is me. Now I give priority to steemit (gaming is my second priority) and try write , also spread good words in comment ! Nice ! :)
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I absolutely agree with you. Steemit's replaced the majority of my gaming hours. lol
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Hey @andyadd
Welcome to Steemit!
With your background and hobbies, I imagine that you will fit right in here :)
btw I am in the market for a soldiering iron but I had the hardest time trying to find a good one, all the reviews were terrible, how do you choose the one to buy?
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The one I had was a cheap one from Radioshack that had fixed wattage, and it was old anyways, I watched some youtube videos. Hobbyists recommend getting soldering station with adjustable wattage. There was couple of brands they recommended, Weller, and Hakko are the two im looking at right now, I am leaning more towards weller and their model WLC100 vs their Hakko FX888D, reason being is WLC100 is about 40 dollars, while the hakko FX888D series are 100+.
Hopefully that is helpful!
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That is very helpful,
I will take a look at the WLC100,
Thank You :)
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Welcome onboard Andy!
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Welcome aboard! I just created an account here today as well. Looking forward to building connections.
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welcome to steemit andy!
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welcome to steemit
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Welcome aboard! Great to have you @andyadd :)
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Wow! People are still playing Team Fortress 2?
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Hehe, once in a blue moon when I'm feeling nostalgic. :P
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Yep!
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welcome to steemit :)
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Welcome on board, @andyadd ^_^
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Greetings, @andyadd! Thank you for sharing! Very informative.
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Welcome to Steemit @andyadd
Steemit is in it's Beta stadium. A lot of miracles seem to provoke you. You will earn STEEM if you produce unique content (authoring), write comments (interaction) and making friends (followers). Very Important: Vote! Around 40 times of voting within 24 hours is the limit. Then your voting power decreases. And don't forget to **resteem** what you like very much.The number of your recent votes is shown here. Just put in your avatar's name in the upper left field and wait until the red countdown in the upper right is ready.
If you need help, please feel free to ask. Steemians always helping each other. Before you ask it's better to look up in the Steemit Help Net. And visit the official Steemit Welcome Page where you will find all informations and a lot of links around Steemit.
Use this Steemit FAQ as well. It is a very helpful collection. Steemit development is in Beta stage. Some things may seem to be strange. Just ask!
For editors it is better to use the Markdown Styling Guide. It is an important source when you want to work in an editor without any icons. Below of every editors frame (comments and postings) you will get the Preview of your work.
Including Images in your post works perfectly. You can do it in several ways, as described in the image help.
For sophisticated alignments read my article about alignment in the editor.
Happy steemin
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Sup Homie, long time no chat. Glad to see you on the platform. :-)
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Holy crap, that is a name I haven't seen in a while either!
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Welcome to steemit @andyadd
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Hello @andyadd-- welcome to Steemit; hope you enjoy your time here! Based on your interests, I think you'll fit right in.
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Welcome to steemit.
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Welcome to the ship man, look forward to seeing some sweet drone footage. :)
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The drone footage I have is just from this wltoys 959, I will be working on custom drone, but on my current pay that will be over the course of a few months to get the parts.
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No worries buddy, I am kinda in the same situation. Once we are both up and running maybe we can work on a collab?
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I'm down.
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haha.. @sykochica didn't tell you to verify. not that I need one.
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Oh, I mentioned it :)
But I did say a lot of things that evening. :P
I can vouch that it's him though.
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:-) not that I need one. Good enough you vouch for him.
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Hehe..all good :)
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welcome @andyadd
glad to have u on steemit.
Its an amazing platform to interact
U can follow me @alokkoshal
thanks and happy steeming
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You are welcome to steemit @andyadd
Your presence here is very valuable to us. You can participate in the 50 word story contest for new Steemians for an opportunity to win big.
You can follow this LINK to get more information about the contest.
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Welcome to steemit..
@andyadd
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