Hi, thanks for the introduction. I'm quite delighted to talk here today about Yeah, in those building industry 4.0 applications and rapid prototyping with micro python So last year I saw a nice talk on micro python and after that I was kind of curious when the next project would come along where I could Yeah, convince my boss that we need to invest in that and get started with it so we had a company that That makes injection molded parts contact us and basically They said hey, we need we need your help with the interlogistics. So They have these machines that produce plastic parts for the auto industry using injection molding and Then at every machine there's a worker that basically takes the parts and stacks them into these boxes here and and Then the boxes get picked up by a forklift and then stored in the storage facility and there they They work around the clock so in three shifts and they have 40 machines in there in their production facility and it's all in one big building and Right now they just split the production facility to five zones And then they have five forklift drivers in every shift and they drive around until they find a full box and they take it to the storage facility so there's like no communication or organization other than Dedicating one driver to a certain zone, right? And that's very inefficient obviously And they wanted us to help with that because they have trouble finding new forklift drivers and So the goal was that instead of yeah Dedicating in a static way the drivers to the zones There should be some dynamic allocation and it should Also the drivers the number of empty runs should be reduced, right? Because these forklifts are quite expensive. So if they drive around a lot like with no load and They waste time, right? It is should change and they should this is be like a uber for forklift, right? It should it should be on-demand only And so yeah, we first talked with them I convinced my boss that this is going to be our first microbiome project and Then we said, okay, what what is the logistic process, right? So how does it work? So basically the forklift driver is free then he should The machine operator has a full box. He should push a button then basically the forklift should appear at the machine Pick up the full box bring that into the storage facility And then pick up an empty box and return that to the machine because of course They need a constant inflow of new empty boxes as well and Yeah, we We then looked at what what hardware should we use right because a micro python? we need some hardware for that of course and At in the beginning we thought all this will be like an android project right where we build like some kind of smartphone app and then And then we can do that with an app But the thing is that the machine operators they work lofts So they cannot use capacitive touch screens So you might know that from the winter depending on where you live that when you work lofts You cannot read your mail, right outside and So we looked around for micro python hardware and we found the m5 stack platform It's somewhere from Asia and they open source the hardware So we thought oh, this is good because if we start building that and later It turns out that we need like a thousand of those devices Then we can just take this open source plan adapted to our needs and build our own hardware We could also use the facility Wi-Fi network so that was quite helpful because Otherwise we would have to install Wi-Fi network there, but the m5 stack has Wi-Fi is a STM32 So it's like one of the really Yeah default microcontrollers for micro python stuff It has yeah, it's powered through USB. In fact, I have one here and It also has a small battery for When the power goes out it will last maybe five or ten minutes depending on how much your code uses the screen and how energy efficient you implement it It has Bluetooth. So We thought that might be interesting because The customers warned us that they didn't want two drivers in the same zone at the same time because they have narrow hallways and They are worried that the number of accidents will go through the roof if this Yeah forklift drivers start meeting in the in the narrow parts of the Of the place so we thought okay, maybe that's cool with Bluetooth later on We could build some kind of collision avoidance system or use these Bluetooth Smart tags to to figure out if if there is a driver in a certain section of the course and The best thing is that yeah, they are only like 50 euros They also run by default they run like Arduino See this Arduino see flavor, but you can flash micro python on them and they they provide you with a version of micro python, but In that version you have to yeah, I write your code online in their online IDE and obviously we didn't want to do that Right because we thought we had maybe some commercial opportunity there later on so we were not really keen on developing this and some like web GUI Where the servers are hosted in China writer? so In the end We went with this there's this guy on github. I don't know. Maybe it's also here called Lobores, and he has a really nice Micro python firmware for this STM 32 baseboards, and we use that and that worked out of the box So now that we had the hardware Right. We also needed some kind of message protocol And we decided to go with MQTT. So who here has used MQTT before? Okay, it's pretty good So it's a very famous. They are published as prior architecture based Yeah, message protocol. It's very lightweight and it's quite common in IOT applications so Here's an example with a with a temperature sensor where basically The the sensor publishes this and then there's a server called a broker that will hold on to the message and Until someone subscribes to that topic. So the channels are called topics in MQTT language and The messages have this quality of service flag that basically says Deliver the message at most ones at least ones or exactly once That's quite good because in our case we wanted to make sure that only one forklift shows up when there's a box to be picked up, right? and the other thing is that there's MQTT libraries for kind of every Language, yeah, so if we wanted to later on build a web app We could do that because we could just send the messages that is needed to trigger like the forklift pickup Through a HTTP MQTT client So the system looks as follows So basically we have these machines right that produce parts and they all get one M5 stacks mounted to them and Then on the other hand we have the forklift drivers that also they all get the M5 stack If you are thinking about how did they power this in the forklift so the forklift like cars have the cigarette lighter Plugs so it's really easy to to power stuff there And then we need something in the middle right and we decided to go with a raspberry pi So that runs the MQTT broker that basically is the message exchange place And then on top of that broker we built a couple of services. So we built something called the dispatcher Which basically takes the the messages from both sides and then Creates jobs and then assigns a forklift to a job and it keeps track of the jobs that are currently running and so on and it does the scheduling so We implemented basically first in first out, but you could later on implement more fancy scheduling algorithms right? Then we had a locker component because we wanted to know what was going on so that was a good hint in the previous talk actually and We built an admin panel Basically for the the manager of the plant should be able to see What is going on in this plant right? So there you can see like which machines are producing which how many open Jobs there are at the moment and so on And he can assign the forklifts to machines there. I will show that later in a demo and all these Orange boxes we we put into microservices, of course So then we went off to to start a development and we were thinking about okay, how should we Have a go at this because Yeah, I guess if you do some embedded development You know that if you have to upload a firmware every time for testing It's quite a tedious process and in the beginning maybe you make bigger steps But then in the end you make a lot of small steps and then if you have to test after every step It becomes quite time-consuming and annoying. So we thought the following Let's implement a prototype in Python like regular Python test that and Then basically later we just copy it over to the hardware because it's micro Python right should be sort of the same thing and We're done and today. I will tell you about the the learnings that we had from that So first of all it started that we needed some kind of GUI library But so the the micro Python firmware. There's basically functions where you can like activate single pixels You can write text and you can draw boxes and so on but there's nothing that's really like Organized GUI library So we ported something that we found from one of the Arduino examples And we also wrote a simulator for for TK so that we could test on our laptop It looks like this. So basically we have a top bar for like showing the date or the version You have the center widget where there's the information for the user and on the bottom We have this like yeah, basically the button labels because here you can see the buttons are on the bottom right and Yeah, might be nice if the user knows what what he's doing when he pushes a button So we put the git version on top. So this is something that I could really recommend everyone to do because sometimes Yeah, things go wrong and you have the wrong version on your device and you're wondering why the change that you made is not showing So this is really a good hint and We put something called a Wi-Fi bar So, you know that from your phone just to show whether we are connected to Wi-Fi or not Because we figured in the end when we drive to the factory to deploy the thing and there's Wi-Fi problems Then yeah, we want to know and not like yeah search for the problem in the in the dark. Yeah and Then yeah, just fun labels Basically, so what happens now when the machine operator pushes the button? So I have the code examples here Just more for the sake of completeness and I will upload the slides to the git lab repo That's in the in the description of the talk so you can find them there in the next couple of days so Basically at first we we just said the text for the bottom bars And then when the operator pushes the button the following thing happens So there's a function called announce packet and that basically sends MQTT message to the broker saying like hey I'm machine number one and I also have like an integer ID it's pretty one and There's a new job and then The the dispatcher Oh, sorry, and then basically there's also this packet showing up there That's quite important because the people that operate the machines If if they push the button and yeah It takes like a little bit of time to draw the box But if you don't show them any feedback, right? They might get impatient and Then you have like a hundred packets that need to be picked up in your system because they'd like keep pushing the button So we did some visual representation of how many packets are waiting So then the dispatcher receives that request and the first thing it does is it just says, okay You need to put this into the into the queue and then in the next step basically it looks at It it sorts it so in this the queue job method basically it sorts the The job into the right queue because we said that there is this zone system, right? So right now they have five zones, but maybe later we can reduce that gradually So there's one one task queue for every zone So it sorts that in there and then in the next step it looks at the available forklifts in that zone and it Assigns a forklift right so it schedules the job basically and then it lets it lets the Machine side now and the forklift side now by by publishing messages, right? And then the following thing happens so on the machine it will say the I'm sorry This is in German all the text because German company so but it basically this means that the forklift is coming soon so and then the machine operator also knows that okay like There was the packet rating but now a forklift has has been assigned and then On the forklift side. Yeah, I'm sorry for the bad contrast, but we did the two different background colors It still says like oh, there's there's no No job so the message has arrived, but the GUI has not been updated, right? So the forklift basically we did a model view controller there and It it first it there's a job object that has that describes the state So it could be like pickup requested job is scheduled job is picked up and so on and so first it Updates the state of the job And then it it beeps so that the forklift driver gets a audio Feedback and then in the next step it updates the GUI And so first it will update the text saying like okay You have to pick up a package at machine one and then it also it has to it has to also update in the next step The bottom the button text right because then it should not say pause, but it should say like okay I loaded the job And then a forklift driver can confirm that he loaded a job, right? So he pushes the button and then basically yeah, we again update the GUI and we let The dispatcher know and I think the rest is quite clear right so this goes on then for some more iterations like But I will show this now in a demo anyway, so We built a simulator which is quite nice because that allows me to let me see so I can do this And then I can now put the Sorry But also I have this so so first maybe There's the admin panel here right so the left side you can ignore this is basically just a representation of of How the place looks like and that there's the four machines on the top and the red dots basically They indicate whether that machine is producing or not, but in the simulator that doesn't work But here on that side you can see that there is There's two machines now no three machines and one forklift so the cool thing is that With the simulator so with the simulator we can just start multiple instances and But also because yeah, well I brought my own Wi-Fi access point I could connect to one of the actual devices So you can see that it allows you to do this hardware in a loop testing, right? So in the beginning you simulate everything and then step by step you go you go more towards running things on actual hardware and now Basically you can make like new zones here, so I made this zone to and you could put the machine in here Right by dragging and dropping and you can just say okay. I just want machine number five to receive the So to communicate with forklift one You can also rename the devices if that's interesting to you and and That way basically they the company that we did this for they had the opportunity that way to to still control being in control of Who drives where and so in the beginning they could start with their five zone system and then slowly as they begin to Develop trust towards the system. They could relax their their zoning Yeah, and Then so, okay, I put them back now just to and so basically there you can also see that disadvantage of the Advantage of using MQGT because so also this web GUI it uses JavaScript and it communicates with MQGT with the dispatcher right and So now maybe you want to see how it actually works so So basically the buttons are emulated by key presses So you have to trust me that so I I now I'm on this machine there on the top so machine number one and then push the Q button and then Yeah, it says the forklift is coming because at that moment. There was no other forklift. It goes quite fast and then Basically here you have this like red notification dots that count how many packets are waiting at that machine. So The manager has at one glance. He knows what's going on in his factory, right? And on the bottom you see a bit more text information. It basically says, okay, there's a new job It's it has been assigned to this forklift and so on So now the forklift driver drives there and he pushes the middle button and then basically it says, okay He loaded it it immediately updates and then He does all that and then he brings the replacement and so on and then he's done and the job disappears And so now I can actually on that hardware push the button That takes a bit longer, but it also works. I can push the button again Now I have two jobs and then maybe I also Make some jobs here. So there's some stuff going on. So now this poor forklift driver, right?  Maybe it's more fun But basically the nice thing here is that the simulator works together quite well with the real product, right? So they share most of the code except for the GUI library So basically on the one hand you you import TK and in the other case you import this Micro Python GUI library that we wrote Okay, so So did our workflow work as intended? Yeah, not completely. Yeah, so we made some really Yeah bad mistakes in the beginning and I want to share with you the lessons that we learned so the first thing is that Micro Python has no type hinting support. So in the beginning when we started that project. We wanted to be really good Yeah developers and we we wrote all the code with type hinting and Then after this long period of developing when we first like copied it to the hardware, right? So like Yeah, we figured out. Okay. Crap. There's no type hinting and then we spent like one day Removing our mess The other thing is that You can upload code in multiple ways. So One way is is to To use the serial interface there's like a file system emulator But that's quite slow. So that's fine when you want to replace like one file But when you want to upload the entire code Completely and we always did that because we wanted to make sure that we don't mess up there and make some mistakes We found out that it so for our code it took I think like three minutes for one board So that's quite a long time if you want to test out a small in a small change, right? So that's what really paid off to to test on the laptop But then later we found out that you can actually like include your code in the micro pattern image And then you can just flash the entire flash storage in one go and that takes like three seconds No matter how or four seconds no matter how big your code is. So That's something I would really recommend you also Especially it helps you in that phase where you need to roll out. So once we went to that factory and we had to like Roll the system out there. So we tested it there and it actually ran like for four weeks without a single support call So that that was quite nice We needed like a lot of units to To update a lot of units at once right and then this flashing really paid off and the other Yeah, hint is before you begin your development Make sure that the libraries you plan on using are Available in micro Python because that's also something that we didn't consider at all. We said, oh, yeah, you know And the laptop we have PIP and PIP has sort of everything and but then in the end we had to either like write a functionality or self or like find a different library so there is something called micro PIP and And there you can see whether the packages are available The other thing is that you can run the micro Python interpreter also on your on your local machine So if you have something where there is no graphic user interface That might be quite smart for local testing But I think for us it didn't work because of the of the GUI Because then there was no way to simulate the display or at least no easy way And so I would say the workflow should look like this First check the dependencies for your projects or like these libraries that they are available build a simulator implement it And then Simulate as much as you can test as much as you can on the laptop because there is just really fast and then later if there's Problems that you tested for on your laptop that show up later. You know that in the end is a hardware issue Maybe and then profit And so in deployment it yeah, it looked like this So there's quite a rough environment But these things are super cool because we just used the TESA power strips and we glued them to the machines in the end we made a Android app for the forklift drivers because they didn't like the small display. They wanted a bigger display and Now you might ask yourself that but you said you're a data scientist, right? So what does all this stuff have to do with data science? So one I'm Embedded systems guy by training and then in the PhD. I started data science, but Yeah, secondly if you want to do data science, but you have no data, right? You need to like develop your own means to to record data first and I'm running out of time So I will skip to the interesting bit So in the end because we we always Notified a dispatcher when the job state changes we could like make this Histogram for example is a cumulative histogram of the waiting time so the time between the machine operator pushing the button and The forklift showing up and then you can derive that Yeah for 80% of the of the packages basically takes less than two and a half minutes for some guy to show up and and take the package Then you can do the same thing for the turnaround time and you can see that the turn around so the complete cycle from picking it up to delivering the empty case Yeah, it's also below five minutes for 80% of the packages So that's where now the interesting stuff for me as a data scientist starts but in the beginning there was no data to analyze, right? So Yeah, that's that's why we why we invested the time in building this and also it's a lot of fun So I hope I could maybe motivate you to start your own Your own micro patent project with this and I'm happy to look forward looking forward to your questions Now so thanks Thank you very much Brian. So we have time for a couple of questions I can see that already people perfect. Please go ahead. Thank you Florian for the presentation. It was really interesting I have actually two questions. So at the beginning you mentioned that You are not going to use phones because of gloves, but at the end you used phones. So that's Yeah, so the rationale behind it. The second question is How does the dispatcher server? Assigns a machine to a full clip So how does it work? Is it like you put like already a machine and the full clip In one zone and then it's automatic or or is there is like a logic in the server? Okay, so so the first thing with the smartphones They told us that all machine operators wear gloves But that's due to that some of the parts that they make they have glossy surfaces So you don't want like fingerprints and grease them But the forklift drivers they don't wear gloves and also it turns out that many of the of the machine operators Actually didn't wear gloves. So that's something that the executives think think happens, but then like So in the end we also built a web version for calling the forklift you can see it here Because they had this touch screen this place, right? So they could choose between and like using the hardware and the touch screen For this the rationale was just the bigger screen size and also they wanted I Have the high slides here. So they wanted something where they could Make the system memorize where the where the box from that machine was stored in what storage place And that was much easier to implement in a web app than in micro I mean just the amount of time to to invest So we did it in a Two days or something. Yeah is that's where the MQT stuff really paid off because you can just switch Yeah, it doesn't it doesn't matter and then the dispatcher it works with You have the zones and basically the manager decides what forklift drives for which machines and Then the dispatcher looks for the next three forklift and just assigns that but you could do that You could do better than that for example, you could when you know that forklift a deliver something to machine one And you have two jobs waiting like from one from machine two and one from machine 25, right? Then maybe you wanted to work on the job for machine two because it's closer. So you could do that Thank you. Sorry. That was long answer Thank you very much. I'm sorry. We have questions, but unfortunately we are running out of time But the good news is we have a coffee break. So there's time for more. Yeah, so you can come here for me It's fine. I can stay here also. So let's give a last one of applause for Floyd on this


Good morning, I'm Mary Ellen and today I'm going to share with you my September favorites And I don't have very many but what I have I really really like and my number one thing is Autumn is here. I am so excited prior to September 22nd We had little tastes of autumn weather and we've had some warm days But we've had some really cool evenings and it is just my absolute favorite season of the year I've had people say why do you always say autumn? Well, that's what I was taught growing up and it's just too beautiful of a season to be called anything else But autumn in my book. I love the leaves. I love the crispness in the air It's like I really do come alive once autumn. I'm kind of like in a hibernation in the summer My brain is and everything else. I'm not a summer person And I really never have been but I've always enjoyed autumn We have a lot of farms in our area and I like the smell of soybeans being harvested and corn I just like everything about it. I do like pumpkin, but I am not a huge pumpkin spice fan I know a lot of people are I like it, but I don't love it at all I just enjoy the weather and I enjoy winter and spring and then I hibernate So that is my very favorite thing from September The next favorite thing is it is October and that is my birthday month and I am excited to turn 68 There are a lot of people that have not had that privilege And I am thrilled to be here and be talking about it The next item is something I bought several months ago But I have been shopping for for years and I'll at some point I'll put in a little piece of paper so you can see what I am talking about This is the fossil cross-body bag and it is 30 years old and I have liked it And you can't I don't think you can get them anymore, but it just became a little too small So in a document I wrote what the dimensions were I did find something Oh probably five years ago that was a little bit bigger and here this one is and this is from Wilson And it is a cross-body bag had a big pocket in the back Ample room on the inside and then like a zipper, but what is happening Jim and I aren't going anywhere with the exception of Grocery pickup and he goes to the doctor and I want to tell you his hips are horrible and he is on a Waiting list whenever the hospital start doing surgery again. They're too full He's gonna get a hip replacement and then hit when he heals. He'll get another hip replacement I think his spine problem. I don't know what we're gonna do about that. We'll just have to wait and see But he was a metal lather L-a-t-h-e-r Throughout his career and he you tie metal. I'm not exactly sure how it works But I know he did Hotels malls hospital and anything that is in metal inside these buildings. He did it So he also has shoulder and neck problems. So he's been using a walker for Several months and he's really having a hard time getting around So I just pray that we get a call not in the in the near future that he can get it done But here's my issue. I needed something bigger than this So I looked at a few handbags and I'll put a couple of them up So I searched and I mean I've been looking for probably two years for a little bit bigger cross body But now I need it and I like the one by Tori Burch And I'm gonna put photos in here of them in a lighter color so you can see the details So I typed the dimensions and kind of put that aside and then I liked Gucci so ho bag and there's a picture of that and then I started looking at Duny and Burke and Historically their handbags have always been really heavy I knew I did not want a heavy cross body But I needed a cross body or a shoulder bag and this can the one I found can be used either way And I'll put a picture of the one that I purchased and then I'll show you mine I bought mine in black and brown, but I'm showing you the red so you could see the details And here is mine right here. I could do without this, but it's there It has a big zipper on the outside. It has it's red on the inside And I'll take out the stuff that's in here so I can show you what I like. I Have just a bag of whatever Some reading glasses a Pen and a couple of lipsticks Or really lip glosses some of Jim's medication That's my little wallet and I love it. I've had it for a few years But it's it's all I need 99% of the time and then I have this little bag that I always keep and I usually put it out front of my Purse, so I don't have to get in it But this has fives and ones that I have a little mark on where the fives are and then the ones And I just keep it stocked in case I just need a little bit of something so I've got the money I don't have to get my wallet out. I don't have to go get any cash out. I don't get to have to lose my I'll do anything to avoid problems. I will tell you that and that makes it easy some peppermint gum and Some my glass cleaner, but I'll show you what I like about this number one. It's red. It's larger and it has Two large side pockets right here It has a large zipper on this side, but there's nothing in the middle So I can have all my things in here and then my things right here And this is perfect for me to put Jim's phone and his wallet and the big outside zipper compartment I have extra masks I have a hair tie and my phone goes in there and another feature I always like in Doonie purses is the key that you can put your key on here So depending on what I'm driving if I'm driving the van or if I'm driving the car Depends on what I put on this, but I couldn't be happier I signed up for emails from the company Doonie and Burke and I also watched QVC And I ended my ended up buying mine at QVC When it was on sale and Ebates was 10% and I was gonna show you the zipper. It's just like Excellent excellent zipper and in my little bag is some Kleenex some hand sanitizer And a little thing of Poo-Poo-Ree because you never know So this is all I need when we are out and about I really buy my handbags my cross bodies for Function and I do like them to last and I really don't think I'll have to buy another cross body bag So it is definitely Form and function over fashion, but I like this and if we are out and about and I need a big handbag This is one from Cole Hawn and it is It's probably 30 years old, but it you know, it's never gonna go out of style Tassels never go out of style even though my coloring is cool and I'm supposed to wear silver I always prefer the gold trim and I have other handbags, but what I use What I have in here is I just have this and all I have to do is put what I need in here And then I can change from one handbag to another But I am not going anywhere or I need a brown handbag or you know I used to kind of coordinate what I'm wearing, but I'm not needing to do that now But I will someday but I'm gonna slip in my only fail and and it's from Nordstrom I do like to shop from Nordstrom And I know that you have to have a credit card if you want this is what I this is what I think I know I may be wrong, but I think you have to have a credit card to order from their annual sale So I always have had a credit card back in the day when I was raising kids I had quite a few credit card balances. So I always pay my credit cards off in full But I got a notice from Nordstrom their annual percentage rate on their profile Purchases was going up to 18.9 percent $40 late payment fee. I was just shocked. So it's made me scared to death to use my Nordstrom car because what if I forget to pay it and I'm not paying interest anymore I've done that way in the past Well, I'm gonna put something up here and just show you and you guys probably you all probably already know that But if you have a $1,000 balance on a credit card and the rate is 8.9 percent And you make the monthly payment of $40. That's you know, the minimum monthly payment It is going to take you 71 months to pay that $1,000 off if you only make the minimum payment and that is one month shy of six years And your total payments are going to be $1,511 so you're going to be paying $511 interest. I understand I have been there But it just really aggravated me. So I thought I'd share with you several months ago I knew I needed some new some better shoes to wear in the house when I'm working I love my Sunook sandals and I have them in lots of colors But I needed something because I am flat-footed. I don't have problems yet with any of my joints But I'm I probably will so I went online and I ordered I read up on shoes and I ordered these shoes And these are thionics. I really thought they were cute I wore them exactly like they told me to and they never were comfortable ever ever ever So I did send those back as I was researching. I had heard about this company called spin-tile So I found a pair of sandals and they're as light as a feather. They have a nice arch support The heel bed is nice and deep and I ordered these and I ordered them from QVC and I absolutely love them Absolutely, love them. They wash off very nicely. I have inside and outside shoes and these are my inside shoes There's only one negative thing that I found this starts to wear off, but I just use a black magic marker I don't like it that it has a white foot bed, but because I don't if I'm like even going through the house It's just like white feet size 10 white feet size 10, and I'm glad I've got feet that work I wish this part would have been in black So anyway, I went back on QVC and I was looking for some more and I found these these are just slides They're made exactly the same way. They have black hair Super super super comfortable. I can put see me around the house this winter putting a pair of socks on and wearing these I've worn them without socks, but they really are comfortable and they give my feet a lot of support Some time ago. I was talking about the nest candles and a good friend of mine Sent me a message and she said that she was going to send me one of her favorite candles And she said it was the lemon pound cake and the first thing I thought to myself was pledge I love the scent of fresh lemons, but I don't like I There's not much that I like that's imitation lemon Well with the exception of this candle and it is wonderful She ordered it on Amazon and sent it to me and it's called keepers of the light And I think this is a 22 ounce one it is and it's supposed to burn 22 hours And it's just as cute as it can be I can smell it with the lid on it right now, and then I'm going to take it off I love it. I absolutely love it What I love is like I will only burn a candle for maybe an hour Maybe an hour maybe 30 minutes a day because I don't want a whole lot of scents in this house But I can smell it Away across the room after I have blown out the candles I think they have a 32 ounce and a six ounce and I think the 32 ounces four dollars more than this But I would recommend them for a candle lover, but and I really do It just smells good It smells like a lemon pound cakes bacon in your oven, and I know I will have a use for this jar when it's when it's complete I can think of a lot of things I can use this for and that's what that's important to me I'm going to talk about built bars. I was disappointed. I love the puffs I I love them. There's several that I love but the puffs the kind of ones that taste like marshmallows I ordered several boxes when they were available and and you only get 12 in a box Instead of 18 with a 10% discount that I get on them It made each bar 225 and I thought man, that's really high and then I thought well You've spent more than that for a little dessert So I feel okay about it, but I probably should have noticed it, but I didn't so when I got them I was kind of disappointed thanks to you all they did send me a sample of the cookie dough bars and I've got one right here and this is what they look like and they are delicious My preference is to not have any residue not have nuts or anything else in it and these don't it's kind of like just chunks of cookie dough and Of course, you know you chew and chew and chew and chew and chew, but they really are good I don't know if they are going to be available online when this comes out But if they go over well, it will probably it if it goes over well I'm sure it'll be a part of their permanent collection So that was good. I loved reading all of your suggestions about TV shows and many of you had recommended to me manifest and Sherry from home heart and help She recommended it and I'm gonna link her channel below and Cheryl from the free range diva. She had recommended it to me I am not much of a sci-fi person in fact Probably the most sci-fi I've ever been was back to the future when I took my kids here Or maybe Star Wars because I took my nephews to see that it grabbed me and I've watched 12 episodes I've kind of you know, maybe every other night. I've been watching it, but I've enjoyed it I think there's I'm not sure how many seasons and I know it's on Netflix It may be other places whenever I talk about a show or anybody else. I just search for it Where can I watch? You know, whatever it is. I'm wanting to watch and a lot of times it's on several different places But that's been a winner I do have a list and I have kept a list of any of the shows you've recommended to me Someone mentioned Anne with an E. I had started that I loved it and I got to the point where these bad guys were gonna come to their house And I just had to quit watching it So tell me if you're one of them that liked Anne with an E Let me know if I don't want him to get hurt Not funny, but that's true. I enjoyed it and I thought oh my gosh I don't want to see that part. This is coming from somebody who Isn't bothered by a lot of things on television, but I guess when it comes to children it just worries me. I Did watch a documentary and I think it was on Amazon Prime And it was Lulu Roe and I don't know how I did not know much about this, but I absolutely was fascinated I think there were four different parts. I am not here to judge anybody, but those type of MLMs They bother me. They really do bother me Because somebody most of the people always get hurt just the few that started earlier or go to the top there's always people that people are signing up and Not everybody can make a lot of money, but I did find that very interesting I love watching the voice and I have only watched two episodes. I watch it I don't watch them in real time and Something I've watched for absolutely every episode of and it might surprise some of you is survivor I've watched it from day one. I haven't watched any this season yet Again, I stack them up and I'll watch them, you know, like one night. I'll watch one and the next night I like the other but I like to kind of see that How they kind of work around and manipulate people I like pick out the manipulators really quickly and there's some parts I just fast forward. That's how I do it. And if you're still here, this is going to be a giveaway I'm going to give away two items today. I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't accept Hardly anything and dermatology had asked to send me something some time ago It was a it was the broad spectrum 45 the tinted moisturizer and with an SPF and the facial cleanser I Love the tinted moisturizer. I've purchased two. In fact, I just got a new one and In the I purchased some myself and in the mail I got the other day. I got the One the tinted moisturizer with an SPF of 46 and the broad spectrum 45 It is a sunscreen. It's not a moisturizer My favorite is a tinted moisturizer But I'm going to give both these away to one person and the other person is gonna I've got another one that I've I've got something else I'm excited about that I would love to use but I would rather you have it than me because I do have a lot of Brushes Lisa from BK Beauty sent me the new release of the angie hot and flashy. I think it's x angie x hot and flashy Brushes they look wonderful. Here's a picture of angie and I will link angie's channel below She designed these brushes specifically for her needs and specifically for the needs of people that are Over 50 is what I'm thinking all these brushes are new to BK Beauty They're all designed by angie and they sell for a hundred and twenty five dollars And if I decide I need them I'm gonna buy something but the first the set that was given to me I'm gonna give to you and I'm just gonna mail them in the box that I received them in with the card from angie and Yeah, I'm excited to give those away Since this is a giveaway I cannot reply to comments that you can go to any video even if it says I can't I can the only ones that I Can't reply to are active giveaways So what I want you to do in your comment below in a sentence either put SPF or Brushes Whoever comes up first will get their first pick So if you're not if you're only interested in the SPF just put SPF if you're interested in the brushes and not the SPF But brushes and if you're interested in both just put down what you want first This is international This will close in three days and then I will announce the winners in the next video. It is all good Thank you so much for being here. I mean it from the bottom of my heart I don't think anybody realizes how much it means to have people that actually enjoy what you have to say or Kind of you know, you know how it is Anyway, I will see you in my next video and take care. I Was The week before it actually The week and the winners of my last giveaway And somebody people it but So I just like that and it's just too


At the time of this recording, the class of 2020 is just freshly graduated, so congratulations, you guys. But now, you're heading out into a brave, very strange, new world, very strange right now in particular. So, what's next? So, to preface this video, I graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in film and media studies. Which is probably arguably one of the most useless degrees, after that, let's be honest. But it's still a degree! I also did not know exactly what I wanted to do when I got out of college. I went in thinking that I wanted to be a cinematographer, or something in the film industry, that's why I picked film. But that was not the case when I left. And so now I was faced with this crisis like, what am I going to do when I get out of school? And the piece of advice that has been shared with me a lot is that, it's okay if you don't know exactly what you want to do. In fact, most people still don't know exactly what they want to do. What most people like to do is they pick the first opportunity that comes for them, and a lot of the times they get trapped in that opportunity. And that happens to a lot of people. Just remember, we're trying to find that point in the middle. We're trying to find exactly what fulfills us. So that would be my first point of advice is, always be pursuing your why. Identify what really matters to you. What excites you, gets you up in the morning. What you want to work towards. That has helped me a lot. Just pursuing that why a lot. Like, I haven't come to the conclusion. I don't think that I will anytime soon, but it is a lot more solid than it used to be before I started college. And honestly, that sense of direction has been everything for me. If you notice, and you look at the greats and the people who have kind of created something for themselves, you'll notice that a lot of them actually had a mission. I'm re-listening to Elon Musk's book by Ashley Fans right now. One thing he did while in college was try to hone down on exactly what problems the Earth needed to solve the most. And he dedicated his life to this problem, and he's still doing that. So make sure that you take the time to really meditate on those things that matter to you. I'm on the way right now to go meet Daniel and his buddy. He's an American Ninja Warrior, Parkour, gymnast extraordinaire. What's good? I'm outside. Alright, so we're here on this structure in undisclosed location for now. And it's quite close to a store over there, but apparently it's alright, right Daniel? No one knows what's gonna happen. No one knows what's gonna happen. Nick and Daniel are gonna do a little choreo in the beginning, followed by a line down this pathway. And we're gonna wait for an opportunity when there aren't any cars, so we don't have to cause any trouble. And we're gonna just see if we can follow them down with the drone. How are you with heights? I'm fine. I trust my body more than I trust anything else, but that's why I hate roller coasters. I'm requesting for authorization, so if we're doing anything, it should be allowed. Alright, well, request approved. Alright, we're good. I'll hide behind the trashcan. Daniel, while I'm positioning, can you check one more time to see if anyone's there? Alright, ready, Nick? 3, 2, 1, go! Much love, gracias! Dude, yes! Yes! Oh, dude!  No, that's perfect. Woo! And I got that one. That's so sick. That was it! Look at this place. Oh my goodness. We're in San Diego still. I had no idea this was here. This is what? Let's hope nothing goes wrong. That was super fun. I have actually never filmed parkour or free-nirons before, and I've always kind of fantasized about it because it seems so cool, and it was very cool. We tried some pretty crazy stuff. I did not imagine us flying in a parking lot near Walmart today, but that's what we did. We didn't get kicked out. I got requested authorization, so it's like we were obeying the rules. I would say as a pilot, use your discretion, but you have to risk it for the biscuit. And that's actually my second point of this video, is you gotta take risks. Take big risks now while you're young, and you're not attached to anything, you know? One day you might have a family, you might have kids, you're gonna have to worry about other obligations. And it's only going to grow as you get older, so we have to use this time now when we can. You're never gonna know until you've actually attempted it. And the more things you try, then the more likely you are to find something that really resonates with you, that you're really good at and that you love doing. And once you find that, you've gotten a step closer to your why, and that leads back to step one. My third piece of advice is specifically for those people who only look in one direction of time. That means they're too forward-thinking, or they're too much stuck in the past, right? I'm personally very forward-thinking, so much to the point where I tend to neglect the present by thinking about the future, and also the past breakfast the same day. I'm really bad at it. And so my third piece of advice is to make sure that you plan and reflect. And the way I've gone about this, the best practice that I can offer you guys, is picking up a journal. There's no right or wrong way of journaling, but once you have an external brain is what I like to call it, then you're good, you know? You're able to write things down and refer back to them later. And also just the acts of taking a pencil and actually having the tactile sensation of writing a word down, being able to feel the paper, something about that really reinforces your thoughts into your memory. So I highly recommend getting a journal, writing down what you want to do, what you did do, everything, you know? It's going to help a lot, I promise. So make sure you plan and you reflect. That's going to help you get a step closer to your coin. Okay, so I just dropped off something to a friend. I can't show you the place just because it's still... I said an NDA and I'm not allowed to tell anybody about it for three months. What sucks, this is an unpaid internship I've been working for the last month. Even though it's unpaid, it's for a company and people that I thought would take me much longer to even find work with. So if money was my priority, I probably wouldn't have taken it, which would probably not have been the best choice for myself. That being said, this is my next piece of advice for graduating students who are under the same impression as me that think once you're out of school, the objective is to make as much money as possible. And I can see why that is a thing. When we're in school, our objective is to get the best grade possible. It's to get the best X possible. The biggest measurement we possibly can out of the task we are doing. And money is such an easily measurable object, right? But this is my piece of advice and something that I've learned over the past year is that money is not the only source of value. There's a lot of things that you can do that don't result in money that are still as or even maybe more valuable than working a job that gives you a lot of money. There's a lot of advice from Tim Ferriss and Gary Vee that they talk about people they know who are some of the richest in the world who are also the most miserable. And while money is easy to measure and it's a huge status symbol that you can't really deny the significance of, what good is it if you're unhappy and you're not even enjoying your life? It's hard to imagine what good money is if you're living a miserable life, right? So there's a lot of things that you can invest in that aren't monetary, right? Yourself, into skills, into relationships. It's been really hard for me to cope with not making a lot of money. I've been freelancing and ever since COVID happened, pretty much all my freelance jobs have gone. So it's been hard telling myself this, right? And I'm sure a lot of people are dealing with this as well, but you have to understand that there are so many things you can do to make money. So like getting a simple job or finding passive forms of income. But at the same time, while you're investing in yourself and new skills, you are positioning yourself to have better jobs. And by investing in your relationships, you are meeting more people and opening up the gates of opportunity for later on. It's a longer term investment. And while that might not bring money, it will bring a lot more positive things and the money will come. So tip number four is money is not the only form of value. And remember that. Yo, H, where we at right now? What's good? We're out here in San Diego, best city in the world after LA. Oh, I have not practiced in public or at all in the last three months. So we'll see what happens. Very out of shape, but I'm glad we got the session. And it's been like three months since I've had a public session. Well, it was nice being a part of the breaking community again. Haven't really been a part of that for a while. But yeah, I'm happy and blessed to have it. I hope you guys also have your communities that you're reaching out to as well.  And I feel like this is probably the most important. Is just that remember that even though it feels like every passing day might feel wasted because you still have been landed a job and you may feel doubt and even worthlessness. I know I definitely have. But don't forget that your twenties only lasts for so long. You know, just think about how quickly your time in high school or college flew by. I feel like twenties are only get faster and I've heard it's only gotten faster from there. And so make sure you enjoy and you save for the journey. Don't worry, you're going to be okay.  So don't forget that you're always in charge of your mentality. And once you remember that, then you can always remember that you can be present in this moment and you can decide whether you want to suffer or you can decide to sit with it and just be grateful for even being here in this moment. Yeah, that's my last piece of advice for college graduates. So I hope these tips helped you guys because I distilled these from my last year out of college and they have, these have been the biggest points that have made my experience great and that have been helping lead to bigger opportunities, which I have no doubt are coming. I mean, just within these last few months in quarantine, I feel like they've been the most productive out of the last year that I've been out of school. I started an internship. I got a sponsorship from as a pilot for drones. I didn't even fly drones before quarantine started. So a lot of it's happened and these tips that I'm giving you guys have helped a lot and making that possible. So I hope they help you as well. And yeah, let me know how it goes. Keep me updated because you got a friend right here. Don't forget that and I hope to see you guys soon. Take care. Peace.