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Finally Admitting It ...

I'm tired of living like this ...

I didn’t know how else it live?

It worked, for survival purposes ?!?

I survived, so it worked; right ?!?

Though now I also have a viable means of escape; moreover, I’m approaching escape velocity …

The DreamFreely Store is HERE !!!

I’d bookmarked a few tweets I’d seen about building with Django & Stripe … and a few days ago I finally went through and did the damn thang-thang !!

It works, it’s simple. Provides the three primary products that are for sale.

Rebel Coding | Poetry | Investments

Wonderfully enough this completes the Rebel Coding stack by providing a payment method other than Venmo, PayPal or the like ~ I have gone back to Gumroad for the 14-day survey course. It’s just the easiest.

As well, I’ve outlined a 20-day Manifest Empathy course !! Really excited about that ~ will flesh it out a bit more, and then solicit feedback :)

The the quandary remains, what to do about subscriptions … though I’m approaching an answer there as well … waiting on a reply myself jeje … Though I really do appreciate the platform. It seems reasonable enough to start with the $9 per month level … I’m still waiting to see if I can get an answer about connecting through the instance I’ve spun up ~

Housing Update

Ugh … just kind of crappy stories; and then I skipped out on visiting the land today because I just don’t have the money upfront. It’s more frustrating to discuss from such a place … So back to work it was.

Though I’m incredibly excited with all that is transpiring (there’s an additional work project that has been given the greenlight!!) It’s an odd transition period of sorts.

Sadly, I don’t really trust anyone around me :/

Each of them have tried to leverage my ignorance to their advantage; not menacingly, but … it’s how people have been wired I suppose.

Moreover, yes — I don’t like living with people, listening to them in the morning … it prevents me from being able to conduct myself with ease … and then people want to talk … and it’s just like … no, don’t … let’s not … ergo the best way to prevent it all is to never exit my room …

I’m tired of living like this …

Though I’m near the exit … I do need to get up the gumption to figure out what to do about my motorcycle. It’s fallen a few times, and there may be a *small* bit of fluid leaking; need to get that checked out.

I’ve also purchased a pair of glasses; they’ll be available in a week or so.

I finally ran out of rolling papers … jaja … which is fine.

Contextually Speaking

The blog has received a few new posts as well; another reason I like the idea of Ghost —blog posts and email updates can be the same things! Anywho …

Spread the Word !!!

Please, this is a post to share, briefly announcing the Rebel Coding collection of products. One possible update might read:

If you’ve ever been the least bit interested in learning how to code, here are TWO excellent introductions, as cheap as free or $100 for a month of coaching through the program: https://blog.cultureclap.com/spread-the-word.

Or somethin’ like that would be nifty …

While this is an announcement I’m still scared about making; though I’m interested in crypto … I’ve been doing a bit of research, and have always been poking around; learning a bit about DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) … which have been around long enough to start seeing their reflections aren’t reflecting all of the above ordered words as they might have once thought …

Not to say that there aren’t possibilities, and I’m excited to start exploring them … while I think I’ve even settled on a coin … Solana … It’s unique evolution is using a time stamp in it’s packets to order itself on the chain more efficiently. To be technical about things.

Regardless, I’ve reached out to a friend and will continue diving into this space to see what there might be to offer. And I’m excited about the possibilities.

The Probabilities

I’ve almost got everything back in my possession. Two bags remain at my aunt’s house; I’ll get those soon.

Next up is a trip to Bogota in a week or so; I’ll be coordinating with a friend. The purpose is primarily to get my second dose of the vaccine, as well, I’ll be recording with a friend.

After writing a few threads about Rebel Coding, etc; I’ll rig those up on the TwitterWheel for output. As well, the idea is to reach out to a few other groups of potential investment pools.

The tools have all been shaped, or are in sight of final preliminary formation.

The DF Investment Center really is the last missing piece.

Finally, there are only us three … the bank, the process and me, the recipient!

Would love to hear what y’all think :)

Thanks for the reads and the support y’all!

Peaces,

Canin Carlos

Culture Clap's Weekend Update :p

Music is on it's way !! Back to Notion & Movin' again ..?

Ok, wow !! Quick lil’ weekend update, so let’s dig in — the first three songs are nearly ready for upload; there’s just a few effects left to add, maybe a bit of mastering — then blamo, we’re uploading!

I’m super excited (can you tell?), and I think I found a name for them too, I’ll be calling them triplets, and the series will just be Culture Clap Monthly.

Here’s an arguably silly cover image I made for July’s release called Daddy Raps …

Though I dig it … there’s something there and it works with the music.

Daddy Raps tracklist:

1. No Tengo (ft. Melancoloco & Mr Boombap)

2. Brillante (ft. Mr Boombap, Mr Alian & Skrapp)

3. Better Than (It Never Was)

So what’s the plan ?

The plan is to plop these tunes on to streaming services, as well as providing videos on YouTube. Combining with forthcoming videos of me playing covers, the idea is to drum up as many YouTube Subscribers as possible (have you subscribed yet ?!?) Then I need to find this month’s beats. It’s quite a bit, but I think we can get into it …

The music for the group album has been laid out; now it is for others to add their parts and adjust as necessary.

I re-recorded a part for the When Animals Attack album, while I’ve also finalized my parts for the song with Melanco. I still need to write a final verse for bRoken! Though I just came to that conclusion. While the final, group track still needs to be recorded. Though we do now have the beat!

Detour > Twitch

This, Twitch, is the next step for everything, tbh.

Coding + Freestyling

But the coding is the most important, as this keeps me working on getting the technical components out into the public. Next up is learning Docker, and getting all of the projects into their respective containers, and uploaded to Github.

Then I need to learn testing, while finally I’ll dig into rebuilding the web properties.

I’ve been blessed with the chance to live a four-day work week for the foreseeable future; ergo, I’ll have my weekends accessible to recharge and renew myself each week !! My last Saturday class brought up a topic that provide the necessary conversation segue into informing them about my no-more-Saturday-classes.

This is the new schedule. Yes, there is one lingering class on Fridays, though it’s with a student that I’ve had for quite sometime. So long as I have internet service, I’m able to make the class. And if not … she actually forgot to cancel last Friday’s class :/ I’m not worried, and neither is she … thankful to have such relationships with my students/clients.

While the idea is to maintain a Twitch schedule that is sustainable. Five days per week, but twice a week though are just check-ins. The three center days are workdays, build apps, build programs, and do it all online.

Back to Notion

OMG, I’ve returned to that best of an organizational tool; and I think I’ve had another idea. I’m actually going to build each of our domain’s primary web-sites into Notion pages. It’s just easier.

Notion has FINALLY built an API by which developers can tap into our own data, to plug and play as needed. Meaning, I can build an app to maintain certain aspects of my blog with INCREDIBLE ease from my phone. Idea being to first send to my personal database, then onward to the Notion platform for publication. When I don’t have service no worries, and I can get necessary data updates in smaller packets if necessary.I’m

I’m definitely still changing things up, but you can get a sense for the direction. Additionally, all of this has already been templated out. It’s not just about filling in the blanks, refining and consistently maintaining. Hence the eventual creation of an app.

On another tech-note, I’ve started using Brave browser, and am looking to move as far from Google as I can, starting with which browsers I use. One of the few drawbacks is the number of email domains I’m able to manage through DreamFreely and ScreamFreely (400 collectively). I signed each domain up when the Google for Domains program was first offered, and only require the basics. The idea will be to pare down the number of addresses actually used for each domain, and move forward accordingly.

Lastly, on a business note, I’ve finally started publishing content around the fundraising, etc … here’s one of the first takes on the idea, The N-Step Plan to Breaking VC. I’ve got the pitch deck ready as well; which I might either publish as a Substack post as well … likely as a blog post instead, actually now that I think about it :/

Latin American GeoPolitical updates

I don’t really have any at this juncture. I’ve been so focused on music, etc … Duque isn’t doing himself many favors these days. Neither are those around him … we’ll see what happens.

Personal Updates

Honestly, I recently bought a pound of marijuana.

I’m not trying to abuse it. It was within my budget, I just paid rent, and have saved from my last paycheck the same amount I used to earn nearly 1 year ago.

I’ve got a solid set of projects ahead of me. I’ve got a supportive group of people around me. And I’ve got the resources necessary to accomplish it all.

A few things, I do need to be more diligent about my hygiene and medical safety. More masks, more hand sanitizer, less human contact :/

I’m gonna send this off and call it solid. I am expecting there to still be a few more changes with this platform over the next six months FYI (moving back to Mailchimp). This platform recently booted someone off of here for promoting something they couldn’t get a piece of … while I’ve already mentioned my discontent with their editorial choices, as a company.

We’ll discuss this more, as the conversation of creator-economy, and creators, is growing; and so pertinent to these words I’m writing at this very moment !

That said, thank you for reading; until next time, safe travels, light and laughter.

c.