Randy Rasa
@rrasa.bsky.social
West-central Missouri farmboy, amateur naturalist, trail-builder, bike-rider, picture-taker, reader, super-volunteer, just trying to make my little community a better place.
#nativeplants, #habitatrestoration, #retirement #personalfinance
#nativeplants, #habitatrestoration, #retirement #personalfinance
What Writing 250 Pulp Stories in the 90s Taught Me About Taming AI
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What Writing 250 Pulp Stories in the 90s Taught Me About Taming AI
Timeless lessons from my pulp apprenticeship
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December 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What Writing 250 Pulp Stories in the 90s Taught Me About Taming AI
medium.com/@randyra/wha...
medium.com/@randyra/wha...
What NotebookLM Taught Me About My Entrepreneurial Career medium.com/@randyra/wha...
What NotebookLM Taught Me About My Entrepreneurial Career
Insights from 30 years of shareware, SEO, and surviving tech waves.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
What NotebookLM Taught Me About My Entrepreneurial Career medium.com/@randyra/wha...
How I Pivoted From Shareware to AdSense: Building a Solitaire Empire: medium.com/@randyra/how... #solitaire #shareware #webdevelopment #adsense #passiveincome
How I Pivoted From Shareware to AdSense: Building a Solitaire Empire
From mailing floppy disks to mastering Google AdSense: How I turned a “gap year” into a decade of passive income.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How I Pivoted From Shareware to AdSense: Building a Solitaire Empire: medium.com/@randyra/how... #solitaire #shareware #webdevelopment #adsense #passiveincome
I just published How I Sold Shareware by Mail in the 1990s medium.com/p/how-i-sold...
How I Sold Shareware by Mail in the 1990s
The story of Solitaire Suite, the “beg screen,” and a time when the internet ran on trust and postage stamps.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I just published How I Sold Shareware by Mail in the 1990s medium.com/p/how-i-sold...
Visited Snowball Hill Prairie for the first time yesterday. What a nice site. It's very interesting to see the dramatic difference in species between the remnant prairie portion and the reconstructed prairie portion. #prairie #nativeplants @moprairie.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Visited Snowball Hill Prairie for the first time yesterday. What a nice site. It's very interesting to see the dramatic difference in species between the remnant prairie portion and the reconstructed prairie portion. #prairie #nativeplants @moprairie.bsky.social
First #monarch baby at Higginsville City Lake Trails #higginsvillemo
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
First #monarch baby at Higginsville City Lake Trails #higginsvillemo
First Common Milkweed blossom of 2025 opened today at #higginsvillecitylaketrails
June 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
First Common Milkweed blossom of 2025 opened today at #higginsvillecitylaketrails
Monarch on Green Antelopehorn Milkweed at #higginsvillecitylaketrails #higginsvillemo
May 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Monarch on Green Antelopehorn Milkweed at #higginsvillecitylaketrails #higginsvillemo
Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) is popping at Higginsville City lake Trails 😍
May 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) is popping at Higginsville City lake Trails 😍
One of the first #milkweed blooms of the year, at Higginsville City Lake Trails #GreenAntelopehorn #Asclepiasviridis
May 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One of the first #milkweed blooms of the year, at Higginsville City Lake Trails #GreenAntelopehorn #Asclepiasviridis
A Spring Azure on American Plum at Higginsville City Lake Trails in Higginsville MO. First butterfly photo of the year!
March 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A Spring Azure on American Plum at Higginsville City Lake Trails in Higginsville MO. First butterfly photo of the year!
A short video spotlighting my work with Thrive Allen County @thriveallen.bsky.social and Lehigh Portland Trails in Iola KS www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO9x...
Meet the Board 4/7 | Randy Rasa
YouTube video by Thrive Allen County
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February 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A short video spotlighting my work with Thrive Allen County @thriveallen.bsky.social and Lehigh Portland Trails in Iola KS www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO9x...
Updated to Linux Mint 22.1 today. I had been running an older version for several years, and it was fine, but it was time to bring things up to date. Did a full fresh install. Super smooth and easy 😎 #linuxmint
January 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Updated to Linux Mint 22.1 today. I had been running an older version for several years, and it was fine, but it was time to bring things up to date. Did a full fresh install. Super smooth and easy 😎 #linuxmint
A sign of snow fatigue / getting soft: I bought myself a spin bike, and am in the process of fitting it out to connect to #Zwift or some other virtual cycling app. I've found #Copilot AI surprisingly helpful in sussing out the details of configuring apps, sensors, platforms, displays, etc.
January 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In 2024, I read 58 books (mostly audiobooks). The big project was a re-read of the entire "Matthew Scudder" series from Lawrence Block, followed by sampling a number of urban fantasy series.
December 31, 2024 at 11:40 PM
In 2024, I read 58 books (mostly audiobooks). The big project was a re-read of the entire "Matthew Scudder" series from Lawrence Block, followed by sampling a number of urban fantasy series.
Just listened to @themountaingoats.bsky.social "Get Lonely" again ... what an extraordinarily lovely, quiet, but brutal album.
Get Lonely - YouTube
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December 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Just listened to @themountaingoats.bsky.social "Get Lonely" again ... what an extraordinarily lovely, quiet, but brutal album.
Rather than purchasing a new laptop, I bumped up my RAM to 32GB. Now I can have even more tabs open at once!
#linuxmint #linux
#linuxmint #linux
December 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Rather than purchasing a new laptop, I bumped up my RAM to 32GB. Now I can have even more tabs open at once!
#linuxmint #linux
#linuxmint #linux
I've seen similar recommendations from other respected sources, and I'm beginning to see the potential of #bitcoin as a diversification asset. I recently bought a bit of #FBTC, but I'm not up to 2% yet. Thoughts?
BlackRock recommends bitcoin portfolio weighting of up to 2% for interested investors
BlackRock recommends that interested investors consider allocating as much as 2% of their portfolio to bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, the giant asset manager said in a report on Thursday.
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December 17, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Missouri politics can be incredibly bipolar. Voters approve common-sense progressive amendments, and at the same time elect state politicians who explicitly vow to overturn those same amendments. It's insane.
Here we go again…https://open.substack.com/pub/jesspiper/p/overturning-the-will-of-the-people?r=cxnub
Overturning the Will of the People
A red state tradition...
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December 15, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Missouri politics can be incredibly bipolar. Voters approve common-sense progressive amendments, and at the same time elect state politicians who explicitly vow to overturn those same amendments. It's insane.
One of the charming things about small town life: Letters to Santa in the local newspaper ... 8 pages worth! #smalltown #rural #missouri
December 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM
One of the charming things about small town life: Letters to Santa in the local newspaper ... 8 pages worth! #smalltown #rural #missouri
Brilliant sunset yesterday evening in Higginsville MO.
December 10, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Brilliant sunset yesterday evening in Higginsville MO.
Frost flowers! These ephemeral ice sculptures are formed by the hydraulic action of ice being extruded from the stems of White Crownbeard. So pretty. #verbesinavirginica #frostflowers #frostweed #iolaks #nativeplants
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Frost flowers! These ephemeral ice sculptures are formed by the hydraulic action of ice being extruded from the stems of White Crownbeard. So pretty. #verbesinavirginica #frostflowers #frostweed #iolaks #nativeplants
We had about 5 inches of snow a few days ago, and I finally was able to get out onto my little prairie project at Higginsville City Lake. Spread some seeds on small areas I burned a few weeks ago, and saw tracks of turkey, deer, coyote, and lots of little birds and critters out and about. Fun!
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM
We had about 5 inches of snow a few days ago, and I finally was able to get out onto my little prairie project at Higginsville City Lake. Spread some seeds on small areas I burned a few weeks ago, and saw tracks of turkey, deer, coyote, and lots of little birds and critters out and about. Fun!
Goldenrod in the snow on a bit of prairie at Higginsville City Lake Trails in Higginsville MO. #nativeplants
December 3, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Goldenrod in the snow on a bit of prairie at Higginsville City Lake Trails in Higginsville MO. #nativeplants