Billy

@billyyork

www.twooaksdesign.com Making wood work in west Austin Tx/Dripping Springs Father, Husband & photographer. He/Him

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Billy@billyyork· 29d

www.si.com/mlb/2018/11/...

Sign stealing is one of the oldest tricks in baseball, but teams today are using technology to find any competitive edge that exists.

According to Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, electronic surveillance is a growing trend around the league, with "many" teams using up to six "high magnification cameras" in their home ballpark specifically for stealing opposing teams's signs.

In Los Angeles, the Dodgers' video room three years ago played host to starter Zack Greinke watching for weaknesses in opposing hitters. This season, the set up has a much different objective.

This year, if you walked into the same room you would have found a small army of 20-something analysts in polo shirts and slacks pouring over video from the in-house cameras, like the security room at a Vegas casino. Most teams train their cameras on the catcher, the pitcher (from several angles), the third base coach and the dugout.

These cameras are not used for training purposes. They are used expressly for stealing signs and deciphering “tells” from pitchers.

"We’ve reached a point,” said one club executive, “where the attractiveness of the sport as an entertainment option has been lost in the quest to find every incremental edge. And video has changed things rapidly. I’m increasingly thinking something has to be done."

Billy@billyyork· May 1

Extremely grateful to have sold this beauty. The buyers loved my stuff they bought this smaller elm piece as well. #woodworking #functionalart #bsnm #epoxyart #liveedge #coffeetable

Love edge pecab slab with turquoise inlay. The wood is golden brown with lots of figuring.

Close up shot of the turquoise in a big hole im the pecan.

Love edge elm slab with flowyline tulip base.

Billy@billyyork· Apr 25

New products hot out the spray booth. First is a mesquite wood coffee table with turquoise inlay. The second is pecan wood with turquoise inlay. #coffeetable #mesquitewood #pecanwood #woodworking #bsnm #epoxyart #epoxyresin

Billy@billyyork· Apr 2

All of but one of these were from before I was born. I just think its unlikely younger millinials were listening to this, unless their parents were forcing them to.

Top Solo Hits
"Edge of Seventeen" (1981): Often cited as her premier solo anthem.
"Stand Back" (1983): A high-energy hit featuring synthesizer work.
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (1981): A classic duet with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
"Leather and Lace" (1981): A duet with Don Henley.
"Talk to Me" (1985): A popular track from the Rock a Little album.
"Rooms on Fire" (1989): A top hit from The Other Side of the Mirror.
"If Anyone Falls" (1983): Known for its memorable key change.

Billy@billyyork· Mar 5

This is too cool not to share. Working on a desk for my most awesome customer ever, my daughter. Its entirely her ideas from wood selection to the lightning to the colors. She's also helping build it as well. #woodworking #epoxyart #epoxy #workshop #bsnm

Bolivian Rosewood table with lightning carved into it, with various color pinks and purples for the inlay.

Billy@billyyork· Mar 3

This beauty is ready to ship off to California. #madeinusa #madeintx #woodworking #woodshop #lazysusan #kitchendesign #kitchen

Billy@billyyork· Feb 15

I think you're partially joking, but people be buying high end stuff of facebook. Both of these were custom orders I got from marketplace. 6ft epoxy desk and live edge elm coffee table. I never knew, blew my mind when I found out and so I tried it and so far, people are buying them.

Walnut and epoxy "islands" river desk. The walnut is rich brownish Grey and the epoxy is peacock teal.

6ft walnut epoxy river desk with black legs..

Live edge elm with unique oval legs from flowy line. The Elm is a rich brown with lots od swirl figuring.

Billy@billyyork· Feb 12

The mouse when you cant find it.

Billy@billyyork· Feb 11

Sorry i noped out right here. It does none of these things well, at all, and especially not as good as a human. Moreover, study after study has shown that people that do rely on AI to do such tasks actually get dumber, waste more time fixing its errors, and take longer to complete said tasks.

There are gobs of money to be made selling enterprise software, but dulling the impact of AI is also a useful feint. This is a technology that can digest a hundred reports before you’ve finished your coffee, draft and analyze documents faster than teams of paralegals, compose music indistinguishable from the genius of a pop star or a Juilliard grad, code—really code, not just copy-paste from Stack Overflow—with the precision of a top engineer. Tasks that once required skill, judgment, and years of training are now being executed, relentlessly and indifferently, by software that learns as it goes.

Billy@billyyork· Feb 11

Processing 100 board feet of Bolivian Rosewood. Maybe halfway through planing and the drum is completely full. Bolivian Rosewood is by far the most popular #lazysusan order I get off Etsy. #woodworking #madeinusa #bsnm #functionalart

35 gallon drum completely full of Bolivian Rosewood.

Billy@billyyork· Jan 17

The problem with that is typically only pieces of shit run for office. For every AOC, whom I've never met but feel safe presuming she's not a PoS, there are a hundred Newsoms, Greg Abbotts, Ted Cruz

i wanna be really clear on something ...

i've met, and had to work around, gavin newsom... and he's a piece of shit.

he shouldn't be the governor let alone president. whether or not "he's better than trump" is something only ignorant halfwits talk about.

no more pieces of shit in government.

Billy@billyyork· Jan 15

Shocking!

The players were given had the option of accepting the signs, or disregarding them. If players didn’t want to participate, that was fine too. All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve never took part, his teammates insist, but no one wants to hear it. He still is taunted and incessantly booed on the road.

Billy@billyyork· Jan 8

this person has replies and quotes turned off, but its also important to note that the fire wasn't even set by protestors, it was set by right wing extremists trying to get it blamed on the protestors and or just cause anarchy www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...

Billy@billyyork· Dec 25

Thats what im talking about.

Big green egg smoked turkey. The skin is perfect golden brown, with garlic, rosemary, basil, Italian seasoning for the rub.

Billy@billyyork· Dec 15

When I'm making big tables and #lazysusans I have my #cncmachine making games and puzzles. you can order any of these in time from #Christmas www.twooaksdesign.com or from my Etsy. #stockingstuffers #stockingstufferideas #woodpuzzle #woodgames #woodworking #workshop #bsnm

Hardwood puzzle made from Bolivian Rosewood.
This Rosewood is practically all the orders I get for lazy susans on Etsy. So I end up with a lot of scrap. Being able to re use the scrap helps climate wasted wood, even if it would eventually biodegrade in nature.

Marble solitaire. Another piece i make from off cuts of Bolivian Rosewood lazy susan orders

Pocket maze, this maze is 4" and has a tiny bearing in it. Made from off cuts scrap wood.

Phase10 scorecard and box. The box holds the playing cards, the scorecard and the pegs.

Billy@billyyork· Dec 5

Who said #lazysusans had to be round? On the left is Bolviian Rosewood, made from off cuts of larger lazy susan orders I've had. On the right is Pecan wood with epoxy river through it. #woodworking #epoxy #workshop #madeinusa

Two lazy susans, on the left is Bolivian Rosewood, cut so it looks like a pinwheel.
On the right is Pecan with green epoxy river.
Both are square with the corners cut off making them look more like hexagons

Billy@billyyork· Dec 5

Billy@billyyork· Dec 4

recently finished this small coffee table to bring to a christmas market this weekend. Its made from Elm that features crotch wood providing amazing figuring. #Liveedge #woodworking #coffeetable

small live edge coffee table made from Elm, featuring crotch wood that shows amazing figuring. the base is "tulip" from flowyline.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 28

I am thrilled at how this one turned out. I need to take some product shots, but wanted to show it off as is. If you like this, I have more beautiful slabs from this log and im doing 20% off this week on dining tables. #bsnm #woodworking #workshop #epoxyart #EpoxyRiverTable #epoxy #diningtable

4x4 Epxoy river table with Elm slabs. Bleached and stained Grey.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 25

Seeing #WeAintBuyingIt all over my timeline. More often than not I see people are more talk than act with #ShopSmall But I am running 20% off dinning sets this week. I also make #LazySusans and #Phase10 scorecard and boxes, both make excellent gifts. Www.twooaksdesign.com #bsnm #blackfriday

5x8 butcher block style dining table with metal legs.

Phase10 scorecard with a box that holds the scorecard, the playing cards and pegs for keeping score.

Epoxy river table about to have finish applied.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 23

why are you still on facebook, if this is how you respond to a small business ad that facebook targeted at you?

an unhinged rant from someone who facebook targeted one of my ads to.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 13

Final test fit. #likeaglove #woodworking

curved dining table legs from Rusty Design mounted to the bottom of an Elm and Epoxy river table

Billy@billyyork· Nov 13

The best part of having a CNC is having it do more tedious tasks so I can work on my important things. #woodworking #dstx #madeintexas #madeinusa #workshop #rivertable #epoxyresin #epoxyart

Billy@billyyork· Nov 12

Meanwhile, I just got this from @troyhunt.com's @haveibeenpwned.com Only nearly 2 BILLION passwords and emails hacked.

Have i been pwned email notification that one of my emails was found in the Stnthent Credential Stuffing Threat Data along with nearly 2 billion other accounts.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 6

I'm doing a restoration on a mango wood table and its been great. I'm not sure what the hell finish they put on it but it completely hides all the features of the wood. #diningtable #madeinusa #madeintexas #handmade #bsnm #functionalart

Veritas bevel up smoother plane, working mango wood legs for a dining table restoration.

Billy@billyyork· Nov 4

Lol Houston has so many NY transplants that this take is moronic. ...and also the Cali techbros and conservatives move to Austin, and TX respectively. Which is part of why we cant get dems to win a statewide election. In general thoug the people aren't moving cause of politics.

Chart showing amount of people from each state moving to Texas according to 2022 data provided by Texas A&M

Billy@billyyork· Oct 31

Every year a neighbor does a chili cook off before we take the kids trick or treating. I'm making Tri-tip chili. I proposed we call it "Just the Tip Chili" to my wife... she was unamused.

Smoked tri-tip cut up on a cutting board.

Smoked tri tip chili in a cast iron Dutch oven. The chili is made with beef tri-tip, bell peppers, beans, and tomatoes, bacon and pork sausage.

Billy@billyyork· Oct 31

#turquoise and #mesquite Name a better duo, I'll wait. #liveedge #MadeInUSA #MadeInTexas #woodworking

Various size turquoise from large touch very small inlayed in live edge mesquite slab with freshly poured casting epoxy.

Billy@billyyork· Oct 30

My i present to you:

A collage of blonde women fox news hosts

Billy@billyyork· Oct 23

Beware the #shopdog. Puppy Leo was very curious and playful. Throwback to working out of my garage and on a driveway. After recovering the tape measure, this ended up being an epoxy river corner desk. No tape measures were harmed in the making. #workshop #woodworking