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Jays n Dees Projects in 2025

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A Quick Post on Our Projects in 2025

Last Updated: 2nd April 2025

This quick post has been created to keep readers knowledgeable on Jays n Dees projects for 2025.
It is already starting April, so once again the year is galloping away from Us.

However, there are a few major projects already in Our sights, and some that We are already undertaking.
Hopefully you can find some inspiration from these if you are loking for something (else) to accomplish!

Let’s go through some of Our Projects now and provide a breakdown for each of them:

Jays n Dees e-Store

The major project of 2025 would have to be Our e-Store, www.jaysndees.com. It is true that we also have Our Blog (from where you are reading this), and Our Free LTC and DASH Cryptocurrency Faucets, but the big ambition is to build the e-store up to its’ full potential.

We are limiting the e-Store to Australia for the moment, but eventually the plan will be for international reach.
Australian Print Providers are used, and we offer Free Post for Australia.

We did initially have the store set for worldwide, but the amount of problems that were faced in the beginning trying to get things right was quite exhausting for me (D1) as I am still even learning new things.
I have posted on StackOverflow a small number of times, and there is also a large amount of reading and learning I am still yet to do, from lots of different data sources.

To date, everything listed in the e-Store is Approved. There is nothing in the Google Merchant Centre (I am Australian, so it is ‘re’, and not ‘er’) that is Limited or Not Approved. There are some missing signals for Australia under ‘Store Quality’, but even though I have the items listed in that particular sectionalready, I am a bit stuck on them for the moment.

Novel (Sept/Oct 2024) Project

Sometime back in September 2024, I began drafting up a novel. There are no mentions of plot or storyline within this post. I do not want to spoil anything for any potential future readers.

Whilst I managed to build something up to around the low 30s in chapters, the story wasn’t working properly. I would need to go right back to the beginning, and rebuild it from there. I found that I had many holes in the main story, and even some of the other bits and pieces of it just didn’t quite make sense.

This year though, I do plan to complete it and make it available as a digital product through Our e-Store, and also potentially other ebook outlets.

Cryptocurrency

This year so far has already seen some interesting developments.

We currently have around 90% of Our crypto portfolio locked into rewards earning cryptos, namely Cosmos and Osmosis.
About a week ago now, we received a message via Our Self Custody Wallet that their support for Osmosis was ending, and that we needed to unstake Our funds and convert them to something else. We have around a week left of them being locked (unstaking takes 15 days), and then we will need to convert them to a supported coin.

I think that any of that particular crypto will be converted to Cosmos, where it will be able to still earn a decent yield.

Throughout the course of 2025, the main plan with it all is to just let it all earn wherever we can. Once again, there will be no investments.

We still utilise Our cryptocurrency mining rig. The only change here is the coin it is used to mine for. We have switched it back to mining Ethereum Classic (ETC), mostly because of the cooler months that we are coming into.

Home Projects

There are many a number of projects that we are needing to do around Our property, but this year I have decided to focus on a small group of them.

Obviously there is lots of building and renovating to do, and these jobs will be completed as time and money permits.

I have mostly completed setting up and preparing the garden beds for this year. There is going to be lots of garlic to hopefully sell once it is finished. I purchased some different varieties of garlic to try out this year along with what we usually do, so it is certainly going to be an interesting season with this!

We are going in and planting a large variety of the produce we consume on a regular basis, mainly to try and save some money at the supermarkets with shopping. With a family of 6 to feed, this is not a cheap exercise at all.

Another project for the year, is expanding upon the small private golf course I started many years ago. I would like to see a few more greens in place, with multiple tee off points attached to each. That would easily get it up to 9 holes – perfect for a nice casual weekend of barbeques, bonfires, chasing balls with clubs, and drinks.

eBook

At the start of the year, I started designing up my very own ebook for a specific sort of project. As time permits, I will finish the pieces I have been slowly working on, and later in the year I will also release my ebook. Both the projects, and the ebook, will be made available in Our e-Store.

Whilst I understand that some of the projects I accomplish are possibly for a very niche market, that is not going to stop me from giving it a really good go. There is so much to learn and succeed at when it comes to marketing ideas, and the best possible way is to just get stuck into it and keep trying.

Different Car

I currently have a 1997 80 series Toyota Landcruiser 1FZ-FE as my work vehicle. It is a great truck, it can carry lots, it can tow big loads, and it can go almost anywhere. As a general work truck though, it does get a little heavy on fuel, especially as it is a full time four wheel drive. Most of the time, this capability is not needed.

So I have managed to acquire a more suitable vehicle for my work. It is a Holden Crewman, and it will be plenty enough for what I need. It is currently unregistered, and it does have a small number of the known issues of them to fix and repair, but once I get in and sort them all out it will be good to go.

The only downside to it is, it will not carry all 6 of us at the one time like the ‘Cruiser can.
We do have our family Carnival for this purpose though.

Once the Crewman is properly back on the road, I will consider decommissioning the Landcruiser.
Whilst I am not yet sure if I will sell it complete or part it out, I will list it on the Jays n Dees e-Store, and also any other appropriate website when the time comes.

Yarning (D2)

D2 has been very busy with learning how to yarn items. She is quite good at doing it, and has even managed to give all 4 Jays a few of her final products!
There is likely something very theraputic with creating something like that from nothing. I know it is something I could never do.

A few items have even already been whipped up by simply free forming them, so at some point I will try to convince her to put it into an ebook or something – at least a post about it anyway.

There may even be potential to put some products onto the e-Store.

Write and Post some Music

There comes a time in life where we must share what we learn.
Over the last few decades, I have been dabbling in writing my own songs.

I am quite shy and reserved in real life, so nothing has ever really eventuated from it.

J2 is starting to take a keen interest in music, both instruments and in writing, as he is getting to double digits in age, so I think he might be able to spur me into action a little.

At some stage we will begin to post some of the things we come up with. Sometime in the near future.

Building Projects

As the twins approach their first years of schooling, there is a need to create more space for them. More space for all of us too. I have mostly completed some of the smaller projects, but there is still some fencing left to do to ensure we have adequate safe space for them.

We also have upcoming kitchen projects, lounge room refurbishments, and also a better bedroom arrangement to focus on.

The projects themselves will be posted at a later date as they are completed, and hopefully all 4 Jays will learn a thing or two along the way. That is the aim, anyway.

Quads, Mowers, Motors Projects

We have a small number of motor powered contraptions sitting around on our small property, for the most part, doing nothing. The project plan for this, is to simply get them operational once again so they can be put to practical use.

As accomplishments are made, we will be sure to post about them.
It is all for learning and educational purposes after all.

A few of the projects include:

  • Kia Sportage so the Jays can learn how to drive a manual gearbox vehicle
  • Cheap made Quad bike for learning 4 stroke small engine repairs
  • Cheap made small motor bike for learning about 2 stroke engines
  • A couple of ride on mowers
  • Various brushcutters, mowers and other tools

Part of all this, is to also teach them about looking after, and maintaining their things.

Recipes

Throughout the year, I would love to get into making a couple of new recipe ideas.

We have a few delicious meals that we have altered over the years to suit our family. There are a number of them that have not yet been posted on our blog.

This year though, that is going to change to some extent. We all love food, and we all love new ideas for it.

What better way to show it, than to share with everybody!

Holiday with Family

With all of the business of Life, sometimes we forget the good things. I know I am heavily guilty of it.

So at some point during the year, we are going to plan a nice getaway for the family. This of course, will need to be sometime during a holiday period, as the 2 older Jays have their school commitments.

A holiday though, maybe a week or so long, where we can just go and explore something new, do something different, and reconnect.

That will be something worthwhile.

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How to Set Up a Manual Claim Cryptocurrency Faucet on FaucetPay

Last Updated: 2nd Feb 2025. Internal linking repairs.

Introduction

We at Jays n Dees see that cryptocurrencies, and at least their technologies, will drive a massive component of the entire currency system in future years.
That is why it is important to plan for that future, now, today..

Jays n Dees have decided to operate a main faucet for the collection and use of the cryptocurrency LiteCoin – LTC.
We chose this particular crypto for the fact that LTC is fairly cheap for transaction fees, alongside the value it holds versus BitCoin.

As part of the process of setting up Our LTC Faucet at our chosen provider, we decided to make a tutorial on how to do this task. If anybody else wants to have the opportunity to share and accumulate crypto, not just necessarily LiteCoin, then this will be a great way to get started fast and easily.
We do also have plans in the future to have our very own VTC direct wallet Faucet system in place, so we can also share a currency we support via mining and full node of the VTC blockchain.

Faucet In A Box Example

This tutorial is targeted specifically for the microwallet site, FaucetPay. If you are not already signed up, you can Sign Up HERE Now!
It also utilises the files of the popular manual faucet template, known as Faucet In A Box.
As at making this tutorial (January 2023), the version we used as Our tutorial, was r117.
The zipped file of Faucet in a Box is located there also.

There are a couple of other options available when choosing a faucet to establish, including at least 2 options directly from the FaucetPay API menu.
These are a WordPress Plugin, and Faucet scripts, both free.
Also within this menu, is documentation relating to the FaucetPay API system itself.
These 2 particular faucet templates are not discussed in this tutorial, but will be likely added at a later date.

Getting a Faucet online and operational does require a number of things before you get started, so please make sure you have them all as you progress through the tutorial!

  • REQUIRED ITEMS:
  • Paid, not Free Hosting. We recommend a HostGator account, Baby Plan Recommended
  • FaucetPay Account and also a Faucet Owner API key
  • Access to your cPanel of your chosen Hosting Service
  • Some knowledge of what you are about to do (ad networks, getting a faucet API, general web language skills, editing hosted files, etc)
  • Some cryptocurrency. If necessary, you can earn it from other sites. **Check Out Our 2023 Crypto Earning Page**
  • Crypto Wallet where You have control of the keys. We recommend Exodus Wallet.
  • Possibly some banners made up for your site
  • Some other referral banners for you to earn from
  • Patience.
  • If you are Absolute N00b, then I suggest that You click HERE. It might help..
The Tutorial:
Set Up The Database

Once we have organised everything we need, we can make a start on getting Our Faucet online and operational. So we will firstly setup a new database via our cPanel of our chosen webhost.

Following the images below, the first thing we need to do is access our MySQL Database Wizard from the cPanel.

Learning where to find everything in cPanel

Now we need to make a name for Our actual Database. For this tutorial, we have named it “ExampleDB”. Click on Next Step when done.

Used only as a demonstration

Create a user dedicated to the database. The tutorial uses “dbUser”. Also setup a password for this user. The password “dbPass(2023” is used for this example, for a strength of 86/100. Click Create User when finished here.

username and password here are only used as a demonstration

Now we need to set the necessary permissions of the created user. Select the All Privileges checkbox to do this. When complete, click Make Changes.

set the user privileges

Setup of database is now complete. Now we can click on Go Back, and proceed with what needs to be completed next.

all done

Make sure you keep a note of all these valuable details! Our method is to have a text file where we can copy such information to. Here is Our Tutorial Example.

keep your information saved in a file
Putting The Faucet Files Where They Belong

Now we need to upload the zip file to at least the public_html folder of our webhost. This area is accessible using the File Manager in our cPanel.

file manager

Upload and extract the zip file into the public_html folder.

right click the file to get this menu

Note that by default, the zip file will create its own subfolder (faucetinabox-ultimate-r117), so delete the zip file once extraction has completed. Also, you may wish to rename the folder to something more simple, such as “faucet”

deleting a file via the right click menu

A very important procedure is to change the settings of the config file, so that it is not accessible to the users or anybody else. We can do this by right clicking the file, and selecting Change Permissions.

config php permissions

And then we alter the checkboxes to make it a 400 permission. Click on Change Permissions when done.
This restricts the file so that a user cannot go and edit anything to do with the file. Further locks can be incorporated, but that is beyond this tutorial scope.

Now we can go and modify our config file, so that it will use the database we previously set up.
Right click the file, and select Edit.

editing the config

Modify the selected areas to match up with the details in our text file, and save the file. A worthwhile note here, is to understand 2 other options in this file- display_errors, and disable_admin_panel.
Once the faucet is completely setup and operational, they need to be changed, and the file saved again.
It might also be worthwhile to add your own referral link from FaucetPay into the required section. Don’t forget to save the file!

Setting Up Our Faucet

We need to login to the faucet admin page to make all of our changes. We can do this by navigating to the admin php file on our domain, where we saved the faucet files to. For us in this tutorial, we need to navigate to: https://www.jaysndees.com/faucet/admin.php. Your site will be different, but you need to enter that admin page.
If our database setup was successful, we will be presented with a password for our login to Faucet In A Box.
If there are any problems, these will be displayed as a friendly error..
A common one is “Can’t connect to database. Check your config.php. Details: (Details).
Otherwise, copy that password to your text file, and then click the link about Continuing.

save the password here into your saved file

Now is to enter all the necessary details – especially those mentioned in the red error box at the top of page.

on first login to Faucet in a Box


For the Service API Key part, we like to leave this to last, as everything can be set up before we enable the link to FaucetPay. Do not forget to get your faucet API at FaucetPay, via the Faucet Owner Dashboard. Copy the key to the Service API key box and save your changes.
Our Faucet created from this tutorial, is located at Jays n Dees LiteCoin LTC Super Manual Faucet ultimate

Scroll this Basic Page section, change all the information to what desire, and click the Save Changes button when done.

changing details for our faucet setup
adding coin amounts into the rewards section


Then proceed with the captcha system(s), and progressively move across the tabs until everything has been completed to your satisfaction. Don’t forget to save the changes as you complete sections!
If you have no shortlink services, and want to include them, please click here.
A side note here- depending on your chosen Template, you may need to add in your advertisements if you have them, and any other code. If you have no idea about advertising sites, you might want to check out Our N00b Guide.

setting up shortlink providers
picking a template for website appearance
adding pages that can be called via the navbar

The Security tab is a host of options that will need to be set up and incorporated, but they will not stop your faucet from being completed and operational.
They are settings to ensure that you get (mostly) real users, and not bot traffic. Bots are bad.

So there we have it. If all was done correctly, you will now have an operational cryptocurrency faucet that you are the proud owner of. Do not forget to move over allowable funding for it, and set any limits you may want to impose, such as banning specific countries or ip addresses, maximum currency limits for a given time period, account authentications, and much more.
Whilst some may have their advantages, be aware that it can also hurt your overall traffic.