Edward Snowden: How Your Cell Phone Spies on You

Online Auction resources and information

 I will be updating this page with information regarding online auctions and fundraising resources:

 

top charity auction websites to help your search:

1. OneCause
2. Qgiv
3. Snowball
4. Double the Donation
5. ClickBid
6. Silent Auction Pro
7. WebMaestro
8. Winspire
9. eBay for Charity
10. 360MatchPro
11. BiddingForGood
12. BenefitEvents

 

 

• Double the Donation Top 10 Charity Auction Item Ideas. Now that you have your charity auction website, you’ll need to procure some items to post listings of! Check out Double the Donation’s favorite items for some inspiration.
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• OneCause’s Charity Auction Item Ideas. If Double the Donation’s list doesn’t give you enough options, check out OneCause’s list of ideas. Between the two, you’re sure to find plenty of items your donors will love!
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• Double the Donation’s Charity Auction Guide. If you’re just about ready to host your charity auction, take a look at Double the Donation’s ultimate guide to brush up on your auction knowledge and get the best tips in the biz.

 

You might like to check out blog entry of May 25th regarding marketing private schools. 

On another note here is the database of organizations: you can search here

Digital resources - Linux and cloud storage info

 In this digital age, it's worth spending some time and studying about Linux.

Here is your chance to do so, check also the special discounts. Tell your friends. During these covid times, it's best to take advantage of your personal time and learn to advance in your career or have a backup 

 

skills      . Learn directly from the source!

' What's your method of storing your business or personal digital data? We always recommend our clients to have your data stored off your PC or laptop. There are few ways to store it: Have cloud storage that's affordable and reliable and the other one is to also have external hard drives to back up date.


Tell us what storage methods do you use?

Here is another Cloud storage choice  

 

 

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 Here is interesting information regarding self study:

How to Learn Data Science for Free have you used this site? Share in comments your experience.

Note: Disclosure: Please note, The above posts may contain affiliate links where we are compensated for purchases you make. This helps us to keep the site running. Thank you for your support!

Supply Chain

 In this digital age robotics have huge role in the supply chain. Due to coronavirus as well as political influences and shifts, manufacturing is changing rapidly. I will add here variety of articles:

Rocked By Pandemic, Global Supply Chains Reboot

Rich BlakeSenior Contributor

Manufacturing

I cover robotics in manufacturing.

About Microsoft Office 365 in social media

 Compiling information about Microsoft Office 365 from various sources in Social Media:

Newsrooms, let's talk about Office 365

Martin Shelton

Principal Researcher

January 27, 2020

Information about VPNs

 I'll include at this page information about VPN:

Why I don't trust US VPNs

Commentary: Sure, you can still game and stream. But if you want top-notch privacy, you've got to import it. Information via CNet

My scanner notes

 Here are some of my notes regarding scanners:

EPSON V550 scanning

 The official Epson website: https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V550-Photo/s/SPT_B11B210201# 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqI5CHNm34k

Troubleshoot Epson V550 problems scanning at: http://inside.scrippscollege.edu/it/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Epson-Perfection-Scanner-Tips-and-Troubleshooting.pdf

Film Scanning Tips for Epson Perfection Scanners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtpmlEeJodw

http://www.1stinscanner.com/Perfection-V550_p_625.html

why duplicate CD music files is not playing in car

 If you are having trouble duplicating music CDs, I am compiling information from various sources. You are welcome to add your input as well.

Normally we want them to play in our car.

Here is the link of google search results to see all the results:

Here is info from the web:

Unless your car stereo specifies that it will play an MP3, MP3 music files burned onto a CD won't play in your car's stereo. In some instances, because of media protection encryption, burned MP3s auto convert to MP4 and will not play in your car stereo. Car stereos usually will only play "Audio" files.

 

Why won't the CD I burned play in my car?

CD-RWs are 70% less reflective than normal CDs, and many stereo and car CD player lasers are not powerful enough to read them. To work around this issue, burn audio CDs only to high-quality, brand name CD-R (compact disc, recordable) media. If you are using a CD-R, try these solutions: Solution 1: Lower the burn speed

 

What kind of CD do I need to burn music to my car?

A data CD containing for example MP3 or WAV files will play happily on your computer but is unlikely to play in a standalone CD player or in-car CD player (note that some modern CD players will play data CDs). An audio CD will play on any standalone or in-car CD player and in your computer and in modern DVD players.Jun 19, 2020

 

Tutorial - Burning music files to a CD

 

When buying blank CDs for burning, it is strongly recommended that you purchase good quality CD-Rs (that can be burnt just once) and not the rewritable CD-RWs.

 

Burning software

In order to burn an audio CD you will need a CD burning application. Most computers already come with media player software that can burn CDs. For example, you can use Windows Media Player built into Windows or Music built into Macs. Ensure in either Windows Media Player or Music that you select the option for burning a "Music CD" and not a "Data CD" as mentioned above, unless you choose Audio CD, the CD will not play on most CD players.

Windows Media Player

In Windows Media Player:

1. Use the Burn tab
2. Drag the files you want to burn to CD onto its "Burn list"
3. Click on "Start burn".

Windows Media Player 11 will not accept WAV files for burning if they are dragged straight into a burn list without having previously been played in Media Player. You will see a red symbol and a "length of file cannot be determined" error. To solve this problem, drag the file into the Media Player Library or into a playlist, then from there into a burn list. Windows Media Player 12 does not have this problem. Also, neither Windows Media Player 11 or 12 can burn AIFF files, so you must export from Audacity as WAV.

 

 

 

Other burning software

You can also use a standalone Windows burning application like CDBurnerXP, Deep Burner or Nero (or Burn or Toast for Mac) to burn your exported files. Most Linux distributions include Brasero or K3B for CD burning. When using standalone burning applications, open the files from within that software, do not drag and drop them from your file manager. Once again do not forget to select the setting to burn an "Audio CD" or "Music CD" as explained above.

Common Pitfalls

• Wrong sample rate: Most CD burning software expects all files to be at 44100 Hz.
• Unsupported formats: Some CD burning software does not support compressed formats such as MP3, OGG, or M4A/AAC.

Metadata and CD-Text

Even if you use Audacity's Metadata Tags editor to add metadata such as Title, Artist and Genre to your exported WAV files, that metadata does not get automatically burned to the CD. You can set Apple Music/iTunes and some other burning applications (but not Windows Media Player) to burn metadata to each track as separate CD-Text. Providing your CD burner supports CD-Text, a standalone CD player that supports CD-Text will then be able to display each track's metadata.

You can also use a Cue Sheet to add CD-Text in burning applications that support Cue Sheets.

The above are quotes from Tutorial -Burning CD, see the original page for complete information.

 

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More info from MICROSOFT:

Burned CD's will not play in Cd player.

Downloaded music to a memorex CD-R disc, no problem, plays great in my laptop but not at all in my car cd player or in my home cd player

 Here is their response:

Which application did you use to burn the music to CD?
• Does this happen only with this CD?

Your CD player might not be able to play the CD for several reasons, including the following:

o It can't play data CDs.
o It can't play data CDs that haven't been finalized. For more information, seewhen I burn a CD, does the Player "finalize" or "close" the disc?
o It can play data CDs, but can't play the type of files on the disc (for example, WMA files).
o It can play data CDs, but can't play protected files (for example, a file you purchased from an online store).
o It can play data CDs, but can't play the particular brand or type (for example, CD-RW) of disc that you used.
 
You can try one of the following solutions:

Step 1: Burn an audio CD (not a data CD) on CD-R (not CD-RW) media.

Step 2: Burn a data CD that only includes MP3 files. If all of your songs are in the WMA format, you’ll need to use another program to convert them to the MP3 format first, and then add the new files to your Player library. To find an audio conversion program, try searching the web for “wma mp3 file converter."

Step 3: Use another provider's CD burning or authoring program to burn a finalized data CD.

“Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Explorer” http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Explorer

“Burning CDs” http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/burn.mspx#q7_4

THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER: Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Third Party Software can be solved. Using Third Party Software is at your own risk.

Diana
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.

 

And the response of a reader:

 

IT WORKED! I shifted to Windows media player after using your suggestions. Tried several areas until the light finally came on. Used the same type of disc so it was being incorrectly in  explorer [for me]. Thanks again, my first visit to the forums. but I will be back.

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FreeRip

How to convert CDA files to MP3 (or Wav/Wma/Vorbis/Flac) with FreeRIP

The first thing you must know is .CDA files are not audio files, they are just a way that Windows uses to let you access an Audio CD index. When I say that they are not audio files, I mean that they do not contain sampled sound at all! This means that you cannot convert them to another format (such like MP3), simply because they do not contain audio samples! How to convert CDA files to MP3? If you copy a .CDA file to our hard drive and try to play it with an audio player, nothing happens. And this is why you need FreeRIP to extract audio tracks from an Audio CD and convert CDA files to MP3.

To extract audio tracks from an Audio CD to MP3 (or another supported format) use FreeRIP as described here in FreeRIP user manual.

If you copied some .CDA file to your hard drive or to a different media.....sorry, you can't convert them to MP3 format. You will need to find the original CD and rip its tracks with FreeRIP and to convert CDA files to MP3.

Note: The problem is that the .cda files weren't visible at all!

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 Information from Microsoft

Rip music from a CD in Windows Media Player

When you rip music from a CD, you're copying songs from an audio CD to your PC. If you have songs on your PC, you can easily sync them to a portable device, burn a CD to play in your car, or play your music with just a tap or click. For more info about ripping music, see Rip music: Frequently asked questions

 

To rip music from a CD

Make sure your PC is connected to the Internet if you want Windows Media Player to get info such as the name of the CD, the artist, and song titles for the tracks being ripped. If you don't have an Internet connection, you can manually add the info.

1. Open Windows Media Player:

   1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
      (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)

   2. Enter Windows Media Player in the search box, tap or click Apps, and then tap or click Windows Media Player.

2. Insert an audio CD into the CD drive.

3. If you want to select a different format or bit rate, tap or click the Rip settings menu, and then choose Format or Audio Quality in the Player Library.

4. If you don't want to rip every song, clear the check boxes next to the songs you don't want.

5. Tap or click the Rip CD button in Now Playing mode or Rip CD in the Player Library to begin ripping.

   When your songs have been ripped, you can find and play them in the Player Library.

   

   Note

   The Player stores ripped songs in the Music library on your PC. If you delete your Music library or remove all folders from it, you won't be able to rip music from a CD.

    

6. To add or edit media info after ripping

   Make sure your PC is connected to the Internet if you want Windows Media Player to get info such as the name of the CD, the artist, and song titles for the tracks being ripped. If you don't have an Internet connection, you can manually add the info.

   1. Open Windows Media Player:

      1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
         (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)

      2. Enter Windows Media Player in the search box, tap or click Apps, and then tap or click Windows Media Player.

      If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, tap or click the Switch to Library button in the upper-right corner of the Player.

   2. In the Player Library, find the album you just ripped.

   3. Swipe across or right-click the album, and then tap or click Find album info.

   4. If you get an error message that says you need to change your privacy settings:

      1. Tap or click Organize, tap or click Options, and then tap or click the Privacy tab.

      2. Select the Update music files by retrieving media info from the Internet check box.

      3. Repeat steps 2 and 3.

   5. Do one of the following:

      • If the correct album or artist info appears in the search results: Select the correct entry, and then follow the instructions on the page to automatically update the album art and media info.

      • If the correct album doesn't appear in the search results: Follow the instructions on the page to search again using different search criteria or to add the media info manually.

      Note: If the correct album info appears with a generic music icon displayed as the album art, the album art is unavailable for download.

   

   Note

   Unauthorized use and/or duplication of copyrighted material may be a violation of copyright law in the United States and/or other countries/regions. Copyrighted material includes, but is not limited to, software, documentation, graphics, lyrics, photographs, clipart, animations, movie and video clips, as well as sound and music (including when MP3 encoded). Violation of U.S. and international copyright laws may subject you to significant civil and/or criminal penalties.

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notes from a forum responce: Maybe Nissan's player supports M4a format. That is the format in which songs are converted in iTunes for iPhones. You can try converting one mp3 file to M4a format using Imtoo audio converter.

Scanning tips: articles

 This article has clear explanation and comparison of several scanning apps :

Why you should consider using vFlat for book scanning

Kunwoo Park

Nov 25, 2019 · 7 min read

 

Speaking of archiving, here is an interesting organization:

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering millions of free books, movies, & audio files, plus billions of saved web pages in the Wayback Machine

San Francisco, CA archive.org

 

Info from the twitter account of archive.org here is more information:

Whether it’s @unsplash or @internetarchive there are quite a few inexpensive, or even free, resources available to help #filmmakers. We listed many of our favorites here: http://ow.ly/My7q50AZPn8

 

Open Library

@openlibrary

We lend ebooks worldwide, for free. Over two million free ebooks available and 1M more in our lending library. A web page for every book.

Brewster Kahle

@brewster_kahle

Digital Librarian http://openlibrary.org http://brewster.kahle.org http://archive.org

@internetarchive

@openlibrary

@great78project

Jason Scott

@textfiles

Proprietor of http://TEXTFILES.COM, historian, filmmaker, archivist, famous cat maintenance staff. Works on/for the Internet Archive. Rank Amateur.

 

Brewster Kahle

@brewster_kahle

Digital Librarian http://openlibrary.org http://brewster.kahle.org http://archive.org

@internetarchive

@openlibrary

@great78project

 

 

My notes:

I searched archive.org for a long time newspaper and it got wrong info:

The Armenian Reporter, a New York Armenian newspaper is not CORRECT at all! It's some business, totally unrelated. So I got to try and find out if they are really correct in archiving, as they claim.

 

 

 

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