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SmugMug Review (2022): Our Experience using it with Pros & Cons

Chris WagnerFebruary 27, 2021

Identifying birds

 

Birders Behold: Cornell’s Merlin App Is Now a One-Stop Shop for Bird Identification

The app’s ‘Shazam for birds’ feature was made possible through citizen science. Here’s how it all works—and why you should download it.

Popular Science

• Charlotte Hu

Cellphone repair information

 

The era of fixing your own phone has nearly arrived

Fresh off big wins with Google, Samsung and Valve, iFixit says more parts deals are nigh

By Sean Hollister@StarFire2258 Apr 9, 2022, 12:00pm EDT  

 

Quote:

"

WhenWhen I called up iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, I figured he’d be celebrating — after years of fighting for right-to-repair, big name companies like Google and Samsung have suddenly agreed to provide spare parts for their phones. Not only that, they signed deals with him to sell those parts through iFixit, alongside the company’s repair guides and tools. So did Valve.

But Wiens says he’s not done making deals yet. “There are more coming,” he says, one as soon as a couple of months from now. (No, it’s not Apple.) Motorola was actually the first to sign on nearly four years ago. And if Apple meaningfully joins them in offering spare parts to consumers — like it promised to do by early 2022 — the era of fixing your own phone may have well and truly come...." 

and conclusion

Quote:

"I fully expect tech companies will continue to resist right-to-repair in some ways, even while pretending to embrace it. (We’ve seen that from Apple before, and Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment this week about its Self Service Repair Program.) There are lots of ways for companies to screw around, like charging too much for parts or throwing up scary warnings — to its credit, Apple does seem to be backing off on that one.

And of course, they’ll continue to entice you to rapidly upgrade to new phones, like how carriers brought back the subsidy model last year to spur sales while society was still stuck at home, and how Apple is reportedly looking to sell the iPhone as a subscription service now.

But it sounds like when my iPhone mini’s battery expires and there’s no new mini to replace it, I’ll be able to swap the battery myself. And if not? I might take a hint and switch to a newly repairable Pixel."

 

This is a very well written informative article regarding fixing your own cellphone. Best to read the article in full and take notes.

 

What's your thoughts and experience as a notice in fixing your cellphone?

 

MONEY and TECHNOLOGY

 

Money is about to enter a new era of competition

Digital technology is poised to change our relationship with money and, for some countries, the ability to manage their economies.

 

Quote from above:

" ..... What finally, decisively ended this competition was the emergence of central banks, which were given the exclusive privilege of issuing legal currency and tasked with maintaining its stability. This shift happened quite early in Sweden; the world’s oldest central bank, the Riksbank, was established there in the 17th century. In China, competition closed with the founding of the People’s Bank of China in 1948, shortly before the formal creation of the People’s Republic of China. Since the central banks stepped in, competition has been mostly international, with the relative value of currencies depending on the reputation and stability of the central banks issuing them.  "

 

NOTE: I assumed from the above title that they were going to talk about the emergence of all the digital currencies.... 

Social Media in the news - Elon Musk

 updated information: Aug 3, 2022

Twitter is dragging Elon Musk's billionaire friends into its $44 billion legal battle with a flurry of subpoenas

Grace Kay

• Twitter has subpoenaed Chamath Palihapitiya and multiple members of Musk's social circle.
• One of Musk's associates called the legal requests a "giant harassing fishing expedition."
• Twitter has also subpoenaed the banks that are helping finance the $44 billion purchase.

Quotes from above article:

"... The missives to Musk's social circle came after Twitter sent subpoenas to several banks that were helping finance the deal, including Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Bank of America."

"... Multiple experts previously told Insider that Musk faces an uphill battle in his efforts to get out of the deal due to the ironclad contract he signed earlier this year. ..."

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Elon Musk is no free speech messiah

According to Musk, free speech costs about $3 billion.

By Whizy Kim Apr 12, 2022,

How to Find a Lost or Stolen iPad

Sadly there are many break ins and lost ipads or iphones, this is a great article to check out: 

Your tips and comments are most welcome as well!

101 iPad Tips & Tricks

Published

 5 years ago 

on

 04/13/2017

By

 Josh Smith

Use these iPad tips and tricks to do more with your iPad Air, iPad mini and every other iPad running iOS 10 or higher.

This list of over 100 iPad tips and tricks is broken down by tips to help you get started, use the keyboard better, surf the web on the iPad easier, sync your photos, data and calendars as well as get the most out of your iPad with entertainment apps and services.

Whether you just bought an iPad, or you’ve had one for years, these useful iPad tips and tricks will show you new ways to do more with your iPad. Most of these are already built-in to your iPad, but a few will require buying an iPad accessory, iPad apps or signing up for a service.

If you want to get to know how to use the iPad like a pro with useful shortcuts that will have you typing faster, being more productive and enjoying your iPad more, this is what you need to know.

for more info check out the URL of the above article at: https://www.gottabemobile.com/101-ipad-tips-tricks/

vob to mp4 - wondershare

 

Filmora for Windows System Requirements

• You may need to update your graphics drivers to run Filmora. Please keep your computer's graphics drivers updated to get the best performance out of your hardware. Find out how »
• Supported OS : Windows 7/Windows 8.1/Windows 10/Windows 11 ( 64 bit OS).
• Processor : Intel i3 or better multicore processor, 2GHz or above.
  (Intel 6th Gen or newer CPU recommended for HD and 4K Videos).
• RAM : 4 GB RAM (8GB required for HD and 4K videos).
• Graphics : Intel HD Graphics 5000 or later; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 or later; AMD Radeon R5 or later.
  2 GB vRAM (4GB required for HD and 4K videos).
• Disk : At least 10GB free hard-disk space for installation (SSD-Solid State Disk recommended for editing HD and 4K videos).
• Internet : Internet connection is necessary for software registration and access to online services like Filmstock.

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or Download for Mac

Tech Specifications of Filmora for Windows (Or for Mac here)

Supported Input Formats

Type	Container formats
Video Formats	MPEG-1/2 Video file: (.mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .m2v)
	MPEG-4 Video file: (.mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .3gp2)
	QuickTime Movie File: (.mov encoded with MPEG 4 or MJPEG codec only)
	Camcorder File: (.dv, .mod, .tod, .mts, .m2ts, .m2t)
	Flash Video: (.flv, .f4v)
	Windows Media: (.wmv, .asf)
	Audio Visual Interleave (.avi)
	Matroska Video File: (.mkv encoded with MPEG 4 or MJPEG codec only)
	HTML5 Video File: (.mp4, .webm, .ogv)
	Non-encrypted DVD Titles: (.vob, .vro)
Audio Formats	.mp3, .m4a, .wav, .wma, .ogg, .flac, .aif, .aiff
Photo Formats	.jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .tif, .tiff

Supported Output Formats

Type		Container formats or Device/SNS profiles
Format	Common video/audio	.mp4, .wmv, .avi, .mov, .f4v, .mkv, .ts, .mpg, .3gp, .webm, .gif, .mp3
	4K	.mp4, .mov, .mkv
Devices		iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod, Galaxy S, Android Generic, Nexus,PS4, Xbox one, Wii, Sony TV, Smart phone
Social Network		YouTube, Vimeo
DVD		DVD disc, DVD folder, ISO disc image file

* Some of the above codec formats may need to be supported by system.

How to become financially independent- Habits and skills that will make ...

Websites with Square SquareSpace

 I'll add here websites created with SquareSpace;

https://www.telojan.com/jewelry 

My notes : I don't like the sections are on the upper left area instead of a neat index.

CS50 2021 in HDR - Lecture 1 - C