![]() In the meantime, this works pretty well as-is. Needs a few UI tweaks, some serious memory use optimization, and a little more configurability for the filters, and it's good to go. I would prefer to have all of the buttons in a row beneath the song readout, always visible.Īll in all, a good scrobbler with the potential to be a great one. ![]() The sliding animation is very slow, at least on my older PowerBook G4 (1.67 GHz Oct 2005). I like the small icon-buttons in the menu (easier to find the function you want than reading text menu options), but the sliding controls overtop of the song readout are somewhat impractical. I'd like to be able to enter multiple filter words (comma-separated in one input field would be fine), and I'm not clear on whether it will match the string anywhere inside the tag, or if it must be an exact match. The exclusions are nice - something I've wanted for awhile. I occasionally restart ScrobblePod, at which point its memory usage drops to about 75 MB. Something this simple should not require 165 MB of real memory at any time (which is where it's currently sitting for me). It's not causing large CPU spikes or locking up iTunes, and it successfully scrobbles tracks from my iPod with no setup required. I finally got tired of iScrobbler causing iTunes to throw a 5 second beachball party everytime I changed tracks, so I decided to try ScrobblePod again. It'll be auto-launched from now on as the latest appreciated addition to the precious real estate of my menubar :) And if you like last.fm to keep track of the podcasts you've listened to, you also need to uncheck that in the Exclusions list.Ī nicely designed app that's clearly well-conceived and one that its programmer can take pride in. There are more than 10 alternatives to iScrob for a variety of platforms, including Online / Web-based, Android, iPhone, Mac and iPad. Uncheck "scrobble only if iPod was synchronized", or else the songs will not be sent to last.fm unless you press "Scrobbe Now". iScrob is described as 'free Last.fm scrobbler and music player app that runs 100 in the background, automatically updating your profile live as you listen to music' and is an app. You need to tweak the default settings a bit. The two option lists don't seem to be synchronized however.įor users of iTunes who do not own/use an iPod: You don't have to do so in both places I assume. The options can be accessible from either the app itself (as a checklist) or Growl in Sys Prefs. Lovely integration with Growl, with options to en-/disable notices. So it may still be a step-up from either of those for you. And you can always keep track of the recent tracks you've listened too by going to your lastfm profile page, which is accessible with a simple minimalist mugshot icon in the app's drop-down list. But radio doesn't work well for a lot of people around the world w/out a subscription anyway. No Radio or Recent Track functions iScrobbler & the official app.
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![]() Ofrenda for Frida Kahlo at Casa Azul – somebody loves her peanuts! Don’t be scary from their living days (Aunt Sally looooved her tequila.)įor Halloween, they come back to haunt us and chase us with chainsaws and for some reason they all look like little twin girls with crooked necks. Halloweenįor Día de los Muertos, the dead return to visit their families and indulge in their favorite food/drink/etc. While the two do have similarities-being the brief time when the line between the living and the dead is believed to be the thinnest-they do differ. Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead as a happy holiday focused on loved ones, keeping their memories alive, and celebrating the continuation of life beyond the one we live here on Earth. We Americans may regard Halloween as a holiday of fear, torture, death, candy, and being a hoochie mama. (It actually used to be celebrated at the beginning of summer, until the Christians showed up with their All Hallows’ Eve and decided to combine them.) Nor is it “Mexican Halloween”.ĭespite being celebrated around the same time, Día de los Muertos couldn’t be further from Halloween, in fact. The most important thing you need to know about how to dress for Day of the Dead: this is not Halloween. Tips for how to dress for Day of the Dead Day of the Dead is not Halloween So yeah, I’m basically redefining what it means to be “dead sexy” here. Like, what to wear, how to do so respectfully, and how, for the love of lucha, to do my makeup so that I can look dead but also sexy because I’m still a woman with feelings. Obviously I had to do so much research on how to dress for Day of the Dead for both women and men. The colors! The skulls! The Flowers! I had two men apply my makeup for me! It was glorious!īut don’t let me give you the impression that preparing for this travel milestone was no big deal. I spent most of my time in Mexico City but bussed it down to Oaxaca for the actual celebrations. ![]() Last year I decided to do some damage to my bucket list and finally booked a trip to Mexico to experience Día de los Muertos in person. The colors! The skulls! The flowers! Plus, if you’ve ever seen me apply makeup in the morning, you’ll understand why I’ve been waiting my whole life to celebrate a holiday where I can look like death on purpose. I’ve been captivated by how to dress for Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos for as long as I can remember. ![]() Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on WhatsApp ![]() ![]() Using IGES, a gift show Emerald produced in November in Tennessee, as an example, Emerald CFO David Doft said that the company spent about $20 per attendee on those health and safety initiatives. Hosting the event at the GBAC STAR-accredited OCCC ensured a clean, safe, and healthy environment, and Visit Orlando and OCCC worked with Surf Expo to produce a video (see below) so that participants would know what to expect at Surf Expo.īut there were still health and safety costs absorbed by the show producer, including hand sanitizer, masks, temperature checks, security, monitors, signage, extra cleaning, and staffing. Surf Expo producers absorbed some health and safety costs, including temperature checks at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Here are highlights of the SISO-UFI case study. A recent case study produced by SISO (Society of Independent Show Organizers) and UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, “Riding the Wave: Surf Expo Shifts to Serve Market Needs,” outlined the challenges faced by Emerald in producing the event as well as how the event was received by attendees and exhibitors. While that scale represented less than half of pre-COVID levels, Surf Expo’s show producer, Emerald, said it clearly demonstrated a market need in this sector. ![]() The show floor was 100,000 net square feet. in 2021 - opened at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in early January, it was more of a deep dive than a dip into in-person events during the pandemic. When Surf Expo - the first major B2B trade show in the U.S. SISO (Society of Independent Show Organizers) and UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, released a case study to share the challenges faced by Emerald in producing Surf Expo in early January in Orlando. E-Book: Future-Proofing for Business Events.Digital Event Strategist (DES) Certification. ![]() It also has a 3-inch free-angle touchscreen, in-body stabilization, log profiles, weather sealing, High-Res Shot, 4K Photo, time-lapse, dual card slots, mic and headphone ports, and wireless connectivity. Released in 2020, it features a 24MP CMOS sensor, 4K UHD 60p, and 1080p FHD up to 180p. Panasonic’s S5 is the company’s latest full-frame mirrorless camera. And it dawned a new era in imaging that proved mirrorless can indeed meet the demands of working pros. Overall, Sony’s a9 was the first camera that truly cemented them into the otherwise DSLR dominated segment. But, with its full magnesium alloy chassis, it provides superior strength. Yet, at 588g body alone, it’s similarly sized to the a7 cameras. And its anti-distortion design virtually removes any rolling shutter, allowing it to shoot completely silently at these speeds with outstanding quality. This added speed allows the camera to produce 20 FPS bursts without any blackout. But, crucially, the a9 was Sony’s first camera to offer a stacked backside-illuminated design, which offers 10x faster readout speeds and processing power. And it makes 60 autofocus and exposure calculations per second, allowing it to produce class-leading subject tracking performance. The a9 uses Sony’s 693-point phase-detect AF system with 93% frame coverage and support to -3 EV. It also has a 3-inch tilting touchscreen, in-body stabilization, zebras, time-lapse, an ethernet port for FTP, a flash sync port, mic and headphone ports, dual card slots, and wireless connectivity. ![]() Released in 2017, it features a 24MP stacked BSI CMOS sensor, 4K UHD 30p, and 1080p FHD 120p. Sony’s a9 is their most specialized full-frame camera and the first camera to switch to fully digital SSD based technology. And this is easily their best stills camera ever released. Sure, they may have fallen behind in recent years, but this camera changed their fate. And it’s a significant milestone in their lineup. Overall, Canon’s EOS R5 debuts several previously unseen features. Additionally, they’ve redesigned the sensor with faster scan rates, which almost entirely removes rolling shutter. However, Canon’s upped the level of durability with a similar magnesium alloy design from the 1DX, producing even better weather sealing. But, at only 650g body alone, it’s about the same weight as the base EOS R. And combined, it delivers the fastest focusing of all RF cameras at just 0.05 seconds. It also receives head-detect AF, which is new to Canon’s mirrorless line. The R5 obtains Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF II from the flagship 1DX Mark III, with 5,940 selectable AF points covering the entire frame. It also has a 3.2-inch vari-angle touchscreen, a top-deck status LCD, in-body stabilization, log profiles, HDR, zebras, multiple exposures, focus bracketing, time-lapse, USB-C, dual card slots, microphone and headphone ports, and wireless connectivity. Released in 2020, it features a 45MP CMOS sensor, 8K DCI 30p, 4K DCI up to 120p, and 1080p FHD 60p. And we’ve also compiled a list of the top ten best full-frame cameras in the present market.Ĭanon’s EOS R5 is the current RF flagship and the mirrorless counterpart to the 5D series. In today’s post, we’ll cover the factors to consider when looking at full-frame cameras. Now, whether you’re looking to upgrade from an APS-C, Micro Four Thirds, or Point and Shoot camera or desiring the ultimate professional tool, getting a full-frame camera is an excellent option. And once an exclusivity to pro photographers, now provides a much broader appeal. Thankfully, the increased competition has also meant that prices have steadily decreased over the years. So much so, now, that every player in today’s game offers comparable options. ![]() And the advent of mirrorless cameras ignited stiff competition between manufacturers. But, starting in 2014, the mirrorless revolution emerged, and the markets shifted. Previously, picking the right full-frame camera was an easy choice, as only Nikon and Canon produced them. And for the simple reason that they produce better images and offer superior lenses. In the semi-pro and professional segments, full-frame cameras remain the go-to choice for photographers. ![]() Reset target surface back to the application surface Set the surface target to the new surface instead of the application surface My viewport is only 352 by 512 so I created a surface that size inside of my create event. You are able to find the size of your view by going into the room editor and looking at the section “Viewport and Cameras”. The only major difference is that instead of making a surface that is the size of the room, it will only be the size of the view / camera. To start with this process I made a create event that is very similar to the one in the Zach Bell Games tutorial. The tutorial, at Zach Bell Games, didn’t get into making a lighting system that only covers the view (as seen in that code block), so I needed to do it myself. This method doesn’t work with my endless platformer, because if a surface gets too big it will cause my game to crash. They are making a surface the size of the entire room to create the darkness effect. Surf = surface_create(room_width, room_height) You could also create a surface the size of the current view, but I won't get into that ![]() Create a surface the size of the current room The only issue with the Zach Bell Games tutorial is that this is designed for a platformer with a fixed room size, which you can tell from this little section of code. The Zach Bell Games tutorial requires that you know a thing or two about surfaces in Gamemaker Studio 2, and even if you don’t it’s pretty easy to follow along. ![]() Keeping in mind that this game is about the player falling further and further down a hole in the ground, I thought that it would make sense that the visibility of the player would get progressively more restrictive the further down the player fell.Īfter some quick googling I found a simple little tutorial done by Zach Bell Games that looked perfect (Also if you don’t follow his work, you really should). Another idea was to have some sort of mechanic that would make my game more difficult the further you went along. The easiest change, that I thought of, was to make my game endless. * All prices are prospective and may be subject to change before launch.After I started working on my new platformer, I made some tweaks to it to try to separate it from the game that served as the original inspiration. We hope to see lots of you trying out the Beta and we can't wait to hear your thoughts on GameMaker Studio 2! Keep an eye on our social accounts for more information as the beta continues. If there are no slots available, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to be alerted when new places open up! The beta initially has a limited number of available slots that will be increasing over time. In order to sign up and get your hands on GameMaker Studio 2 for a first look follow this Guide. Glad you asked! Our public Beta test officially starts today! For a full list of system requirements consult this page. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSĪt launch, the IDE itself will initially run only on Windows, a Mac version will be entering beta in the near future. Please visit this page for more information. Yes you can - for a limited time existing Professional users and module holders will get 40% off the equivalent Studio 2 product and Master Collection users will get 50% off each product. The Trial version will come with limitations on the number of resources a single project can hold and does not allow exporting final executables. For example, if you are only developing for web, you only ever need to purchase a web license.Īt launch, a GameMaker Studio 2 desktop license (allowing export to Windows, Linux and Mac) will be available for a one time purchase of $99.99*Ī Trial version of GameMaker Studio 2 will be available for free, to allow you to explore all of the new innovations on offer. Rather than purchasing modules, you will be able to purchase stand alone licenses for GameMaker Studio 2 on a per platform basis. A whole new codebase, a whole new UI, a whole new GameMaker! WHAT'S NEW?Ĭheck out this playlist of feature videos for a breakdown of some of the most exciting new features:Ĭlick here now for a tour of GameMaker Studio 2's new features. Studio 2 is not just a new version of GameMaker: Studio, it has been rewritten from the ground up to improve and expand upon the foundation laid by its predecessor. ![]() It's here! We're very proud to officially announce GameMaker Studio 2, the next evolution of our flagship game development tool. ![]() The screening process, however, is designed to detect people at high risk. In extremely rare cases, manipulation of the neck has damaged blood vessels or caused strokes. Patients should also tell their chiropractor about any physical disabilities they have, or if they are experiencing symptoms of numbness, tingling, weakness, or other neurological problems. Individuals with bone fractures or tumors, acute arthritis, bone or joint infections, or advanced osteoporosis should avoid therapy by a Chiropractor in areas affected by any of these conditions. 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The first visit usually lasts about an hour. What happens during a visit to a Chiropractor? A Chiropractor attempts to correct misalignments which are often the cause of pain, illness and lack of body harmony. ![]() The method of treatment is delivered by a chiropractic doctor, or Chiropractor and usually involves manipulation or "adjustment" of the spinal column and other body structures. What is a Chiropractor? A Chiropractor practices a type of "therapy" in which abnormal function of the nervous system is considered the cause of disease. Chiropractors are often effective in dealing with acute and chronic low back pain, neck pain, headaches (including migraines), frozen shoulder, tennis elbow and other sports injuries, and carpal tunnel syndrome, and may be helpful for otitis media (ear infection), digestive problems, menstrual and premenstrual pain and asthma. ![]() Although most contemporary chiropractors have introduced other therapies, spinal manipulation remains the essence of chiropractic. Chiropractors diagnose and treat spinal misalignment that often effects the nerves, muscles, bones, and joints of the body. ![]() ![]() Grids: Rule of thirds, golden ratio, square, Golden spiral High resolution support (Nokia Lumia 1020/1520) Fun effects (Mirror, Mono colors and more) Real-time filter effects (Vintage, Nashville, Green Pop, 1977, Lomo, Early Bird, Valencia, Amaro, Hudson and more) It containts a fully featured photo editor that allows to edit effects of existing photos and to undo effects of photos that have been taken by OneShot OneShot combines real-time photo effects with photo editing. Apply a change, such as a filter, and you can see the difference on your screen in real time. OneShot is a professional mobile camera app and offers high quality filters in a lovely user interface that is overlaid on top of your viewfinder. Dictionary works on tablets and phones and is refreshingly free from annoying ads and paid upgrades. 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Here’s the synopsis for Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead The upcoming memoir is being promoted as “a crash course on the indie film world, the book will prove indispensable for film fans, aspiring filmmakers, and anyone who loves an underdog success story.” ![]() In horror icon Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm III and IV, Mike (Michael Baldwin) faces off against a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons when he confronts a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm).Īlong with the two titles debuting on Blu-ray on September 18, 2018, Don Coscarelli’s memoir True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking will be published by St. Fans of the Phantasm film franchise can look forward to owning Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) and Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) when both titles make their Blu-ray debut on September 18, 2018, from Well Go USA Entertainment. 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