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Great Holiday Gift

Posted by Ed Zirkle on December 14, 2018
Posted in: Computer, Microsoft. Tagged: Microsoft, outerwear, sweater, Windows, Windows 95. Leave a comment

Introducing the latest #Windows95 custom “softwear.”😉 Wish you could rock the #WindowsUglySweater? 👀 your DMs, because we’re giving a few lucky fans one of their very own. pic.twitter.com/84kQLtYsF2

— Windows (@Windows) December 13, 2018Annotation 2018-12-14 124225

 

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Windows Insiders program

Posted by Ed Zirkle on December 14, 2018
Posted in: Computer, IT, Microsoft. Tagged: Computer, insider, Microsoft, OS, technology, updates. Leave a comment

For those that are in the Insider program and those that want to know a bit more here is a good article from OnMSFTAnnotation 2018-12-14 123430.

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Happy 40th Anniversary to the Original Intel 8086 and the x86 Architecture

Posted by Ed Zirkle on June 8, 2018
Posted in: Computer, Intel, IT. Tagged: 8086, computers, CPU, hardware, Intel, technology, x86. Leave a comment

Forty years ago today, Intel launched the original 8086 microprocessor — the grandfather of every x86 CPU ever built, including the ones we use now. This, it must be noted, is more or less the opposite outcome of what everyone expected at the time, including Intel.

Read all about it HERE and HERE

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Image by Thomas Nguyen

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Image Composite Editor (ICE)

Posted by Ed Zirkle on February 28, 2018
Posted in: Camera, Nikon, Photography, Software. Tagged: 24mm, camera, D800, ExploringOhio.com, hiking, lens, Nikon, Ohio, pano, panograph, Rockbridge. 2 Comments

If you like doing pano’s and in the digital age who doesn’t, this is, in my opinion, the best stitching program. Microsoft’s Image Composite Editor (ICE) is from Microsoft’s – Microsoft Research Computational Photography Group – AND it is free!

From a recent shoot I had both vertical and horizontal images to stitch and with just a little adjustment to the program I ended up with images that I could not have gathered going to a wider lens and possible distortion. The issue, for this shoot, was having just 2 lens for the cameras given the terrain covered so again this became part of my kit knowing I could shoot for a pano and then make it happen on the computer.

I publish Exploring Ohio online photo magazine and try to get around the state to show off fun places for families to travel to and enjoy. Rockbridge State Nature Preserve has a unique rock structure that faces an interesting waterfall when the weather is wet and the water runs.

The photographic problem, even with a Nikon 24mm lens, is showing the environment to include the rock bridge and the waterfall from top to bottom. Stitching from left to right with a horizontal image is normal and in most instances simple to do.  But going from top to bottom can be a problem. ICE with a great set of support tools to adjust the images and stitching engine the final image looks great with little effort!

Check out the above link, download and enjoy, have some fun.

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Finished image on the left after adjusting the vertical overlap.

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Horizontal images stitched from top to bottom.

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For the image on the left with a wide lens distortion becomes an issue. Ended up with a correct perspective.  On the right keeping a correct perspective without bowing the gentle curves of the hillside.

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Nikon App Snapbridge

Posted by Ed Zirkle on November 30, 2017
Posted in: Camera, Nikon. Tagged: Bluetooth, camera, control, D850, Nikon, photography, Snapbridge, WiFi. Leave a comment

Nikon has just updated it’s app Snapbridge for iOS and Android.  Full control of certain camera’s like the D850 that have WiFi or Bluetooth. Check out the link below for more details.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/0374605991/nikon-s-redesigned-snapbridge-app-adds-full-manual-camera-control-and-intuitive-ui

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Times are changing

Posted by Ed Zirkle on October 10, 2017
Posted in: IT. Tagged: hardware, Microsoft, Starbucks, Surface Pro, technology. Leave a comment

I’ve a meeting at Starbucks and of the 6 computers in use here 5 are PC’s and 2 are Surface Pro’s! And lots of water, tea and few coffees… hummm

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Some simple math, sort of…

Posted by Ed Zirkle on March 23, 2016
Posted in: Stuff. Tagged: Andrew Allingham, butt, funny, wine. Leave a comment

Did you know?  Taken in whole from: http://blog.andrewallingham.info/2011/06/the-difference-between-a-buttload-boatload-and-shitload/

Thank you Andrew Allingham for the insight and buttload/boatload of info…

The difference between a buttload, boatload and shitload.

Posted on 06/23/2011 by andrew

I found that I’ve been censoring myself when it comes to measuring quantities in storytelling. It’s part of growing up, I thought, it’s inappropriate to talk about buttloads of
shit in polite conversation. Not only was I wrong about what a buttload actually was, but I found that I’ve been throwing the terms around with no regard to their actual quantity. Were there boatloads or buttloads of people in line at the supermarket, or was there merely a shitload?

For arbitrary’s sake, I’ll be comparing these sizes in gallons of whiskey (not including the jug), which is less dense than water, and weighs about 7.7 lbs per gallon. I know this is problematic, what if you want to describe how many legos you used to own in terms of butt/boat/shitloads? What about abstract concepts like boatloads of fun? you’ll need to convert them yourself. This is just a mild attempt at understanding size differences.

Buttload: “A ‘butt‘ is a traditional unit of volume used for wines and other alcoholic beverages. A butt is generally defined to be two hogsheads, but the size of hogsheads varies according to the contents. In the United States a hogshead is typically 63 gallons and a butt is 126 gallons.”

I used to think buttload was just a mishearing of boatload, but nope, it is a butt distinct unit, from Middle English bote. From now on, I’ll probably start measuring things in hogsheads.

Boatload: “the cargo that a vessel carries or is capable of carrying.”
Thanks to the indefinite response from the dictionary, I guess it will depend on how big of a boat we are talking about (can be modified, huge boatload, tiny boatload). As an example, we’ll use one of the largest cargo ships, The Colombo Express.
The Colombo Express holds 8,749 Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), and while TEUs are hardly standardized, “the maximum gross mass for a 20-foot (6.1 m) dry cargo container is 24,000 kilograms (53,000 lb).[4] Subtracting the tare mass of the container itself, the maximum amount of cargo per TEU is reduced to approximately 21,600 kilograms (48,000 lb),” according to a Page That Cannot Be Found. Thrilling, that’s good enough for me. Math.
21,600 kg * 8,749 TEUs = 188,978,400 kg = 416,626 ,056 lbs
so,  416,626,056lbs / 7.7lbs = 54,107,280 gallons.

Shitload: After reading through a thread discussing a formula for calculating average poop size, minus the fiber and bacterial content, I’m siding with user “Dave” and agreeing that the avg poop is probably around .5 lbs, but since it varies daily with diet and health, and is messy, highly intricate and hard (or soft) to calculate, I’ll elect to use an interval of .5 ≤ x ≤ 2 lbs, so .065 ≤ x ≤ .260 gallons.

 

AND NOW THE rebutting of the above… apologies, just had to say it.

Anne Ominous
06/27/2013

You are 100% wrong.

“Buttload” *IS* a mis-hearing of “boatload”. Yes, a “butt” is a unit of measurement used in winemaking, equivalent to 126 gallons. But “buttload” is not a unit used in winemaking and never has been. The fact that the words are superficially similar does not mean they are the same.

The word “boatload” has been in use since the 1600s to mean “a large quantity”. “Buttload” has never been in use at all until a relatively few years ago.

Someone mis-heard “boatload” and ASSOCIATED that mishearing with “shitload”, internally justifying in their minds that they actually heard it correctly. But they didn’t.

Face it. Buttload is nothing more than a modern bastardization of boatload. History proves it. It only became popular a few years ago. And while “butt” has been used in the wine industry for at least a couple of centuries, “buttload” simply has not.

I won’t accept your attempt to re-write history in order to justify your misuse of words.

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Microsoft Translator

Posted by Ed Zirkle on March 8, 2016
Posted in: Software, Uncategorized, Windows Phone. Tagged: Klingon, Microsoft, translator, Windows Phone 8. Leave a comment

Ck it out, new update to the Microsoft Translator now understands Klingon…

Microsoft Translator v1.3.1.69

What’s New
· Expanded support for Arabic language in conversation mode, and as a downloadable package to use offline
· Added support for Klingon language
· Bug fixes

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/translator/9wzdncrfj3pg

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MOV to MP4, who knew…

Posted by Ed Zirkle on February 10, 2016
Posted in: Camera, Computer, Software. Tagged: D800, Ed Zirkle, Microsoft, MOV, Movie Maker, MP4, Nikon, photography, video, video files, Windows 10, Windows Live Essentials. Leave a comment

After upgrading to Win10 I have found a few bumps along the way but most of them have been little and solved. Win10 is actually very likable.

On my road trip, We The People 2013 – www.wethepeople2013.us – I used my Asus ROG laptop as my mobile lab for ingesting still and video files and then editing them.  For the video from my Nikon D800 I get MOV files and I would use the MS Movie Maker program to get a quick edit done and posted to YouTube.

After the move to Win10 and keeping the Movie Maker program, part of the Windows Live Essentials package that was not updated for Win10, I find the program will not open MOV files anymore. Sad…

I did find this link, http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-MOV-File-to-an-MP4,  from wikiHow that explained you could just change the extension of the file from a .MOV to a .MP4!  Really… So I did a basic copy/paste in the same folder, got a COPY added to the file name and then changed the extension.  Works like a charm and the ‘new’ files open in Movie Maker just fine.

Hope this is helpful to someone else, have a good one…

Ed

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CTRL+ALT+DELETE something to remember to have for additional security.

Posted by Ed Zirkle on February 19, 2015
Posted in: Uncategorized. Leave a comment

Don’t forget to have CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log to your computer. It’s another layer of security to protect your computer.

The following is from Microsoft support page:

For Windows XP, follow these steps:

  1. Log on to the computer as an administrator.
  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
  3. Click Change the way users log on or off.
  4. Click to select the Use the Welcome screen check box if you want to disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence.
  5. Click Start, click Run, type Control Userpasswords2, and then press ENTER.
    Note You may receive the following dialog box:
    You must be a member of the Administrators group on this computer to open User Accounts. You are logged on as user name, and this account is not a member of the Administrators group.
    In this condition, you are required to type the user name and password when the system prompts the dialog box to type the user name and password of the administrator of the computer.
  6. Click the Advanced tab.
  7. In the Secure logon section, click to clear the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box if you want to disable the sequence.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, type Control Userpasswords2, in the Search box and then press ENTER.
    Note You are required to type the user name and password when the system prompts the dialog box to type the user name and password of the administrator of the computer.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. In the Secure logon section, click to clear the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete check box if you want to disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE sequence.


Note
If the Advanced tab is not available, click Start, click Run, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.

The Advanced tab is not available under certain conditions. For example, if you are a restricted user, the Advanced tab is not available. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

306992

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306992/ )

How to manage stored user names and passwords on a computer in a domain in Windows XP

Additional information for Windows 8:
Enable/Disable “Secure Sign-in” in Advanced User Accounts

1. From the Start screen, start typing netplwiz and press Enter when finished.
NOTE: You could also press Windows+R to open the Run dialog, type netplwiz, and click on OK.2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

3. Do step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.

4. To Enable Secure Sign-in

A) Check the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete box, and click on OK.
Alternatively:
Lower left corner of the screen and right click.
Control Panel
User Accounts
Make changes to my account in PC settings
OR

Windows plus I keys will bring up Settings

Change PC settings
Accounts
Change Sign-in options
NOTE for all changes to settings for all OS’s
IF anything is greyed out… you need to be an admin on the local computer or have permissions from your network admin if on a network logon.

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