Gary Chichester, an activist and former president of the Chicago Gay Alliance, is particularly moving, talking about the early days of the park as a meeting place for gay men and the beginnings of the pride movement. Mostly I ramble on about Terkel, who followed social historian and author Arthur Weinberg as emcee of the Bughouse Square Debates when they were resurrected in the 1980s, a chore that I have insufficiently handled since his death. ![]() I have a few things to say in the film, having written about the park since before these filmmakers were born. There is a welcome minimum of talking heads. I cannot imagine one watching this film not being drawn to the park for a walk. Using wonderful historical illustrations and photos, and contemporary video and drone shots, the park is vividly captured. is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.The park is firmly the main character of the documentary and though the film is only 15 minutes long, it does a remarkably fine job of capturing the various “lives” of the park, as it reflected its surrounding neighborhood, which has gone from ritzy to seedy and notorious and back to ritzy now. Foreword Reviews only recommends books that we love. No fee was paid by the publisher for this review. The publisher of this book provided free copies of the book to have their book reviewed by a professional reviewer. Nevertheless, The Magic Window is a welcome “lite” reference for those interested in the history of broadcasting.ĭisclosure: This article is not an endorsement, but a review. Von Schilling keeps his entries brief, perhaps as a nod to the diminished attention span of a generation of readers raised in the TV era. With the emphasis on acceptable content, one wonders what the early television community would have thought of today’s product, which includes frank subject matter, partial nudity, suggestive dialogue, and language that would have those prim and proper mavens reaching for the smelling salts. Others were not used to having their material censored. Not all succeeded many stars of radio could not contend with the demands of performing live, unused to memorizing their lines. In the fledgling days, performers also had to learn how to adapt to television. Indeed, politicians found that they could no longer get away with giving a good speech-they now needed to be “telegenic” as well. ![]() Television showed us the American system at work, through broadcasting political conventions, Crime Commission meetings, and the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. As dry as they might seem, technical matters, licensing, patent battles, and government involvement are all essential parts of the biography of television.Īs far as the on-screen story, it’s not only the entertainment value of such early performers as Milton Berle, Syd Caesar, Lucille Ball, and Howdy Doody that defined the medium. While early TV programs and stars may be of the most interest to readers, they are not necessarily the most important aspects of the evolution of the medium. The author, a professor of English and an expert in pop culture, covers the entire television spectrum, from its infancy through its adolescence. When television made its ballyhooed debut for the general public at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, could anyone have dreamed how much it would grow in such a relatively short time? It quickly developed from a commodity that only few could afford or take advantage of (remember, some parts of the country weren’t even wired for electricity at the time), to a fixture in the world community.
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![]() Essentially, it's a way of taking an image that historically would have been printed via CMYK, but instead uses more opaque ink to create a more stable color and production friendly ink that can print almost any design for any garment. It does so by overlapping and blending colors in a method similar to CMYK through using halftones and spot colors and/or PMS colors. Simulated Process is a method used to reproduce almost any image on the market.
![]() The Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Light uses a monochrome 4-shade palette using actual gray. Because the non-backlit LCD display background is greenish, this results in a "greenscale" graphic display, as it is shown in the simulated image (at Game Boy display resolution), below. The original Game Boy uses a monochrome 4-shade palette. Conversions with and without dithering follow, using the hex palette 0F160608 0F162720 0F090010 0F0A1910 (the repeated 0F represents black as the common backdrop color). (A special video mode of the MMC5 mapper overrides this, assigning a subpalette to each 8×8-pixel tile.) Sprites have an additional set of four 3-color subpalettes (with color 0 being transparent in each) and every 8x8 or 8x16 pixels can have their own subpalette, allowing for a total of 12 different colors to use for sprites at any given time, or a total of 25 on-screen colors.īecause of the constraints mentioned above, converting a photograph often results in attribute clash at 16×16-pixel boundaries. The PPU's video memory layout allows choosing one subpalette for each 16×16 pixel area of the background. ![]() The NES PPU uses a background palette with up to 13 of these colors at a time, consisting of one common backdrop color and four subpalettes of three colors, chosen from the above set. The PPU produces colors outside of the TV color gamut, resulting in some colors being presented differently on different TV systems. Because it affects the whole palette at once it may be considered more of a filter effect applied to the image, rather than an increased palette range. ![]() This extends the total available colors to 448, but inconveniently divided into 8 variations of the base 56. In addition to this, it had 3 color emphasis bits which can be used to dim the entire palette by any combination of red, green and blue. There are two identical whites, one of the blacks has less-than-zero brightness, and one of the lighter grays is within 2% of another, so sometimes the palette has been reported to have 52 to 55 colors. The 54-colors can be created based on four luma values, twelve combinations of I and Q chroma signals and two series of I = Q = 0 for several pure grays. The Picture Processing Unit (PPU) used in the Nintendo Entertainment System generates color based on a composite video palette. Resolution was 160×102 pixels and it was possible to use 16 simultaneous colors per scanline. The video hardware was custom built and designed by Jay Miner and David Morse It used two chips, named Mikey and Suzy. The Atari Lynx used a 4096-color palette. This section needs expansion with: a simulation of the sample image. The SECAM palette was reduced to a simple 3-bit RGB, containing only 8 colors (black, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, yellow and white) by mapping the luma values: With the system's actual color restrictions (and proper change in aspect ratio), the same image would look very different: The above image assumes there is no limit on the number of colors per scanline. 128-color entries could still be selected, but due to the different color encoding scheme, 32 color entries results in the same eight shades of gray: With the PAL format, a 104-color palette was available. ![]() The above image assumes there is no limit on the number of colors per scan line. With the NTSC format, a 128-color palette was available, built based on eight luma values and 15 combinations of I and Q chroma signals (plus I = Q = 0 for a pure grayscale): It generated different YIQ color palettes dependent on the television signal format used. The Television Interface Adaptor ( TIA) is the custom computer chip that generated graphics for the Atari Video Computer System game console. ![]() However, manually downloading images can be tedious. The former works well if you have fewer than 500 hundred files to deal with. ![]() Downloading media from Google Photosĭepending on the number of media files you plan to move, you can either download the images manually or use Google Takeout. Once you've downloaded your media, we'll look at how to upload it to your Synology NAS. You'll first need to download all your files from the Google Photos website, so ensure you have a computer with ample disk space. Moving your media manually from Google Photos to a Synology DiskStation is a two-part process. The best way would be to sync everything only until 2018, so you don't have to mess with exact dates, and use the more capable manual way for everything you've photographed since 2019. ![]() Since Google stopped syncing Google Photos to a specific Google Drive folder in 2019, you won't be able to sync anything added to Google Photos after that point. Not so smart: Google Photos has better AI chops by far.No editing: Synology Photos lacks photo and video editing features.Entry price: Synology Photos is free, but you need a Synology DiskStation, which doesn't come cheap.For outsiders, you can have password-protected public links. Sharing: Sharing photos with your family is easy.Familiar interface: Synology's app is made to look like Google Photos, so you won't have trouble switching.Organization tools: It uses AI to tag faces and places that are searchable.Free: Synology Photos comes bundled with Synology NAS servers for free.Self-hosted: Your photos never leave your home and live safely in a server you control.Here are the advantages of using Synology: But if you use an older NAS device, update the DSM version before you proceed. If you purchase a new server, it comes preinstalled with the latest DSM version. The new Synology Photos app works only with Synology's latest NAS management software, DSM 7.0. Or if you're eyeing a NAS for your home office, Synology Photos would be a nice bonus that offers unlimited full-size backups and saves you cash in the long run.Īssuming you've decided to go with Synology Photos, let's move on to the next step and see how you can easily move your entire photo collection from Google Photos to Synology Photos. You should consider switching from Google Photos to Synology Photos only if you own a Synology NAS. For instance, the 2TB plan on Google One costs $100 a year, which is cheaper and more sensible than spending upfront on a NAS just for Synology Photos. You will still save a ton of cash even if you go for the paid Google One tier. Most people looking to host their family photos and videos should stick with Google Photos. Still, this kind of investment isn't justifiable if you only want it for Synology Photos. Sure, there are several advanced things the NAS can do, from running a mail server to offering a full surveillance suite. This also means you will spend a substantial amount on buying the hardware upfront instead of renting some storage space with Google One for a small fee.Įven if you get a basic Synology DiskStation DS220+ and pair it with two NAS-specific hard drives, you're looking at an initial investment going upwards of $500. Think of it as the various apps and services Apple bundles without additional charges when buying an iPhone. But to access it, you need a Synology NAS. The Synology Photos app is free to use without any monthly subscription tied to it. And when you're using the app, you'll feel right at home coming from Google Photos with features like automatic face tagging and sharing options. Synology Photos is designed to make it easy to move your entire Google Photos library. And the best part is that you don't need to shell out for a subscription as it comes bundled with all consumer Synology NAS enclosures. Synology Photos is the only other app that lets you store as many photos and videos in full resolution as you like, as long as you have space on the installed hard drives. There are plenty of Google Photos alternatives, but most don't offer a truly unlimited photo backup solution like Google Photos used to. Looking from the top of the tree down, it looks covered, but looking directly at the tree, it’s a lot less white. ![]() The only thing that I wish could be better is that the flocking powder adheres really well to the top of the branches, but it’s hard to get it on the bottom of the branches. Q: Does it look like a store-bought flocked tree?Ī: I think it looks pretty darn close. I imagine more will shed as I decorate it, but it seems to adhere very well. I moved it off of the drop cloth and hardly anything came off of it. And once it’s dry, it’s really stuck on there. I put a drop cloth under it and it worked great! A tiny bit of fine dust got on the floor, but it came up with a damp cleaning cloth. While the process of flocking the tree is messy, it’s not terrible. Galvanized Tree Collar A Few Frequently Asked Questions about How to Flock a Christmas Tree:Ī. I applied the powder at night and it seemed completely dry by the next morning, but I’d let it sit for 24 hours just to be safe.Īnd that’s it! Your newly flocked tree is now gorgeous and ready to look beautiful in your home all season long! Allow the flocking to dry completely before adding lights or decorating. I didn’t test this out, I just sprayed it a bunch and saw that it was fluffing up and moved on to the next section. Liberally mist the flocking powder again until it is well saturated, but not dripping wet. Or if you don’t want those on your tree, just dispose of them. They are just shiny pieces that can be added to the tree. There will be some “pre-mixed IceFlakes” left behind in the sifter. Just be careful not to spray your sifter, if you do try that! □ I just sprayed the tree and let the powder fall on it. The instructions suggest spray the powder as it falls on the tree, but I didn’t do that. Fill your strainer half full with flocking powder and gentle shake it over the wet section of the tree. Liberally mist a section of the tree with water from your spray bottle. Fill the water bottle with water and grab your strainer & flocking powder! ![]() But if you just want to flock the outside edges of your tree, then you can probably just put the whole thing together and then start working. This allowed me to get the flocking powder in the middle of the tree and throughout all of the branches. I chose to flock my Christmas tree from the bottom up as I was putting it together. ![]() I did mine in my dining room with a drop cloth on the floor, but you may want to do yours in a garage or basement. And you’ll want to designate a place where you can put down a drop cloth. You will want to decide if you want to flock your tree while it’s put up or still in pieces. box for my 9 foot tree and used a little more than half of it.)
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Often you simply cannot avoid taking damage or being knocked down at the start of a fight. This wouldn't be a big deal, except the devs frequently place your characters in rather frustrating and stupid setups, such as your squishy magic user starting right next to heavy damage dealers. Come to think of it, does Blackguards 2 allow you to place your own units? Been a while since I played it.ĬharlesGrey: That's why I usually prefer when games allow you to reset your skill points, but many "old-school" RPGs come without that kind of safety net.Īs I've been playing some more, I also noticed another aspect of the game which is rather annoying: You have zero control over your unit placement at the start of each battle. ![]() If you're stuck on a fight, you can simply go elsewhere and gain some more levels and loot.Īs I've been playing some more, I also noticed another aspect of the game which is rather annoying: You have zero control over your unit placement at the start of each battle. I think you'd enjoy it more too, for the same reason. ) That's why I usually prefer when games allow you to reset your skill points, but many "old-school" RPGs come without that kind of safety net.ĭid you manage to make some more progress in Blackguards 1? I'm in the third chapter now and I like it much better, since it is less linear. )Ĭoming off Divinity OS and King's Bounty I hadn't expected to have an issue. but the first act being so "easy" lulled me into a false sense of security - the skill spec issues suddenly hit hard and fast with act 2.Ĭoming off Divinity OS and King's Bounty I hadn't expected to have an issue. Yeah, I'm certain part of my issue is simply not knowing what to build up first and being generally unfamiliar with The Dark Eye system. I always do this for longer games, mostly to be prepared in case some kind of bug or hardware malfunction messes up my current save. That way you won't have to start over from the beginning. Oh, one more important general tip: Try to always keep multiple save games, so you can go back to an older save if you feel like you've screwed up. I wasn't sure if this was possible during a playthrough, but I checked, and it seems you can change the difficulty level at any time. I always do this for longer games, mostly to be prepared in case some kind of bug or hardware malfunction messes up my current save.ĬharlesGrey: You seem to have figured this out yourself already, but I would suggest temporarily switching to Easy difficulty whenever you get stuck on a battle. ![]() Most heavy armor and weapons comes with some negative side effects, especially for magic users. Maybe you could also optimize the equipment of your characters. I find it also helps if you teach all of your magic users some healing spells, so you don't have to rely on potions all the time. How do you spend your experience points? Do you focus too much on attribute points? I'd say early on it's more effective to focus on your main attack skills & spells, so you deal more damage and reduce the risk of missed attacks. I just occasionally start a fight over, if I feel like I've made a really dumb mistake. I do think it's a fairly challenging game, and sometimes it can feel a bit unfair ( like the RNG is sometimes giving the AI an advantage ), but so far I didn't get stuck on any fights. )Īt this point I'm actually curious why the game is giving you so much trouble, as I just finished those arena fights myself recently, and completed them all on the first try. You seem to have figured this out yourself already, but I would suggest temporarily switching to Easy difficulty whenever you get stuck on a battle. ![]() ![]() You can check out the chambers for yourself, find out more on the Gilmerton Cove website.It’s almost 100 years since ‘Boy King’ Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered. Now’s your last chance to see its treasures before they’re returned to Egypt… Other theories behind the the passageways include it being a Witches Coven and a Knights Templar Retreat.Īny and all of the speculations surrounding Gilmerton Cove’s past could be true, though it’s likely we’ll never know for sure. It’s possible that locals created a hideaway to stay safe from invasion. ![]() The cove’s use as a hiding place also comes into play in another theory, which argues the tunnels were made in the 16th century at the time of the Battle of Flodden.Īfter King James VI and his army were destroyed by the English at the Battle of Flodden, many felt another invasion was imminent. They became a persecuted minority after the 1660 Restoration, with death penalties and torture imposed for any Covenanters preaching in public - and many held services in hidden places to avoid persecution. The Covenanters took control of Scotland after the Bishop Wars, pushing against changes imposed on the kirk. He reported that it was unlikely that one man could have carried out the work in only a few years, and concluded that the Gilmerton Cove went back much further than the 18th century.Īside from being the Gilmerton local drinking hole, another popular theory argues that it could have been used to house Covenanters in the 17th century.Ĭovenanters were those who supported the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and were part of a religious movement following disputes with King James I.Įxtensive archaeological and historical research has failed to resolve the mystery (Image: Gilmerton Heritage Trust) In 1897, an Assistant Keeper at the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh made a detailed study of the caves. Parish records from the time show he was reprimanded for allowing alcohol to be consumed in the cove on the Sabbath, though it is not known if George carved the cove himself. Sign up to our Edinburgh Live nostalgia newsletters for more local history and heritage content straight to your inbox George was an 18th century local blacksmith, who is thought to have lived in the cove between 17. The Hellfire Clubs were a nationwide association of high society members who engaged in ‘immoral activities’ and mocked religion, dining on ‘Holy Ghost Pie’ and ‘Devil’s Loin.’Īnother contributing factor to the theory that Gilmerton Cove was an underground boozer comes from George Paterson. The cove, which is built around a main corridor that stretches over forty feet, has two separate entrances carved from natural sandstone.Īlso connected via a secret passage, was the nearby Hellfire Club. The 'punch bowl' sits amongst the dimly lit passageways (Image: Flickr Creative Commons - Angus McDiarmid) The City of Edinburgh Council collaborated with Gilmerton Heritage Trust to open the cove as an educational resource for the community, as well as a visitors attraction. While the Gilmerton Cove is thought to have been there for centuries, it wasn't until 2003 that the newly restored cave was opened to the public. Scottish guest leaves Lorraine speechless after revealing her boyfriend was undercover cop.Michelin-starred chef claps back at diner who refused beef on £115 tasting menu.While the origins remain a mystery, there are rumours the caves were used as a drinking den.Īn ex-mining village, Gilmerton now sits right on the edge of the city four miles from the centre. In Gilmerton, an underground set of hand carved tunnels lay under the suburb, thought to date back to the 18th century. READ MORE - Gordon Ramsay's Edinburgh restaurant 'sorry' over diner's late £100 beef wellington What a lot of tourists, and locals, don't know about - is what's lurking underneath our streets. We all know about Edinburgh's landmark attractions we've got the castle, we've got Arthurs Seat, we've got Holyrood House. ![]() Reading format, channels and bits-per-sample Therefore the value of unsigned and signed interpretation are identical.The first 2 bytes of this 4 byte value are: 0x00 00 = 0.So, reading just the first 2 bytes (=16 bit) is sufficient for representing the decimal value of 48000.Maximum value of 16 bit unsigned is: 65535.This only works if the value is less-or-equal than 65535. In case you wonder, why the value 48000 shows up in "signed 32 bit" as well as "unsigned 16 bit", the reasons are as follows: Therefore, the value "48000" (=48 kHz) is displayed in the "unsigned 32 bit" data display field at the bottom. Since we've selected "Show little endian encoding", the bytes are read from right-to-left, resulting in: ![]() In this case, that's not a valid samplerate. If you read it from left-to-right (in the order the data bytes are displayed), its interpretation would be: Let's convert this hex value to decimal - but: remember endianess? As the name suggests: It's data located at the beginning - the "head" - of a file, usually containing structural information about the payload data to come.įor example in a WAV file, as you can see in its specification, the header contains information like this:Īnnotated WAV header in hex Reading the audio samplerateĪnd as you can see, I've put the editing cursor (red mark) at the offset of the samplerate. So here we go: First, you have to know about the so called " File Header". ![]() Intentionally - and knowing what you're doing. Okay, now editing text was fun already, but imagine that you're actually going to manipulate binary data! O.O If you want to replace it with a shorter text, just add "space" characters to fill it up until its "null-terminated" end. So please: If you edit text strings, stay inside their boundaries. ![]() When doing this to a media file, pixels might be ill-colored, or the whole image falls apart, or all colors are wrong - or the viewing application crashes. If it's an executable, it might crash when trying to read that string, or access the data that you deleted by replacing it with your text. If you change a text string in a binary file and you overwrite its end (=the 0x00 byte), you overwrite actual code. Otherwise, bad things may - and probably will - happen to your file and to your system." It was endless fun translating English to Austrian slang, and share this personalized version with friends :Dīut when my father showed us this "hacker tool", he advised us: Maybe I chose this, because that was the first thing I did with a hex editor when I was a kid: I changed text phrases in my favorite computer games. But let's start with editing text in binary files. The hex editor can be used to edit binary files. That's how you know where one term ends and another one begins. The metadata fields inside a PNG for example, are separated by a 0x00 character. Therefore they're called " null-terminated strings". Text strings inside a binary file often end with the hex character "0x00". If you see the text displayed with dots, use multi-byte encoding, otherwise single-byte. Now, when searching for text inside a binary file, some editors allow to specify if you search for 1 or 2 byte encoded strings. Therefore the letters between the dots :) Thanks to downwards compatiblity with single-byte ASCII mapping, the basic alphanumeric characters are still readable in their 1-byte representation. The dots between the letters in Unicode are not to indicate an abbreviation, or some ASCII-Art: The dots represent non-printable characters. Single- and multi-byte character encoding of "hello" next to each other (separated by a space character "0x20") Here's a bogus example how these 2 encodings would look in a hex editor: If it's a number, you already know what to do, but if it's text you may find 2 different ways in which its displayed in the text column: In order to read embedded metadata, you need to know at which byte offsets to find which data field and how to interpret it. If you look at a lossy compressed audio file like MP3 or MP4, it's quite likely to contain descriptive metadata embedded. Handling text in binary files Searching TextĪs already mentioned, you'll encounter text phrases inside binary files. There is also a PDF version of this document available for download, as well as its Markdown source code. This article is mainly aimed at archivists with digital preservation needs, and maybe a bit for data forensic beginners. This part is about handling the data in the file itself, such as searching or editing text or reading and editing binary data with the use of a file format specification paper. In the previous part, we've covered the basics of "what is hex?" and how to use a hex editor for binary files. Reading format, channels and bits-per-sample. The glaze forms a sweet, crunchy, and sticky crust on the salty, juicy ham-all the flavors and textures you want from a memorable holiday ham. Our recipe for Maple-Bourbon Glazed Ham is easy to prepare, and the five-ingredient glaze is made from ingredients you already have on hand. For the Port Wine Ham Glaze, it is the rich use of Cumberland Sauce that elevates the ham. With the Citrus Glazed Ham option, a sweet and salty flavor takes the stage. (It is, however, surprising how often pineapple comes into play when tackling a ham.)Ī typical brown sugar-bourbon glaze is used on our Glazed Ham with Pineapple Chutney. There are many glaze options to choose from-it's all about what you want from your ham. Helen Norman Styling: Carrie Purcell Step 1: Choose a recipe A ham is a big cut of meat, and when you want to glaze it, it will require several hours in a low temperature oven-even though it's fully cooked-to get that wonderfully sticky, caramelized exterior. Just make sure that you have a meat thermometer handy, because you don't want it to overcook and dry out. If you want to add a flavorful homemade glaze (skip those sauce packets that come with the ham- we have lots of options), or prefer your meat hot, you can heat a pre-cooked ham up in the oven. They come boneless and bone-in, depending on your preference. City hams are cured in a salt water solution with various seasonings before being smoked, cooked, and packaged. If you're hoping to take the hard work out of the holidays, opt for a city ham. You might know them from your breakfast biscuits. ![]() Country hams usually come uncooked, meaning that they require more preparation. They have a saltier flavor and are less common on a holiday tablescape because of that. country? What does it all mean? When you're shopping for your holiday ham, you've got a few decisions to make.Ĭountry hams are dry-cured with spices, which takes longer than city hams. CUNNINGHAM What's the Difference Between Country and City Ham?Ĭooked vs. The National Pork Board advises a minimum three-minute rest before carving and recommends slicing as you need it so the meat doesn’t dry out.HECTOR MANUEL SANCHEZ PROP STYLING: CAROLINE M. If you’d like it to be more medium, allow the interior to reach a temperature of 160✯.Īs with all large cuts, it’s important to give the meat a brief rest so that the juices can redistribute. If you’re using fresh ham and looking for a medium-rare interior, you’ll want a temperature of 145✯. A fully cooked ham should have an internal temperature of 140✯ when reheated. But glazing and warming it will greatly improve the flavor. If you’ve purchased a fully cooked ham that’s ready to eat, you could serve it cold. ![]() Most recipes also call for adding at least a small amount of water to the bottom of the pan to prevent the juices or any glaze from burning when it hits the hot pan. To keep your ham from drying out, cook it with the cut side down in the roasting pan. For the most flavorful ham, score the fat in a diamond pattern, which allows glaze and seasonings to better penetrate the ham. You want a ⅛- to ¼-inch-thick layer of fat, but if your ham has excess fat and a tough rind, you should use a sharp knife to remove it. According to Pamela Johnson, director of consumer communications for the National Pork Board, most hams are “fairly well trimmed,” so it’s unlikely you’ll need to do any serious butchering. |
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