TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

I needed a way to allow people to download photos. Things I tried:  -  Icedrive , but the photos are RAW, so very big - making cloud is a bit slow and clunky.  Plus I hit the free storage limit, which took simply ages to fix.  I wanted a solution where I could share files direct from my NAS without a lot of tedious uploading and syncing. -  I tried setting up separate private folders in Photo Station for this, but I didn't like that solution.  Photo Station isn't made for that.  It's messy and wrong. -  I read that you could share via File Station, but it needed Quickconnect.  I wasn't keen on using Quickconnect for several reasons, not least of which was the Quickconnect URLs look really amateur. -  I also researched Synology Drive A LOT.  It does support public links, and would do this.  But it is so heavily focused on collaboration and synchronization that it just seemed wrong for me.   As it turns out,...

While I hate to diss on a Canadian company, I am (still) pretty mad about this one.  Mad enough to bother posting this 2 weeks later. For those considering Soda PDF as an Acrobat alternative, it seems pretty good.  It's also possible to pick it up for considerably off the "retail" price, making it seem like a good deal. However, what is mentioned nowhere on their site is that the price is not a one-time purchase.  It is, rather, an annual subscription. They claim this to be a "misunderstanding", but this is obviously intentionally deceptive on their part.  Their site does not state that the price is for an annual plan It is mentioned in the checkout process, where the item purchased is listed as a "yearly plan".  So they can argue it's your fault for not noticing.  But these are two very small small words on a fairly busy ordering page, making it easy to miss. There are also additional items: 1.  Certain features - such as digital ...

Good writeup here . Short answer - clean the bottom filter.

Google search results may show results such as "www.nexus-card.com" at the top of the search listings.  These companies are NOT the CBSA - they are private.  They charge $100-$125 on top of the actual government fee of $50 $USD. You do not need to use such a company to acquire or renew a NEXUS card.  So, that's basically $100 for nothing. When renewing, be sure you're dealing directly with the government.  Correct renewal link here .

On a PC, putting an advancedsettings.xml file in your Kodi directory is easy.  Copy and paste via Windows Explorer, done. Same for an Android box or tablet.  Copy and paste using "My Files" or anything similar, done. On a Chromebook, not so much.  Chromebooks hide the OS files.  Copy & paste is not possible. However, it is possible to put an advancedsettings.xml file into Kodi on a Chromebook. NOTE : This guide assumes you know how to point Kodi to another device that holds your advancedsettings.xml file, such as a USB stick, external hard drive, internal storage, or whatever.  If you don't know how to do that, go away and find out. (Hey, you may as well.  You're probably going to need that same info to set up your video sources later.) Steps: 1.  Make your advancedsettings.xml file.  Here is a really simple file.  All it does is exclude certain directory names - like "Extras" - from being scanned into the Kodi library...

I purchased this lens recently, but am planning to send it back.  Experience is below for anyone considering this lens, or wondering if their copy is good or bad. Note: this post does not review the "G2" model of this lens. First informal tests showed up a possible issue. Caveats: Handheld,  1/1000s or higher, high ISO. No, the sign is not straight. Who cares, look at the results! 0 - Uncropped example shot f/2.8 f/3.2 f/3.5 f/4.0 f/4.5 f/5.0 f/5.6 f/6.3   f/7/1 Yes, I know DOF plays a part.  But still obviously a possible issue. So, on to more rigorous testing, below. Note: I am aware it is not fair to compare a zoom against primes, a zoom at max zoom vs. a zoom at min zoom.  However, these are the lenses I had available.   All lenses were shot wide open to make the tests as fair as possible. All at ISO 100, tripod, 5s self-timer delay, Nikon SB-24 flash, lens VR off, lens was refocus...

Amazingly complicated tutorial here . tl;dr version:  Copy the following directories from the old device to the new: Android/data/com.and.games505.TerrariaPaid/Players Android/data/com.and.games505.TerrariaPaid/Worlds I suggest you also do directory "OldSaves" as well.  On my old tablet, "Players" and "Worlds" were both empty, probably because it was running an older version of Terraria. The entire rest of the tutorial is a walkthrough on how to copy these up to a cloud drive, and back down again.  Obviously any equivalent method will also do.  It seems Terraria used to have a cloud save function.  I don't see it in the latest version (as of Nov 2019) and have no idea if it still exists or not.