![]() ![]() This is another really thoughtful documentary short about women excelling in sports in ways that defy cultural norms. From a cottage in remote northern Michigan - which was increasingly filled with computers, machines, satellites and wires - Shepherd would broadcast music millions of miles into space (he decided aliens would probably respond to Afrobeat, jazz, reggae records as a kind of universal language).Īfter spending much of his life with his head in the stars, Shepherd's attention is brought back to Earth after making a different kind of connection in his own community. In this documentary short, which debuted on Netflix in August, director Matthew Killip tells the story of John Shepherd, a man who spent 30 years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to contact aliens. "John Was Trying to Contact Aliens" - 16 mins. Here are some of my favorites that I've discovered. ![]() Netflix has a ton of options that are under an hour long, with an expanse of topics - space travel, sumo wrestling, and speedcubing. Earlier this year, I used this as an opportunity to explore all the great sketch comedy options that were available to stream, but recently I've expanded my media diet to include short, upbeat documentaries. There are times, especially at the end of a workday, where my attention span is just shot. There's a simple explanation for this, and Corinne Purtill put it quite succinctly for the New York Times: "Stress, like a pandemic, puts our brains into 'fight or flight' mode, disrupting attention, memory, breathing and sleep." This movie might unsettle you if you have a deep fear of the ocean.Īt times, The Deepest Breath can be quite heavy and somber in tone, especially given its subject matter, but it also spends time exploring Zecchini and Keenan’s victories and the highs of the sport that kept them going.It's been a year of some pretty spectacular documentaries - from HBO's revealing sports and mental health documentary "The Weight of Gold," to Netflix's inspiring Paralympics Games doc "Rising Phoenix," to the heartfelt "A Secret Love."īut, as I've written about before, I've developed something that I call "quarantine brain." It's kind of like being on a heavy dose of cold medicine while also taking an hourly shot of espresso mentally dull with some spikes of anxiety. It uses archival footage, interviews, and clips of actual freediving to create an atmospheric film that sometimes feels like a tense thriller. ![]() This doc delves into their relationship and the risky nature of freediving overall. But then tragedy struck, and Keenan lost his life while saving Zecchini on a dive gone wrong off the coast of Egypt. With Keenan by her side, Zecchini aimed to break the world record for freediving. ![]() Zecchini and Keenan seemed fated to meet, forming a near-immediate emotional bond throughout their years working together. The Deepest Breath focuses on Italian freediver Alessia Zecchini and her safety expert Stephen Keenan. Divers must depend on their physical strength and lung capacity alone to descend into the watery depths and resurface. The doc takes us into the exciting world of freediving, an extreme sport relying on deep dives into the ocean without using any scuba gear or equipment. The Deepest Breath is an acclaimed A24 documentary that arrived on Netflix in July. Bookmark this page to keep track of the best docs released throughout 2023 as we continue adding new Netflix documentaries to the list. We’re more than halfway through the year, and Netflix has already released several great documentaries. This summer, Netflix released two of its most harrowing documentaries yet. In April, Netflix released an emotional and in-depth series about the Boston Marathon bombing and more. They continued their hot streak to the end of January with an excellent and intimate documentary about Pamela Anderson, released in time with her new memoir.įebruary brought us to a chilling look at the Murdaugh Murders. Netflix started the year strong with two compelling stories, one about Wall Street swindler Bernie Madoff and another about Kai Lawrence, a homeless hitchhiker who became a viral sensation. Are you a true crime buff or just a general fan of Netflix documentaries and docuseries? We’re keeping tabs on the best of the best in 2023. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This chart shows the point at which an upgrade in resolution becomes worth it depending on size and distance to the TV. Learn more about the difference between 4k and 8k.Īll that said, everyone's eyesight is a little different, and most TVs now are at least capable of 4k, so visual acuity isn't really the best way to find the right distance. It should instead be used to figure out the closest you can sit to a TV without hitting its resolution limitation. Because the pixels are more densely packed with an 8k resolution, you need to sit closer to actually resolve those details. For that reason-content aside-8k only really makes sense if you want a really big screen and plan on sitting close to it. However, this also decreases the point at which the perceived difference in picture quality becomes noticeable. ![]() With 8k TVs, that density increases further, making it even harder to notice flaws with the resolution unless you're sitting extremely close. You need to be quite close to a fairly large TV for the pixels to be noticeably distracting. Since 4k TVs have such a large density of pixels, it's much more difficult for this issue to arise. So, if you sit too far, your eyes won't be able to resolve the image, but if you sit too close, that image will appear pixelated. For lower resolutions, you have to sit a bit further than preferable to not notice the pixels, while 4k resolutions and higher give you more freedom.įor instance, sitting close to a 1080p TV can look almost like watching through a screen door because you can see the individual pixels, even if it's playing a high-quality 1080p HD movie. Increasing your distance to the TV also increases the density of details, producing a better image. At a certain distance, depending on your eyesight, your eyes won't be able to distinguish every detail. ![]() Our ability to resolve details is determined not only by visual acuity but also by distance. The closer you are, the lower your perceived pixel density will beĪngular resolution is the point at which the eye can 'resolve' or distinguish individual details in an image. Experts suggest that someone with 20/20 vision (or 6/6 using the metric system) can distinguish details that are 1/60th of a degree apart. ![]() ![]() The 780 is the last Bus that goes to Stars Picker Audio Cafe in Petaling Jaya.
![]() Garner has described herself as a typical middle child who sought to differentiate herself from her accomplished older sister. Her father, William John Garner, worked as a chemical engineer for Union Carbide her mother, Patricia Ann English, was a homemaker and later an English teacher at a local college. Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Charleston, West Virginia at age three. She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among children of celebrities. She is the co-founder and chief brand officer of the organic baby food company Once Upon a Farm. Garner works as an activist for early childhood education and is a board member of Save the Children USA. ![]() She also starred in the action films Peppermint (2018) and The Adam Project (2022), and in the AppleTV+ limited series The Last Thing He Told Me (2023). Garner has since starred in several independent films, including the biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and family comedies such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), Love, Simon (2018), and Yes Day (2021). Other commercial successes include the romantic comedies Juno (2007), Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), and Valentine's Day (2010). She also starred in the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30 (2004), and portrayed Elektra in the superhero films Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005). Garner gained recognition for starring as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC action thriller series Alias (2001–2006), winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, in addition to four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She had a starring role on the Fox teen drama series Time of Your Life (1999–2000), and supporting roles in the war drama film Pearl Harbor (2001) and the comedy-drama film Catch Me If You Can (2002). She made her screen debut in the television film adaptation of Danielle Steel's romance novel Zoya in 1995. Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an American actress. ![]() ![]() When auto-hiding is turned off, a lock icon is displayed at the right end of the bar. To turn off LaunchBar’s auto-hiding behavior temporarily, select Turn Hiding Off from the LaunchBar menu or press Command-Shift-H. In some situations you may wish to prevent LaunchBar from hiding, for example, if you’ve selected a folder that’s going to be used as the destination for subsequent drag and drop operations. I used them for several months and really wanted to like them it’s so convenient to have all your modifiers on the home row but I could never get the timing configuration right. ![]() In addition to the Command-H menu shortcut you can hide LaunchBar by pressing either Escape, Command-Period or Command-W. It didn’t take long after getting my Keyboardio Atreus for me to try out home-row mods. When you turn off the Dock icon to make LaunchBar run as a background application (as described above), LaunchBar will also no longer appear in the Command-Tab application switcher of OS X. You will then have to reapply this change.Įxcluding LaunchBar from the Command-Tab app switcher The background mode setting is reset when you reinstall LaunchBar, or when you install a newer version.If LaunchBar is installed in a multi user environment, the modification will affect all users. The background mode can’t be set individually on a per user basis.Instead you have to use Activity Monitor in case you need to force quit LaunchBar. Background applications do not appear in the Force Quit window.Therefore you will not be asked to save any unsaved configuration changes. Background applications are not notified, when you log out or shut down.Therefore OS X simply refuses to perform the Hide Others command when a background application is active. But if a background application (which has no own menu bar) hides all other applications, no menu bar would be left. In OS X there must be at least one foreground application that provides a menu bar. Due to the missing menu bar, the Hide Others command (Command-Option-H) will not work while LaunchBar is active. ![]()
![]() ![]() you need some means of reporting error. #define POST_FEED_DELAY 60000 // 60 seconds // could be longer (4 hrs even) These data pins link to 2 Relay board pins IN1, IN2, define names for the 4 Digital pins On the Arduino 7,8, relay is turned on for two seconds at approx. basic two relay board timed animal feeder Well I don't really understand any of it and I don't see many replies for me to help figure it out. I have this code and it has error messages Which I don't understand. Now need to figure out how to hook it to rtc when I get it and then power it to come on twice a day in approx 12 hour interval. Initialise the Arduino data pins for OUTPUTĭigitalWrite(RELAY1,LOW) // Turns ON Relays 1ĭigitalWrite(RELAY1,HIGH) // Turns Relay OffĭigitalWrite(RELAY2,LOW) // Turns ON Relays 2ĭigitalWrite(RELAY2,HIGH) // Turns Relay OffĭigitalWrite(RELAY3,LOW) // Turns ON Relays 3ĭigitalWrite(RELAY3,HIGH) // Turns Relay OffĭigitalWrite(RELAY4,LOW) // Turns ON Relays 4ĭigitalWrite(RELAY4,HIGH) // Turns Relay Off These data pins link to 4 Relay board pins IN1, IN2, IN3, IN4 define names for the 4 Digital pins On the Arduino 7,8,9,10 You will also see the corresponding Red LED on the 4 Relay board Fill the feeder with treats and you will be able to watch deer, turkey, and other animals feed and interact with one another. If you have a fence, place the feeder on the inside of the fence so the deer can’t reach it. Farhan Ahsan DecemCamping & Survival, DIY 4,637 Views If you enjoy watching wildlife, a homemade deer feeder will bring the wildlife closer to you for observation. Place your bird feeder in an area that is not easily accessible to deer. ![]() Deer can jump high, but they can’t reach bird feeders that are hung from a height. ![]() You can here them click as there state changes from off to on and on to Hang your bird feeder from a shepherd’s hook or other tall structure. Each relay is turned on for 2 seconds and then off. Got relays to work turning on and off for two seconds each. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, it feels like nobody has put a really large document in there and thought “is this usable?” Given it is specifically targeted at writers, I am not sure how they imagined it would be used, or maybe did not think through the use-cases beyond somebody writing fiction linearly. This comes up a lot because you have to put references in the bottom of the document, so I am constantly scrolling down to the bottom, adding a reference, then trying to find where I was writing so that I can insert the appropriate footnote marker and continue working. iA Writer does not do this, so the only way to navigate around a large document is to remember all of your headings and use the text search to locate them again. Google Docs automatically generates a navigation bar on the left, based on all of your chapter titles and sub-headings. You’ll now see the Instagram Captions interface, where you can submit information about the post you want to create. Click on Instagram Captions to open the tool. Once you’ve entered the Copy.ai app, you can find the Instagram Captions tool on the Tools list, under Social Media Tools. You cannot see what you are working on, and if you scroll to that point in the preview panel, you lose your place where you are writing. Step 1: Enter details about your Instagram post. Therefore the text and preview panel are always out of sync. ![]() As I scroll down one, the other one scrolls, but at a slightly different speed. This is one of the most annoying features: the text panel and the preview panel are not properly synced. The only way to do it is to upload it to the web, or use a full file path, such as file:///Users/me/Documents/Book/images/example.jpg. So I could just drop an image into the directory and say image 5 is “example.jpg”. Markdown requires this, but I would have expected URI support. You can embed images in your articles, but you have to give them a URL. You can enable typewriter mode so the current line is always centred on the screen, though this feels a bit like a gimmick so far. You get a simple interface that you can take full screen to remove all distractions, and the layout and style are well thought out. The idea behind iA Writer is to allow you to concentrate on the words. IA Writer handles these large files fine, but the rest is a mixed bag. Google Docs works great, but as you start getting up to 50,000+ plus it starts to really struggle. The big advantage for me, over Google Docs, is that it can handle large files. It uses the Markdown syntax, so instead of a WYSIWYG editor, you get text on one side, that you have to use markup in, and a preview pane on the other. IA Writer is very different in that it is a pure text editor. It has all the features you would expect from a word processor and automatically generates a navigation structure on the left hand side so you can quickly jump around the document. Previously I would use Google Docs, which has been very good. Recently I trialled using iA Writer as my word processor of choice for writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read this if you want to read about adventure on the high seas, about love, and about what people will do to save those they hold close to their hearts. (I have five copies of the movie and two of the book). This is the story that spawned the cult classic movie. He defeats Inigo, Fezzik and Vezzini to save her. Unbeknownst to all, the mystery figure is Westley. Īs she is being taken away, there is a mysterious figure that begins to follow them. appreciation on this app No idea why theres a random glitch at the beginning. Several years later she is on the brink of marrying Prince Humperdinck but she is kidnapped by a band of criminals, Vezzini the self professed genius, Fezzik the giant, and Inigo, a man who has spent years trying to avenge the death of his father at the hands of one of Humperdinck’s men (the one with six fingers on his left hand). Discover videos related to princess buttercup and westley on TikTok. So, word reaches Buttercup that Westley is no longer alive, she retreats into her room and shuts herself a way from the world. On his way, his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who wasn’t in the business of keeping captors alive. Westley, being a poor farm boy, leaves Buttercup and decides to seek ways to make money for marriage, in the lands across the sea. ![]() One day, they are both amazed to discover that they really like each other. From polishing her horse’s saddle, to fetching pitchers, to feeding pigs, Westley is ordered about by Buttercup. The Princess Bride is the classic tale of love, revenge, pirates, chases, escapes, true love, and the ROUS’S (they do actually exist)īuttercup lives on a small farm in the country of Florin. ![]() ![]() ![]() “One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.” ~ Erma Bombeck.I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.” ~ Erma Bombeck “I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour.“If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“Cats invented self-esteem.” ~ Erma Bombeck.There’s a place in the garden for both of them.” ~ Erma Bombeck Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. “Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms.It’s like being the vice president of the United States.” ~ Erma Bombeck They’re upset because they’ve gone from supervisor of a child’s life to a spectator. “When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they’re not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain.“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“He who laughs….lasts.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super-sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“ Success is outliving your failures” ~ Erma Bombeck.“Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.” ~ Erma Bombeck.“If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” ~ Erma Bombeck.When they’re finished, I climb out.” ~ Erma Bombeck “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. ![]() That was the hardest part of all.” ~ Erma Bombeck I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way with a bite out of it to a drugstore and confess, ‘I stole this.’ … But most of all I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. … I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your friend was a creep.
![]() ![]() The short answer is that you need a Markdown application capable of processing the Markdown file. But then what? How is your Markdown-formatted file converted into HTML or a print-ready document? When you write in Markdown, the text is stored in a plaintext file that has an. How Does it Work?ĭillinger makes writing in Markdown easy because it hides the stuff happening behind the scenes, but it’s worth exploring how the process works in general. After you’ve become familiar with Markdown, you may want to use a Markdown application that can be installed on your desktop computer or mobile device. That way you can try the syntax as you learn about it. You’ll probably want to keep the Dillinger website open as you read through this guide. A preview of the rendered document appears in the right pane. ![]() Just open the site and start typing in the left pane. Dillinger is one of the best online Markdown editors. There are several online Markdown editors that you can use to try writing in Markdown. You don’t even need to download anything. That’s easier than ever before thanks to a variety of free tools. The best way to get started with Markdown is to use it. Websites like Reddit and GitHub support Markdown, and lots of desktop and web-based applications support it. This is an important consideration when it comes to books, university theses, and other milestone documents that need to be preserved indefinitely. Even if the application you’re using stops working at some point in the future, you’ll still be able to read your Markdown-formatted text using a text editing application. You can create Markdown-formatted text on any device running any operating system. That’s in stark contrast to word processing applications like Microsoft Word that lock your content into a proprietary file format. If you decide you don’t like the Markdown application you’re currently using, you can import your Markdown files into another Markdown application. Files containing Markdown-formatted text can be opened using virtually any application. People use it to create websites, documents, notes, books, presentations, email messages, and technical documentation. Why write with Markdown when you can press buttons in an interface to format your text? As it turns out, there are several reasons why people use Markdown instead of WYSIWYG editors. You might be wondering why people use Markdown instead of a WYSIWYG editor. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions. ![]() The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. According to Gruber, Markdown syntax is designed to be readable and unobtrusive, so the text in Markdown files can be read even if it isn’t rendered. There are also several web-based applications specifically designed for writing in Markdown.ĭepending on the application you use, you may not be able to preview the formatted document in real time. Or you can use one of the many Markdown applications for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android operating systems. You can add Markdown formatting elements to a plaintext file using a text editor application. The screenshot below shows a Markdown file displayed in the Visual Studio Code text editor. It may take a while to get used to seeing Markdown syntax in your text, especially if you’re accustomed to WYSIWYG applications. Or to make a phrase bold, you add two asterisks before and after it (e.g., **this text is bold**). When you create a Markdown-formatted file, you add Markdown syntax to the text to indicate which words and phrases should look different.įor example, to denote a heading, you add a number sign before it (e.g., # Heading One). In an application like Microsoft Word, you click buttons to format words and phrases, and the changes are visible immediately. ![]() Using Markdown is different than using a WYSIWYG editor. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular markup languages. Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. ![]() |
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