![]() ![]() The combination you choose, and any extra pages, will determine your price. Mixbook offers four different page finishes and five different cover option styles. Photo books can be ordered in landscape, portrait or square shape in 6-by-6-, 8.5-by-8.5-, 10-by-10- and 12-by-12-inch sizes. ![]() How much it costs: Mixbook offers a lot of customization options that can affect your final price. When you're satisfied with your book, click Order to finalize the photo book size, page and cover finish. As you build your book, you can click Preview to see how the final product will look. You can be as creative as you want and veer away from the template as you like - or stick with the presets. Both photo books turned out great and arrived in a timely fashion. You can swap themes at any time, but from what I can tell, you have to change the pages manually, though the photos will transfer over. It was easy to add and edit photos, text, extra pages and embellishments to the template I chose. I used Mixbook to organize my wedding photos and to make a photo book for my dad's birthday. Mixbook lets you upload print-quality photos from your computer or phone as well as Facebook and Instagram, or use the photos you've already uploaded to the site. There's also the option to put a book together from scratch. The site has dozens of fun photo book themes - family, seasonal, wedding, travel, baby - and more specific designs in each category, perfect for photo gifts. Mixbook's minimalist layout makes it very easy to use. If you add or delete something from your project, Shutterfly will tell you that the price of your project has changed. Shutterfly frequently runs sales, so you should be on the lookout for promo codes to apply to your personalized photo-book purchase to save some money. How much it costs: Without sales tax, and taking advantage of a holiday discount at the time of publication, an 8-by-11-inch 20-page hardcover photo book would cost about $27 before shipping and tax. You can also use premade embellishments to spruce up your pages. Any photo you upload has to be in JPEG format. You can add print-quality photography from your computer, or photos already uploaded to Shutterfly, Facebook or Instagram. Basically, you can upload photos of your favorite moments and have expert help in making a personalized coffee table book in no time. You'll be able to arrange your photos, which will go into preselected slots of the template you've chosen. You can customize how the expert chooses your photos, how images are sequenced and the amount of design elements you'd like. You can also choose Shutterfly's Free Designer service, which lets you upload from 50 to 800 photos for Shutterfly experts to select the best images so your book isn't repetitive or blurry. Shutterfly's easy-to-navigate site can help you assemble a photo book with over a dozen occasion templates and book sizes, and it offers tutorials and ideas to help you start entirely from scratch. I'll update this periodically as new services become available and existing services expand their offerings. How much creative freedom do I have with templates?.How long will the photo book take to arrive?.Can it be done on mobile, or is the site desktop-only?.What are the cover and page style options? (Matte, glossy, standard, etc.).What to consider before ordering a photo book Putting a custom photo book together can be a relaxing hobby to take up. Note that I haven't actually had any books made yet, so I can't compare the quality of the final products. I tested a few of the best photo-book services to see how easy they are to work with. However, nothing beats the nostalgic feeling of flipping through a real photo book and keeping all of your cherished family photos in a beautiful collection of pages.Ī number of reputable services are available online to help you compile a photo book that can be mailed right to your door. That makes sharing pictures with loved ones convenient, just a few presses away. Now in the digital era, our photo books are a wall of photos on our phones. Gone are the days of dropping off film canisters or spending hours in a darkroom producing your own photos. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() No error dialogs were shown in our tests, and the app did not hang or crash.Īll in all, System Monitor delivers a simple solution to viewing system resources consumption, backed up by a useful set of network tools. It has a good refresh rate and displays accurate information. monitor system performance 214,762 downloads 478 KB System Monitor II 30.3 A useful sidebar gadget that enables you to monitor the health of your computer by keeping an eye. Options can be restored to their factory values seamlessly.Īs expected, System Monitor runs on a very low amount of CPU and RAM, so it does not affect the overall performance of the computer. This way, System Monitor becomes non-instrusive and you can quickly get a glance of it while working in other applications.Īs far as settings are concerned, you can select the search results display mode (flyout or browser), default search tool, and refresh rate for monitors. Thanks to the built-in Windows options, you can also make the frame stay on top of other windows, as well as change its opacity level. Using this tool, you can see CPU usage and temperature, GPU usage and temperature, amount of free memory, HDD temperature, network speed, etc. This tool consists of several graphs that show you all the necessary system information. Locking and unlocking all monitors is done with the simple click of a button. Moo0 System Monitor is a free and portable tool for monitoring system resources. Other functions of System Monitor include Whois, IP and DNS lookup, Trace Route, and Ping. It displays the system time, CPU and RAM usage by default.Įxtra plugins that you can add include a viewer for the internal and external IP address, battery monitor with a percentage bar or text format, as well as wireless network monitor (same format settings). The interface is based on a small frame that you can move anywhere on the screen. System Monitor is a desktop gadget that includes network and system monitoring tools, developed for advanced computer users. ![]() ![]() ![]() Q: How does compression work when I use the CloudWatch Logs subscription feature? ![]() The service currently supports GZIP, ZIP, and SNAPPY compression formats. Only GZIP is supported if the data is further loaded to Amazon Redshift. For more information, see Creating a Delivery Stream.Īmazon Kinesis Data Firehose allows you to compress your data before delivering it to Amazon S3. You can create an Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose delivery stream through the Firehose Console or the CreateDeliveryStream operation. Q: What are the limits of Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose?įor information about limits, see Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose Limits in the developer guide. For example, a source can be a logging server running on Amazon EC2 instances, an application running on mobile devices, a sensor on an IoT device, or a Kinesis stream.
![]() However, Plex has by far the larger coverage of these devices and the majority of devices in your home probably have access to the Emby client app but certainly have access to Plex. Rich parental control and management features allow you to easily control access for your entire family. Both the Emby and Plex multimedia client apps are available for numerous hand-held, desktop, home cinema and console platforms. ![]() Answering to our readers’s requests for more information on this app, here’s a Guide about the Best Plugins for Emby to watch Free Movies & TV Series Emby is a media server that was stably released on July 17, 2018. Easily share your media with friends and family. Emby is a new streaming application that is arousing great curiosity and enthusiasm.Emby organizes your media into an elegant display with artwork, rich metadata and related content. The Emby Web App is a convenient place to manage all aspects of your Emby Server, including the Library Setup, Users, Plugins, and more.Emby automatically converts your media on-the-fly to play on any device.I am really pleased to see Emby hit the Xbox One, it is a great media platform and this is the final piece of the puzzle for a complete whole home solution. The app has been approved by Microsoft and will be in the store soon. The app has the same features as it does on the other platforms so you can watch live TV via your server, stream music, watch videos and manage your collection. Obviously a great devices for consuming your media is the Xbox One and thanks to the Xbox’s new UWP support Emby is coming to the Xbox One. You can use it to store and manage your personal music, video and photo collections and then access it from any of the client apps (it was one of the featured media solutions in my Windows 10 book). Emby Server is a fantastic media server solution with client apps for iOS, Android, Windows and many others platforms. ![]() ![]() ![]() But these are the ones we liked best, along with their privacy policy information. There are hundreds of weather apps in the App Store and Play Store, so we haven't tried them all. If you want to be even safer, check the weather manually in your internet browser or another device. The built-in Weather app on your iPhone (which uses data from The Weather Channel) or Google Weather app on your Android may not be perfect, but if you're already in those device ecosystems, they have your current location information anyway. ![]() ![]() A number of weather apps, including those from The Weather Channel, AccuWeather and WeatherBug, have come under fire or faced lawsuits for selling location data to advertisers. That's why we've tested and selected the best weather apps for 2022.Īny third-party weather app - as in, those that don't come built-in to your phone - poses a risk, since they operate using location data, and sometimes ask for permissions they don't actually need. There's a lot to consider when picking a weather app it's not just a pick-one-and-forget-about-it kind of deal. Depending on the weather app you choose, you can get additional information, including forecasts months down the line, humidity levels and precipitation totals among other tidbits. Of course, they do a lot more than just tell us what to expect weather-wise over the next seven days. Weather apps provide us with one of the most basic but essential tasks: the weather forecast. If you're someone who likes to make plans in advance to go on adventures, you need a good weather app to back you up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Points off, though, for tits-out alternate costumes that are more creepy and pervy than anything else.īright Memory Infiniteis now available on Windows PC via Steam and is also planned for Xbox Series S and X. There’s also a little bit of replayability in various difficulty levels if you’re so inclined, but after one playthrough, I’m about done… just like with Bright Memory a year or so ago. Free with the purchase of the original Bright Memory on PC - $15 AUD - it’s worth a look if you’re looking for a nice little diversion. While Infinite isn’t available on Xbox Series yet, it will be, and on PC has some amazing visuals that are worthy of your attention. At another time, I couldn’t actually wall run in a certain section until I unplugged my controller, despite using the correct prompts.ĭespite all my problems with Infinite, it’s a game made by a single developer (for the most part) that was amazing looking enough that Xbox wanted to tie it to its then next-gen, now current-gen console. On that note, I found that Infinite at times forgot I was playing with an Xbox controller on PC, instead prompting me with failstate keyboard quicktime prompts that I obviously failed. That paint is pretty self-explainatory, showing a set of footprints and an arrow pointing upward. At once point, Shiela exclaims, “I’ll have to figure out a way to go up” as she’s standing in front of wall with blue paint splattered across it. While Bright Memory itself featured a couple (clunky) puzzles, Infinite ignores them entirely. Combat in that same trailer, in fact, was demonstrated with all of Shiela’s skills acquired, even though it’ll take you a playthrough (or more) to gain them all. There’s a car segment that seems a shadow of its reveal trailer. While the already admittedly solid combat loop is just that, there’s a lot wrong with proceedings. While I have no doubt that FYQD can create amazingly crafted titles with an admittedly solid combat loop, that doesn’t necessarily mean you can also create a decent narrative or dialogue. ![]() While the opening cutscene is strikingly beautiful - especially with ray-tracing enabled on PC - it is the start of Bright Memory Infinite‘s issues. ![]() Wikipedia tells me that SRO stands for Science Research Organisation, though I have no idea what the antagonist’s acronym is supposed to signify. Shiela is akin to Devil May Cry‘s Dante, complete with guns, swords and supernatural telekinetic powers that (I think) are made possible through a special exosuit.Īn opening cutscene feature Shiela as she’s called back into battle (though she was on leave!) to investigate a black hole seemingly created by the nefarious SAI. Not really a sequel to Bright Memory and more a remake (though with entirely new setpieces), Infinite stars protagonist Shiela Tan, an agent of the SRO. While that might be a tad disappointing, it’s extremely important to remember that Bright Memory was primarily developed by a single solitary soul, a Chinese developer named Zeng Xiancheng who prefers the moniker FYQD-Studio.īright Memory Infinite, very soon to be released to Windows PC via Steam, is no different to its predecessor in many respects. The result was a fairly enjoyable, beautiful looking title that ran about an hour at and a half from start to finish. While it didn’t make the launch of the Xbox Series in November, players could dip their toes into its prequel (of sorts), Bright Memory. And only some of that chaos is intentional.īright Memory Infinitecaught many an eye when its next-gen trailer was aired at an Xbox event heralding the release of the Xbox Series S & X late into 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once youve connected your Kindle Fire HD to a computer with a USB cable (sold separately), your Kindle Fire HD will appear in the same location as external USB drives usually appear. Hit the ‘Turn On’ button just below the hotspot name to find the FTP address. Connect Kindle Fire HD to your PC via USB. Finally, open your Kindle Fire, on the Home screen, click on Music > select the Menu > then select Experimental > finally. Safely disconnect your Kindle from your computer to avoid data loss. You will notice the current hotspot you are connected to. Open the Kindle drive, double click on the Music folder, copy or directly drag and drop the music files from your computer to this folder. Next, expand ‘Tools’ section and choose ‘Remote Manager’. You can now transfer files from your Computer to Kindle. Then drag the files you want to transfer from the Mac Finder over to the Android window. In the Android window, move to whatever directory you want to work in, such as the Movies or Music directories. Once installed, open ES File Explorer and select ‘Fast Access’ menu visible in the top left corner. You can also charge your Fire by connecting it to a computer, but the cable required. Once that’s installed, start it up, and then you should have (a) one Android File Transfer window open, and (b) a macOS Finder window open. Tip: Look for a tab that says Local or USB OTG if you don’t see the USB drive. After that, open the file manager program. Here, note that your PC and Kindle tablet should be on the same network (LAN). Connect the USB OTG adaptor to your Fire tablet and then insert the USB disk into the slot. Before this, connect your Kindle Fire to WIFI router. Simply follow the steps given below in proper sequence.ĭownload the ES File Explorer app from the Amazon App Store on Kindle tablet. Second, it does not require you to install any software on your PC or root your Kindle Fire. The good thing about the app is it doesn’t require a wired connection so, the diagnosis and repair step is bypassed if there is a failure to establish a connection between the two machines. Windows Vista and higher will see it as an external drive, and XP users will need to update to WMP 11. This free app will help you connect your Kindle to your Windows PC. Use the MicroUSB cable to plug your tablet into your computer. After that, the music will be automatically downloaded into the SD card. In Music Settings, tap Download Location > SD Card. Alternatively, we can use a simple third-party tool that does the job for us. Slide the screen from left to right to expand the Menu, and then go to Settings. All this takes time which none of us may like. If your computer fails to recognize a USB-connected device then, you will need to diagnose and repair common USB issues. You have to use a USB cable to set the USB connection mode to transfer files. Connecting a PC to a tablet is never easy. ![]() ![]() ![]() In layman terms, this translates to one very secure and private platform, where all the data transmitted between two Hamachi peers is invisible to outsiders. The packets are also numbered to protect them from replay attacks. For packet authentication, it deploys the HMAC-SHA-1-96 (RFC 2404) variant of HMAC-SHA1 (RFC 2104). It secures your team’s communications using the AES-256-CBC cipher for data encryption and decryption, with ESP-style padding as defined in RFC 2406. It also enables you to download torrents when you’re outside of your country, using your home PC as a server, under the condition that torrenting is allowed in your country. Hamachi allows you to establish a secure network between multiple computers and do everything from sharing files to playing private games, using a super-secure P2P protocol. (Image credit: Future) Privacy and encryption Instead, the users’ own devices serve that purpose. Unlike the regular VPN providers, it doesn’t provide its own servers. Hamachi is the product of LogMeIn, a large company that is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. However, the quality of the video will depend on upload speeds back home. In that case, you’d be using your home PC as a VPN server. That said, if Netflix isn’t blocked in your home country, you can use Hamachi to stream it from a different device when you’re traveling to a country where such services are blocked. While many of them can unblock geographically restricted video-on-demand channels like Netflix, which is why lots of users choose them to begin with, Hamachi’s platform focuses on providing safe connection between specific computers, so access to the likes of Netflix isn’t on the menu. This platform is a lot different from most other VPN services. Some of these great VPNs include ExpressVPN (opens in new tab), NordVPN (opens in new tab), Surfshark (opens in new tab), CyberGhost (opens in new tab), and the like. If you don’t need a VPN just for your office team or gamer group, then one of the major VPN platforms might be the best choice. Hamachi isn’t a typical VPN provider which means it differs from such providers in many ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ideal timing for sending a reminder will vary depending on the situation. How Long Should You Wait Before Sending a Reminder Email? In general, whenever you find yourself waiting for someone and you haven't checked in with them in a while, it might be a good idea to send them a reminder email. In these types of scenarios, it makes sense to send a reminder email to see if the favor is still on the table, but you should do so in a courteous and kind way.ĭon’t forget that they’re going out of their way to do something for you. That way, you can ask for RSVPs and make sure nobody forgets to put the event on their calendars.Ī trickier scenario is if someone has promised to do you a favor and hasn't followed up on it. You could also send your colleagues a reminder email about an upcoming meeting or event. In that case, it makes sense to send a reminder to make sure nothing has been forgotten or lost in the system. Similarly, you might be working with a vendor who hasn’t delivered the goods or services they’ve promised. If there's a more serious reason why they weren't able to meet the deadline, your email will give them an opportunity to explain the situation and discuss alternative options. Most likely, your client has forgotten the deadline, and your message will prompt them to complete the payment. In that scenario, it makes sense to send a reminder to ensure that they complete their task soon.Īnother scenario is when you're working with a client who hasn’t paid for your services on time.Īfter the payment deadline has passed, it’s better to send a reminder than to keep waiting. If your coworker fails to finish a task by a specific date, you might find yourself unable to move forward with your own work. One common scenario is when you're dealing with a missed deadline. There are many situations in which you might need to send a reminder email. When Should You Send a Friendly Reminder Email? It prompts a faster response in a courteous way and it re-establishes a line of communication, so you and the person you're emailing can stay on the same page. When Should You Send a Friendly Reminder Email?Ī reminder email is a friendly email you send to someone to request that they act.įor example, if your client has missed a payment deadline, you might send them a reminder message to ask when you can expect their payment.Ī reminder email has two purposes.This is very convenient if you’re a frequent flyer and a frequent Facebook Messenger user. Select the option when booking, give your Facebook details and the airline will send a link to you via Facebook Messenger. ![]() For example, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines use it and I presume other airlines offer similar services using Facebook Messenger. Some airlines will allow you to use Facebook Messenger to store boarding passes and receive flight information updates. This final tip is arguably one of the most useful Facebook Messenger tricks if you travel frequently. That’s right, you can play Facebook Messenger basketball, as surprising as that sounds! Store boarding passes in Facebook Messenger Send a basketball emoji to the other person and then tap the ball you sent to begin. If you and a buddy have a few minutes to kill but don’t know what to do, you can have a quick game of hoops while you wait. ![]() Some file types require the recipient to also have Dropbox installed and open but images, videos, and GIFs do not. Dropbox is especially well suited for very large files that are difficult to share directly through Facebook Messenger. Browse your files and select the one you want to share. Then tap More and tap Open next to Dropbox. As long as you have Dropbox installed on your device, all you need to do is start a conversation with the person you want to share a file with. If you want to quickly share work, an image or something else, you can use Facebook Messenger to get this done. Share files from Dropbox in Facebook Messenger The video call will begin within a couple of seconds. Video calling is nothing new but did you know you can hold video conferences with groups? Update Facebook Messenger to the latest version, open a group conversation and tap the phone icon in the blue bar at the top. The longer you keep it up, the harder it becomes. Keep tapping the ball to keep it in the air. Want to play Keepy Up with your buddies? Send a soccer ball emoji to them and tap the ball once they have received it. Simply tap the smiley icon in the lower right-hand side to get started. You can also add filters and fun images like bunny ears while on a Facebook video chat. ![]() ![]() ![]() The luxury cashmere brand had its launch party at Le Chalet in New York City on Thursday night (September 6th.) The star-studded guest list of the dinner included Taylor Swift, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Tan France and Edward Enniful, and more celebrities. In a clip from Hadid's chat with Willie Geist for Today's. “So it’s really an honor, and it’s so nice to look back on the 10 years since I officially started modeling and realize that in between all the photos, there’s real experience and life and memories with people that are never seen in the photos." SeptemGetty Gigi Hadid gushed about her daughter Khai in a new interview promoting her new knitwear line, Guest in Residence. “I built this team off of friends of mine in the industry that I’ve worked with for years,” she said. Gigi Hadid Says Her Daughter Khai is a Genius and Very Brave The Emerging Designers to Watch from Spring 2023 Fashion Month web story. Hadid also discussed her new clothing brand, Guest in Residence, during the interview. Which is great but, you know… We’re practicing doing dangerous things carefully. Later, she added that Khai is “so mobile, so early in the morning. Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik welcome daughter By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Updated 12:50 PM ET, Thu Septem(CNN) Singer Zayn Malik and model Gigi Hadid are officially new parents. And she’s a blessing.” The interview is set to air in full this weekend, according to Billboard. The more that she talks, and understands, and remembers, it just gets more and more fun. “But I think that’s what everyone says about their kid. “I mean, I think she’s a genius,” said the model. In a preview for a new interview with Sunday Today, Gigi Hadid gushed over her and Zayn's 2-year-old daughter Khai - even calling her a "genius." ![]() |