I’ll confess that I broke the rules of productivity and wrote this article in a web browser without the assistance of any of the aforementioned apps, making myself vulnerable to all sorts of attacks from the forces of distraction. (I’ve used my bad joke quota for the day. Doesn’t seem to be too much out there in the way of minimizers for the Mac, which is ironic since everyone calls us minimalists. MinimOther & Swept Awayįor Windows users: if you want to go a step beyond darkening everything behind your active window and simply minimize it all completely, there are two apps that’ll do the job for you - one is MinimOther, and the other is Swept Away by our friends at Lifehacker. Camouflage & DropclothĪre the icons covering your desktop that you haven’t bothered to tidy in the last 8 years a constant source of distraction? Got a funny TV show downloaded there that keeps stealing your attention or just curious to find out what a certain ancient file actually contains? Camouflage (OS X) and Dropcloth (Windows) both serve to hide the clutter on your desktop, which is useful for distraction elimination, and also for tidying up before a screenshot. You can set it to enter concentrate mode in your active window once you hit a certain typing speed, so that any bursts of inspiration and verbosity doesn’t get interrupted by a distraction from another window. The cool part comes from a third party mashup which combines JediConcentrate with WPMTray, an app that measures your typing speed. It usually lives in the system tray and can be called up to enter concentrate mode and illuminate one window while the rest stay dark. One app that mimics the functionality of Think for Windows users is called JediConcentrate. For an honorable mention there’s also Doodim which does the same thing as Think and Isolator. Another option is Isolator, which can completely hide other windows, blur everything behind your active window, and do a variety of other things depending on your settings, such as hiding the dock when you want to concentrate. All sounds very Zen, right? Think does exactly this: when you launch the app, it’ll ask which window you want to focus on, bring it to the front, and darken the rest of the screen so you can focus more easily. Focus your mind’s attention with the help of light and darkness. ![]() Illuminate the application window you’re working with, and darken the rest. While we’re on the topic, there’s a similar freebie in PyRoom that requires Python to run, a native Windows freebie called Dark Room, and a web-based app of a similar nature called Writer. A little less polished - if you think an app that runs in full screen and looks like a DOS text editor is polished - than its commercial counterpart, but good, free, and will work on all your computers with Java. JDarkRoom is a Java-based (and hence cross-platform), free application that imitates the functionality of WriteRoom. No bloat added - just remember to run that spell check when you’re done! Get WriteRoom here. When you run Word in full-screen, the toolbars disappear, but the rest of its distractions are still there: red squiggly spell check lines, formatting through keyboard shortcuts, and so on. Some have asked how it’s anything different to running Word in full-screen mode. It’s an excellent - if a little pricey for its scope - little Mac app that runs in full screen mode and blocks out all other distractions on the computer. The classic example of distraction-free writing software is WriteRoom. Here are a few apps that eliminate distractions so well, I might just ask if they can take care of the fly. ![]() The apps that let you turn your attention solely to the task at hand, to get that project report or article finished without a half-hour detour through some web comic’s archives. That’s why I love software that eliminates distraction. Eliminating distractions is a lot more difficult than it once was in simpler times, that’s for sure, and the typical productivity suite of word processors and email clients aren’t making it any easier as the years roll by and the feature bloat in such simple tools increases. It’s probably how anyone tackling any task that requires presence of mind feels most of the day. ![]() I’m not making this up just to have a cheesy anecdote to begin with - the fly is still buzzing around my head - but this is sometimes how I feel as an editor and writer making my living on the Internet. My wife’s grandmother has a talent for it, but I’m getting distracted here - you can blame the fly. ![]() I can’t finish a sentence without this pest distracting me from the task at hand. Every few seconds it makes a pass by my ear and I lunge out to try and bat the life out of the thing. As I sit down to write this article tonight there’s a fly buzzing around the room.
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![]() If Character is leading pair up and their level is higher than the support unit, Critical Rate is increased by 10, Damage by 2, and damage recieved reduced by 2 When HP is not full, damage is increased by 4 When starting a battle, recover 20% HP if enemy is defeated When attacking a Nohr-related enemy, damage increases by 3Ĭan take a normal enemy captive if defeated using the Capture command, and if a Jail is built at My Castle When taking damage from a Kunai, the enemy takes half the damage and suffers that Kunai's debuff attack When healed by a staff, the healer has their HP restored by the same amount If character's level is lower than enemy's, damage is increased by 4 When HP is at half or lower, damage taken from swords, lances, and axes is halved and dealt to the enemyĪllies within 2 tiles deal 2 extra damage When defeating an enemy, all adjacent enemies have HP reduced by 20% When no weapon is equipped, enemy attacks deal back half of all damage recieved If Corrin's HP is under half when fighting alongside Silas, his damage increases by 3, and damage taken reduced by 3 When standing on Mountain, Forest, Wasteland, or Field tile, character recovers 20% HP at start of turn When paired up, the lead unit has a chance of surviving a fatal attack with 1 HP (Luck% Chance to Activate) When paired with Corrin, Corrin's Avoid increases by 15, and damage recieved reduced by 2 If character's HP is not full, Hit Rate and Avoid are increased by 10Īllies and enemies alike within 2 tiles receive 2 less damage When paired with Corrin, Corrin's damage is increased by 2, and damage taken reduced by 2 When starting a battle, the enemy's Strength and Speed are redcued by 3 after the battle if the enemy cannot counter-attackĪllies within 2 tiles recover 10% HP at the start of the turn When pairing up with a unit that has a C or higher Support, that unit's Hit Rate is increased by 10, damage by 2, and damage taken reduced by 2 Personal Skill List Neutral Route Character Skills Character ![]() When we have improvements to performance or image quality ready, we provide them to you automatically via NVIDIA software updates. Our supercomputer never sleeps, and we continue to train and improve our deep learning neural network even after a game’s launch.
Developed by Namco, now Bandai Namco, the Tekken series made its debut in arcades in December of 1994 before being brought over to the original PlayStation less than a year later. For what it is Fighting game 7.5/10 Overall 7.There are few fighting game franchises with a longer or more storied history than Tekken. Overall the tekken Hybrid collection isa great pick up if only for the HD remake of the original game. This section if the disc really is boring and wont pull you in like tekken tag tournament hd does Also featured is Tekken Blood Vengeance The film is an hour and a half long, Im not a movie review so cant say too much about it. ![]() Its far easier to get grabs in the sequel. The other game included is Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue if you want to call it a game this is more a demo with trophies there is no depth to this demo at all, there are only 4 characters to choose from, and these 4 characters are all that appear in the only mode available, arcade mode for 4 rounds Input does feel much more response in tag tournament 2, but from what I could see, the combat has been dumbed down far too much really taking out the joy I had in the original tag tournament. Not too much of a problem unless you are super competitive like I am, or are going after some frustrating no loss or time based trophies, then there is plenty reason enough to blame the game for losses. There was a bit of an annoying lag, and inputs not being read right. Tekken HD is an overall great fighting game, however controls didn’t quite feel all too responsive to me. I found tekken bowl to be a very addictive game mode, but once you figure out the trick, it isn’t much fun anymore. With arcade there is a survival mode where you see how many teams you can take out in one sitting, team battle which can be up to an 8 vs 8 knock out round style battle versus mode which is basically free play, practice mode where you can learn different combos and get move timings down and finally tekken bowl. The good news though is that there is a large variety of characters and they all feel unique. ![]() Outside of trophies, there doesn’t feel like there is much to earn here. Im not sure if all characters were unlocked from the beginning in the original game, but they are here. These 2 modes are highly addictive with trophies attached, I would’ve rather seen character unlocks as you progressed through arcade mode though. This mode is paired with time attack where you can test your speed and timing. ![]() The star of the show is of course arcade mode where you pick a team and and test your skill at waves of enemies to get to the final unknown boss. Tekken Tag Tournament HD features 7 game modes and a theater mode. I was pleasantly surprised at how addictive such a simple game could be. Topped with being a game initially released in 1999 and you have a skeptical reviewer going into a game not really expecting to have much fun, That being said, this is one of the most fun fighting games I’ve ever played. I’ve never played a Tekken Hybrid 2 Games for the price of 1 Tekken Hybrid features 2 games, The first being Tekken Tag Tournament HD I’ve never played a tekken game before so I didn’t quite know what to expect. Tekken Hybrid 2 Games for the price of 1 Tekken Hybrid features 2 games, The first being Tekken Tag Tournament HD ![]() After reviewing brain scans of those who were shown a person’s picture for such a short amount of time, the researchers found that the participants’ amygdala became active right away, making a determination whether or not the face seemed trustworthy. What’s more, neuroscientists at MIT have found that the human brain can make a judgment of an image that it has been exposed to for only 13 milliseconds. Research has consistently revealed that our brains can unconsciously make a judgment before we even realize we’re thinking about something. So, why do we make these snap judgments? Our brains are wired to work efficiently so we can respond to our surroundings, but sometimes this leads to cognitive errors that go unrecognized and eventually lead to biases. This phenomenon is called the halo effect bias, and it specifically defines when one characteristic has a positive correlation on the rest, such as assuming someone who is attractive is also smart and successful. Thorndike concluded that people’s impression of someone else’s overall character is greatly determined by that person’s physical appearance. Thorndike’s findings showed that the officers’ assumptions regarding character traits were greatly influenced by the unrelated physical traits of those they were judging. ![]() ![]() Thorndike studied the behaviors of military officers as he asked them to classify their subordinates according to their leadership skills and intelligence before being able to communicate with them. 7 Halo Effect Bias Examples in Your Daily LifeĪmerican psychologist, Edward Thorndike, coined the term “halo effect” in his 1920 research, A constant error in psychological ratings.After we look a little more at what this cognitive bias is, we will go over seven examples of the halo effect that you may come across in your everyday life and what you can do to counteract its influence. This bias is called the halo effect, and it’s important to understand because it's common and can impact the way you perceive other people and how they perceive you. We have talked about first impressions before and why it’s important to make a positive one–they last! And in this article, we are going to talk about a cognitive bias that is strongly related to the idea that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. But others, the moment they laid eyes on their future spouse, that person could do no wrong. Maybe, but I know several people whose first impressions of the person they ended up marrying was NOT one that had them imagining the future. What was your first impression of your current best friend? What about your partner? Your boss? Did these initial assumptions end up being spot on? You can setup license place and face recognitions. Xeoma has a variety of modules, which are very advanced. Their interface is a lot more modern than traditional systems and it takes some time to get used to it, but it utilizes the screen space a lot more efficiently and once you get used to it, everything is a lot easier to setup and track. The software supports a variety of cameras and Trendnet cameras that I have work without issues. They have a trial, which allow you to test the system. I searched for alternatives and found out Xeoma. The free version cannot be setup as windows service and after I inquire with Trendnet I found out that I have to purchase paid version, which is actually not produced by Trendnet but by Luxriot and is quite expensive for the average home owner. I have been using the stock and free TRENDnetVIEW Pro Software, which comes with my cameras to do my vide o surveillance. Save your time, nerves and money with this video surveillance software! Download it now.īy Anonymous reviewed on January 16, 2017 possibility to create your own cloud service and sell it to subscribers.Īvailable 4-hour-Trial and Free version without limitation in time of use, and Lite with reduced price! 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H.264, H.265, MJPEG, MPEG4, PTZ, WiFi, Fisheye) - will make your PC and camera a ready to work out-of-the-box surveillance system. ![]() Full freedom of choice based on visual modular architecture and user-friendly interface.Īuto-detection of any types of cameras – more than 430 brands supported (analog, IP, USB webcams, ONVIF. Remember how you enjoyed playing with your construction set as a kid? How easy it was to combine simple elements making them grow gradually into something greater! Even easier than that, now you can realize your most complicated video surveillance goals thanks to unbelievable flexibility of this video surveillance software. Perfect for both small and enterprise video surveillance systems - up to 3000 cameras per server! Works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android with full remote access + remote view from any mobile devices (including iPhones). Easy for non-tech-savvies, powerful for professionals. But it is not free for 8 cameras (but not too expensive).Get complete video surveillance solution with construction-set principle and unlimited flexibility. I've been using its web server feature on a Debian box and it works well for 1 camera, and I can happily access my RSTP cameras secondary stream whilst using Surveillance Station to do recording and event capture. The other thing you could try in the absence of a Linux QVR application is Xeoma (). That is proving to be more than a little difficult to get up and running. ![]() Whilst this would work well for you as you can run the desktop version of VLC on the Pi, I want to try out the VLC web stream. I assume you are considering wall mounting a tv/monitor with a Raspberry Pi attached? I'm keen to have a crack at using VLC's mosaic stream feature to show multiple streams at once (based on this blog post. I've been looking for a Linux based (and preferably low powered) live streaming solution too -but for web streaming. Do you mean the QVR-Monitor app? I don't think there is a Linux version of QVR. ![]() This version is faster than the original with a speedy breakbeat rhythm that gets the pulse racing. ![]() It is no surprise that the "Monster Truck Mix" is produced by Butch Vig, because it sounds just like his band Garbage. On Jan.This is the second single from U2's 1997 album Pop. Bono often clarified as he introduced the song onstage, " This song is not a rebel song." "It seemed the right moment to get the word out that we were not prepared to have our song co-opted to further continue the suffering of innocents like those who lost their lives or loved ones on that dark January day," he later explained. 1 album in the U.K. and just missed the Top 10 in the U.S. While "Sunday Bloody Sunday" didn't even dent the charts as a single, the song became an immediate concert favorite and helped push War to become the band's first No. The final contribution added to the track was a fiddle part by Steve Wickham, who has also worked on albums by Elvis Costello, Sinead O'Connor and the Waterboys. "All of sudden, he got it," Lillywhite recalled to NPR in 2008. It took an entire day of practicing for the drummer to finally hit the sweet spot. "There is a particular violence built into the snare drum, and the rat-a-tat of a military tattoo was exactly what we were looking for with the opening of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday,'" Bono wrote in 2022. Lillywhite encouraged Mullen, who had a habit of rushing the tempo, to try playing alongside a click track. Lillywhite told the band a good song requires a hook. In "Sunday Bloody Sunday," the hook comes not from the usual place, but from the drums. "They did everything themselves."īut Blackwell did influence the song in some ways. He offered GoldenEye, the luxury resort he owned in Jamaica, where he grew up, as a honeymoon destination to the newly married Bono. The singer absorbed the local reggae sounds, which inspired the ascending melody heard in the song's chorus. But more was needed. "I did not have any influence on them at all," Blackwell wrote in his 2022 memoir, The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond. He will push himself further and harder than anyone."Ĭhris Blackwell, who at first was hesitant to sign the band to his label Island Records, also realized it was best to let U2's drive steer the course. "But one thing that Bono has more than anyone else I've ever worked with is a dedication and a drive that is just ridiculous. "To be honest, U2 were not the band you'd put your money on in those days," producer Steve Lillywhite recalled to Music Business Worldwide in 2021. ![]() There was also the fact that in 1982, when sessions for the band's third album, War, began, U2 had yet to crack the Top 10 in either the U.K. Some people from both sides of the sectarian divide." "It was actually dangerous in the sense that on hearing it, some people wanted to hurt us. ![]() "'Sunday Bloody Sunday' was not just dangerous subject matter to be singing in the sense of the obvious pitfalls if you were a kid from the south," Bono said. Working with the Edge's initial sketch, Bono rewrote some of the song's more political lyrics. "All religion seems to do is divide," he said. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" starts with the Edge, who emphasized in the Rolling Stone interview that he didn't want to take sides in the Troubles he just wanted them to end. He compared it to Bob Dylan's "With God on Our Side," another song about the morality of war. "It's a very special song because it's the first time that we ever really made a statement," drummer Larry Mullen told Rolling Stone in 1983. But "Sunday Bloody Sunday," released as a single on March 21, 1983, wasn't intended to glorify the continuing violence taking place in Ireland, as some people believed. ![]() For your wired MAC address, select Built-in Ethernet, and then click Advanced. In the resulting network window, there will be network interfaces listed on the left.In the System Preferences window, click on Network.Click on the Apple icon in the top left, and click on System Preferences, or open System Preferences from your Dock.Wifispoof 3 0 3 – Change Your Wifi Mac Address Password The Mac address will be displayed next to Physical address and is a 12 character alpha numeric string.Select Ethernet from the left hand side and select your Ethernet interface on the right hand side.Once the Settings page opens click on Network & Internet.Why are they booted from the Internet? There are plenty of other situations where changing a MAC address may come in handy.Wifispoof 3 0 3 – Change Your Wifi Mac Address Change People don’t get kicked out after reading books in the library for 2 hours. The library is a public service, and providing Internet access is part of the services they offer. My local library (in New Zealand) also enforces a time limit. It prevents someone from buying one cup of coffee and then spending the rest of the day using the cafe as their office. I can understand their logic for doing so. Some coffee shops are also implementing time limits. As far as the network is concerned my new MAC address represents a different device from the one that just used up 45 minutes of air time. Because the network depends on my MacBook’s MAC address to identify it, changing the MAC address gives me a fresh start. It’s not as though people can come in here and make use of the Internet without being a passenger. Every person here in the departure area is obviously destined to get on a plane and leave. Quite why they have a time limit is a mystery to me. I’ve not yet reached the end of the 45 minutes, but there’s a chance the network will lock my MacBook out once the 45 minutes is over. They provide free wi-fi access, and yet in their wisdom Heathrow decided to only allow a device to connect for 45 minutes. For instance, now I am in London Heathrow airport. Changing your MAC address is commonly called spoofingthe MAC address. So it will revert back when you reboot your device. It can only be changed temporarily as it’s hardware encoded. There are situations where it is useful to temporarily change your device’s MAC address. Quickly and effortlessly change your MAC address by assigning keyboard shortcuts. Features: Easily change your WiFi MAC address, in an easily reversible manner – no need to see about commands Terminal Server. WiFiSpoof quickly and easily allows you to change your WiFi MAC address via hotkeys or the system menu bar. Changing your MAC address is commonly called spoofing the MAC address. Generate completely random MAC addresses, or specific vendor addresses with the in-built vendor database. ![]() Easily change your Wi-Fi/Ethernet MAC address – no need to fiddle with the Terminal. On the cmd window type 'ipconfig/all' and hit enter. First take a look at your MAC ADDRESS, go to start menu and type in the search box 'cmd' or simply press 'Windows key + r' then on run type in cmd. How to change mac address atheros wireless adapter? To be able to change the MAC address of your wireless adapter simply follow these steps. Outside of just password management, there are many features that 1Password supports that make it something worth paying for (vs. I’ve personally been using it since some of the earliest OS X versions. 1PasswordġPassword has been a fan favorite for Mac and iOS users for over a decade. If you use Spark with your team, you can enjoy features like shared inboxes, team replies, etc. One of the areas it excels in is threading conversations together without looking cluttered. It supports all the next-generation features you’d expect like snooze, scheduled send, etc. Spark is from the same teams behind popular macOS and iOS apps like PDF Expert, Documents, and more. If you’re looking for an email app that takes the normal macOS email experience and takes it to the next level, check out Spark. With Spike, all of your messages (assuming your organization uses email only) are in a single place you can process quickly with Spike’s conversational format (meaning it looks like iMessage or WhatsApp) where you can respond to emails as fast as you do your iMessages. You’ll spend the next two hours working through each of these inboxes. You go into a meeting, turn your phone to silent, come out of it an hour later, and you have forty emails, twenty iMessages, and ten slack direct messages. If you’re reading this, you know the feeling. What we don’t need in 2021 is another inbox to check. The issue this creates is that they are all just another app/service. The problem with where we’re at in 2021 is that everyone is trying to reinvent the email on the one hand, but then another subset of apps is trying to work around email by creating new communication services. Spike strips away the formality of email (headers, signatures, etc.) and makes it look like iMessage. If you combined email and iMessage into a single service, it would look like Spike. It’s a free download, but if you end up enjoying it, you’ll want to check out the optional Powerpack. My most-used features at the clipboard history (it even works with images), keyboard snippets, converting text into different cases, launching apps, quickly looking up contacts, and more. Without a doubt, the app I use most on my Mac at work is Alfred. I can’t think of a single thing about the app I’d change. It can record video, make GIFs, add annotations, blur out the sensitive material, and much more. It’s, by far, the best screenshot tool on the Mac. If you regularly snap screenshots for sending over UI corrections, troubleshooting explanations, etc. ![]() Through his experience deploying and managing firewalls, switches, a mobile device management system, enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, 100s of Macs, and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple IT managers deploy Apple devices, build networks to support them, train users, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for IT departments. I’ve been using a Mac at work since 2008, so I want to look at something fun today: the best Mac apps for work.Ībout Apple Work: Bradley Chambers has been managing an enterprise IT network since 2009. Macs are not only accepted, but many IT professionals also prefer to deploy Macs over PCs as well. Using a Mac at work was only for “designers” and “creative people.” IT wouldn’t offer much support on using them, so Mac users were left on their own. If you weren’t in the workforce before the iPhone was released, you don’t remember that Apple products used to be shunned by most IT professionals. ![]() ![]() Request a FREE account today and discover how you can put your Apple fleet on auto-pilot at a price point that is hard to believe. Over 22,000 organizations leverage Mosyle solutions to automate the management and security of millions of Apple devices daily. Apple Work is brought to you by Mosyle, the leader in modern mobile device management (MDM) and security for Apple enterprise and education customers. ![]() Enjoy the joys of parenthood until sending your virtual kids off to college. Your job is then to take care of them by making sure they have food, a job, and a smooth running household. Released in 2014 this casual game is very similar to The Sims. This is the sequel to the hit Android game “Virtual Families”. You are looking for a long term game-play to invest in.You are a big fan of The Sims 3 Adventures.You like to follow series like story progression in a game.Join them as they go on adventures to different locations, expand their farm, and also take part in fun community competitions.Ī great bonus is also the fun mini-games that you get to play throughout your adventures. Kate and Paul are the main characters in this story. You want to explore and visit other players’ islands and team up with them for in-game events.You are looking for a game similar to The Sims with weather changes and more.You enjoy building and planning and handling town affairs.You want to build and play even if Wi-Fi is not available.The game then lets you explore more islands with an airship, where you can now build new cities.Ī great plus for this game is that it can be played offline as well. You start off with one town on an island. This game from Sparkling Society will let you play as the mayor of your own town. Now you get to build and create as part of this fun game. You spend a lot of time in build-mode on the original The Sims games.You love story progression where you help to build and evolve the family’s home and life.You enjoy advancing through challenges like the levels that this game provides.This fun game was released in 2019 and boasts with 40 levels (also called episodes) where you can advance to earn in-game items like new buildings. Now you get to help them to build a new home through fun challenges. This family escaped a volcanic eruption and lost everything. In this game you help Bruce, Eva, Timmy, and Lizzy to find and build their new home. If you have been a Sims game follower and lover over the years, than these five Android games have been waiting just for you. Nearly 23 years later, The Sims fans can now rejoice as alternative Sim-like games are available on Android devices. ![]() Since the release of The Sims in early 2000, the search has been on for games that have a similar look and feel. The ultimate dream for any The Sims game fan would be to play The Sims on the go – anywhere and anytime. |