![]() The Mac version runs infinity times better now, a new PvP MOBA-style mode was launched, and Stormblood, the game’s latest Expansion introduced a plethora of new quests, features, and gameplay mechanics.įF14 offers everything a fan could ask for, including switching between classes and jobs, challenging dungeons, and huge PvP battles (with up to 72 players). ![]() The performance was so terrible, Square Enix had to publicly apologize and offer refunds.īut that was a long time ago. The problem was the macOS version, which was a buggy mess at launch. With the release of the Endwalker expansion, Final Fantasy 14 Online became an even better MMO. ![]() System requirements: OS 10.12.5, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor, 8 GB RAM, 1GB AMD 5750, Nvidia 650M, 1.5GB Intel Iris Pro 5200, 78 GB hard drive space. Real Pricing: WoW offers a free trial that goes to level 20 but if you want to play this seriously, the game requires $14.99 per month. Leveling up and getting better gear will become your obsession.įinally, with the decision to make all prior Expansions free (finally), WoW is set to remain the best Mac MMORPG in 2022. The Player versus Player (PvP) is equally good, and there are professions, crafting, and countless other things to do. The missions are fun, the dungeons are rewarding (yet, accessible) and the raids are as hardcore as ever. So much so that World of Warcraft was one of the first games to offer a native M1 version. On the Mac front, Blizzard’s support is stellar. Every Expansion significantly improves the game and sometimes even dares to reinvent it. That success comes from the amazing support Blizzard continuously delivers. The most successful MMO ever created, World of Warcraft (WoW) had at one point over 12 Million subscribers, more than all its competitors combined! To be fair, WoW’s subscribers may have decreased, but it’s still the most popular MMO out there. Looking for something different? We also have a list of the 100 Best Mac games in all the best categories.
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![]() *Updated, more user-friendly look and feel *BlackBerry PlayBook running OS 2.1 or laterFiled underDownload Blackberry Link For Mac Os XNew in BlackBerry Link 1.2.1 Build 10: *iPhoto version 9 (iLife ’11) or later to import pictures Binaries for the Windows platform are available on the project's homepage.System requirements You will be able to sync music, videos, pictures etc, update your device software, transfer data as well as various settings.īlackBerry Link is cross-platform and it works on Mac OS X and Windows. ![]() The app is developed by BlackBerry and its user rating is 2.3 out of 5.Updated: July 6, 2014Freeware2.3/53Access, sync and organize content between your BlackBerry device and your computerīlackBerry Link is a cross-platform application that enables you to access and transfer / back-up data between your Blackberry mobile phone / BlackBerry PlayBook and your computer. It is a perfect match for Device Assistants in the System Tools category. The latest version of BlackBerry Link is 1.2 on Mac Informer. Stay on top of your business email, schedule and join meetings, and manage your contacts with an easy to use, all-in-one app. Take care of business simply, elegantly and securely with BlackBerry Work. Contact your IT administrator for any help with setting up BlackBerry Work. Get your pictures, songs and videos on your new device. Download for PC Download for Mac For devices running BlackBerry 10 OS. ![]() With an integrated Inbox for all your messages, and smart apps like Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and more, getting things done every day on your phone will be effortless. Get the productivity apps BlackBerry is known for on your Android phone with BlackBerry® Hub+. ![]() It even lets you create photorealistic videos and images of your plans. The program allows you to take a virtual tour of your design before it’s finished. You can easily insert doors, windows, furniture, change colors, texture, size and orientation of furniture and rooms from an extensive organized catalog. The software lets you create 2D and 3D floor plans from scratch or by using a template. Sweet Home 3D is an interior design software which doesn’t require experience, great for beginners. Not for serious or professional designers It showcases furniture from your favourite furniture storesģ. At the end of the project you can do a virtual walk-through and make the final changes. Homestyler offers you the possibility to scan a space around you or upload a picture to get started. The software has an extensive product library, so you are able to change paint colours, flooring materials, furniture and décor items. With Homestyler you can start from scratch, use a template or a demo project. The program is easy to learn, and is very popular among non-professionals. Homestyler is a cloud based online 3D floor planner and interior design software. The free version comes with a watermark, but upgrading to a paid version offers you more features, including the use of VR. Learning how to use SketchUp is not so easy, but peer support is available if you need help, guidance or ideas when designing your dream house. The program allows you to work with preloaded templates, 2D and 3D models, and you can also export the 3D house plan to PDFs, CAD files and images. SketchUp is a 3D modeling software that allows you to create from scratch small or large projects from custom homes to complex commercial jobs. Design a room with just one click, and the software’s auto-furnish will do the rest The software is not suitable, if you are looking for a realistic output. The software is user-friendly and has over 150.000 + items to choose from, so it will be easy for you to pick the items that suit your style.įloorplanner offers you just one free project, but you have unlimited edits, so you can always change the design of the house and furniture. Access to a design school and an online communityįloorplanner is another great home design software where you can easily create floor plans, add windows and furniture, and view the design in 2D or 3D modes. If you don’t want to use a template, you can start from scratch by choosing the dimensions, shapes of the rooms, applying custom colors, patterns and materials to furniture, walls and floors in order to fit your interior design style.Īt the end, you can preview the final product by using high-definition (HD) visualization in 2D and 3D modes. Planner 5D offers you templates and tools, so it will be easy for you to create your dream house. With this software, you can create professional-looking floor plans and interior design. The software is user-friendly and it doesn’t require experience in this field. Planner 5D is a home design software which can be used for free or if you want extra features and options you can pay for a premium plan. ![]() When a member selects a profile photo, the app will display the complete profile and photo, with the option to chat, send pictures or share one's precise location. Since its inception, Grindr has established a growing base of millions of daily users who use the app's location-based technology in countries throughout the globe.Įssentially, the app allows its members to create a personal profile and use their GPS position to place them on a cascade, where they can then browse other profiles sorted by distance. If you're sure, select Disable again.Launched in 2009, Grindr has become one of the largest social networking apps for those from the gay, bi, trans and queer communities. If you're sure you want to disable Personal Vault and delete all files and folders inside Personal Vault, select Disable.īecause disabling Personal Vault deletes your files and you won't be able to restore them, we ask you one more time. Select the Disable Personal Vault slider to disable Personal Vault. In your OneDrive, select Settings > Options, and then select Personal Vault from the left navigation. You won't be able to recover these files later. Select the Personal Vault options icon, and then select Lock.ĭisabling Personal Vault permanently deletes any files that are in your Personal Vault at the time you disable it. You can lock your Personal Vault at any time. The app doesn't need Internet access to generate an access code. You can unlock Personal Vault with the Microsoft Authenticator app. If you're using text or email, you'll need to find the text or email message that you were sent and type in the code that you were sent. For example, select Text and follow the instructions to send yourself a text message on your phone. Verify your identity by choosing a verification method. In your OneDrive, select the Personal Vault folder. You can change how long OneDrive waits before locking. Unlock your Personal Vaultįor security, your Personal Vault automatically locks when you're not actively using it. If you do have a subscription, you can add as many files as you want (up to your storage limit). ![]() Note: If you don't have an Microsoft 365 Family or Personal subscription, you can only add up to three files in your Personal Vault. In the Verify your identity dialog box, verify your account info and make note of your email address in case you want it for the next step. Read about Personal Vault and select Next or Continue (It varies depending on your device). If you don't see the message or you dismissed it, browse to your OneDrive and select the Personal Vault folder. The first time you see Personal Vault in your OneDrive, you'll see a message where you can select Get started. You’ll need to set it up separately on each device where you want to use it. Personal Vault is a special folder in your OneDrive that’s protected by an extra layer of security. All your documents, photos, and videos in Personal Vault are easy to access from, your PC, or other capable devices. Personal Vault automatically locks after a period of inactivity and then you need to unlock it to get at your files again. Personal Vault is available from OneDrive on the web, the mobile app, and from your Windows 10 PC. Personal Vault is available for OneDrive home and personal plans, not available in OneDrive for business, or work and school accounts.
![]() The chainsaw: Certain to be a hack job, but always good for a laugh! Needless to say, be careful! This can give you some fun results, but safety is key. On that thought, I wanted to come up with a list of unique (and maybe crazy) tools to use for pumpkin carving and decorating this year. It made for lots of laughs and amazingly fond memories that will last me a lifetime. I think the adults among us were even more impressed and entertained than our children. I must admit that it didn't look as bad as I would have expected and nobody had been injured (which seemed a miracle). Perhaps you can imagine the look of pride on his face when he finished his chainsaw Jack-o-lantern. ![]() Well, we were not disappointed when he walked back in with a chainsaw! Yes, you read that right, a chainsaw. He disappeared to the garage and all of us in the house were certain that we would get a good laugh about whatever he came back with. ![]() He started out simply enough, but before long he decided that he knew the perfect tool for the job. The highlight of all our family pumpkin carving parties happened just a couple of years ago when, despite being very sick, Dad refused to be left out of the carving fun. He was always involved, that is just the kind of dad he was, and he always did the same funny things like try to gross us out with the "guts", roll his eyes about the mess, and basically do all the dirty work that the kids didn't want a part of. Carving pumpkins has to be one of the real food craft classics! I have fond memories of carving pumpkins as a child, and many of them involve my silly dad grumbling about the mess (mostly for the humor of it all) and carving some odd looking jack-o-lantern that we could all laugh after. Security or privacy of the cloud provider's encryption. This is a nice way to back up stuff to the cloud without depending on the Drive my " dynamic" backup scripts This system makes snapshots of what's changing in my working trees just in case I fat finger something beyond git's ability to recover Drive my cloud sync scripts I sync encrypted files to the cloud using the content hash as the filename. Track file-system changes over time Mostly to help me plan for future disk purchases and size my backup needs over time. These tools provide a way to collect file-system metadata, store that metadata into an SQL database, and then conveniently query that data or compareĭatabases. Shell, org-mode file, and sqlite3 (with a bit of ruby) Materialize the BIG view and add indexes to result ( faster3) Materialize smaller views and add indexes to result ( faster2) Add indexes for faster queries ( faster1) Megaabytes/second processed durring DB dump and CSUM Objects/second process for entire process run time Objects/second scanned during filesystem scan phase ![]() Fast method using lft from the fsobj table Fast method using id from the fsobj table If id is in pre-order tree traversial order, then… Objects with same name but diffrent time stamps Objects with same name but diffrent content Checksums that only exist in one of the scans Files on right with content matching no file on left Files on left with content matching no file on right Size of the objects directly contained in that directory Disocver the lft and rgt values for our path By each user ( userid, uname, =groupid & gname) variance, mean, count, sum, & sum of squares broken out by file extention variance, mean, count, sum, & sum of squares Relative path and size for the median file Relative path and size for the largest 20 files Relative path and size for the largest file(s) List check sum and fully qualified path names for non-empty, regular files with the same check sums Space consumed by files which have no owner in the groups table Fully qualified path names for files which have no owner in the groups table Space consumed by files which have no owner in the users table Fully qualified path names for files which have no owner in the users table Select objects directly in this sub-directory ![]() ![]() Find all roots of all subtrees containing object Selecting objects in a sub-tree or sub-directory ![]() Later in the film Morpheus reminds Neo “I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. Morpheus versus Neo in The matrix fight scene. Remember: All I’m offering is the truth, nothing more.” You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. You have to see it for your self.” Morpheus then offers Neo two options: “You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. Unfortunately no one can be told what the matrix is. ![]() Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Morpheus replies “That you are a slave Neo. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.” Morpheus asks “Do you want to know what it is?. 77 percent of people experience burnout in our society. There is a dearth of compassionate leadership. Our current culture fuels your workaholism, until you crash, get sacked, and they employ someone else. You know where it ends if you don’t take it. It will find you if you want it to.” You know that road. Trinity says to Neo “The answer is out there Neo. Yung Pueblo wrote “I was never addicted to one thing, I was addicted to filling a void within myself with things other than my own self love.”įinding meaning in your life means finding your path Addiction is rooted in childhood trauma, often from an unvalidated childhood without unconditional love, resulting in unbearable emotions such as toxic shame. What if you didn’t receive love unconditionally as a child? The causes, consequences, and recovery processes of the various types of addiction are all the same. Work successes have the same neurological effects as a shot of heroin - they envelop you in an ill perceived ‘blanket of love’. Dennis Prager, author said “People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs.” Perhaps all addiction is an addiction to validation. Shannon Mullen, anthropologist, wrote “In a way, we’re all addicts by nature.” Addiction may be behavioural (for example work, food, gambling, internet use, shopping, extreme sports, sex, and love) or to substances. How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction, by Dr. It is not why the addiction it is why the pain? The more egotistic and successful we become the less happy we become.” Gabor Maté says “ 90 percent of people are addicts. Viktor Frankl said “When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” Addiction is an epidemic. This emptiness, or existential angst, is filled with addiction. That is why not finding your true purpose in life leaves you feeling joyless, unfulfilled and empty. The choice is: Speak your truth and live in the sunlight, or hide your truth and live a lie. Openness graces you with the courage to tell your truth. Lying is the language of addiction, but honesty is the language of recovery. More than just finding your purpose, it’s about recovery “Friedrich Nietzsche wrote “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Let’s find your truth, let’s find your why! I have written a blog about this: “The Wrong Tower Phenomenon”: Workaholism, Burnout, Resilience & Rebirth with Coaching. You become alienated from your self, fractured, dis-integrated, and you will feel unfulfilled. If you are simply after making more and more money as your primary goal in life you will never cultivate your true purpose. In the end, discovering the truth of who you are within is so important so that you can devote yourself to something that brings you a deep sense of fulfilment. ![]() You can better navigate the storms at sea when you have that internal compass to guide you. In this day and age of lost minds, having a purpose is crucial. Happiness in life is all about having direction. The truth: It’s about finding your true purpose in life What does taking the red pill mean? What do we mean by finding your truth? When not traveling the globe on assignment, his home and studio is in the Hollywood Hills where he lives with his wife and business partner Françoise. Kirkland’s assignments have taken him to all continents in the world (with the exception of Antarctica) where he worked on subjects as varied as: Astronomy in Chile, to The Trans Siberian Railroad, and fashion in Bali. Among his current book projects are a Black & White volume “When We Were Young”. In October 2007, Douglas received an Honorary Master of Fine Arts Degree from Brooks Institute of Photography for his deep commitment and dedication to his profession. Some of the awards he has received include a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the American S.O.C., Photographer of the Year from the PMA, a Lucie Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography from the IPA in 2003, The Golden Eye of Russia in April 2006 and a Life Time Achievement Award from CAPIC in his native Toronto Canada in May 2006. He is a member of the prestigious Hewlett Packard’s Photo Influencers and Canon’s Explorers of Light and as well as an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers. In September of 2008, Vanity Fair Italy organized a retrospective of his work at the Museum of the Triennale in Milan. Includes two-page cue sheets for interview with Ringo Starr. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra Australia, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Eastman House in Rochester and the Houston Center for Photography and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1969 Vinyl release of The Magic Christian. His exhibition of Freeze Frame is now in the permanent collection of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. “Michael Jackson – the Making of Thriller” and his most recent monograph “A Life in Pictures”.ĭouglas Kirkland’s fine arts photography has been exhibited all over the world. Some of his books are “Light Years”, “Icons”, “Legends”, “Body Stories”, “An Evening With Marilyn”, the best selling “James Cameron’s Titanic”, “Freeze Frame”, a decade by decade look behind the scenes from 50 years photographing the entertainment industry and “Coco Chanel, Three Weeks”. Among them, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “2001 A Space Odyssey”, “Sound of Music”, “Out of Africa”, “Titanic” “Moulin Rouge”, “Australia” and “The Great Gatsby” Baz Luhrmann’s film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Through the years, Douglas Kirkland has worked on the sets of over one hundred motion pictures. ![]() Among his assignments were essays on Greece, Lebanon and Japan as well as fashion and celebrity work, photographing Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlene Dietrich among others. He joined Look Magazine in his early twenties, and later Life Magazine during the golden age of 60’s/70’s photojournalism. You can subscribe to Rock’s Backpages here.Douglas Kirkland was born in Toronto Canada. Hip people will dig it and the straight people and serious music critics will too.” I think this is the tune that will impress most people. The harmony was very difficult to do, we had to really learn it. I found some sort of release and the song just came.”ĭespite the Quiet Beatle’s high opinion for Starr’s work and his own, it’s John Lennon’s ‘ Because’ which Harrison reveals to be his favorite Abbey Road song: “ I think this is my favorite track on the album, it’s so simple, especially the lyrics. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for RINGO STARR PETER SELLERS THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN Cassette Tape 1969 Soundtrack Rare at the best. Being in Eric’s garden felt like playing hooky from school. We’d been through real hell with business, and it was all very heavy. ![]() It was written on a very nice sunny day in Eric Clapton‘s garden. “ ’Here Comes the Sun’, the first cut on side two,” George shares, “ is the other song I wrote for the album. So Ringo writes his cosmic songs without knowing it.”Īt this point Ringo Starr, who is sitting across the room from him at Abbey Road Studios, grins.Ĭonversation then turns to one of Geroge Harrison’s own compositions from 11 th Beatles album Abbey Road, ‘ Here Comes the Sun’. “ Lines like ‘Resting our head on the seabed’ and ‘We’ll be warm beneath the storm’,” George beams, “ it makes me realize that when you get deep into your consciousness it’s very peaceful. I find very deep meaning in the lyrics which Ringo probably doesn’t even know about.” On the surface, it’s a daft kids’ song, but I find the lyrics very meaningful. He mainly likes country music, so this has a country and western feel. “ But knows about three chords,” Harrison continues. “ Ringo gets very bored playing the drums, so at home he plays the piano,” Beatle George Harrison shares with Ritchie Yorke of the Detroit Free Press in a 1969 interview recently unearthed by music journalism archive Rock’s Backpages. ![]() No throwaway rubbish like Top Comic's Instructions either. It's probably the most cohesive record TSC put out. I think it might be their worst selling album, which is terrible. To use an American expression, Weller was trying to throw the spaghetti against the wall and see what stuck! Not everything was a smashing success on that album but I enjoyed the tunes within the context of the whole.Ĭlick to expand.Yeah, it was a comparative flop (Number 16 in the UK, where COL had got to Number 2). Oh did I forget smokey as well? The tune works in the context of the album for me because it is so genre jumping. I mean they were also channeling Miles,Dizzy,Coltrane,Wes and The Small Faces on that record too. I didn't mind A Gospel because it was part and parcel of the experimentation evident during the Cafe' Bleu period. I grew up in the old country of rap, the NYC area oddly enough. I remember talking about rap in 1980 in one of my music classes. BTW both stations still exist) and The Crash thought they had instant street cred.not! So no apologies necessary. I actually found what The Crash(sic,yes I have a latent hatred for Jones, only gets worse when Wellie's name gets involved) did to be hokey and derivative from rap/NYC dance genre music that is! They spent some time listening to WBLS and WKTU(two stations that played disco and rap in NYC. The three solo tracks below are from his previous release, As Is Now, which I reviewed about a year ago.Click to expand.No worries mate. ![]() Oh yeah, his albums are still great, with a brand new one coming in 2007. He is arguably one of the most prolific British songwriters, with a career that keeps on growing with little to be ashamed about. I hope this will clear up any doubt that Weller was just the singer of The Jam. ![]() ![]() Mick Talbot still works with Weller in the studio and on the stage regarding Weller’s solo career. After The Style Council disbanded in 1990, Weller launched his acclaimed solo career which borrows many influences that he sharpened in The Style Council. The rhythmic ‘My Ever Changing Moods’ and the sexy ‘You’re the Best Thing’ are both quite irresistable as well, with quite a range of mood and passion that is best demonstrated by a man of many projects: Paul Weller himself. Any individual who questions Weller’s diversity will be proved wrong by this track alone, as it’s catchiness and heart makes for one of The Style Council’s best. What is immediately noticable is Talbot’s talented use of keys, a boasting brass section, Lee’s fantastic backing vocals, and Weller’s surprisingly effective vocals in a song that is noticably influenced by gospel and R&B. ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down!’ is a fantastic demonstration of what The Style Council are all about. However, I suggest to those who want a quick fix to buy The Singular Adventures of the Style Council, which was a compilation released in 1989 that collected most of Weller’s greatest songs from this particular musical phase. Lee as a backing vocalist, who was also Weller’s wife before a divorce.Īs I’ve said, The Style Council’s first five albums are quite unforgettable. Eventually, the duo settled with Steve White as a permanent drummer along with adding Dee C. He recurited renowned keyboardist Mick Talbot and the duo worked with various drummers for their first few singles. While the move may have proved to be a financial risk, it further represented Weller’s musical passion and embracement of several genres. What Weller was doing was an attempt to re-invent his sound from The Jam’s mod-punk to a whole new display of soul, jazz, R&B, and pop. Simply put, Weller felt that fellow Jam bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler were not the best fit for his expanding songwriting style. The odd thing about Weller’s decision to disband The Jam in 1982 was that, unlike most bands at the time, they were still writing some of their best songs. We all know how influential The Jam’s brief seven-year career was, with such hits as ‘Start!’ and ‘That’s Entertainment’ contributing to the definition of British Punk in the late 70s. Alright, alright, I’ll admit that their last few albums were a bit shameful, but their first five albums exhibited some of the most underrated studious songwriting of the 80s. I find it shocking how so many fans of The Jam (and Paul Weller) have never even heard a song from The Style Council. |
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