Some laser lights come with year-round features that make them suitable for Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving holiday decorating as well. When the season is over, easily pack away the durable, compact laser projector until next year – or the next holiday. Choose a laser light projector with a written message such as “Season’s Greetings” or “Merry Christmas,” to spread holiday cheer to all who pass by your home. Bring your outdoor light show to life with timed music and animation playing in harmony.Project snowmen, reindeer, stars or a flurry of multicolored “snow” on your home and yard to create a multi-faceted winter wonderland.An indoor holiday projector casts movie scenes through the windows of your home, creating a consistent stream of beloved holiday characters for all to enjoy.Ĭustomize Your Christmas Lighting Whether you opt for a Christmas spotlights or a Christmas laser projector, here are some ways to make your display stand out: For another creative Christmas light decoration, consider an indoor projector. Look for one with a remote control to easily operate your light display from a distance. No matter which you choose, opt for a high-quality, weather resistant design to bring the holiday spirit to your house even in rain and below-freezing temperatures. You can choose a simple outdoor spotlight that projects a Christmas greeting onto your house, or an outdoor Christmas laser projector that projects intricate, interchangeable images and patterns across your entire home. Just plug in the light, position it where you want and drive the stake into the ground. Both laser projectors and spotlights allow you to cover your house with dancing lights in just seconds. Make your yard the talk of the block with a galaxy of red and green stars dancing in the trees, a heartfelt holiday greeting in lights on your driveway or a vision of Santa waving in your windows.Įasy Holiday Lighting Outdoor Christmas projection lights are easier to set up than string Christmas lightsthat you have to place one at a time. Christmas laser light projectors and spotlights let you decorate the outside of your house with dazzling designs without stepping foot on a ladder.
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Once the app is running, set the value to the maximum you desire. This is required for AlDente to be able to write the SMC value as root. When you start AlDente for the first time, it will ask you to install its helper tool. To work around this, right-click on the application and click Open: Upon opening, you'll probably get a message like AlDente cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. Then unzip the archive and move AlDente.app to your Applications folder. Head over to AlDente's Github Page and download the latest release. Most likely it's just using the same feature OS X is using, just more explicitly. The tool itself writes this value to the SMC of your MacBook. Luckily there's a free tool that allows you to take control over the maximum charge level.ĪlDente gives you the possibility to set a maximum charge level for your MacBook. Lenovo and Tesla are both offering such a feature out of the box, Apple doesn't. I wanted to control the maximum charge level myself before the battery was degraded. Since my battery health is still high, it didn't reduce the maximum charge even after being plugged in for multiple days. In my tests, it drained the battery a bit after being plugged in for a while and then recharged it back to 100%. This happens as needed to ensure that your battery charges to a level that's optimized for your usage-reducing wear on the battery, and slowing its chemical aging.īut what does that mean exactly? The description in the System Preferences is a bit clearer:Īccording to this message, OS X will start reducing the maximum charge of the battery when it ages, to extend its lifespan. Based on the measurements that it collects, battery health management may reduce your battery's maximum charge when in this mode. The feature does this by monitoring your battery's temperature history and its charging patterns. Apple describes the feature as: The battery health management feature in macOS 10.15.5 is designed to improve your battery's lifespan by reducing the rate at which it chemically ages. It is found under System Preferences > Energy Saver. In Mac OS Catalina 10.15.5, Apple has introduced a new feature called Battery Health. To avoid this from happening again, I started looking for a way to control the charging behavior of my MacBook. To replace the swollen battery, the entire Topcase had to be replaced. Upon inspection with a ruler, I noticed that the keyboard was curved because the battery had swollen. I first noticed that there's a problem when my trackpad wasn't clicking properly anymore. For Lithium-Ion batteries, it's not healthy to remain charged at 100% all the time. This means my MacBook is constantly connected to the charger. Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, I work from home. No video editing, games, coding, etc.4 min The scary sign of a buldging macbook battery To keep in mind, my usage is completely normal, I only use this laptop to do light task. As of now, my battery's health is 87.9% on coconutBattery and 93% on macbook's system, only after 8 cycles. In the beginning, the coconutBattery shows the battery's health is on 89.1% and the system is 95%. I'm aware that coconutBattery percentage is different from macbook's system percentage (read other users review). I set the maximum charge to 79% and never drain it below 20%. Some times later, the battery's health kept degrade untill I decided to install AlDente and coconutBattery last month to prevent overcharge and monitor my battery performance in real time. I thought that was normal since the battery will degrade after all. I also kept the optimized battery charging feature on.Īfter 2 months of use, I noticed the battery's health was degrading to 99% (on the 20th-ish cycle). At first, I charge when it's on 20-ish% to 80% at maximum manually, sometimes I missed by charging it over 80% (90ish% at max, rarely 100%). I tried my best to prevent the battery degradation by reading other's experience and watch some videos about the cycles, max and min charging, and other stuff. I have this MBA M1 2020 for 6 months (September 2022) and this is my first macbook ever. Jess, Bryan Roth and others helping him under the watchful eye of our "benevolent overlord" Owen Rubin have been working hard on the Level Editor as well as adding to and modifying the original game code to help realize all the great ideas that got left on the design table back in the 1980's. At some point after I had started to crank out working levels Jess jokingly told me that I had already won the contest basically and the rest is still being made history.Ĭurrently we have added back three of the Return to Vax levels Jess made and I have had the honor and great fortune of being allowed to create nine more new levels bringing it up total total of 28 for The Promised End (5 new "regular" levels and 4 hidden ones featuring the new Maxoid enemy that never got implemented into the original game). The original plan was to have a contest after the level editor was finished and then he and Owen would pick the best ones to put in the final game. Jess asked if I would be interested in helping them test it out and to see if I could come up with some cool levels. He let me know that they really wanted to complete Owen's vision for the final game, with his help no less, that had been cut short when Atari rushed the game out in the middle of the arcade crash. At some point in early 2018 Jess told me about the MH Level Editor that he was working on with Bryan Roth and others. I was working on setting high scores on both the original MH and Return to Vax (in MAME) so I kept sending Jess and Owen playback vids of my efforts. I think they first hacked arcade roms to get tons of lives to see if they could find the home world and that many years later led to the creation of new levels by figuring out how the game stored them so they could make changes in a hex editor to build new ones. He had been hacking Major Havoc and interested in the home world since the 80's with friends like Bryan Roth and others. That was the one and only Owen Rubin the designer of Major Havoc and many other great classic titles.Īround the same time I had reached out to Jess Askey who had put together the Return to Vax rom hack with some cool new levels for Major Havoc. I was starting to set high scores and even WR's on some titles as I started to attend California Extreme here in the Bay Area where I happened to be showing off on Major Havoc one day as someone came up behind me and said "You're pretty good at my game". My friends and I were obsessed with Major Havoc's multi genre gaming madness thinking there would be many more games like it that never came to be after the arcade scene crashed and burned.ĭecades later I got back into classic arcade gaming again through MAME and meeting like minded friends who owned original cabs and threw arcade parties every now and then. You can thank a few people who wasted my time (and gas = money!) on the previous set of auctions.I accept Check (personal, company, cashiers), Money Order and PAYPAL.Like many others I spent a great deal of time looking for that "home world" in Major Havoc when I was a kid in the 80's. Everyw else in the world, contact me for shipping: I really must insist on a TRACKED shipping method, so the cost will most likely be somewhat expensive. Shipping for this item alone is $15 via UPS within the lower 48 States. Includes mounting hardware (four #10-24 stainless steel carriage bolts with black oxide coating, four stainless steel locknuts) and two spare lamps.- Inlcudes brand new OEM translucent roller (yes, OEM)- Includes the lamp to illuminate the roller.- Comes with an anodized aluminum top plate- Comes with the mounting hardware (4 stainless steel carriage bolts with black oxide coating and 4 stainless steel locknuts) - Comes with two spare lamps.- Plug and play compatible with dedicated MH machines as well as Tempest spinners.- More durable that the OEM plastic roller controller. The reproduction controller has a steel frame with precision laser cutouts, stainless steel shafts, stainless steel encoder wheel, stainless steel fasteners, hard anodized black aluminum top plate, translucent roller (made by OEM), lamp assembly mounted underneath, Happ Controls encoder board. I'm letting a few go on ebay just to see w they go. This roller controller can also be used to update tempest-to-major havoc conversions to play like the dedicated. Up for auction is ONE brand new, never used, reproduction Atari MajorHavoc roller controller used in the dedicated Major Havoc arcadegames. Cheshire can attack with fairly basic combos - he unlocks more moves as the game progresses - and Cereza can bind foes to open them up to more powerful attacks from Cheshire. Cereza and Cheshire work as a team, with Cheshire being the brawn and Cereza being the brains. Again, the easiest comparison is a Zelda game, where using your ever-increasing arsenal of tools to solve puzzles is the name of the game.Ĭombat is similarly simple but engaging. As the game progresses, the puzzles get more complex, and while they're never brain-bending, they are usually quite fun and clever. Cereza might need to find a way to get Cheshire past rosemary to repel the demon, or Cheshire might need to block laser blasts while Cereza rushes past them. The bulk of Origins involves solving puzzles by using various abilities - and usually by controlling both characters at once. Cereza can't really fight, but she can use her magic to bind enemies and alter the environment. By default, this is a "reflect" that can parry attacks and reflect projectiles, but as the game progresses, you'll gain elemental forms that let you do things like create vine whips or water blasts. While unleashed, Cheshire can use the right bumper for a special move. However, he can't get too far away, or he runs out of magic power. Pressing the right bumper will unleash him and allow him to act on his own. By default, Cereza can carry Cheshire around as a stuffed animal in Hug mode. It's a simple control scheme that works shockingly well. Likewise, Cereza's actions are mapped to the left shoulder buttons and Cheshire's to the right. Cereza is bound to the left stick and Cheshire to the right. There are tons of little secrets and collectibles, and the game manages to have a variety of locations, ranging from spooky forests to magical amusement parks and beyond.Ĭheshire and Cereza need to be controlled at the same time. While you're dealing with interconnected locations instead of a more wide-open world map, it feels a lot like exploring a Zelda dungeon. Rather than raw combat, the game focuses on a lot of exploration, puzzles, getting new abilities, and using those abilities to find items like heart pieces and upgrade items. The easiest way to describe the idea beyond Origins is that it is Bayonetta meets Zelda. Indeed, this game recontextualizes so much of Bayonetta 3 that it's bizarre it came out after that game. Cheshire is a delightfully grumpy sidekick and makes me retroactively like his appearance in Bayonetta 3 more. Seeing her slowly develop from cowering and weak to confident and capable is a wonderful journey, and the game does a lot of little things to highlight that this is still Bayonetta at her core. It may start off simple, but by the end, there's no doubt this is a Platinum game.Ĭereza is not the cool and confident Bayonetta we know, but she is incredibly likable, a fantastic portrayal of a young girl with a good heart and a terrible life struggling against terrifying monsters. It's got a lot less cursing and overt violence than the series is known for, but it absolutely captures the magical tone that made Bayonetta such a distinctive franchise. In many ways, it's a more enjoyable story than Bayonetta 3 was, and it feels like something the developers were engaged with. The storybook atmosphere permeates every aspect, from the just-grim-enough plot to the pleasant storybook narrator and beautiful visuals. It is difficult to describe how immensely charming this game is. With no way to return home without Cereza's help, Cheshire is forced to team up with his unlucky summoner to get her the power to send him home. Soon lost and alone, she risks summoning a demon for the first time, leading to a grumpy and sour demon possessing her stuffed animal Cheshire. However, she longs to find a way to rescue her mother Rosa, and a perplexing dream of a "great power" in the nearby fairy-filled woods tempts her into exploring it. She lives outcast from the other umbra witches, with only her teacher Morgana to guide her. The story follows a young Bayonetta, still known as Cereza, long before she becomes a confident witch. Even more surprisingly, it does it successfully.Īt first blush, one may even wonder why Bayonetta Origins has the Bayonetta title. That is what Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon does. Perhaps even weirder is to take that game and shift it back into a charming and mostly tame storybook tale about a young girl lost in a fairy forest. If you remember '90s Nintendo, it's a weird thing to picture being in Smash Bros. In it, you play as a gun-wielding dominatrix witch who uses torture, stripping and graphic violence to brutally murder angels, devils and everything in between. Buy Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demonīayonetta is perhaps one of the strangest franchises that's exclusive to Nintendo. Some vegan diets include Fruit Stripe gum. The original TV commercial can be viewed below. Do you recall gum wrapper chains? It is one of the few gums that can still be packaged in a wrapper that is chain-like. It’s still here, just not as prominently. This chewing gum is made by the Ferrara Candy Company and has zany stripes on each flavorful piece, and each pack comes with five mouthwatering flavors, including Wet-N-Wild Melon, Cherry, Lemon, Orange, and Peach Smash. In 1996, this company made a $100,000 donation to the World Wildlife Fund. Yipes the zebra mascot, a fruit-flavored fruit-flavored zebra, is featured in Fruit Stripe flavors that engage in a variety of fun activities such as skateboarding, playing baseball, and hanging out on the grass. There are a lot of old-fashioned candies available in the United States, but Fruit Stripe is one of the most popular. This tattoo is popular with children and adults because it is adorned with a temporary tattoo on its wrapper. Beech-Nut, a manufacturer of chewing gum, began manufacturing this brand. The gum is made by combining these ingredients and then rolling it into a ball.įruit Stripe gum, created in the 1960s by James Parker, is a colorful variety of five flavors wrapped in zebra-striped packaging. Fruit stripe gum is made with natural flavors, artificial flavors, and colorings. It is a popular type of gum that is made by many different companies. In 1996, Fruit Stripe gave five cents from the sale of each Jumbo Pack and Variety Multipack to the World Wildlife Fund, totaling about $100,000, for the preservation of endangered animals and their habitats.Fruit stripe gum is a type of gum that is made with fruit flavors. Yipes is often shown as a sports player, playing basketball or soccer on the gum's packaging. Yipes is shown prominently on Fruit Stripe gum packaging. In 1988, Yipes was made into a promotional bendy figure. Wrappers contain temporary tattoos of Yipes inline skating, skateboarding, playing baseball, hang gliding, playing basketball, bicycling, snowboarding, surfing, playing soccer, playing tennis, and eating grass. The advertising slogan "Yipes! Stripes!" has often been used with this character. However, the zebra later named Yipes has outlasted the other characters to become Fruit Stripe's sole mascot. The Stripes Family Animals, which included a zebra, tiger, elephant, and mouse, were also used for advertising and featured in a coloring book and plush toys. Mascots Ī character known as the Fruit Stripe Gum Man was used to promote the product he was an anthropomorphic gum pack with limbs and a face. Bubble gum: cherry, grape, mixed fruit, lemon, and cotton candyĭuring the late 1970s, there was a chocolate version named Chocolate Stripe.Chewing gum: wet 'n wild melon, cherry, lemon, orange, and peach smash.Two types of five-flavor packs of Fruit Stripe are currently produced: Farley's & Sathers merged with Ferrara Pan during 2012, forming the Ferrara Candy Company, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrero during 2017.Ī new variety was introduced, Fruit Stripes Gummy Candy, in 2022. Farley's & Sathers Candy Company acquired the Fruit Stripe brand name during 2003 from The Hershey Company. The "Five Flavor Gum" was invented by James Parker and vended first in 1969 by the Beech-Nut company. The individual pieces of gum have stripes marked on them, and it is packaged in zebra-striped wrappers, which also act as temporary tattoos. Brand of chewing gum All five Fruit Stripe gum flavorsįruit Stripe is an artificially and naturally flavored fruit chewing gum. With patience, care, and a few handy tools, you can avoid stress marks and build beautiful Gunpla models!. Also, keep extra model pieces on hand in case of breakage or loss. Other tips for Gunpla model building include investing in a good cutting mat, sandpaper, and good model building clippers and knives. If a part seems overly tight and is causing strain on the plastic, heat up the piece with a hairdryer or warm water to make it more pliable. Sometimes, stress marks can be caused due to the tightness of the plastic pieces. If you identify pieces that are not fitting together properly, look for alternative solutions and modifications as needed. Use pieces of mailer tape or masking tape to hold pieces in place and double check your connections and fit before applying glue. Working slowly can also help you to identify misalignments or holes in pieces before they become an issue. Make sure to closely follow the step-by-step instructions, taking time and care with each step before moving on to the next.Īs you work, use a hobby knife to carefully and slowly trim parts off of the runners. One of the best ways to avoid stress marks on Gunpla (also known as Gundam models) is to take your time and build slowly. Quality sealants and top coats can help protect and smooth the surface, making it less prone to nubs from the start. Once the surface is smooth, you can use a polishing cloth or compound to finish the job.įrequent use of quality Gundam sealant or top coats will help reduce the amount of sanding and polishing required when it comes to removing nub marks. If the mark is still noticeable, use bond filler and putty to fill any gaps or irregularities. Again, start with a low-grit sandpaper and work your way up to higher-grit, sanding in small circles until the mark is reduced. Once you’re satisfied with the level of sanding, use a polishing cloth or compound to buff out any residue.įor larger nub marks, you will need to use a more aggressive approach. Then, switch to a higher-grit paper for finer sanding. Sand gently in circular motions until the nub mark is reduced. If the nub mark is relatively small, you can use a combination of sanding and polishing techniques to buff out and reduce the size of the mark.įor smaller nubs, start with a low-grit sandpaper, such as 1000-grit. Getting rid of Gundam nub marks can be a tricky process, depending on the type and size of the mark. Finally, allow the sponge to air dry before using again. After scrubbing, run the sponge under warm clean water to rinse away any remaining soap or debris. Gently scrub the sponge in the soap/water solution, paying attention to any grooves or crevices that may need special attention.īe sure to scrub both sides of the sponge. Once the sponge is wet, mix a mild detergent or soap with clean water in a bowl or bucket. If possible, remove as much of the loose debris/dust as possible before beginning the cleaning process. After rinsing, allow a few moments to let the sponge soak up some of the water. Begin by rinsing the sponge with clean water. How do you clean a sanding block sponge?Ĭleaning a sanding block sponge requires a few simple steps. In some cases, it is best to simply discard and replace the sponge, as this is a more economical option in the long run. This breakdown can lead to particles being released into the air, and can be hazardous to the user’s health. Even if you are able to rinse the sponge of dirt and debris, the materials used in the production of the sponges can break down over time. Sponges with worn out surfaces will not offer the same level of sanding power, and can lead to poor results. Sanding sponges are intended to be disposable items, and will generally wear out much faster if they are reused. It is possible to rinse and reuse sanding sponges, but it is not generally recommended. There are some features that require an M1-powered Mac, for example. However, just because your Mac can run Monterey doesn’t mean that you will get all the features.
As more and more people turn to gardening for solace and spiritual sustenance, it becomes a highly fertile sector to work with. Put your hands in viable, organic soil that is rich in nutrients and then feel some over-chemicalized dirt that’s been overworked and you’ll instantly understand the importance of nurturing the Earth. Gardeners recognize that the soil speaks back to us when we put our hands in it. Getting people to think in terms of sustainable strategies in their gardens, in their cups of coffee, and in other localized consumption patterns has a transferable potential to many different contexts. There are many organizations working on sustainable gardening programs and quite a few of those programs take into consideration the role that wildlife plays. Increasingly, urban/suburban landscapes are being recognized as key habitat for native and migratory birds. We will focus most of our attention over the next year on the coordination of this project, although the coffee crisis will still be a very important issue. We have a new project in development with other local organizations: the Urban Habitat Coalition. You can find out more about the various aspects of this issue at the Songbird Foundation’s website. There is little recourse in coffee production when the price paid for the commodity falls well below the costs of production. Here's Howĭestruction of tropical forest has been rampant over the last 20 years, and with low coffee prices it is increasing again as timber becomes another source of income for people pushed to the edge. To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. Step 2: If you download the Photoshop 2024 Full Repack, click on the Setup.exe file and select Run administrator to install. Step 1: Download the file Adobe Photoshop 2024 v25.0.0.37.rar or Adobe App.exe and extract with Winrar. : Canon EOS R5 C training series is released. How to install Photoshop AI Repack 2024 v25.0.0.37. So, unless Canon updates the plugin for the Apple M1 chip, I think you might not want to use this plugin unless you don't mind running PS slow. In native mode PS launches for me in 3 seconds. Even launching it I noticed it was magnitudes slower in launching. Buy Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024 (Mac, Download) featuring Edit Images with The Power of AI, Advanced Consumer-Level Photo Editing, Faster Launch Time, One-Click Auto Editing Tools, 61 Elaborate Step-by-Step Guided Edits, Apple M2 or M1 Chip Support, Turn Images into Art-Stylized Photos, Add Moving Overlays Such as Leaves, Automatic Background Replacement, Face-Tilt and Facial Adjustments. Pricing is the same for its video counterpart: Premiere Elements costs 99 (full. Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024 will set you back 99 for the full version or 79 for an upgrade. Pricing for perpetual licenses hasn't changed and includes full and upgrade options. However, you're now running in emulation mode, so Photoshop will run slower. Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 2024 are available now for download. Then when you launch Photoshop, it will launch in Rosetta mode, and the plugin will work. Navigate to your photoshop folder in applications/Photoshop 2023/Photoshop 2023.app, select it, and then press command + i (apple + i) to get information, and there you need to check "run in Rosetta mode". In order for it to even appear in the menu, you need to do the following: However, if you are on a Mac with the M1 architecture, you will NOT find the Canon Print Studio Pro plugin in the menu, because it can't run in native M1 mode. With intuitive tools and easy-to-use templates, even beginners can make something unique. Photoshop CC keeps the creative world moving. In principal, when you do this, you can then open Photoshop, and under the file menu/automation, you will find the Print StudioPro plugin. How to use GenP: If you want to patch all Adobe apps in default location: Press ‘Search Files’ wait until GenP finds all files. Free Download Adobe Photoshop CC for MacOS from posters to packaging, basic banners to beautiful websites, unforgettable logos, and eye-catching icons. To install the Plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop, you need to navigate to applications/canon utilities/Print StudioPro folder and run the Plugin Install application. When you installed Print Studio pro using the install package, it puts the install files necessary into the applications folder (applications/canon utilities). If you have already updated, please revert back to v22.3.1, available via the Creative Cloud app. We are requesting our customers to not update to v22.4 until we seek to resolve this issue. We are aware of a serious issue where the Geographic Imager panels will not load correctly once the update has been applied. Please be advised that Geographic Imager is not compatible with this update yet. Adobe ha presentado la nueva versión 2024, aunque el número de versión es la 25, cosas de Adobe Aquí tienes todas las novedades de esta versión de Photoshop. Today, Adobe began rolling out a point update to Photoshop 2021 (v22.4), which is available for install through the Creative Cloud app for many users. Apple’s free Mac apps: Photos and Preview can get the basics of editing an image or photograph, but if you want to do anything more advanced you’ll need a dedicated image editing app. If you have any problems or questions please don't hesitate to reach out to our Support Team using the form at the top of the page! Double-click the PhotoshopElements2024MacLBS. This will update your existing Geographic Imager plugin to the latest version that includes the fix for this issue.įor users who do not have Geographic Imager 6.3.1 installed yet, please get a new installer file from Install Photoshop Elements 2024 for Mac Wait for your download to complete. For users who already have Geographic Imager 6.3.1 installed, you can update your Geographic Imager panel, by opening the Creative Cloud Desktop app > going to Marketplace > and selecting "Update" for the Geographic Imager plugin. |
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