Read about my experience with a typical romance scam. This started with a Facebook message, moved to WhatsApp, and then to crypto currency using an “app” named HTX-Web3 (HTXWeb3). I was smart and limited my losses to a level I was willing to lose. You can read about it on “I was scammed“.
Usando gThumb en Ubuntu
I use gThumb for organizing and viewing my photos. One feature I wish it had (version 3.8) was the ability to list un-tagged images. I recently figured out a way to do that. I search for all images, then tag them all with the tag “temporary”. Then using the find (search) dialog I search for those images that only have the tag “temporary”. The first step of tagging all images takes a while but after that it makes it easy to find “un-tagged images.” Those are the images with only a “temporary” tag.
Ampliación de imágenes.
Sigo viendo anuncios del software de escalado de Topaz y me pregunto si es bueno. No es que importe, ya que uso computadoras Linux y Topaz es Windows. Pero recientemente encontré un programa de escalado de código abierto llamado Upscayl, que funciona en Linux, Windows y Mac. Así que lo instalé para hacer algunas pruebas. Lo primero que descubrí fue que mi tarjeta gráfica integrada no era lo suficientemente potente para ejecutar el software. Así que tuve que comprar una GPU Nvidia. Compré la más barata que encontré y funciona perfectamente.
Continúa leyendo "Up-scaling images."Simulador de Faro como ejecutable independiente de Windows
Someone asked me if I could code the faro simulator as a stand-alone windows app, so they could use it without being on-line. So I did 🙂
You can download a zip file containing the file faroSetup.exe at http://robertjwallace.com/faro/faroSetup.zip
Download the zip and unzip the file to get the installer. Run the installer. It should work, but use it at your own risk. It doesn’t access anything on your computer or track anything. Note that when you run the installer you may get a “Windows protected your PC” message. That is just telling you that Microsoft sees me as an unknown publisher. If you get the message, click the more info link and then click the run anyway button.
En las manos controlan cuatro ases
Years ago I came up with a method for cutting the aces into a deck and controlling them to the top. (see https://robertjwallace.com/ace-control/ y https://robertjwallace.com/ace-control-notes/.) That control used cuts to the table to “lose” the aces. I recently decided to modify the principle so it could be done without a table.
Efecto: Hand the spectator four aces. Take the aces one at a time, insert each into the center of the deck, followed by several in-the-hands swing cuts. After the second ace you can show the top and bottom cards. After inserting and cutting the fourth ace, you split the deck in half and give it one riffle shuffle. The aces are then shown on top. (That is a bare bones presentation, once you have the aces on top you could do anything you want. For example you could do an in-the-hands Triumph.)
Continúa leyendo "In the hands four Ace control"Condon, Oregon. Photos taken at the White Elephant Ranch.
Barred Owl at Tualitin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton, Oregon
Barred Owl
Multiple Player Faro Game
This is an update to the Faro Game that I wrote. It allows for up to eight players to play the game. The basic gameplay is similar to the single-player mode with the following exceptions/additions. The instructions for the single-player game are aquí.
Continúa leyendo "Multiple Player Faro Game"Soy un amante de los gatos
Debo admitir que me encantan los gatos. Tolero a los perros, algunos incluso me gustan. Pero los gatos me tienen enamorado. Algo que disfrutaba cuando viajaba era verlos y fotografiarlos.
Gato en Valbonne, Francia
noroeste de Portland, Oregón
Aubry, gato que visitó la oficina, Portland, Oregón
Gato en una ventana, noroeste de Portland, Oregón
Word games for Scrabble training
I enjoy word games like Scrabble and decided to write a couple of games that I could use both for the pleasure of playing, and also as training aids for playing Scrabble and other word games.
Anagram game
The first I wrote is an anagram finding game, simply called wordgame. It shows seven “tiles” any you try to find all of the anagrams.
Word finder game
The other game I wrote is a “word finder“. It can be played on mobile (phone) or desktop devices.
