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I’ve come a long ways since then, have several lessons learned, and am ready to build a dedicated NAS while converting the existing HTPC hardware into an Ubuntu server. This was built 5 years ago when it was easiest for me to learn concepts in the Windows environment. Brian Moses' Build Guide Mod note: DO NOT trust this idiotĪpplication & Data Visualization (As-is and To-be): I currently have an HTPC/NAS/Server all-in-one running on a Windows 7 box.Resources I've Already Consulted: I don't claim to have mastery of any of this, but I've read through a lot of the resources on (and off) this forum prior to posting. Based on the linked visualization, hardware list, and contextual information below, I’d like your feedback as to whether what I’m planning makes sense, or if there is a smarter way to go about things. Wherever possible, I want to let the NAS be a NAS and offload applications and services to a separate Ubuntu server, but I’m learning that it makes more sense to keep certain applications directly on the NAS. Summary: I plan on building a NAS and using FreeNAS v10 (whenever it is released) to control 24 usable terabytes of space (RAIDZ2, 6X6TB). While we’re in among the ‘end matter’, it’s worth mentioning that this includes eight pages of down-to-earth test strategies (which could arguably have come at the beginning), six further pages of grammar summaries, eight very comprehensive video-accompanied pages to guide you through the Speaking test. It puts in a cameo appearance on page 180, but I’d like to have seen it less simply assumed as we move though the otherwise excellent Writing work. I see a corollary here with punctuation it bears a relationship with writing like that of pronunciation in speech, and it too seldom gets the attention it deserves. To be sure, any advanced course that has got its head around the notion that learners at this level have not necessarily mastered the phonemic system of the language deserves some credit, but the Speaking Assessment Criteria faithfully reproduced on page 183 remind us that Pronunciation ranks equally with Grammar, Lexis and Fluency. Pronunciation gets a mention in three of the modules, though I found it somewhat tokenistic: tiny sections on weak forms, the schwa and connected speech. Each module finishes with a packed one-page review. If they can take in and appropriately use just half of what’s in these two books, they’ll be flying into the heady 8 band, and Writing part 2 is probably the ideal stage for them to show that. Writing sections will send you to look at the descriptors for assessment criteria before the planning stage this has been thought through well.Īpart from heaps of practice of the four papers, there are sizeable sections on Language development and Vocabulary. Of course, only in the two output parts of the test can candidates display (and I use the verb consciously) their acquisition of this language, something they sometimes forget in the Speaking part, where just answering the questions politely isn’t enough to get much beyond a 6-band. And the modules are full of analysis and reflection (‘What helped you identify and choose the correct option?’) and as much post-reading personalisation as you could hope for (‘Would you describe yourself more as a rational or creative person?’). Nevertheless, while it avoids any topics that might quicken the pulse of your learners, it still manages to be pretty interesting. I might have gone for shorter modules with slightly wider thematic range. Both A and B walk us through all the sections, though not all the parts, of the exam. A community and B communication, A the mind and B the body, A preventing crime and B solving crime, etc. These are divided into A and B halves that are thematically related, e.g. Module titles don’t try to be funny or enigmatic: Consumer Society, Social Networks, Law and Order, the Feelgood Factor, etc. The coursebook has ten modules of 14 pages, which is going to account for quite a lot of class time, though of course some of it could be done as self-study. Well fair enough, since most IELTS candidates are looking to pursue university-level studies in English (the Academic version) and those going for the exam for migration purposes (General Training, with some differences in the Reading and Writing components only) are perhaps less likely to need to cope with understanding and producing this level of discourse. And if you’re coming in at a 6.0 level, you’ll find the take-off pretty steep, as the material in Module 1 doesn’t seem to be any lower pitched than that in Module 10.Įxpert IELTS, like the exam, is adult-content and expects punters to be articulate: the lead-in for one listening section asks ‘What do you think is the most important medical advance in history?’ Um … the development of antibiotics, germ theory, birth control, anaesthetics, realising that we are not made up of four humours and the best treatment for any malady is to use leeches, or getting Hugh Laurie to play Doctor House? And the reading sections will expect you to take lines like: ‘Our ability to imbue things with rich meaning is a universal human trait that emerges early in life and develops as we age’ in your stride. The aim is to take IELTS students from a respectable 6.0 level (top end of B2) to 7.5 (top end of C1), which where I work in Spain is usually a 180–220-hour trip, and I reckon there are about 220 hours of work in this coursebook even without the SRB, so fasten your seatbelts, forget the cirrocumulus outside and get ready to put in some hard work. There’s also a Student’s Resource Book (SRB), contributing another 139 pages, with ten pages of additional practice to consolidate language input and test-taking skills. At seventeen and a half hours, it’s a mighty long haul, much like Pearson’s Expert IELTS 7.5, which weighs in at a hefty 214 pages, and that’s just the coursebook. I recently picked up some friends who had just flown on what is, at the time of writing, the world’s longest non-stop flight, between Auckland and Qatar. A group must sell at least 76 units for delivery to your group. Profit is based on the number of units sold. 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I think that the best introductionary text on that topic can be found in Mark Pilgrim's "Dive into HTML5": Web SQL databases are one implementations of what's more broadly referred to as "local storage". It will work exactly the same in PhoneGap as in desktop browsers. In Chrome or Safari, you can go have a look at it's contents with your developer tools, look at the 'Resources' tab -> Databases (you want to test out basic functionality on a desktop browser before trying in PhoneGap). In reality, it's based on SQLite in most browsers that support it, but it won't be exactly the SQLite implementation. You want what's called a 'Web SQL Database'.Įdit: This specification has been marked as deprecated since the writing of this answer and it's now an officially Bad Idea™ to depend on it. Everything that applies to mobile WebKit will apply to PhoneGap as well, and the environment in PhoneGap is also very similar to opening an HTML-file in a desktop browser. It's important to remember that PhoneGap is web apps packaged in a browser component. Unfortunately, the plugin doesn't provide exactly the same javascript interface as the browser, but it's fairly close. So we went with using the PhoneGap SQLite plugin instead: This allowed us to include a large pre-populated sqlite3 database in our app and access it from javascript via the plugin. However, in our latest attempt to submit the app, we were told the app violated iOS Data Storage Guidelines, presumably because it was copying the database file to a non-standard location. We initially worked around this issue by copying a pre-populated sqlite3 database to a special directory where it would be picked up by WebKit (e.g. Pre-populating the database via javascript adds to initial app load time.Size of database is limited to 5MB (the user can be prompted to allow more, but we didn't want such prompts in our app).We started off using a plain old Web SQL Database in our PhoneGap app, but ran into the following limitations: Return this._db.We ended up using the PhoneGap SQLite plugin, here's why: Note: SQLite is slower than IndexedDB/WebSQL as mentioned in this article by Nolan Lawson. this is no longer the case, I've updated this tutorial to include the extra steps needed to use SQLite on the mobile devices. PouchDB will automatically use SQLite if you have installed a Cordova plugin for it and have configured it to use a WebSQL adapter. There are storage limits for IndexedDB and WebSQL databases, so if you want unlimited and reliable storage on a mobile device, you're better off using SQLite. And then there is the out-of-the-box syncing with a server, but in this tutorial, we'll only focus on local storage. What I like about PouchDB is that it uses a NoSQL approach to database storage, which greatly simplifies the code you need to write. It's inspired by Apache CouchDB and allows you to sync your local data with a CouchDB server. PouchDB is an open-source JavaScript library that uses IndexedDB or WebSQL to store data in the browser. I recommend you read my new tutorial using ngrx and Observables after you're finished with this one.= =Update: In this tutorial, I'm using Promises for the CRUD operations on PouchDB. =Update: The code in this tutorial is now up to date with Ionic 2.0.0-rc.4 (December 2016)= Now that Ionic 2 is in beta, I've updated the tutorial for Ionic 2 and the recently released Cordova SQLite Plugin 2. 18 April 2016 PouchDB, SQLite, Ionic 2+, Angular 2+, TypeScript, Local StorageĪ year ago I wrote a tutorial on how to use PouchDB + SQLite for an Ionic 1 app. This effect will also work with logos, icons, or any other kind of shape. Make an explosive impact with this light burst text effect for GIMP. Science-Fiction Script Shadow Sharp Shiny Space. Text Logo Shadow Image Composite Logo Text Add Symbol: Font: Futura Poster Details and Download - Fun: Text Size New Layer: Add Logo. Move and rotate elements by dragging them. Take a trip back to the 80s with this vaporwave style retro text effect for GIMP. Gradient Bevel Text Logo Generator Shadow Stencil Gray Gradient. Step 2: Create a new layer, and fill the selection with black. In the next image I (a) quickly selected the trees, (b) inverted that selection, then did a Gaussian blur on the background. Step 1: Create a selection around the object you want to shadow. blur > pixelize (3 pixels) blur > pixelize (rectangular selection) blur > gaussian blur. We go over how to use different blending patterns, change the start and end colors, adding more than. These are examples of the filters you can find under the Filters > Blur menu: blur > blur. Paper CutoutĬreate individual letters (or entire words) that appear to be cut out of some textured paper. The gradient tool allows you to blend different colors. Glossy effectĬreate some reflective text with a chrome bevel using this simple text effect for GIMP. Give your text a distressed glitching effect with this simple tutorial. Denim Text EffectĬreate text with a blue denim texture and stitching around the edges. The one on top is the foreground (FG) color and the one on the bottom is the. It becomes the active gradient and will be preserved across sessions. As soon as you try to edit gradient, GIMP creates a custom gradient, which is a copy of the selected gradient. You can edit this gradient by moving the mouse pointer on this line. Have fun Add another layer, and make sure it has a. Pick the colors you want to use by clicking on the black/white squares below the grid of tool icons to bring up the color picker. A line is drawn and the gradient is displayed. You can use the default settings, or you can be creative with the settings. It should be set to 'FG to BG (RGB)' in the tool options by default. Very simple effect that looks incredible. Click the Blend (gradient) tool from the big grid of tool icons. 3D TextĬreate cursive text that looks sort of like 3D pipes. This tutorial demonstrates how to turn a colorful photograph of a sunset into a dripping paint effect that can be applied to text, individual letters, or anything else you’d like. Slice your text in half with this simple text effect for GIMP. Also, the only way to clear the downloaded items list is to restart the application. You can view the video’s thumbnail to ensure you are not downloading the wrong clip, although it would be nice if you could disable this function, so as to minimize the app’s screen space usage. Minimalistic interface that could be improved in a few respects It is possible to extract audio tracks from YouTube videos, so that you can save your favorite songs as MP3 files. However, it should be noted that if you want to download a video in multiple resolutions, the app does not rename them automatically, so the previous one will be overwritten.Īlso, only one video can be downloaded at a time, and the application cannot process entire playlists. When the application has detected a clip’s URL, it allows you to select which version you wish to copy. Save high-definition YouTube videos on your Mac, regardless of their resolution You can then get on with your other tasks, as the app displays a notification when the a download has been completed. It automatically extracts the URL from the clipboard, so that all you have to do is press the download button. Using Ummy Video Downloader could not be easier, as you simply need to copy a clip’s YouTube link and bring up the application’s main window. Ummy Video Downloader does not suffer from this limitation, as it allows you to save any YouTube clip on your Mac of resolutions up to 4320p, as well as rip audio tracks and save them as MP3 files.Įasy-to-use OS X app that can help you download videos with very little effort While there are a lot of applications or web services that can help you download videos from YouTube, many have trouble extracting high-definition clips over 720p in resolution. At any time you can view and listen to the stored material, even without Internet access. You can save to a local folder of any clip in an accessible format for it and as. The program will help you to save YouTube video to your computer in video format and to audio. Ummy Video Downloader – a program to download any video from YouTube. 3Delight has been involved in some other groundbreaking projects. The software team at dna research has been developing 3Delight for many years, and it is now used in their production work. The piece was rendered in RenderMan and was exceptional on many levels. The animation was far more advanced than anything else around. In 1995, dna research, created by Pierre Lachapelle in association with TFX Animation, in Montreal Canada, wowed SIGGRAPH 1995 with a trailer to a film called The Boxer. SIGGRAPH is a place to see the latest in computer graphics technology. Figures 6 and 7 are rendered directly within Maya using 3Delight. As with MayaMan, both Maya materials and RenderMan shaders can be assigned to objects within the Maya scene.ģDelight can achieve some very realistic imagery and has tools such as very high-quality displacement mapping, depth of field, motion blur, ray tracing and shadow maps, subsurface scattering on a per object basis, global illumination supporting HDRI and final gathering. It renders within Maya with its own renderer, or scenes can be exported as RIB files and rendered in another RenderMancompliant renderer. 3Delight integrates smoothly into the Maya interface, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5. One of those renderers is 3Delight from dna research. Quite a few RenderMan-compliant renderers are out there. RenderMan for Maya cannot do this unless you are using RenderMan for Maya Pro, which is bundled with RenderMan Pro Server or RenderMan Studio. Additionally, MayaMan can read and attach external custom RenderMan shaders to objects within a Maya scene. Unlike RenderMan for Maya, which renders within Maya using the embedded PRMan, MayaMan can write Maya scene files out to the RIB format for use in other renderers. It translates Maya materials, geometry, lighting, cameras, and more. MayaMan is not specifically a renderer, but like RenderMan for Maya, it allows Maya users to take advantage of RenderMan-compliant rendering solutions such as PRMan, 3Delight, Air and others. The graceful, gliding, four-wheel drive vehicle made of ice shown in Figure 2 was needed for Toyota Prado’s latest television commercial, Ice Sculptures, directed by Bruce Hunt through Animal Logic created the 3D computer-generated ice car and carefully choreographed its movement as it glides across various road surfaces, verging on being out of control. The team created the cave, the CG icicles and bottles, as well as the shattering effect when one bottle falls and breaks through the ice. Animal Logic created an entire CG environment for the ad, with only a few small live action elements incorporated in the first few shots. Suddenly, one breaks off, crashing into the ground, creating an instant party. In Figure 1, in an ice-covered cave, hundreds of Smirnoff Ice bottles are frozen to the ceiling as stalactites. Stills from this work are shown in Figures 1-3. Animal Logic also uses MayaMan in their commercial work, as seen in their work for Smirnoff and Toyota, as well as music videos. Their film work includes Happy Feet, 300, 28 Weeks Later, Fool's Gold, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge! and World Trade Center. MayaMan has been used on the bulk of their production work in film and television over the past decade. Animal Logic is another one of those production house–software developers that makes the fruits of their labor available to the rest of us. This Maya plugin translates a Maya scene into Pixar’s RIB format and converts your materials into RenderMan shaders. One of these products is Animal Logic’s MayaMan. There are, however, other Maya-specific products capable of using RenderMan. This is certainly an impetus for upgrading. More expert qualities, such as writing RIB files, are part of the RenderMan for Maya Pro. Output to PRMan through Maya allows the imagery produced to take advantage of the quality and speed of the renderer. It internally converts work done in the Maya interface to be used by the renderer. RenderMan for Maya, while being able to take advantage of PRMan, cannot read or write RIB files. Sorting through these options has a great deal to do with understanding RenderMan compliance. There are several ways to take advantage of RenderMan in Maya. Pixar's RenderMan is the "it" renderer for Hollywood visual fx. This month, VFXWorld continues a series of six excerpts of the Thomson Course Technology book Maya Plugin Power, which will give VFXWorld readers to learn how to take advantage of the myriad of plugins available to Maya users. Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums.
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