![]() Kick It is solid, but I wish the entire track had been as unhinged as its final moments. With these kinds of tracks, NCT 127 are at their best when they throw everything at the wall. The instrumental warps into a demented breakdown, kicking up a grimy funk. Just as Kick It’s bridge is about to segue into the final chorus, the song delivers the kind of musical madness I was hoping for. The second verse does a better job hitting us with unexpected aural exclamation points, though it could have embraced its inherent oddness even more. Thankfully, its guitar distortion backbone keeps things compelling. Its first verse subscribes too heavily to the kind of skeletal trap that everyone’s already doing. The song loses me a bit when it slows down. Its chorus is memorable from the very first listen, even if it relies more on energy and novelty than well-developed hooks. Still, I think Kick It is at its best when it goes over the top. Even the hip-hop verses feel needlessly aggressive, as if the guys would rather pummel us into submission than gradually draw us in. It’s a loud track, filled with chants about Bruce Lee and “new thangs,” and it’s more than a little silly. Kick It feels like a catchier, more approachable version of the style 127 built their name on. The song is a bit disappointing for those of us who adored the group’s more pop-minded material last year, but it also suits them so well. With this in mind, new single Kick It (영웅) fits right alongside past tracks like Simon Says and Cherry Bomb. Still, when I think of NCT 127, I immediately picture experimental soundscapes, hard-hitting hip-hop and atypical approaches. Both have secured plenty of fans under the NCT umbrella, showing a remarkable level of diversity when it comes to genre and style. ![]() This is the '60s, and although not quite how some may remember it, true to the spirit and talent of the time.Despite unlimited potential for new sub-units, NCT’s Korean promotion has largely boiled down to releases from either 127 or Dream. "Princes" and "Devils Side" truly do kick it, "Outcase" is absolutely incendiary, "8 O'clock" and "Let Me" sparkling pop fare, "Fighting"'s lethal, and "Manic"'s enough to drive one right over the edge. Who knows how that works live? But it makes for a rollicking album, and for all the Shakes' stylistic intricacies, in the end it's their melodies that are paramount, each one catchier than the next. But Shapiro refuses to be boxed in, because simultaneously that's him on lead guitar tossing out incendiary hard rock licks. On this track, Eliad Shapiro's keyboards absolutely shine as he slides from jazzy passages into champagne styling out through psychedelia and back again. ![]() "Stop Fighting" is more representative, a bouncy, infectious, pop-flecked number with a driving rhythm and subtle stylistic shifts. "Devil" slyly incorporates a melodic punk feel to its Brit beat sound, while "Manic Boogie" plays havoc with the decade's stylistic gradients, strewing a big-band tinge, a proggy guitar solo, a surf guitar riff, and a touch of hardcore and metal to a blues based boogie. Which is why the group feel perfectly comfortable on "Princes" combining a post-punk sound with a British Invasion-styled song, and lace it with a hard rock edge. ![]() In truth, for all the Shakes debt to the '60s, they know it only second-hand, even their parents were probably no more than children back then. That latter song, though, boasts a hard rock guitar solo the likes of which the Kinks themselves never played. The Small Faces left their imprint as well, notably on "8 O'clock" and "Devil's Side," while the Kinks get a bow on "Princes & Kings." At times the quartet wear their heroes on their sleeves, as on "Outcast," an homage to the Yardbirds. ![]() Well, you may not, but the Shake certainly do, and their debut album Kick It pays tribute to that halcyon age. celebrated an invading wave of foreigners and feted them like royalty. Remember those heady days of the mid-'60s? A time when girls wanted to be as thin as Twiggy not Kate Moss, when a Slicker was a lipstick, not a raincoat, Heaven Scent was a perfume not the waft of the second coming, and all of the U.S. ![]()
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I had been searching for more information on pizzicato playing techniques and came across a video by David LePage where he demonstrated how you could play pizzicato incredibly quietly by using a finger with some rosin on to pluck up and off the strings. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can store files there and copy them onto other computers, just as you would with a normal thumb drive, although you will need to have AnyTrans installed on both computers in order to access your files easily. This is most useful for copying photos or videos from your device to your computer for use in other programs.įast Drive is much more interesting, as it allows you to use the free space on your iOS device as a normal thumb drive. 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For simplicity, the screenshots and instructions below are taken from AnyTrans for Windows, but we have tested AnyTrans for Mac as well, and JP will point out the differences when necessary. The navigation is quite similar for the two versions, except for some minor user interface differences. Note: AnyTrans for iOS is available for both PC and Mac. I constantly update the music stored on it, so I’m very familiar with the iOS file management process.įinally, iMobie has not had any editorial input on the content of this article and I did not receive my copy of the software from them through any type of promotion, so there’s no reason for me to be unfairly biased. My old iPhone has been converted into a digital white noise machine, and it is a dedicated music player. This has given me quite a lot of perspective on what makes some software good and some bad, and even though I have since moved to the Android ecosystem for my main smartphone, I still use my iPhone for various tasks around the house. I’ve been using iPhones for almost a decade, and my experience with software extends much further back. What I Don’t Like: Most reliable with devices permanently unlocked. ![]() ![]() Download web videos directly to your device. You can add new files to your device, but adding multiple files or folders at once is a slow process when compared to working with files already in your iTunes library. Instead, you’re restricted from working with the files in your existing library, although you can still modify the library as normal with iTunes while AnyTrans is installed and running. The only issue I discovered that would prevent me from ignoring iTunes entirely and relying on AnyTrans was that it cannot add files to your iTunes library. It’s not exactly an iTunes replacement, but it will handle the majority of the daily file management tasks that iTunes does. It can even integrate with your iCloud account to manage your online storage, and download videos from the web for offline use on your device. AnyTrans is a file manager for iOS devices that can copy any type of media from your computer to your iOS device or from your device to your computer, as well as create and manage your device backups. ![]() ![]() ![]() It contains many new features including Chromecast output support (except subtitles ), hardware-accelerated decoding, 4K and 8K playback, 10-bit and HDR playback, 360° video and 3D audio, audio passthrough for HD audio codecs, Blu-ray Java menu support, and local network drive browsing. Version 3.0 was in development for Windows, Linux and macOS since June 2016 and released in February 2018. As of 2016 VLC is the third in the overall download count, and there have been more than 3 billion downloads. Support for Windows RT, Windows Phone and Xbox One were added later. The version for the Windows Store was released on March 13, 2014. Version 2.0.0 of VLC media player was released on February 18, 2012. In July 2013 the VLC application could be resubmitted to the iOS App Store under the MPL-2.0. Subsequently, in October 2011 the VLC authors began to relicense the engine parts of VLC from the GPL-2.0-or-later to the LGPL-2.1-or-later to achieve better license compatibility, for instance with the Apple App Store. In January 2011, after VLC developer Rémi Denis-Courmont's complaint to Apple about the licensing conflict between the VLC's GPLv2 and the App store's policies, the VLC had been withdrawn from the Apple App Store by Apple. In September 2010, a company named "Applidium" developed a VLC port for iOS under GPLv2 with the endorsement of the VLC project, which was accepted by Apple for their App Store. Work began on VLC for Android in 2010 and it has been available for Android devices on the Google Play store since 2011. After 13 years of development, version 1.0.0 of VLC media player was released on July 7, 2009. In 2007 the VLC project decided, for license compatibility reasons, not to upgrade to the just-released GPLv3. The cone icon design was changed from a hand drawn low resolution icon to a higher resolution CGI-rendered version in 2005, illustrated by Richard Øiestad. ![]() The cone icon used in VLC is a reference to the traffic cones collected by École Centrale's Networking Students' Association. The project name has been changed to VLC media player because there is no longer a client/server infrastructure. The functionality of the server-program, VideoLan Server (VLS), has mostly been subsumed into VLC and has been deprecated. Rewritten from scratch in 1998, it was released under GNU General Public License on February 1, 2001, with authorization from the headmaster of the École Centrale Paris. Originally developed by students at the École Centrale Paris, it is now developed by contributors worldwide and is coordinated by VideoLAN, a non-profit organization. It was intended to consist of a client and server to stream videos from satellite dishes across a campus network. Since VLC is no longer merely a client, that initialism no longer applies. VLC used to stand for "VideoLAN Client" when VLC was a client of the VideoLAN project. The VideoLAN software originated as a French academic project in 1996. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and macOS by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library however, this library is legally controversial and is not included in many software repositories of Linux distributions as a result. It also has its own protocol implementations. ![]() The libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project provides many of VLC's codecs, but the player mainly uses its own muxers and demuxers. The default distribution of VLC includes many free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. It is able to stream media over computer networks and can transcode multimedia files. ![]() VLC supports many audio- and video-compression-methods and file-formats, including DVD-Video, Video CD, and streaming- protocols. VLC is also available on digital distribution platforms such as Apple's App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store. VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS and iPadOS. VLC media player (previously the VideoLAN Client and commonly known as simply VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project. GPL-2.0-or-later with some libraries under LGPL-2.1-or-later VLC for iOS (MPLv2.0) Windows, ReactOS, macOS, Linux, Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, Xbox system software GUI: C++ (with Qt), Objective-C (with Cocoa), Swift, Java ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These features are critical for managing complex projects and gaining a high-level overview of how aligned initiatives are progressing. Limited Project features: Todoist lacks the ability to divide projects into stages, milestones, timeline view, and portfolio view.Though todoist has a productivity score there is no option to look at the in-depth data or create customizable charts. After all, reports reflect the progress made, goals accomplished, and help you analyze if you are on the right track. No reporting features: Reporting is the most important feature of any project or task management tool.Unfortunately, this critical ability is missing from Todoist. They should be able to slice and dice their data to understand it in a better way. No Search Views: Probably the biggest pain point for teams.Thus, it is important to have tools like SmartTask that organize teams based on hierarchies ( departments >projects >tasks), making it easy for team members to navigate and conduct work. But for teams, a flat structure can become very complex. No Hierarchy: Todoist does not have a proper hierarchy like departments and then teams under it, which may be okay for solo users.However, Todoist lacks essential team features like dedicated chat, video conferencing, and news feed. Not built for Teams: Being able to communicate and collaborate on tasks within the tool is critical for teams.For example, there is no way to add data through custom fields such as dropdowns, text, number, or date fields. It's just a Todo-list: Todoist does not have the ability to customize or add more dimensions to tasks.However, Todoist lacks these critical components to create a better workspace and increase productivity. Lacks Critical Views: Customizations, user-wise task bifurcation, filters, and views such as task, timeline, and portfolio view allow users to modify the tool to fit their individual or business preferences.So, what are the disadvantages of using Todoist? It does not have the basic tools needed to streamline tasks and communication when it comes to teams or complex projects. However, it misses out big time on team collaboration features. That’s why it has over 10 million installs on mobile app stores and is one of the highest-rated mobile apps. It is simple, straightforward, and keeps things organized for you - be it a grocery or a shopping list. ![]() Read More.Todoist is one of the best personal to-do list apps out there. I really like that you can color coded the tags and projects. I don't really have anything negative to say about this, but I do think it would be best for single or small team use over larger teams. I wish there were more themes available, but what is there isn't too bad and I'm glad there's more than just 1 light/1 dark theme. Personally, I prefer less complexity and feel like, after a certain point, most people really don't need tons of extra features and would be better off learning to simplify anyway. Overall: This is really easy to use, it looks nice, and it's pretty straight forward. It's pretty simplistic, so if you need something with a lot of complex options, this might not be the app for your team. Adding someone else to your project is easy.Ĭons: I'd personally like more theme options, in particular dark theme options, but that's not really a big negative. You can add named and color coded labels to task, keep up with productivity information, add filters, use boards, and have multiple projects going at once. There's a couple of theme choices, including a dark mode. Pros: You can use this as a simple to do list for personal usage or as project management for a team. I am able to track the progress of the tasks in real time to track my employees' productivity. It has increased the efficiency of communication with my staff by allowing me to set tasks, explain them in the description, and set a priority level. Overall: This program has made delegating tasks to employees working from home simple and effective. One suggestion would be to display a list of completed items after the task is checked off the list. It does have a very short learning curve but after a couple short youtube videos, I was up to speed right away. They are able to see their work, the priority of each task, and mark the stage of completion.Ĭons: The program is very simple to use. This program has been extremely beneficial for assigning tasks virtually to employees who work from home. It automates the task of setting priority levels, due dates and assignment of that task to employees by using shortcuts and keywords. The program makes it as simple as typing a task and clicking a button. It is very easy to navigate and to set tasks. Pros: This product is extremely simple to use. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can even put this as a default consumer class name in the Beanstalk wrapper in case PARAM1 is not void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent arg0) Then check the class name such as KinesisApplication so the full name will be. Open the containing class and check the package name, say “”. Take note of the full name of the class that has the run method. Anyway, you probably get the idea with the “run” method: it will start a Worker which in turn will process the Kinesis messages as you implemented the IRecordProcessor.processRecords method. Therefore the easiest implementation is simply to call “run” from “main” but you may have different needs for local execution. When you run it from Beanstalk “run” will be executed first. When you test the KCL app locally then the main method will be executed first. I’ve put mine in the same place as the main method – the “run” method is really nothing else than the KCL application entry point from the Beanstalk wrapper’s point of view. You can put the run method anywhere – or even change its name and the wrapper app implementation will need to follow. In my case I had to pass in a string parameter to the “run” method so I modified the Reflection code to look for a “run” method which accept a single string argument:įinal Class consumerClass = (Class) Class.forName(consumerClassName) įinal Method runMethod = consumerClass.getMethod("run", String.class) Note that you of course change the body of the Kinesis wrapper as you wish. So you’ll need to have a public method called “run” in the KCL app that the wrapper can call upon. ![]() KinesisWorkerServletInitiator.java will look for this method and execute it through Reflection.The class name refers to a class in the Kinesis application that includes a public parameterless method called “run”.PARAM1 is supposed to be a fully qualified class name.It will look for a value in a query parameter called “PARAM1”.The overridden contextInitialized method will be executed automatically upon application start.It is very short and has the following characteristics: ![]() The Source Packages folder includes a single Java file called KinesisWorkerServletInitiator.java. As this particular Apache dependency wasn’t by default available in the Beanstalk KCL wrapper I had to add it to its POM file. Example: in my case one dependency of my KCL app was commons-collections4-4.0.jar. In case your KCL app has some external dependencies on its own then those will need to be part of the wrapper app as well. The wrapper will have all the basic dependencies to run an Amazon app such as the AWS SDK, Jackson, various Apache packages etc. war file will be placed in the “target” folder as expected. If you’re using something else or prefer to run Maven from the command prompt then here’s the mvn command to execute: NetBeans will load the dependencies in the POM file automatically. You’ll see the following folders after opening the project: I personally use NetBeans so the snapshots will show that environment. Once you have cloned it onto your computer you can open with a Java IDE such as NetBeans or Eclipse. zip file and unpack it like you would do with any compressed. zip file that contains the project – you can even rename a. war file extension will be familiar to you. If you’ve done any web-based Java development then the. The wrapper is a very thin Java Maven web application which can be deployed as a. You’ll need to wrap it within a special Kinesis Beanstalk worker wrapper. You cannot simply deploy a KCL application as it is. One possibility is to deploy it on Amazon Elastic Beanstalk. The starting point for this post is that you have a KCL application and want to host it somewhere. If you are developing an application that is meant to process messages from Amazon Kinesis and you don’t know what I mean by a Kinesis app then check out the Amazon documentation on the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) here. This means that you have a method that starts a Worker object in the. library. Suppose that you have a Java Amazon Kinesis application which handles messages from the Amazon message queue handler Kinesis. ![]() ![]() If possible, show the lock-in form to a lawyer or real estate professional. Thus, it is wise to obtain a blank copy of a lender’s lock-in form to read carefully before you apply for a loan. For example, some lock-in agreements may become void through some unrelated action such as a change in the maximum rate for Veterans Administration guaranteed loans. Some lenders' lock-in forms may contain crucial information that is difficult to understand or that is in fine print. Oral agreements can be very difficult to prove in the event of a dispute. Others may only make an oral lock-in promise on the telephone or at the time of application. Some lenders have preprinted forms that set out the exact terms of the lock-in agreement. This commitment usually will state the loan terms that have been approved (including loan amount), how long the commitment is valid, and the lender’s conditions for making the loan such as receipt of a satisfactory title insurance policy protecting the lender. ![]() Generally, you will receive the lender’s commitment only after your loan application has been approved. A loan commitment is the lender’s promise to make you a loan in a specific amount at some future time. It is important to recognize that a lock-in is not the same as a loan commitment, although some loan commitments may contain a lock-in. However, a locked-in rate could also prevent you from taking advantage of price decreases, unless your lender is willing to lock in a lower rate that becomes available during this period. This protection could affect whether you can afford the mortgage. But if your interest rate and points are locked in, you should be protected against increases while your application is processed. During that time, the cost of mortgages may change. One point equals one percent of the loan amount.) Depending upon the lender, you may be able to lock in the interest rate and number of points that you will be charged when you file your application, during processing of the loan, when the loan is approved, or later.Ī lock-in that is given when you apply for a loan may be useful because it’s likely to take your lender several weeks or longer to prepare, document, and evaluate your loan application. (Points are additional charges imposed by the lender that are usually prepaid by the consumer at settlement but can sometimes be financed by adding them to the mortgage amount. Therefore, you should not rely on the terms quoted to you when shopping for a loan unless a lender is willing to offer a lock-in.Ī lock-in, also called a rate-lock or rate commitment, is a lender’s promise to hold a certain interest rate and a certain number of points for you, usually for a specified period of time, while your loan application is processed. ![]() The quoted terms may not be the terms available to you at settlement weeks or even months later. In most cases, the terms you are quoted when you shop among lenders only represent the terms available to borrowers settling their loan agreement at the time of the quote. This brochure explains what these arrangements mean. ![]() Lock-ins on rates and points might offer you a way to ensure that what you shop for is what you get. But when you get to settlement, will you actually receive the terms you applied or bargained for? Or will you find that the rate has changed - and that your costs have gone up? ![]() When you find the most favorable terms and the lender that you want, you’ll apply to that lender. When you’re looking for a mortgage, you’re likely to shop among lenders for the most favorable interest rate, and the lowest points and other up-front charges. For information on recent regulatory changes, as well as additional information about shopping for and using consumer financial products, please visit the CFPB's website. On July 21, 2011, rulewriting authority for consumer protection laws related to mortgages, credit cards, bank accounts and other consumer financial products transferred from the Federal Reserve Board to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). FRB:A Consumer's Guide to Mortgage Lock-Ins ![]() ![]() You can even find the exact app in Finder-and perhaps remove it from your computer if it shouldn't have been running then. It then logs every time your camera and mic are being used, so you can go back and see if an app was on or using your video when it shouldn't have been. You can enable full notifications and sounds, too, to make sure you're away when they're on. It notifies you whenever your mic or camera are being used, with a small popover in the bottom of your screen. Or, if you tend to work with an external monitor that doesn't have its own camera, just close your laptop to work in private. You could do that-or check Amazon or eBay for a webcam cover for a surprising variety of little plastic covers that can cover your computer's camera until you need it. That's one way to make sure prying eyes can't see through your computer. Mark Zuckerberg made the news in early 2016 when he shared a picture of his laptop in Facebook's offices-and there was a piece of electrical tape covering his laptop's webcam. These apps will help you keep your mic and camera private, and make sure they're only turned on when you're ready to share. If you've ever worried about a call not really hanging up or wondered if your colleagues can hear you typing during a video call, it's time to fix that. When you're on a video call and sneeze on your monitor, you can't edit that out (nor can you mute it, since your computer's mute button mutes your speakers–not your mic). ![]() |
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