![]() WordPress and Drupal both have modules and plugins to enable a RESTful API, which I’ve found to be the most straightforward way to provide data in a headless architecture. The good news is that your preferred CMS likely already has what you need. Maybe you’re building a native iOS or Android application, but you need a familiar, yet robust, way to provide data for it. Or perhaps you’re not building a website at all. Perhaps you want cleaner separation of front-end and content-management tasks-it can be easier to staff multiple projects when the responsibility for building a site doesn’t require everyone to know both the front-end rendering layer in addition to the backend of the CMS. Maybe you want to have control over the front-end markup and animation in a way that stretches past what your CMS’s theming layer can support. So let’s say that you’ve got some very good reasons to go headless. We were also able to let our team members focus on what they did best: with the James Ensor touchscreen, our CMS developers were able to take care of the data management problem while our Cinder developers could focus on the touchscreen application. The other important outcome was that we could let each piece of the project do what it does best-by letting the CMS simply manage content, we could use better tools for rendering the presentation layer. We didn’t dive into headless CMSes because it was trendy, we did it because we needed to solve specific problems (in the first case an aesthetic/creative one, and in the second a data-management one). Why do I tell these stories? The key lesson for us was that a headless CMS helped solve a problem. We now use them with JavaScript applications, iOS/Android applications, and touchscreens. ![]() ![]() Once we finished this first headless CMS, the rest came along quickly. This had a profound impact, bridging two sides of our agency’s practice that had previously operated in fairly separate spheres. We were able to quickly build the CMS in WordPress, giving content authors a familiar interface, as well as reducing potential data errors. Again, JSON was the glue-we had done some research into serving up JSON from WordPress, and once we found a JSON parsing library for C++/Cinder the two big pieces came together. Since we have a lot of experience with CMSes for websites, the challenge was how to connect a CMS to a touchscreen application. The second project wasn’t a website-it was a Cinder (C++) touchscreen application for the Art Institute of Chicago that helps visitors learn more about James Ensor’s multi-piece drawing, “The Temptation of Saint Anthony.” Prior to this project, we had completed another touchscreen project with the content managed via XML, and we felt that we (and our clients) could benefit from a CMS instead of hand-editing XML files. ![]() The client got a familiar CMS to work with, but also a very tightly-orchestrated front-end layer that captured their creative vision for the project. There are a few themes that do this, but after some testing and much research we decided to use the JSON API plugin. We eventually settled on AngularJS to support those transitions, so the challenge was how to merge AngularJS with WordPress, the CMS we were using. We wanted to create as seamless an experience as possible, which meant experimenting with different animated transitions between sections on the site. The first was a website for Haruki Murakami. We were curious about it and could see the potential benefits, but we only ended up doing it when it solved specific problems we faced on two very different projects. Brief books for people who make websites.Īt Bluecadet, we didn’t set out to do headless CMS development for its own sake.
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![]() If you happen to enjoy the Android platform, give this a try and see how well your favorite mobile apps perform on the Linux desktop.It doesn’t matter which Android device you want to emulate you can find pre-configured images of different Android versions and device images without any hassle in Genymotion. Not only does this functionality extend the reach of the desktop, it empowers it to join the ever-expanding mobile generation. The ability to easily run Android apps on Linux is a real boon to the desktop. To demonstrate, I installed the Nest App from the Google Play Store to find it runs flawlessly (Figure 5). Click on the app you want to run to see how well it functions. Click on that and the newly installed apps will be ready to run. Open Chrome and you should see a button in the upper left corner labeled Apps. Running the AppĬhrome has a handy tool called Apps. That’s it! Now, if the app is usable on the desktop version of Chrome, it should be ready to run. Select the folder for the newly extracted APK.Right-click the downloaded APK zip file.This is done in the same manner as was ARChon. Retrieve the file and save it to your ~/Downloads directory on your Linux PC. Share the file in whatever way will best allow you to save it to your desktop (I opted for Google Drive).When the APK generation is complete, tap SHARE CHROME APPLICATION.Select the necessary options for the app (Figure 4).Select the app you want to install from the pop-up listing.Select Installed application and tap NEXT.I highly recommend you install the desired app onto your phone and then have ARChon Packager generate the APK from the installed app. ![]() With ARChon Packager, you can generate APKs from installed apps or from APKs within the phone’s storage. Install that app, and you’re ready to go. The app I prefer is called ARChon Packager and can be installed from within the Google Play Store for free. Thankfully, there are now apps for Android that can build APKs with a few taps. It used to be necessary to build APK files manually (which wasn’t always successful). Now we move over to the Android platform. Click Load unpacked extension… (Figure 3)ĪRChon should now appear in the listing of Chrome extensions.Click on what is often referred to as the Overflow Menu (three horizontal bars in the top right corner).This will enable you to finally run those Android apps on your desktop. Move the newly named folder to your home directory (right-click on archon, select Move To…, select Home, and click Select (Figure 2).Rename the newly created folder (right-click and select Rename) to archon.Right-click the ARChon zip file and select Extract Here.Open your file manager and navigate to the Downloads directory (or wherever you have downloaded the.Download the ARChon runtime for your architecture- 32-bit or 64-bit.This phase of the process is also quite simple: This is an Android runtime, created by Vlad Filippov, which brings a specialized version of the Android runtime that works on the desktop version of Chrome. The tool that will do the heavy lifting for this task is called ARChon. You should now find an entry for Google Chrome (unstable) in your Dash (Figure 1, above). When prompted, enter your sudo password.When the Software Center opens, click Install.When prompted, select Open with and make sure /usr/bin/software-center (default) is selected.From the download page, select the installer associated with your package manager and architecture (because I’m using Ubuntu, I’ll download a.Remember, you’re installing the dev channel (you can safely install all three channels-stable, beta, and dev-on the same machine). If you haven’t already installed Chrome, let’s walk through that quick process. I will be demonstrating on an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation. With that said, let’s dive into the process of getting Android apps running on Linux. ![]() apk file that will be used on the desktop. The third caveat is that, to make this process easier, you’ll also need an Android device to package the. As for other apps, the results can be hit and miss. That some apps do not function should not surprise you (you won’t be getting an app that requires the functionality of a phone service to run on your desktop). The second caveat is that not all apps will actually work. To make matters easier, you’ll need to be running the Chrome Developer channel. First and foremost, this is all handled with the help of the Chrome browser. Of course, this statement does come with some caveats. Fortunately, thanks to some crafty developers, it is quite possible (and actually easy) to run Android apps on the Linux desktop. During that time I have discovered plenty of really useful apps that would be great on the Linux desktop. I’ve spent a lot of time on the Google Play Store. ![]() cbz and that's your CBZ file, if you use winrar to compress them and rename that. You can zip any list of images, rename it to. I don't use CRB/CBZ at all (my humble bundle manga actually offer CBZ, but I usually store ebook as epub so I don't want to use CBZ just for humble bundle, the main reason is also because I would lose all metadata with CBZ). That's fine (I also get the correct metadata that I cannot get with Kindle Comic Converter that I was using before Kindle Comic Creator, and the Kindle app is amazing and without ads) but since I don't always want to do a conversion I would prefer to just read my official epub comics/manga directly. No, I buy comics/manga from stores like Amazon, Kobo, Humble Bundle and other stores.įor Amazon and Kobo I usually use the app (Kindle and Kobo app), for humble bundle and other store I usually convert the epub to mobi with Kindle Comic Creator and I use the Kindle app. If I can at least solve the problem on pc that's still good (I know that I can extract the images for manga/comics but that's still not the best way to read them because I will need to merge double pages manually). If there is any plugin to make Calibre better just tell me. I want something that work on both PC and Android and that can read manga/comics with double pages support if possible, if that's not possible I will just continue to use the Kindle app (and Kobo app for ebook bought there). Right now I just convert anything in the amazon format and I use the kindle app to read, but if there is a good alternative that I can use I would like to know. The main problem is that I want to find a good alternative for reading epub without converting them and I cannot find anything.ĪDE from adobe is only an option to download and remove the drm, Kobo app is only compatible with ebooks from the store and Calibre reader is not really good especially for manga and comics where you cannot even zoom the images or view double pages as one (but it's not great for ebook either) and it's not compatible with android. That's why I usually buy from amazon store (but I was able to learn how to make a good epub to mobi conversion for manga by extracting all the images from the epub and using Kindle Comic Creator (not Kindle Comics Converter that mess up the metadata), so that's not always true, and the conversion from epub to awz with calibre is good). Lightweight and Docker-ready for NAS/servers.I love Calibre for storing my ebooks library and removing drm from my ebooks but when I read them I usually prefer the Kindle PC and android App because they are faster and the reader is better (especially for manga and comics). Web application for archival and reading of manga/doujinshi. additional functionality via binary patching Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor Free and open source manga reader for Android. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources. :books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database Mango is a self-hosted manga server and web reader Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks) ![]() ![]() Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family. Built with a focus for manga and the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. When comparing Komga and calibre you can also consider the following projects:
![]() The Custom Emoji feature allows you to use emojis from third-party apps or packs to use them on WhatsApp. Anti-Delete Messages/Status, which allows you to watch status updates and messages of your contacts even if they have deleted them. Some of the most useful features are DND Mode, which allows you to use WhatsApp without letting anyone know. Also, keep your WhatsApp Red app updated to the latest version as it comes with bug fixes and patch updates that keep your account secure and it won’t get banned.Īdditional Tools – There are many useful tools added to the WhatsApp Red app and you can utilize them to get the best out of WhatsApp. To be on the safe side, you must limit your usage of these applications and modify only those settings that are necessary. The WhatsApp Red Android APK runs on official WhatsApp servers so you will not face any problems with it. Well, you don’t have to worry about anything while using this application because it is very safe. No Ban Issues – Many people are concerned about their account safety while using WhatsApp MOD applications. Another good thing about Red WhatsApp is, that it allows you to freeze your last seen too. If you are someone who likes using WhatsApp without anyone disturbing you, then you must try this app at least once. This feature is available in the official WhatsApp app too but with fewer modifications. If you want, then you can also enable or disable contacts from messaging/calling you. You can control everything in these apps like who can view your status, and apply contact-based privacy options. More Privacy Options – The main reason why people prefer using apps like WhatsApp Red is because of more privacy options. Right now, WhatsApp Red APK download can be done only for Android devices, and that too for free. This app is developed by a developer named Abu3rab and can be downloaded for free. ![]() In this post, we have talked about one such application named WhatsApp Red. Apart from additional features, you will be able to get a new look and layout that can be customized according to your needs. There are quite a few of them available out there and you can use them too if you want to upgrade your WhatsApp experience. Just because of the unavailability of these features, many users move out to WhatsApp MOD applications. Total media files that can be sent in one go, support for file types, status character limit, limited privacy settings, and many more. Though there are some features that are still missing out or at least they must be tweaked according to power users. There are no charges on WhatsApp which makes it even better and its easy-to-use interface helps everyone in using it without any assistance. Since it was launched, WhatsApp is being used by millions of people daily to chat and talk with each other using the internet. WhatsApp has been the number one choice for everyone out there who is looking for an instant messaging and calling app. ![]() ![]() Even so, that pricing is one of the main reasons its the. Plenty of intriguing games are available for every VR system mentioned. In fact, were convinced that Facebook is making a loss on each unit sold. Prices range from a surprisingly affordable 300 standalone deviceto a 1,990 VR headset that requires a powerful gaming PC. At 128 GB you'll have more than enough memory to add a few titles to your library. There are horror games with jump scares that'll get your heart racing and action games that'll make you feel like one of Earth's mightiest superheroes. If you've been pondering getting your feet wet with VR, you can't start off with a better Amazon deal than this one. The Oculus Quest 2 is a hell of a lot of hardware for 299. ![]() ➤Early 4th of July deals are here: Shop 70+ sales at Amazon, Nectar and Coach Here's the deal: Subscribe to our Perks and Rec newsletter for daily savings on all the things you want and need. ![]() Still, it's worth it to get so much power. Meta enthusiasts will love this, while some others might be a little put off by having to sign in to Facebook to operate their device. Meta native, the Meta Quest 2 syncs seamlessly with Facebook and Meta VR. It features two comfortable controllers that each sport a joystick and two buttons, as well as a home button on the right controller and a menu button on the left. With a gray plastic design, the Meta Quest 2 looks friendly and right at home in the living room. It also supports a 90-hertz refresh rate a speed that's comparable to many gaming laptops and is indeed so fast that it actually outpaces most games that are yet to be available on the system (future-proofing anyone?). Upgraded from the Quest 1 with a markedly superior screen, the Quest 2 eliminates much of the pixelation that colored the experience of the Quest 1. Upon installing, Windows 10 automatically detected the headset and lauch the mixed reality app and wizard to setup the headset and controller. The Quest 2 is our favorite VR set for a few reasons. This is my first time buying a VR headset and this is the cheapest I can find in Amazon. ➤Amazon deal: Save 49% on our favorite garden hose right now at Amazon The popular headset can be used in hundreds of games and even give you a totally unique VR viewing experience of blockbuster content. Usually priced at $384.99, the Meta Quest 2 128 GB is on sale at Amazon for $299, with a price drop of $85.99. Right now Amazon has the Meta Quest 2, equipped with 128 gigabytes and two touch controllers, for an impressive price cut. VR headsets can usually cost you a good chunk of change, but this summer, you can bring the immersive entertainment of virtual reality home for less. Purchases made through the links below may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. Oculus Rift S lets you play hundreds of games and exclusives already available in the Oculus store, with so much more to come. He added: "This is part of a macro move, especially because I think it's too early for me to say that they're cleaning out Quest 2 inventory, since the Quest 3 doesn't show up until the end of the year.- Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed's editors. Said IDC Research Director Ramon Llamas: "The market for second-hand and refurbished devices allows consumers to swoop in at a lower price and, if we count the specter of inflation, consumers are smart and they'll find a way to get what they want for less" “Sadly, the newer cohorts that are coming in, the people who bought it this last Christmas, they’re just not as into it, as the ones who bought it early,” he said, per The Verge. (Meta VP of VR Mark Rabkin recently broke the news to employees, according to a Feb. But the company's struggled to keep even new headset owners interested in the product. Waning consumer interest isn't a Meta-specific problem – the VR market, along with the games industry at-large, saw its 2022 sales drop 2% year-over-year to $1.1 billion, according to research from NDP. ![]() Experience seems to play a factor as well, with 51% of people who relocated to an infested area report being stung within the first three weeks. Sting likelihood is variable, with people under the age of 20 being more likely to be victim of these voracious pests. Florida reportedly has the highest mortality rate associated with these pests, accounting for 22 of the 80 (27.5%) attributable deaths-by-fire-ants in the United States. Interestingly, the venom’s potency seems to vary with the seasons, delivering the highest allergic reaction in the summer than the spring, although there are more reported incidents of stings in the spring than the summer. The venom’s watery concoction of insoluble alkaloids and toxic proteins combine to deliver at least four well-known and incredibly potent allergens. It is the sting and its venom, not the latching bite, that causes the reaction. Suffice it to say, fire ants are ready for a fight. Once attached, they deliver multiple stings, moving around the skin in a circle, releasing their venom. Their attack first involves their mandibles as they latch onto their hapless victim with a firm bite. Regardless of the biological imperative that invokes the response, fire ants are certainly willing and able to deploy their ever-ready stinger extruding from the base of their abdomen. All things considered, a fire ant sting is not a pleasant experience and best to be avoided.įire ants sting as both an offensive and defensive biological mechanism, for example stinging to capture prey or to defend their nest. Unfortunately, the sting may lead in some cases to the Grand Daddy of the systemic response –deadly anaphylactic shock. Nearly everyone, at approximately 98% of the population, will develop unsightly, painful pustules that may lead to bacterial infections and scarring. Reactions to RIFA stings certainly vary at the outset, ranging from mild discomfort to an intense, localized burning sensation. Of course, Schmidt has had an astonishingly extensive history experiencing the varied sting of the Hymenoptera Order, so he may not be the most relatable person to scale the encounter for the rest of us. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail imbedded in your heel.” According to the eminent biologist, fire ant encounters are infinitely more bearable than, say a bullet ant which is a level four and appallingly described as “Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch” and considers Red Imported Fire Ants to rank as a level one on his famous Schmidt’s Pain Index chart, the lowest possible score. Schmidt describes the sensation of a fire ant bite as “Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. It’s estimated that over 40 million people live in the vicinity of these pests, so it’s fair to say that – if you live in, say Florida or North Carolina, you could have a 35% chance of experiencing a sting. ![]() Over 14 million people in the United States endure the sting of the Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) every year. ![]() Maybe she was undermining Ben in a way because she thinks Ben will still like her and he is way more attainable than Paxton who is like a fantasy to her, so she thought she should put out the fire with Paxton. Thanks! I just think she followed Paxton first because Paxton is harder to please/make amends with, like he’s this celebrity-esque person that she’s always wanted and everyone wants to be/be with. She should have sorted her feelings first but she is 15 and very immature. She seemed pretty happy to be Ben's girlfriend when she thought Paxton wasn't really into her so maybe she just thought of Paxton as an "if there's an opportunity I would grab it, but if not then it was a long shot" kind of thing. But maybe initially I would have chosen Ben, although the way Devi followed Paxton first when they found out she had been cheating probably reveals something about Devi's true feelings.Īlso, she did seem to prefer Ben more when she was debating the pros and cons with her bestfriends who were very dismissive of the idea of Ben and insisted on Paxton all the way. He may have hurt Devi in the past and has shown questionable behavior but so did Ben who was constantly a dick. Even though Paxton is very unromantic in the sense that he doesn't know how to have a proper date (probably because he's used to putting the bare minimum and people still want him), he still tries. I think there really was no clear choice as Devi holds affection for both Ben and Paxton. I like how it wasn't immediately this or that though. I really thought that Devi and Ben would be only official pairing this season after Paxton's douchiness in the first season and Ben's efforts for her. Gotta say, I LOVE the start of this season. Then, his family is still important to him, which is why the scene where he shows his sister his test score was so meaningful to wrap up his episode. So while he has his looks going for him, and he also is a naturally-talented swimmer, deep down he still yearns for people to be proud of him - and for there to be a reason he can believe in himself.ĭevi sees this side of him and his potential, and supports him in this, which makes her very special to him and his development and growth to a higher level of attainment and fulfillment. Still, Paxton feels his parents are subtly saying that they don't believe in his ability to do well in school, which fits the theme of what Gigi mentioned: people overall seem to just think he's a good looking person. This is both a statement of the parents' beliefs, and it also shares what beliefs he grew up with, which explains so much about how Paxton (despite his "coolness") was always the person that was concerned and took care of Devi: after the coyote attack, after she fell in the pool, etc. I think it was Paxton's mom that said something like "we value being caring over accomplishment". Of course, like any family, that love isn't perfect, so we saw how he felt his parents didn't understand him still. Paxton actually has role models and a home environment of love and care. The peek at Ben's life was defined by: abandoned -> lonely -> Devi = first real love of any sort. ![]() ![]() To me, his episode was more subtly complex than Ben's. ![]() Again this all about the fidelity or detail with which Auto Sampler will take snap shots of the source we are giving it. The Velocity Layers pop-up menu is where we choose how many velocity layers to sample. On the other hand, you get a higher quality, or rather, a more accurate representation of the sample source. The more notes highlighted in blue, the more actual snap shots Auto Sampler will take to create your sound, subsequently resulting in what could be much longer instrument creation processing times. The white notes in between will just get filled in automatically by Sampler after the fact (more details on how that tech works right here). The notes highlighted in blue in the keyboard section represent those that will actually be sampled. The Sample Every field and slider adjusts the interval between sampled notes. Here are a few particularly important parameters to keep an eye on: With these parameters, you’re essentially making adjustments to the fidelity of the sampler instrument and the way with which the audio is handled during the creation process, including the number of velocity layers, sample length, looping options, and more. The main controls panel below that is where we adjust the way our sampler instrument is about to be created. The keyboard section along the top is where we can set the Sample Note Range, or note pitch range, by dragging the edges of the highlighted area (Also available via the Range Start and End parameters in the main controls panel below). ![]() For the rest of us, let’s take a quick look at what we have here and some of the more important elements of the UI to be aware of: Some familiar options are front and center here including the ability to adjust the number of velocity layers to be sampled, looping conditions, the note pitch range, which notes to sample within that range, and even an interesting “ Round Robin” function for capturing tonal variations (in sound sound sources that support it). Software sample veterans will feel right at home with the main controls panel, graphic display, and other sampling parameters. ![]() The Auto Sampler plug-in interface is a simple one that gives us the ability to customize our new sampler instruments before creating them. Plug-ins placed below or after the Auto Sampler plug-in are just functioning as usual and will not be a part of the sound of your new sampler instrument. It is important to note here, the plug-ins placed above or before the Auto Sampler plug-in the FX signal chain will be included in the sampler instrument you’re about to make. Not only can you sample whatever software or hardware instrument you have loaded, you can also choose to use any of your usual arsenal of FX plug-ins. Here’s our rundown on connecting your external hardware MIDI synths and other gear to Logic if you need a refresher. You’ll find it in the Utility submenu via the Audio FX slot on a software or external instrument channel strip. The powerful sampling tool is accessed just like any other FX plug-in. Hit the sample button, and Auto Sampler will create an instrument you can use inside of Logic Pro’s new Sampler and any of your LPX sessions. Then place the Auto Sampler plug-in on that channel strip (with or without FX) and make some adjustments to customize the soon-to-be sampler instrument. It basically works like this: Load up the software instrument or an external synth (MIDI and audio) you want to sample as usual. No recording or making files of each note to then drop into Sampler required. Auto Sampler can essentially analyze software instruments and hardware gear, plus all of the FX plug-ins you might be using on that channel strip, to create new sampler instruments. Sampler and Quick Sampler are Logic Pro’s new sample-based software instruments, and Auto Sampler is a brilliant new tool to actually author instruments for them.Īs simple as it is to create instruments directly with Sampler and Quick Sampler, you need to have the actual audio to do it with. ![]() Logic Pro X 10.5 - Auto Sampler:Īuto Sampler can create complex sampler instruments from hardware synths and software instruments of any kind, or a combination of sound sources/synthesizers, including all of your FX plug-ins. Now available to all users, the plug-in can automate the sample creation process like Logic Pro X has never seen before. While those two might be running the audio recycling operation here, the powerful new Logic Pro X tool known as Auto Sampler is not to be overlooked. 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