![]() ![]() ![]() That includes the purchase of Avast for over $8 Billion USD in 2021, the same antivirus company that was publicly shamed after they were caught selling customer data to large corporate clients like Home Depot, Google, Microsoft and Pepsi through Avast’s subsidiary company Jumpshot (see the Jan 2020 PC Magazine article Avast to End Browser Data Harvesting, Terminates Jumpshot). from other companies instead of rebuilding their own internal R&D department. The release notes for the latest Norton v22.22.4.11 products mention that users now have the option to turn off the new Software Updater feature, so kudos to Norton for at least realizing that many of their users don't want these unnecessary features running on their system.Īfter parent company Symantec was sold to Broadcom in 2019 it was probably inevitable that NortonLifeLock would start acquiring technology for "bells and whistles" like Norton Smart Scan, Norton Software Updater, etc. I've posted several times about this (see my Remove Norton Crypto From Antivirus Products in the Product Suggestions board that includes a link to the Verge article Here’s the Truth About the Crypto Miner That Comes With Norton Antivirus for one example) but Norton continues to add more and more bloatware to their core security product. ![]() PC_confused mentioned the bloat in current Norton 360 products in their original post so I didn't think it was necessary to expand, but I agree with your concerns, and when I purchased a new Win 10 laptop in 2019 I decided not to install a newer Norton v22.22.x product because of this very issue. ![]()
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![]() (If anyone can find a picture of this box online, you are better at Google research than I…) A lover of polyhedra, I kept that box as a bedside table for a couple of years, before eventually laying it to rest in recycling. It came in a brown corrugated dodecahedron-shaped box. It was a “Star Light” designed in 1998 by Tom Dixon, made by the apparently now-defunct Eurolounge, purchased at Totem, a store in New York which also no longer exists as such. I was given a modernistic, sputnik-type hanging light for my birthday a few years back. (Both lamps in the light of day, after the fold…) ![]() Think of the beauty of simple shapes, of the way in which the geometry is everywhere present in design, and then think of the natural progression of simple mathematical forms, from the cube to the square this enables us as designers to create infinite possibilities by starting from the simplest point of departure! … A Comet lamp, beneficent and sparkling, like champagne, based on the universally attractive laws of geometry, from the starting point of a simple, well-made cardboard box” “I created the Comet lamp… while looking at the DesignBox and thinking of the technical complexity of the cardboard object with such a simple appearance. His “Comet Lamp” (above right) was made from reconstructed Veuve Clicquot “DesignBoxes” as part of their “Out of The Box” promotion: Packaging Lamp: While the economic constraints of carton construction & shipping may have led Dixon away from polyhedral packaging for his own products, he has recently gone in the other direction and made polyhedral lamps from rectangular boxes. Respect to the Op-Art masters of the 60’s who designed even more complex graphic patterns without any help of a computer…”Ģ. The first versions of this self-assembly lamp shades were launched in Milan as part of the Tom Dixon Factory. “We designed a functional packaging range and a series of different patterns for Tom Dixon’s new ‘Etch Light’. ![]() The rectangluar box for the “Etch Light” was designed by Mind Design: In fact, the only polyhedral package for a Tom Dixon lamp that I’ve ever seen was the dodecahedron-shaped box for his discontinued “ Star Light.” ![]() Lamp Packaging: As a designer of polyhedral lamps, Tom Dixon is no slouch in the area of complex symmetries, but the packaging for his Etch Light (a deltoidal icositetrahedron) is a standard rectangular box. ![]() ![]() Reduces weapon kickback.Ĭhanges the color of the weapon's handle and stock depending on level of mod. Orange notations are present where applicable to draw attention to this.Īssault Rifle Upgrades Assault Rifle Stability Damperĭistributes recoil with sliding system of counterweights compatible with kinetic coil generators. Legendary Edition: Any listed single-player DLC requirements for obtaining mods are only applicable if not playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition, as all previously available single-player DLC is included in Legendary Edition by default. Likewise, shops will always carry mods one level above those the player currently has. Finding another instance of a mod the player already possesses will upgrade that mod to the next level. Once a weapon mod is found, it may be applied to any and all of the weapons of the applicable type at a weapon bench. For additional information on the various mods see the notes section below. Only two mods can be applied to a weapon at a time, and the same mod cannot be applied twice to a single weapon. Available mods include high-caliber barrels, scopes, and bayonet attachments, among others. ![]() In Mass Effect 3, Weapon Mods are used to augment any of the five types of standard weapon: assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, and heavy pistols. ![]() ![]() Here are the best online jigsaw puzzles you can play right now-best of all, you can’t lose any of the pieces. ![]() It’s a 2D platforming marvel suitable for all ages, even for kids. Work on piecing together your puzzle of choice alone, or make it a bonding activity. Jigsaw Puzzles Epic is a free online puzzle game created and published by Kristanix Games. You can also create puzzles from your own photos. Whether it’s piecing together a clowder of fuzzy kittens an abstract work of art or-for true self masochists-a solid colored spread, jigsaw puzzles are a great way to practice mindfulness and also come with a host of brainy benefits like improved cognition, visual-spatial reasoning, short-term memory, problem-solving, creativity, and productivity. The game challenges your brain to use portals, cubes, and other mechanics to solve simple or complex puzzles in interesting ways. Jigsaw Puzzles Epic is a jigsaw game with over 10,000 beautiful pictures in a wide variety of categories. Female founded and Australian owned, JOURNEY OF SOMETHING is dedicated to artful ways to play. A classic time killer, they’ve seemingly reached peak popularity as we’ve spent more time indoors and social distancing-who would have thought stores would be sold out on a continual basis? Designer Jigsaw Puzzles, Sparkle Art Kits, Paint By Number Art and Unique Games. Organize apps and accounts into tidy collections with Spaces. Manage and switch between multiple accounts quickly. Run apps in distraction-free windows with many enhancements. ![]() Enhance your experience with the Jigsaw Puzzle Epic desktop app for Mac and PC on WebCatalog. After a thorough Netflix binge of the latest documentaries and competitions, followed by a throwback marathon of the best 90’s shows, and a healthy serving of digital events from virtual events to tours to a HIIT class, it might be nice to do something that dually stimulates and soothes the mind. Jigsaw Puzzles About game Thousands of colorful puzzles to relax and unwind Choose from an impressive collection of more than 30. This premium quality app is the perfect choice for lovers of jig saw puzzles. Download WebCatalog for macOS, Windows & Linux. ![]() ![]() It also contains toilet humor, significant foul language and marijuana references. The movie suggests that anyone who doesn’t like homosexual behavior, cross-dressing or witchcraft is intolerant. THE HOT CHICK might have been more harmless than it is, except for its politically correct, Romantic notions about homosexuality, cross-dressing and occult witchcraft. It may provoke a few laughs from many moviegoers, but it lacks the big comic twists, clever wit and boffo ending that a really good comedy should have. THE HOT CHICK is meant to be a light, silly teen comedy. The gender-bender plot goes on from there. Complications ensue, however, when Jessica’s dad mistakes her for the new Spanish gardener. Jessica and her best friend, April, try to figure out who might be responsible for her predicament. ![]() Jessica gets her just desserts when a magical pair of ancient earrings accidentally causes her to switch bodies with a dirty criminal named Clive (played by Rob Schneider), who is almost twice her age. I want the employee to be fired.”Īpril has also said that she plans to pursue legal action against Chick-fil-A, and as such is not responding to the company’s attempts to contact her.In THE HOT CHICK, Jessica Spencer, one of the most popular girls in high school, takes delight in teasing the nerdy girls and getting her black-haired rival into trouble. We sincerely apologize for the harm caused by this incident.”Īpril is less than impressed with this commitment to training and believes more needs to be done, stating “You shouldn’t have to trained to not call someone a N*****…I’m just being as honest as I can be. The Operator has started additional training at his restaurant to ensure this doesn’t happen again. “Though we understand this to be a misspelling of the customer’s name that does not negate the impact or experience had by our guests. “The Operator/Owner of Chick-fil-A Mountain Island has thoroughly investigated and tried to connect with the customer to better understand her experience and apologize for the situation,” according to the statement. I couldn’t eat the food, I was just in shock.”Īpril posted a picture of her daughter’s receipt on Facebook, and the Jackson family held a press conference on Monday.Ĭhick-fil-A operates with a franchise model, and the owner/operator of the Charlotte location has since sent a statement of apology to WSOC, a local ABC affiliate. ![]() ![]() The alleged incident occurred in early February, when Nyiashia was about to exit the drive-through line, she received a warning from the person who handed over her meal, saying “You might want to look what they put your name as.”Īfter viewing the offensive receipt, Nyiashia said, “I was just in shock. “She told her, her name was Nyiashia, and she put on her ticket N*****,” Nyiashia’s mom April Jackson tells reporters. But that’s what a customer is saying happened to her at a Charlotte, NC Chick-fil-A. Imagine pulling out of a drive-thru and checking your receipt to make sure you didn’t overpay, and instead you find a racial slur where your name is supposed to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's the perfect blend of calmness and insanity, with the Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega pickup set onboard capable of sparkly cleans and stomach-churning levels of gain, all while delivering a tone with almost endless clarity. Our number one choice is the PRS SE Mark Holcomb (opens in new tab). As you'll see from the upcoming list, many of the guitars we've included in this guide have five star ratings - and as such, it's a bit like having to choose between our favourite children.īut, we've all got a favourite. Spend a few hours on YouTube and check out the players and bands that follow: it will massively help you understand and appreciate the world of shred guitar playing.Choosing the very best metal guitars is a tough one. ![]() This holds out for shred guitar playing, and the good news is that with the electric guitar being such a comparatively young instrument the history of the genre is relatively easy to track. To best approach any academic or physical discipline, it is vital to learn the history of the subject: an awareness of what has gone before, and the evolution of the subject is key to your development and understanding. Players who pushed the boundaries of what was physically possible, and helped develop the vocabulary that is available to players today.Īndy James follows in this tradition and is proud to proclaim himself as a ‘shred’ guitarist: full on, loud and proud, and unashamedly a shred monster – and why not? With the benefit of historical hindsight we can see that shred guitar playing, in its purest sense, has always been with us.įrom early pioneers such as Django Reinhardt and Les Paul there have always been players who were willing to push the envelope and expand on what had gone before. Yet shred guitar – in its purest sense, as a term to denote extremely technically proficient guitar playing – is not solely a rock and metal guitar style. Nowadays the ability to play highly technical metal guitar with a vocabulary encompassing all the classic shred facets – arpeggios, speed and sweep picking et al – is pretty much a prerequisite to any serious player in the rock and metal arena. Somewhere along the line things settled down, and bands such as Alter Bridge and Avenged Sevenfold emerged with players who utilised shred guitar techniques and styles in music that was commercially successful, and appealed to the average – non musician - rock and metal music fan. ![]() Shred was in danger of disappearing up its own (almost universally male) backside! These guitarists took the most overtly showy aspects of the style and relegated it to a fast fix, ‘junk food’ type of ‘stunt guitar’ playing that appealed only to other metal based guitarists: your average music fan would remain perplexed and ultimately uninvolved by the gratuitous masturbatory antics displayed. Legions of players emerged who displayed out of control speed picked arpeggios and scales played with scant regard for musicality: weak phrasing, cack-handed vibrato and a supremely limited harmonic vocabulary consisting of minor and harmonic minor scales with a few sweep picked arpeggios thrown in quickly became the norm. This was particularly apparent in the 90’s and early Noughties when ‘shred’ got very bad press indeed – and often deservedly so. Yet, as quickly as shred guitar was celebrated, a determined backlash ensued that meant the term ‘shredder’ was often used as a derogatory term. Suddenly every hometown hero and local legend was ripping it up utilising some very scary techniques indeed…Īfter years when rock and metal guitar was viewed technically and stylistically as the poor relation to jazz and blues virtuosos suddenly a whole breed arrived to rip the rulebook apart: truly the golden era of shred! Players such as Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker and Richie Kotzen – not forgetting the commercial face of shred in Joe Satriani and Steve Vai - took rock and metal playing to hitherto unscaled heights of technical virtuosity. The tapping explosion that Van Halen instigated was combined with sweep picked arpeggios, alternate ‘speed ‘ picking and – particularly after Paul Gilberts arrival – string skipping to provide a smorgasbord of licks and tricks that players embraced. Guitar magazines were quick to recognize this, particularly in the US and Japan, when featuring a ‘shredder’ on a magazines cover would ensure a sell-out issue. It was this period that the revolutionary techniques that Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen introduced between 19 first filtered through into the general consciousness and playing vocabulary of proficient rock and metal guitarists the world over. It is difficult to pinpoint when the term shred guitar first entered the guitarist’s vernacular – but around 1987/88 seems about right. ![]() ![]() Once you have your new desk chair, you’ll need to adjust it for maximum comfort. Select kids desk chairs with adjustable height, an airy, playful design and high density foam cushioning. The design of the high backrest gives your body, neck and head a sturdy and comfortable support. The adjustable and lockable tilt function increases stability and control in different sitting positions. Find gaming chairs with a synchronized seat and back tilt that follows your body movements and adjusts the chair to the correct position. Adjustable height, cold-foam or foam wadding cushioning and curved seat backs all work to help you find a comfortable and ergonomic seated posture that will help you feel better and stay more productive. Choose office chairs that allow you to lean back with perfect balance via a tilt mechanism that you can easily adjust to suit your weight and movements. Find a desk chair with great lumbar supportĬomfortable and supportive ergonomic chairs cradle the inward curve of the lower back or lumbar spine. Chairs without armrests will fit a wider variety of desks. Armrests can cause an inconvenience if they block the chair from going under a desk. An ergonomic desk chair without armrests might be preferable if you’re looking for a lighter, more flexible computer chair. ![]() They should support your arms at the point where your elbows would naturally rest with your shoulders relaxed. It's important that the armrests have the right adjustment. If you're planning on using your chair several hours each day, a chair with armrests could allow for greater comfort long-term. Meanwhile, if your desk is placed on a platform or an uneven floor, an office chair without wheels could be the better option. So find wheeled conference chairs that won’t roll away from you when the smell of coffee brewing has you jumping out of your seat. Somebody slaps down that report you’ve been waiting for on the table behind you, a coworker has a fresh batch of cat videos to share or your husband just came home with lunch? No need to get up-just slide across the floor like an Olympic ice skater with smart safety casters with a pressure sensitive brake mechanism that locks the chair in place when you get up, and releases automatically when you sit down. They enable you to move around smoothly even while sitting. Nowadays, office chairs with wheels or casters are very common. Many options in desk chairs feature a backrest made with mesh material that lets air through to your back during long sitting periods. Besides being durable, padded seat and neck rest cushioning materials are also breathable for added comfort. 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Whether working remotely or at the office, your desk chairs needs to be both deep and wide enough for you to sit comfortably for extended periods of time. ![]() Consider the following functionalities to find the perfect desk chairs for the home or office. To prevent muscle aches that can come from rolling your shoulders forward and slouching, a computer chair should be ergonomic, comfortable and fit the dimensions of your computer desk. If you spend a lot of time in front of a computer, your best friend is a comfortable chair that helps you maintain a good sitting posture for better blood flow and improved well being. Get more productive with a quality desk chair ![]() |
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