Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

good morning all. 31 degrees out and the little plants are shivering. High in the 40s today, chilly spell until next week.
Easter Sunday supposed to be cloudy and dry and much warmer. Going to my brother's home locally where we will spend most
of the time outside. My job will be to make a big fruit salad to bring.

I still have a question about resizing, thanks guys for the info. First I wish the posting process itself would autosize the pics but I guess that's asking
too much of the software. I always thought the software conked out at 10 megs but this last time it error messaged three times at 8.5meg. Maybe the site has
changed its allowable parameters? So I either have a choice of taking pics at lower resolution, say 4 meg with a setting on the camera (I'm assuming I can do this) or
I have to run an Apple app on them and resave, or process pics somewhere and then repost. With all the pics I post that's a lot of extra steps.
I also want to save as native resolution instead of saving smaller since then the resolution is lost for other purposes. I have a 2 TB hard drive now, not like I'm ever going to fill
that up. Looks like I have to read the apple manual online again.

and unfortunately there is no setting on the phone, they say to use a third party app. Ok...
I'm thinking 4 meg is where I want to be so folks can zoom in and still have clarity.

Turn on your camera.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the VR180 app .
2. Check that your phone is connected to your camera.
3. Tap More Settings. Camera.
4. Scroll down, and then choose the settings you want for Video resolution, Photo resolution, and Live resolution.

I also don’t like the Live Photo’s and keep that turned off. They are just short video files instead of a picture file. At my jpg setting, pics seem to run between 4-8 MByte which I find acceptable. I would hate to have to downsize before posting.

 

[Looking4new]

Low 15, high 39°F. Wind NNW 9 mph. Sunny!

I think I will do what I do best today...Absolutely nothing.


Have a safe day all

 

[RedNeckGeek]

...

And after thirty years or more with Verizon they still charge me 40 bucks to turn on a new phone.

I ran into some of the same issues when migrating from the old SE to the new 12, Drew. I bought my phone on the Verizon website, so I didn't have to put up with a nincompoop behind the counter. But I couldn't even figure out how to turn the new one on at first! Lots of trips to google, sitting at the laptop with the new phone in front of me. And I'm still doing it, just not quite as often. The only consolation is that millions of other folks are having the same issues, and all the answers are out there already. Google, google, google.

For charging, I use the same Lightning cable I used with the old SE. The other end plugs into any old style USB port, but if you want fast charging, you do need to snag one of the USB3 charging cubes. Anker makes good ones that won't cost you an arm and a leg.

Keep in mind that your old SE still has all of your data on it, and until you get it onto your new phone, it's the master copy. From that standpoint, the new phone is pretty much worthless, so if the data migration screws up, you haven't lost anything if you have to reset the new phone back to factory defaults and start over. Having said that, it's always a good idea to make a back of the old phone, whether it be on the hard drive of your PC using iTunes, or using Apple's iCloud servers if you have the bandwidth.

Verizon is no different than most other services/utilities/banks these days: Always looking for another way to get their hands into your pocket. If you live in an area that is well covered with cellular networks, there are tons of options available to you, like Nomad or SkyMobile that can halve your monthly fee. Again, google is your friend.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I use this ‎Image Size
Right on the phone

Thanks , reduced this from 5GB to 1.

Grandpa’s barn is falling down.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Guys, there's another image resizer I've been using for several years...

IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide

IrfanView ... one of the most popular viewers worldwide.

www.irfanview.com

That’s what I use on my pc. Great tool. I use it in batch mode to date my pictures, pulling the date from the metadata, then I bulk label the pictures.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

30 and windy, getting up to 47.

Got a long hike in before opening day. My team got rained out, but watched Yankees and Blue Jays. Found out that Dish just dropped regional sports networks, including MASN out of DC/Baltimore, who played all the Orioles and Nationals games. Spent some time chatting with Dish rep. I guess I'll have to find another source.

I pay &100 month for dish and my receiver is broke. I keep forgetting to call. Only reason I keep them is because my 2nd receiver still works, and dad uses it.
My son subscribed to MLB channel.

 

[MoKelly]

30 and windy, getting up to 47.

Got a long hike in before opening day. My team got rained out, but watched Yankees and Blue Jays. Found out that Dish just dropped regional sports networks, including MASN out of DC/Baltimore, who played all the Orioles and Nationals games. Spent some time chatting with Dish rep. I guess I'll have to find another source.

My Cardinals beat the Reds on opening day (we were in Cincy)!

Real opening day in STL (which is a holiday) is next Thursday.

Good luck to your guys this season. I’ll go for a Cardinals v Orioles World Series!! The Orioles began as the St. Louis Browns many years ago.

MoKelly

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Low 15, high 39°F. Wind NNW 9 mph. Sunny!

I think I will do what I do best today...Absolutely nothing.


Have a safe day all

practice makes perfect

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 21 degrees and windy!
Right now outside work is cancelled till further notice.
Had the furnace at the apartment looked at yesterday, it appears that the water pressure reducer coming into the house has broken and is overfilling the burner so that the relief valve is tripping. Plumber is coming today to change that out.
It never ends!
Hope everyone is safe and healthy.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

31° sunny and breezy.

Arm was sore all night, getting better. Lack of sleep last night.

Have Dr appt this morning, the one that took 6 months to get after my last Dr retired. Not sure if I should fast, am getting very hungry.

Working a half day after the Dr. might set up what I need then go home and work on it remote. love using linux.

Dropped off some old motor oil at landfill recycling center yesterday. Was a landfill last time I was there over 20 yrs ago, now a transfer center. They truck the trash elsewhere. They have solar panels all over mount trashville now.
I have several more gallons to take that have collected in my shed. Now I have empty jugs to change oil in Subaru, it’s 2k overdue.

Better get moving.