The first is replacing AutoCAD files with references to allow multiple people to work simultaneously with a single Vectorworks Project Sharing file. Phillip Tripp (Surface 678) - There are three big changes I’d call out. Our ultimate goal is to lead our practice with technology, and the landscape-focused features in Vectorworks Landmark allow us to do that. Jordan Guerrero (SiteWorks) - The biggest thing for us is being able to do digital terrain modeling for cut/fill analysis. ![]() What’s the biggest difference you experience in your everyday workflows? My time in Vectorworks is spent designing. Everything is contained in a single working file my design and my model are the same thing. Scott Lebsack (BYLA) - Having software that replaces SketchUp and provides tools specifically for planting, grading, and irrigation in a single package is critical for streamlining the work we do. In contrast, with AutoCAD, we’d have to invest in separate add-on applications for each license in the office. Phillip Tripp (Surface 678) - The lightbulb moment was realizing Vectorworks designed Landmark specifically for landscape architects, with native tools and features that are integral to our process. We were also really drawn to having an all-in-one solution, one that enables BIM workflows, too, because other countries are already requiring it and now it’s coming to us. Jordan Guerrero (SiteWorks) - Vectorworks Landmark is very finely tuned to the needs of landscape architects in terms of tools and features. Why did you decide on Vectorworks Landmark? I tried to use block attributes to create plant schedules and “smart irrigation” blocks, but the tools for creating and interacting with extra data weren’t well implemented and didn’t seem to be encouraged. It only nodded at modeling, which wasn’t easy to use. It only allowed me to draft with a set of digital tools that mimicked the physical tools I was familiar with. I came to realize that AutoCAD wasn’t using the resources available in a modern computer. Scott Lebsack, PLA, ASLA, Landscape Architect at BYLA Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary, North Carolina. It never felt as inclusive and coordinated with Revit and Civil 3D as we had hoped. Over time, as architects and civil engineers started using Revit and Civil 3D, there were layers of complexity and special requests for files in formats best suited for AutoCAD. We used to work in AutoCAD for black-lined construction drawings and basic color-toned conceptual plans. Phillip Tripp, PLA, Senior Landscape Architect at Surface 678 ![]() Working across multiple platforms to accomplish these things was a definite pain point for us. We do a lot of cost estimates and takeoffs in our projects, and our previous software wasn’t able to do the kind of digital terrain modeling and cut/fill analysis that we felt was necessary for our documentation needs. Jordan Guerrero, ASLA, AEP, ASLA NY Board Member, Landscape Designer at SiteWorks Third is the Idaho-based firm BYLA, who’ve been designing eye-catching outdoor spaces since 2006.Ĭan you share some workflow pain points you and your firm experienced before Vectorworks Landmark? Surface 678 works on projects in the academic, cultural, civic, corporate, healthcare, senior living, and recreation markets, and have been using Vectorworks since 2019. Next is Surface 678, who have received three awards from the North Carolina ASLA in 2020. The first firm is SiteWorks, who are based in New York City and provide a variety of landscape architecture services, including project scheduling/budgeting and construction implementation. In this article, you’ll hear from three landscape architects who’ve switched to Vectorworks Landmark and are now benefiting from more streamlined workflows. Vectorworks Landmark is known for being an all-in-one solution, which means landscape architects can work without having to invest in additional software. This comes as a sticking point for many landscape architecture firms whose work spans beyond 2D drawings and plans. ![]() In landscape architecture, many of the available software options seem to specialize in individual areas, requiring an investment in add-ons to enable more holistic workflows.
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![]() Have you been following the protests in Portland? And during an appearance on The Tonight Show, you famously launched one of the first artistic broadsides against then President-elect Trump in 2016 right after the election. Walker: You’ve never been one to shy away from political and social current events. It’s just kind of crazy just how things change in the city. I was just there yesterday and I literally saw, like, five new buildings that I hadn’t seen last month. It’s not like I stay months away from Portland. Walker: When you come back to visit your family, what are your impressions of the area?Īminé: You know, I go back to Portland very frequently. You never, as a minority, you never felt welcome or felt like you belong there. I mean, I lived in a very Black neighborhood, but throughout the years it got very gentrified and things changed. What was your experience like growing up here?Īminé: It was OK. You were born and raised in Portland and went to Benson High. ![]() Walker: “Woodlawn” also prominently references your home neighborhood of Woodlawn Park. But it isn’t the main focus of the album. So that was definitely something I wanted to touch on. So, um, seeing him die was tragic, you know, for me and my friends. And for me, he was like a second dad that I saw on TV. You reference his influence mostly on the song “Woodlawn.” Why Kobe?Īminé: Kobe just affected every kind of young Black man in America who played sports. Walker: I think being jolted by a moment is not uncommon in your 20s or 30s, but one catalyst for you on this album seems to have been the death of Kobe Bryant. I thought I wanted to make something that I could play formy kids 10 years from now and listen to it and smile because what I say in a song really happened. That to me is what makes somebody’s legacy really cool and something that would last forever, when you could just be honest. I was inspired by a lot of albums, but one that inspired me a while ago was “4:44” by Jay-Z where I got to hear this veteran and one of the all-time greatest rappers alive be brutally honest in his music. When I started making “Limbo” I though a lot about legacy. I think it takes a lot of guts for an artist to just be honest like this on an album, because you don’t get to hear that that much in 2020 at least from a hip-hop perspective. ![]() I’m kind of 26 years old, going through a quarter-life crisis, just becoming an adult, really coming into my own. Walker: I don’t mean this in a bad way, but I think you sound a little lost - maybe existentially - on some of these songs.Īminé: I do feel lost. Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me today. Jerad Walker: I’m here with Adam Aminé Daniel, better known as Aminé, whose new album “Limbo” came out last month via Republic Records. Listen to the interview above or read the full transcript below. The joyful quirkiness is still there, but on the album’s 13 songs (and one skit) it’s tempered with a healthy dose of what the musician refers to as “brutal honesty.” While that turn is certainly a sign of the distressing times we live in, Aminé also hinted at a deeper, existential cause in a recent conversation with opbmusic that also touched on his complicated relationship with Portland, his thoughts on the city’s protest movement, and the early musical influence of spending Sunday mornings with his parents.Īminé will be the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC this Thursday, Sept. On “Limbo,” that’s where he firmly plants his flag, establishing himself as one of the Northwest’s finest musical exports along the way. But it was his ability to deftly mix serious social commentary with irreverent humor and an almost unsinkable buoyancy that hinted at greater staying power. The songs on his debut record were marked by catchy, keys-driven beats and the kind of cutting pop culture references that involuntarily curl the corners of your mouth. Propelled forward by the summertime jam “Caroline,” he existed in a ( mostly yellow) technicolor world. In many ways, he was made for this moment.įour years ago, Aminé experienced a meteoric rise, almost entirely bypassing Portland’s local music scene on the way to mainstream success. COVID-19 has killed nearly 200,000 Americans, civil unrest has gripped his hometown for months, and wildfires are burning largely unchecked throughout much of the West, including the musician’s adopted home in Southern California.īut coming from the Portland-born rapper, it’s entirely plausible. It’s a bold proclamation given the current state of the country. The speaker I made has the following features: In this Instructable, I will show you how you can build your supper quality Wi-Fi speaker with a low cost.
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ImageOptim is an all-in-one GUI wrapper for a plethora of lossless png optimizers/compressors, so you can try different ones instead of advpng. If you are using ImageOptim you can select this to pass the file to ImageOptim at the end. There are lots of png optimizers/compressors available but in my experience advpng gives good results in combination with pngquant while still being very fast. Similar to pngquant you can install it via Homebrew (thanks to for the find):Īlternatively you’ll find the source code for the latest version here (scroll down to “AdvanceCOMP” the instructions are in the “INSTALL” file and usually it compiles w/o any problems). To use advpng you need to have it installed on your Mac. Advpng is a pure deflate compressor and can further reduce file size by 5–20% (losslessly). This will automatically launch advpng on the file after pngquant has finished. The part before the “-” is for pngquant, the part after is for advpng (see below). Very useful if you want to find out the best settings for a given type of image. Writes a Finder comment to the file with information about the selected settings and the effectively achieved results. (The unique suffix is built of the number of seconds since the last restart of the Mac.) Write Comment This makes it easy to test various settings on the source image file consecutively without having to rename the output files manually. or8/.fs8 or overwriting, you have the option to append a unique suffix to each output file. In addition to pngquant’s standard suffixes. But I’ve added some comfort features: File Naming Most of the settings translate to pngquant’s command line options. Further information is available on pngquant’s homepage. To get some tooltip information you can hover with the mouse over the checkboxes and menus. You’ll be presented with this setup dialog: Select one or more png, tiff, gif or bmp images in the Finder.If you don’t like Homebrew you can also get the latest pngquant binary from here. Make sure that Homebrew’s bin path (usually /usr/local/bin) is available to Keyboard Maestro by setting the ENV_PATH variable accordingly in Keyboard Maestro’s preferences. A comfortable way to install the latest version is via Homebrew: brew install -HEAD pngquant If you have a website where you regularly upload screenshots or other non-jpeg images you are probably familiar with pngquant.įor the macro to work you need to have the pngquant command line tool installed on your Mac. Pngquant is a very efficient, lossy quantization and compression tool for png and other image formats. 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Table: Skill Ranks Classĭetermine how many feats your character receives, based on his class and level, and select them from those presented in Feats. Note: Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level. ![]() You can refer to Table: Skill Ranks (below) to determine your starting Skill ranks. Investing a rank in a skill represents a measure of training in that skill. Then allocate these ranks to desired skills, but remember that you cannot have more ranks than your level in any one skill (for a starting character, this is usually one).Įach level thereafter, your character gains a number of skill ranks dependent upon your class plus your Intelligence modifier. You gain a +3 bonus on all class skills that you put ranks into. It is easier for your character to become more proficient in these skills, as they represent part of his professional training and constant practice. Any skill with a “C” in it is a Class Skill for your class. Refer to Table: Skills Summary and look for your chosen class across the top row (abbreviated name.) Look down the column for your chosen class. Prestige classes (see Prestige Classes) can never be a favored class.ĭetermine the number of skill ranks your character gets based on his class and Intelligence modifier (and any other bonuses, such as the bonus received by humans).Ĭlass Skills Each class has a number of favored skills, called class skills. The choice of favored class cannot be changed once the character is created, and the choice of gaining a hit point or a skill rank each time a character gains a level (including his first level) cannot be changed once made for a particular level. Whenever a character gains a level in his favored class, he receives either + 1 hit point or + 1 skill rank. Consult your GM to determine this list.įavored Class: Each character begins play with a single favored class of his choosing-typically, this is the same class as the one he chooses at 1st level. If your character is a spell caster that prepares spells (such as a wizard) you will need to determine the spells your character starts with. As the character gains experience points (XP) for defeating monsters, he goes up in level, granting him new powers and abilities. If this is a new character, he or she starts at 1st level in this chosen class. Table: Race and Ability Score Bonuses RaceĪ character’s class represents a profession, such as fighter or wizard. Note: See the Linguistics skill for more information pertaining to Languages. A character knows a number of additional bonus languages equal to his or her Intelligence modifier. Each race lists the languages a character of that race automatically knows, as well as a number of bonus languages it may learn. Pick a race, applying any modifiers to your ability scores and any other racial traits. If you’d like to roll your scores randomly using the Standard (4d6) method… click here! 3) Choose a Race Table: Ability Score Points Campaign Type Point Buy: If you will be using a “point-buy” method, the two following tables include the costs of purchasing ability scores. Note: Your choice of race will offer one or more bonuses to apply to your Ability Scores. If your GM is using a point buy method, the point amounts and costs of attributes are included at right for your convenience. ![]() There are several methods to choose from for generating these scores so consult your GM to determine which method he is using. Some class selections require you to have better than average scores for some of your abilities. These six scores determine your character’s most basic attributes and are used to decide a wide variety of details and statistics. Start by generating your character’s ability scores. ![]() An exceptionally well-made and in-depth Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.The Only Sheet CORE is a FREE MS Excel-based character sheet that is very powerful.PCGen PCGen is a FREE Pathfinder character manager! See walkthrough video below!. Before it, they were enjoyed by the elite and literate class only. With the “Penny Press” the newspapers were available to the general public at a low cost. Circulation of newspapers multiplied in all 50 states when prices were reduced. With advancements in printing technology and an increased literacy rate, the newspaper industry grew as well. At the time the need to ensure freedom of press was felt and thus came the Bill of Rights in 1791 – the first amendment in the US constitution that protected freedom of press. By the end of war there were 43 newspapers that continued to reflect the state of affairs of the nation. They became a political force in the fight for a free America. It is important to know that New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts were the centers for printing and that remained this way for a long time to come. Soon there were around 24 newspapers circulating in all colonies. 1720’s saw more newspapers in states like New York and Philadelphia. Then came the Boston News-Letter by postmaster John Campbell in 1704 which was much successful. History of newspapers in the US starts from Boston where the first publication of Publick Occurrences was issued in 1690. It began as a weekly by the name of “Connecticut Courant” on October 29, 1764. Another publication that claims to be the oldest is the Hartford Courant. This makes it the oldest running publication to continuously issue daily newspapers. The New York Post has been running since 1801. The Oldest Running United States Newspaper The publisher of the newspaper Benjamin Harris was arrested on charges of political criticisms in the publication. On September 29, the same year, it was shut down on the orders of the Colonial government. Sadly, it was the only edition published. Before it was launched, one-page newspapers were issued. The first US newspaper was Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick.The first multi-page newspaper was published in Boston, in September 1690. Since then, the number has been declining, primarily because people are getting their local news from the internet. According to the 1970 statistics there were 1,748 daily news publications in the US. There has been a continuing decline in daily newspaper circulations. As per the latest research and data, in 2018 around 1,279 daily newspapers were being circulated in the United States. USA Today tops the list of the popular category with a circulation of 2,301,917 newspapers. The Wall Street Journal (also known as The Journal).The news they provide is not only of the current events but also covers sports, entertainment and other industries. These are the top leading newspapers across the US that excel at the job of delivering us news, top stories and latest headlines from all over the 50 states. Today, US newspapers whether these are daily, weekly, or publications issued at regular intervals, bring news, features, and views of public interest to the people not only from their own country but from all over the world. United States newspapers have been playing their part in bringing local and national news to American citizens since the 18th century. ![]() All of those mediums are very powerful, some more than others. ![]() ![]() Encryption makes little sense with a bad password. The program tells you whether your password is strong enough on the basis of colored blocks. passwordĪfter you’ve marked the location, you’ll need to type in a password. Through Other location you can also navigate but the sync folder of another cloud service. It is therefore the intention that you indicate a cloud service (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.), but you can also store a safe locally on your computer’s hard drive if you Other location selects. Cryptomator is specifically designed to protect data in the cloud. The tool then asks where to keep the safe. Click the button at the bottom left of the start window Add safe and then follow the wizard. Each vault can hold as many files and folders as you want. Unlike for example VeraCrypt Cryptomator does not work with one vault, but with several vaults. When you configure the program for the first time, we recommend that you do this with the computer version. The latter are misfits, more on that in a moment.īecause the software works on all platforms, you know that you can decrypt the files that you have encrypted on Windows, for example, in Android. on you will find the downloads for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. The application uses AES encryption (256 bit) and encrypts not only the files but also the file names and directory structure. Cryptomator offers an encrypted cloud storage.Ĭryptomator works with cloud services that synchronize data with the cloud. But before you send your files to the cloud, you can also encrypt them first. Although Google, Microsoft and Dropbox promise to do their very best to ensure the security of your files on their bare knees, we constantly read about so-called ‘hacking incidents’. We all keep data in the cloud, so we can access it everywhere. ![]() Add Homebrew shell configurationĭifferent from Intel-based Macs, Homebrew files are installed into the /opt/homebrew folder on Apple Silicon Macs. If you are using an Apple Silicon Mac, there's one more step. Wait until the "Installation successful" message appears in the Terminal window.įor Intel-based Mac, the whole installation is completed now.The process may last for a couple of minutes, please wait patiently.Press Return again to install Homebrew on your Mac, and the installation will start. ![]() Enter your admin password in the Terminal window (For security, you can't see your password in the window, make sure you type it right), and press Return.Paste the following command line into the Terminal window, then hit Return.For those who are not familiar with Xcode, it is Apple's native integrated development environment, which contains all the tools for software development on Mac, and with it, Homebrew can function properly. Since installing Homebrew on Mac needs to be done with several command lines in Terminal, please follow the instructions step by step! Without further ado, let's get started! Install command line tools for Xcode on MacĪs we mentioned before, installing Homebrew on Mac needs command line tools for Xcode. If your Mac meets the requirements of installing Homebrew, move on to the next part! How to install Homebrew on Mac?Īfter knowing what is Homebrew and its prerequisites, it's time to dive into how to install Homebrew on Mac. Administrator privileges (Homebrew needs the password you used to log in to your Mac to complete its installation).macOS Catalina 10.15 or higher version (Older versions may work, but they are not officially supported).A 64-bit Intel CPU or Apple Silicon CPU.Know what is Homebrew now? Share this content with more people! So, if by chance you are looking for an NTFS for Mac software, feel free to try it. But for iBoysoft NTFS for Mac, you can download and use it without any additional third-party tool. ![]() "Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn't", this is how Homebrew creators describe it.įor example, If you want to download and use some free NTFS for Mac programs, like FUSE for macOS, you need to install Homebrew first. Homebrew is a free and open-source package manager for macOS, which lets you install, update, and manage tons of command-line-based tools like Python, Ruby, and Node.js using Mac Terminal. Requirements for installing Homebrew on Mac Thus, you can free download and use some open-source software or applications as developers do. This tool is a little bit tricky because it works based on command lines.īut don't worry, with the step-by-step instruction in this article, we will show you how to install Homebrew on Mac. By putting it simply, Homebrew is a package manager for developers, sysadmins, and power users on macOS. 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