Why I Switch From OSX to Windows 7

There may be some who think that my action to move to Windows 7 from Mac OS is a counterproductive action. It could be so, but still, this is something I need to experience myself (and maybe you too). By the way, this is my second day using Windows that I installed on my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro.

Also, read about Boot Camp common problem to install Windows on a Mac (Missing Create Install Disk Menu)

If you ask me why I did not upgrade straight to Windows 10, my answer is that Boot Camp only suggested me to install between Windows 7 or Windows 8 (depends on MacBook type). I had a bad experience with Windows 8 (which I think is a generic version of Windows 10), so I will stick with Boot Camp suggestion.

Also, read about things to do after installing Windows on your Mac.

In addition to adjusting to the Cmd switch that switches to Ctrl, I also have to adjust to the placement of buttons above the application window. I have lost track of my cursor several times when I wanted to find the buttons.

Software installation process is more complicated. Unlike a Mac that only needs to open the disk image and move the app directly to the Apps folder, the installation in Windows is determined by the installer itself, where it will go and from where I can open it. The same thing happens with the uninstall process.

Please note that this is not a Mac vs PC article since I’m a proud user of both.

Customization

Years of using the Mac and all I got were two color options (graphite and blue), and that only changed a very small part of the display. Not surprising at all, given Apple always controls everything that happens to all its products, even in the front end though. With Windows, I can freely customize, although I keep changing it to a minimum, considering I’m forgetful and tend to forget what I was doing before when my Windows display suddenly became messy.

You can change your theme by typing “theme” in the Start Menu and click on “Change The Theme”.

Softwares Are Easier To Find

Softwares for Windows are easier to find both in online stores and in retail stores. In my neighborhood, there is a large mall of nearly ten Windows software vendors, and only one that sells Apple products, it is an iStore that focuses more on hardware sales. I think this is a bit troublesome because not all applications are in the App Store. And expecting real-time answers about the software in the App Store is something impossible.

And believe not if I say the workers on iStore use templates to answer their customers? I hardly ever get new knowledge from my conversation with them. All I get is the impression, “oh, it’s so true”. They only reinforce the facts I find, not the solutions. When I asked what difference the official OS would have with my OS downloaded from the internet, he simply replied, “The official one has a dock”. That’s a silly answer.

This is different from my experience in the Windows software store. Although they are not official stores, they have a myriad of answers to what I am asking.And even giving me more ideas of what that software is capable of.

Windows Computer More Easily Found

This is a scenario where I decided to go for a walk and the misfortunes that always with me decide to walk with me. I accidentally left my laptop and phone at home. Then suddenly a writing idea popped into my head, and I knew that I would forget to write anything if it was suspended for a while. I’m senile, mmm … or have I ever written about this before?

I only have one choice, find the nearest internet cafe! or go home I’m willing to bet, the majority of internet cafes will rent out PCs, and not Macs. At least that’s what I met here.

Then why is this a consideration? Yes, you know how difficult it is to change the habits on the computer? Different software and hand gestures will obviously hamper our productivity. Imagine how panicky and ridiculous if we forget to close our browser window because it uses the wrong hotkeys.

Giving New Life

Just like installing Linux on my old MacBook Pro, installing Windows also gives new life for this old man. High Sierra is cool, stable, amazing (add yourself what you expect from an OS), but it feels heavy when running on my MacBook. To prevent too much oath I am computing, installing Windows is the best choice besides installing Linux. Especially, the cool Deepin Linux. 🙂

Also, read more about Deepin OS.

Saving on Hardware

Although I rarely find hardware constraints on my MacBook Pro, or almost never. But it would be nice if we can get insight from hardware constraints that we find. The answer to this hardware constraint is tantamount to the experience I encountered with software constraints. Answer the Mac technician we can guess, that is … replace with a new one!

If you’re like me, who has an “insider” acquaintance, you’re lucky enough not to have to replace all your MacBook pro lids just to overcome Wifi or Webcam constraints. This can be understood because Apple is a hardware manufacturer, and they sell Apple Care to guarantee the performance of its products.

This also happens if you use Windows on MacBook Pro or other Macs. Inevitably we have to take care of our hardware constraints to Apple’s official branch. However, if you use Windows on PC… congratulations, you have a lot of advantages and savings if one of your PC components is troubled.

Click here to read about how to resurrect your old MacBook.

In the 80s and 90s made the web a luxurious and expensive job. Only large companies are or are aware of the technology that has it. At that time, web programmers are programmers, designers as well as handling IT departments. This is misguided, but so the consumer considers it.

The more days, the web creation process is getting easier. Remember, I mentioned getting easier, not quality. Especially with the flood of CMS ranging from free to paid, everyone can create their own web.

Then how the fate of programmers? They become unemployed huh? Wrong! Precisely the real web programmers will welcome this because they can now only do the things they love, the programming.

The same thing happens to designers. Only stupid web designers are condemning progress like CMS. True designers, even now photographers will race to sharpen their skills to create great content for the web client.

Maybe web programmers, designers, and photographers who fill a website never even met. It could be that the web owner who does everything using WordPress templates (which the designers do) indirectly takes the content provided by the photographer in Shutterstock and uses the plugin made by the web programmer.

If the web owner has a vision that can not be represented by existing plugins, hire web programmer services, they study hard i

See? Life is never unfair as long as we adapt.

Life Ain’t No Math!

I want to share something that seems to upset you after reading it, especially if you’re a salesman. I’m not underestimating a salesman, because I often use the services of a salesman, and I myself am a salesman from time to time.

I want to highlight one sentence that is often used by salesmen, “You can only 50 cents, but imagine if you managed to sell a hundred, or a thousand?” Come on … I think it’s stupid! Our lives are not maths that are all for sure. Life is a probability, with numbers filling it. Maybe he does not think mathematically, life is not just about quantity, but also the quality of time we spend.

Imagine how much I managed to sell when selling a product with a 50 cent profit I needed one text message (and this is just an achievement). Then it took me three minutes to write the words for the next text message so unlike the template (know that making something new is easier than fixing?).

Really, I feel sorry for that person. And since he is my friend, then I feel better I gave him one tip, “You’ve wasted your 15 minutes convincing me that is obviously not interested. Imagine in 15 minutes you can get three prey, or thirty, or three hundred? “

Getting Frustrated With AdSense? Try This AdSense Alternative!

Based on my personal experience, to date AdSense is still the best advertiser with a variety of policies, programs, and innovations it runs. But there are some things that can frustrate new bloggers will monetize their blog. Writing is a fun activity, but it would be fun to write over a cup of beer (or a bottle of coffee) instead of the unpaid bill of internet and electricity.

Just like what AdSense says, “getting paid to do what you love”. It allows us to earn revenue from ads that appear on our blog. Unfortunately, it has a high minimum limit for our income to be monetized. That’s what makes some people getting frustrated with AdSense.

Also, read about AdSense, SEM, and SEO here.

That’s why we need to find another way to monetize our blog. Unfortunately, AdSense has strict rules, such as prohibiting us from advertising from other advertisers, prohibiting pay per click, to manage the appearance of ads. Fortunately, AdSense has a solution for each of its decisions. The easiest way is with AdSense Auto Ads.

Also, read about AdSense Auto Ads here.

Just a few ways to monetize our blog is really AdSense friendly, which means we can install the ad without getting penalized by AdSense. For example, by becoming an Amazon affiliate, or signing up for another advertiser.

Other advertisers? Is it possible?

Fortunately, it’s possible! I found the answer in PropellerAds, an advertising agency that listed itself as an AdSense friendly advertiser. Which means we can advertise PropellerAds without fear of getting AdSense penalty.

PropellerAds 

One interesting thing for us to try is the instant approval that makes us can instantly try yourself like what the use PropellerAds it. In addition, PropellerAds claims that they have the highest CPM (I have not proved this part myself).

Don’t have any blog yet? This article is a good starting point.

Let’s Start Making Money With PropellerAds

PropellerAds

  1. Click here to enroll in PropellerAds, or click on PropellerAds ads above.
  2. Register yourself on the PropellerAds website.
  3. Enter the web address you wish to monetize and verify your ownership by entering the file into your web root (public_html) or by inserting the tag into your web page header.
  4. Decide what type of ads you want, and input the “Zone ID” code into your web. This is very easy to do on WordPress by installing this plugin and then entering the Zone ID.

Read here for tips to help you write your blog on daily basis using Vivaldi web browser.

Done? The next thing you do is set up your payment etc. Then you’re no more getting frustrated with AdSense. Cheers and good luck!

iMovie Tutorial For Students

iMovie tutorial for students

Hello, welcome to iMovie Tutorial For Students. Yesterday, I just got a question from my daughter, about a cool, easy and free video editor. There are several names that I recommend her, namely Power Director, Splice, and iMovie. The second question arose from her, “which of the three have fewer limitations, including watermarks.” And that leaves the answer, “iMovie!”.

I remember once I had a very thick iMovie tutorial book (which I forgot which version), and its contents discuss things beyond the use of iMovie itself.

Yes, we know that iMovie is an easy-to-use app. But to get good content that will be displayed in it is difficult. That is what I will summarize and discuss in the iMovie Tutorial For Students series with the additions many by my own experiences.

Also, check how to make money from your videos.

iMovie comes in both desktop and mobile (iPhone and iPad) versions, but in principle, their features are the same. I will set an example using both alternately. I hope this will not be confusing. If it turns out this is confusing, please contact me, and I will guide you online for free.

iMovie tutorial for students is easy to understand but hard to master (well, not that hard). I usually use iMovie myself when I’m running out of resources or just too lazy making a “professional” editing for basic needs, such as wedding and other non commercial event videos.

iMovie Tutorial For Students Will Be Covering

How-Tos

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project and importing clips
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

More How-Tos

  1. Changing the clip speed
  2. Shoot the video
  3. Dynamic framing
  4. Playing with audio
  5. Collaborating with Final Cut Pro X

Understanding The Terms Used

  1. Non-Linear Editing
  2. Movie clips
  3. Timeline
  4. Movie Format
  5. Library, Projects, Theater
  6. My Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions

Most of the topics above will be easy to apply on both desktop and mobile version of iMovie.

Let’s Start Our iMovie For Students!

How-Tos

Choose between new movie and new trailer

In the very beginning of using iMovie, you will be asked if you want to make the new movie or new trailer. Both are great for their own use. In fact, if you choose to make the new trailer, you don’t even need to continue writing this tutorial, that’s because everything will be self-explanatory right within the new trailer section. The New Trailer even gives you a storyboard to follow. Everything is focused and aimed to a certain storyboard. That includes the framing, duration, and songs. Cool!

However… That’s just that about using The New Trailer. You have nothing to tweak and there is no post-processing that might actually improve your video.

On the other hand, choosing new movie will give you a blank canvas to start everything from a scratch. And this will give you more control of whatever storyline you have in mind.

Hotkeys: Cmd N for New Movie, and Cmd Shift N for New Trailer.

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting video.

Create new project

So, you decide to continue reading after all, great!

As mentioned above you will have to manually import your video clips to iMovie. Some cameras are supported for automatic importing. Just plug your camera into your MacBook or iMac. If auto importing is not supported, you can manually transfer your clips to your Mac, and then click the import button on the upper left of your screen. Then browse to your clips folders on your Mac. Then click “Import Selected”. Or use the software provided by your camera manufacturer.

As for mobile user, you can first import your videos from your Photos gallery. You can also import them using third party software comes with your camera. I’m using Sony A6000, therefore I use PlayMemories to transfer my clips to my Photos gallery, and then to iMovie.

If you’re using both, in this case, you shot and edit your videos using your iPhone and decided that you need larger screen, you can easily import the projects by using the “Import iOS iMovie Projects”

import ios imovie project

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project 
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

Add clips to project

The clips in our library are not ready to use unless we put them in a project. A project is where we put some clips in certain order, add some texts etc and then export them as one finished movie.

Click on the big plus button to open a new project if it’s not open yet (a project is either a Movie or Trailer you choose in the earlier step). Choose the Movie for now. You will then be directed to a blank movie project.

Click on the Arrow Down button on the upper left of your screen. Choose the source of your clips. That would be where you import the clips earlier. Select multiple clips at once by holding Cmd key and clicking the media you want to import. Click “Import Selected”.

You then can choose the media in your Movie (you imported earlier specifically for this project), or by choosing the media in your Library (the universal media collection from other projects).

imovie tutorial for students

And this is where all the fun starts! Start dropping your clips into the timeline below and order them to your likes. Well, the best way is that you made the storyboard first.

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

Split Clips

We need to split clips to continue the clip to another clip in order to make a smooth and fluid movie. Or we can split clips to cut away the bad takes. The way to do this is by right-clicking on the clips in the project you want to split and then choose split clip. The clips will then be split in two, you can then delete the part you don’t use or put other media in between.

The result of clip splitting

You can also trim the clip by right-clicking the clip on the place you want it to get trimmed, then choose trim. The clip will then be cut and leave the untrimmed part.

Result of trimming

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions

First, I want to give you head tips that you can easily drop the new element (media, audio, titles, backgrounds, and transitions) on where the old one is. So, you don’t have to remake it when something wrong happens Just drop the new one and choose Replace from start.

Adding media on iMovie is basically the same. You can do it by drag and drop the movie elements on the timeline. Remember when we split the clip into two parts? Now we can choose and then drag the media from library to the space between the two clips (or anywhere else).

For the audio section, you can choose between your iTunes songs, Sound Effects, and Garage Band (if you have it). You can preview the audio by clicking on the play button. Go on and try to experiment with it. There is no other way to know how fun movie editing is besides trying it yourself.

As for the titles section, you can choose from many premade text selection there. When you drop it beside the clips, it will be a title alone and will be treated as other iMovie media. When you drop it on the top of other clip, it will be a text overlay.

See that it has 4.0s written on the text, that’s the duration of the text (4 seconds). You can play with the text duration by dragging the edge of the text. Please note that some texts work best in their default setting.

You can change the text font and content by clicking it on the preview section.

For background, you can choose Maps and Backgrounds. Like the others, you can simply drag and drop it on your timeline, but this time, under the other clips (hence, they are called backgrounds) while it’s not actually necessary always be a background. Maps are something very sophisticated in iMovie. Just check the video below…

 

Cool, huh? All I did was inserting the location and destination. Try it! Make your own Indiana Jones movie.

The transition is something very tempting but also something you must have considered not to overuse. They give appealing effects for the movie maker, but they also tend to sicken the viewer when they’re overused. Just check most big screen movies made by big studios. They barely use any transition at all, except for the opening and sometimes the closing. The most popular is crossfade. No one ever had enough with this one.

Same way to use transition, drag, and drop.

Pay attention that transition will consume the last part of the previous clip and the first part of the next clip. Make sure that you don’t “kill” your best movie part in the transition.

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

Superimpose

Actually, there is one word that will make you understand what superimpose is:

Green Screen!

Even though that word alone is a supersimplification, green screen, and blue screen is what most people understand (and wish). And, iMovie has that!

You can choose from:

  • Cutaway
  • Green/Blue screen
  • Split Screen
  • The picture in Picture.

You will have to stack two movie clips, click on the top clip (the superimpose menu won’t appear unless you click on the top layer clip), choose the option and see the magic happen.

Note that if your green screen failed, most probably is that iMovie doesn’t consider your screen green or blue enough. Use a well-lit background in the making.

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

Exporting Videos

Your masterpiece won’t go anywhere unless you export it. Click on the Share Button on the top right of your screen, and choose where you want to put it. The picture below shows you the option:

Next in iMovie Tutorial for Students:

  1. Choose between new Movie and new trailer
  2. Create New Project
  3. Add clips to project
  4. Split clips
  5. Adding Media, Audio, Titles, Backgrounds, and Transitions
  6. Superimpose
  7. Exporting videos

And, Exporting Videos concludes this part. Congratulation, you have master the first part!

Also, check how to make money from your videos.

More How-Tos

  1. Changing the clip speed

    You can change the movie speed to add the dramatic effect by right-clicking the clip and choose “Show Speed Editor”. It will add a circle button on your clip. Drag the button to the left in order to speed up your clip, and drag it to the right to slow your clip down. Please note that slowing down a clip that’s taken by the regular camera will make the clip looks choppy.

  2. Shoot the video

    * Try to use tripod or stabilizer all the time. It’s better to move the video in editing rather than stabilizing the video using a software. It can come up as a wavy clip.
    * If you plan to make a zoom, shoot from a wider angle, then zoom in iMovie.
    The quality will be reduced due to the digital cropping, but doing the opposite (shoot in close up then zoom out) is impossible since iMovie has nothing to fill the blanks with.

    My suggestion is, don’t use zooming on iMovie or zoom while filming instead.

  3. Dynamic framing

    Shoot the same scene several times using different angle and different zoom to get various framing. This will add more flavor to your movies.

    For example:

    * Shoot people A and B talking from people B’s back, keep filming until the conversation ends. Don’t stop when people B start talking.
    * Shoot people them both talking from A’s back, keep filming until the conversation ends. Don’t stop when people A start talking.
    * Shoot them both from the wider angle so the viewer can see both talking at the same time.
    * Edit and sync all clips in iMovie.

  4. Playing with audio

    A movie without a back sound is as bad as a movie with wrong back sound. My suggestion is for you to start hunting the sound effect or install Garage Band and start making your own back sound. You can also use a professionally made song provided by Bensound.com. Or, you can add the song later on YouTube if you’re making YouTube videos. Please note that the existing sound can be overwritten by the YouTube song.

  5. Collaborating with Final Cut Pro X

    When you think iMovie is just not powerful enough for you, you can collaborate it with Final Cut Pro X (FCPX). You can buy FCPX on the AppStore and then import your project from FCPX. My suggestion is by using both. Work with the storyboard with iMovie and then add more effects in FCPX.

Understanding The Terms Used

  1. Non-Linear Editing

    In the past, an editor had to scrub the film roll forward or backward to reach the frame that he wanted to edit during the process of making when the video yet using the digitally now. Changes made is to modify the frame at the source. It is not how it works in the digital era as it is now. And that also applies to iMovie. The editor, or we, can edit the frame without changing (non-destructively) on the video source (video file).

    The results shown by the video editor to us are the video frames that have been flavored with effects and other modifications by the computer and not the original video frame. We refer to this process as non-linear editing.

  2. Movie clips

    The movie is a movie when it’s done editing, polished and ready to launch. A movie can consist of hundreds of smaller parts named clips. The word “flix” is sometimes used replacing “clips”, both mean the same. The videos you shoot on your phone will be called clips when imported to iMovie.

  3. Timeline

    The timeline is where you “cook” your video. It moves from left to right, where left is the start of your project, and right is the end of your project. Everything aligned in the timeline will appear at the same time in the movie preview.

  4. Movie Format

    There are several movie formats known till date, and it keeps increasing in number. The most popular movie formats are Mov, Avi, Mpeg (mp4 etc) and the new WebM.

That concludes iMovie Tutorial For Students. Thank you for reading, and see you on the next tutorial.

The Easiest Way To Use AdSense Auto Ads

Looking For The Easiest Way To Use AdSense Auto Ads?

I was looking for the easiest way to use AdSense Auto Ads on WordPress. That’s because, as a blogger, the most fun thing for me is to earn money from my writing. But unfortunately, it also makes my writing activities so boring.

Just imagine if every time I have to take care of placing AdSense ads in each of my writing. There is already a solution, namely by using plugins such as WP Quads is very cool. However, after AdSense publishes Google AdSense Auto Ads, the plugin seems to be obsolete.

Read here to learn more about Google AdSense Auto Ads.

This causes me to look for the easiest way to use AdSense Auto Ads in order to make the Auto Ads work properly. Fortunately, WordPress always provide answers to all the challenges that I face. And this time the answer is… Advanced Ads.

How To Get Advanced Ads

All you have to do is the steps that we always do to add plugins.

  • That is: Plugins> Add New. Type Advanced Ads, then install and activate.

  • Then go to Advanced Ads> Settings.

  • Go to AdSense tab, then paste your AdSense ID there, it’s something like pub-blahblahblah (leave the ca- prefix)
  • Click Save settings on this page and you’re all set.

How To Get Your AdSense ID?

Of course, you’ll need a working AdSense account (and approved website) in order to make this tips works.

The Easiest Way To Use AdSense Auto Ads

  • Copy the “pub-blahblahblah” and put it on the AdSense tab of Advanced Ads (I wrote in bold red above).

Still, No Ads Shown?

Have you inserted your snippet code in your page header?

Auto Ads requires that you enter the new snippet code in your header page. And this is different from what we previously entered.

To get the code is to click “copy code snippet” which is displayed when we want to see pub-blahblahblah, then paste it into the header of the page we want ads to appear.

Try My Favorite Plugin For Entering Code

I really like the plugin called “Insert Header and Footer”, because this plugin is easy to use. You just need to install this plugin the same way you install Advanced Ads, then find it in the Settings> Insert Header and Footer section.

Paste the Auto Ads snippet code you copy earlier in the header section, then click save. Now all you have to do is do is share this tutorial to your social media and give me a donation through Patreon or PayPal. Cheers.

Reasons 90s Kids Back To Gaming

Reasons 90s Kids Back To Gaming

There are several reasons 90s kids back to gaming. I’m referring to 90s generation kids who had stopped playing games and just started to play again recently.

Reasons 90s Kids Back To Gaming

These Are Some of The Reasons 90s Kids Back To Gaming:

The Liberty of Being An Adult

This happens because we know that children in the 90s have grown older now, not necessarily mature as well. The 90s kids who had been restricted by their parents to play, now have a better chance of back to gaming. People who can ban them are just their bosses and the thirsty for attention spouses. That’s the first of the reasons 90s kids back to gaming.

Also, read why you shouldn’t let your kids playing the new Street Fighter.

Financially Better

This is quite possible, considering the average 90s child is now more established or at least able to earn his own income. With the occurrence of this, then the dream that was not achieved as a child can be realized. But, of course, the dream when the child is outdated. Call it the first PlayStation, although the original is outdated, now the version that uses SSD as a replacement optical drive can be purchased with a cheap price.

Solution: Buy Used PlayStation or turn your Mac into a gaming platform.

Also, read this best Mac games: 2018 edition.

Adequate Age

I remember when I was teased by my friends because I refused to play a game that did not match my age. Maybe they think it’s funny, and the age limit is just the numbers on the cartridge box. After that, I apologized to them, for beating them to tears in return for their insult to me.

Now what prohibits 90s kids to play adult games are just superiors and when their kids around. Hmm, now I’m wondering if my dad played the game he forbid me not to play?

Suggestion: No, I will not put any suggestion here, you dirty old bastard!

Better Time Management

Of course, at this age, we should be able to manage our own time. That’s why we are no longer alerted by our parents when it’s time to sleep and when to study. This is fun, is not it? Unfortunately, having your own time also means taking responsibility for what you do with your time.

My suggestion: Choose a game that is not time-consuming.

Just Can’t Move On

Other reasons for 90s kids back to gaming is due to nostalgic and sentimental reasons. To be honest, today’s game graphics are much better than the game graphics we once played. However, his experience of first love experience, of course, it can not be forgotten (although the hairstyle was disgusting). For the sake of the storyline? Certainly, there are a lot of great story writers for the game today. Just take a peek at Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition. 90s kids surprised easily by the technology in their younger age and became more enthusiastic.

Solution: Online Games.

Reasons 90s kids back to gaming

Reasons 90s Kids Back To Gaming

Your Favorite Games Are Now Free

Many of your favorite games were available in the paid version. Now they turn into free games or be a pay-for-win (which is very lame). Especially now there is CrossOver that allows us to play Windows games on Linux or Mac us without having to install anything other than CrossOver and the game itself of course.

Suggestion? Get CrossOver!

Gaming Makes Money Now

Now is the time we can easily monetize our hobby. The hobby that our parents once thought would only result if we were a superstar. For example, hobby music and play games.

If before gamers can make money just by being a character jockey or sell items in the game. Gamers will play a character up to a certain level and this character will be bought with real money by the buyer.

Now gamers can earn money by making their videos playing games. Imagine that. Creating the video is easy, getting viewers and subscribers on YouTube is a true achievement.

And believe it or not, I’ve seen a gamer who is also a YouTuber makes a drama of his gameplaying. Dafuq?

Games Are Easier Now

If you previously did not play the game because you always ranked in the bottom of a game, which caused you to frustrate. That’s not an issue now because games now tend to be easier to play. All you have to do is tap, tap, and tap. And if you still lose, you can always buy the booster packs.

With so many gaming platforms, more and more game developers participate in the race to create as many games as possible. No wonder if one type of game can have dozens of “twins”. So, you just have to master one game, then you will be able to play other similar games. Of course, this does not apply to high-quality games.

Just name how many color-matching games out there. This makes me afraid to approach two people wearing the same colored shirt as the one I’m wearing. Poof!

These are the classic games “twins” you can play for free:

That list concludes our topic about reasons 90s kids back to gaming. Do you have something to add based on your own experience?

The Best Web Browser Extensions

best web browser extensions

best web browser extensions

The Best Web Browser Extensions: Running a function to open a site is no longer the only requirement that is run by a web browser. Many functions that must be offered by a web browser to be selected by potential users. Web browsers are always expected to be able to quickly display the contents of a website intended by users. In addition, the web browser is also expected to perform other functions previously performed by other applications outside the web browser.

However, speed vs. function is two opposite things. In any common scenario, the addition of functions will slow down the performance of the web browser. Except for Internet Explorer, which ironically the first web browser that introduced the use of extensions but worsened its performance.

Here Come The Extensions

Fortunately, most popular browsers allow us to add the specific function to the browser we’re using by installing add-ons. That is what we now call as extensions. Extension or plugin is an add-on that we can embed in the web browser. With the extension, we can choose only the functions we need. This causes the web browser that we use does not have to come fully equipped with the functions that most of us never even use.

Browsers built from the same root will not be discussed here. For example, Chromium will certainly use the same extension (not apps) as Chrome, Firefox Nightly will be the same as Firefox, and so on.

How To Pick The Extensions

Extensions have similar sensitivities just as other software. Sometimes it can be very annoying. Instead of making your browsing experience more productive, it’s making your browser slow and renders your web browser unusable. Based on that, browser developers tend to use their own extension center (but that alone can still get away from curation). It leaves us with the option to choose your own pick to use according to how trusted the extension developer is.

There is an easy way to presume the extension either good or bad. Look at the ads they make. I believe you have capable eyes to distinguish which ads are professionally made with the ads I created using only screenshots and screen recorders.

Good ad means good extension. Well, at least the ad indicates that the extension shown is still well maintained. You love giving feedback, don’t you?

Check the ads below:

…and compare it to this one I made:

 

You know which one is better before even trying it, right?

The Best Web Browser Extensions For Me Are:

  1. Google Translate
  2. Grammarly
  3. Last Pass
  4. Black Menu
  5. Hotspot Shield
  6. Screencastify & Fireshot
  7. Evernote

Read the complete Chromebook Extensions for Productivity here.

  • Google Translate

I’m writing my articles in English, then GTranslate and Lingotek translate my article into other languages. It’s crucial for me to keep my writing understandable in other languages as well.

Read hear about blog translation.

  • Grammarly

I always type in recklessly, there’s always an error when I do. And that includes grammar mistakes. Often I do not believe in writing, so I let Grammarly disclose my mistakes. And I can highlight a word if I feel my writing is less varied and Grammarly will advise me the synonyms of the word.

  • Last Pass

Last Pass is a must-have web browser extension for a forgetful person like myself. It stores many passwords in one place and across devices.This allows me to switch to any web browser and to my other devices seamlessly. And, this will also help people with the trust issue. Never, never save your password on your web browser!

  • Black Menu

Best Web Browser Extensions

Black Menu puts all Google related apps into its nicely designed extension. I can do multitasking without even have to leave my browser.

  • Hotspot Shield

Also for the security and unblocking many sites, Hotspot Shield never turns me down.

Read this article to see how Hotspot Shield can keep your browsing experience safe.

  • Screencastify & Fireshot

I use both to capture my desktop screen. Screencastify is a decent screen recorder that can record your desktop with the result of the unbelievably small sized file (not dimension or quality). As for Fireshot, it can scroll capturing the webpage I’m using, resulting in a nice seamless portrait image.

You can check the result I made for uTorrent article here

  • Evernote

Evernote becomes beneficial when I’m collecting reference data and information for my next article. It’s more than just for taking notes, it can also be your personal mail sorter (thank’s to its new function). I’m also using it to put my notes to continue in Blogo as an article. And do you know that its logo is an elephant, the best mammal in memory?

We will be discussing some of these extension stores in our conversation soon:

  • Chrome
  • Yandex
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Maxthon
  • Vivaldi

Also, read about all 15 web browsers comparison.

Chrome Web Browser Extensions

You can go to Chrome Web Store (which according to my perspective is the most sophisticated web browser store) by clicking on the Apps menu on your Chrome web browser and choose Chrome Web Store from the icons shown on the next page.

The complete version of Chrome Web Store shipped together with any Chromebook unit, with the addition of Apps and Games section. As for other Chrome web browser installation, it comes with Extensions and Themes, and in some cases, extensions only.

Read here to know more about Chromebook, Chromebox and all in the Chrome family (translator needed).

Let’s Talk About Yandex Web Browser Extensions

Yandex’s extension center can be found by typing browser://tune/ in Yandex’s search bar. Yandex has more than 1500 extensions* available.

It has Turbo Data Compression by default, I’ve been playing with it a bit and never had a slight of weird behavior.

The coolest thing about Yandex is the Yandex disk that allows us to treat this web browser as a personal computer. By default, Yandex Disk will give us wallpapers (and of course with bears), Music and Screenshots folder, and Trash.All of them will be synced to all of our devices running Yandex.Disk.

Yandex also comes with Anti Shocking, Ad Blocking, Flash Content Blocking to increase your safety and browsing speed.

*For even more extensions, you can install Opera’s extensions by getting it here.

I really look forward to Yandex to follow Chrome’s path with its Chromebook (If they ever will).

Firefox Web Browser Extensions

Can be spelled out if Firefox is the pioneer in this extension jobs. It’s one of a few web browser that successfully integrated the extensions into use. Since its first appearance, the new Firefox made a massive update lately. And this causes a lot of obsolete extensions that can no longer be used in the latest Firefox, Quantum. Firefox already declared this thing will come to the developer two years ahead.

We can see the available extensions by going here.

I have a good news for you if you’re a Chrome user who just can’t live without your favorite Chrome extensions. You can install your Chrome extension by following the instruction below:

The next video will show you how you can use Chrome extensions in Firefox:

Safari Web Browser Extensions

Safari is an exclusive web browser for Apple devices. Luckily, it’s not the only web browser we can use on our Apple devices even I have nothing to complain about Safari. And like any other Apple’s products, Safari extensions can be found on its AppStore. We can see the list here.

What I do not like about the Safari extension center is the poorly given info about the extension. So we need to really install it to find out what it does. After all, despite being featured coolly in the App Store (like all Apple products), the placement of the extension mixes with other apps. And, does not Apple’s search engine have any cleverness like the others to be able to display … for example, wouldn’t it be convenient if we typed MarsEdit and it will automatically give us the results for Mars Edit?

 

Maxthon Web Browser Extensions

I had difficulties logging in to it extension site, even after resetting my password (that’s why I need my Last Pass). Apparently, the issue was on their side. I have to go to extension.maxthon.cn since its no longer under the same maintenance with maxthon.com. The language is written in Chinese and I didn’t have any translator installed on Maxthon yet. So, I reviewed Mathon side by side with Chrome like so:

The easiest way for me to test Maxthon’s extensions was by using the classic version of it (Maxthon 4). I really hope they will fix this pointless issue soon.

Also, read more about Maxthon here.

Vivaldi Web Browser Extensions

Vivaldi comes with limited extensions but is neatly curated. If you want to add a new extension into Vivaldi, you can use the Chrome extension as well.

It was a bit of a shock to me that I thought Vivaldi would use the Opera extension. But, again I have nothing to complain about.

You can try and check the tutorial here to install Opera extensions to Vivaldi.

Make Money by Sharing Your Music Knowledge

make money by sharing your music knowledge

make money by sharing your music knowledge

If you find this page, chances are you are a musician or a music lover who has a broad insight into the world of music. And guess what? You can share it with readers everywhere. In this website, you can share your knowledge about music, make a review of a piece of music, posting your video reaction while listening or watch music, and even put your own YouTube videos here. In short, you can make money by sharing your music knowledge.

How Can This Make You Money?

Since you are free to put anything into your own pages, you can earn money from:

  • Google AdSense.
  • Got paid through PayPal donation button.
  • Get more subscribers and earn money from YouTube.
  • …and many more. It all depends on how creative you are in monetizing your page.

This video shows how you can make money by sharing your music knowledge by using AdSense.

We will cover the topic on how to monetize your page in other ways later.

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