ce magazine April 2019 issue

Michigan City Indiana
April Vol. 8 - 2019
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Founder & Chief Editor
Peter Nadal
Editor
Pamela Kennoy
Art & Design
Peter Nadal
Our April 2019 Edition
4 Pete’s Corner
6 Hey Pete!
9 What You Seek Is Knowledge
10 Biz Cards board!! Hey its free
11 More reflections using MS Paint
15 Cell phone photography - Jamaican Sunsets
16 Disposing of Old Computers
19 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do
with Windows Notepad
26 Check if Your Asus Laptop has the
‗Shadow Hammer‘ Malware
28 Something to enlighten you up!
29 Passover Blessings
30 Back Cover – Lord Hands
Our Writers
Rodrigo Esperanza / Nomar Shaw
Diane G / Big Poppa
Outside Sources On This Month issue
Jack Busch-gPost /gfisk / NICK PRYER
Federal Trade Commission/
Guy McDowell-gfisk
Front Cover by Peter Nadal
Custom Cover “Reflections”
Back cover “Lord Hands”
Original Computer-Ease logo ©
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Pete’s Corner!
This month‘s issue is about how to do reflections in your cell phone, I
must say, it‘s pretty fantastic hack. Hey Pete I show how it is done and the
article ―More reflections using MS Paint‖ and yes, that‘s no typo, how to
use Microsoft Paint © to create great looking computer generated
reflection.
Nope, not my signature, it is a new font we found ―Songstar Free‖ if you
like to have it then just click on Songstar Free and it will take to the web
site to download.
If you have a computer question that you can‘t find an answer to, email us
at: computereas@juno.com we have a full staff of computer techs that will
find you an answer and even How-To if need to.
Have a wonderful Easter and very blessed Passover
Thank You for reading CE Magazine…
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How do you do that?
Here is some reflection trick‘s using
two cell phones versus a cell phone
and a camera, by the way, that cell
phone in your desk drawer that is not
used anymore, well, you just found a
new use for it.
So, how do you do it Pete? It took me
about 15 tries to get it right and the
picture on the right is the angle of the
reflector cell and the picture cell.
The picture cell points at your target
and the reflector cell adjust till you
get the effect you want. So as
mentioned above I got the hang of it
after 15 tries and my target the
house across the street.
1 st: Shot the before picture of a
house
2 nd: I played around and played
around till I got the effect I wanted.
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3 rd: Then some fine tuning in Corel Draw 12
End product
The kayak with
person paddling
with the reflection
of him and his
kayak with gentle
ripples makes it
look like a
believable deep
water flood.
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This is how it‘s done with a camera and cell phone…
Want to more then click on Camera hack
Have fun
Chow!
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What You Seek Is Knowlege
You Will Find In those Links
Take a look-see!
https://petapixel.com/2016/04/04/one-popular-photographer-edits-photos/
https://www.techspot.com/article/879-smartphone-photography-tips/
Mashable
mashable.com
http://www.geeksengine.com/article/password-safe.html
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I will show you how to do reflections on
pictures using MS Paint, ―Believe It Or
Not‖, so, with no further ado let‘s start.
1: Find a picture and right click, a little
menu will pop up, choose edit
2: Top left select ―Resize‖
in the Resize and Skew
reduce your picture from
50% to 80% if it is a large
picture, ex: wallpaper. In
this demo I reduced it to
130% to fit on the page
nicely.
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3: Click on select and a cross hair with a lil circle in the middle pops up.
Align the center of the cross hair on the upper left corner, click the right
mouse button and hold it while you drag it to the other end and down to
where you want to be the reflection top. As you can see I choose ¾ of the
picture I‘m going to copy. Now on the left side of Select you see ―cut and
copy‖ click on copy then click outside the copy zone that you just copied.
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4: Click on paste
then go to Select
choose Flip
Vertical and you
will get a upside
down picture as
seen below
5: Click (orange
box) the little dot
and drag it down to
you see the size you
want, remember
reflection of objects
are about a quarter
the size of the
artifact it is
reflecting
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Play with it and you will find how easy it really is and if catch the bug to do more then check in
to Corel or Adobe for some real tools to lift you from good to fantastic reality..
Final product using MS paint on windows 8.1….
Have fun…..
Happy Easter
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Cell phone photography
Did you know you do not need expensive cameras to take awesome
pictures when you have a cell phone!
Jamaican Sunsets
03/26/2017 gfisk Photo
Six shots from five nights – vacation 2017. Shot with Microsoft Lumia 950
Sunset – Negril Jamaica Sunset – Negril Jamaica Sunset – Negril Jamaica
Sunset – Negril Jamaica Sunset – Negril Jamaica Sunset – Negril Jamaica
For more information on Jamaican photos go to https://www.gfisk.com/jamaica-sunsets/ and
click on the pictures for full size awesome pictures!
For more information and links, click on the link g.fisk
Pete note:
This site also has some fantastic articles Computer, Downloads, Photo, Info, Search and Images
do check it out!
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This is a must for all computer and cell phone users!... Computer-Ease
Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Information
Home › Privacy, Identity & Online Security › Online Security
Disposing of Old Computers
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Getting rid of your old computer? You can ensure its hard drive doesn‘t become a treasure chest
for identity thieves. Use a program that overwrites or wipes the hard drive many times. Or
remove the hard drive, and physically destroy it.
Understand Your Hard Drive
How to Clean A Hard Drive
How to Dispose of Your Computer
Understand Your Hard Drive
Computers often hold personal and financial information, including:
passwords
account numbers
license keys or registration numbers for software programs
addresses and phone numbers
medical and prescription information
tax returns
files created automatically by browsers and operating systems
When you save a file, especially a large one, it is scattered around the hard drive in bits and
pieces. When you open a file, the hard drive gathers the bits and pieces and reconstructs them.
When you delete a file, the links to reconstruct the file disappear. But the bits and pieces of the
deleted file stay on your computer until they‘re overwritten, and they can be retrieved with a
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data recovery program. To remove data from a hard drive permanently, the hard drive needs to
be wiped clean.
How to Clean a Hard Drive
Before you clean a hard drive, save the files you want to keep to:
a USB drive
a CDRom
an external hard drive
a new computer
Check your owner‘s manual, the manufacturer‘s website, or its customer support service for
information on how to save data and transfer it to a new computer.
Utility programs to wipe a hard drive are available both online and in stores where computers
are sold. These programs generally are inexpensive; some are available on the internet for free.
These programs vary:
Some erase the entire disk, while others allow you to select files or folders to erase.
Some overwrite or wipe the hard drive many times, while others overwrite it only once.
Consider using a program that overwrites or wipes the hard drive many times; otherwise, the
deleted information could be retrieved. Or remove the hard drive, and physically destroy it.
If you use your home or personal computer for business purposes, check with your employer
about how to manage the information on your computer that‘s business-related. The law
requires businesses to follow data security and disposal requirements for certain information
that‘s related to customers.
How to Dispose of Your Computer
Recycle it.
Many computer manufacturers have programs to recycle computers and components. Check
their websites or call their toll-free numbers for more information. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has information about electronic product recycling programs. Your
local community may have a recycling program, too. Check with your county or local
government, including the local landfill office for regulations.
Donate it.
Many organizations collect old computers and donate them to charities.
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Resell it.
Some people and organizations buy old computers. Check online.
Remember, most computer equipment contains hazardous materials that don‘t belong in a
landfill. For example, many computers have heavy metals that can contaminate the earth. The
EPA recommends that you check with your local health and sanitation agencies for ways to
dispose of electronics safely.
Tagged with: computer security, personal information, privacy
September 2011
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5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do
with Windows Notepad
By Jack Busch
Last Updated on April 20, 2018
Notepad is the barest of bones plain text editor you can get for
Windows, and that‘s why so many of us love it or hate it. Although
I‘ve long since moved on to the free feature-packed Notepad++, many
still use good old Notepad as their primary text editor. Notepad has
been bundled with Windows ever since Windows 1.0 launched in 1985 and it‘s only
evolved slightly. But after decades of use, there are a few groovy features hidden in
Notepad that you may have never known existed. Check them out.
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1. Insert the Time and Date
Press F5 or choose Edit and Time/Date to insert the time and date automatically
into Notepad. Handy for all those captain‘s logs you‘ll be keeping on your next
starship journey.
2. Switch to Right-to-Left Reading Order
Right-click in Notepad and choose Right to Left Reading Order to change the way
the text is displayed. This is useful if you‘re typing in a language that is read from
right to left, such as Arabic or Hebrew. As you‘ll notice from the screenshot, it only
reverses the order of the letters and words if you are typing in a language that reads
from right to left. For English, it arranges it much as if it were right-aligned, except
the punctuation ends up on the left side of the line.
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3. Insert a Timestamp Each time a File is Opened
Create a new .txt file and at the very top of the first line, insert: .LOG. Now,
whenever you open the file in Notepad.exe, Notepad will automatically insert a
timestamp on the next line. This is handy if you have scripts or other automated
network tasks where a log file is created.
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4. Customize the Header and Footer in Notepad
Notepad doesn‘t have the rich text editing features of bona fide word processors,
but you can still add a header and footer to each page for printing. To do so, click
File and choose Page Setup. Here, you‘ll see the Header and Footer boxes. You
can enter plain text here, or special characters which automatically insert the date,
time, page number and other information.
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See the chart below for the special characters you can use in Notepad headers and
footers:
5. Go To a Specific Line
Press CTRL-G or click Edit and choose Go To… to jump to a specific line in the
text document. Note that you must have Word Wrap turned off (click Format and
choose Word Wrap) for the Go To… feature to work.
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You don‘t need to number your lines for this to work, and if you do, Notepad will
just go by its numbering, with the first line number as 1, the second as 2 and so
forth. This might be helpful if you‘re using Notepad.exe to code or script, and your
browser spits out an error such as ―Syntax error on Line 642.‖ You can then open
up Notepad.exe, hit CTRL-G and type in 642 and automatically be taken to the
offending line of code. That‘s much easier than counting them by hand.
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Also, note, that when you first hit CTRL-G, the number in the field will be the
current line number, which his helpful for keeping track of where you are in your
text document. You can also see the Line and Column number by clicking View and
choosing
Status Bar.
Conclusion
So, there you have it—Notepad.exe does more than you thought it could. While this
might not elevate it to the full-featured level of programs like Notepad++, these
groovy tips can save you some time if you prefer to stick with Notepad.exe for your
plain text editing endeavors.
Editor note!
For much, much more on this site click this link:
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/5-groovy-things-about-notepad-exe/
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News
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Check if Your Asus Laptop has the ‘Shadow
Hammer’ Malware
By Guy McDowell
Last Updated on March 28, 2019
This week hackers launched operation “Shadow Hammer” which installed backdoors on thousand’s of
Asus computers. Here’s what you need to know if you have an Asus laptop.
Someone hacked into Asus computers slipped backdoor malware into one of the
company‘s computer updates. As a result, the backdoor could allow hackers to
freely access your computer anytime and without your knowledge. You don‘t have
to be a computer security specialist to understand the magnitude of that. Here is
what you need to know about the so-called ―Shadow Hammer‖ attack and how to
check if your system has been affected.
Asus and the Shadow Hammer Malware Attack
On the upside, your computer is probably not at risk. Shadow Hammer only affects
Asus laptops and not many at that. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab estimated that
around a half a million laptops received the tainted update as an orchestrated attack
running from, ―June 2018 to November 2018 undetected until now,‖ according
to Miriam Cihodariu of Heimdal Security. With the news of the virus being
announced on March 20th, Asus and Kaspersky had already begun working on
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ways to deal with the virus since Kaspersky alerted Asus to its existence on January
31st, 2019.
Kaspersky analyzed over 200 samples of the infected update to determine the nature
of the virus and whom it may affect. The hackers hard-coded a list of 600 MAC
addresses. Every device that can connect to a network through cable or wireless will
have a Media Access Control (MAC) address and they‘re all unique. Having hardcoded
a small list of MAC addresses suggests that the attack had predefined targets.
Check if Your System is Affected
So, as far as having your laptop left open to these hackers, it‘s highly unlikely that
you‘re part of the unlucky 600. If you‘re still concerned, you can download ASUS‘
Shadow Hammer diagnostic tool and check your own computer. If you need a
second opinion, download Kaspersky‘s Shadow Hammer detection tool. Both tools
will compare the MAC addresses on your laptop to the list of 600 MACs extracted
by Kaspersky.
Asus has already put a fix in place in the latest version of its Live Update software
(ver. 3.6.8). If you have an Asus computer that received the bad update, you‘ve
probably already received Asus‘ fix. But if you‘re not sure, you can download the
safe version of Live Update from Asus. This version will close the backdoor — if
you even have it.
Take note that this was a concerted attack that infiltrated the 5th largest computer
maker in the world and they managed to infect an official update. A company of
this size and nature should have security on par with the greatest nations in the
world. This is an early warning sign of the level of attacks that independent and
state-sponsored hackers are able to make.
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Something to enlighten you up
First Ever Headshot of Jesus Christ Found
from The Daily Mail
Is this the first ever portrait of Jesus? The incredible
story of 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly
2,000 years
By NICK PRYER
The image is eerily
familiar: a bearded young
man with flowing curly
hair. After lying for nearly
2,000 years hidden in a
cave in the Holy Land, the
fine detail is difficult to
determine. But in a certain
light it is not difficult to
interpret the marks around
the figure‘s brow as a
crown of thorns.
The extraordinary picture
of one of the recently
discovered hoard of up to
70 lead codices – booklets
– found in a cave in the
hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee is one reason Bible historians are clamouring to
get their hands on the ancient artifacts.
If genuine, this could be the first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ, possibly even created
in the lifetime of those who knew him.
[ click to continue reading ]
Posted on April 4, 2011 by Editor / Filed under Culture Music Art | | No Comments »
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To the Jewish side of my family, my Stepmom, my step
aunt and my step grandparents who showed me how
to love unconditionally, may peace and love be with
them always and you, our readers.
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Passover 2019 will begin in the evening of Friday, April 19
And ends the evening of Saturday, April 27

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