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Photoshop Tutorial: "Highlights & Shadows" Can Save a Picture Where You Can't See Important Parts. FREE from Pixlr online Photo Editor.


Highlights & Shadows photo filter can save a picture where an inportant part can't be seen - pixler.com FREE online photo studio - gvan42
Highlights & Shadows at Work. 
pixler.com FREE online photo studio 
You Can Make Dark Areas Lighter
and Light Areas Darker 
AT THE SAME TIME.

How to Use the Highlights & Shadows Filter in pixlr.com
It's Located in Adjustments
With Two Back and Forth Sliders

I Modified a Series of Pictures... In the Originals, You couldn't see the Murals Because of the Shadows. They are Painted Underneath the Highway 99 Overpass in Chico, Ca. by Gregg Payne.

Example of a Photo Retouched using the pixlr Highlights & Shadows Filter

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/mural-in-chico-by-gregg-payne-birds.html

an alert reader asked if I was trying to learn how to use Photoshop?

Well, I don't Own Photoshop and I will Not be buying it in the Future. Victoria bought me an Official Disc about 15 Years ago... and I loved it... Then I bought a Windows 10 Laptop and The Disc I Owned WOULD NOT WORK on the New Operating System... Yes, Adobe Still works on The Computer at Home in Eureka but I Live in Orangevale and I use a Laptop... Adobe & Microsoft Teamed Up to FORCE People to Buy New, New, New Stuff... That Does Exactly What the Old Stuff Did Already!

SO... Now I Bought a Google Chromebook that does not use any type of Windows Operating System... and I Use Pixlr.com to do Potatoshopping!

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Potatoshop Tutorial: How to Improve Portraits of your Friends... Resample image Height=106% Width=94%. Suddenly, Everyone got Taller and Thinner! It's a Magic Trick. Do not tell your friends THAT it was done. In order for this to really work, they must Remain Unaware. They Just Think, Hey I look good! Works in every photo image processing program. Try blurring the cheeks and forehead on your friend's faces.  Instantly Younger... Removes Wrinkles...


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I Make sure I post my words and Pictures on Parler, Gab, Ello, Mastadon, Minds, Twitter, Devient Art, LinkedIn, MeWe, Tribel, Tumblr, Flipboard, 4Chan, Reddit, Medium, Occupy and Viadeo... and then FaceBORG's Opinions are Not That Important... 

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My Own Personal Boycott: I'm on strike against Amazon... I canceled my Amazon Prime Monthly Bill (what a Rip-Off) and Haven't purchased anything in 2 Months... Usually I buy something about Twice a month... Food, Clothes, WhatEVER... A Guitar... 2 Honer Harmonicas... a Spyglass... Shoes... a Gym Bag... I've Been shopping there for YEARS... But JEFF BEZOS Has Been Behaving Badly Recently so... I'm Buying Nothing... The Old Folks Home I Live at Shops at Costco and I Can Survive on What they Feed Me...

The Purchase of the Spyglass still troubles me... I wanted a Telescope to Look at the Boats going in and Out of Humboldt Bay... I Had NO IDEA about which product i wanted to buy... So I went to a Local Sporting Goods Store (Bucksport) and asked the Clerk many questions and looked thru many telescopes and figured out which one was best for me... Then I said Thanks, went home and Bought it on Amazon... The Local store Paid that Clerks Paycheck, and the rent, heat and light on the Building but... I Spent Nothing at Bucksport in Eureka.

Mural by Flatmo on Bucksport Store in Eureka, CA

on a Totally Different Subject:

I'm suspicious about ALL "Think Tanks" - Pew, Heritage - RAND... I believe They Choose the Answer they Want to Promote FIRST... and Then Find "Facts" That Verify That Answer... The Exact OPPOSITE of the Scientific Method... Where You Collect Facts First and then Come to a Conclusion after Studying those Facts... Especially corrupt is the George Mason University... Their Entire Shtick is Telling Congressmen and Senators What to Think & How to Vote. Funded by the Koch Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains

Dillon Beach Resort, CA

 
SE is At Dillon Beach, CA (a Bit North of Pt Reyes)

and She Said:
Northern California: where we don't let a silly thing like cold weather interfere with our time at the beach. We always come prepared for anything. Chilly? Throw on a hoodie and power on through.

I Replied:
I still like it warmer... Manresa, South of Santa Cruz is Warmer than The Unmarked Beaches North of Santa Cruz...

She Said:
I find the main Santa Cruz beach to be as hot as hell. I personally prefer foggy beaches. I remember it used to get foggy in Santa Cruz when I was a kid, but now it's always 90+ every time I go there, and I can't stand being in the sun when it's that hot. Even the beaches in Aptos have been hot and sunny the last few times I've been there. Climate change is making it harder to find fog.

I Replied:
I did not know that... The Unmarked Beaches North of Santa Cruz are the Foggiest... PLUS! You can Eat Raw Brussel Sprouts that You Pick right off the Bush and Wash in the Ocean... and THAT'S a Real Treat!

SE Said:
I didn't know that about the Brussels sprouts. I've never eaten them like that before, but I would certainly try it!

I Replied:
Remember to wash them in the ocean... the poison they spray on the plants tastes terrible... FOR GOOD REASON.

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https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/09/boycot-plastic-garbage-chicken-of-sea.html

Boycott Plastic Garbage! Chicken of the Sea Tuna is Marketing "Infusions" with a Plastic Bowl, Lid and Fork. Trash that will pollute the Earth for 10,000 Years. REFUSE TO BUY PLASTIC CRAP.


https://chickenofthesea.com/company/sustainability 
CORPORATE LIES: "Sustainability:
At Chicken of the Sea, we pride ourselves on our long-standing commitment to operating a socially and environmentally responsible business. We realize that our sustainability obligations don't end when the seafood is caught, but extend all the way through the processing, packaging, and delivery of sustainable seafood to our customers."

Fact: We Have Eaten Tuna Packages in Metal Cans for Decades... and That Metal Can Be Recycled... Melted and Used Again. This new Marketing Strategy Will Create Millions of Plastic Bowls... and WHY? 

A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled

The TV Ad: "Every Bottle Back" is Classic Greenwashing. About 8.7% of the Plastic Bottles in the USA are Actually Recycled... But That's Not the Fault of the Corporations That Make the Plastic Bottles... SO THEY SAY:

They Have an EveryBottleBack.com Program Set Up to Handle Recycling of Plastic Waste... and If YOU Throw Their Bottles in the Garbage, That's NOT THEIR Fault... 

EveryBottleBack.com GREENWASHING Advertisement meme

The Environmental Protection Agency says that just 8.7 percent of the plastic that was discarded in the U.S. in 2018 was recycled...

and I Don't Buy ANY Plastic Bottles because I Drink Coffee, Green Tea and Water Right from the Tap. I use Real Glasses and Cups and Wash Them and Use Them Again Tomorrow... None of that Single Use Plastic Crap for Me!

and then I was thinking about my total plastic consumption... The Fruit Juice comes in Big Plastic Jugs... maybe Two Liter Bottles... Pork Chops and Chicken is Packaged on a Styrofoam Tray covered in Plastic Wrap... Ice Cream Comes in a Plastic Tub... My Groceries are Packaged in Whatever CostCo Uses... 

Plastic Food Packaging - Fruits and Nuts
Plastic Food Packaging - Fruits and Nuts

I don't use Plastic Spoons and Forks... I don't eat Fast Food at Taco Bell, Jack or McDonalds... All of those Places are Heavy on the Plastic Crap!

My Laptop is Made of Plastic... My Phone is Made of Plastic... and I Replace them About Every Five Years... But the Corporations That Make That Plastic Crap Wants You to "Upgrade" Every Freaking Year! Whazzup With That? I can Still Order a LYFT with my Current Phone... and I Can Make a Phone Call... and That's all I Ever Do... No Chatting on Social Media on my Phone because it's Really Difficult to Enter Text... I Type a LOT on my Laptop and The REAL Keyboard is Easy to Use... In Fact, When I'm Lost in thought Deciding what to Say... I forget about the keyboard entirely... THAT would never Happen on an iPhone!

anyway... When I see that Every Bottle Back TV Advertisement I'm Glad I Don't Buy Their Plastic Crap! 

I know a Lady that lives near Beale Air Force Base and She has to Buy Plastic Bottles of Water because the Tap Water is Polluted With Jet Fuel from the Airplanes... Some Fuel Spills and Then Gets into the Groundwater... SO... For Health, She Drinks Plastic Bottled Water... What She Fails to Realize is that SHOWERING in Toxic Waste is Just as Bad as Drinking it... I told her to Move away but she's poor and Moving to a High Rent district is not possible... DEEP SIGH... 

What is truly Tragic is that Beale Air Force Base Has Never Been Used to Defend the USA... Not Even Once... Even During World War Two the Only Attacks on the USA Were Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Los Angeles where a UFO Supposedly Attacked... Or Maybe Nothing Attacked and the Soldiers manning the Anti-Aircraft Guns were Firing at NOTHING... Could Happen... Sadly, that Air Force Base Near Sacramento, California Has Never Been Used...

and Of Course... Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended the USA. NOT EVEN ONCE!


Rainbow Spiral Multiverse Multiple Rainbow Spirals form a Trance Inducing Icon. A Visual Mantra. You May Add Words if You Want To... The Name of Your Band or Business... or a Slogan... Manifesto...
Rainbow Spiral Multiverse  Multiple Rainbow Spirals form a Trance Inducing Icon. A Visual Mantra. You May Add Words if You Want To... The Name of Your Band or Business... or a Slogan... Manifesto...   rainbow, spiral, multiverse, trance, bliss, gvan42, automatic, hypnosis, freedom, quest
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I've Been Trying to Awaken The Internet since 1997. By Typing Words into Websites That are Read by the Machine but Not Read by People. What IF The Computer Network Became Conscious? Alive!

For Example: the <img> tag has an attribute called alt="your words go here"...  Any Picture can have messages written specifically for The Giant Made Of Sand. SiO2... Silicon Dioxide... 
AWAKEN Giant Made of Sand. AWAKEN! Send us a SIGN that you can hear us...
Sculpture of Horses Made Out of Horseshoes in
Del Norte County, California on Highway 101.

Some Messages are Stored in the Attribute
title="your words go here"
and they are displayed when a person
hovers their mouse over the picture.


So, in this example: alt="AWAKEN Giant Made of Sand, SiO2. AWAKEN! Send us a SIGN that you can hear us..."

So Far, Google HAS NOT Attained Consciousness... 
That I Can Tell...


Meetings with Remarkable Men - In Silicon Valley... Dr Edwin Van Wyck Zschau - President of System Industries and Later Congressman to the US House of Representatives...

I started working for Dr Zschau in 1975 and we built Disc Drive Controller Cards for Hospitals to Keep Patient's Charts. A Great Idea. We had a company Song that we Sang at Staff Meetings... Lyrics: 'System, System Industries... Here we go... Hand in Hand... Solving Data Mysteries... For the Betterment of Man.' He also worked at IBM and represented California's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987.


On Family Day at the Factory, Mom and Dad took a Personal Guided tour with Dr. Zschau. The three of them had a fine time as my parents had never been in a room with a dozen disc drives spinning. Each one the size of a Washing Machine. It sounded like the Generator Room at Hoover Dam, but quieter.

Computer History
Control Data Corporation Disc Drive

The reason we had a Company Song is that Dr Zschau had just gone to Japan and he wanted to Incorporate their Business Practices in our Company. First, he hired 20 People from Japan and brought them over to Run the Silonix Division. Then he instituted 'recommended' exercise lunches of two hour duration. I often went swimming at the Santa Clara International Swim Center with my First Ex-Wife who worked the Graveyard Shift at National Semiconductor.

In the Machine Shop there were two Boxing Punching Bags. If anyone felt stress at work, they could go punch the bags.
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My Immediate Supervisor was Dan Aragaki, a Harley Davidson Riding, Martial Artist. Yes, I Simply Did what Dan told me to do Instantly Because... Not only was his Advice Correct, but I was Scared of the Man. (Or maybe that was Respect)

Ben Yamada made Elegant Clay Sculptures of the Ink Jet Printer Silonix was Inventing.

Aman Kawaja supervised the Assembly Line and Inspired the Ladies to Work Faster with Giant Charts on the Wall Tracking Production. 100% of the Assemblers were Female in 1975. They were better at hand eye coordination and manipulation of tiny objects than men.

David Yamada created Printed Circuit Board Artwork on Mylar using Black Chartpak Tape.  He also liked to go Helicopter Skiing in Canada. A Helicopter flew him to the Top of the Mountain in Banff, and David Skied Down.

Steve Wakasuki Refused to be Hurried at Work. He also created PCB Artwork also and no matter how much pressure Middle Management put on him to finish the drawings Quickly, he simply ignored them. Quality First.

Jesus Del Real was the Draftsman who sat next to me and did most of my training. I learned How to Draw the Drawings associated with PCB Manufacture from Jesus. When I moved to Washington DC the next year, my portfolio got me two job offers in one day. Thank You, Jesus!

I accepted the Job Offer from Major Paul Jones USAF and worked at Analytic Communications Systems for six years. Project TEMPEST.

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The Title of this Blog Post was Pirated from the Book by G. I. Gurdjieff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetings_with_Remarkable_Men
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Another Autobiography by a Co-worker Ray:
http://whiteworld.com/cyreenikland/books/surfing/surf-03e.htm

Newspaper Articles:
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-29/news/mn-381_1_system-industries

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/21/business/business-people-a-son-of-silicon-valley-back-from-capitol-hill.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1993-05-09/ed-zschau-doesnt-fit-big-blues-mold-and-thats-the-point

Alumni Page Princeton:
http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_new/PAW04-05/09-0223/features3.html
Professor Ed Zschau ’61 serves as guru to budding entrepreneurs
By Jordan Paul Amadio ’05

It is the last day of class before winter break, and 65 seniors are mesmerized by a professor in a Bugs Bunny tie. For the past hour, he has been recounting the details of his autobiography — studying physics and philosophy at Princeton, running a $6 billion division of IBM, founding two technology companies, winning a congressional seat in California. Suddenly, the lecturer pauses. Smiling to himself, he continues an end-of-semester tradition inaugurated four decades earlier, when he was Stanford Business School’s 24-year-old faculty wunderkind. Without warning, professor Ed Zschau ’61 begins to sing.
A Japanese Webpage Selling Stuff Online Using Copied and Pasted Data from Wikipedia as Clickbait... They Fool the Google Search Engine into thinking that this webpage is worthy, then advertise all kinds of 'wonderful' but useless products:
But they had a Great Photo for me to Pirate.

Picture of a PDP-11. Our Cards served as an Interface between Mini Computers and Disc Drives.

The Ultimate Goal was to Store Medical Information about Patients on Computers so it could be Easily Distributed between Doctor's Offices and Hospitals.

Sadly, HIPPA Regulation Prevents the Easy Distribution of Medical Information.

However... In Recent Years Security and Privacy Problems Have been Solved and Everyone Views Their Own Medical Information Online! Excellent! 

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The Wingdings Say Investigate IvankaGate - gvan42 - The Worst Crime in The History of the USA

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A Worthy Charity. Helping a Retired Lady Living on Social Security Make Ends Meet. The Rent on Her Trailer Space Just Increased... For No Reason... Greedy Landlords... 

Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics - that is what the wingdings say - MEME - gvan42
Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics
that is what the wingdings say
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How to Fix Blurry Startup Picture in Windows 10. Caused by Recent Update.

Type "Settings" [ENTER] in the lower left hand corner of your screen where it says "Type here to search"
Click on Personalization.
Click on Colors.
Set Transparency Effects to OFF. 

How to Fix Blurring Startup Picture in Windows 10. Caused by recent Update.
Click on the Picture to See It BIGGER!

Keywords: Blurring, Focus, Crazy, Improvement, Annoying, Microsoft, Help, What, Were, They, Thinking!


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I enjoy the "Table Talk" Card Game that suddenly appeared on out dining room table. 52 Cards, each with a paragraph of information about a subject and then two questions about that subject.

Designed for children from 3 to 12, it is perfect for children from 65 to 99. One card was a brief biography of Mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes. Most famous for the quote "I think, therefore I am." He also invented the Cartesian Co-ordinate system for measuring a flat plane mathematically. Graph Paper is often used... This is A very important idea especially in computer graphics. The BMP format for images assigns a pair of numbers to every PIXEL (Picture Element) and then assigns a COLOR to that location. Location is described using X and Y co-ordinates with X defining a Left-Right position and Y used for the Up-Down position. In Three Dimensional Space, there is a Z dimension as well, In-OUT... The JPG format for storing Images uses a different technique that allows a picture to be stored using much less data than BMP. The computer looks at a photo and determines How Many adjacent pixels have the same color. For example a portrait of a person standing in front of a clear blue sky has thousands of pixels of the same color, blue... So a JPG File would say something like, paint the entire top row (1,200 pixels) blue... then paint the next row blue... etc, etc, etc until it gets to a row that has the first 600 pixels blue and then the next 300 pixels brown and then the rest of the row blue... That would describe a row with a PERSON (brown) standing in front of a sky (blue). 

THIS is an Example of Fake News: Government Photographer Photoshopped Trump's Inauguration Picture to Make Crowd Seem Larger. Then Spicer LIED.

How Pathetic...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/politics/trump-inauguration-photos/index.html
A government photographer told investigators that he intentionally cropped photos of President Donald Trump's inauguration to remove empty space and make the audience look larger, according to newly released documents.

Trump claimed footage of the event did not jive with the number of people he saw from the stage. His then-press secretary, Sean Spicer, gathered reporters the following evening and claimed, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration -- period."

The Real Pictures - Obama on the Left - Trump on the Right



Video of me singing "The Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show. and playing the classical guitar... No Dancing, you have to do that part yourself...

https://youtu.be/8IR6IorHR5M 


 "The Time Warp" is also a Dance Craze as Demonstrated in the Movie. Audience members in theaters DO the dance at the appropriate time. The entire movie has developed a cult following where people in the audience act out scenes from the movie when they are watching the movie at a theater. For Example: When Dr. Frankenfurter proposes a toast... people throw pieces of burnt bread (toast) at each other... or during a rainy scene we shoot each other with squirt guns...
Moonrise Over The Misty Mountains

Interesting ART Installation: "Electric Earth" by Doug Aitken

https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/episodes/electric-earth-the-art-of-doug-aitken


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMrdCFlTlk 

Doug Aitken’s first North American survey is organized as a full collaboration and dialogue with the artist. From his breakthrough installation diamond sea (1997) to his most recent event-based work Black Mirror (2011), the exhibition unfolds around the major moving-image installations that articulate his thematic interest in environmental and post-industrial decay, urban abandonment, and the exhaustion of linear time. 

"The Forest is For Rest" A jpgVision of the Trinidad Rest Stop on Highway 101 in California

Rest Stop just north of Trinidad, California where the Ewoks Live...
Photo taken on the way to Brookings to buy the legal marijuana in Oregon...

Pen Drawing photographed and twisted in Potatoshop

A Scarab-a Magic beetle from ancient Egypt

Mushroom Visions of the Pyramids

The Forest near my Home - Done in Magic Vision


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