COVID-19 Updates / iPhone Basics

News was included in Bob's Intro - RIP Ann Matt, important website to visit for news of COVID happenings in Delaware is <link>   Things are happening quickly and advice of what to do is changing daily.  As of 21 Jan, Delaware is now in Phase 1B for vaccine distribution, "Persons aged 65 and older, as well as those considered frontline essential workers including: police, fire, teachers, childcare providers, food processing workers, correctional officers, and postal service, public transit and grocery workers will begin to be vaccinated."  To register for a State-sponsored vaccine appoint, click <here>

 

 Carl Stewart's presentation was on iPhone Basics:

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Jan 14, 2021 presentation from the Delaware Digital Video Factory (DDVF)

DDVF is located at  1709 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, Tel: 302-TV-TAPES (888-2737), and website is http://ddvf.com/

  

Bob's intro - RIP Drew Yeager, Adobe Flash is dead <link>, TurboTax sale <link>, Social Security Scams <link>, and a picture of my A2D lab in comparison to DDVF's.

Bob's Bytes - Even More Random Tech Topics

 And for today we had ...

• Computer Speed testing: how fast is your Internet, Storage devices, CPU, RAM and computer?
• What’s this? - an new con appeared in the system tray, "Meet Now"
• The SpaceX Starship - What is it, how is it different, and what happened yesterday, (Dec 9)
• VideoProc Review - A video handler that Bob actually spent money for!

Links for you so you don't have to dig for them:

A deal from Woot for Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $50.  If you throw in Adobe Premier Elements (also $50) the combo package is only $60!  https://computers.woot.com/offers/adobe-photoshop-elements-2020z-2

The old program I like to test storage devices with is HDTune:  https://www.hdtune.com/download.html No need for the paid version, the 2008 free version still works great.  For fun, you can compare your measurements with mine:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EMx8T3sWIEVGqaiWZqi-LF9_HDHWtppx/view?usp=sharing

Best place to look up CPU and GPU benchmarks is:  https://www.cpubenchmark.net/  Use this to compare different CPUs to find out which one is faster.

To test your own computer, use the free Novabench:  https://novabench.com/  For fun, you can compare your figures with mine:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FmKUpJTJv_A8X2xXpPn1_9wWXB1ocCHE/view?usp=sharing

The rotating circles optical illusion:  https://twistedsifter.com/2020/12/rotating-circles-optical-illusion-gif/

 Here's a link to all the free (with ads) James Bond Movies:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwwhtOnMyjuyEeWvv6UX11aw3jFLFAxU1

VideoProc is available here:  https://www.winxdvd.com  Watch for deals - I got it for $30.