I personally really liked using ProShow Gold for making slide shows.

PHOTODEX IS SHUTTING DOWN
http://www.photodex.com/shutdown.html

Photodex is recommending Photopia as a replacement.
https://photopia.nl/

Transition From ProShow To Photopia
https://photopia.nl/proshow/

Windows 10 November 2019 Update is seriously small, but Microsoft says not to get used to it
https://betanews.com/2019/11/24/tiny-windows-10-november-2019-update/

Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world.
https://www.flightradar24.com/

What Is REAL ID?  When Do I Need A REAL ID?  How Do I Get A REAL ID?
https://realid.dmv.ca.gov/

Private Internet Access to Be Acquired by Kape
https://www.toptutorials.co.uk/private-internet-access-to-be-acquired-by-kape/
https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-to-be-acquired-by-kape/

The continually evolving fight for freedom
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/11/the-continually-evolving-fight-for-freedom/

Acronis True Image 2020 Update 2 for Windows
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/updates/changes.html?p=41999

DNS-over-HTTPS will eventually roll out in all major browsers, despite ISP opposition
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dns-over-https-will-eventually-roll-out-in-all-major-browsers-despite-isp-opposition/

DNS over HTTPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS

I wanted to create a “Acronis USB Recovery Drive” containing BOTH Acronis Disk Director 12.5 and Acronis True Image 2020 on a Windows 10 Pro computer where both products were installed.

I first formatted a USB flash drive with File Explorer to FAT32.

I selected the Acronis folder from the Start menu >
Bootable Rescue Media Builder >
Advanced >
Linux-based Media >
Choose Media Destination >
ISO or USB Flash Drive >
Follow the prompts

I first created a flash drive which worked perfectly. I then created an ISO followed by creating another flash drive using Rufus which also worked perfectly.

From within either Acronis Disk Director 12.5 or Acronis True Image 2020 >
CTRL-ALT-F2 will drop you to a Linux terminal
Press ALT-F1 to return to the Acronis GUI

Stan just purchased this Lenovo laptop from Costco for $1,299.99 + tax.

https://www.costco.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Laptop---Intel-Core-i7---1080p.product.100497492.html

Processor & Memory:
Intel® Core™ i7-8565U Processor 1.8GHz
16GB LPDDR3 2133MHz RAM

Operating System: 
Microsoft® Windows 10 Home (64 bit)
Drives:   
512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
No Optical Drive

Graphics & Video:   
14" Touchscreen Anti-glare LED Backlit IPS FHD (1920 x 1080) Display
Intel Integrated 620 Graphics

Communications:
802.11 Wireless-AC 2x2 + Bluetooth® 5.0
Integrated dual Microphone Array

Audio:   
Dolby Premium Audio Processing

Keyboard:
Backlit English Keyboard

Ports & Slots:
2x USB 3.1
2x USB Type C Thunderbolt with PowerDelivery
1x HDMI
1x Mini RJ-45
1x Combination Audio Jack

Battery:   
4 Cell 51Wh (Up to 16-hour total) Battery

Additional Information:
Dimensions: 8.55" x 12.74" x 0.59"
Approximate Weight: 2.65lbs

Tip of the Day...
Have you checked the batteries in your devices lately? When you grab your flashlight, which has been in your vehicle for years, and find it barely produces light. You open the flashlight to change the batteries and find corrosion throughout the flashlight which may not be easily cleaned or has permanently destroyed your device. Check your batteries in your TV remote control, emergency radio, mice, keyboard, clock, garage door opener, etc. You might be surprised to find the dating, the leaking or corrosion on the batteries.

Google – Privacy and Terms
https://policies.google.com/
 
Coinstar – Turn your coins into… Amazon gift card, etc.
https://www.coinstar.com/
 
Coinstar Locations
https://www.coinstar.com/findakiosk

Amazon Prime Day 2019
https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Day/b?node=13887280011
https://www.theblackfriday.com/amazon-prime-day.php
 
Windows 10 Field Guide - is a full-length e-book about the latest version of Microsoft Windows, aimed at those users who will upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, or acquire Windows 10 with a new PC.
https://leanpub.com/windows10fieldguide
 
Windows 10 May 2019 for Microsoft Office users - is a focused and unvarnished look at Windows 10, especially written for the many people who use Microsoft Office. Fully up-to-date with coverage of the May 2019 of Windows 10 including new features like Sandbox, Dark Mode, Clipboard and Timeline.
https://office-watch.com/product/windows-10-for-microsoft-office-users/
 
Without Amazon, most of the internet disappears - There’s a whole invisible network of computers that makes the internet work -- and weirdly, most of those computers are controlled by Amazon Web Services. Here’s why Amazon is THE internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCfygY1dk8

Mapping out Amazon’s invisible server empire - It’s bigger than you think
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/10/18563485/amazon-web-services-internet-location-map-data-center

Photography Cheat Sheet: Manual Mode Camera Settings (Infographic)
https://skylum.com/blog/photography-cheat-sheet-manual-mode-camera-settings
https://skylum.com/uploads/uploads/download/Photography-Cheat-Sheet-by-Skylum.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9iqx7h1q8tasf3/PhotographyCheatSheet-Skylum.pdf?dl=0
 
FREE Cheat Sheet, DSLR Manual Photography
https://www.lukezeme.com/tutorials/free-cheat-sheet-dslr-manual-photography/
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g41wfalh94pgm0h/Cheat%20Sheet,%20by%20Luke%20Zeme.pdf?dl=0

Download Windows 10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
 
Rufus - is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives.
https://rufus.ie/
 
Windows 10 May 2019 Update Feature Focus:
Light Themes and Sandboxes
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14388/windows-10-may-2019-update-feature-focus-light-themes-and-sandboxes
 
Windows 10 Major "May Update" - Best New Features! (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKBObURSu0
 
Launch folder windows in a separate process
Control Panel > File Explorer Options > View > Files and Folder
Make sure this is checked “Launch folder windows in a separate process”
The main reason for turning this on is so that if you have a folder window open which stops responding and you kill the task, it should not take the main explorer.exe with it (meaning your desktop won't be inaccessible for a few moments while windows restarts it). Windows 10 19.03 update should now enable this by default, but check to make sure.

Windows 10 1903: Windows Defender Antivirus gets Tamper Protection feature
https://winaero.com/blog/tamper-protection-windows-10/
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/tamper-protection-feature-in-windows-security-microsoft-defender-atp
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/19/windows-10-1903-windows-defender-antivirus-gets-tamper-protection-feature/

This is a very good PowerPoint presentaion on adopting and contriibuting to Chromium by Microsoft enginerers.

It's interesting to note the services Microsoft replaced or turned off.

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=40AD2A59FD334E8C!400130&ithint=file%2cpptx&authkey=!ADAerq8JH6E4yRA

2019 Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) Report

Video (5 min 44 seconds - 470 MB) of some random pictures of SCaLE 17x.
http://www.slolug.com/videos/104.mp4
It's best to right-click the above link and select Save link as... or Save target as...

http://www.slolug.com/scale2019.html