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[eggbem]

It's April!

Y'know, it's strange; at this point, I've drawn a fair amount of Rise fanart. But I haven't ever actually drawn April yet! And that needed to change.

[bi4bisamjess]

some silly tabloids about the yellowjackets. see my covers for skin in the game here!

[the-hyphen-is-important]

I just got carded at Dollar General for a copy of the Lego Ninjago movie

[just-slightly-chayotic]

i'm not changing the entire aesthetic of my phone and the theme of my blog just because lucid came out. i'm not. i'm not gonna do it. i swear. i won't.

[tokensonsaturn]

IM LISTENING TO HEATHERS THE MUSICAL AND IM JUST- WHEN FREAKING SEVENTEEN CAME ON I START THINKING OF CHAY AS VERONICA AND KIM AS JD

[themandylion]

Hi, professional book typesetter/desktop publisher/graphic designer here! I've designed more than a few book covers for print publishing companies in my time and have a few tips/things to add.

Resolution. If you are making book covers for print (or, really, anything, for print), you're going to want your images to be high resolution. The go-to resolution for items like book covers is 300 dpi (dots per inch, sometimes called ppi—pixels per inch). Anything lower and you start to lose quality. (A lot of people are posting images at hella-high dpi as screen resolutions improve and they want their art to look good. This makes it so much easier for unsavory people to steal your art, slap it on a shirt, and have unsuspecting customers buy it without realizing it's super-duper stolen. So. Something to think about, maybe. :) )

Color Mode. Most people creating digital art for display on the web are doing it in RGB (red-green-blue) files. This is also, usually, the color mode for most digital cameras and thus the mode of any photos taken with them. It looks great on a screen because it's specifically how light mixes. If you're designing a cover for print, however, it's best to do it in CMYK (cyan-magenta-yellow-black), since those are how ink mixes. You can change this usually under something like... Image > Mode > CMYK; terms/location may vary from program to program. If you don't do this, when you print out your cover it is going to look dull and sad and not as bright and vibrant as what you designed in RGB.

Photopea.com is an amazing free in-browser graphics program that is very similar to Photoshop. A few of the tools are simpler/have to be approached at a different angle than Photoshop, but as someone who has been using paint programs for 35+ years and Photoshop for 25+ years, it's now my go-to when I don't want to boot up my old computer that has Photoshop installed. (I tried GIMP originally and while I didn't find it difficult to install, I found it a pain to work with and had to fight it every step of the way.)

In addition to those sites shared in the OP, a good place you to find free and Creative Commons images is Flickr. That link specifically goes to the advanced search page because you're going to want to mess with the Search filters—click that, scroll down and change Any license to Commercial use & mods allowed. A lot of U.S. government agencies (like FWS and NPS) have Flickr accounts where they post amazing photos. Any photo taken by a U.S. federal employee in the course of their duty is in public domain however this does not cover photos of people (you need photo releases for those).

When using Flickr to find images, it's always a good idea to check the description (especially if it's not a government account)—Flickr's default when you upload is to put all images under CC2.0 and that isn't always the intention of the photographer. :\ This is really important to keep in mind when using Wikimedia Commons (suggested by in the article linked in the OP) because some of the pictures on Wikimedia Commons were picked up from Flickr by a bot and the Flickr OP has since realized they originally posted with the wrong license and subsequently changed it. If you use Wikimedia Commons for CC pictures, always click back to the original source and double-check the license if it was picked up by a bot.

Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

[chetungwan]

I've been real busy lately because it's December and I work at the post office, so of course I am

But that doesn't mean I can't show up with an unprompted PSA

Hey! Have you ever mailed a letter to Santa Claus? Have you ever wondered what exactly happened to that letter? Well wonder no longer! If it had a stamp and a return address, then odds are that it ended up on the USPS's Operation Santa page!

Every year, the USPS collects letters to Santa Claus, and processes them to black out any identifying information. Last names, addresses, things like that. Then, the letters are posted on the Operation Santa webpage and people can adopt the letters.

Once you adopt a letter, you can buy gifts for them, wrap them up, and package them. Then you get a barcode from the website, and bring them to a post office. The clerk there will scan the barcode, which prints out a label with the address on it, and sends out the gift.

It's anonymous on both ends, and is generally just. A really nice thing to do.

I highly recommend it if you have some money to spare this year and want to give a kid a moment of magic this year

It's one of those things that the post office just happened to be positioned to do, and ended up knocking it out of the park. Unfortunately, I don't think they advertise this nearly well enough, and most letters end up going unanswered

Hopefully, a few more will be answered this year

[maverickelitetech]

The Ultimate Guide to Financial Calculators in the USA: Simplify Your Financial Planning

In today’s fast-paced world, managing finances effectively is crucial for individuals and businesses alike. Whether you are looking to calculate your returns on investment (ROI), determine your simple interest, or figure out your in-hand salary in the USA, financial calculators can simplify complex calculations.

A financial calculator is a digital tool designed to help users compute various financial figures, including loan payments, interest rates, investment returns, and salary deductions. These calculators save time and eliminate errors that may arise from manual calculations. In the USA, financial calculators are widely used by individuals, business owners, and investors to make informed financial decisions.

Why Use a Financial Calculator in the USA?

The financial calculator in the USA is an essential tool for anyone who needs precise and quick calculations for different financial scenarios. Whether you are a student planning your loan repayments, a business owner analyzing investment opportunities, or an employee checking your salary breakdown, a financial calculator can be your best companion.

Here are some popular types of financial calculators that can benefit users in the USA:

1. ROI Calculator in the USA

A Return on Investment (ROI) calculator in the USA helps investors and business owners determine the profitability of an investment. ROI is a critical metric that shows how much return an investment generates relative to its cost. This calculator is useful for:

Evaluating the success of an investment

Comparing different investment opportunities

Making informed financial decisions

By inputting the initial investment amount and expected returns, the ROI calculator provides a percentage that represents the efficiency of the investment.

2. Simple Interest Calculator in the USA

If you are taking a loan or investing in a fixed deposit, a simple interest calculator in the USA can help you determine how much interest you will earn or pay over a specific period. Simple interest is calculated using the formula:

Simple Interest = (Principal × Rate × Time) / 100

This tool is beneficial for:

Loan borrowers who want to understand their interest payments

Investors looking to estimate their earnings on fixed deposits

Students calculating their education loan repayments

3. US In-Hand Salary Calculator

For employees in the USA, knowing the exact amount they will take home after tax deductions is essential. A US in-hand salary calculator helps break down salary components, including:

Gross salary

Federal and state taxes

Social Security and Medicare deductions

Other allowances and deductions

By entering basic salary details, employees can get an estimate of their net in-hand salary, making financial planning easier.

Beyond Financial Calculations: Barcode Generator AI

Apart from financial calculators, modern technology has also made it easier to generate barcodes with the help of barcode generator AI tools. Businesses and retailers in the USA use barcode generators to:

Create product barcodes for inventory management

Improve checkout efficiency

Reduce manual errors in pricing and tracking

AI-powered barcode generators ensure accuracy and speed, making them an essential tool for businesses dealing with retail, logistics, and e-commerce.

Conclusion

Using a financial calculator in the USA, such as an ROI calculator, simple interest calculator, or US in-hand salary calculator, can help individuals and businesses make well-informed financial decisions. These tools eliminate the need for manual calculations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. Additionally, advancements in AI have made barcode generation seamless, assisting businesses in improving their workflow.

Whether you are an investor, an employee, or a business owner, leveraging financial calculators and AI-powered tools can significantly enhance your financial and operational efficiency. Start using these tools today to simplify your financial planning and business operations!

[wordacrosstime]

Programming Embedded Systems (with C and GNU Development Tools)

[Programming Embedded Systems (with C and GNU Development Tools). By Michael Barr & Anthony J Massa. 2nd Edition, 1 October 2006. Publisher: O'Reilly Media. Paperback: 301 pages, Dimensions: ‎ 17.78 x 1.98 x 23.34 cm. ISBN: 978-0-596-00983-0]

In the past 15 months or so I elected to expand my personal and professional skill set to include working with small computing systems, sometimes referred to as microcontrollers.  These devices have become virtually omnipresent, in everything from automobiles and bar-code scanners to toasters and doorbells.  If you operate a late-model vehicle, for instance, you may have as many as 70 (!) of these devices in the car controlling everything from the fuel mixture to emissions to anti-lock brakes and collision avoidance sensing.

I was interested in moving into this arena as part of my career, as there were many openings for people with a strong understanding of the imperatives attendant on both the software and hardware of embedded systems.  I knew a bit about the electronics side of things and I have done software development of one sort or another most of my 40+ years as a professional, but this arena poses unique challenges and opportunities.  I knew I needed to do some specialized self-teaching, and this book seemed like a great place to start.

To start with, what exactly is an embedded system?

As the name implies, it is a system - in this case a miniature computing device - that is a component of a larger framework.  This larger framework can take on myriad forms.  Some of the largest such frameworks are satellite networks.  The embedded system comprises hardware - a central processing unit, or CPU, along with some (minimal) on-board memory and one or more electrical interfaces (e.g. a USB or RJ45 jack) through which it can communicate with the outside world. 

Unlike the computers most of us are familiar with, such as Windows or MacOS-based laptops or Linux servers, these devices often do not have an operating system (WIndows, MacOS and Linux are all operating systems) that performs many of the low-level functions needed to keep the device running and useful. 

This keeps the device flexible in terms of how it can be used, but at the expense of more detailed and subtle development and maintenance requirements.  Thus, the "software" on an embedded system may be a very small bit of computer code that simply turns on the interfaces electrically and then waits for something to happen.

Programming software for these systems is intriguing but fraught with issues that an ordinary computer user never sees.

For example, given that the memory and interface resources on these devices tend to be rather modest, it's necessary for the programmer to take care of any bookkeeping that is necessary to keep the basic functions from colliding.  If one of the interfaces is used to provide a scanned barcode to a waiting receiver, it must pass that information through some on-board memory first.

The embedded software designer needs to be sure that this information can't be corrupted, or "clobbered", by a competing task that might be, for instance, putting the scanning laser into sleep mode to save power.  Moreover, there are cases where the same locations in memory need to be shared by tasks as a part of getting work done.

But what happens if one task is trying to write data to a specific memory location while another task is trying to read from it?  Is there always a specific order in which this happens?  What happens if either operation is incomplete for some reason?  Will the device recover and continue to operate, or will it lock up?  The aforementioned are but a tiny set of examples that the developer must bear in mind.

Messrs Barr and Massa have many decades of experience between the two of them in just these kinds of environments. I was delighted to see just how easy this book is to read and how thoroughly they cover all of the issues that accompany such a software development enterprise.  They are careful to create and explain examples that use commonly-available development kits (I use an STM32 ARM Cortex-M Development Board myself; there is a photo of one such system below) and free or nearly-free software tools to break down the barriers to entry in this field.

This book is really as much about operating system design as it is about microcontroller software development; if one is interested in what nearly every operating system must do, this volume talks all about it. 

Above and beyond this, it is a wealth of anecdotes, sample code, and general wisdom that will really ease the novice into this exciting world of programming and small-device control.

I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get down on the bare metal with computers.  It is necessary to be at least familiar with the C programming language (almost all of the examples are coded in C) and it would be very helpful to have worked with at least one Assembly language as well.  Beyond that, the only requirement for getting the most out of the book is a willingness to experiment and be delighted.

Image Credits (from above down; with thanks to copyright owners): (1) STM32 ARM Cortex-M Development Board © Copyright Owner, date unknown (2) Book Cover © O'Reilly Media 11 October 2006 (3) Michael Barr © Barr Group 2012-2025. (Anthony J Massa, no photograph found)

Kevin Gillette

Words Across Time

4 February 2025

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How to Create a Barcode for Free Online

How to Create a Barcode for Free Online Barcodes are essential business tools, helping with inventory management, product tracking, and seamless sales transactions. If you want to create a barcode for free online, you’re in luck! This guide will walk you through the process step-by-step, ensuring you can generate professional barcodes without spending a dime. What is a Barcode? A barcode is a…

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[robotrebelranch]

whyd BK make so much merch of the baby characters specifically