I ran out of cream cheese once and made the cookies using all butter–they still turned out great. Don’t worry, they will still be soft and chewy. With cream cheese in the dough, I noticed that the cookies will brown more on their tops than if only butter is used. Taste testing right away is highly recommended! Remove from the pan with a spatula and set baked cookies on a wire rack to cool. They shouldn’t spread too much–if they do, something is wrong, like you might have over-mixed the dough.īake in a preheated oven set at 375☏ for about 8-10 minutes depending on your pan and oven. The dough will be soft and sticky, so it might get messy!Įvenly space the cookie dough on the pan so the cookies have room to spread. I generally drop mounds that are just short of 1 tablespoon. The size of the mound of cookie dough depends on how large you want your cookies. I end up fitting 12 on each sheet (15″ x 10″). Using two teaspoons, drop blobs of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. Then finish mixing until all the flour disappears and is fully incorporated. When you can still see evidence of flour, add in the chocolate chips. Then it’s time to reduce the speed of the mixer to the lowest speed and gradually but quickly add in a mixture of flour, baking soda, and salt. This is one of the keys to having a great tasting chocolate chip cookie (as I found out when I once forgot to add it in!). If you don’t do this, the mixture may curdle. Reduce speed to medium and add one egg at a time, incorporating each egg completely before adding the next egg. The photo below shows how this mixture starts out.Īfter 3 minutes, the mixture should look like this. Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, beat together butter, cream cheese, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes on medium high-speed. Also, the eggs should be at room temperature. īefore starting on preparing the cookie dough, make sure your butter and cream cheese have been standing at room temperature at least a couple of hours so that they have softened. ![]() Right now, this recipe has climbed up to the top of the ranks as the best chocolate chip cookie recipe we’ve tried to date. The cream cheese adds a nice flavor to the cookie that just can’t be beat and seems to contribute the “soft” part of the phrase, soft and chewy. If you are a chocolate chip cookie fan and don’t mind cream cheese hidden in your food, you absolutely must try out this recipe. We also only used brown sugar instead of a combination of white and brown sugars as you’ll see in most traditional recipes. The mystery ingredient we used this time was cream cheese. I have a partner on my quest!Ī few weeks ago, we tried out something new to see if we could make the soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie of our dreams. I’ve gotten my 9-year old daughter on the chocolate chip cookie band wagon too. I’ve tried baking the cookies at a higher temperature or a lower temperature, taking the cookies out of the oven when still half raw, adding ground oats, increasing the butter content, putting the dough in the refrigerator for a while, and who knows what else. To get the right level of chewiness at home has been a challenge. But the cookie has to be soft and chewy or it’s not worth the calories. I have to admit that I am a die-hard chocolate chip cookie fan.
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![]() Virtual hard drives stored on remote system and accessed over the internet - whether it be a Windows virtual hard drive with BitLocker or a Cryptomator drive - can be quite unreliable and prune to data loss and corruption. I never got this to work under Windows, and it was unreliable and failed to detect and mount the Cryptomator volumes more often than not when I tried it under MacOS. Mountain Duck has support for automatically detecting, unlocking, and mounting virtual drives stored on its network shares through Cryptomator. Cryptomator is a free and open-source utility that creates an encrypted virtual hard drive that can be used as a Windows Backup destination. If you don’t have Windows 10 Professional edition, you can use a third-party solution like Cryptomator instead. If you’ve Windows 10 Professional, you can work-around the network share limitation by creating a virtual hard drive and storing it on your B2 network share. It also won’t work on network shares and can’t work with ExpanDrive or Mountain Duck. ![]() BitLocker is only available in Windows 10 Professional and not available on non-NTFS file systems. As discussed earlier, you’ve to rely on Microsoft BitLocker for encryption. Windows Backup itself has no support for on-device encryption of backups. Windows Backup encryption is an unsolved problem I’ll get back to the third option after first addressing encryption solutions. There’s a third option and it’s the only free and open-source software for Windows in this category. I only spent a few days with each of these and I was seriously unimpressed with both programs. I’ve also fully copied some test files onto a mounted Backblaze drive, rebooted the computer, and then discovered that all or some of the files were missing. You can use them as-is to back up your computer with Windows Backup but without encrypting your backups.īoth will fail if your network take a long time to come online or if the network connection comes online, drops out, and then comes back online. They both work, however! They’ll even optionally let you automatically mount the partition when you boot the computer. Frankly, neither of them are worth their asking price. Neither program show any sign of ever having gone through any user experience testing and they were frustratingly unclear on their use. ![]() Mountain Duck offers a free trial version, but that somehow expired more than six months before I installed the program and the program kept nagging me about the license.īoth programs use a taskbar icons with menus/guessing game as their primary interface with no clear path to progression. The two available options for Windows are ExpanDrive (80 USD) or Mountain Duck (40 USD with paid upgrades.) Both programs lets you mount Backblaze B2 among other hosted storage providers as local network shares in Windows. There are several good software options for Linux and MacOS, but the Windows options are more pricey. ![]() This proved surprisingly difficult to achieve in Windows. Mounting a B2 storage bucket in WindowsĪ prerequisite of using Windows Backup is to mount the destination, a Backblaze B2 storage bucket in this case, as either a network share or hard drive in Windows. This tool was known as File History in earlier versions of Windows, but you can now find it in the Windows Settings app under the name Windows Backup. Windows has a built-in backup system that provides file versioning so you can restore earlier versions (“previous versions”) of documents and files right from File Explorer. FreeBSD, Linux, and MacOS all have several great software options for using B2 for backup, but the selection on Windows isn’t as good. You get an easy-to use software for MacOS and Windows with Personal Backup, but with B2 you’ve to bring your software and connect it to the B2 service. At about 5 USD per month per TB, you can cut cost if you’ve multiple computers or a backup smaller than a Terabyte compared to Backblaze Personal Backup at 5 USD per month per computer. The software required to do this isn’t quite there yet, but you still have some options.īackblaze B2 hosted network storage service is affordable for storing backups. I’ve reviewed the different possible options for backing up your Windows 10 computer with Windows Backup (formerly known as File History) to the ultra-cheap backup storage provider Backblaze B2. ![]() For good or bad, whatever you feel like, Atom also gave birth to Electron framework. The Atom project was more than just an editor though. The stated reason is the same we all know “Atom has not had significant feature development for the past several years” and “focus on enhancing the developer experience in the cloud with GitHub Codespaces”. ![]() …we’ve decided to retire Atom in order to further our commitment to bringing fast and reliable software development to the cloud via Microsoft Visual Studio Code and GitHub Codespaces. On June 8, Microsoft-owned GitHub announced that it is going to archive the entire Atom project on December 15, 2022. It was only time that Microsoft pulled the plug on Atom and it did that finally. VS Code is like the default editor for young developers. Though I don’t have any stats to back my claim, it did seem that Atom’s userbase was declining in the last couple of years. Microsoft branded VS Code was being favored over Atom. It didn’t have any significant feature development while VS Code got more attractive as features after features landed in every release. In the last four years, it did seem that Atom was losing its charm. People started wondering how long will Microsoft continue developing two similar projects that don’t make any money for it directly. It continued its popular run despite getting tough competition from Microsoft’s recently open-sourced VS Code editor.Ītom’s loyal fanbase didn’t budge despite the rising popularity of the VS Code until Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018. Its neat UI, features, and numerous add-ons made it the hot favorite of the developers. A brief history of AtomĪtom, released in 2014 by the then independent Git Hub team, was a huge hit among the programmers. Just as we all could not prevent the certain demise of the most loved open source code editor of the last decade, Atom. I could not prevent myself from writing that. Sorry for the really cheesy opening line. Coder, coder in the hall, which is the best editor of them all! ![]() Why the Inner / Outer Thigh Weight Machines is One of the Top 5 Worst Weight Machines People associate the more weight they use with better results, stronger abs, and less fat which is not the case. The seated ab crunch machine adds weight to the myth. Yet another machine which is most commonly used because of the misconception that abdominal exercises burn abdominal fat. Why the Seated Ab Crunch Machine is so Popular in the Gym The motion which is mostly hip flexion can lead to muscle imbalance and poor posture and it is something which is completely useless for activities of daily living, athletics, and even working your abdominal muscles. The selectorized seated ab crunch machine provides very little benefits. The reason for using any exercise machine should be to benefit your body in strength, improve muscle tone, help your body function better or help increase your metabolism. Why the Seated Ab Crunch Machine is One of the Top 5 Worst Weight Machines Don’t forget that a hernia is a real risk with exercising. Many people are too lazy to perform the most beneficial exercises such as squats and dead lifts so they believe the selectorized low back extension machine is necessary for strengthening their lower back when it really is one of the worst weight machines. This again, is not true and a fitness myth. Why the Low Back Extension Machine is so Popular in the GymĪ common reason for performing low back extension on these machines is the belief that it will burn fat off of the lower back and love handles area. The motion provided by the lower back extension machine is totally unnatural and can even lead to injury if performed incorrectly. When you lift a heavy object at home such as a TV, the correct way to lift would help functionally strengthen your lower back such as performing a dead lift with proper form. Using the lower back extension machine is the equivalent of lifting a heavy object with your lower back only and not bending your legs. Why the Low Back Extension Machine is One of the Top 5 Worst Weight Machinesĭo you remember when your parents, friends or co-workers told you to lift with your legs when you lift heavy household objects? Many people also believe that this exercise will rid them of cellulite and/or help them tone up, burning fat off their behind which is due to the belief of the age old fitness myth of spot-reduction. Most people do not understand that all functional leg exercises such as squats, lunges and step-ups require glute activation. Why the Hip Extension Weight Machine is so Popular in the Gym The selectorized hip extension machine works the motion of isolated hip extension which is worthless for most people because it can further increase muscle imbalances due to overactive hamstrings compensating for weak glute muscles. You may see a machine called, glute master or butt blaster or something to that effect. The weight machine for isolated hip extension is called many different names. Why the Hip Extension Machine is One of the Top 5 Worst Weight Machines The selectorized seated chest press is a very straight forward machine that I guess you could call a lazy person’s machine! Selectorized seated chest press usually requires a single or 2 adjustments and many gyms even have a couple of these machines so they are hard to miss. Why the Chest Press Machine is so Popular in the Gym The better chest exercises do not require brain surgery or the physique of a professional bodybuilder to perform either. The chest press machine is good for isolating a small portion of the chest but does little to help build functional strength and could easily lead to injury if the machine is not set up right or the exercise is performed incorrectly. Not that the chest press nor any machines on the list are really that bad, but there are many better exercise options for the chest. Why the Chest Press Machine is One of the Top 5 Worst Weight Machines So without further ado, here are what I consider five of the worst weight training machines in the gym. This is especially true with the five machines covered here. However, in many if not most cases, there are much better exercise options available to work a particular muscle group. In fact, many machines in the gym are in my opinion sitting right on the border of being practically worthless, at least for many of us that is.ĭon’t get me wrong though, selectorized weight training machines including those which I’m going to cover here are still beneficial for many depending on their individual goals. While the gym is no doubt filled to the walls with many different pieces of equipment, not all the equipment is equal when it comes down to effectiveness. Five of the Worst Selectorized Resistance Training Machines in the Gym ![]() In addition to points incurred from traffic fines, too many citations can result in a driver’s license suspension or revocation. ![]() Traffic citations can have various adverse effects on driver’s licenses. To remove points from driving records, if your state has an established DMV point system, you can enroll in traffic school and submit a certificate of completion to the applicable motor vehicle department office. Some major traffic violations can result in as many as five demerit points, whereas minor violations may only cause one or two points to be added to your record. Point values for specific traffic tickets and infractions vary by state. Depending on your state of residence, points may be added to your driving record after a traffic conviction. DMV Pointsīy paying driving fines, you acknowledge your violation of state laws. Experienced lawyers can be found easily online. Those who wish to avoid fines and penalties should contact a lawyer and attempt to challenge the citation in court. Also, bear in mind that additional fees may be charged for late payments, missed court dates and more. Fees for traffic citations vary greatly from state to state and from minor infractions to major violations. If you are unable to beat a traffic ticket, you must pay the applicable fine. Details from traffic tickets that must be obtained include the citation number, the due date for payment and the amount of the fine. Otherwise, you can contact the court that is handling your case and request the information by phone. ![]() Typically, information from traffic citations can be found online, depending on your state of residence. Therefore, if you have lost your traffic ticket, you will need to find the actual citation or the information featured on the citation in order to move forward. Whether you are interested in contesting a traffic ticket or merely paying the fine, you must have the citation information in your possession. For more information, visit the “How to Pay Traffic Tickets” page. Motorists can typically pay traffic citations online, in person, by phone or by mail, depending on their state of residence and the type of ticket they received.Īll traffic tickets must be paid by the due date provided on the citation in order to avoid a penalty. Paying a Ticketĭrivers can pay speeding tickets and other traffic citations in a variety of ways. Traffic ticket lawyers can be hired online by providing an image of your traffic ticket and responding to a few basic questions about the citation. The best way to prepare for a defense is to hire a lawyer to represent you. For this reason, it is crucial that you do your best to win your traffic case. However, if you lose the case, you will have to pay the citation as well as added court fees. ![]()
While another program risks creating a more confusing product line, Luminar says that Neo is built on a new modular engine that’s made for faster new feature releases in the future. While Skylum hasn’t shared full details, Neo doesn’t appear to tackle digital asset management either. Organizing images is limited to just folders, without star ratings and labels. Skylum now directs users searching for a Luminar 4 license towards Luminar AI instead, calling Luminar AI “ a final sequel to Luminar 4.” However, Luminar AI is missing several features from the original Luminar series. Neo appears to take that same AI-focused approach, but directed at a different user, with Layers suggesting that Luminar is reaching for photographers who would typically use a layer-based program like Photoshop. Skylum launched Luminar AI less than a year ago. That allows editors to go back and undo or adjust previous edits without loosing other work, the company says. Skylum’s Luminar Neo applies the edits at the export, rather than as each change is made. Skylum says that while automatic background removal is generally sufficient, edges can be refined quickly. Luminar says the program will also automatically remove sensor dust spots, as well as eliminate power lines. The program will also include Mask AI, which will automatically mask portraits, skies, water, mountains, vegetation, and architecture for localized adjustments. The newly-teased Relight AI joins some of Luminar’s existing tools, like Sky Enhancer AI, Accent AI, and Portrait Bokeh AI with a new layer-based program. Luminar says that Relight AI allows photo editors to independently correct those issues, adjusting the exposure of the background but not the subject, for example. Uneven lighting is a common photography issue, particularly when access to lighting gear is limited. ![]() Relight AI uses the program’s 3D depth mapping to independently correct the foreground or background. ![]() Originally teased earlier this month, Luminar has since shared more features that the upcoming program will feature. ![]() Blending, masking and opacity can be used to create collages, double exposure effects and other powerfully creative interactions between layered photos. Creators can combine multiple images as layers on a single canvas, including RAW images for maximum control over color and light. Skylum’s Luminar Neo, expected to launch this winter, is a Photoshop-Lightroom plug-in that mixes AI-based edits with layer-based editing, specifically targeting photographers’ pain points and simplifying complex editing routines. Skylum, the developers of Luminar AI, will soon launch another stand-alone photo editor and the new software will use 3D depth mapping to correct light. Visit the Skylum website for more information. But as of October 4, Skylum has announced that Luminar 4 has been retired but the company will continue to provide support to current users for a limited period of time. Updated 10/5/21: With the recent announcement of Luminar Neo, shipping this winter, Skylum users have questioned the direction the company and what will become of current software, like Luminar 4. ![]() As of July 2022, they have relaunched their DNS service - AdGuard DNS 2. built-in) ad blocker on iOS devices, and most other Web browsers. 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