![]() ![]() ![]() Options are there, so I got myself a couple of switches to try it out. 1-3 Gang Zigbee Touch no wires Alexa/GoogleĮven though everyone at home has a high degree in using voice commands by now, the perspective of getting control back (a very Brexit thing, I must say) was always present at the back of my head.This and the fact that smart switches became very affordable made me investigate the available options. Smart switches popped back in on my radar when I heard about new versions that don’t need neutral wire in your switch hole. All that smart control came at the price of a couple of dollars and the lost ability to use your wall switch ever again. Smart LED lightbulbs had dominated the market, as the prices went down, and anyone was capable of replacing traditional light source with new IoT enabled bulb. Something you don’t often see in this country (UK). Apart from being the more expenisve option, switches required live and neutral wire present in your switching hole. When I started home automation, smart lightbulbs were expensive, and smart switches were only just hitting the market. Are Smart Light Switches worth the hassle? There is a new kid in IoT town: Smart Light Switches! Should you get it? Let’s take a closer look. A couple of smart lightbulbs from Yeelight ( review) and a label maker was enough to convert the traditional lights in the kitchen to a smart set up. It took about 4 days to get everyone in the household “potty” trained to use Alexa voice commands instead of wall light switches. ![]()
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![]() Questions People are Asking about Coconut Cream Pie What does Easy Coconut Pie taste like? This pie is perfect for a special occasion or any day of the week! It’s great any time of year. You might choose to cover with a piece of plastic wrap. Store this pie in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Don’t scrimp on this part! That crunchy goodness is what coconut pie lovers long for! Sprinkle the top of your pie with toasted coconut flakes. They like a little of the filling to show. (I’ve learned that some people don’t like to run their whipping cream all the way to the edges. Place the whipping cream on top of the filling.Ĭover as much of the filling as you desire. Scoop the chilled pie filling into the cooled pie shell and smooth out. Place heavy whipping cream into a medium bowl and whip with electric mixer (or stand mixer with whisk attachment) until light and fluffy. Stir frequently until coconut is toasted. Place 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes into a nonstick skillet and place over medium-low heat. Mix well, cover, and place in the refrigerator to firm up. Whisk by hand until fully incorporated.Īdd one cup of sweetened coconut flakes. Take two boxes of instant vanilla pudding and add four cups of milk. While the crust is baking, making your filling When the oven is warm, pop the crust inside. Whether you’re working with a homemade crust, a frozen crust, or a refrigerated pie crust, this method is the same. (It was the only one I had available.)īaking your crust ahead of time is called a blind bake. I saw them before baking but decided to move forward with the crust anyway. You’ll notice my crust had some cracks in it. Prepare your frozen crust by pricking it with fork tongs. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (or whatever temperature is recommended on the packaging of your frozen pie crust). How to Make this Delectable Coconut Cream PieĬream pies are so easy! I pulled this off in less than half an hour and you can, too! Let me talk you through how I made mine so that you can get started with yours. That’s it! Just a tiny handful of ingredients, all available at your local grocery store. You’ll find a full printable recipe card at the bottom of this post but for now, here’s a quick peek at what you’ll need: These are such simple ingredients and trust me when I say this pie comes together easily as a result of that simplicity. With a pie as sweet as coconut cream you don’t need a ton of sugar in the whipping cream. I also love that I can control the amount of sugar that goes in. What I love about homemade whipped cream is the rich, heavy texture. I’ll give you the instructions for meringue near the bottom of the post, so if you want to top yours with that, you’ll be able to. How do you like your coconut pie? I love it both ways but I’m especially fond of the whipped cream version so that’s what I decided to go with today. Does that count? Whipped Cream Topping or Meringue? Talk about an easy custard filling! Still, there’s no scrimping on the taste. So, I opted to do an easy version of coconut cream pie, one that starts with a couple boxes of vanilla pudding. ![]() But, I happen to be on a work deadline and I needed a quick, easy pie to bake for a friend. I started out with the idea of baking a homemade pie – from crust to topping. It’s lush, rich, sweet, and loaded with coconutty goodness! Perfect for special occasions or any day of the week! Homemade Coconut Cream Pie. In this post I’m going to show you how to make my very favorite pie of all time: Coconut Cream Pie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beyond this, you can have up to four added properties to an item which will boost some of your attributes. Basic items have no special attributes, just damage points for weapons, and armour points for armour. For each item in the game, there are four grades. There is a wealth of detail given over to weapons and armour in Dungeon Hunter 2. The best part of this screen is the “Auto equip” button which will automatically pick out the best equipment (that you're able to wield, given your current abilities). There's a well designed configuration system in the inventory screen, allowing you to set up which equipment you're going to use. However, if your inventory has filled up, you can transmute items into lesser amounts of gold than you'd get otherwise. Selling unwanted items to a merchant is how to get the best gold payout. When you find new armour or weapons you can equip them, giving an immediate boost to your abilities, or choose to sell them on. Additionally, killing enemies yields gold, armour or weapons. As you might expect, combat earns you experience points, which allows you to 'level up' and gain more skills, or enhance the skills you already have. As you are initially finding your way through the game, Rene acts as a guide, but also as a bodyguard, dealing with some of the bad guys for you, while you're busy fending off the rest of them.Ĭombat is how you advance in Dungeon Hunter 2. Each of them have different abilities (which can be built up via quests), and you can chop and change which one you want guarding you at any time via menus. As you progress through the game, you meet other faeiries who join your quest. ![]() In addition to him, you are always followed by a faerie. Mage, the magical debuffing class, specialises to Shadowmancer or Illusionist.ĭuring the early quests of Dungeon Hunter 2, you're guided around by the character who rescued you in the intro animation of the game – Rene. Rogues, the ranged class, specialises to Archer or Deathwalker (stealth). Warriors, the melee class, specialise to Beserker or Crusader. As you advance through the game, you'll eventually have to choose from two specialisations in each class. When you start “rolling” your character, you have to choose from three broad classes, Warrior, Rogue, or Mage. This has the advantage of freeing up your other thumb to access the many combat related buttons, but it also means that you can often lose sight of your character behind scenery, because you can't 'look around the corner'. Just as this control method was looking like a new standard, Dungeon Hunter 2 does away with it in favour of a fixed camera angle. In the other two big RPG titles I've reviewed for All About Symbian ( Crusade of Destiny and Eternal Legacy HD), the control method has been such that character movement was controlled by one thumb, and camera angle was controlled by the other. This really serves to give a signature style that differentiates it from the other big role playing game (RPG) titles available on the Ovi Store. Throughout all of the various environments in Dungeon Hunter 2, lighting is extensively used to add a real sense of atmosphere to the game. Just as I said about Eternal Legacy (also by Gameloft), these graphics wouldn't have looked out of place on a games console just a few short years ago. Throughout the game, we're treated to beautiful and smoothly rendered 3D graphics. Gameloft have provided yet another graphical extravaganza with Dungeon Hunter 2. You and Rene coming face to face with the evil Edward! You reluctantly take on the quest to de-throne your evil brother Edward and put a stop to his dark-arts fuelled reign of terror over the land. The story is told via frequent text-based dialogues between characters, throughout the game. You play the good brother, who goes by any name you choose (I thought David was a good choice!), who is rescued from exile by Rene the preist and one of several faeries. The world of Gothicus is a realm of swords and sorcery. Dungeon Hunter 2 tells the story of two immortal brothers, born of the Gothican king, and rivals for the throne. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The only problem is, it doesn’t state how exactly the people are ranked.Īt first, practically every Instagram user assumed that the list was arranged chronologically. It allows individuals and brands to see who their content is reaching and who seems to be coming back for more. ![]() Stories Viewers Order refers to how Instagram ranks the people who have viewed your Story. How is the Instagram Stories Viewers Order determined? So maybe it’s not a stalker after all! You may just have a fan or small fan club. And since the top Stories are usually the most viewed, this could explain why certain names keep appearing at the top of your viewed list. What does this have to do with Instagram Stories and the viewers order?Įssentially, if a certain someone or group of people interact with your posts a lot, there’s a very high chance that your Story will appear at the top of their Feed. Simply put, the Instagram Algorithm is a system that takes note of all your interests and interactions on the platform and uses that data to personalize your Feed.įor example, if you tap like on a lot of cat pictures on Instagram, more cat content will start popping up on your Feed and Explore pages. The Instagram algorithmīefore we get into the Stories Viewers Order, it is important to understand the Instagram Algorithm and how it influences user experience. In this article, we'll look into what the Stories Viewers Order means and where you might rank on someone else's list. This is what we're here to help you figure out. What could that possibly mean? Do you have a stalker situation? Should you consider blocking a certain someone? Now, imagine that a particular name keeps showing up at the top of that list every time you post a Story. Unlike normal Instagram Feed posts that allow people to observe without interacting, the Instagram Stories feature provides users with a list of people who viewed their Stories. This encourages Instagram users to be spontaneous and share as much and as often as they like without cluttering their Feed or ruining their Instagram grid aesthetic.Īn important feature for businesses, Stories allows brands to share raw behind-the-scenes footage, limited-time deals, marketing campaigns, interactive Q&A sessions, and other posts that increase reach and engagement with their target audience and promote their brand. Random or spontaneous moments, which are not exactly feed material, can be uploaded in Story format, bypassing the Feed for immediate consumption with an automatic expiration date of 24 hours. Instagram Stories is a convenient feature that allows users to share and appreciate the little things that go on in their daily lives. Instagram Stories: The #1 brand-boosting feature One feature, in particular, Instagram Stories, was perhaps Instagram's best move yet (the fact that you're reading this article attests to that). ![]() This growth wouldn't have been possible, of course, without the exciting features and updates that have been released by the company over the past few years to keep users hooked. Now, a little over a decade later, Instagram has amassed more than 2 billion monthly active users and remains one of the most popular and essential social media apps in the world. By the end of its first year online, the social media platform had already racked up 10 million users. Instagram has been a huge hit since its launch in 2010. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’ll force close HBO Max and remove it from the app switcher. 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The paid version of Wirecast Go lets you set up as many shots as you want, while the free version limits you to two. Or, omit the video entirely and just show a static image. Another option is to display a full-screen image with a small video, as you might see with a software training tutorial. Use full-screen video with a small image inset to make your stream look like a traditional news anchor with an over-the-shoulder graphic. You can also change the size and position of each graphic. Add a foreground graphic to display a person’s title, add a logo to one corner of your video, or show an inset-image. You can add images to one of three layers in Wirecast Go. You can select an existing stream to share to, or “Start a new broadcast.” The app is iPhone only, as of August 2016, and is on the YouTube Live Verified Devices & Software list.Īfter you install the app from the App Store, open it and tap the red button. You can add graphics or switch to another shot with a tap. 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How to go pro with your iPhone livestream by adding text and graphics ![]() ![]() Shaymin (Sky) has a different stat distribution and can learn new moves while in this altered form. It must be day and Shaymin cannot be frozen in order for the Gracidea to work. The Sky Forme of Shaymin can be obtained by using the Gracidea Key Item on a Shaymin obtained via an official Nintendo Event. Giratina will always be in its Altered Forme in Diamond and Pearl, but in Platinum, players can change Giratina to its Origin Forme using the Griseous Orb item from the Distortion World, or by entering the Distortion World itself. Although their learnsets are identical, Giratina (Origin) has a different stat distribution to its Altered Forme. The Origin Forme of Giratina appears in the Distortion World, which is opened after your encounter with Cyrus at Mt. 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In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons sometimes come into the suburbs. Wild animals usually come into cities to look for food. ![]() What happens when big animals come into our cities? Is it a good thing or is it dangerous for us and the animals? There have been bears in Vancouver parks, leopards on the streets of Mumbai and wild pigs in gardens in Berlin. Recently, there have been many reports in newspapers and on TV about big animals coming into towns and cities. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’ve recently experienced heartbreak, your prescription is thus: take once a week with plenty of water do not exceed the stated dose. There isn’t a single shock over these 12 tracks, all of which sound, essentially, like Adele songs, but the nods to Hollywood scores, 1960s soul and even her own back catalogue inject the melodrama needed to pull off the more languished ballads. Nonetheless, you'd listen to Adele sing the phone book, even at this funereal pace. The almost seven-minute To Be Loved is as drawn out as a Taylor Swift short film, which will nourish the grief tourists and annoy the daylights out of anyone who wants to get on with it. Can I Get It swaps piano balladry for steely acoustic guitars and whistles, but while the background whoops in the verses might be a homage to Serge Gainsbourg, the chorus is more like Ed Sheeran at his most chart-focused. The thumping bass drum and handclaps of Oh My God hark back to the era of Rolling in the Deep, when she was caught up in the post-Amy Winehouse frenzy of jazz-inspired chart singers. Sonically, at least, it's not all doom and gloom. It’s a welcome injection of Adele the likable celebrity-who’s-just-like-us, before she batters us with woe again. “All right, then, I’m ready,” she says at the close of the song. Sweeping strings, mournful organ and Adele’s signature vocal range comfortably move through the paces. “I’ll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my heart,” she begins on Strangers by Nature, played with all the warm timbre of an old gramophone. ![]() What is on Adele Adkins’s mind at 33? The same heartbreak that fuelled her breakthrough, with 21, and shot her to global stardom, with 25, persists on 30, a record of melodrama, ballads and a hint of 1960s soul. Or you might be waiting for the delivery of some other artist's LP, cursing pop music and everything it stands for because Adele decided to press 500,000 copies of her latest album during a vinyl shortage. For that, she deserves applause, even greater than the adulation she received for her music.What is your relationship with Adele? Maybe you're one of the 277-odd million people who have streamed Easy on Me on Spotify, awaiting a return to permissible (even encouraged) long-form heartbreak. The teacher said that “girls need role models and last night Adele stepped up to the plate. Getty Images Adele accepting the Mastercard Album of the Year award. Despite the controversy, Adele picked up three trophies at last night’s event. That’s something to celebrate, not condemn,” she wrote. Here was a woman - who has sold tens of millions of albums - telling the world she was proud to be a woman. “Adele’s message to women and girls was inspirational. Adele - To Be Loved Official Video: https://ww. In an op-ed in the Spectator, teacher Debbie Hayton said that Adele risked joining the group of “talented women” like “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling who “have been pursued and persecuted mercilessly, simply for standing up for their sex.” Adele - To Be Loved (Lyrics) - watch this video with lyrics (and photos of Adele) and enjoy her angelic voice. “A decade ago, if someone had said a woman would for the thought-crime of saying she liked being a woman, I would have laughed at such a ludicrous suggestion. Getty Images Some complained that they had “lost respect for Adele” after her comments. Adele performed some of her new hits on the awards show stage. Female,” tweeted author and refugee campaigner Onjali Rauf.Īuthor and media consultant Jane Symons also said she didn’t know “whether to cry or scream” at the latest attacks. ![]() The attacks led many to spring to the 33-year-old star’s defense. Others complained that they had “lost a lot of respect for Adele” and would no longer “spend a cent on her music,” the Times of London noted. Especially the confused teenagers,” another long-time Twitter user posted. “Who’d have thought Adele was a transphobe and would use her platform to call for the destruction of the trans community. “Please, no, ADELE can’t be a TERF,” a “staunch feminist” performer named Jacob told his thousands of Twitter followers. Adele has since been accused of being a TERF, or a trans-exclusionary feminist. ![]() |