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One of the ways you can easily create an image from text is to use Adobe Firefly. Click the link below, then click 'Sign in' to create an account. You can create 25 images per month. I have always wanted to see a dog wearing a bowler hat and eating a banana! https://firefly.adobe.com/?ff_channel=adobe_com&ff_campaign=ffly_homepage&ff_source=firefly_seo -
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Southend Music in the Park - Priory Park Saturday 27th July 5.00 to 6.30 pm - The Long Run rock bandAs the performance is later than usual, the cafe will probably be closed. The Long Run are a four piece RnB rock band from Canvey Island in the South East of Essex. Formed in 2005, the band played their first gig the day after their first ever rehearsal. Since then, the band has continued to play gigs all over the country, including venues in Liverpool, Newcastle, Brighton and all around London and the South East of England. The band plays a strong mix of rock and indie music that draws influences from a diverse number of artists. -
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If so, consider making a donation to enable them to continue their work. If you are not familiar with the Internet Archive, they have and enormous collection of books, videos, audio, software and images. Visit the site below, you will be amazed at the extent of what they have available. https://archive.org/ -
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Each major web browser incorporates its own AI technologies or utilizes AI from other providers to enhance user experience. For example, Edge has Copilot. The icon to access Copilot is in the browser's top right-hand corner. Clicking this will give access as in the image below. The Copilot key will be appearing on Win 11 keyboards. -
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I have created a new AI loop (the existing loop's moderator has gone missing), it will give some everyday non-technical uses for AI that you can use to your advantage. Feel free to join in with how you use it. You can join the loop in the link below. https://www.scooploop.com/loops/ai-artificial-intelligence -
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I have created a new AI loop (the existing loop's moderator has gone missing), it will give some everyday non-technical uses for AI that you can use to your advantage. Feel free to join in with how you use it. You can join the loop in the link below. https://www.scooploop.com/loops/ai-artificial-intelligence -
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The most well known and easy way to use AI is to use ChatGPT. With it you can ask a question as if you are speaking to a real person, and if necessary get a detailed answer. It can also write a letter for you, an email, a poem etc. You can register free to use ChatGPT in the link below. https://chatgpt.com/auth/login -
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Trimming your SSD (solid state disk) Remember the old days when you enjoyed watching your hard disk defrag? If you don't, see the attached video. If you have an SSD (solid state disk), then you should be aware that you should not defrag it. It should, however, be trimmed. TRIM is automatically enabled in Windows 10 if it detects that you are using an SSD. To see this in operation, do the following: Open the Windows 10 Start Menu and type "optimize" into the search box. Select "Defragment and Optimize Drives" app from the search results. The Optimize Drives window shows connected drives that can be optimized. Select the SSD from the list and then press the "Optimize" button to manually start trim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVYdSuFFmCU -
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Basildon Council now own the Westgate Shopping Centre Text only: Basildon Council has purchased a shopping area in its town centre for £18.5 million, with the leader of the authority planning on a huge arena for events. The council has taken over ownership of the Westgate Shopping Centre, off Fodderwick, Basildon. Gavin Callaghan [pictured inset], Labour leader of the council is also planning a masterplan for the town centre and insists his arena plan “economically will work.” He said: “We were given the opportunity to buy the centre and we said yes because regeneration is a number one priority for us, we’ve got to get Basildon back on its feet. “Being in a position to own the centre means we can control what happens to it and what goes there. We now own Westgate Shopping Centre, The Towngate Theatre and The Basildon Centre, the council has not owned this amount of land in the town centre since 1947. “We’ve been talking about the South Essex Arena, economic studies we’ve commissioned show there is a need for a space like this with between 2,000 and 5,000 seats to get bigger and better shows. “People travel to Southend for shows at the Cliffs Pavilion and Chelmsford for shows at the ice rink so we know people do move around for leisure events and activities. Our economic study shows there’s a need for this sort of thing and between now and Christmas we will be coming up with a masterplan to submit before March next year. “It’s incredibly exciting for the town centre and Basildon can be known as a place where lots of exciting things are going on in the town centre.” He said the town can rival other parts of south Essex and East London and draw in more people and investment. The council boss also said the town centre needs a hotel which will be part of his master plan along with some new homes. It’s part of a brand new look for Basildon Town Council after the £25 million East Square development with a new cinema and a number of eateries. There are also plans for major homes developments in the town centre, with plans agreed for 245 homes at the former Great Oaks Retail Park, off Great Oaks, Basildon. Other major developments include four tower blocks with 495 homes at the site of the former Marks and Spencer store, near St Martin’s Square in Basildon. -
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Looking around Scooploop I have seen the effect that members leaving has. If you decide to 'leave' Scooploop, then unless you have a reason to delete your posts/comments, then there is no reason to do anything. There are more than 10,000 members on Scooploop, if you look at their profiles you will see many with no activity at all. These accounts are doing no harm; the member may be a reader or no longer be around. If you just want to not be involved in Scooploop for a while for some reason, you could turn off PMs, so as not to waste people's time, and put some information in your profile. You can then 'return' at any time. Deleting your account leaves a post with deleted comments, and ruins the post for readers, current and future. Look back on some old posts to see for yourself. Also, if you are a big contributor in a loop, deleting your account deprives members of any interesting/useful information you have posted. If I were to delete my account, then the IT loop would be almost empty. -
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It now costs more to park on Southend seafront for a day, than it does to park at Disney World in Florida for a day. New higher parking charges came into force today on Southend seafront. The chargeable period in Zone 1A on the seafront has also been extended from ending at 6pm to now ending at 9pm. A full day’s car parking on Southend seafront now costs £25. A day of standard car parking at Walt Disney World theme park in Florida costs around £23. Hourly rates of parking in Zone 1A on Southend seafront have increased from £2.80 to £3 per hour. The cost of a full day's parking has increased from £19.30 to £25. Zone 1A car parks include: Eastern Esplanade Car Park, Fairheads Green Car Park, Seaway Car Park, the Cliffs Pavilion Car Park, Shorefield Road Car Park and Thorpe Esplanade Car Park. Other parking zones in Southend (Zone 1B, Zone 2 and Zone 3) are still only chargeable until 6pm and have lower charges. A spokesperson from Southend City Council said: “There are a range of car parking options, locations, and prices across our fantastic city which is visited by millions of people every year. “This includes 36 car parks of which six are in Zone 1A which charge the highest rate reflecting their prime locations, and 12 in Zone 1B, many of which are close to the seafront and charge a lower rate. “Users of the £12.50 a month Southend Pass are exempt from the 6-9pm charges in Zone 1A. This is in addition to being able to park for three hours in each of the four zones (including Zone 1A) every day.” -
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It now costs more to park on Southend seafront for a day, than it does to park at Disney World in Florida for a day. New higher parking charges came into force today on Southend seafront. The chargeable period in Zone 1A on the seafront has also been extended from ending at 6pm to now ending at 9pm. A full day’s car parking on Southend seafront now costs £25. A day of standard car parking at Walt Disney World theme park in Florida costs around £23. Hourly rates of parking in Zone 1A on Southend seafront have increased from £2.80 to £3 per hour. The cost of a full day's parking has increased from £19.30 to £25. Zone 1A car parks include: Eastern Esplanade Car Park, Fairheads Green Car Park, Seaway Car Park, the Cliffs Pavilion Car Park, Shorefield Road Car Park and Thorpe Esplanade Car Park. Other parking zones in Southend (Zone 1B, Zone 2 and Zone 3) are still only chargeable until 6pm and have lower charges. A spokesperson from Southend City Council said: “There are a range of car parking options, locations, and prices across our fantastic city which is visited by millions of people every year. “This includes 36 car parks of which six are in Zone 1A which charge the highest rate reflecting their prime locations, and 12 in Zone 1B, many of which are close to the seafront and charge a lower rate. “Users of the £12.50 a month Southend Pass are exempt from the 6-9pm charges in Zone 1A. This is in addition to being able to park for three hours in each of the four zones (including Zone 1A) every day.” -
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Information, tips and myths - No.35 - Using rechargeable batteriesNote that you must read the instructions for a device before using rechargeable batteries, because rechargeable batteries do not have the same voltage as ordinary batteries. An ordinary battery is 1.5 volts, whereas rechargeable batteries are 1.2 volts. So, if you have a device that needs four ordinary batteries, that will give six volts, whereas if you use rechargeable batteries, that will total only 4.8 volts. -
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Information, tips and myths - No.33 - Windows Administrator accountMyth: Your Windows PC may show that you are the Administrator, but you are a just a User with administrative privileges. This is why you have to click to allow some operations to continue, or chose 'Run as administrator'. If you had Vista, you will remember the annoying 'You do not have permission to do this'. You can become a true Administrator to avoid the prompts, but it is a bit technical; google 'hidden Administrator account', if you wish to know more.
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