Recreating an old Polaroid photo

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Almost six years ago, in March 2020, we walked several blocks from our appartment back then, and asked someone to take our photo with our Plaroid camera.

The photo faded since and looks like this:

We found this old photo and thought why not recreate it. We weren’t sure where we took it exactly. I assume that we may have taken photos and selfies at the same time and the same spot, and luckily found a selfie taken with our old iPhone which had location metadata.

There it was:

Now we knew that the photo was taken near the northwest corner of Madison Square Park.

We went there with similar clothing and asked someone to take our photo from the same spot

In addition to the Polaroid, we also asked someone to take a photo with our new iPhone, just in case…

The Simpson Show and C++ 20 concepts

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Read more about that in Chapter 12 of our book.
The Simpsons is one of the oldest and most beloved cartoon TV shows since 1987, and, unless you’ve been living in a cave, you probably know it. In the opening credits of each chapter, Bart Simpson, as the troublemaker he is, repeatedly writes a sentence on a chalkboard, in the old “write it 100 times” punishment. The thing is, each episode features a different sentence Bat writes on the chalkboard, such as “I will not fake seizures”, “Organ transplants are best left to professionals”, “The principal’s toupee is not a Frisbee”, and – well.. you get the idea.

source – wikipedia

And why are we telling you all this? well, throughout this book, we talked about templates more than a few times, and by now, you should have a pretty good idea about the general concept of templates, and…

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Returning to Auckland Aero Club

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A few weeks ago I returned back to my favorite Aero Club in New Zealand

Almost 30 years ago, back in 1994, I tried to feel for the first time how it is to fly an airplane at Auckland Aero Club in New Zealand.

Back then, I was sent to New Zealand for a week on behalf of Amdocs, in order to conduct meetings with a local Telecom company that worked with the Ministry of Tourism, offering them the development of Information Kiosks.

I used an old 8mm video I filmed back in 1994, in order to locate my old flying school. Here is a snapshot of Auckland Aero Club from that old video:

Here is Auckland back then (1994).

Luckily, I kept the Pilot Log Book with the information about the flying lessons I took back then, and during my recent visit, (almost 2 months this time), after I took some flying lessons in other countries, I came back wishing to continue from where I left off…

That morning, at 7:00 AM, I went jogging in Auckland. I ran 12 Km from Auckland to Mission Bay and back.

My Facebook post that morning

A few hours later, I flew a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, with the guidance of William Lee-Johnson, to Auckland, and above Mission Bay, the same area I ran to that morning (12 Km run).

From my running app
Taking off…

Auckland from above

Ruth, sat at the back and took some amazing photos.

The instructor, William Lee-Johnson, was very cooperative and filled my Log Book (from 1996) after we landed.

Looking forward to my next flight! To be continued…

What You Cpp is What You Get

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Ruth Haephrati and I have been working on our new book, Learning C++, with the amazing team of professionals at Manning Publishing, New York, for over a year now. I am proud to announce that we have reached a huge milestone, as of Aug 30, 2022 (EST), it’s available as part of Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). Now you can get the first chapters immediately, as well as access to a forum where you can post questions and get our answers directly! Ruth and I would like to offer you an exclusive MEAP launch discount code: mlhaephrati (40% off Learning C++ in all formats), and it’s valid through September 13th at http://mng.bz/aPPX .

More chapters to come, and soon the printed version will also be available for purchase.

C++ is alive and kicking and is considered by many to be one of the most powerful and robust programming languages across all platforms. 

Learning C++ by Michael Haephrati and Ruth Haephrati

Here, at Secured Globe, Inc. we use C++ for most of our ventures, projects, and collaborations, such as our SG Revealer, a recently developed Malware Detection Engine, for Anti-Virus products, was developed in C++ and is. In this book, we take a step-by-step journey, laying out the fundamentals of the most modern C++20, and, at the same time, use a practical and simple approach, so you will not only understand the basics of C++ in theory, but you will also learn how to use your new skills in real-life projects and get your hands “dirty” writing code. We explain the “why”, not only the “how”. 

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Our book is aimed at those with NO previous knowledge or experience with any programming language, or even knowledge in the basics of computer science. Our book is also suitable for those who have some experience in other programming languages and are new to C++.

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Participating in the Phantom Run

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Running 12 Km as part of the Phantom Run in North Vancouver.

After 9 Km

The Phantom Run 2021, took place on November 13th. For me, it was an extremely chalanging run with 1/2Km accends and decends, some of them are stiff stairs. It was shocking, being the first time running in this trail. I finally made it and enjoyed a warm soup.

Project for the blind people

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As part of a Secured Globe, Inc. project with Freedom Scientific, Inc., the creators of JAWS, and as part of adding support to Albanian, I developed a small tool for converting PDF files into text so another piece of software we develop can convert thousands of e-books in Albanian and using AI techniques, create an optimal list of sentences in the Albanian language that can be recorded and added to the JAWS platform.

Github Repo

https://github.com/securedglobernd/SG_PDF2Text

Download Link

https://gograb.site/SG_PDF2TXT.exe