20210512

Two Google Photos Alternatives

If you like Google photos as much as many people. If Google photos is the only place where you store all your photos and videos as memories.

Searchimg options I found two very interesting. Nothing is beating Google Photos freely yet but I found this very interesting options.

Terabox
It used to be called Durabox but seems it was in testing mode. But now seems like they change their name for Terabox.

Yandex
This is like the Russian version of Google and have many services. The part of photos have some ads but very welcome as long is free rigth?.


20210507

Life



Is like a train between the future and the past.

es un tren entre el pasado y el futuro.


Entre moi et toi tout seul.

Si j'arrete je mort.

alors j'arrete le temps en memoires.


20210506

Siento sin tocarte



Siento sin tocarte





Siento sin tocarte

Con las manos vacías

Llenas de aire

Imaginando que nace

20210505

Viaje a México 2015 - Lugares y Comida para preparar en México

Un pequeño plan de las cosas para hacer en México


- Crepas de frutas
- Salade de Palmitos y Avocat
- Pollo al curry
- Salade de Maple

100 - Renta de Auto

Lugares a visitar

Oaxaca - Centro, Ex-convento Santo Domingo, Corredor turístico, artista plástico, municipio textil, Alebrijes, Monte Alban. 

Domingo 18 - Teotihuacán 

Martes 20 - DF Tentativo
Miércoles 21 - DF Tentativo

Viernes 23 de Enero al 25
Veracruz
Viernes 23 - Arribo a Casitas (Playa Esmeralda), Hotel Bon Jesús 1,500 Habitación
Sábado 24 - Reincorporación de tortugas, Manglares, 
Domingo 25 - Tajín

Viernes 30 de Enero al 3 Febrero 
Oaxaca
Hotel Maela 2 personas - 820 por noche / 820 x 4 = 3280 / 3 Habitaciones
Viernes 30 - Corredor Turístico, El Poli Artista Javo
Sábado 31 - Desayuno Mercado, Monte Albán, Alebrijes, Textiles
Domingo 1 - Desayuno Mercado, Ex-Convento Santo Domingo, Super Bowl 
Lunes 2 - Desayuno Mercado, Barro Negro u Otra cosa

20210418

20210411

cainKuri - Bipolar (2002) (Disc 02 Full Album)

The title of this album was inspired for the idea of doing a Double Disc. Two Sides. Hence the title.


Many of the sounds in this album comes from the Groovebox MC-505 by Roland.


I created many of this tracks when I was studying Informatics at university. Great times with great changes. Bigger for me even if they might look small for others. Times when I start to write science fiction, cyberpunk, when I start to create finally music with computers. Times when I start to explore other ways to perceive reality. Times when the big hangovers where taking place. This time for real. Times where I was becoming something similar of a character that I could be writing. 


Una época en la que fue mi primera vez para muchas cosas. Cosas de grandes, de las que ya me permitía hacer. 


https://cainkuri.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/cainkuri

https://www.facebook.com/cainkuri

https://www.instagram.com/cainkuri/

https://www.twitch.tv/cainkuri


This is the playlist

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLkrNpy1BkoW52cg-04LijG4zBjVB6B8



























































 

20210403

Decidir, aprender a DECIDIR.

Cuando toda la vida han decidido por ti... Que te vuelves? 
Qué sientes?
Quieres escapar?


Cambiar.


Reafirmar

DECIDIR Y REAFIRMAR
es lo que le hace falta a este disfraz humano que porto.

No se cual sea el camino.

Imagino... Caminar. 

Basta ya de preguntar. Solo ir. 


20210328

¿Cómo saber a que me quiero dedicar? / How to know what I want to do in life?

Someone asked me that question. And reminds my young me.

I don't know what to study. 

and the classic answer you get when you start to ask this to people (specially those around you) is; Do what you like the most. (sometimes they call it "passion" whatever that means) looks like they just repeat what they heard without really know why they said that... like duh, of course. If I know where to go I will don't even botter to ask!

I relate when someone said "I don't know what to study" what should I do?. There's so many things I like.

The short answer is "You will never know". But bear with me. I will explain.

Let's imagine that life is like a travel agency. And you enter in the office and then you want to go to "someplace". And the Travel Agency Agent ask you... so, where do you want to go?. So there's a lot of destinations that sounds incredible.


* * * 


Voy a resumir en Español.


Dicen que la vida es como un viaje y que lo más importante es el destino. Saber a donde quieres llegar. Que el "universo" pondrá el camino, que uno solo hay que saber a dónde quiere llegar.

Que si, todo mundo quiere ser feliz, vivir tranquilo, tener salud, estar en paz. Si partimos de uno mismo y lo ampliamos aspiraríamos a tener Salud, que con salud ya lo hay todo. Desarrollo profesional (que con eso hay trabajo=dinero=aportación), espiritual, pareja, familia, comunidad, etc.). Esto aplica desde un plomero hasta el director de cualquier empresa.

Pero uno no sabe que hacer porque hay muchas cosas que nos interesan. Todos los destinos parecen interesantes.

Pero no sabemos si REALMENTE nos va a gustar un destino porque no hemos ido. Y el ejemplo del viaje suena bien, pero en la vida no puedo ir al futuro para saber si eso es algo que en realidad me gustaría hacer.

Un boleto al futuro podría ser PREGUNTAR a las personas que ya estén ahí en ese lugar. O que estén haciendo esas cosas que creo me podrían gustar.

Como cada quien ha tenido una experiencia única, preguntar mínimo a 3 personas de cada disciplina. 

Hacer notas de cada disciplina, encontrar puntos en común. Quizá los puntos en común revelen otra disciplina a la que podría estar interesado.

Decidir por lo que parezca más cercano. Posiblemente uno nunca va a estar seguro, y es normal sentirse así debido a la incertidumbre.

Tener bien en cuenta que la escuela NO me va a servir para aprender (eso es lo último que se hace en la escuela porque cuando sales, todo el conocimiento será obsoleto). Sino para establecer lazos. Conocer personas que en el futuro serán parte de tu "circulo social". Importantísimo para desarrollar una carrera profesional.

Tener bien en cuenta que la mayoría de las personas "de éxito" profesional, se lo deben a lo que llaman "su pasión" y en su basta mayoría es algo lejos de lo que estudiaron. O sea que al final las personas se dedican a otra cosa más que a lo que "deberían" por sus estudios. Lo que quiere decir que al final... uno puede cambiar de decisión y dedicarse a otra cosa. 

20210312

How you do a Proposal and what are the costs for a Video Production



How you do a Proposal and what are the costs for a Video Production


1. Pre-Production (all the time will take you to plan everything)


2. Production (Where you include the fee of all people and equipment, you can do it by day in case you need several days and easier to understand for clients... they don't need to know technicalities)


3. Post-Production. That depends of how many cuts you will do per minute. As a read "a milk producer farm" will be anything around 5 cuts to 25 cuts per minute (5:1-25:1, depends on the intended style) So let's say you will do 10 cuts per finished minute 10:1... and take you 5 minutes per cut..., well... 10cuts x 15min=150cuts, 150 x 5min = 750min., 750min/60= 12.5 hours will take you to edit. 


Just multiply this for your hourly rate (usually 45 for an editor, 75-100 as self-employed)


You're welcome.

20210303

How to create a GIF from Lightroom, Photoshop and export with 4:5 aspect ratio

Steps to create an animated GIF from several images from Lightroom, Photoshop and then export the animation in .mp4 (GIF) for Social Media in 4:5 aspect ratio.


Step 1

Edit photos as desire on Lightroom.

Step 2

Select the group of photos on Lightroom, right-click and Edit In... Adobe Photoshop. The files will be opened on Photoshop.


Step 3

Inside Photoshop go to File, Scripts, Load Files into Stack...
clic on Add Open Files then OK

Step 4

Select all the Layers
Edit, Auto-Align Layers (in the case you didn't use tripod). I use Auto

Step 5

Then with "C" crop tool, adjust the Aspect Ratio as 4:5 (8:10) and adjust as desire.

Step 6

Activate the Timeline (menu Window, Timeline). Click on Create Frame Animation.

Make sure here the video is 3 seconds or more.

Step 7

Click on File, Export, Render video...

Step 8

Render Video with this settings
Preset: Medium Quality
Size: Taking care the size on the right side is 1350
Frame Rate: 10 fps



And that's it!

Happy posting.

How to create a 4:5 Aspect Ratio in Lightroom (easy steps)

Easy steps to create a 4:5 aspect radio crop from Lightroom to Instagram feed.


So you start on Google to know what is the aspect ratio for Instagram right?... this is what you found.


And then using Lightroom might be confusing the aspect radios showed... not really. The thing is that those 4x5 / 8x10 versions are in landscape (horizontal).


So in Enter Custom... I tried to manually enter the oposite values 5x4 but but doesn't work.

Longue history short press "X" when you are in the Crop & Straighten tool (in So-omeone 

So, someone in Reddit wrote the answer I was looking for. 


All the information I was looking "out there" was that I just select in Lightroom 4x5 / 8x10 and that's it... and this is only true if your photo is already in portrait mode (vertical).


Hope this help.


20210219

Interview questions for artist

For an interview...

1.- Who are you? 

I'm a person who love life and everything that comes with it, even death. A person that don't stop to be amazed for all the things we still have to learn,  to love,  to share, to give. 

2.- One single adjective to define you? 

I think is patience. 

3.- What is life about?

Life is about learning. Once you learn something you create awareness and then, is when you can do a difference. 

4.- What you want?

Balance. With your family, with yourself, with your friends, with your likes and dislikes.
  1. - What you regret?
To have fear all the time.  When I look back into my childhood I just see a kid full of fear for everything. What I fear is one day look back and see right at this moment and remember all the things that scares me right now and think "why I was so scare?". Just like now I do of my childhood.
  1. - What you wish?
I wish to have more time. Or the one I have...  use it for the better. (or be more organice, again... is a question of balance I guess)
  1. - What you hope?
I hope to be excited and not fearful. The day I will die. I hope one day us humans can become more humans.
  1. - What you dream?
To go to space. See the stars. Travel in time. 
  1. - What you could change? 
The way in how we harvest energy. 
  1. - A memory from your childhood?
Contra,  Castlevania,  Zelda...  My mom. 
  1. - What is your favorite plate?
Chicken.  At home we stop the red meat but the chicken always traps me in the kitchen. 
  1. - What is success?
When your actions inspires someone else to do the same. 
  1. - What is money?
A tool of exchange, transaction. Its an amplifier of human intentions. 
  1. - What is creativity?
Life itself. 
  1. - What is love?
A quest. Looking for yourself. 
  1. - What is inspiration?
When you let yourself being amaze for the work of others... thru yourself. Coming out from you. 
  1. - Best gift you appreciate?
The one who takes time. The crafty one, handmade.

18.- What you value? 

I value time, but in someone... Honesty.

19.- What question would you like people ask you?

20.- Favorite musical artist? or top 10?

21.- Favorite movie? or top 10?

22.- How do you want to remember this decade of yours?

23.- What message you want to give to your future self?








Consistency

Hace mucho tiempo descubrí todo ese mundo del desarrollo personal. Casi por accidente pero creo que en principio fue el resultado de lo que descubrí años después sobre mi propia personalidad.


Long term Consistency beats short term intensity.

– Bruce Lee


Consistency is Discipline is Change is Power



“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose and of action over a long period of time.” 

– Bruce Springsteen


Consistency is everything that defines you.


“It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.”

― Anthony Robbins





20210108

Idea for the About Us Header

Idea for the About Us section in Plasma Media... (only me will understand) ... if I remember all ... lol... do that rhyme?.

Based on MOUSE BASED PARALLAX SCENE in the Row Settings in Wordpress. Activate 5 Layers and create a vertical photo collage that will change as you move the mouse. That could go in the section About us.

20210106

Consistency is Discipline is Change is Power

Haré un experimento de publicación de un videoclip que puse en mi canal de YouTube. 

Hasta ahora tiene 20 vistas.

Tengo 81 imágenes extractos del video-clip. 81/2 = 40.5 (más de un mes)

Planeo hacer un post dos veces al días de una imagen extracto del videoclip con información del videoclip y ver como performa durante un mes.

El copy incluirá el link para el video pero como no es "clickeable" lo pondré en los comentarios para ver si así se generan vistas para el video.

El copy y los hashtags a utilizar a continuación.


Banda: 3er Ojo | Canción: Rio | Album: Esencial https://youtu.be/WpRjsuQxlOE Año: 2019 | Videoclip por: Cain Kuri | Cámara adicional: Erick Calderon Integrantes: Ruben García - Voz 🎙️ Ricardo - Guitarra 🎸 Jorge - Percusiones 🥁 Erick Calderón - Bajo 🎸 Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Esencial-3er-Ojo/dp/B0823X4TC7 #rockenespañol #rockenespanol #rockalternativo #rocklatino #rockeros #latinrock #bandasemergentes #musicaenespañol #music #lyrics #Puebla #hechoenpuebla #musicismedicine #musicpassion #indierock #videoclip #rio #3erojo


Utilizaré el sistema de Facebook Business Suite para programar todos estos post en la página de Plasma Radio. Haré la primera semana varias fotos y varias veces al día. Y después programaré un post al día con dos variables. De día y en la tarde.

He creado un sistema de nombre de archivos que puedo utilizar, primero el Año, luego el mes y luego el día, que corresponderá al día del post. Así cada archivo-imagen tendrá un destino.




Quiero saber a que hora la audiencia de Plasma Radio está en Facebook. 

Lo que quiero probar es el horario en el que los post tiene mayor relevancia. 

Para saber la respuesta, intentaré poner toda una semana con post a las 10:00am y otra semana a las 6:00pm. Ya veré los resultados. 

Al menos con estas dos variables podré ver si es mejor en las mañanas o en la tarde. Ya después haré otras pruebas de otros dos horarios para determinar una hora más exacta.

Por otro lado, utilizaré Instagram como plataforma para dirigir trafico y que genere vistas para el video.




Utilizaré la herramienta Later.com para hacer una programación de post, que puedes programar hasta 30 posts con la version gratuita.


También en la consola de Facebook Business Suite, haré una programación para Enero a las 10:00 AM y ya en Febrero lo haré a las 8:00 PM. 


Acabo de averiguar que el máximo número de días son 75 días que se puede hacer un post programado.



Actualización: Febrero 19

Actualmente y después de que se postearon todos los post. El video solamente generó 20 vistas. 

Lo que noté fue que en Instagram obtuvieron varios seguidores, lo que no era planeado, sino que todo va por audiencias. Es decir, tribus. Todo está segmentado por intereses de las personas. Las personas no quieren seguir contenido que no les interesa o que no les es útil (o no les entretiene).

También mucho tiene que ver que el "copy" de los post fue exactamente el mismo. No había una historia detrás ni nada que personalizara cada post. Lo que también comprueba que a las personas pierden el interés cuando ven algo que ya han visto o se siente muy "robotizado" o sacado de un template. Next.

En resumen. Esto fue como un ejercicio para planear contenido, utilizar las herramientas de programación de Facebook Business Suite y entender que el contenido digital es como las relaciones humanas. Necesita constancia, variación y de mucha dedicación para poder tener acceso a los frutos, que una vez obtenidos siempre valen la pena.





20210104

Chiles y precios en Montreal (en un grupo de Facebook)

M.P. Fort

Sr. Pimiento Fuerte les trae productos mexicanos como chiles poblanos , chiles serranos , nopales , tomatillo , flor de jamaica y chiles secos ( arbol , ancho , guajillo , morita , chipotle , pasilla , puya )TODOS NUESTROS PRODUCTOS SON DE PRIMERA CALIDAD . Tenemos servicio hasta la puerta de tu casa sin cargo extra .

Christian Alvarez para servirte

M.P. sent Today at 10:50 AM

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20201229

How to calculate the IMPOT and TAXES to Pay in Québec and Canada (my personal notes)

Resumen of how to see how much I need to pay for Impôt and Taxes. Go below to check the information with more detail.

Más información aquí: https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/citizens/self-employed-persons/your-obligations/


* * * 

1. You addition all your income (all invoices that you give to your clients). That will be your total income.

2. You have to pay Impôt to Québec (15%) and you have to pay Impôt to Canada -federal- (15%). You calculate this from your total income. That will be your Subtotal Impôt (30%).

3.- You addition all your taxes collected from your total income (from all the invoices you give to your clients)

4.- From your (1) total income, you subtract the (2) Subtotal Impôt and the Credit d'impôt (3,802.35) (check here)

The result pour capoter ta vie :P


* * *

And the rest is part of the research I needed to do to kind of understand what I need to be aware to have always in my bank account at the end of the year to be able to pay to the government the 30% plus the taxes, for making money.


What is the minimum income to file taxes in 2019 in Canada?

$12,069
For 2019, every taxpayer can earn taxable income of $12,069. This was increased by indexation to $12,298 for 2020.Dec 12, 2019
Non-refundable tax credits

All taxpayers can claim a basic non-refundable tax credit for their income tax, known as the personal amount. It is adjusted annually to allow for inflation and other factors. 


In 2019, the personal amount for federal taxes was $12,069 and 

the personal amount for Quebec taxes was $15,269.


Pour l'année d'imposition 2019, le crédit personnel de base fédéral est de 12 069 $, auquel on applique un taux de 15 % pour une valeur maximale de 1 810 $. 


So if you live in Québec this is the number you need to use AS your federal crédit d'impôt.


Pour un particulier québécois, en raison de l'abattement pour les résidents du Québec, la valeur maximale du crédit personnel de base fédéral est 1 512 $.


Tax brackets and rates






Canadian federal personal income tax is calculated based on taxable income, then non-refundable tax credits are deducted to determine the net amount payable.  For 2019, every taxpayer can earn taxable income of $12,069.  This was increased by indexation to $12,298 for 2020.  However, on December 9, 2019, the federal government presented legislative proposals that would provide an additional amount of BPA for 2020 and later years for the basic personal amount (BPA), spousal amount and eligible dependant amount.  See the article on the basic personal amount for details.  All legislative proposals are subject to parliamentary approval.

The basic personal tax credit is calculated by multiplying the tax rate for the lowest tax bracket by the basic personal amount.  The 2019 tax credit is 15% x $12,069 = $1,810. For 2020 the tax credit for those with incomes up to $150,473 will be $13,229 x 15% = $1,984.35.  This is $139.65 more than the tax credit before the legislative increases.

Provincial or territorial income taxes are paid in addition to the federal taxes, based on where the taxpayer resides on December 31 of the tax year.  All provinces and territories except Quebec use the taxable income amount calculated for federal tax purposes, and then apply their own income tax rates.  All provinces and territories have most of the same tax credits as the federal tax credits, but usually in different amounts.  The provincial or territorial tax rate for the lowest tax bracket is used to calculate the tax amount of most of the provincial tax credit.  Quebec is the only province which does not use their lowest tax bracket to calculate most personal tax credits.

To see the combined federal and provincial/territorial tax rates, see the tables of Personal Income Tax Rates.  These tables also include the marginal tax rates for capital gains, and both types of Canadian dividends.  The federal and provincial or territorial personal amount is also shown, and the rate used to calculate non-refundable tax credits.

To determine your taxes payable, use our Personal Income Tax Calculators.

See our Personal Income Tax page for links to tables of personal income tax rates and personal tax credits for all provinces and territories.

For links to the latest tax return forms on the Canada Agency (CRA) website, and information on filing your tax return, see our Filing Your Return page.


* * * 


How much money do you have to make to 'not to pay' taxes in canada?



EXTRA INFORMATION

Standard deduction amounts

In 2020 for example, single taxpayers and married taxpayers who file separate returns can claim a $12,400 standard deduction. Married couples filing jointly can claim an amount that's twice as large, $24,800, and taxpayers filing as "head of household" (single individuals with dependents) can claim a standard deduction of $18,650.

next from here

In 2020, you don't need to file a tax return if all of the following are true for you:

  • Under age 65
  • Single
  • Don't have any special circumstances that require you to file (like self-employment income)
  • Earn less than $12,400 (which is the 2020 standard deduction for a single taxpayer)

Students are not exempt from filing either. If your 20-year-old child is an entrepreneur who made over $3,500 (after expenses) running a small business last summer, they must file an income tax return even if they’re still in school. All working children should file a tax return as soon as they start earning income.


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STEP BY STEP (update 2021)


If I order the spends by category I have as follow. Helps me as a guide to get the Factures/Invoices that represents my spends.


MARKETING

  • PROMOTIONAL ITEMS

  • GOOGLE DRIVE

  • GO DADDY

  • JUSTHOST

EQUIPMENT - LOCATION

  • AMAZON.CA

  • BESTBUY

  • LOZEAU

TRANSPORTATION

  • UBER

  • COMMUNAUTO

  • PLANE TICKETS

  • STATIONNEMENT DE MTL

COMMUNICATION

  • INTERNET (E-BOX/FIZZ)

  • CELLPHONES (FIZZ)

  • NETFLIX

  • DISNEY+

DIRECT SPENDS

  • FIVERR

  • ENVATO

  • FREELANCERS / FOURNISSEUR DE SERVICES (MARIE-EVE)

OFFICE

  • HYDRO


Every spend have a % of deduction.


Question:

Direct Spends do we deduct the taxes? Or just the subtotal.


Assumption:

Meeting, repas, déplacement, Matériel, équipement, location c’est déductible à 100%

Internet c’est déductible à 75%

Hydro c’est déductible à ??%

Telephone c’est déductible à 95%


Step 1. Add all the TPS of each categories. (Same with TVQ)

Step 2. Calcul the deduction according to the percentage of each category.

Step 2.5 Addition all the columns of TPS and TVQ of the categories.

Step 3. Addition all the invoices I give to clients to create a 4 columns totals (Subtotal, TPS, TVQ, Total) in the category income.

Step 4. Addition all the direct spends to get the subtotal (before taxes).

Step 5. Rest to the Subtotal of Income, the Subtotal of Direct Spends to get Fournitures (chiffre d’affaires)

Step 6. Take out the taxes spend from the taxes charge (to the clients). From the total TPS and total TVQ (income category), subtract the total TPS and total TVQ from all the spends (2.5)