99 Zoom Backgrounds: Vols. I, II, & III
Zoom videoconferencing is popular for both business and personal use. But the preset backgrounds in the Zoom app are limited and sometimes unsatisfying. Zoom does offer an alternative, however, in the form of user-uploaded virtual backgrounds. In each of these three (so far) volumes are 99 images for use as virtual backgrounds. Vol. I features well-defined landscapes, solid colors, and blurry exterior and interior images. Vol. II features urban landscapes, bright colors, and reflections on water. Vol. III features architectural details, natural imagery, and pavements & patterns. Not every image is suitable for every user. But there are sure to be several in each ebook that would work to create a distinctive and pleasing Zoom look. The introduction includes a concise primer on using virtual backgrounds and Zoom in general.
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Medium Rare: Interviews, Essays, Reviews & Rants
Mark had planned to spend the final years of his career as a staff writer at an a/v tech mag...until a foreign publisher bought it and fired the staff. He started puttering around on the blogging platform Medium. Branching out beyond his former specialties of tech and music to explore topics previously off-limits, he pounded out urban rants, spiky political commentaries, interviews with musicians and crime-author heroes, and goofy essays on a variety of subjects. This book is a compilation of that work from 2019-22. Except for the interviews, it is no longer available online. Since having his full-time writing career abruuptly terminated at age 60, Mark has been approached by three different editors of the magazine that fired him and has turned them all down.
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ISBN-10: 1-932732-25-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-932732-25-2
Practical Home Theater:
A Guide to Video and Audio Systems
How can an average person navigate the maze of audio/video technologies in a home theater system? Turn to Mark Fleischmann's Practical Home Theater: A Guide to Video and Audio Systems. The ultimate answer book for beginners and intermediate-level readers, it tells you everything you need to know when shopping for video and surround sound gear including how to read a spec sheet, how to separate fact from hype, and how to get good value for your money. The book weighs the pros and cons of video display technologies such as LED-backlit LCD, next-generation Quantum DOT and OLED displays, and projection systems. It dispels the confusion surrounding such topics as HDTV, smart TV, refresh rates, and exotic screen shapes. It explains the differences between Dolby, DTS, THX, and Audyssey surround technologies and high-resolution audio formats. It covers all formats under the sun including Blu-ray and DVD, DVRs, streaming from a multitude of devices, and wireless connectivity. And it explores often ignored topics such as buying a DTV antenna, power-line accessories, and cables. A richly detailed connections chapter tells how to hook up every component. By knowledgably guiding readers through the briar patch of video and audio, Practical Home Theater has become the standard reference work for home theater buffs. This edition is dated 2022 and will be sold until announcement of the next edition. Readers are warned to buy only the latest edition. Future annual editions will continue to track changes in home theater technology.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-932732-24-5
ISBN-10: 1-932732-24-1
The Friendly Audio Guide
Putting together your first audio system but don’t know where to start? Want to upgrade a system that never made you happy? Audio critic Mark Fleischmann has written this how-to guide especially for beginners and anyone else who needs to decode the technical rhetoric surrounding audio gear. In addition to the basics of loudspeakers, amplifiers, digital sources, turntables, and other products, it also offers pragmatic advice on how to put together a system, how to set up a system, how to collect a music library, and the act of listening itself. Mark was the Audio Editor of Home Theater and Sound & Vision and has also written for Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and many other publications. He is also the author of Practical Home Theater.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-932732-20-7
ISBN-10: 1-932732-20-9
Happy Pig's Hot 100 New York Restaurants
The Happy Pig is author and journalist Mark Fleischmann. A New Yorker since 1975, he has eaten thousands of meals in hundreds of restaurants. Here he sums up 100+ favorite haunts in a style that's witty, concise, and free from food-critic pretension. Ever wondered where to find New York City's best pizza, best burger, best chicken, best soup? Mark tells you where to go in a wide-ranging survey that'll have you rubbing elbows with residents of many different neighborhoods. Whether you're a first-time visitor to the city, or just a resident tired of your local offerings, Mark will show you how to eat like a real New Yorker! (This book is now out of print.)
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ISBN 1-932732-05-5
Schwap and the Tomb of Diamonds
M.R.K. Walker makes his fiction debut with this Kindle-only novella. Schwap is a crusty mob accountant who has stashed a crime family's retirement fund in a custom-built mausoleum. When someone sneaks a corpse into his mausoleum, he has to get to the bottom of it fast—or face the wrath of the surviving gang members. (This novella is roughly half as long as a full-length novel.)
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