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MS Surface Laptop vs Apple MacBook Air

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New Surface Laptop vs MacBook Air display size comparison: Manufacturer and model name Screen size Screen area Resolution Ratio PPI Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.5″ 84.12 square inches (11.2″x7.5″) 2256×1504 3:2 200.84 Apple 13-inch MacBook Air (Mid 2013) 13.3″ 79.5 square inches (11.3″x7″) 1440×900 8:5 127.68 🙂 Top Search Terms:apple macbook 13.3" laptop – mb402ll/a (february (31)apple maclivre 13.3" laptop – mb402ll/a (4)apple macbook 13.3" laptop – mb402ll/a (2)

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Inexpensive antique lighting for Timber Frame homes

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Lighting a timber frame home can be a challenge. Thankfully, after some experimentation, we found a solution that worked for us. We settled on a simple and inexpensive method: +Paint EMT conduit to match fixtures +Use existing colored fixtures +Use “Edison” style LED bulbs The overall cost is very low and we have been happy with the results. Here are some photos from the initial installation in 2015: (I will take some “finished” photos soon and post them too :-))

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What are .smi files?! [SOLVED]

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There are myriad file formats out there and recently I received the following question about a .smi file: What is a .smi file and how do I use it? It was a file with a movie and I am concerned it may be malicious or a virus. -Mae Bennett Good question Mae! The .smi file you encountered is most likely a Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange file or “SAMI” file. These files allow for captioning for video files and the basic format

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