Coffee break at home office

Probably I should hoard coffee instead of toilet paper, if the current COVID-19 situation is getting even worse... On the other hand it is good that I chose a photo project that I can continue even homebound, as long as I do not run out of coffee.

And when working from home, one also have an opportunity to discover new computer tricks. For example I never thought I would need Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection myself, but now I even need to use it at some point, if I wish to get all work related software updates done, and access some university servers. But the recommendation is to avoid using VPN during office hours, and use it only when really needed, to avoid slowing down the network for others unnecessarily.

I also learned how to upload images from PC to Instagram. So far I have uploaded images from my cameras to my mobile phone, and then uploaded images from phone to Instagram. But now that I know how to upload images directly from PC to Instagram, I do not need to take any extra steps if and when I for example wish to use GIMP for editing images.

The instruction and web page mentioned above is mainly for Mac users, and for Chrome and Safari users. Moreover, there it is mentioned a little complicated way to navigate via top menu. Easier way is via mouse control's right click menu, and choose 'Inspect', to get the "Developer mode" opened.



Very likely there is similar feature also on Firefox and on other browsers as well. Next you just "toggle" from computer layout to mobile phone layout.



Finally choose some (any Galaxy S5) phone model from top menu, refresh page to get mobile phone tool buttons appear, and continue as you have used to do on your mobile phone.



And just for fun I used laptop's very poor quality net camera to take this selfie and coffee image. I also used a clip-on fisheye lens on the camera to take this wide angle shot. Then on GIMP I used 'Lens Distortion' to "stretch away" the black corners.