Weekly The Show# 8 January 25 - 31, 2023

Since no one else made a suggestion, I'll offer one:

This week's Theme is:

A Motto

Doctor’s Motto, “Do No Harm”

Patrick Swayze in the movie, Road House, “Be Nice”

Navy Seals Motto, “Improvise, Adapt and Overcome”

“Do Not the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good”

Confucius, “Every Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a First Step”

Winston Churchill, “If You are Going Through Hell, Keep Going”

J.R.R. Tolkein, “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

Maya Angelou.. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”

Mahatma Gandhi, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire”

Photograph A Motto

"Anything goes in this thread (as long as DPReview's general standards are not violated): any camera; any subject; any post-processing; etc. Recent images you have created in the past week or two are much preferred but not required. A little background on where, how and why you made the image(s) you posted would add interest. By posting here, you are inviting constructive criticism and general discussion of your images. Please share your expertise by providing constructive criticism on photos others have posted."

A person may enter the Theme Week as many times as they want, but please limit your photographs to no more than 4 (four) photos at a time.

Steve Thomas

A spot of nail polish on my phone charging cord easily tells me which side should be facing up when I plug it in.

Steve Thomas

I've thought of that numerous times Steve, but never got around to it.

Thanks for the push....Don

Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art)

Symmetry (Aperture f/7.1 ~~ (SS): 1/1000 ~~ ISO 1600 ~~ EC: 0 ~~ PASM Mode: Shutter Priority ~~ Metering: Spot ~~ Focus Type: AI Servo ~~ FL: 600mm ~~ Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD ~~ Camera ID: Canon EOS 70D).

Both my phone and my tablet have a Micro USB port. One side is longer than the other, so I have to be careful how the charging cords and OTG cables are plugged in.

You can damage the device if you plug them in upside down.

Steve Thomas

Digirame wrote:

I was thinking about the USB-A connector. That's the one I wrote "UP" on, for that one cable.

I checked on my iPhone cable too. It's got a USB-A connector on one side. I assumed since he put a red dot on the up side, that that was the one he was talking about. It's hard to tell from his picture, but that's what I assumed.

There is 1, only 1, USB-A connector in my house that can be plugged in either way.

I was quite surprised when I noticed it.

AshleyMC wrote:

Dunlin wrote:

Digirame wrote:

I was thinking about the USB-A connector. That's the one I wrote "UP" on, for that one cable.

I checked on my iPhone cable too. It's got a USB-A connector on one side. I assumed since he put a red dot on the up side, that that was the one he was talking about. It's hard to tell from his picture, but that's what I assumed.

There is 1, only 1, USB-A connector in my house that can be plugged in either way.

I was quite surprised when I noticed it.

I am quite surprised when reading what you wrote above.

The USB-A connector is “keyed” and fits only one way in a port that has a plastic “lip” to prevent wrong-side insertion. I did that once and burned the port and damaged the USB card on my previous home-assembled PC.

Yeah, I know that's standard.

However, I think I have an exception. Look at the photo below.

Forgive the very low IQ. This connector goes in either way and provides charge. Perhaps it's not designed for that, but it works.

I'm still wondering how we got onto this subject. 

Digirame wrote:

Maybe it's because we live on different sides of the planet. Actually all kidding aside...who knows...the connectors we have and use might be different than what you have. I've never seen a connector like the one you show.

Neither had I until recently.

I think they're usually the same.