NBC's The Office has always been pretty geeky, but this season has really amped up the tech references (tiny Bluetooths and video chat, oh my!), and last night was no exception. There was so much good geek stuff that I had no choice: I had to make a quiz. See how you much you were paying attention to the tech in last night's episode!
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Welcome to today's issue of Bargain Buys, where I'm highlighting both the awesome new higher storage capacity Eye-Fi, as well as a taste of the low, low prices to come with Black Friday.
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I had been looking forward to playing Mirror's Edge since the early months of 2008, all the while hoping it was going to live up to the hype I had heard swirling around it. The good news is, this first-person action title is beautiful to look at, it's a great way to break out of a RPG rut (note to self: must stop playing Fable II), and I was able to do things I had never done before in a game. The bad news? It takes quite a while to get the hang of the controls and movements, not to mention the camera angles.
Mirror's Edge places you in a suppressed city, run by a totalitarian regime. You're a messenger, running correspondence between the underground resistance, and your sole mission is to deliver your "packages" without getting caught by government surveillance teams. But the coolest part? You use rooftops high above the city floor to make your way from point A to point B. This is where things get interesting.
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I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly on top of it when it comes to using the "proper" image formats in stories. What am I talking about? JPEG and PNG formats. Thankfully Digital Inspiration broke it down in layman's terms so we can all figure out when and when not to use PNG and JPEG formats.
Basically, PNG files are compressed in a way that doesn't involve a loss of image data, so pictures are clear and you don't get blurring or smudging. Therefore, they are best suited for images with lots of text, line art, and pics that don't have a lot of color. The photo here is a PNG file so you can see how clear the text turned out on the left side of the picture. And if you recall the hilarious story about my mom creating a happy face in IM for the first time, what I should have done was uploaded it in a PNG format since the text from the IM convo looks blurry. Most people end up using JPEG files since they are great for photographs (good for tone and color) and don't use up as much bandwidth.
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Starting with Thanksgiving, we're all about to face a blitz of holidays, and besides gaining an extra five or ten pounds in mashed potato weight, you also have to look forward to the joy that is crowded airports. I can't ensure that your flights won't be canceled or delayed, but I can guide you toward the best bags for traveling with your laptop. To make my list, the following bags had to meet my criteria of being: roomy enough for a laptop and your other essentials (so no sleeves or bags that just fit the computer — you need space for magazines, a wallet, peripherals, etc.), comfortable to lug around; be a carry-on (only fools check laptops) and finally, be utterly chic. Happy travels!
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