I’ve always been amazed at folks who takes panoramic shots of scenery and wonder how they do it? is it the camera or was it a special software but i was too lazy to look it up or ask anyone - not because i was too proud but i figured if i wanted to know bad enough - i would be able to find the information on the net - just like diet pills that work .
Well, it wasn’t me that needed to do a panoramic shot - but my kid for a school project - so here it is - some locales that cannot be captured in a standard 5×7 inch photograph, like the Grand Canyon for instance. So to replicate the ultra wide field of vision in digital photography, you’ll need to use a technique called panoramic photography. One way to do this is by investing in an expensive DSLR camera and as fisheye lens designed specifically for capturing wide stretching scenes. But the quickest way to create the same effect with a $50 point and shoot is also possible.
First you need a digital camera, a tripod which is optional, and use the Microsoft image composite editor which is free. Stitching is really easy - i heard it doesn’t come any easier with Microsoft’s Image Composite Editor. After you install and load the program, select the photos on your hard drive or camera’s memory card and drag and drop them into ICE’s main window. ICE will do the dirty work for you and automatically stitch the images together. Easy - peasy - have fun now.
No, I’m not just talking about making your xbox 360 pretty - i’m talking about people who mod the system so that they can play burned games and brazenly selling them on facebook yard sale. Yes! that’s what is happening in our small, dingy town ! This person has been doing modding for years now and have no regards to the law and breaking it. This person is a legitimate business person himself and sells cheap supplements in his fitness center and I’m sure he knows what he is doing is wrong. So what do you do when you see someone breaking the law again and again? and becoming more and more brazen by selling it in the open market - and telling people he is breaking the law? You tell me ! I hope one day Microsoft will catch him and fine him hefty - and make sure they make an example out of him.
While everyone can afford a desktop computers because it is a necessity.. one have to think twice before getting a xbox 360. But as of August 28, 2009, you can now afford the xbox 360 elite because of a price reduction of a $100. This was officially announced by Microsoft. At $299 - it is definitely a must by for this Christmas - I am wondering if they had to reduce the price because of the PS3 .. but i prefer the xbox 360 to the PS3 anytime.
The Arcade remains at the same price of $199 and the Pro will be at $249 instead of $299 and while supplies last.. they are not making anymore of the Pro .. so i hear.
Noting that the announced price reduction would lure new buyers, and simplify its product mix for manufacturers, retailers and customers, Dennis said: “It really makes the decision for consumers a lot easier. They’re either price conscious and they gravitate toward the Arcade or they the want the full Xbox 360 experience.”
While Xbox is the second-ranking gaming console in the US, after Nintendo’s $249-priced Wii, the sales of Xbox have been comparatively more robust in 2009 - with a 17 percent rise in the US sales, Xbox has been the only console in positive territory!
I read over the news that some Chinese gang selling software counterfeits were arrested and sentenced to 6.5 years of jail in China.. the harshest sentence passed down in history for China’s piracy laws. These ppl were charged for selling at least $2 billion worth of Microsoft counterfeit softwares/programs.
For those who are not aware of this.. a local computer store got busted too.. for selling or installing pirated copies of Microsoft softwares in this small town too. I heard (rumors) that Microsoft went after them for half a million dollars. They declared bankruptcy.. but i heard they are still doing it from home. Oh well.. i guess they have to pay for a living, lighting and power eh.
Uhhh..do you …?? i sure not..!! like my 4.5 yrs old would say. Well.. i’ve heard about this advert from another geek blog a few weeks ago.. and i was really looking forward to seeing it. Afterall, i do like Bill Gates.. albeit the Narzi manner of him handling the OS worldwide. But still.. he is a decent fella… and you know i loved Jerry Sienfield. But I donch get the advert. I see the currios… but that’s about it.. that i understood. Ya.. maybe i’m abit dense…?? pray someone tell me.
