Author: MrWalker
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When Do I Use a JPEG, GIF, or PNG?
The graphic comes from Who Is Hosting This and is meant to help us choose the right file type when saving an image. JPEG’s ability to reduce file size up to 15% without losing quality makes it useful for web pages (faster uploads and less storage space usage)—especially for colorful photos. GIF files alows for…
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76 Google Now Voice Commands: Learn One New One Today
from lifehack.org Hi new students, a simple trick is to look down a long list like this and find ONE command that you think you might use again, like “Record a Video” and practice it. I don’t recommend bothering with an entire list, but learning one new thing you are going to put into practice…
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Play Old MS-DOS Games
Play retro DOS games in a couple of clicks, thanks to The Internet Archive. The site, in an effort to help preserve the fading games of yesterday, is offering over 2,300 classic DOS titles, without the need to download anything. You’ll be playing in two clicks. Head to the collection right now! Version 2 of…
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Google Can Now Tell You’re Not a Robot With Just One Click
This is on the topic I discussed today in some of my classes, the movie “The Imitation Game” and the resulting end-of-movie scene [SPOILER ALERT] where Benedict Cumberbatch playing Alan Turing {great link} asks if he is a person or a machine. Getty Images When Alan Turing first conceived of the Turing Test in 1947,…
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Selfies on a Stick, and the Social-Content Challenge for the Media
This is the second of TWO articles for use in class. As always, if you have free views left on NYTimes read the comments and related articles on NYTimes.com Sometimes you don’t need an analyst’s report to get a look at the future of the media industry and the challenges it will bring. A family…