my 4 year old did this book without even asking me a question. I woud not get it for a 5 or 6 year old as it would be a joke for them. Good book for a review for a 4 year old.
I really suck at this game and would like help to get past the second level where Data is on the away mission..
This full-color soft cover book is only 56 pages (8.5x11), yet it explains in just enough detail the technical terms you need to know relating to your scanner. These include: OCR, brightness and contrast, sharpen, resolution for scanner and printer, image size, JPEG or JPG, GIF, BMP, moiré, and color depth. Along with definitions, it relates a specific scanner problem (for example, fuzzy images) with the correct image editing tool (Sharpen) to fix the problem.
Simple tables list guidelines for choosing the correct resolution and the best order to use software tools to scan and fix photos, newspaper articles, slides, or art work. Hands-on projects and step-by-step procedures walk you through attaching a photo to an email message, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, and the best way to insert an image into a Word document.
Did you know that each scanner has a "sweet spot" where images should be positioned for best results? Histograms will become your best friend and Brightness and Contrast settings will no longer be guesswork. With Scanning for Kids of All Ages, you will feel like an expert even before you are.
Lots of people have been thinking recently about the holy grail of computer games, that is the melding of good quality stories with fun computer games. On the surface, this seems like it should be easy, get some good writers together with some game programmers and voila, great things should result. This excellent book shows why things are not nearly as simple as they might appear to be.
The book first starts out with a basic summary of story structure peppered with examples from common movies and familiar literature. While this is a review for many, it serves as an easy read for the game programming side of the audience. It also helps establish a language so that everything can be discussed in a common way.
The next section discusses all games, not just computer games and looks at some of the elements that makes these games engaging and entertaining. Also a review for many, but helpful for the author side of the audience.
Finally, the really important section of the book looks at why these areas come into conflict. One fairly basic idea, which is that authors advance a story through conflict in the characters and that if a person has control of a character, they might justifiably choose to avoid conflict puts the author and the gameplayer at odds with each other. Another example shows why the commonly held notion of branching narrative structure has yet to yield a compelling experience.
While many of these ideas seem obvious, it's clear that they are NOT obvious to many of the game designers out there who over and over again fall into the same traps that are described clearly in this book. The great part of this book is that it pulls together these ideas in one place, with a common language for discussion all in a clear, conversational style. While the book doesn't offer a silver bullet solution to the merging of narrative and interaction, it does show clearly where first, naive assumptions can lead to supposed solutions that simply don't work.
This book is for anyone who's interested in the principles of game design from a high level, and not just pushing bits to make the next, best looking, video game. It belongs on the bookshelf along with other great explorations in the field including Chris Crawford's The art of Interactive Design.
The author's conversational and friendly style make reading a pleasure.
Learn how to keep your kids safe online.
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This user-friendly, jam-packed guide is a great resource for finding the best family-related sites on the Internet. Preston Gralla, author of Online Kids and a leading authority in the field of family computing and Internet resources, explains how families can best access and use cyberspace. His expert advice covers everything from choosing the right online service and navigating the World Wide Web to sending e-mail, using newsgroups, and keeping safe online. You'll discover the best places to go online for current events, entertainment, and up-to-the-minute information on vacation and travel, home improvement, games and hobbies, finance, parenting, and much more. Each chapter includes dozens of useful site listings. Put the awesome potential of cyberspace to use for you and your family!
Elizabeth Craft certainly knows how to leave her readers on edge...I read this book when it first came out and I'm seriously disappointed that there isn't a #5 to satisfy my curiousity on WHAT HAPPENED! If you read this, Ms. (or is it Mrs.? ) Craft, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write a #5...I bet Sam will end up with Hallie, Blue with Jason, Nat with Dylan, etc...but I need YOUR words to make it really happen. I want to know who Blue calls. In short, I want ANSWERS...please write another book soon...
The staff of @café knows the rule about mixing business with love: don't ever do it. But Natalie's dating Sam -- and dreaming about Dylan. Blue and Jason would be the perfect couple...if they were speaking to each other. And Dylan won't be happy until he has Natalie -- even if it means losing his best friend, Sam. After all, rules are made to be broken...aren't they?
While Easy Design On Your Computer is intended for young audiences, its easy instructions will reach all ages: any who want to use Microsoft Word and Office 97 to design newsletters, leaflets, and projects on the computer. 48 pages of instruction include tips on everything from making stickers to producing newsletters. Young users with some Microsoft Word knowledge who want to fine-tune it for projects will be delighted with this easy approach.
I just finnished reading this book. I loved the first two so I decides to try this one out. I was amased that this author can write so many good books. This book is his most thrilling and cool yet. I got this book from my teacher at school in first period. I kept reading this book through homeroom 1st period 2ed period 3ed period till finaly my teacher told me to put it away. Lucky for me she did not take it away. At lunch all I could do was read this book. I complettly forgott to eat lunch. Tristan has the most exciting adventure in this book than in any of the other one I have read. He team up with Genia and they try to break out of the "Ice" do they make it?how do they make it? Read this wonderfull book to find out.
I am 11 years old and I have read Girl Net two times. This book is great! I recomend it for kids 8-16 years old. If you do not no the internet well and you read this book you will be a pro. You don't have to be a person who does not no the computer well to read this book. I am really advanced at the computer and this book even tought me something. The book has two people comunicating through IM, email, and chat. Which will show examples. It also has great websites to visit, which are really cool. I know you will love this book if you are intrested in learning the computer in a fun way!
The book Sarah's Page is a good, easy read. The plot is simple and good. The plot is not wonderful, but good and interesting. One factor that made this book an enjoyable read was that it was written all in e-mails. It was a different way of writting and I really liked that. For those of you who liked the book P.S. Longer Letter Later and/or the book Snail Mail No More, I think you would like this book. The characters in this book wre very believable. The book was quite detailed and added a lot of description, which was a nice aspect. The setting played an important role in the plot, for in the book the main character is this girl named Sarah who is from New York and is from a wealthy family has to live on a rustic farm and do chores. The reason why I gave this book a four star rating instead of five was because at times this book seemed to drag on a little, and got off the point. Overall, this book was pretty good. I think it is probably worth a read. I liked the writing style and characters best. I think girls ages 9, 10, or 11 would really enjoy this book. This is a good book.
Also includes:Bonus Section -- Digimon Trading Cards! Get a sneak preview of the trading cards everyone else is going to be scrambling for!Digi-Appendix -- Includes a checklist and picture of all of the currently available character cards so you can keep track of the ones you have and the ones you still need to get.
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There are some useful tables in this book, like which cards you need to play to get to the next level in different situations, but they completely ignore all the cards in the booster decks.
The sad thing is that after a few chapters, the book jumps off talking about the TV series, the animated series cards, and completely ignores the game.
A nice introduction to the game, and the checklist is extremely cool, but if you're already a player and looking to enhance your skills, this is not the book for you.
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