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A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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In this week's edition of Weekly Wrap-up with Mr. Noobie™, Patric talks about a new format for the weekly wrap-up videos, the Netflix fail from 2011, Facebook's new Timeline feature and getting schooled in FIFA Soccer 12 for the Xbox 360.
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One year ago I got a smoking deal on an Xbox 360 Kinect bundle on Amazon.com. I was excited because I had read that most of the existing Xbox games (which we have a lot of) were compatible on the new Xbox 360. What I didn't read (or didn't pay attention to) was that the older Xbox games required a hard drive to work. And the bundled version of the Xbox 360 I purchased didn't have an internal hard drive. At least now I know why I got such a smoking deal on my Xbox 360 bundle. I bought the… Continue reading...
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One of the more interesting phones Verizon Wireless has let me review is the Sony Xperia Play. I say interesting because this phone is just as much a full-fledged portable game console as it is a phone. Which is why before I even laid a finger on it I handed it over to my two sons to play with. And that they did. In fact, I found them fighting over whose turn it was to play it in only a matter of minutes. But my question at the end of the day was, "But how is the phone?" I took… Continue reading...
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Almost everyone has heard of eBay and understands the core concept of the web site. List stuff you are willing to sell and have people bid on it auction style. The highest bidder gets your stuff. But not everyone is comfortable with this style of selling. Some people would rather just be offered a flat price for their stuff. That's why I love the Electronics Trade-In program on Amazon.com. It's perfect for trading in electronics that you don't use any more (ahem, anyone have kids that just had to have the latest video game two years ago but now never… Continue reading...
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Take a look at the two SD cards in the image below: Besides the capacity (2 GB vs 8 GB) of the SD cards, do you notice anything different about them? Most people don't. But if you look closely, you'll notice that the 2 GB card on the left is an SD card while the 8 GB card on the right is an SDHC. The extra HC on the 8 GB card stands for high capacity. And it's much more relevant than just a few extra letters and increased capacity. The problem lies in that most devices that can read… Continue reading...
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