So for Hanukkah my Dad got me and my mom matching Logitech C910 webcams so we can Skype in HD. The camera is great, except that the Pan & Zoom functions don't exist on the Mac, and the lens is so wide that putting it on top of the TV (hooked up to the Mac Mini) means I'm a tiny speck on the couch about 6 feet away. There's a 3rd party utility called iGlasses which fixes this, but is $20. Anyone know of a free driver I can install that will do the same thing?

I always knew pdf was not an efficient information storage means, but did not realize how much. I am making a screen res pdf mockup - 79 pages, 8.5 X 11 72 dpi. As a pure bit map, 1 byte per dot, that would be less than 600K. Now I know a pdf has fonts and all sorts of info. But that pdf comes out to almost 33 meg! Do I need to use different pdf creation software, or does that sound about right?

What are you using?

Are you using a bunch of image files that are getting included?

Yeah - tons of image files. But aren't they included at 72 dpi?

Typo, have you tried doing a "save as" without renaming the file? It will replace the current file with an "optimized" version. Should decrease memory quite a bit.

The full version of Acrobat has a number of tools for reducing file size. It's the large number of image files that's making your file so large. Be default I don't believe that they pulled down to screen resolution. The PDF format has a bias towards print quality, not screen quality as a default.

My fundamental problem that I was trying to use the Acrobat print driver to create the pdf directly from my dtp. Instead, I used the native dtp export to pdf, then pulled that pdf into the full version of acrobat, and used the settings suggested, and then did a bit more tweaking. Thanks so much for the suggestions - they helped a great deal.

I'm looking to find a not so expensive tablet for my sister. I want it to be full sized, not seven inches, if possible. Colour, Android Market access, etc.

So far, I think her main usage would be note taking as she does research, as well as standard internet functionality. I figure cell access is too complicated, since she's in a foreign market and a Blackberry user to boot (no SIM to use, or whatever).

I've really only been paying attention to the Galaxy Tab/Transformer side of the world. I did try to get her a WebPad, but missed the window by minutes.

Is there a decent tablet south of the $500 price point? I haven't been looking at Kindles et al, since convincing her to go ebook will be a complex second step.

The Toshiba Thrive with 32GB is a little under $500, and the 16GB version is $400.