Just installed Studio 8 on my laptop, and, to my surprise, Freehand wasn’t included in the package. I checked with a colleague who runs the Windows version just to make sure, and indeed, it’s been dropped. If that’s the first casualty of the merger between Adobe and Macromedia, I wonder what the next one will [...]
» Go to this postFor First-Time Shavers or Those With Sensitive Skin
I’ve wanted to write an article about shaving for some time, but didn’t get around to it until now. In a society where shaving products can be found virtually everywhere, there is a surprising paucity of resources about just how one should shave. I recognize shaving is a [...]
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Summary: Author on trial in Turkey, stranger inherits Norway farm, ozone recovery slower than expected, aging computers hobble DHS, FCC backs VoIP phone taxes, Asimo ready for office work, Frenchman is killer driver, scientists find cure for gassy cows, wireless camera thrown to work, inventor of the Walkman.
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Macromedia and Adobe updaters stink.
Today I discovered that my Extension Manager doesn’t recognize that I’ve got Dreamweaver MX installed (even though I’ve got the entire Studio MX 2004). So, I took a deep breath and downloaded an update for Dreamweaver, and one for the Extension Manager.
Here I am now, after having run the Dreamweaver updater. [...]
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Summary: Printing organs, torture in Iraq, grafts in Washington, new FM transmitter, CIA misled Italians, Pope gets steering wheel, putting old buildings to rest, LAME IS an MP3 Encoder, VLC and the French legislature, Costco’s way of business, server power too costly, the Rembrandt code, soothing pooches, drowning in fines, [...]
This idea is so simple I can’t believe it’s not already in use! There I was during lunch, listening to my iPod in Shuffle mode, and it dawned on me how annoying it was that if I wanted to change the Equalizer present, I’d have to maneuver through several menus, then when it advanced to [...]
» Go to this postI have a hunch the next generation iPod will have a widescreen. I just don’t think the current 4:3 screen is going to be around for long. Obviously the videos on iTunes are a success. The next step is to deliver them in 16:9 format, and then possibly deliver full movies as well. This could [...]
» Go to this postI got a ticket on the 1st of December, a trumped up charge for reckless driving through the Virginia countryside. My wife and I both looked at the speedometer when the trooper started flashing his lights behind us, and we were doing 72-73 tops. We’ve got a MINI, and it’s really hard to miss the [...]
» Go to this postGoogle has been tinkering with the idea of immediate indexing of changed content in websites for some time. Its current solution is to have you place certain files and bits of code inside your site, that can notify the Google bots when your content has changed. But there’s a much simpler solution: why not offer [...]
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Summary: Teens can’t stand the buzz, China still tortures, first face transplant, sensor listens for cancer, goldfish have memory, the Roman Room trick, Nigerian drag, the worst car, tiny movie projectors, hogs in your living room, new Mac Mini, Bose suspension and electricity from banana peels!
Links of interest for this [...]
Just launched a new podcast called The Come Across Podcast, and I was very pleasantly surprised to see that it was listed in the iTunes Music Store within a day of my submission. I had to wait two weeks for my Bible podcasts to get listed. Here’s the feed link, courtesy of FeedBurner.
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Summary: Sea levels rising, there’s money in global warming, “soft” torture, Tom DeLay, avatars rising, Sam Alito, expensive gas, invisible employees, and mirrors to fight the winter blues!
Links of interest for this podcast:
Sea Levels Rising Faster Than Predicted
DeLay’s lawyer seeks to get charges tossed out
Mirrors to banish village’s winter [...]
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