this post was eaten by my cell phone.
Suffice it to say, there is a Starbucks near my house that doesn’t receive much traffic on the weekend, and I don’t want it to get shut down.
And…before you start hating on Starbucks, tis is the only coffee house in my bedroom community.
I just had to empty the memory card on my camera for a job this afternoon. And, I came across this pic of MH. If you remember back, a couple of weeks ago, I went on a picture day with MH, a buddy of mine and his daughter.
I hadn’t looked at the pictures that closely, but I knew I had some good ones. Here is another one from that day. We are at the War Eagle Mill in Northwest Arkansas. I got this little pic when MH was taking a picture of the water wheel.
Heaven help the poor sap individual that has to call the Geek Squad when their Internets are down…
Speakeasy – Press Release – Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy
I don’t happen to use it, but for those of you that use Yahoo Mail, you can now email yourself … everything. Heck, email yourself a whole car. You now have the room as Yahoo Mail no longer limits your email storage.
Yahoo! Mail goes to infinity and beyond – Yodel Anecdotal
Oooh I couldn’t be more excited. Adobe had a big announcement today to tell the world that the new version of their Creative Suite is ready to hit the street. It is kind of bittersweet because it costs so much to get in on the suite and even though it isn’t quite as expensive, it costs a ton to upgrade.
Adobe does a great job of making their updates just good enough to really get you licking your lips for the new version.
CS3 is the first full version from Adobe since they acquired Macromedia, the software company behind Flash.
As a creative director of a web start up and Organizational Development company, I make videos, layout books, design web graphics (Note the GenoNow Graphic in the top left corner..) I need just about every tool that Adobe makes. I am a jack of all trades because my job necessitates that. That means that I am going to have to go to bat for an upgrade in the near future.
Right now I have CS2, and I love it. I can’t wait to play with the newest version. I am going to have to do some more exploration to see what aspects of the new version drive me to open the old wallet.
One thing that I know is that they now have no less than 4 CS3 packages to choose from. Here are the four versions:
Of course, there is a part of me that longs for the CS3′s Master Collection that has it all. But upon further inspection, there are a lot of things in the Production Premium collection that I won’t use. I use Sony’s Vegas, and I am very loyal to that platform. It is just down and dirty fast…I likes it. So, that eliminates Premiere. Well, then again, I would use everything else in that package. I don’t know what to do.
In the past there used to be two worlds of Adobe. The print/design world and the video world. Now, with the release of CS3, those lines are getting blurred. And for good reason. We are in an era of fast computers that allow designers and creative types to branch out and explore new mediums.
I feel just as comfortable in the video world as in the print world as in the web world. I am not a deep dive expert in any of those worlds, but I’ve got the chops to hang in all of them.
This all happened because computing power has risen to the point that we can now do all those things relatively inexpensively. There is going to be some hard thinking and selling in the future when it comes to this upgrade. I’ve got to start working on my pitch right now.
The good news is that no one is getting their hands on the new version until the end of April. I am sure it is going to be a little longer before I get my dirty little hands on an upgrade.
My last post not withstanding, this Boingboing posting is worth a quick look. Funny!
Boing Boing: Vista error stickers for bus-shelter Vista ads
I am being a little facetious here but apparently there actually is a market for Microsoft Vista despite the endless blog and news reports about its many “failings”. Microsoft’s latest operating system, Vista, is actually selling.
I am not a Microsoft head, but I also hate the haters (regardless of the product). Vista has received more that its fair share of bad press.
Every product has its good points and bad points and pledging total allegiance to only one product in any class of products is extraordinarily limiting. I am currently updating this blog with my old Mac laptop. Across the room is my home desktop PC that is a dual boot XP/Linux box. I know that I am hardly representative of most computer users, but I really don’t give much thought to the operating system anymore. Each OS has its good points and each has its frustrations. So the fact that Microsoft sells 20 million Vista licenses hardly comes as any surprise.
The rumors of Microsoft’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, and when it comes to computers, I am agnostic.
ESPN.com and other news sites are reporting that Stan Heath, former Head Coach of Arkansas’ basketball team has been released by Athletic Director Frank Broyles.
This adds Stan to my list of nice guys who just had to go.
1. Joe Kines – Former interim head coach of the football team. Great guy, had to go. Unfortunately we replaced him with Danny Ford. That worked out great…
2. Stan Heath – Great guy, boring coach, nice man, no motivation. I think you are a great guy, don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
uPlayMe.com: People Discovery, Music Discovery
I just found this site today. I haven’t gotten the chance to explore it, but it’s new and it looks like a great way to connect with others who share your taste in music.
John Nelson has started a brand new website/Blog called BumboFun. It’s all about this little chair called a Bumbo that is designed to keep a newborn from falling over. It works so well that it has allowed John to place is daughter Brooklyn in some crazy places. BumboFun is a site devoted to this.
The site is in its early stages (the site) as of the writing of this entry, but I have no doubt that in the coming days, John will get it looking sweet. In the meantime, check out all the pictures.
And, if you have a Bumbo, and a daughter or son, take a picture of them in the Bumbo and send them on to John. Let’s start a revolution.
