Wow! We’ve just been through the Creative Suite Roadshow demos. There’s going to be a little bit of fun sprinkled into a whole lotta content. Each application has so much new “stuff” it is becoming difficult to filter out what we are going to show. Roll on Canberra on Thursday.
A great article on removing digital noise in digital camera images. For some Photoshop plugins Noise Reduction Tools Comparison.
More weekend reading: The Skeptics Dictionary. For instance, were the Druids in Celtic times purely the nerds of a highly warrior-oriented community? Any why when I think druids, I make a mental connection to Spinal Tap?
Interestingly, Grace Hopper is accredited with the quote “It is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”
This day a year ago, we became the proud owners of a MINI Cooper S. Happy birthday, MINI!
Russell Brown has a new tip called “Dr Browns Image Processor” available at: Russell Brown. Useful with the new revision of Photoshop CS, it is a take on my Moonshine: Distilling PDF into JPEG using Scripting
OK, you know I am a bit of a swot, and like things more on the cerebral side of life. Therefore, this is the find of the weekend: Wikipedia.
If you prefer the lighter side of life, H2G2 might be more entertaining.
For instance, H2G2 on Neil Finn:
Neil Finn continues to write, perform and collaborate, and he continues to pull in critical praise that, frankly, is totally deserved. His songwriting is exceptional, his voice is warm and atmospheric, and his lack of exposure in the US is more their loss than his.
However, if you wanted to know more about the Eurovision Song Contest, this has a definitive listing of countries, songs and winners over the years: Eurovision Song Contest Wikipedia. I still think that Ruffus was robbed of the 2003 prize. Oh, and for those interested in 1980s New Wave music
What a few days. My Windows XP install on the Dell has been unstable for a few months; and I thought I had managed to recover XP enough to have a stable platform. Unfortunately, on Friday night it finally exploded. Also two Outlook .pst files went west (thank goodness for backups!). Completely erased the hard drive, reinstalled XP, and all the required updates. Sometime between installing these updates and the virus checker, I was infected with a ping-flooding virus. All is cool now. Just recovering the final pieces now.
Most comprehensive overview of what’s new in this big Adobe launch: Up Close with the Adobe Creative Suite
It has been a busy 6 weeks preparing for this launch. Yes, the storm clouds have broken. There is so much new stuff in these applications, it will take you weeks to find all the new stuff, too.
Another weekend, another MINI drive: Sydney MINI2 Meet 21 September 03
Sorta busy at the moment. Calm before the storm?
Purchased a new Digital Camera, the Canon Digital IXUS 4 (IXUS 400 in Australia). Upto 4 megapixel, movies, compactflash and really small. Didn’t realise until today that you can get 1Gb compactflash cards. wow. I remember the days where a 20Mb (that’s megabyte) harddrive was a major thing. Now I am showing my age!
Cashed in 660,000 Qantas Freaky Flier points on 3 business class seats to UK in April 2004. Come on April!