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.”
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.
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!
Saw an inspiring presentation from Tony Wheeler, Founder and CEO of Lonely Planet.
Some interesting Adobe Enterprise XML Strategy Stuff
If you have an interest in history, and have ancestors from England, this is a good bit of fun: Old Bailey Online: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834.
According to Whats in your name?, Hodge means:
English, patronymic derived from HODGE, the common nickname for ROGER ‘fame, spear’; the name was made popular after the Norman Conquest by Roger of Montgomery who distinguished himself at the Battle of Hastings.
Another pleasant Sunday drive in the MINI: Sydney MINI2 Meet 13 July 03 and video at MINI2 Video, 13th July 2003
Attention: any “good” hotel in Australia or NZ who states they don’t have high speed internet access:
A crazy week in the US later, and home again. Somewhere in the last week, this site reached 200000 page views. Back to work tomorrow.