My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.
The new Photoshop CS (8.0) has some cool new features. Here is an exaple
of how easy it is to completely fix the lighting in a photograph. There’s a new tool called the “Equalizer” that, with one mouse click, gives you results like this.
There’s a whole bunch of new features in there too, but most importantly, there’s an annoying Product Activation feature that is sure to tick off the legitimate paying customer and only stop the hackers for about two seconds, considering that volume customers will not have to activate… just home users.
Frustration
Published October 22, 2003
Sometimes things are out of your control. That’s just the way life is. No matter what you do, there are certain things that you ultimately have no control over. Lately I’ve been feeling pretty crappy because of the situation with my mom, and it’s really getting to me. I miss my parents. I miss the way they used to be when I lived at home. I remember them being very happy, lively people. After my dad lost his job, things changed. Then Mom got sick and things got worse. I get a strange feeling when I’m around them lately, like there’s something that they don’t want to tell me, or maybe it’s something I don’t want to ask. Whatever it is, it’s making me wish more and more for the good old days when I was miserable in school but I always had them to come home to.
The Sequel
Published October 18, 2003
Max Payne 2 freakin’ rocks! I can’t believe it. Right from the very beginning we have a great plotline going, and the same little things that made the original game fun are still there. It’s even more like a movie than ever, and the music is haunting. It ties in closely with the first game and even brings you back to a few locations. I’ve only had time to play for a little bit, but it’s worth it.
Test your knowledge of music with this Music Game. Thanks to Chris for this one!
Get it Right
Published October 7, 2003
I cruised the net today for about an hour looking for the actual quote that Arnold Schwarzenegger made in a 1975 issue of “Pumping Iron” in which he says he admred Hitler. I had heard that he was misquoted. I did find the actual quote buried in an article on NewsMax and another site (because NewsMax isn’t always accurate) and here’s what it says:
Thanks to everyone that came out to celebrate my 26th birthday with me.
I hope everyone had a good time. If you missed it, we had burgers, salads,
and other assorted goodies.. and I even had the Packer game on so nobody
had to miss it.
The weekend was a lot of fun. My friend Mark came up on Friday night and
we went out to get some dinner. We spent Saturday goofing around the house
Arguments
Published September 30, 2003
I found this interesting discussion about the various types of arguments that are used.
Charter Speed
Published September 29, 2003
Charter gave me 2 Mbit download speed until March for no particular reason. It’s pretty sweet and it doesn’t cost me anything. I did a speed test and it came out pretty close. What to do?!
I spent most of the weekend sleeping and it seems I’ve actually gotten worse. This isn’t allergies anymore… this is a full-blown cold with fever and all kinds of other good stuff.
Fun stuff:
Fun little kite game Your past life
Sad Day
Published September 26, 2003
Writer George Plimpton dead at 76 Singer Robert Palmer dead at 54