The Tao of I.T. Al #38
October 31, 2008 by Aikido Al
Filed under The Tao of I. T. Al
Review: Jumsoft Templates and Clipart for iWorks Pages
October 30, 2008 by Wendy Arnold
Filed under Graphics, Software, Top, Workflow
I recently added iWorks Pages to my arsenal of design tools. I would like to suggest some add-ons that I recently included in my collection…
How to lose an AirPort Express in under a minute
October 30, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
A couple of friends mentioned the Apple Airport Express
iWork! I swear!
October 29, 2008 by Wendy Arnold
Filed under Graphics, Software, Top, Workflow
Okay, so I am a bit of a software snob. I can’t help it. I come from the “right before computers were cool” generation. My first experience with a computer was looking up the Dewey Decimal system on the library computer in High School. Then after flirting with a few PCs in the public lab while writing a few last minute papers for English Lit I moved on to my first Mac in the art lab. After that, there was only one true love in my life. The Apple!
Review: Jumsoft Keynote FX Series (pt2)
iWorks Keynote by Apple is an excellent presentation application program for backgrounds and templates for text and images. The finished product (movies, reports, etc.) can be exported into QuickTime, PowerPoint, PDF, Images, Flash, HTML and iPod versions. Apple ships Keynote with thirty-six standard themes, providing the end user with a strong foundation and giving you plenty room to expand your library.
Review: Young At Heart
October 27, 2008 by Lesli Jason
Filed under Digital Lifestyles, Media, The Write Stuff, Top
While preparing dinner at my kitchen counter the other day, I saw a commercial for an Eagles concert at the local Hard Rock indian casino. I immediately conjured a visual of what they looked like back in the seventies, when I was in high school and listened to their music. (which I still do, and which my kids grew up listening to on my car radio set to classic rock and NPR.) I glanced up from my chopping block fully expecting to see long hair and an attitude, and there on the TV screen was a group of old men. My age-peers.
Do I look like that? I grinned as I usually do when the old rock bands from the 60’s, and 70’s come into town and play at either the racetrack or the indian casino. My husband and I always opine that you know you’re considered "Classic" when you no longer play the stadiums but rather at the racetracks and the casinos. Still, the music is gold, as are the memories they ignite. Read more
Quick tip - save your MacBook’s hard drive
October 25, 2008 by David Alison
Filed under Parallel Desktops
Recently I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails from folks that have had problems with hard drive failures in their MacBooks. While hard drive failures are a fact of life with nearly any computer it can be exacerbated in laptops and portable machines where the risk of drops while the drive is spinning is significantly higher.
San Diego Comic-Con 2008: Part 2
October 24, 2008 by Aikido Al
Filed under Commerce, Digital Lifestyles, Media, Panels & Gutters & Zip Ribbons, Sequential Art, Top
My professional agenda for Comic-Con was fairly simple: Soak in the visuals, get a general feel for the industry and do some basic networking. With this in mind, here are some useful tips I learned along the way on how to take advantage of the convention:
Profile: Jim8ball
October 24, 2008 by madBADcat
Filed under Panels & Gutters & Zip Ribbons, Profiles, Sequential Art, Top
Jim8Ball is such a prolific author we couldn’t decide which of his work we liked best. Don’t miss the slideshow after the questionaire- it has a story preview for his "Samurai Cat" series and covers to many of his other books.
::: Artist(s) Name:::
Jim8ball
::: Title of Work(s):::
Samurai Cat
::: Publisher::: (self-published?)
I self publish as Eight Ball Graphics
::: Website:::
http://www.jim8ball.blogspot.com/
::: Q ::: Tell us about yourself.
Jim8ball aka Jim Coon was raised in the dark mines of evil dwarves living in Poland. He was fed only oatmeal and licorice. On Thursdays he was given the task of entertaining the dwarves by reenacting scenes from Fred Astaire movies. Do you know how hard it is to dance like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at the same time? At the age of 15 he was able to escape the mines and book passage on a small freighter headed for "parts unknown". Those parts turned out to be an island full of dinosaurs and a large gorilla. After a short stint on the island (the natives loved the Fred Astaire routine ) Jim found himself on the docks of the greatest city in the world! New York City. It was in New York that Jim discovered he really didn’t like people so he moved to Cortland NY where he now resides. Okay, that’s not how things really happened, but it’s way more interesting than the truth. Read more
The Tao of I.T. Al #37
October 24, 2008 by Aikido Al
Filed under The Tao of I. T. Al
