CS4 launch
It’s great to see the AIGA and Adobe teaming up again here in Vegas. I highly recommend attending this event on February 25th. It’s at Town Square at the Chamber of Commerce.
Here’s the link to RSVP. Check out the JPG flyer attached, too.
See you there!
I’d like to thank Erika and the folks at Glaceau for calling me to shoot for them at VooDoo Friday night. Check out the link below to view the gallery photos. There are some silly ones, and some sexy ones, and probably some stuff that you might not want your co-workers to see… perfect ingredients for a good party!
Here’s the link to the web gallery.
Barack and McCain were there...
Check out this homage to the “Whassssssup” Bud Ads. With a contemporary twist that’s pretty hard-hitting. And don’t forget to vote on Tuesday.
Over the last year or so, my wife and I have built a pretty diverse vinyl collection, and right now, I’m loving these albums more than my CDs and mp3s, and close to as much as my SIRIUS subscription (but gaining on it)
My (super cheesy) top ten:
10. Bouncing Souls – How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Anyone who likes punk should own this album.
9. Black Sabbath – Master of Reality. - Ozzy rules. “Children Of The Grave” at volume level 52 actually scares my dogs.
8. Janis Joplin – Pearl – All of the current-day female vocalists combined have about as much true emotion than Janis’ big toe. She absolutely wails.
7. Rage Against The Machine – Evil Empire. There are sounds in this record that I never heard in thousands of listens on CD and mp3. Tom Morello. ’nuff said.
6. Jimi Hendrix – Rainbow Bridge Soundtrack – Can’t get enough Jimi. So far ahead of his time.
5. Bad Religion – How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Punk and brains unite!
4. The Clash – Sandinista! – There’s so much music on this (36 tracks), it’s actually a challenge to listen to all of it in one sitting. (but if you do, you’re glad you did).
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones – Music doesn’t have to be old to be awesome on vinyl.
2. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy – 2 words: Jimmy Page.
1. AC/DC – Let There Be Rock – I think there needs to be an “AC/DC Day” worldwide holiday.
I read many blogs and sites every week, and occasionally, I’ll pick one up that makes me say… “no shit” or “hell yeah” or “duuuude” – in other words, a damn fine article.
This is one. Every photographer has run into the ISO dilemma, and said – why would I need to change my ISO, which used to be called film speed when I learned it. Hell, it was easy for me to figure out, because it was whatever my dad had on hand, or whatever my professor gave the class. Now that we’re all digital, what the hell would we need to care about film speed? Read this article from Digital Photography School’s website to find out.
I do. Love it. We use it to sync 3 macs at our studio every hour during the week. I love it. When I had a Treo 650 a while back, I never knew when or where my calendar events were, my mail was either old, new or nowhere to be found. Now, my iPhone, laptop, Mac Pro and Accounting iMac all sync seamlessly. So, why screw with it, I say, it’s working perfectly!
Uh, not quite sure about that now. Enter Apple.
.mac (dot mac) is changing to me.com very soon. As soon as tomorrow, some say. (new iPhones, and I assume a new iPhone software release). My prediction is grim. I think this little update is going to cost me thousands of dollars. You see, .mac is fine running on an older G3 or G4 iMac. MobileMe, not so much. My G3 800 iMac is about to become a very odd shaped jukebox. Well, I guess it had a good run.
Hey, hopefully I’m wrong. I’ll try everything first, before running out to Best Buy to pick up a new iMac. We need to sync in business, and if it means spending a little coin to do it, so be it.
Do yourself a favor if you’re on - back your stuff up sooner than later. Read very carefully the system requirements before you do anything brave. I know I will.
EDIT: I upgraded on Sunday. So far, so good. I’ve read a lot of horror stories, but I have not had anything drastic occur. The “push” synchronization was a bit over hyped, and Apple recognized this. Here’s the letter I got from MobileMe this morning:
“We have recently completed the transition from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a lot rockier than we had hoped.
Hey, it’s the holidays and there’s lots going on. That’s my excuse for not knowing the Supersuckers were playing last night at the Beauty Bar – a mere 5 blocks from our office, in downtown Vegas. Lucky for me, though – some new friends (in a band called The Objex) clued me in at a birthday party last night, and my wife and I made the show. Here’s a couple pics. It was damn cold (yes, even in Vegas it gets down to the 30′s this time of year). Special thanks to Felony Melony and Jim Nasty for the info. Go see their show this week at the legendary Double Down Saloon or the Canyon Club. I’ll be there.
This is great news. I wish these people the best.
Check out this article from the LV Sun. I’m located at 3rd and Coolidge, so I would be very happy to call Cirque du Soleil “neighbors”.
 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/aug/23/566644571.html
That’s the world’s question to Barry Bonds. No, wait- That’s my question to the hundreds of drones following around the man who may or may not have used steroids or HGH or the Clear, or … whatever – to break sports’ most sought after record (therefore nullifying the record’s stance in sporting folklore). You missed the story – you wrote, you speculated, you got the blinds pulled right over your eyes…. The story is the demise of baseball. It’s at best a second-tier sport.
Congratulations to the NFL: you are America’s pastime. You know it, too. You’ve invested hundreds of millions in summertime football – the AFL, the XFL Canada or Europa something or another – whatever initials you choose, summertime is all yours. Congrats for recognizing that America’s former pastime ate itself. Bud Selig smoked it like an expensive cigar. Remember when your sluggers doubled their size right after the strike? Yeah, that’s when you should’ve stepped up. I realize that you were more interested in the Brewers at that point, because you owned them, but all partisanship aside, you could’ve done something about it. You could have saved baseball. I’m sure it was difficult with the soon-to-be-president of the USA looking the other way. (Nice job, George).
You fat cats killed my favorite sport.
I don’t blame Barry. He took what you gave him, Bud. Whether you can prove it or not.
I sympathize with the poor Giants fans. Cheer all you can tonight, folks. You won’t win the pennant with Barry on board. EVER. He’ll keep doing his own thing. His contributions vs. his salary will keep you out of the playoffs until he hangs ‘em up. You know it. All 23 Giants know that every other team has 24 players. Some of them might even run out a fly ball to first base.
Hang Them Up. Not a minute too soon. Karma’s coming for you, Barry. You too, Bud. Hang ‘em up, both of you. Our sport needs a future, and neither of you deserve to be a part of it.
I’ve been hearing rumors of this type of thing for about 3 years. I truly hope this one has some merit. And I hope that the integrity of downtown is saved while the process is taking place. I eat lunch right in the middle of this map. It’s a cool area, that has a great deal of traffic and a lot of really good people who have dedicated their lives to their businesses. That said: bring in the sports team.
Check it out:
 http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6808805
