Several months ago Adobe unleashed Adobe Creative Suite 5, their latest and greatest collection of tools to fit all sorts of creative people – Web Developers, Video Editors and Publishers. Initially one of the main selling points for the new collection was their support of Apple Products through the creation of an iOS conversion tool. Uncle Stevie put the kibosh on this neat tool prior to release. While the functionality is still there, there’s no guarantee Apple will let any of your creations into it’s Walled Garden. I’ve been playing around with the Super Bundle – Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection for the last few months now and while there have been little tweaks here and there, from an end user stand point there doesn’t appear to be a whole lot new here. Or anything that makes you go “Wow, I must have this!” What it does do well is fix most of the issues with previous versions, adds just enough to keep you interested and it’s now really fast and stable. Hasn’t crashed on me once during any of my tests.
This is how Adobe wants it, sure they’ll spout off about all the great new features – “oooh, look at this great brush stroke in Photoshop,” “Or how about these nifty 3D Capabilities,” “Or DreamWeaver has more CSS Features than you can shake a stick at,” but really this release feels like more of an under the hood spruce up than a full blown product revision. Adobe has the Microsoft problem where at some point, there’s but so much you can do to really improve a product – at least from an Feature standpoint. It’s why I’ve had a lot of problem wrapping my head around this year’s review. If you are in the business and you aren’t using Adobe’s tools, what’s wrong with you? They are the leaders for a reason.
I have someone I’d like to introduce to you. His name is Fabian Buch. Fabian is an acoustic guitarist/ singer/songwriter from Germany. He started playing acoustic guitar at an early age and is now currently pursuing a musical career.
According to the Bio section on Fabian Buch’s website Fabian was “born the son of a musician in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (a city located in Rhineland–Palatinate, Germany), Fabian always remembers music being a part of his life.
Over the last few years, the Emmy Awards [Sunday, NBC, 8/7C] given [in theory] to the best and brightest on television, have been spread among more and more worthy selections and fewer and fewer winners from force of habit. True they may never be able to satisfy everyone, but this, for example, there were maybe a handful of nominations that didn’t seem right [or fair] and only one truly egregious error – at least to my mind.
Most TV critics publish a list of nominations they think should win and one of noms they expect will win. Since I’ve never been able to really settle into the whole prediction mode thing, this year I’m just going to present my opinions of who should win in the major categories – and leave predictions to The Amazing Kreskin. My choices follow the jump.
It probably doesn’t help that Takers follows the strangest and most ambitious heist flick ever made [that would be Inception], but it still manages to be smart and hold one’s interest until the wheels fall off [almost literally] in the last act.
For those who don’t watch a lot of tv and have been missing previews for the fall season on the NBC network, a new series called Chase begins Monday, September 20th. Chase stars Kelli Giddish, Cole Hauser, Jesse Metcalfe, Amaury Nolasco, and Rose Rollins.
According to http://www.nbc.com/chase/about/index.shtml#credits ”Chase” is a lightning-fast drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. Marshals hunts down America’s most dangerous fugitives.” From what I’ve seen in the previews, that’s a great way to sum up the show. The video below features cast members to give their take on “Chase” and to give viewers a better feel for the show. Personally I think “Chase” will be worth watching but I’ll leave that to you (the reader) to decide. Check out the video below and hope you enjoy:
Forget the racist, hate rally on the Mall tomorrow, come to where all the lovin’ is happening – Baltimore’s 11th Annual Comic-Con is happening this weekend at the Baltimore Convention Center. Highlights from this year’s show include the Annual Harvey Awards tomorrow night, there’s going to be a Walk of the Dead (and Beer Crawl) from 4pm – 2am it starts at Federal Hill and goes to Canton Hall, and since this is a smaller show the focus is squarely on Comic Books, most of the top names in the business will be there including Terry Moore, Mark Waid, Todd McFarlane and others. Great Panels including DC Nation and Mondo Marvel. I don’t have much access at this year’s show – how is that possible? I’m A list in San Diego and NY but in my home town I’m a nobody? Whine….. So It should actually be fun, I can just soak it in and take a bunch of pictures and enjoy it.
Sherlock Holmes is the best known detective in the world. His use of deduction and evidence was almost contemporary – and certainly far ahead of its time. So, the question arises – how great a detective would Holmes be now, in this age of amazing forensic science? See for yourself when Season One of the BBC series Sherlock comes to DVD and Blu-ray.
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