Spoiled.
I encountered a strange event the other day. After going into clients and being “behind the curve” so to speak, I had gotten used to finding myself using newer software only at cleints - imagine my surprise to realize I finally am using a more current operating system than one of my clients! How radical.
Sep 3, 2005
Sep 2, 2005
Hurricane Sluggo.
I’m going to avoid editorializing - as per my earlier promise. Besides, I think it is readily apparent to most people by now something was drastically wrong with the federal response to the tragedy on the Gulf Coast.
I will however pass along these links which I came upon via roundabout way (via Blog Sensei of course).
First, Mr. Bill explains it all, about levees and the Louisiana wetlands.
Second is an interview with the mayor of New Orleans - it’s really worth a listen to if you think that the federal response has been spot on.
I’m going to avoid editorializing - as per my earlier promise. Besides, I think it is readily apparent to most people by now something was drastically wrong with the federal response to the tragedy on the Gulf Coast.
I will however pass along these links which I came upon via roundabout way (via Blog Sensei of course).
First, Mr. Bill explains it all, about levees and the Louisiana wetlands.
Second is an interview with the mayor of New Orleans - it’s really worth a listen to if you think that the federal response has been spot on.
Sep 1, 2005
...and being true to my word:
I give you this wonderful Get Fuzzy cartoon to contemplate (as given the situation I find it works on so many levels). At least I find myself still able to laugh at Bucky Katt:
click through for the Get Fuzzy archives.
I give you this wonderful Get Fuzzy cartoon to contemplate (as given the situation I find it works on so many levels). At least I find myself still able to laugh at Bucky Katt:
click through for the Get Fuzzy archives.
Flipping channels.
So, Wednesday I had to take a drive out to Ikea and at one point I'm flipping between stations - commercial on the FAN and NPR in some uninteresting segment. I happen upon Rush Limbaugh who I haven’t listened to in quite some time. The bloated, drug abusing, windbag is droning on how “This country is in trouble because of the liberals! We don’t have gasoline because the liberals won’t allow oil refineries to be built! Liberals force our country to enact all these nasty pollution standards so poor oil companies are required to make 47 different types of gasoline. Even when they are able to get into New Orleans, it’s the liberals who will stand in the way of progress. The liberals won’t let us rebuild in New Orleans anyway because the ground will be so toxic! Those damn liberals want to blame global warming...” and on and on and on.
This has the effect of making me want to put my foot through the radio (not an easy thing to do when you’re tooling along trying to keep up with everyone else going 75mph).
As I have voiced previously (and truthfully, saying it makes me feel as if I’m standing up in some twelve step meeting), I am a Republican. Yes, I would consider myself both Republican and Conservative but, I’m not seeing fetuses in satellite photos of a hurricane or thinking somehow that God has rained down his wrath in some form of divine payback (and I’ve actually seen things recently where people have the gall to suggest just such a thing). I just can’t find the gigantic reservoir of ego it takes to think somehow I may be able to keen a divine hand in a natural disaster.
I’m going to put a moratorium on the whole NOLA thing as it will be everywhere now and relief is finally just trickling in to the people. Also, I think there comes a point where being the angry old fart doesn’t do much good but, I will make one last comment about this situation to provoke some thought hopefully.
If they wanted to impeach a guy over a blowjob, what should they do to someone who was on vacation when his country needed him? If the mayor of New Orleans was smart enough to tell the people of the city they needed to evacuate on Saturday, two full days before the storm hit and the governor was doing the same, advising residents on the southern part of the state to evacuate as well, why did it take the president two full days to formulate a response to the emergency? It was an unprecedented storm which everyone KNEW was coming! It wasn’t a secret, how could the federal government have dropped the ball so badly.
It’s coming up on Friday and they’re just beginning to get help to the people. What? Does your state have to be governed by the president’s brother for the president to do his job?
So, Wednesday I had to take a drive out to Ikea and at one point I'm flipping between stations - commercial on the FAN and NPR in some uninteresting segment. I happen upon Rush Limbaugh who I haven’t listened to in quite some time. The bloated, drug abusing, windbag is droning on how “This country is in trouble because of the liberals! We don’t have gasoline because the liberals won’t allow oil refineries to be built! Liberals force our country to enact all these nasty pollution standards so poor oil companies are required to make 47 different types of gasoline. Even when they are able to get into New Orleans, it’s the liberals who will stand in the way of progress. The liberals won’t let us rebuild in New Orleans anyway because the ground will be so toxic! Those damn liberals want to blame global warming...” and on and on and on.
This has the effect of making me want to put my foot through the radio (not an easy thing to do when you’re tooling along trying to keep up with everyone else going 75mph).
As I have voiced previously (and truthfully, saying it makes me feel as if I’m standing up in some twelve step meeting), I am a Republican. Yes, I would consider myself both Republican and Conservative but, I’m not seeing fetuses in satellite photos of a hurricane or thinking somehow that God has rained down his wrath in some form of divine payback (and I’ve actually seen things recently where people have the gall to suggest just such a thing). I just can’t find the gigantic reservoir of ego it takes to think somehow I may be able to keen a divine hand in a natural disaster.
I’m going to put a moratorium on the whole NOLA thing as it will be everywhere now and relief is finally just trickling in to the people. Also, I think there comes a point where being the angry old fart doesn’t do much good but, I will make one last comment about this situation to provoke some thought hopefully.
If they wanted to impeach a guy over a blowjob, what should they do to someone who was on vacation when his country needed him? If the mayor of New Orleans was smart enough to tell the people of the city they needed to evacuate on Saturday, two full days before the storm hit and the governor was doing the same, advising residents on the southern part of the state to evacuate as well, why did it take the president two full days to formulate a response to the emergency? It was an unprecedented storm which everyone KNEW was coming! It wasn’t a secret, how could the federal government have dropped the ball so badly.
It’s coming up on Friday and they’re just beginning to get help to the people. What? Does your state have to be governed by the president’s brother for the president to do his job?
Talk about foreshadowing!
I was looking for a map or graphic of New Orleans when I happened across this page which is a scan of a New York Times article. The article is dated April 30th, 2002 and it’s from the Science Times. The title is, “Nothing’s Easy for New Orleans Flood Control.” Reading through the article, I’ll be damned if there weren’t people who called it right on the nose. Take a look:
The first page is here.
The second page is here.
I was looking for a map or graphic of New Orleans when I happened across this page which is a scan of a New York Times article. The article is dated April 30th, 2002 and it’s from the Science Times. The title is, “Nothing’s Easy for New Orleans Flood Control.” Reading through the article, I’ll be damned if there weren’t people who called it right on the nose. Take a look:
The first page is here.
The second page is here.
Aug 31, 2005
It runs in the family.
“Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one? For God's sake, where are they?''
A massive hurricane sweeps across Florida and makes secondary landfall in Louisiana leaving a multitude of Americans homeless anxiously awaiting response and relief from the federal government.
Katrina?
No, Andrew.
Just as his father did 12 years before, President Bush is flying to Florida to survey the damage wrought by a major hurricane less than three months before facing a hotly contested re-election. Republicans hope the parallels end there.
After Hurricane Andrew left thousands homeless in August 1992, the first President Bush's administration was bitterly criticized for moving too slowly to deliver food, water and troops. Although his campaign vastly outspent Bill Clinton, his support ebbed and Bush was forced to defend what once had been considered home turf, winning by only a small margin.
Guess if this were an election year the people of Louisiana and Mississippi would be faring better.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick... the clock is running on the Bush presidency. Every passing hour where the federal government is missing in action is another state turning from red to blue. Images coming out from disaster areas in Mississippi and Louisiana of fellow Americans without food, without water, without shelter are eerily reminiscent of the way Bush Sr. dropped the ball after Andrew.
Watching the news this evening, one woman, homeless after the storm and standing atop a highway overpass which has become a dry refuge managed to put it very succinctly when she observed that “after the hurricanes in Florida those people came running! Where are they now?!”
Maybe, I’m being too tough. I mean after all, the president did cut short his vacation in order to personally oversee the relief efforts. He did manage to fly over the flooded metropolis of New Orleans today (two days after it happened). Yes, he’s a true man of the people, he is. When was the last time any of you took a month long paid vacation? Anyone? Anyone?
Watching people trudge out of flooded neighborhoods, watching them wander amidst the destruction and debris that was their homes, seeing the lawlessness resulting from overwhelmed local authorities makes me think the biggest indictment of the current administration is their handling of this event. If there is one issue for the Democrats to focus on in the mid-term election (and I didn’t think there was a shortage of things for them to focus on, mind you), this is it.
Also, as I heard one newscaster comment this evening, the world is watching and doesn’t it tell us volumes about how we take care of our own. Maybe, the problem is even though Louisiana and Mississippi were in fact red states, the people who remained behind in those neighborhoods in New Orleans didn’t fit the profile of good Republicans - does it have more to do with the economic and racial makeup?
Funny thing is, I’m a Republican and I think that this unequivocally stinks.
No two ways about it - Monday night after the storm had moved up from the coast, the feds should have been poised with manpower and equipment to help these people. 48 hours has passed and the question I have to ask is how many people died during that time and how many more will die over the coming days just because they didn’t get the help they needed? While our president (and because I’m writing this, I cannot manage the snide intonation at the mention of the office) was giving speeches about the War on Terrorism in California of all places, a state over from his ranch there were people suffering, you’d think a guy would be able to prioritize.
“Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one? For God's sake, where are they?''
A massive hurricane sweeps across Florida and makes secondary landfall in Louisiana leaving a multitude of Americans homeless anxiously awaiting response and relief from the federal government.
No, Andrew.
Just as his father did 12 years before, President Bush is flying to Florida to survey the damage wrought by a major hurricane less than three months before facing a hotly contested re-election. Republicans hope the parallels end there.
After Hurricane Andrew left thousands homeless in August 1992, the first President Bush's administration was bitterly criticized for moving too slowly to deliver food, water and troops. Although his campaign vastly outspent Bill Clinton, his support ebbed and Bush was forced to defend what once had been considered home turf, winning by only a small margin.
Guess if this were an election year the people of Louisiana and Mississippi would be faring better.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick... the clock is running on the Bush presidency. Every passing hour where the federal government is missing in action is another state turning from red to blue. Images coming out from disaster areas in Mississippi and Louisiana of fellow Americans without food, without water, without shelter are eerily reminiscent of the way Bush Sr. dropped the ball after Andrew.
Watching the news this evening, one woman, homeless after the storm and standing atop a highway overpass which has become a dry refuge managed to put it very succinctly when she observed that “after the hurricanes in Florida those people came running! Where are they now?!”
Maybe, I’m being too tough. I mean after all, the president did cut short his vacation in order to personally oversee the relief efforts. He did manage to fly over the flooded metropolis of New Orleans today (two days after it happened). Yes, he’s a true man of the people, he is. When was the last time any of you took a month long paid vacation? Anyone? Anyone?
Watching people trudge out of flooded neighborhoods, watching them wander amidst the destruction and debris that was their homes, seeing the lawlessness resulting from overwhelmed local authorities makes me think the biggest indictment of the current administration is their handling of this event. If there is one issue for the Democrats to focus on in the mid-term election (and I didn’t think there was a shortage of things for them to focus on, mind you), this is it.
Also, as I heard one newscaster comment this evening, the world is watching and doesn’t it tell us volumes about how we take care of our own. Maybe, the problem is even though Louisiana and Mississippi were in fact red states, the people who remained behind in those neighborhoods in New Orleans didn’t fit the profile of good Republicans - does it have more to do with the economic and racial makeup?
Funny thing is, I’m a Republican and I think that this unequivocally stinks.
No two ways about it - Monday night after the storm had moved up from the coast, the feds should have been poised with manpower and equipment to help these people. 48 hours has passed and the question I have to ask is how many people died during that time and how many more will die over the coming days just because they didn’t get the help they needed? While our president (and because I’m writing this, I cannot manage the snide intonation at the mention of the office) was giving speeches about the War on Terrorism in California of all places, a state over from his ranch there were people suffering, you’d think a guy would be able to prioritize.
More on New Orleans:
The situation looks like it will get worse before it gets better.
As federal emergency management teams reached the area, officials contended with widespread breakdowns in public service. Water plants failed and sewers overflowed. Gas lines ruptured and hospitals shut down. Fuel supplies dwindled.
Katrina's human toll presented the most pressing needs. Even the dead had to wait while search teams aided the living. "We're not even dealing with bodies," Nagin said. Searchers were “just pushing them on the side.”
Came across this graphic which explains exactly what is happening in the city.
It is going to be 90° plus in the city today.
The stench inside the Louisiana Superdome was the worst of it.
It was the smell of refugees who hadn't bathed in days in a facility where the bathrooms were filthy, bins were stuffed with trash and 20,000 people were cooped up with no place to go.
The roof had holes in it, and dozens of people spent the night on the concourse outside the stadium for the coolness — such as it was — and more important, a breath of fresh air. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the air conditioning had been off since Monday. Three displaced hospital patients died in the dome.
The Army Corps. of Engineers doesn’t expect the problem to subside soon.
Once the breaches are closed and all of the pumps are running, the pumps can lower the water level ½ inch per hour or about a foot per day. We can get the water level to sea level in four and a half days. The ½ inch rate assumes the late is at normal levels. That would create pumping inefficiency, as could trash in drains and canals that feed into the pump stations.
That’s a “Best Case” scenario. We don’t know the conditions of all of the pumps. Fortunately most of the pump motors and controllers are at an elevation greater than 5 feet and we hope they weren’t submerged. There could be other unforeseen problems.
The situation looks like it will get worse before it gets better.
As federal emergency management teams reached the area, officials contended with widespread breakdowns in public service. Water plants failed and sewers overflowed. Gas lines ruptured and hospitals shut down. Fuel supplies dwindled.
Katrina's human toll presented the most pressing needs. Even the dead had to wait while search teams aided the living. "We're not even dealing with bodies," Nagin said. Searchers were “just pushing them on the side.”
Came across this graphic which explains exactly what is happening in the city.
It is going to be 90° plus in the city today.
The stench inside the Louisiana Superdome was the worst of it.
It was the smell of refugees who hadn't bathed in days in a facility where the bathrooms were filthy, bins were stuffed with trash and 20,000 people were cooped up with no place to go.
The roof had holes in it, and dozens of people spent the night on the concourse outside the stadium for the coolness — such as it was — and more important, a breath of fresh air. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the air conditioning had been off since Monday. Three displaced hospital patients died in the dome.
The Army Corps. of Engineers doesn’t expect the problem to subside soon.
Once the breaches are closed and all of the pumps are running, the pumps can lower the water level ½ inch per hour or about a foot per day. We can get the water level to sea level in four and a half days. The ½ inch rate assumes the late is at normal levels. That would create pumping inefficiency, as could trash in drains and canals that feed into the pump stations.
That’s a “Best Case” scenario. We don’t know the conditions of all of the pumps. Fortunately most of the pump motors and controllers are at an elevation greater than 5 feet and we hope they weren’t submerged. There could be other unforeseen problems.
Aug 30, 2005
The American Tsunami.
Not that you wouldn’t know but, I can’t help but think how so many people across the rest of the country responded and helped New York after September 11th and how this is our opportunity to repay the gracious help in NYC’s time of need by volunteering our time or efforts to help the people affected by Katrina.
If you’re interested, you can start here at The American Red Cross site.
The Red Cross is launching the largest mobilization of resources for a single natural domestic disaster, in part because the extent of the damage is so widespread over a large geographical area. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin including sending nearly 1,900 staff and volunteers into the field in the next few days, and sending more than 250 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) out to provide food and water to affected residents.
The best way to help is by making an online contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund at www.redcross.org.
If you are interested in volunteering for the American Red Cross, the place to start is your local chapter Red Cross. There you can learn about the training courses necessary to become a disaster volunteer. For more information, visit your local Red Cross chapter online.
Also you can check the FEMA site for the latest news. Of course, spread the word, the more people that can help the better - it’s going to be a long haul.
Not that you wouldn’t know but, I can’t help but think how so many people across the rest of the country responded and helped New York after September 11th and how this is our opportunity to repay the gracious help in NYC’s time of need by volunteering our time or efforts to help the people affected by Katrina.
If you’re interested, you can start here at The American Red Cross site.
The Red Cross is launching the largest mobilization of resources for a single natural domestic disaster, in part because the extent of the damage is so widespread over a large geographical area. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin including sending nearly 1,900 staff and volunteers into the field in the next few days, and sending more than 250 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) out to provide food and water to affected residents.
The best way to help is by making an online contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund at www.redcross.org.
If you are interested in volunteering for the American Red Cross, the place to start is your local chapter Red Cross. There you can learn about the training courses necessary to become a disaster volunteer. For more information, visit your local Red Cross chapter online.
Also you can check the FEMA site for the latest news. Of course, spread the word, the more people that can help the better - it’s going to be a long haul.
Katrina foretold?
The passage below is from the October ’04 issue of National Geographic magazine:
As the whirling maelstrom approached the coast, more than a million people evacuated to higher ground. Some 200,000 remained, however—the car-less, the homeless, the aged and infirm, and those die-hard New Orleanians who look for any excuse to throw a party.
The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet (two meters) below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.
Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
Click through and you’ll be taken to a page with an abbreviated version of the article, some great pictures and some really interesting links.
After watching the coverage of Katrina over the last two days, I got to thinking about Russ.
You know how you just get a feeling about something? Well, I was thinking about Russ before Katrina ran up onto southern Florida. There’s just been this nasty habit the last couple of years of storms making it into the gulf and then taking a shot at Russ’ neck of the woods.
So, while there was a whole bunch of coverage about New Orleans getting hit and everything, in a way I was hoping the thing would go even further west (although that was pretty unlikely).
Russ has a bookstore in downtown Mobile. It’s about a block or two up from the Mobile river. I sent Russ an email this morning and was surprised when I heard back from him. He was there, camped out in his store. He had power, a window was blown out and he could see the water from the store. I was surprised to hear back from him but I think that was before the power went out. I’m wondering just how high the water got by the time everything was through.
In the interim, I’m flipping channels today going back and forth between fly-overs of flooding and news-guy (person) accounts on the scene. It’s then a couple of things occur to me:
First off, we’re really a nation of rubber-neckers. I think cable television and all these news channels have desensitized us to these horrible, horrible events. The networks are looking to fill airtime and these disasters are the news channel equivalent of a blockbuster film. I’m not diminishing the level of damage and post hurricane suffering that is going to go on but, how many times am I going to have to see some idiot out in the middle of a hurricane with a microphone telling the folks back in the studio how horrible the wind is? It’s like, nitwit! It’s a hurricane! Hello!? That’s what they do. Common sense tells us to find high ground in some really well built structure to ride the thing out not to go out with a satellite truck and park where we’ll be able to see the most damage. The next step will be for some network to put one of these idiots out in a dingy with a camera or videophone so that the jerk can report on the wave heights. Plus having all these schmucks in the middle of storm central probably gives people the mistaken impression somehow they can ride the thing out instead of hightailing it to someplace safe.
Second, president Junior is on the tube today giving a speech about the war on terror. Somebody please wake this moron up. This is not a moment to go on tv and justify your policies because the polls say your numbers are low on the War in Iraq. It’s a time for you to get off your ass and make sure that the federal government is using each and every bit of its resources to alleviate and ease any discomfort citizens affected by a huge natural disaster are enduring. The big news today is Junior is cutting short his month long vaykay and returning to Washington tomorrow to “personally oversee relief efforts.” Newsflash dumbass! People are suffering right now! Get your ass back there today and get a move on.
I generally try to couch what I say and step back a little but, I’m just not patient enough at this moment to endure some stupid spin doctoring. Besides, I’ve got to imagine that all the people in the affected areas are going to be thinking how much more of a response there would be if National Guard troops weren’t on the other side of the planet making the streets safe to pump oil.
The passage below is from the October ’04 issue of National Geographic magazine:
As the whirling maelstrom approached the coast, more than a million people evacuated to higher ground. Some 200,000 remained, however—the car-less, the homeless, the aged and infirm, and those die-hard New Orleanians who look for any excuse to throw a party.
The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet (two meters) below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.
Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
Click through and you’ll be taken to a page with an abbreviated version of the article, some great pictures and some really interesting links.
After watching the coverage of Katrina over the last two days, I got to thinking about Russ.
You know how you just get a feeling about something? Well, I was thinking about Russ before Katrina ran up onto southern Florida. There’s just been this nasty habit the last couple of years of storms making it into the gulf and then taking a shot at Russ’ neck of the woods.
So, while there was a whole bunch of coverage about New Orleans getting hit and everything, in a way I was hoping the thing would go even further west (although that was pretty unlikely).
Russ has a bookstore in downtown Mobile. It’s about a block or two up from the Mobile river. I sent Russ an email this morning and was surprised when I heard back from him. He was there, camped out in his store. He had power, a window was blown out and he could see the water from the store. I was surprised to hear back from him but I think that was before the power went out. I’m wondering just how high the water got by the time everything was through.
In the interim, I’m flipping channels today going back and forth between fly-overs of flooding and news-guy (person) accounts on the scene. It’s then a couple of things occur to me:
First off, we’re really a nation of rubber-neckers. I think cable television and all these news channels have desensitized us to these horrible, horrible events. The networks are looking to fill airtime and these disasters are the news channel equivalent of a blockbuster film. I’m not diminishing the level of damage and post hurricane suffering that is going to go on but, how many times am I going to have to see some idiot out in the middle of a hurricane with a microphone telling the folks back in the studio how horrible the wind is? It’s like, nitwit! It’s a hurricane! Hello!? That’s what they do. Common sense tells us to find high ground in some really well built structure to ride the thing out not to go out with a satellite truck and park where we’ll be able to see the most damage. The next step will be for some network to put one of these idiots out in a dingy with a camera or videophone so that the jerk can report on the wave heights. Plus having all these schmucks in the middle of storm central probably gives people the mistaken impression somehow they can ride the thing out instead of hightailing it to someplace safe.
Second, president Junior is on the tube today giving a speech about the war on terror. Somebody please wake this moron up. This is not a moment to go on tv and justify your policies because the polls say your numbers are low on the War in Iraq. It’s a time for you to get off your ass and make sure that the federal government is using each and every bit of its resources to alleviate and ease any discomfort citizens affected by a huge natural disaster are enduring. The big news today is Junior is cutting short his month long vaykay and returning to Washington tomorrow to “personally oversee relief efforts.” Newsflash dumbass! People are suffering right now! Get your ass back there today and get a move on.
I generally try to couch what I say and step back a little but, I’m just not patient enough at this moment to endure some stupid spin doctoring. Besides, I’ve got to imagine that all the people in the affected areas are going to be thinking how much more of a response there would be if National Guard troops weren’t on the other side of the planet making the streets safe to pump oil.
Aug 28, 2005
Aug 26, 2005
Came across this jewel:
Which makes me very happy as I was wondering what to do with the big software install coming up. From the Photoshopblog:
Legally install Photoshop twice with one license
Posted Aug 20, 2005, 11:37 AM ET by Jan Kabili
Your comments to our post asking for your opinion about the requirement to activate Photoshop CS2 suggest that some of you are confused about the number of machines on which you can legally install Photoshop. The answer is not one, but two machines, as long as the second installation is exclusively for your own use and you are not using both copies at the same time. Adobe allows this because they are good guys, who recognize that many of us work on a desktop and a laptop, or have one computer at work and one at home.
This is governed by the Adobe End User License Agreement (EULA), which you should find in your application folder. The Photoshop CS2 EULA doesn’t appear to be posted on the Adobe site. But both the posted EULA for Creative Suite 2 combined products and the posted EULA for Photoshop CS say:
Portable or Home Computer Use. The primary user of the computer on which the software is installed may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer.
Which makes me very happy as I was wondering what to do with the big software install coming up. From the Photoshopblog:
Legally install Photoshop twice with one license
Posted Aug 20, 2005, 11:37 AM ET by Jan Kabili
Your comments to our post asking for your opinion about the requirement to activate Photoshop CS2 suggest that some of you are confused about the number of machines on which you can legally install Photoshop. The answer is not one, but two machines, as long as the second installation is exclusively for your own use and you are not using both copies at the same time. Adobe allows this because they are good guys, who recognize that many of us work on a desktop and a laptop, or have one computer at work and one at home.
This is governed by the Adobe End User License Agreement (EULA), which you should find in your application folder. The Photoshop CS2 EULA doesn’t appear to be posted on the Adobe site. But both the posted EULA for Creative Suite 2 combined products and the posted EULA for Photoshop CS say:
Portable or Home Computer Use. The primary user of the computer on which the software is installed may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer.
The War Waged for The Page
I know there a lot of people out there who have watched this battle take place. Hence, I am sure they will find this site interesting:
Quark vs InDesign.com
I know there a lot of people out there who have watched this battle take place. Hence, I am sure they will find this site interesting:
Quark vs InDesign.com
Aug 25, 2005
Aug 22, 2005
Speaking of tasteful.
I was speaking to a friend who just returned from a short trip to Vermont and he commented on the character of the city he visited. Lots of smaller stores with merchants doing just fine, thank you very much. It’s something we both noted was in keeping with the character Vermont tries to project (as a destination) of a woodsy, picturesque place inhabited by charming and tasteful rural folk. Mmmm, writing that I was thinking how it may be the US’s answer to Oz’s Munchkinland.
Notable was the absence of the big box store or mega mall virus which has become all too common throughout the country. If they do have the things they are tucked away, almost hidden so as not to spoil the charm of the place - ah, you’ve got to love strong zoning enforcement.
Used to be Manhattan was like Vermont and it seems that changed somewhere along the time they managed to transform 6th Avenue between 14th and 23rd. Well Brooklynites, prepare thyselves you are on the beachhead of this war and this is your d-day.
“Wal-Mart discriminates against women and destroys good jobs, and it would take away business from local businesses. I don’t want it here,” she told the operator, who promised to get her message to the mayor’s office. Gonzalez, 34, like Sikora, lives on the increasingly trendy strip of Fifth Avenue in northern Park Slope, near two sites the retail supergiant is rumored to be considering for its first store in the city.
I was speaking to a friend who just returned from a short trip to Vermont and he commented on the character of the city he visited. Lots of smaller stores with merchants doing just fine, thank you very much. It’s something we both noted was in keeping with the character Vermont tries to project (as a destination) of a woodsy, picturesque place inhabited by charming and tasteful rural folk. Mmmm, writing that I was thinking how it may be the US’s answer to Oz’s Munchkinland.
Notable was the absence of the big box store or mega mall virus which has become all too common throughout the country. If they do have the things they are tucked away, almost hidden so as not to spoil the charm of the place - ah, you’ve got to love strong zoning enforcement.
Used to be Manhattan was like Vermont and it seems that changed somewhere along the time they managed to transform 6th Avenue between 14th and 23rd. Well Brooklynites, prepare thyselves you are on the beachhead of this war and this is your d-day.
“Wal-Mart discriminates against women and destroys good jobs, and it would take away business from local businesses. I don’t want it here,” she told the operator, who promised to get her message to the mayor’s office. Gonzalez, 34, like Sikora, lives on the increasingly trendy strip of Fifth Avenue in northern Park Slope, near two sites the retail supergiant is rumored to be considering for its first store in the city.
The Exclusive Tastes of the Gray Lady.
Good article from the Voice about the new building the New York Times is putting up across from Port Authority:
When The New York Times and Forest City Ratner Companies open their grand new office building on Eighth Avenue, it won’t have a Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, or Nathan’s, because they are specifically forbidden under terms of a land deal with the state. But a Starbucks or Cosi would be just fine.
Good article from the Voice about the new building the New York Times is putting up across from Port Authority:
When The New York Times and Forest City Ratner Companies open their grand new office building on Eighth Avenue, it won’t have a Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, or Nathan’s, because they are specifically forbidden under terms of a land deal with the state. But a Starbucks or Cosi would be just fine.
Saw this jewel,
and thought I would pass it along:
Do you visit your local Starbucks for a Grande Latte every day? If you swear off the ’Buck, you could stand to save almost a million dollars — in about 41 years. That's a long time to stay away from caffeine, but you can ditch the daily expense and still get your fix by investing in your own espresso machine. Sure, operating these pump-driven devices isn’t as easy as flipping on a Mr. Coffee, but making quality espresso drinks isn’t impossible. Over the last few years, design and engineering advances have produced machines small enough for your kitchen counter, yet capable of creating the water pressure and temperatures needed to brew the real black gold at home. Whether you want push-button simplicity or the tactile grace of a manual lever — utilitarian or high-fashion — the variety of machines and accessories available is enough to fill a coffee lover’s heart with crema. With the right ingredients and a little help from a vibrant online community of espresso fiends, nearly anyone can become a home barista — and the only tip jar you'll have to fill is your own.
Reminds me of the strange looks I got when I bought in a espresso maker to different gigs. At the end of the day though, it was better than schlepping and it was my form of the cigarette break.
and thought I would pass it along:
Do you visit your local Starbucks for a Grande Latte every day? If you swear off the ’Buck, you could stand to save almost a million dollars — in about 41 years. That's a long time to stay away from caffeine, but you can ditch the daily expense and still get your fix by investing in your own espresso machine. Sure, operating these pump-driven devices isn’t as easy as flipping on a Mr. Coffee, but making quality espresso drinks isn’t impossible. Over the last few years, design and engineering advances have produced machines small enough for your kitchen counter, yet capable of creating the water pressure and temperatures needed to brew the real black gold at home. Whether you want push-button simplicity or the tactile grace of a manual lever — utilitarian or high-fashion — the variety of machines and accessories available is enough to fill a coffee lover’s heart with crema. With the right ingredients and a little help from a vibrant online community of espresso fiends, nearly anyone can become a home barista — and the only tip jar you'll have to fill is your own.
Reminds me of the strange looks I got when I bought in a espresso maker to different gigs. At the end of the day though, it was better than schlepping and it was my form of the cigarette break.
Aug 21, 2005
How long?
Yes, we’re in Iraq because we wanted to bring a free and open society to the Middle East as well as depose a megalomaniacal dictator (wink, wink). Of course, lower prices for gas at the pumps was just a small ancillary benefit we’d all enjoy as we’re tooling around in our SUV’s running errands by ourselves. It would be especially kind to those of us who were childless masters of the universe trying to make sure everyone got a glimpse of our ostentatious display of wealth and success.
but wait...
You say the price of gasoline at the pump is actually increasing?!?!? How can this be? We paid for that cheap gasoline with the lives of young American men and women!
I’m just curious how long the status quo will continue before we see the kind of big demonstrations that happened before they sent troops into Iraq - it’s coming. I have no doubt about it. Unless the administration is prepared to make a grand, sweeping gesture and begin reducing the number of troops serving in Iraq dramatically, I can’t help but think that as the price of a gallon of gas rises, even the people who agreed with the administrations decision will start to look up and take notice.
Do you find yourself becoming increasingly inured to the daily reports of bombings and loss of life? It appears there is a daily report of people losing their lives in a cycle of violence that doesn’t seem to be abating. Maybe the number of bodies coming back in body bags isn’t the number to make people sit up and take notice, maybe the important number is the price of a gallon of gas at the pump. Says a lot about us as a nation, don’t you think?
Yes, we’re in Iraq because we wanted to bring a free and open society to the Middle East as well as depose a megalomaniacal dictator (wink, wink). Of course, lower prices for gas at the pumps was just a small ancillary benefit we’d all enjoy as we’re tooling around in our SUV’s running errands by ourselves. It would be especially kind to those of us who were childless masters of the universe trying to make sure everyone got a glimpse of our ostentatious display of wealth and success.
but wait...
You say the price of gasoline at the pump is actually increasing?!?!? How can this be? We paid for that cheap gasoline with the lives of young American men and women!
I’m just curious how long the status quo will continue before we see the kind of big demonstrations that happened before they sent troops into Iraq - it’s coming. I have no doubt about it. Unless the administration is prepared to make a grand, sweeping gesture and begin reducing the number of troops serving in Iraq dramatically, I can’t help but think that as the price of a gallon of gas rises, even the people who agreed with the administrations decision will start to look up and take notice.
Do you find yourself becoming increasingly inured to the daily reports of bombings and loss of life? It appears there is a daily report of people losing their lives in a cycle of violence that doesn’t seem to be abating. Maybe the number of bodies coming back in body bags isn’t the number to make people sit up and take notice, maybe the important number is the price of a gallon of gas at the pump. Says a lot about us as a nation, don’t you think?
Aug 18, 2005
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
Following the example set by a friend, I have decided to obsess on work done a long time ago.
Quite aways back, I did some work for Marvel, before Photoshop became all the rage. Before Photoshop was even Photoshop - does anyone remember ImageStudio and ColorStudio? I did a few coloring jobs. Fun to do, nothing I could earn a living off of but, certainly a goal I had set for myself had been met after a fashion (working in comics in some capacity).
So, if you see these issues, you can pick apart my work.
The first job came out horribly, the result of a misreading of some color codes. The second job, I could actually live with. My only regret was when I met Marshall Rogers (the penciler on the job) recently, he didn’t have any of the originals from that story left and also that I didn’t pursue the coloring work a bit more.
I’ve toyed with the idea of doing coloring in Photoshop (working up some new samples) - it’s certainly a lot easier (Photoshop coloring) in some respects than working with the old Dr. Martin’s dyes was but, coloring has changed so much. Now colorists, instead of coloring a job and setting the mood, feel compelled to go in and work the artwork excessively - it’s sometimes akin to watching The League of Frustrated Pencillers. There are a few who do it well and understand what coloring is about but, there are quite a few more that somehow think modeling three figures in a small panel on a page somehow enhances a job (instead of muddying it up).
I’m thinking about starting a little side project titled ‘When bad colorists happen to good art.’ There’s some decent fodder there for Kevin Smith if he ever decides to do a sequel to Chasing Amy.
The first job:
and the second:
Following the example set by a friend, I have decided to obsess on work done a long time ago.
Quite aways back, I did some work for Marvel, before Photoshop became all the rage. Before Photoshop was even Photoshop - does anyone remember ImageStudio and ColorStudio? I did a few coloring jobs. Fun to do, nothing I could earn a living off of but, certainly a goal I had set for myself had been met after a fashion (working in comics in some capacity).
So, if you see these issues, you can pick apart my work.
The first job came out horribly, the result of a misreading of some color codes. The second job, I could actually live with. My only regret was when I met Marshall Rogers (the penciler on the job) recently, he didn’t have any of the originals from that story left and also that I didn’t pursue the coloring work a bit more.
I’ve toyed with the idea of doing coloring in Photoshop (working up some new samples) - it’s certainly a lot easier (Photoshop coloring) in some respects than working with the old Dr. Martin’s dyes was but, coloring has changed so much. Now colorists, instead of coloring a job and setting the mood, feel compelled to go in and work the artwork excessively - it’s sometimes akin to watching The League of Frustrated Pencillers. There are a few who do it well and understand what coloring is about but, there are quite a few more that somehow think modeling three figures in a small panel on a page somehow enhances a job (instead of muddying it up).
I’m thinking about starting a little side project titled ‘When bad colorists happen to good art.’ There’s some decent fodder there for Kevin Smith if he ever decides to do a sequel to Chasing Amy.
The first job:
and the second:
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