There’s something about the categorization of this thing that kills me. “Full Beard Natural”, “Wild West Moustache”, and “Freestyle Goatee” are three categories you’ll find in the Gallery of Contestants and Champions.
“If I were to advise new writers, I would advise like this: Tell me no pointless jokes; I will laugh at your refusal to allow me laughter. Build me no tension toward tears and refuse my lamentations; I will go find me better wailing walls. Do not clench my fists for me and hide the target; I might strike you, instead. Above all, sicken me not unless you show me to the ship’s rail.”
— Ray Bradbury
Take the quiz and find out.
My score: 75%, with three of my five errors being related to geography. I probably need to get out more.
It’s true! I just did my own test. Using Safari can slow your system down as much as 76% vs. Firefox on a Mac.
Get Firefox here.
When Adobe acquired Macromedia a couple years ago, I almost did a backflip. Not so much for business reasons, but because of the creative implications. The idea of merging (and Adobify-ing) Adobe’s superior graphic design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) with Macromedia’s comparatively clunky Web development tools (Dreamweaver and Flash) promised nothing but joy to those of us who use all of them on a daily basis.
I’ve been using CS3 for about a week, and have already noticed two monstrous improvements to Flash that are nothing short of world-changing. (My world, anyway.) Both of these specific improvements are directly related to the larger improvement Adobe’s made in integrating Flash with its brother Photoshop and sister Illustrator, creating an almost seamless workflow. They are:
1. Flash can now import native Photoshop and Illustrator files, preserving the layer structure.
It’s about time! Praise God!
2. The Pen Tool has been updated in Flash, where drawing objects is now more consistent with what we’re used to in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Not a moment too soon! Hallelujah!
