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Prius in the shop!

As you know Priuses are hybrids, meaning they run on gas when they are not running on unicorn farts and baby wishes (I’m low on unicorn farts).

So I have a rental.

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My little writing computer came in the mail today.

I haven’t used Windows since Vista… where I almost immediately said “time for a mac”. Now I have my little 10″ Dell with Windows 7. I must say I am having a very hard time with the lack of… love? Microsoft always acted like it didn’t really like it’s users, but now it’s obvious that it just hates them. It’s the little things that really bug me:

“I’m afraid that you can’t change the background with Windows 7 Starter Edition. It’s a limitation of the Starter Edition and as I understand it, can’t be gotten around.”

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Save everything as a PSD.
This is a cool little program that will take everything that is open on your screen and save it as a PSD layers.  Little icons, Big images, the whole she-bang!
One more reason why your PC sucks.
[ http://layersapp.com/ ]

Thanks to Socheat for this one.
LiveSerface.com Image template library.
Present every possible format without printing.
Everything is prepped and ready, vanishing points are added in, all you have to do is drop in your art.
Suck it iStock!
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Circus Themed gallery show in down town.
On of my favorite artists and long time friend Kendo  was showing in the front and back rooms. → Give in to more.

I started coding flash with Flash 3 (before ActionScript).
It is a few years later, and we have evolved from ActionScript 1.0 (1999) to ActionScript 3.0 (2006) and I have been reading about ActionScript 4.0 for over 2 years… However, it looks like for what I do, I will be stuck in ActionScript 2.0 for the remainder of my career.

Personally, I have a real issue with using software or code once it is old enough to be in school. There have been changes, and (hopefully) improvements in technology between the time of a product’s launch and now–regardless of the newness of the product. When the iPhone was released you wouldn’t expect Apple to throw up it’s hands and proclaim “That is good enough, we’ve done the best we could, and there will never be a need to improve on that idea.” However, this is not the always the case with web technologies, especially when it comes to adapting new ideas.

Imagine if you worked at a TV Production Studio and the boss of the company said, “I have decided not to film anything in HDTV. We have run the numbers, and it means that we would have to buy new cameras, change the way we do hair and make-up, and upgrade our editing equipment. It is too expensive.” You would think your boss was a moron, and immediately start looking for another company because staying there would mark the death of your career. Now imagine that the company you worked at was NBC or HBO or Disney, and they decided that HDTV was a fad and not worth putting the effort into. That doesn’t change your job, that changes the landscape.
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My new love affair with a website, starts here:
http://pinterest.com/drpunchman/

‘According to “Terminator 2,” Skynet goes online April 19, 2011 at 8:11 PM (tonight)’
— Adam K.

Stand up comedy game show?

This is one of the first TV pilots I worked on. It’s coming back around as a live show! If you don’t hate to laugh, this is a thing of interest.

That’s the Light is the rapid-fire, one-minute stand-up comedy contest where contestants have exactly sixty seconds to impress the judges. Hit the stage and wrap it up. Open with your closer. Your next minute might be your last.

Los Angeles Comedy Festival presents
That’s the Light
Theatre Asylum
6320 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038
Reservations: www.LAComedyFest.com or
tickets@lacomedyfest.com or
(323) 463-2942
Tickets: $10 cash only at the door
More info: mellonballer@msn.com
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