Pardon my progress. I am still learning WordPress and themes. I discovered that the theme I started with (Weaver) had been replaced over 10 months ago, and TWO major updates were released.
As with all Updates, things break. My logo won’t center. Fonts changed. CSS got better. And this new Weaver 2 Pro has more tweaking that I can go on for days…
Bear with me. I have many updates to post, and I am working on a section of “accidental spills”. …
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This is soooo cool! No really. Let them explain…
“Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space.
Focus after the fact. Since you’ll capture the color, intensity, and direction of all the light, you can experience the first major light field capability – focusing after the fact. Focus and re-focus, anywhere in the picture. You can refocus your pictures at anytime, after the fact.
And focusing after the fact, means no auto-focus motor. No auto-focus motor means no shutter delay. So, capture the moment you meant to capture not the one a shutter-delayed camera captured for you. ”
Check out these pictures here.
The science behind it all.
Best of all, its mac-only (for now…).
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Apple refreshed the MacbookPro lineup with the following:
13″ MacbookPro:
-Choice of 2.4Ghz i5 Core (dual) or 2.8Ghz i7 Cores (dual)
-4 or 8 gig RAM
-500GB or 750GB drives, 128, 256 or 512GB SSD options
15″ MacbookPro:
-Choice of 2.2Ghz or 2.4Ghz i7 Dual Cores
-4 or 8 Gig RAM
-500, 750GB 5400 HDD, optional 7200RPM 750GB HDD, 128, 256, or 512GB SSD options
-Radeon HD 6750M GPU w/512MB of GDDR5 on 2.2GHz config; or Radeon HD 6770M GPU w/1GB of GDDR5 on 2.4GHz config
17″ MacbookPro:
-Choice of 2.4Ghz i7 or 2.5ghz i7 Quad-cores
-4 or 8Gig RAM
-750GB 5400RPM or 750GB 7200 RPM HDD; 128, 256, or 512GB SSD options
-AMD Radeon HD 6770M GPU w/ 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Don’t forget the options (15″ and 17″) of a high-resolution LED-backlit glossy or optional antiglare widescreen display. Apple always seems to have a price point of $1500, $2200 and $2500 for its models, 13″, 15″ and 17″ respectively. And remember, Applecare does not cover accidental damage (but trust me, if your MBP fails after 12 months and you don’t have the extra Applecare…it would pay for itself in repair labor alone!)
Fare thee well, Mr Jobs.
I never got to meet you but I served many that use your products and designs.
You will be in history like Edison, like Ford, and other American creative and inspirational genius.
If there is one, Godspeed, Steve.
Apple quietly refreshed its line of Airport Extreme and Time Capsule (see my write up here).
It would make sense for Apple to also add better power/antenna and iCloud support for the AE. Ofcourse, this is currently rumors…but someone noticed that the Airport Admin software is being updated to 5.6 so… what do you think? And online stores like Amazon are showing 2+ week wait.
I’d like mine in Black please? I mean, come on, Apple TV2 is in black. Why not choice of black or white! Gives me another project to try…(paint one black…new Krylon paint…ME FIRST!)
Are your ready…I mean, its a LONG list of what was updated:
Adobe released version 10.1.1 of its Adobe Reader application. The update, which can also be snagged through the Adobe Update Utility, adds the following fixes and changes:
- Acrobat fails to display Rupee symbol.
- Unable to see the last item in drop down list when navigating through list with down arrow.
- Custom scan does not work with Acrobat X.
- Comments and Annotations do not work properly in Workspace launched via Safari on a Mac OS.
- A signed PDF can cause the viewer in a browser to crash.
- Submission of signed data in Acrobat X is slow.
- Unable to input using Japanese IME after using drop box with protected mode.
- Opening a PDF with “CR” in its name gives an error to accept license after disabling Protected Mode.
- Closing a form in a browser may cause the browser to hang.
- Protected mode on XP: IME mode remained Half-alphanumeric mode automatically and cannot change back to Hiragana mode again after move mouse focus from dropdown field to Japanese text filed.
- Form data cannot be exported to CSV in some cases.
- Portfolio behavior different from 9.x with respect to coversheets.
- formBridge events not firing in Portfolio loaded within Reader plug-in inside LiveCycle workspace.
- Touching up text causes ligatures to be dropped.
- IE 6 crashes with magnifier when filling out a text field of a table in a form. (Who still uses IE 6 ???)
- Reader X call to LiveCycle server fails when submitting an authentication call via SOAP.
- PDFMaker hangs while converting an attached Word file with hidden text to pdf.
- PDFMaker for Office 2007 duplicates headings when both normal and custom headings exist in the same document.
- PDFMaker for MS Office 2003: ES2 (LC 9.0) rendition removes spaces between the Kanji character and the English character while converting an MS word file to PDF.
- PDF was displayed in browser window directly instead of embedded in a ZCI html container when ‘Enable Javascript for this document one time.
- Acrobat Updater Resets “Adobe PDF” PostScript Printer Driver Instance Settings.
- The Share Pane has been renamed to “Tools Pane”. The Tools Pane has been renamed to the “Extended Pane” for Adobe Reader (this is only not for Acrobat). This change is designed to facilitate future additions and enhancements to the Tools area.
- The Welcome screen (with the recent file list) can be disabled via three methods:
- Improved stability and integration with MS Outlook on 64 bit systems. 8.x products redirect users to Reader 10.x downloads if new updates are available. Note that 8.x will be end-of-lifed in November, 2011.
- Major changes in the user JavaScript and global variables features as described in the Application Security Guide. If you use these features, you must make changes to your distributed products.
I was waiting for this very IMPORTANT upgrade BEFORE I move to 10.7.x.
You see, sometimes it is best to wait, especially to avoid aggravation that you upgraded too soon and much of your other programs won’t work.
One thin I really want to try now, since this will allow Snow Leopard as a VM, is to try a machine of 10.6 and import a 10.5 user, then allow that to migrate to a 10.7 client. Oh, so much to virtualize!
Trial Version Here
Wow, that was fast. It is now version 4.0.1…
The new version offers the following new features and fixes:
- Designed for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
- Brand-new user interface to offer an even more mac-like experience when running Windows and Mac applications side-by-side without rebooting.
- Turbocharged performance with up to 2.5x faster 3D graphics.
- Highly optimized 64-bit engine and multi-core processing faster than ever.
- Full Windows 7 support including Windows Aero and Flip 3D animations.
- Migration Assistant for Windows to transfer your entire PC to your Mac.
- Run OS X Lion in a virtual machine.
- More new features.
Fusion 4.0.1 retails for US$49.99 and requires an Intel-based Mac, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.6.7 or later (10.7 recommended) and a copy of Windows (if you’ll be installing Windows).
APC BackUPS Pro 1500
A UPS is defined as an un-interruptible power supply. This can be a typical battery backup or a complete surge/spike/AVR battery protection. It is NOT about Brown (United Parcel Service), but could be about brown-outs, power outtages, or even brief spikes or poor electrical supply. Many of my clients either have these already or know about them through me.
Now, I own several APC BackUPS units ranging from a small VA unit * VoltAmps, to ones of 1300VA and 1500VA. The larger the computer’s wattage, the bigger the VA requirement (you can visit APC for a calculator on what you need here)
Newer models have an LCD display with runtime, current, remaining time and charging information. There is even a fan that comes on only when it is charging (some don’t like the noise, but atleast you know it is working and charging). The UPS will beep when on battery. There is also an included cable that, when plugged into your Mac (or PC) USB port, should recognize the UPS and complete unattended shutdowns to protect your computer while out/away.
The UPS saved me during Hurricane Irene. I was able to watch my LCD TV, while keeping informed with a friend over Xbox Live via headset. My LAN, computer and entertainment system are all on battery backup units (floor unit, wall unit and a rackmount).
The room lights flickered twice, power went out for 4 minutes but I was still able to chat as though it wasn’t a big deal.
Although I could be a posterboy for Schneider-APC, I can’t stop advising folks that if you have a desktop computer, broadband networking hardware or expensive HDTV or even home entertainment setup, investing 10% of the cost of your equipment to protect is nothing compared to what you would pay in lost work or hardware. Typically, the BR1500 that is pictured above runs ~$200 and can handle a MacPro plus two displays and backup HDD for 30mins. Enough time to save your work and shutdown.
(image courtesy of Getty Images)
On 8/24/2010, Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple, Inc. With health ailing, Mr jobs stated he was no longer able to continue the helm of Apple and will step down.
From the Wall Street Journal: “”I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know,” Mr. Jobs said in his resignation letter. “Unfortunately, that day has come.”
“The Board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO,” said Art Levinson, chairman of Genentech and Apple board member, in a statement.
He added that Mr. Jobs will “continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration.”
After a brief halt, Apple’s shares slid 5.13% to $355.70 in after-hours trading, after closing at $376.18, up $2.58, at 4 p.m. on the Nasdaq Stock Market. ”
(Thanks to Steve Williams for the late evening update. Hope everyone pre-ordered their copy of Steve Job’s Bio…)
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Seems owners of iMacs and 10.7 are getting GPU issues when awoke from sleep.
-Tidbits
UPDATE: above should be fixed by Apple here!
And there are alot of wifi issues according to the Apple Support Communities.
-Apple.com/support
UPDATE: above also should be fixed by Apple’s 10.7.1 here!
More to come as I keep an eye out for Tigers and Bears…oh my.
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