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eXpress Yourself: Adobe gives it away

March 27th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Adobe launched Photoshop Express beta today. It's a very "flashy" web-based consumer-oriented photo editing product. It integrates it's own album sharing feature, and links directly to Photobucket, Facebook, and Picasa. The features are pretty basic - certainly not what I'd call a slimmed-down Photoshop. The flash interface is terrific. Simply rolling over editing options automatically ...

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The Simplicity Haiku

March 26th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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This comes from MIT professor John Maeda . He's also the author of the book The Laws of Simplicity [tags]John-Maeda, MIT, Simplicity[/tags]

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This blog is garbage! Long live garbage!!

March 25th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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The interweb never ceases to amaze me. This blog is dedicated to the garbage left on New york City streets every day. What a great concept! Each day, Americans fill up 63,000 garbage trucks. I can't say I'm much better - although most of our garbage goes to recycling - it's ...

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Microsoft granted a US patent for “Weather”

March 25th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Granted today by the USPTO, patent #7,349,830 describes a patent granted to Microsoft for Weather Profiling. And you thought global warming was going to be bad: Sleet driver not found. A problem has caused The Sun to stop Shining correctly. Windows will close the sun and notify you if a solution is available. Ok? You may be a ...

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Really?? Reel-2-Reel Real Audio

March 24th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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As a kid I was a geeky audiophile. No speakers were ever large enough. No amplifier had enough RMS watts. No preamp had enough signal to noise. I dreamt of those large reel to reel tape machines, but lived on an 8-track budget. Fast forward to 2008 where "hi-fidelity" is a nostalgic ...

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VC Roundtable: Face to Face with Rick Segal

March 24th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Forget everything you learned on Dragon's Den and come hear the truth about VC financing. EventBrite is hosting a VC Roundtable event in Ottawa on April 16th. Featured speaker is Rick Segal - VC with JL Albright, SuperBlogger, and the man who brought us Chapters Online! The event is free, located in ...

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When’s the last time someone re-invented the bottle label?

March 24th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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Long ago... if you were able to remove the label from a beer bottle - intact, it either proved you were a virgin, or brought you "sexual luck". With Oxford Landing's new labels, removing them won't be as tricky! The idea behind the tear-away tabs is you'll be able to remember ...

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Signs of the Apocalypse

March 21st, 2008 Jobe Roberts 4 comments

Burning Man 2007 - Apocalypse Stagecoach According to the Whois lookup results from InterNIC it is said that God.org will expire on Saturday May 24 2008! For those of you who are not prepared for the world to end in less than 65 days, you might be relieved to hear that God.net will keep ...

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iZombie: Apple Patents 3-D Display

March 20th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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The USPTO published a patent application from Apple today describing a "three-dimensional display system." Pretty soon that Meatloaf video on your ipod will scream out at ya like a 3-D bat out of hell! According to Apple: Recent developments in computers and computer graphics have made spatial 3D images more practical and accessible. The ...

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