The other day, Apple, Inc introduced iWork ’08 along with a new version of iLife and new iMac models. iWork ’08 is an integrated software title from Apple with Pages ’08 (word processor), Keynote ’08 (presentation) and Numbers ’08 (spreadsheet). The introduction of iWork ’08 has finalized the termination of AppleWorks, which never made it to Universal. Continue reading
We had a visitor from Boston the other day. He said that his company owns the tallest building. He showed me a photo. I said “Whoa… That’s a beautiful building.” But then… He burst into tears. I asked him if a deadly fire killed his beloved wife in the building or something. He actually said that prospective tenants decide not to move in when they see that photo. So I said “You could use some glare.” That honest opinion of mine seemed to turn him on. So he asked me to fix the photo. Not a problem! I just launched Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Photoshop CS2 on my iMac. In a matter of 5 minutes or so, I finished modifying the image. After I showed it to him, he seemed content and went back to Boston.
The following tutorial shows steps to create a scene of sunlight glare, using Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Photoshop CS2. The photo used in this tutorial comes from Webshots. Note that the screenshots below are extracted from a tutorial video with PNG compression. Therefore, their quality may not be the best. Continue reading
Mactopia, Microsoft’s Mac website, has released an update patch for Virtual PC 7. According to the site, the patch “fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code,” which is the exactly the same explanation given for Microsoft Office 2004 11.3.7 Update.
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On a winter day, I was emotionally exhausted and felt like getting away from everything. After stopping by a restaurant at the end of a road, I continued to drive till I reached a beach. And I then got out of the car and walked on the beach for a few hours, searching for the answer for my life. I sat and watched the waves that kept coming back. Then I realized something odd. A sand drawing appeared out of nowhere. I looked around, again, but there was nobody else at a winter beach. I shouted “Who the hell is doing this?” And I took a very close look at the sand drawing. It said MacHouse.
The following tutorial shows steps to create a sand drawing on a beach, using Adobe Photoshop CS2. The beach photo used in this tutorial comes from PD Photo. Continue reading
Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) has released an update patch for the Mac version of Micorosoft Office 2004 and its components. According to Mactopia, the patch “fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.”
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