That cartoon over there just about says it all for me this Happy Hearts Day. {click to embiggen} Harold’s Planet Rocks! Hope your day is a good one.
Uhhh {perhaps I over-use that idiom..can I find a new one?}… Can you come and rescue me from the shore I seem to have placed my-wee-self? Let me give you an update/explanation of what my space life has been into lately…
School is a non-stop process of learning Design Programs.
Specifically Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Macromedia Studio 8. These programs are intensive and require a large place in one’s life for the learning curve. I am crawling… Just when I thought I knew a bit about Photoshop I find out I really don’t know much at all. Being a Raw Image Photographer I have found their solution to image processing is complicated and time consuming. I praise God above for programs such as Raw Shooter 2005 that make my life so much easier. That program is Windows based. Sorry Mac-Users, that program does NOT accommodate you! Check out Pixmantic for more programs and options!
Most design programs are/or were developed for Apple Computers. Things are changing but process is slow to come. These once Mac Programs really don’t like Windows and switching from one computer to another can be a chore at best. I am there.
Adobe and Macromedia{now a merged corporation under Adobe} know they have great products and charge accordingly! …even student prices are steep… but you have to have them to learn. My pockets are empty. Along those same lines are the resources these programs take up on your computer. 512 of RAM/SDRAM or what ever you may have on you PC just does NOT do it to run Windows and the applications in these design programs. WindowsXP is a hog in space. You have to have a firewall running/virus protection and a number of other things just to keep your machine safe and productive. Enter my new computer….
In my heart-of-hearts I did not want to spend the money to get a new PC. {Thank-God for College Loans!} I had to upgrade from my Dell… it lagged and crashed much to often and my work was lost. Read 10 reasons to upgrade to VISTA when it comes out. Hohummm… Now my problem is making the programs work on my new “fancy” computer. The activation process to relocate these design programs is a pain. If your computer has crashed{like mine has} and you have re-installed your programs a number of times{like I have}, you just can’t re-activate the programs without calling them. …which I have done for the last 3 days now. I still can NOT get the programs to work. Here is the rub: I downloaded all of my work on my external hard-drive and it is sitting there, in a safe place. Adobe Programs will not work on more than one drive at a time…. you have to pay for the software again… or jump through hoops. I am jumping. People in cyberspace have hurt these companies by downloading other peoples activation numbers and thus people like myself have to document what/where/how they are using the programs. IT IS A MESS!
SO… I am waiting for Adobe to contact me with upper-tier support to get my programs working again. Thus my school-work will suffer until I can gain access to them once again. ..and so it goes.
I have found some very cool links lately… check ‘em out when/if you have time. They follow:
* 3,592 games!
* SitePoint {great place for geekie info}
* 101 Tips For Improving Children’s Behaviour {Uhhh, at times I can use all the help I can find!}
* Top 100 Essential Downloads of Free software & Freeware for Windows XP
* The Best Brands of the World {Ever wonder who and how logos or brands were produced? Check ‘em out here}
That is all, til later/soon. Cross your fingers that my programs work sooner than later. Til then I send my smile…