Frown Upon The Frown!
It’s been raining heavily for the first time in ages here in Sunny Glasgow (the Miami of the North I was recently told). Normally rain doesn’t bother me but it does when it starts seeping into my shoes. Time to buy new shoes. Joyous.
Busy at work, showing a new design for a dating website that we’re building for a client and, as always, Ricky’s done a first class job. It’s looking very polished at this stage and I can’t wait to show the client tomorrow the first draft of the design.
Other stuff since I last blogged includes Macromedia annoucing the release of their latest software suite, Studio 8. I’m sort of so-so about it which is odd for me coming from a pro Macromedia kind of place. I’m not sure what it is that’s making me so-so. Some of the features in Dreamweaver will be helpful and should’ve been done some time ago (background FTP will be hugely welcomed) but I don’t see any huge leaps in usability in the software. Of course I’ve not got stuck in so I’m reserving judgement until I get it next month.
Interested in the advances that the Flash player is going through but, apart from a couple of things, I’m left scratching my head at some of the additions to the player such as being able to put a motion blur on items, photoshop type filters, etc. Performance gains within the player are welcomed but I really want to see what the community does with all these fancy new filters that actually improve the experience of being on the web. With some of the changes I’m a bit feart of seeing Flash being thought of again as the thing that you have to click on ‘Skip Intro’ to avoid. I’m sure I’m being a little nippy about it. Looking forward to seeing the new video codec in action as well as being to upload files in Flash.
Sweet Jesus, I’ve used more jargon there than in the last month. You can tell I’m tired.
I have a small mountain of expenses to collect from biscuitmedia and have decided to treat myself. But to what? Well it’s either a new Ipod with a speaker system thing or a PSP. I’m leaning to the side of the Ipod with the cool speaker system that either Bose or Altec system thing for the house as my amp was destroyed by the little pigs. Frubes and Wharfdales amps do not make good bedfellows…
I do want a PSP, I’m interested how the PSP and the inevitable video ipod will change the way that video is delivered to you. I think that’ll porn will be the first to capitilise on the new way that you can view video but then I can’t waait to see if , for example, the BBC will create 10 minute news downloads that you can dump onot your device that you can then view on the bus, train, whatever. I’d so it, more interesting than Metro. We’ll see. Anyway, I’m weaning myself of the PSP idea.
I did however pre-order my Xbox 360 Deluxe package. Firstly because I want one one and secondly because I’m a deluxe slut. I would buy two gallons of rancid milk as long as the stinking paper bag it was held in was marked ‘Deluxe’ in big gold letters. Or small silver letters, it’s not the presentation, it’s the word.
Sites to go to. King Danny I has a great website and I would urge you to join his country. A great website, well thought out, designed and funny. The national anthem is brilliant but I wish it was a easily downloadable MP3. Actually as a citizen I demand it! Noam Chomsky’s involved, it must be good!
Well, crazy day tomorrow, working on Saturday morning, playing Power Rangers on Saturday afternoon, Justice League Sunday (I have it on expert authority that Wonder Woman’s power is actually wondering about being a super hero) then off to see a wee film Sunday night with some old and new friends. All go, all good.
Excuse the spelling, grammar, it’s late and I’m sleepy headed.
Take care of yourselves
And each other.
*wink*
S
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I want to play Power Rangers. I’m jealous.
Do they still have the ‘Pink’ Power Ranger? Her name use to be Kimberly but I’m sure it’s changed over the years. Power Rangers ruled…right up there with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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A sucker for “Deluxe” are you? hehehe the advertising moguls love your type! Have much fun with the gaming.
[...] we’ve launched a few websites recently, more on that later. i’m up for putting my neck on the line so i say this: apple will launch a video Ipod and push BBC content as a driver for the product. This isn’t original but it does make sense from a content driving demand sense. In 24 hours we’ll see…….. [...]