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Photography through Astronomy

Published on July 26, 2010 By Jeremy

As I was browsing the internet the other day, I stumbled across an article that may interest those of you who enjoy photography. It details a trick where you can use the rotation of the earth to create neat, long exposure photos. First, you need to know how to go about finding the North Star [...]

The battle behind the screens – Flash vs. Silverlight

Published on January 25, 2010 By Blog

It’s definitely a war–it’s just that it’s a Cold War. Since Microsoft released Silverlight, (and by the way, watch what happens when you surf over there) their answer to Adobe Flash, in 2007, there’s been a (sort of) silent war going on behind the two software giants about who gets to play your movies. When [...]

What do you get for the phone who has everything?

Published on January 5, 2010 By Blog

So ok–it’s going to be a while until we get Flash for the iPhone, but I think we can all agree that it’s still pretty cool. The question is: now that you can do almost everything on the iPhone, like getting GPS Driving directions, reading e-books with the Kindle App, checking your email, stock quotes, [...]

Cloud Computing then and now; a look at how far we’ve come

Published on December 11, 2009 By Blog

About a year ago (specifically last February), “Cloud Computing” was a fairly new techno-buzzword. In fact, when Jori blogged about it then, we got a fair few comments asking what it was. At the time, the “cloud” was a nebulous thing true to its name; when something went into the electronic “cloud,” just where was [...]

Photoshop CS4 Solution: Show All Menu Items

Published on December 3, 2008 By admin

While working in the beta of Photoshop CS4, it became apparent that there were many menu items that Adobe deemed not necessary and had hidden. What was a annoyance at first has become a full fledged speed bump since many of those items I use every day. While it is possible to go to Edit [...]

Adobe Announces CS4 World Wide Webcast

Published on September 18, 2008 By admin

With the campaign “It’s Going to be Brilliant,” Adobe has announced the release of the newest Creative Suite, CS4. The broadcast can be viewed at the Ascend Training Chicago facility with the Chicago Area Adobe User Group Sept. 23rd at 11am, or viewed online at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/ The release of CS3 saw major modifications in the [...]