Thursday, April 14, 2005
Things Undead, Dead, and Wilber.
In a recent book review Rod Liddle, referring to Tory opposition leader Michael Howard, described him as the "Resurrection of the Undead".
Very apt. In Scotland, with the general election looming, plenty people will be sharpening their wooden stakes, just in case.
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Wilber.
Finally got round to downloading the new Gimp for Mac, version 2.2.6, and loaded it without a hitch. Just dumped the old one into the trash and dropped the new one into my applications folder.
I've only been using it for a few hours, and so far it has behaved perfectly. The obvious improvements include no longer having to click twice to activate tools and documents, and previews working properly in the open dialog, which now has a sidebar like the Mac Finder.
I have preferred The Gimp to Photoshop for a long time now, and I thought my previous version was pretty near perfect after some of the much earlier releases on Linux, but this one is even better.
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Sadly, Kyocera of Japan are terminating production of the superb Contax cameras. Shipments of 35mm are to cease in September '05, with the 645 system due to share the same fate in December. After sales service will continue for a maximum period of 10 years.
I guess this is not so surprising, and it can't be long before we see a few other casualties of the digital age.
See all recent posts.
Very apt. In Scotland, with the general election looming, plenty people will be sharpening their wooden stakes, just in case.
___________________________
Wilber.
Finally got round to downloading the new Gimp for Mac, version 2.2.6, and loaded it without a hitch. Just dumped the old one into the trash and dropped the new one into my applications folder.
I've only been using it for a few hours, and so far it has behaved perfectly. The obvious improvements include no longer having to click twice to activate tools and documents, and previews working properly in the open dialog, which now has a sidebar like the Mac Finder.
I have preferred The Gimp to Photoshop for a long time now, and I thought my previous version was pretty near perfect after some of the much earlier releases on Linux, but this one is even better.
___________________________
Sadly, Kyocera of Japan are terminating production of the superb Contax cameras. Shipments of 35mm are to cease in September '05, with the 645 system due to share the same fate in December. After sales service will continue for a maximum period of 10 years.
I guess this is not so surprising, and it can't be long before we see a few other casualties of the digital age.
See all recent posts.
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