Wacom: Tablets - Special Editions

Wacom has just come out with the "Intuos3 Special Edition" for their Intuos3 line of tablets.

From the site, "Here at Wacom, we're excited to be celebrating our 25th anniversary. It wouldn't be possible without the support of our many customers over the years, and we want to say thank you in a special way. So, for a limited time, we're launching a very exciting product at a very special price".

Price $489 (vs. $449)

MsgPlus! Add-in: Downloader

Spent a little bit of time in the Messenger Plus! Live API and wrapped the background downloader functions in a simple UI. See details here. Messenger Plus! Live is, "an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining".

The Future of Image Resizing

One of the truly great things about having a career in life long learning is seeing innovative things like this new image resizing technique. Hopefully we will see this in a future version of Photoshop [CS4?].

DVD: Reality Bites

Though I've seen the movie before I re-watched the DVD, "Reality Bites". Basically a 20's coming of age movie. Lot's of [now] famous people.

3D: Bryce 5.5 - Free

Daz 3D has released a FREE version of Bryce 5.5. For those that have been around a bit this was a cool tool for creating natural landscapes, etc.

Book: Adobe AIR

"Mike Chambers and the Adobe AIR crew have generously released the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide under a creative commons license.

The pocket guide covers:

* Introduction to AIR
* Getting Started with AIR development
* Working with JavaScript and HTML within AIR
* AIR Mini Cookbook
* Command line tools
* Aliases
" --- http://ajaxian.com/...

WallPaper: Forza 2 - Week 03

Here's a wallpaper for the game Forza 2:

Week 03:
http://shrinkster.com/qba