One of my most ambitious ventures is now open to private beta testers. Unfortunately, I can’t publicly divulge any information before the official launch on April 20th, but if you have a background in orchestral, choral, wind ensemble, chamber, jazz, or solo music, or a background in MediaWiki administration, please contact me via either the comments section of this post or email. Thank you!
Adobe unveiled their new Creative Suite 3 product line today. Creative Suite 3 brings major updates to almost all of Adobe’s applications, including Photoshop, Premiere, Flash and Dreamweaver. This release also brings two different editions of Photoshop, Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended (the latter adds “tools for editing 3D and motion-based content and performing image analysis”), and four different editions of Creative Suite: Design, Web, Production Premium and Master Collection. Creative Suite 3 Design and Web will ship in April while Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Master Collection are expected to ship some time during the third quarter of 2007.
A security update has been issued for Firefox. This release, version 2.0.0.3, includes one security fix. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Firefox here.
Update: This release also “addresses several web compatibility regressions introduced with Firefox 2.0.0.2.”
Here are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
iBackup is a simple to use backup and restore utility. iBackup supports scheduled backups of files, folders and applications. Further, it uses plugins to backup your settings like the dock, deskop picture, time, firewall, bluetooth and other system preferences. It is also able to backup application settings. You can add, delete and edit these plugins.
Pros: iBackup is one of the most comprehensive free backup utilities for Mac OS X. It comes pre-loaded with backup plugins for several popular applications and file locations, and supports the creation of your own plugins.
Cons: None significant.
It is with much regret that I apologize for my misguided remarks made towards the Cal Poly Pomona library. Unfortunately, the press is not covering both sides of the story and thus clouding the truth. Most importantly, Cal Poly Pomona is not destroying books for a full-service Starbucks Coffee.
Two days ago, I received a response to my request for more information on this conspiracy from archivist and special collections and music librarian Danette Cook Adamson and collection management coordinator Ann Morgan.
My first concern was that Bruce Emerton was the only librarian protesting the library’s destruction of books. As Ms. Adamson mentioned in her response, “[I]f the situation was indeed as being portrayed, you would see all the librarians publicly protesting.”
