this ‘n that
Posted on June 29, 2003
Filed Under Misc.
Eric took the girls to a children’s museum, then he’s coming back to pick me up and we have to buy Emily some new sneakers. Gosh her feet grow fast. I caught up on my work that I wanted to do today so while I wait, here’s some assorted things:
iChat AV: still very, very cool. I wish it were available for PCs so my mother-in-law could see just how good it is compared to anything else. I need to Timbuktu into my Mom’s computer and set it up for her. She doesn’t have a webcam, but I’m told the audio is better than telephone and it’s certainly cheaper (free).
Font Agent Pro: For the first time in 2 or 3 years, I’ve uninstalled FontReserve. I just couldn’t take all the database errors. I tried fixing them with FontDoctor, but that only made the problem worse. I had Font Agent years ago under Mac OS 9. It did a great job of organizing and cleaning up my fonts. Font Agent Pro is even better because it does auto-activation that blows FontReserve’s auto-activation out of the water. It’s faster and it doesn’t attach its plug-in to InDesign files. The only problem I’m having with Font Agent is that my activation code is not working. I sent an email to Insider Software’s support but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow for a human to read it. It runs fine in demo mode, so no biggie for now. My 2500+ fonts have never been in better shape.
Better font management came just in time, as I’ve been busy working on the logo for my new client. When I’m working on a new logo I may activate 100 different fonts at a time looking for “the one.” They liked my first round of ideas, made suggestions on what they were hoping to see and now I’m waiting for word on round 2. It’s going to be really nice, I’m looking forward to when they decide on a final design so I can reveal it here.
Speak of new logos, I just have to give a big cheer to Adobe Illustrator 10. Every time I use that application, I find more to love.
I had business cards printed by PrintingForLess.com. They arrived on Thursday and they look great. So professional compared to inkjet cards. PFL.com is not the cheapest of the online printers, but I’ve used them before and I haven’t been disappointed.
I signed up for a subscription to lynda.com. For $25 a month I get to watch all her fantastic training videos in QuickTime, as often as I want. I’m about halfway through the one on Illustrator 10. Even for programs I think I know well, there’s always something new to learn. Great selection of titles. I can learn anything through a video demo. I’m looking forward to tackling some scripting next.
This afternoon I noticed some damage to our siding outside. Have to make sure to let Mike know tomorrow. Bummer.
Forget Eudora or Mailsmith, I’ve switched to PowerMail.
I’m getting estimates on having our driveway redone and repaired. This will probably be worth a separate blog entry.
