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oops: upgrading your mac’s os to snow leopard downgrades your flash player

snow-leopard-flash-player-downgrade

If you’ve upgraded to Apple’s much-hyped and well-received Snow Leopard, I recommend that you update your system’s Adobe Flash player – even if you already had the latest version prior to the installation. That’s because in the process of installing Snow Leopard, your current Flash player will be replaced by version 10.0.23.1. Both Adobe and…

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September 4th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing technology

subscribe to comfort with rss pillows

craftsquatch geek pillow handmade

It’s hard to hang out on these wide internets without appreciating kitschy ‘net-related gear, so of course this RSS pillow caught my eye. It looks nice and soft, and that icon is so homey and familiar that I almost wish I didn’t have a red sofa that would clash with this thing in an eye-shattering…

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July 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun

adobe cs pillows: not photoshopped

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Adobe’s simple and stylish icons are just begging for spin-offs, so I wasn’t surprised at all when I saw these Adobe CS stuffed pillows from My Suite Stuff.

These are definitely geekier than the ctrl alt del pillows. Each handmade pillow sells for $15 USD (plus shipping), while a 6 piece set – one of…

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May 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

no sweat: hello kitty netbook runs windows 7 aero and photoshop cs3

cs3onhellokitty7

Now I’m seriously considering going back to Windows: Microsoft’s beta release of Windows 7 pays off yet again, and the Redmond giant receives more free publicity with Akihabara News‘ real world test of Windows 7 beta on an Sotec (Onkyo) C101K3W Hello Kitty Edition.

The netbook was able to provide decent performance, from normal web…

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April 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech gadgets mobile tech technology

photoshop and illustrator magnetic photo whiteboards

adobe illustrator magnetic photo board meninos

Do you spend a good bit of your time in front of your computer monitor engrossed in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator? Now you can break down that pesky divide between the digital and real worlds with this clever magnetic photo board.

The designers over at Brazil’s Meninos (the same guys who gave us some oh-so-awesome…

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January 31st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design digital imaging just plain fun

myracer portable console plays flash games

MyRacer MF101 Portable Flash Game System Media Player

The latest pocket gaming system isn’t from Nintendo or Sony, but from an upstart little Korean outfit called MyRacer. Their new MF101 portable looks like another media player on the surface, but under the hood, it’s a pocket-sized arcade system.

Sure, it’ll play music and video files in a variety of formats, but the MyRacer…

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February 20th, 2008 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech video games

adobe photoshop cs3 for iphone

iPhone Photoshop CS3

So now that you’ve snapped a few photos with your iPhone’s super-duper camera, where do you turn to edit your pix? Do you dock your iPhone with your computer, sync up with iTunes, then open the photos in your desktop image editing software? What are you, some kind of hillbilly?

Get into the 90s with…

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September 18th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging just plain fun media players

logitech nulooq navigator:use your left hand for something more productive

Logitech NuLOOQ Controller

Logitech’s unique NuLOOQ navigator has been available for over a year now for Mac OSX users, and now software is available for use with Windows XP too.

The NuLOOQ plugs into your USB port and provides quick access to frequently used functions in popular graphic design and multimedia applications, with the greatest productivity enhancements available…

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October 10th, 2006 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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