I’m tired of trying to come up with an alphabetical title in my posts. This experiment is now officially retired on my blog.
This is what my new iMac looks like
My new iMac is so stunning, fast and fun. I had fun getting to know it a bit more today, since I’m so sick. I also laid my hands on Aperture.
Aperture is Apple’s equivalent to Adobe Light Table. I don’t know who came up with which first. Apple often comes up with things first, then others copy them. In any case, Melissa showed me light table the other day. I used Aperture today and the past few days off an on. They’re both hard to get used to because the features are packaged differently than Photoshop’s interface. BUT WOW! Aperture sure is nice. It has a very nice workflow and it’s filters, adjustments and tools are quite remarkable and easy. I manipulated all my photos from the “Gone to Pot” post with Aperture. Very nice.
It’s hard to use my iBook after playing with the iMac all day – but here I type…in the dark, waiting for my pain medication to kick in. I rarely use the iBook since I’m out of school and have the iPod Touch. It really is the FUNNEST iPod ever! I can use it anywhere and for almost anything. Yep – they have an app for that. I use this thing at work and on the go. It plays music, videos and stores my pictures. It has all my contacts and I can browse the web, get my e-mail and send text massages. It can even show me where I am, play games, give me medical information and walk me through a code using ACLS algorithms. It is an amazing work of art.
My uncle Mark died unecpectedly. I am sorry to see him go. Laurette is most affected by his passing. Mark used to see Laurette quite often. Every time I see someone attempting suicide and ends up in my E.R., I am angry with them and my uncle for doing this to themselves. It leaves behind such ache. I know it isn’t about us…it’s about them and their choice and their suffering. To try to understand what would bring a person to this point is quite dizzying. He is the second in this family to succeed in taking his own life.
Is that all the updates for now? Yep.
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