Douglas R. Seidler

Adobe’s CS4 products now available - 30 day trial

Adobe is now offering trial versions of its CS4 applications including Acrobat 9 Pro, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, and Dreamweaver CS4. You will need to set up an Adobe account before you can download these 30 day trials. Most programs are now close to 1GB in size which might ...

Pixels Are Like Cupcakes. Let Me Explain.

On Nov 13, 2008 Russ Juskalian of the New York Times wrote a good article explaining the significance of digital camera resolution. IT happens to all of us: the moment when one finds out that more megapixels and better photographs aren’t always the same thing. To be disabused of the Megapixel ...

Tell 5 Friends

The deadline to register to vote is Oct 4 in some states. Please forward this (non-partisan) video to 5 friends today.

Adobe CS4 Announced

Earlier this week Adobe announced Creative Suite 4. From what I can tell, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign received minor updates... probably not worth the upgrade. Dreamweaver - Adobe's web editing software - received the most attention this time around and is now available for trial as beta software. If you do not currently own CS3 ...

Register to Vote

The deadline to register in Massachusetts for the November Presidential election is Oct 15, 2008. If you are registered to vote in another state, please check that your registration is valid and verify the deadline to request an absentee ballot. At voteforchange.com you can register to vote, request to vote absentee, and ...

Today is Firefox 3 Download Day

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Help the folks at mozilla set a guiness world record by downloading Firefox 3 today. (note: as of 7:43AM EDT there is no link to download from Mozilla's website)

Is bamboo really green?

There is a good article at Slate.com by Brendan I Koerner exploring the true "Greenness" of Bamboo flooring. The scale of production, methods or harvest, assembly and transportation all impact what is considered by most to be the "green" alternative to traditional hardwood floors. Bamboo does have loads of green ...

Re-thinking construction documents

I only began to understand how complex construction drawings are when I started teaching 4 years ago. Prior to teaching, my experience communicating with consultants, contractors, architects, and interior designers through the conventional 2D drawings is almost always straight forward (I do admit these drawing produced their fair share ...

Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost

President Bush signed a transportation bill on June 6, 2008 that includes $45 million for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland. The project has been in the planning stages for quite some time. This bill represents a shift in the federal governments view on mass public transportation as ...

Beacon Hill, Suffolk reach expansion deal

It seems that plans for NESAD's new building at 20 Somerset got one step closer to reality. The Boston Globe reported the following on June 5, 2008.Suffolk University and the chief Beacon Hill neighborhood group have struck a pivotal deal on the college's ambitious expansion plan, paving the way for its approval ...