When Mary Ann’s computer crashed this morning, we decided to go for a drive in the country. Checking for wildflowers is a good alternative for sulking over a blank screen. We visited many of our standard locations, and while crossing county dirt roads near Round Mountain, Texas I stopped and backed up. “What did you… Continue reading Rattlesnake Dance
InDesign vs Pages for Catalog Creation
Spring has come, and it’s time for another book catalog for Wire Rim Books. Last year, I did my fall and spring catalogs with the Pages software from Apple. It’s part of the iWork software suite. While some have referred to Pages as a word-processor program, I’ve always thought of it as a page layout… Continue reading InDesign vs Pages for Catalog Creation
Sci-fi, Syfy, and Forry
It seems the Sci-Fi channel is changing its name to Syfy. The stated reason for the change is to make something that can be trademarked, a name that can be owned. I guess it’s as good a business reason as most. And I can’t get too upset at renaming a channel that has wrestling as… Continue reading Sci-fi, Syfy, and Forry