Splice is shutting down. I’ve been too busy with work for the past year. Thanks to all those who showed support and subscribed.
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The blog will continue to be up for a short period until the upcoming website redesign.
In case you missed it last week. The Hollywood writers strike is finally over!
Here are a few quotes from the official WGA announcement:
“On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked on November 5th. The strike is over.”
“Writing can resume immediately. If you were employed when the strike began, you should plan to report to work on Wednesday.”
“…with the establishment of the WGA jurisdiction over new media and residual formulas based on distributor’s gross revenue (among other gains) we are confident that the results are a significant achievement not only for ourselves but the entire creative community, now and in the future.”
You can read the full WGA announcement over at Deadline Hollywood Daily.
The folks over at Abel Cine Tech have created a great little guide for the ever popular Panasonic AG-HVX200 camera.
“Learn about HD formats, P2 workflows, camera functions, applications and specifications”
Some of the topics covered include:
You can download it here.
Here’s a blast from the past for all you Illustrator nuts! This is the original VHS video that shipped with version 1.0 of Adobe Illustrator back in 1987.
Crazy!
If you purchased and installed Leopard over the holidays you’re gonna want to read this awesome tweaking guide from the guys at Appletell.
They walk you through some great tweaks for the dock, stacks, menu bar, icons, login window, quicklook and more…
Looks like the format war is finally over.
Warner Bros. announced recently that it would drop support for HD DVD and only release on Blu-ray and regular DVD starting in May.
I’m glad I waited before purchasing a next-gen HD player. Blu-ray’s specs are much more suited to high quality video in my opinion.
Apple Insider has some more details on this big decision.
This is not good news for fans of the hit television show Heroes. According to this source, the writer’s strike may force Heroes to air a season finale on December 3rd after only 11 episodes. Let’s hope the strike is going to be resolved before then!
Are you upgrading to Leopard? The Unofficial Apple Weblog has some very useful articles on the topic to help guide you through the process.
First take a look at their Getting Ready for Leopard guide for tips on what to backup and how to make a smooth transition to your shiny new OS X.
When you’re ready read their Leopard How To: Clean Install guide.
I’m not making the upgrade right away. I’ve decided to wait a week or two before making the jump in order to read about other people’s experiences.
Stallone came back for Rocky and now he’s coming back for Rambo!
The first official Rambo 4 movie poster has just been released. Ooooh Aaaah!
Here is the plot outline:
In Thailand, John Rambo (Stallone) assembles a group of mercenaries and leads them up the Salween River to a Burmese village where a group of Christian aid workers allegedly went missing.
Rambo 4 is scheduled to be released on January 25th, 2008.
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The long wait is nearly over! According to several sources including Think Secret, Apple is all set to unleash Leopard during a launch event on October 26th at 6:00pm.
Leopard features a gorgeous new Desktop, Cover Flow built right into the Finder, Quick Look to view files without opening them, Time Machine for restoring files, Spaces to organize your virtual desktops and of course the ability to run Microsoft Windows!
UPDATE: It’s official. Apple made the announcement this morning! Leopard goes on sale October 26th. You can pre-order your copy and get free delivery as of today.
