ZAPNotes

I realize I'm piling on at this point, but today this was unveiled: Apparently the moment that changed the world is the introduction of Photoshop, allowing legions of under-qualitified designers to perform un-licensed head strips. This is truly a horrifying concept, and we must send a Terminator back in time to terminate George Lucas before he founded ILM, thereby stopping Photoshop before it  could be created , saving legions of illustrator's jobs and making the world a little prettier. Also, X-Men 2 did this concept (if you can call it that), much, much better: This is the latest in a long line of epic fail posters for this film: If you told me these were fan-created, I would believe you. If you told me they were official, I might have a breakdown. Please don't do that to me. These are sort of colorful, and don't feature blatant Photoshop disasters, but are fairly underwhelming, especially the taglines. It's kind of sad that the logo poster is the least o...

I realize I'm piling on at this point, but today this was unveiled: Apparently the moment that changed the world is the introduction of Photoshop, allowing legions of under-qualitified designers to perform un-licensed head strips. This is truly a horrifying concept, and we must send a Terminator back in time to terminate George Lucas before he founded ILM, thereby stopping Photoshop before it  could be created , saving legions of illustrator's jobs and making the world a little prettier. Also, X-Men 2 did this concept (if you can call it that), much, much better: This is the latest in a long line of epic fail posters for this film: If you told me these were fan-created, I would believe you. If you told me they were official, I might have a breakdown. Please don't do that to me. These are sort of colorful, and don't feature blatant Photoshop disasters, but are fairly underwhelming, especially the taglines. It's kind of sad that the logo poster is the least o...

No, it's not a new airline. It's the new Lion OS. Lots of subtle changes. Nothing earth-shattering and in-your-face at first glance. Launchpad is a nice way to view your app list, but I don't quite get it's existence in the Dock.  That said, I would love to be able to have folders in my Dock, since on my main Macs, I have about 48 apps in the Dock. Using multitouch gestures on the trackpad to swap between applications and workspaces   is very awesome, though. Can't play with AirDrop yet, as I don't have multiple Macs that I can put Lion on just yet.  I wonder if it's going to be a DropBox replacement. More later.

This one courtesy of the wife: "Why are they playing wishbone with that girl?"

Sony kicked off  quite a storm  yesterday by going public with their difficulties getting their iOS book reader app approved by Apple.  The collective gadget/tech internet has exploded, with a lot of writers going to the old saw of Apple being a greedy/restrictionist bully.  A little patience is probably in order. Here next are probably the most pertinent items from Apple's App Store Review Guidelines, let's look at them logically. 11.2 Apps utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app will be rejected A lot of people look at 11.2 and are coming to the incorrect conclusion that the Kindle and Nook iOS apps violate this an may be rejected on their next update.  This is totally inaccurate.  Both apps do not allow any purchase to happen IN THE APP.  Hell, neither of them even allow you to find a book to buy within the app, kicking you out instead to Safari to use their site for ...

Floating heads are OK. Floating heads with clear separation would be better.

Nothing especially remarkable or ground-breaking about this one. Apparently having Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, and "A New Comedy From Ron Howard" has been deemed enough information to determine that this is a comedy. What's it about? Well, it's a dilemma! Vaughn! James! Bringing the funny! Don't you get it? It's going to be FUNNY! The positioning of the title indicates that there's something that's come between these two funny men. The "The" in the title is a little bit designed, with how it breaks the line of Vaughn's shoulder, but is otherwise unremarkable. At least it's not Gill Sans or Futura Extra Bold (comedy poster staples). All in all, very unremarkable. What's awesome about this, though, is that the studio approved an illustrated poster for a live action comedy. Bravo!