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Michael Mace of MobileOpportunity has a  thoughtful blog post  on the Chromebook vs. Windows. He's not a fan of Google Docs as a complete replacement for Word (or any other native word processor): "Since Google does not seem to be focused on fixing Docs, it's theoretically possible that some other app developer could create an online replacement for Office that really works, and offer it on Chromebooks.  But who would want to invest in that area when Google Docs is there as a competitor?  Docs is just good enough to hinder innovation, but not good enough to take out Office." Then again, I'm not sure anyone outside of the Free Software as Religion crowd is a giant fan of Google Docs.  "Besides, Google did a couple of sessions at IO comparing web app development to native app development.  They all concluded that web app development was better for content-playing applications, and that for productivity apps you need native software.  And native software ...

A nearly perfect poster. Color palette, layout, oh-so-gorgeous rendering on the title. My only complaint is that the billing block type feels too horsey. Our hero is obscured enough that it's too early to tell if this look is going to drown in the uncanny valley along with The Polar Express, but for now it looks like it may be right on. Snowy has been knocked out of the damn park, no matter what the people end up looking like.

Look, I've seen the originals. I've even (unfortunately) sat through all the prequels in a paid seat in the theatre. This painting doesn't make any sense. At least, not without an explanation, and that's kind of not the point with illustrations. But kudos upon kudos for going with an actual honest-to-god illustration on a major live-action home release.

This one is marginally better than the last one. The tilted horizon doesn't bug as much. But Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) seems to have a very bad case of restless leg syndrome. Or he's really hurrying to make it into the shot. And whatever you do, don't really look at what's going on with the angles on everyone else's feet and legs. Or you will go mad.

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.