20 Unkind Years

Jan
28th

Fri

Because a pro know how to be a Mac Jerk, with sub·tle·ty

Jan
27th

Thu

Atlanta-based Clay Asbury is one of the best trainers I know, he mentored me to becoming an Apple Trainer, and has a great blog at http://fcptrainer.net/ - this video is killer work on composite modes in FCP (or blend modes, or transfer modes..) and if you’re compositing in the timeline, this is the ultimate quick guide.

This is a Pro Tip because, in under 3 minutes, he shows you how (and why) to use one of Final Cut Pro’s most sophisticated tools, and because this lesson applies to multiple graphics and compositing apps,

Feb
11th

Thu

queenoftechnicolor:

This one’s for Laura Macinski.

Nov
23rd

Mon

http://low.highindustrial.com/post/254666025/the-first-apple-tablet-from-1979-at-the-time

lowindustrial:

The first Apple Tablet … from 1979.

At the time, the Apple II Plus was the latest and greatest desktop computer offered by Apple. Interestingly enough, one of the first computer paint programs ever created ran on the Apple II in conjunction with Apple’s Graphics Tablet. The software was titled Utopia Graphics System and, believe it or not, was developed by musician Tod Rundgren.

More.

Apr
24th

Fri

Pwned

kittykittybangbang:

apsies:thepoliticalpartygirl:ohfortheloveofdog:

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ): —my question: Is the Obama administration seeking, in any way, to weaken or overturn pro-life laws and policies in African and Latin-American countries, either directly or through multi-lateral organizations, including and especially the United Nations, African Union, or the OAS, or by way of funding NGOs like Planned Parenthood; and, secondly, and so we can have total transparency—you know, you know, as a former lawmaker, we always have definition pages when we write legislation; definitions do matter—does the United States’ definition of the term “reproductive health,” or “reproductive services,” or “reproductive rights,” include abortion? I yield to the distinguished gentleman.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Congressman, I deeply respect your passionate concern and views, which you have championed and advocated for over the course of your public career. We obviously have a profound disagreement.

When I think about the suffering that I have seen of women around the world—I’ve been in hospitals in Brazil where half the women were enthusiastically and joyfully greeting new babies and the other half were fighting for their lives against botched abortions. I’ve been in African countries where 12- and 13-year-old girls are bearing children. I have been in Asian countries where the denial of family planning consigns women to lives of oppression and hardship. So we have a very fundamental disagreement.

And it is my strongly held view that you are entitled to advocate, and everyone who agrees with you should be free to do so anywhere in the world, and so are we.

[camera cuts to Smith looking grim as fuck and totes pwned!!!1!]

We happen to think that family planning is an important part of women’s health—and reproductive health includes access to abortion, that I believe should be safe, legal, and rare. I spent a lot of my time trying to bring down the rate of abortions, and it has been my experience that good family planning and good medical care brings down the rate of abortion. Keeping women and men in ignorance and denied the access to services actually increases the rate of abortion.

During my time as First Lady, I helped to create the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy, and while we were working to provide good information, access to contraception, and decision-making that would enable young women to protect themselves and say no, the rate of teen pregnancy went down. I’m sad to report that, after an administration of 8 years that undid so much of the good work, the rate of teenage pregnancy is going up.

So, we disagree. And we are now an administration that will protect the rights of women, including their rights to reproductive healthcare.

[applause from within the room]

Chair: The time of the gentleman has expired.

Check the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9rC0MaBJc

HELL YEAH, HILLARY. And just for emphasis, let’s repeat: “[G]ood family planning and good medical care brings down the rate of abortion. Keeping women and men in ignorance and denied the access to services actually increases the rate of abortion.”

Apr
20th

Mon

We had this debate throughout the campaign, and the whole notion was, is that somehow if we showed courtesy or opened up dialogue with governments that had previously been hostile to us, that that somehow would be a sign of weakness. The American people didn’t buy it. And there’s a good reason the American people didn’t buy it, because it doesn’t make sense.

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— President Obama, responding to Republican criticisms about him greeting Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.

apsies:rillawafers

(via kittykittybangbang)

Apr
13th

Mon