Ok, so I’ve updated all the links into their appropriate catagories now, so the link page is officially finished. New links will be added via De.licio.us rather than the sidebar.
Quite sad to see how many of the sites I used to read have now gone. I should visit my bookmarks more often.
It’ll have to be quick as well as we’re about to go and see Jools Holland & Marc Almond. Wheeee!!
Dabble the First
I’ve been using it for about four days so far, and have had a complete mother of a time trying to get it calibrated. It’s still not completely spot on but it’s getting close. Perhaps it’s the amazing brightness of the Dell.. not sure, but the fact is I think the Cintiq could definitely benefit from a better/brighter screen. Handling is good, no problems with viewing angle, although the “adjustable” angle is far from that. If I don’t have it on it’s lowest slant it just ends up there anyway as soon as I put some pressure on it.. not totally ideal, as it means my posture is not so great.
Dabble the Second
Both images were rendered in Alias Sketchbook Pro which works a treat on the Cintiq. I bought a copy of the latest version of Open Canvas a week or so ago, so I will be scribbling away to see how that copes soon. Anyway, I shall write more later when I have more time. In other news, I have added five more images to the Character gallery, and intend to add some more shortly. I’ve also just upgraded the lightbox plugin as it appeared to be broken in Firefox 3, and upgraded to WordPress 2.6.
Ok, so it would be too much to ask for me to come back from NYC without some sort of shiny, right? Well I hadn’t actually planned on splurging but I was so arsed off with not getting any sleep on the way out something had to give. When it transpired that we’d taken a fair bit more than we could possibly spend, even with us (alright.. me) doing a bunch of clothes shopping I decided to bite the bullet and finally succumb to an iPod.
But not just any iPod, mind.
Noo… I had to have the less than chubby 8GB iPod Touch, just because.. well I don’t need a massive amount of space and it’s just so… shiny. Ok, now you might think $300 is a bit much for such a small drive, but I do not regret it for a minute. The Googlemaps app was a lifesaver, and fortunately thanks to people who don’t seem to feel the need to lock down their Wifi I was practically able to use it as a sat nav to get around. Which came in handy when we walked all the way back from Macy’s fireworks on FDR Drive to our hotel in Washington Square.
I have nothing but lovely things to say about it. Sound quality is great, even through those tiny “MUG ME” white earbuds, and the iCal integration will come in handy in tandem with my Macbook. It’s also blindingly easy to check my Gmail on it, post to Twitter, makes notes and finally… yes, what was the one thing that was missing from my life? Now… I can web surf on the toilet! Aint that just grand? 
This isn’t the best of it though. My wonderful hubby bought me the shiny of all shinies as a wedding present….
Ready for some Gadget Porn?
I’ll write a review when I’ve done something more constructive than stroke it.
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