My trusty, reliable (and very heavy) eMac turned five years old this month. I'm sure that's essentially the technological equivalent of a stegosaurus, but it's worked just fine until recently, when it started slowing waaaaaaay down.
I ordered a sleek new MacBook (only after I asked the Soon-to-be-Mrs. Pursuing Pineapple if it was okay).
That's actually me working on this post.
I also ordered some extra software - which I totally love. ArtRage Deluxe 2.5 is this neat, inexpensive, simple to use art program with which I've totally spent most of my free time. Check out these pics: the first one is a photo of a Salvador Dali lithograph I have, the second one, I did in about ten minutes with ArtRage (within the first two to three hours of playing with it). I recognize it doesn't have the depth of color or emotion of the litho, but, come on, ten minutes.
I also got a fancy, cool pen and tablet to use with my new laptop and software.
It makes me feel like I work at Pixar or Industrial Light and Magic. Of course, taking a second look at that picture I made, I should probably keep my day job.
I've got a couple of fun little posts planned for later this week/weekend; maybe even a contest with a real prize. Thanks for checking in...
Very cool! For some reason, the pen and tablet reminded me of the newest Japanese invention (well, it was new a year ago). It's a computer that is inside a pen. When you turn it on, two lights shine in different directions...one light that when up up close to a wall or something becomes your monitor, and the other light shines on the desk and becomes your fully functional computer pad. Too cool...and I'm sure WAY too expensive!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit... I'm a little jealous...
ReplyDeleteBut *shhh* don't tell my old IBM Thinkpad, I don't want to hurt its feelings and make it stop working!!