Final update on the Adobe CS4 drama. I checked Dell’s support site (what a novel idea) for the Stop 7E error and someone mentioned running a Diagnostic test to find out if any parts of the computer were faulty. Ran the test, got “Error code 0F00:2871 Optical drive BIST—FLASH ROM test failed.” Checked Dell’s support [...]
fudgetastic (Adobe CS4 woes)
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
frustrating as fudgetaffy
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Me: *walks into a dark and smoky room* ??: *chair swivels around and in it…* Me: So we meet again, Adobe. Adobe: *laughs mercilessly* I bought Adobe CS4 Design Standard today. Almost 500 buckaroonies (got a student version). I was hesitant about spending that much money, but … Adobe shininess! And after I leave school, [...]
byebye, FontExplorer X
Sunday, January 25th, 2009
I installed FontExplorer X (herein referred to as “FEX” ’cause I don’t wanna type it out) almost two years ago. I did like the program while I was using it. FEX just doesn’t fit into my current computer environment right now. Pros: I guess programs opened up a microsecond faster than usual. I don’t have [...]
my historical day
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Ahh, January 20, 2009. Two great things occured on that day: one was the design day of International Print Week at Cal Poly, and the other was Barack Obama’s inauguration! The speakers at Print Week that day were a guy from Adobe who demonstrated Adobe CS4′s shiny new functions (and made me covet. and drool [...]
dear Adobe
Monday, June 25th, 2007
While I love your design programs, Adobe, and respect you as a company, I really think you need to work on your updating products through the browser. I’ve attempted to download Reader 8.1 five separate times, once using Internet Explorer (but I refuse to install extraneous stuff in IE just to download/install something else entirely), [...]