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Hi,
Just wondering where people get their fonts from.
Do you just browse sites like DaFont? Or install applications like Font Folio?

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It is not translatable
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Hello. My name is Jen, I just started my B.S in Graphic Design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division, and I had some questions about hardware.

I currently have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 with a 1.83GBGHz processor, 3GB RAM and an 100GB hard drive. Not the most awesome machine ever, but it gets me around. I'm just starting out, and this session I'm just taking prereqs anyways, but when the time comes to actually start design classes, what kind of computer should I buy?

I'm assuming I'll need some flavor of Mac, since working design firms usually use Macs, but precisely how much Mac will I need as an undergraduate? I don't think I can afford the $3,000 Power Mac, but I can possibly swing the high-end eMac or iMac or whatever it's called now with the 27-inch display and the quad core processor (once my grant money comes in, that is). Macbook Pro would be nice for portability reasons, but I'd be paying more for less than I would get with the fancy eMac.

Also, what kind of periferals would be undergraduate-appropriate, such as scanners, printers, and drawing pads? More precisely, what periferals should I avoid like the plague?

This might not be the best place to post this kind of question, but this is the most active Graphic Design community on Livejournal, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

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My tenure as in-house green guy at that green living magazine/show/energy/whatnot company has long past, and as they say, onwards and upwards, right? And i think after that stint, I probably won't be writing as much ever again (nothing against it, but it's not my main thang). Here are my favorite articles i got to write for them. They're kinda funny if you've been reading my LJ for some time, and then you see the way editors change the voice to suit the publication. So if you want to see a neutered version of my rants + raves, here's 1) E-assist bikes, 2) The Purolator Quicksider 3)He Shots He Scores Greener Hockey! 4) Is Your T-Shirt Toxic? 4) Resuscitating T-shirts and 5) the Oscar for green awards goes to...

Real High Anxiety

i was just reading all week-- a lot of folks in dark blue suits writing about green shit, er, "clean tech." And i gotta say most of it was so L-A-M-E. I mean this stuff was in top notch pubs, like James & James whose R.E. World has been a close friend forever-- until this guy from Merrile Lynch pooped all over it. I mean he had one cool concept in his screed; an economic look at carbon and hydrogen in a really novel way, how we keep moving from greater coal-to-hydrogen ratios to much greater H-to-C. Like from Wood (10:1 carbon for every hydrogen molecule), to coal 2:1, to oil 1:2 to natural gas at 4:1.It was a cool idea, but he got two more pages after that, which he basically filled with sophistic diarrhea. And it goes all over the map-- from how climate change might lead to the melting of the snowcaps of Kilimanjaro (really, is that the worse that's going to happen?) and of course, how we need much more nuclear power (at least that was parenthesized by a shout out to solar/wind. Zzzzz... But then I woke up because all of the sudden there was this din of chatter equal to a heated cackling on The View. And it was all these ev specialists, and consultants, and writers going on and on about Range Anxiety

And I think really, it's the silliest thing. To begin with, even 20 lead acid batteries (esp. if u add a small 400watt ultra-capacitor) is more than enough for 75% of commuters. That costs, what, 15-25% of the cost of the Volt's batteries. And the fact that the price of batteries keeps going down annually, new batts keep showing up (zinc air, metal air, carbon nanotube, vanadium redox, all that stuff we've already talked about). So Range Anxiety is not really going to be an issue.

But at the same time, we all wanna go on a road trips, or follow our favorite band across the country (not to mention the traveling sales people, and others who have to drive for 14 hours a day), so being able to drive long distances in an EV without having to wait 4 hours to recharge for every 2 hours of driving is an issue. That's why people are like mad into stuff like BetterPlace (or the betterplace clones already out there), eEstors...

BUT! I don't want to rent/lease robot-changeable batteries just because the batteries are too expensive ....or to placate one's range-anxiety. And you don't need eEstor to get a 5 min charge! imagine if Exxon Shell et al deployed posicharge chargers in all their service stations. Now! But then again, do we really need gas stations? even if they all somehow morphed into EVcharging, even with robots who change the batteries for us? This may sound crazy because no deal is even in place yet, but i already know who is going to have a big part of the charger business up here in Canada. It's a company called Tim Hortons. Right now they sell donuts and coffee.



And they are more than a Canadian institution, almost canonized for some reason. But mark my words, in Canada during phase one of vehicle electrification, "Timmies" will be the #1 place to charge your EV while driving from city to city, or to just 'top up' while driving around the suburbs doing errands. They won't be the only one (McDonalds is already leading the way), but they are dotting the highways and everywhere in the burbs.. And they won't be alone, and they wont be the first-- McDonalds already started, WalMart will get in on it, and you're going to see more of this everywhere.

But i don't really care all that much about whats going to be in 2-10 years, I'm way more curious about the next 8-20: Gimme my wi-power!! and send it to my charger from antennas! And/or gimme inductive strips along a quarter of the streets, and highways (and bill me for what i use!). At the very least, put the inductive strips on the street where parking is permitted (and new parking meters, usually with solar panels, are all wifi-enabled) and let me pay for my parking and a charge at the same time. Cause just because you can make a battery pack that will give you 300km on a charge doesn't mean you have to be all hoggy with those rare materials. If/when we have wi-charging and inductive strips, everyone would be just as happy with $4k of LiFePO4's as with one of these 'fully charged' EVs. So that's what I want us to do: envision inductive charging strips in the roads (just like those fancy new inductive mats for your pda, psp, ipod...). Imagine dotting the highways on an electric car or electric motorcycle with an unlimited amount of electricity! Because it's just as possible and just as real as any of these other techs we know of. And probably a lot cheaper in the long run...

For the most part, the process of writing and sending out invoices is a positive experience. You get to review your accomplishments for the month, validate your professionalism, and look forward to getting paid, paying your vendors and supporting your family. So even though My process has been delayed due to my beloved's dislocated shoulder... I DID get some work done last month none the less.

Then there are other times...

DUDE. You are SO getting cut off. You need to show me a little love here before I shove another PIXEL in your general direction. And what some clients fail to realize that when a designer, or any professional, has a backlog of projects, the people that PAY ON TIME, tend to rise up in the priority list. Da rest of you mooks can wait till you dust off your checkbooks. Neh? I know it's tough times, but you know what? I have bills that are not going ANYWHERE, and come stomping in right on schedule every month, and its a BITCH trying to whine to the Internet Service, Gas & Electric, The Mortgage, The Phone Bill, The &^%^%$#@#$%%$ Health Plan.... * Ka-ching, Ka-ching, Ka-gorram-CHING.*

Seriously, when the yellow "Undeliverable as addressed" sticker showed up on last months bill, this one went straight to his Home Address. But your files are gonna gather dust till the next check clears. Asshat.

* grumpilly fingers the handle of the Katana on the sword rack.... *

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I'm not sure if this will be considered too off-topic or not, but this seems like a good place to ask.

I've been looking to buy some sort of ergonomic mouse to use at work, as my wrist has been bothering me lately. As fellow designers and heavy mouse users, I was wondering what you fine folk consider the best and most comfortable mice for doing your design work.

I don't care too much about fancy bells and whistles (I'm happy as long as there's a decent scroll wheel), and I don't really care if it's cordless or not... although I'm inclined to think that keeping it charged would be a little bit of a hassle, and that the USB receiver some cordless mice use is just another thing to lose/have problems with.

So far I like the looks of the Logitech Performance Mouse MX the best. However, it's almost $100! I was also looking at the Logitech Corded Mouse (M500), although the shape of it doesn't seem quite as ergonomic as the Performance MX.

Then there are some super-ergo mice, like the Evoluent Vertical Mouse, but I think mice like that are a little too weird for me.

I'm going to try to go to a store to see if there are any good mice I can try out in person, but until then, what mice do you use and find comfortable? Are there any steps you take, besides having a good mouse, to prevent hand/wrist pain? Suggestions for good stores to check out are also welcome (Seattle area).


Thanks for suggestions!

There are two icon sized light texture sets and I've made these from my own photos.

rar files (deviantart download)
The textures are in .png format
Set #03 has 46 100 px x 100px light textures
Set #04 has 74 100 px x 100px light textures

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Can anybody recommend an external desktop hard drive that's 2TB, and preferably has a firewire interface?

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Translatable: No, there's use of Selective Coloring
Difficulty: Medium, I'd say
Steps: 6
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