I have had Alias Sketchbook Pro ever since I got my first Tablet PC, a few years ago. I’ve been a fan of it from day one, but I never really used it because I didn’t have a project that required freehanding. However, I have a new game in the works, and I gone back to paper to get the creative juices flowing. This weekend I started using Sketchbook Pro for coloring and I just have to say that it is amazing. The program has a great feel unlike any other, and the UI is inspired. Read the rest of this entry

Tom Higgins from Adobe (formerly Macromedia) has announced a free update to Director and Shockwave, including Flash 8 support, Quicktime fixes, and a new “covert” command that will allow us Director developers to leverage Flash 8’s new effects like Blur and glow. Amazing! Even though I rarely use Flash, I am looking forward to this. Thanks for announcing it, Tom!

Boing Boing is posting links to warez sites? Oh come on.

Steve over at The Sneeze blogged about my award-winning puzzle/logic game, Rocknor’s Donut Factory. Thanks Steve, You’re the best.

I just read about a lawsuit filed against Apple stating that the iPod can damage your hearing and that Apple has not done enough to protect against it.

I kinda agree. But not for the reasons stated in the article.

The iPod has the crappiest volume control in the world. When you’re in a menu, you can’t change the volume. So, if a quiet song ends and a loud song starts, you get a blast of loud sound in your skull. you can pause it, or rip the ear buds out of your ears, but my contention is reaching for that non-existant volume control would be my impulse reaction.

I sure hope that comes up during the lawsuit. It’s silly to not have a volume knob on the iPod.

I’ve been using Yahoo Mail Beta for the last month or so, and it’s really starting to drive me buggy.

When I first started using it, I was quite impressed. It featured drag-and-drop folder operations, multiple tabs, and more. But a recenty a few aspects about it have really been bothering me.