Feb

19

I don’t like Quark.

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Those who have designed with me before know that I am an Adobe InDesign person, and not a QuarkXPress person. At work I have the need for both, which often results in hair-pulling, and this is why:

From the “QuarkXPress 7 Integration with Adobe Creative Suite 3″ manual, sent directly from Quark Inc.:

Our PDF engine uses terminology that can be a bit confusing for diehard [Adobe] Acrobat users. We use the term Compression where Adobe uses the opposite term Quality. So our High Compression is their low quality…

PDF stands for “Portable Document Format” and was invented by Adobe. I am of the firm belief that when someone invents something, their terminology is the de facto standard for addressing any feature-set. You can’t change it to the exact opposite just because you feel like it.

Feb

11

Dark.

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Most of the power has been out in my apartment for about 24 hours now, and Duke Energy says it may not be back until after 5 this evening. I’m okay with living in the darkness, but cold showers suck and the idea of throwing away everything in my fridge really irks me.

Stupid windstorm! We live in a first-world country. How hard is it to keep the lights turned on!?

Feb

1

Voluptuous Panic

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What does one do when they see phenomenal comedy improv?

Voluptuous Panic

You cheer!

Improv Crowd

Voluptuous Panic (at The Graduate Plaza-Midwood on Thursdays at 8 o’clock) is hi-larious. After a crummy week and right before a rainy Friday, it was a gem that made me feel all warm and fuzzy. And Petra’s Piano Bar (the nearly hip after-party spot) is good too. Piano Bars make me feel so chichi.

What’s that you say? Want to learn more? About Charlotte Comedy Theatre or Voluptuous Panic in particular? Try their website. Or Charlotte Culture Guide’s for some background info.