Just a few moments ago, Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch took the stage at their annual MAX conference and explained the company’s Creative Cloud strategy. Part of that announcement is very big news for us: Typekit has been acquired by Adobe.
Adobe is making some big moves. As a TypeKit user, I hope the service stays the same (and the same price). As an enterprise user, I hope this doesn’t blow budgets.
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Samples of amber in western Canada containing feathers from dinosaurs and birds have yielded the most complete story of feather evolution ever seen.
This combines my two favorite things: the Baltimore Ravens and Technology. Alas, my favorite team was the second in the NFL to adapt, but the specs on their custom Playbook app seems pretty beefy:
The Ravens’ biggest challenge was security of sensitive information.
But they’ve taken considerable measures to ensure the playbook stays in-house. If a user gets their password wrong three times, the iPad is wiped clean. There are also “time bombs” that can erase a playbook after each game.
What’s more, Megan McLaughlin, Executive Assistant to the Coaching Staff, controls what gets uploaded to the cloud and can remotely delete anything.
“My biggest worry was someone intercepting it through a download,” said Fusee. “We’re using 256-bit encryption, which is Department of Defense level.”
This has gotta be one of the coolest posters I’ve ever seen… even if it’s missing MF DOOM.
via /r/hiphopheads
Finally: a NFL team embraces technology and can stop going through playbooks the size of phone books. It’s what some MLB Clubs have been doing for a while with iPod Touch devices (loading up film of batters from upcoming opponents and giving them to their pitching staffs).
The fascinating clouds, including arrow-shaped ones, that result from the atmospheric waves can cause intense precipitation — sometimes more than 20 times Titan’s average seasonal rainfall — and could be essential in shaping Titan’s surface by erosion.
/via Reddit
I’d say that today’s Krugman is a must-read.
The truth is that as far as the straight economics goes, America’s long-run fiscal problems shouldn’t be all that hard to fix. It’s true that an aging population and rising health care costs will, under current policies, push spending up faster than tax receipts. But the United States has far higher health costs than any other advanced country, and very low taxes by international standards. If we could move even part way toward international norms on both these fronts, our budget problems would be solved.
So why can’t we do that? Because we have a powerful political movement in this country that screamed “death panels” in the face of modest efforts to use Medicare funds more effectively, and preferred to risk financial catastrophe rather than agree to even a penny in additional revenues.
Loyal readers, adoring fans and folks who happened to stumble upon this website:
I have a new family blog. The link is above. But, just in case, you can also find it here: http://bolenfamily.tumblr.com/
Not that I won’t still post (what I consider to be) “cool” family stuff here, but at least over there, I can throw up pictures of Jane, family trips, et. cetera and not get any “I thought this was a cool place to read about design, tech trends and Apple fanboy rants!”
Plus, since it’s over at Tumblr, it’s hosted and I don’t have to worry about jack squat. It’s easy enough for everyone to use, everyone to comment and everyone to create content. So, there.
I’m ashamed to live here sometimes.
First, it’s pretty awesome that Neil deGrasse Tyson is friends with Seth MacFarlane. What do you think those guys talk about? Do they go out smashing mailboxes together? Tequila flights?
But really, the most amazing part of this whole thing is that the show is going to air on FOX, in PRIMETIME.
According to the producers, the new series will tell “the story of how human beings began to comprehend the laws of nature and find our place in space and time. It will take viewers to other worlds and travel across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. The most profound scientific concepts will be presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience.”
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