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09/13/2021

Gotta love all the furry friends getting their 15 minutes of fame

04/23/2020

Holy moly: if you've *ever* wanted to brush up on ANY Adobe skills, does Cracked.com have the bundle for you. 60 (!!!) hours of training for $34...yeah, I've already signed up and starting the Premiere Pro class as soon as I get the kids started on their school work (because this dog multitasks like no one's business more than ever!!) Take advantage of this, friends!!

Weird times call for weird measures, like learning the entire Adobe Creative Cloud just because you can.

03/04/2020

I'm not usually a fan of arachnids, but I'd admire the colors on this gorgeous creature for a full 3 seconds before yelling for my husband to come move it far from our premises before I burned the house down.

The colors on this spider! (genus Chrysilla)
Credit: (tinyurl.com/u3s7epj)

12/06/2019

Hmmm....Classic Blue for 2020. I think I'm in love

American colour company Pantone has chosen "universal favourite" Classic Blue, or Pantone 19-4052, as its colour of the year for 2020.

11/22/2019

Adobe CC friends: pre-Black Friday sale on the software we all know, love and use. No worries if you have a current subscription - either call, or log into their chat, and they will help you sign up for this promo. Our Adobe subscription is an expense we can't live without at Mad Dog, but this will help with the cost for the next 12 months. Enjoy!

Review Adobe Creative Cloud membership plans and prices. Get access to all desktop applications, storage space, and file syncing and sharing features.

11/19/2019

In 1692, an artist created what is essentially the first Pantone swatch book. Another reason to visit France!

In 1692 an artist known only as "A. Boogert" sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of wat

09/26/2019

A light lavender iPhone, you say? Hmmm...here, take my money.

“When you think about this company, it started in color and was always known for color,” says Laurie Pressman, VP of the Pantone Color Institute.

09/03/2019

This is great info to have on hand, and the advice for the bathroom selfie is dead on. Happy Tuesday!

Should you use JPG or PNG?

08/15/2019

I don't generally like to post negative content, but I TOTALLY AGREE with this article; the new Twitter layout bites big time. Mobile isn't as bad as desktop, but desktop is bbbbaaaaaaaadddddddd. Anyone else have any feelings on this redesign??

A new Twitter site's rolling out and everyone's furious.

07/16/2019

The Apple Gods listened and are finally doing something about their poorly designed keyboards - yippee!! I'll admit that a keyboard cover has seemed to ward off issues on my MBP late '17 model but I live in constant fear one of the keys will stick permanently and I'll have to ship it in to be fixed.

A top Apple pundit has sparked rumours that the company will stop manufacturing its unreliable butterfly laptop keyboard for its upcoming MacBook computers.