Writing, right to left

I'm a lefty. I've used a right handed mouse most of my life, switched to left hand in college for a while just because it fit better on my desk. Mostly, though I've been a right handed mouse hugger.

About a year ago I had the opportunity to check out a WACOM tablet. Fell in love. So I picked up one of the lesser models to try it out. The question was which way to set it up. While I can mouse ambidextreously I can only write, well, left handed.

So right it is, but that has made it hard to get anything out of the WACOM really. So today I made the switch. I'm a left handed mouse person again. But while I'm at it I thought why not drop the mouse all together and go with the pen 100% of the time.

The part is pretty easy, I just didn't realize all the other stuff that would have to change, like hitting alt+tab to change programs. I'm used to keeping my left hand on the keyboard so I'm having to relearn all that too.

We'll try it for a week or two and see if I can get used to it.

Left handed mice unite!

A new blog

Yesterday was the one-year mark for this blog. WOW! I didn't know I had that much crap to say.

Sixty something posts in all.

But, it seems fitting that today I started a new blog.

This ones a little different. It's actually sort of a personal journal. I have so many fears it's not funny about posting these things. But, I feel like this is the part where I sacrifice my life for His glory.

I've been struggling a little bit with my faith lately and I want to put that out there for others going through the same thing.

So, not your thing, don't click. If you do click, please don't judge.

Just got the first post up, design and all to come.

As I Step

I love a fast bus

I'm not exactly on the bleeding edge with this but in case you haven't noticed yet the new iMacs are out and they finally crossed a signifigant threshold for me.

The new iMacs on top of crossing the 3 ghz range for the processor and having a beautiful HD (optional) display has finally added a front side bus capable of greater than 1ghz. The best I can explain it the bus is basically the bottleneck between your processor and everything else. It's kind of like a throttle and despite how much RAM you have and how fast your processor is more and more this is becoming the choke point.

Before, to get anything this fast you were looking at a Mac Pro that starts at $2,700 minimally equipped without monitor. The new iMac 24" display (the largest) on the 3.06ghz processor (the fastest) with 2 gig of RAM is running $2,200 MSRP.

Why does all this matter? This now makes the iMac a very viable option for hardcore graphic designers and a good portion of video editors (save Motion and AfterEffects work) at a grand lower than the previous cheapest option.