Today is really exciting cause today Steve Jobs will announce Apple's big new product launch of what is rumored to be the new tablet at today's Apple Keynote. This happens only once a year every January. In years past he announced the iphone which made technilogical history. If he announced a tablet today, it could end up doing to my industry - the desktop publishing industry what the itunes store did to the music industry. Comics, magazines, newspapers, and even the video market have been really hurting and it would really help to have a digital tablet to revive the industry, even if it ends up changing the entire game. And of course what techie would love to read digital books, magazines, and websites on a 10 inch, color, kindle-like apple device. Exciting times.
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This is a revelation titled, "Close Your Eyes to Everything in the World and Look Only to Me."
No joke:
Conan O'Brien says he will not host The Tonight Show if it is moved to 12:05 a.m.
NBC has announced it is moving The Jay Leno Show to 11:35 p.m. in March, moving O'Brien's Tonight Showback 30 minutes.
Leno seems to agree with the move, but in a harsh statement (read below), O'Brien slams it.
He writes:
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdly lucky. That said, I've been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.
Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.
But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.
Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late localnews. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn't the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.
So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn't matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.
There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.
Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it's always been that way.
Yours, Conan
Five years ago, on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake hit the seafloor of the Indian Ocean, causing tremendous waves of seawater to rush ashore as devastating tsunamis that left 230,000 people dead across 13 different countries - the fifth deadliest natural disaster in recorded history. Over 45,000 of the dead were never found. Five years later now, reconstruction moves apace, as multiple aid groups have built more than 140,000 homes, 1,700 schools, 3,800 houses of worship and 3,700 km of roads. On this anniversary of the catastrophe, we have collected here photographs of survivors, some rebuilding, some remembering, and seven sets of "before and after" photos (numbers 4-10, be sure to click them to see the transition effect). I'd also like to direct your attention to a fantastic multimedia presentation on this subject from Thomson/Reuters called Surviving the Tsunami. (25 photos total)
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Boston.com’s Big Picture consistently posts some of the most stunning and poignant photographs on the internet and the latest collection continues the tradition with heart-wrenching images of five years since the deadly Indian Ocean Tsunami.
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake shook the Indian Ocean seafloor, sparking a powerful tsunami that took the lives of 230,000 people in 13 different countries and ranks as the fifth deadliest natural disaster in recorded history.
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For those of you who don't have or don't know Photoshop, this might help you out. You can edit your photos and draw/paint too. You can also use www.Photoshop.com which has more of a social media aspect to it. For enhancing the color or lighting of your photos I would suggest photoshop.com. For digital painting I would suggest sumopaint.com.
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