web designer . photographer . artist

I tried to copy a vector from Illustrator to Photoshop and use it as smart object. At that moment Illustrator crashed. I did this over and over again, same result. Then I tried to save it, so I could place it in Photoshop, Illustrator crashed again. I thought Windows 7 could be the fault, then maybe the file is corrupted or Illustrator got damaged.

Actually there was no problem with the OS, the file or Illustrator. It turns out that Illustrator needs the Print Spooler service to be running, at least my CS3. I started to go crazy not knowing how to fix this problem. These little annoying problems can make you go crazy. ...read more

At the end of July (2009) I'll go to Dubrovnik, Croatia for a vacation. I don't understand Croatian, so it will be more difficult to find places, remembering how complicated it was in Prague, Czech Republic, compared to other European countries I've been.

So I bought a GPS unit, a Mio c720b. Out of the box it feels lightweight and it has good construction quality. The c720b comes with a 2 megapixel camera that takes photos and records videos, bluetooth for handsfree, 2.5mm jack and SD card slot. It is slim and sleek with a spacious 4.3" widescreen. It uses MioMap 3.3 for navigation and the maps are really old, from 2007. The newer MioMap 2008 isn't so great either.

Time to upgrade. I had 2 options: iGo 8 or iGo Amigo. Both have updated maps, points of interests and other interesting ...read more