Apparently there is at least one feature not implemented into my iPod Touch MP3 player… Cool!
And here I was thinking about entertainment and PDA features. Think outside the box, Dave, think outside the box… Or maybe this IS an entertainment feature.
Thanks toBruce Schneier for pointing it out.
I’ve been hearing about paint.net for a few years, but I’ve never gotten around to trying it out until tonight.
It started out, I had two images and wanted one to overlay over the other. Sounds simple enough, but as it turns out, this was far beyond the capabilities of Windows’ Paint. Sure, I could paste an image into another, but the image was jagged, and put politely, looked like crap.
So I’m thinking I need a easy to use, preferably free (or at least free trial) image editing problem. Lots out there. paint.net came to mind, so I downloadeda trial and fired ‘er up.
Wow. Seriously, wow. Okay, so it’s not Photoshop. But it’s also not $649, so that works out well enough.
Photoshop is, frankly, overwhelming to me. I’m graphically untalented, I’m not even familiar with the terminology or what the various icons do, but paint.net was oddly intuitive, the help was actually useful for a couple shortcut keys.
Within 15 minutes I was doing some basic editing, and within half an hour, just a bit of a cleanup and suddenly one of my images looked exactly how I envisioned it in my mind before I started, that’s a first for me.
So, thanks paint.net!
For anyone who doesn’t believe me that Canada’s wireless internet rates are screwed up, take a look at Rogers’ latest plans:
| 15MB | $5 | Mobile Internet Plan |
| 10MB | $10 | Mobile Internet Plan |
| 2MB | $15 | Starter |
| 4MB | $25 | Lite |
| 8MB | $40 | Plus |
| 30MB | $60 | Max |
| 1024MB | $65 | 1GB on the go / Tier 1 |
| 2048MB | $75 | Tier 2 |
| 500MB | $80 | Data 500 |
| 3072MB | $85 | Tier 3 |
| 5120MB | $100 | Tier 4 |
Sign me up for the Data 500, that’s a great deal!
And yes, all of these plans are available on cell phones. Some are available on PC cards and other devices too, but all can be applied to a cell.
References: All current plans available from Rogers’ Wireless‘ Web Site
