I was getting some coffee with Josie the other day at the Starbucks in Santee, CA trolley center and I look outside and see a homeless man with his shopping cart full of possessions next to him and a Starbucks table setup as his office desk. I’m guessing he had a starbucks wifi subscription because he was browsing digg??!? Talk about priorities!!

Working outside Starbucks with a laptop, monitor, and speakers.. and of course Arizona ice tea. I like this man’s style, lol.

Shelby Supercars just released an Electric version of their flagship supercar, the Ultimate Aero. The electric car boasts a 10 minute charge time and over 1000hp with 800ft/lbs tq. Shelby aims to lay the smack down on Tesla motorsports and seems to be doing so rather mercilessly. The first preproduction Ultimate Aero EV is slated to arrive in the second quarter of 09.

If, for some reason, you thought EV (Electric Vehicles) would be the death of motorsports or car enthusiasts.. think again! The technology involved in these cars open up whole new realms of enjoyment for the average car enthusiast. Within the next 10 years we are going to have some super fast and economical cars coming our direction.

http://www.shelbysupercars.com/news-012209.php

One of the writers over at the Bloomberg News accidentally published a draft of the Steve Job’s obituary column he was working on. What a gaffe! While this is extremely entertaining for all of us, it must have been surreal for Jobs. Just imagine reading your own obituary!

Steve Jobs, Apple-Cofounder, Arbiter of Cool Technology, XXXX

By Connie Guglielmo

Steve Jobs, who helped make personal computers as easy as telephones, changed the way animated films are made, persuaded consumers to tune into digital music and refashioned the mobile phone, has XXXX. He was TK.

Jobs XXXX, TK said XXXXX.

A college dropout who co-founded Apple Inc., Jobs won ardent supporters by ushering cool gadgets to market. He delivered the Macintosh, the first user friendly computer, and conquered the online music industry with the iPod, making white ear buds fashionable. In 2007, he led apple into the mobile phone market with the Web-surfing iPhone. And as chief executive office of Pixar animation studios, Jobs promoted computer generated storytelling with movies including “Toy Story.”

http://gizmodo.com/5042929/bloomberg-news-accidentally-publishes-draft-of-steve-jobss-obituary

San Diego based company Racer Services built the new trophy trucks (desert trucks, prerunners) for the upcoming fourth “Fast and Furious” motion picture starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Michelle Rodriguez. The new movie is directed by Justin Lin and features Brian O’Conner, recently released from prison, teaming up with Dominic Toretto work with the feds to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

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DESERT RACING DISCUSSION

Problem/Symptom:

Adobe’s new CS3 (Photoshop and Illustrator mostly) experiences slow performance and lagging when opening or creating files regardless of size or type.

Solution:

Check your printers. this error is related to the default printer and print service. If you have an offline or unconnected printer, this is most likely your issue. Remove any offline or old/duplicate references to networked printers. If the printer is timing out, you will experience lag in Photoshop and Illustrator even on fast systems.

My Personal Experience: After installing the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Trial and using it for a little bit, I noticed it bogging very badly whenever I would create a new image or open an existing file of any type or size. After searching around for a while, I caught wind of it being printer related, more specifically the printspooler service in windows. I had recently moved and not hooked up one of my networked printers. After removing the offline printers (and printer that was trying to connect but would time-out) Photoshop opened files and created new ones with a snap!! I’m very glad to have resolved this issue, it was getting very annoying having Photoshop lag on a Dual Core system running 4gb of DDR2 on a Rapter! Anyways, glad to have it cleared up! For anyone out there having this same issue, check your default printer and also remove any offline printers or ones that cannot connect!

Note: If you decide to repost this solution on your site, please reference my post above by linking to me somewhere on your page. Thanks!!! Hope this information helps!

UPDATE: If you missed this one, the ability to view PSD files in Windows Explorer is always nice!