Well, it's really just another way to make more money. A lot of graphic designers work extensively with raster assets that often need to be retouched in various ways. Photoshop is by far the superior tool for that, so many people - myself included - feel compelled to purchase both. Of course, with Creative Cloud's…

It's a prosumer application that makes no claims with regards to professional use. Also, graphic designers generally use Illustrator, not Photoshop

On my 15" Retina Macbook, Mavericks has been mostly great. It's solved a few longstanding issues and increased my battery life quite dramatically. There's one frustrating niggle, though - I'm getting lag when entering Mission Control, particularly when Safari is open. I use gfxcardstatus, and this happens even with…

Fantastical has been doing this for ages. Sunrise also takes a similar approach.

I've been going through an extended bout with depression of late. This is the first time I've really felt like this, so I'm still learning how to cope. I consider it fortunate that I've dealt with anxiety for years and that I finally sought help for it and brought it under control with medication and therapy. Because…

This can get really tricky. I moved to a new area a little more than a year ago, and all of my friends- all of them- are from one interconnected group. These people really love to party, and since we live about an hour away from the nearest big city, going to a club or show pretty much necessarily involves spending…

Note to parents: If you track your teenager's location using their phone, they will start turning off their phone and saying the "battery died". If you take their phone, they'll consider it a worthwhile sacrifice to not have their every move watched and cataloged by their parents. If they're smart, they know how to…

I use Chrome on my Mac and PC, but I use Safari on my iPhone. Why? Because of Apple's restrictions, Safari is just objectively better. It renders pages more quickly and handles JavaScript much better than any of the third-party browsers. This is annoying, and I wish they'd change it, but it doesn't look like that will…

Madison Square Garden is a hideous, stupid monstrosity that replaced a beautiful train station with a soulless monument to consumerism. There are a thousand concert venues already in NYC, but if they wish to rebuild the arena once it is rightly torn down, I hear there's plenty of space in New Jersey.

Unfortunately, any flood would not have damaged Madison Square Garden.

I've been using the beta for a while now. There are a few rough spots and some strange inconsistencies that I don't think will get fixed by the stable release- they're design decisions, not bugs. That said, it's a great improvement overall. It's generally fresher, prettier and more functional. Using it is, for the…

The problem where I live is that none of the mental health providers in my area seem to be taking new patients. At least, they weren't when I called around a dozen of them six months ago. I have to drive an hour to Albuquerque to see anybody, and as such, I currently have a psychiatrist and no one else. I did see a…

Well, they do have those weird tents that you can fit onto the back of an SUV bed. But yeah, I'm only 5' 10, and the Explorer fits me fine. I just assumed that a full-size SUV like a Suburban or Expedition would have a significantly longer bed with the seats down.

SUVs get hated on a lot these days for their gas mileage, but they're really awesome for camping. One reason why: I can fold down my back seats. Instant flat bed, more than enough for a 6' + man. Also, a 4WD truck like my Explorer is invaluable for accessing the kind of mountain camping and backpacking spots that I…

I think it really depends on the age of the kid and how fine your dragnet is. Keeping an eye on your eight-year-old to make sure they're not talking to creeps online is one thing, but I think it's pretty ridiculous when people try to stop their fifteen-year-old from watching porn or chatting with certain friends the…

This. I was very glad to have it back in 2007, but when I still had it in 2009, I hated it with a passion. It was literally the cheapest phone Virgin Mobile sold, and it was slow as hell and did nothing at all except send texts and make calls (and not that many, either, or I'd get chewed out by my dad).

I don't think the title of the wallpaper is actually "Hero". They use the "hero.jpg" title for a lot of the images posted to Apple.com, particularly of products (like these earpods). I assume it's meant to refer to the "hero shot", or the best picture out of a particular set.

I have a safe that I store a few things in, but I keep all of my "critical" documents in a safety deposit box. That's the only way I feel like my birth certificate, car title, high school diploma, etc can be really safe.

Lol. Your username is totally related. Is that you, Jim?

I actually think this looks awesome. I have a huge fetish for utilitarian tech like this. I mean, it gets the job done, doesn't it? At least the TV seems to be an LCD and is probably at least 720p. What would you have them do, install an iMac in the booth? This is almost certainly good enough to get a clear view of…