Archive for October 14th, 2008
OLO promises Foleo-style iPhone-Air laptop combo
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:24 No CommentsTweet OLO promises Foleo-style iPhone-Air laptop combo It’s a nice idea, spoiled only by the a Photoshop marriage of pictures of the iPhone, a blanched-out MacBook Air and a Mac OS X screenshot. So far, the minds behind OLO have revealed nothing more than the name and said ‘Shopped piccy. OLO is backed by French [...]
Adobe embraces latest Canon, Nikon, Sony SLRs
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:21 No CommentsTweet Adobe embraces latest Canon, Nikon, Sony SLRs Adobe Systems has updated Photoshop’s ability to deal with raw-format images from several of the latest SLR cameras with its new version 4.6 of the Camera Raw plug-in. Adobe’s John Nack has the download links. Less than a month after beginning beta testing, the final version is [...]
Squonk Opera plans out-of-this-world show
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:49 No CommentsTweet Squonk Opera plans out-of-this-world show The truth is still out there. And Squonk Opera wants to share it with the entire universe. Commenting on what he says are officially suppressed reports of UFO crashes in the area, Steve O’Hearn, Squonk’s artistic director and self-styled science officer, believes UFOs are evidence that beings from a [...]
From Baltimore Opera, an Ear-Catching ‘Aida’
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:45 No CommentsTweet From Baltimore Opera, an Ear-Catching ‘Aida’ A production of Verdi’s “Aida” by “stage and visual director” Paolo Micciche opened the Baltimore Opera’s new season Saturday. It’s conspicuously similar to his Washington National Opera production at DAR Constitution Hall a few years back — from the hyperactively mobile scrims scooting about the stage to the [...]
Met Opera hold tryouts in Spokane
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:43 No CommentsTweet Met Opera hold tryouts in Spokane For Inland Northwest opera lovers, the Fox was the place to be Sunday afternoon, as 16 of the area’s best young voices got their chance at a big-time career. The Metropolitan Opera National Council held its district competition in Spokane, and the arias filled the Martin Woldson Theater. [...]
