Since it seems we are all going to get a little wet this weekend (thank you Irene) here's a nice tutorial on underwater photography... 

If I could just play my ever growing, slightly bloated, and a little trendy from time to time (see nu metal, emo-rock, and indie hip-hop bands) music collection anywhere I go without having to lug a massive hard drive at the same time I'd be a happy audio-junkie. 

What's that you say? Apple has a solution for me? iCloud? Sweet! 

I kid. We've all heard of it. If you haven't I suggest reading some here. It's worth it. 

The reason for this post is to note the iCloud has just released it's beta version for developers to test [see here]. This means we're close to streaming all the Journey we want via our computers, iphone, ipads, or AirPlay enabled house stereo system from one place! What I like though is the "personality" Apple has designed into the cloud itself. It's the little things that keep this [AAPL] on top.

For more iCloud "persona" see this article:

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/01/apples-icloud-com-error-pages-have-person...

Adobe has just released (Aug 1) a preview of their new HTML5/CSS3/Javascript (no flash) software called Edge. It's pretty sharp but seriously lacking some of the tools we love about Flash. Interactivity for one. It is promising to see Adobe addressing the issues web designers and developers are having today with essentially double the work for the same project budget. We strive to create rich, interative web sites, games and software with flash but those pesky ipads and iphones are always screaming for "their" content too.

Have a look at this article and maybe even try out the preview software. Create a buzz about it but don't expect to be using it in place of Flash for a while. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go build two photo galleries, one flash, the other javascript with the same content. Sigh...

http://www.fastcompany.com/1770591/adobes-edge-html5-designer-is-ready-for-a-...