500-foot-high “tent” over the entire metropolis December 11, 2006
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Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, will soon become one of the coolest cities in the world. Why, you ask? Because they’re planning to build a 500-foot-high “tent” over the entire metropolis to keep it warm in the winter. It’ll be made from a special material that absorbs sunlight to give the effect of summer year-round, allowing lucky Kazaks to play tennis and go swimming while the rest of Eastern Europe is stuck bundling up and trudging through snow.
This isn’t just a pipe dream, either; UK architect Norman Foster plans to have the project completed in about a year. This is officially the coolest architectural project ever. All of the sudden Kazakhstan just jumped up from about #7,834 of places I want to visit to somewhere in the top 3.
Quoting Borat in the comments will, if not get you an execution, will at least earn you my scorn. Tread lightly.
Quickly reset Adobe software preferences. December 11, 2006
Posted by farshadf in G4 & G5 Macs, Intel Inside.add a comment
There are times when you want to reset programs to their default settings. We’ll often do this when troubleshooting odd problems. It can also be handy if you share a machine or just want to get back the factory settings for workspace, shortcuts and general defaults.
For almost any Adobe product, don’t waste time digging around for preference files. Just hold down the following keys immediately after you launch the program:
Mac: Command+Option+Shift+Control
Windows: Control+Alt+Shift
A dialog box will give you the option to delete or reset the program’s preferences (the wording varies between apps).
This tip works for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and even Adobe Bridge!
