Christopher Mackay’s Blog

Time for another copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3, from the people who brought you Dreamweaver CS3 (which was no different from Dreamweaver 9 except that you paid for it, again, and it was slower and –if it’s even possible –buggier than ever).

After suffering through the Flash-based Adobe store (kill me now), I give them my credit card number, and wait for the transaction to be processed.

I get a nice screen telling me that

We are currently reviewing your order.

You will receive an email within the next three hours confirming your order if you placed your order within North America business hours.

Wow. Do they have Adobe Gnomes who manually review each order to determine the customer’s worthiness?

Okay, calm down. It’s just Adobe letting you know who’s in charge. They’re a little passive-aggressive; it’s only natural given all the Adobe Love on the net these days.

Then the email arrives. Three hours becomes “within the next business day”, which would be FOUR DAYS FROM NOW (it’s the Friday before the Labour Day weekend).

You will receive an email within the next business day confirming the status of your order.

It’s ecommerce, people; we’re not rigging an election here.

Potato Fest & Maritime Brunch @ Cape Jourimain Nature Centre

August 23 & 24, 2008

Celebrate the potato with us and learn about many of the varieties we can get locally. What are CSA’s, what is organic agriculture? Have some fun trying out new potato dishes!

Our Brunch on the 24th will focus on the potato and will be a Maritime Brunch with food only from the Maritimes, with most of it grown within 100 miles of the Centre!

For more information call Sabine at 506-538-2336″

(Via ACORN Organic.)

I’ve mentioned this to a few people, and they keep coming back asking for the link. Here it is (may require free login):

Experts Revive Debate Over Cellphones and Cancer, by Tara Parker-Pope, June 3, 2008:

What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don’t?

Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. “I think the safe practice,” said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, “is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain.”

Worth a read.