The Ink Spot - 2015-04-01

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Zach Saucier

05:59

Hello @CarlosCanto

Carlos Canto

Hi Zach

just visiting and reading the chat history

it's entertaining sometimes

Zach Saucier

we'd love to have you around more often!

where are you from, if you don't mind me asking (continent is fine)?

Johannes

Sorry @Scott I promise I tried searching GDSE first. Thanks for catching that.

Carlos Canto

06:14

I visit often, but lately activity here has slowed down a bit...I have a quick look and see nothing new, except for too many on-hold questions

I'm from LA, how about you?

Zach Saucier

@CarlosCanto we're working to try and fix that :)

submit a question!

Carlos Canto

I'm mostly here to answer questions :)

Zach Saucier

same, but asking can encourage more good questions to be asked

Carlos Canto

ok, let me see if I can come up with a good question

I just found out about the Mod's elections...I'll cast my vote

I do have a question though, is there private messaging in this site?

Zach Saucier

no, not really

you can create private rooms but messages can still be read by others

I recommend getting their email if you really need to

Carlos Canto

06:21

yeah, but how do I get in contact with someone to ask for the email?

Zach Saucier

ping them in chat? comment on their post?

Carlos Canto

next question, Vincent always mentions "ping us in the chat room" how do we do that?

Zach Saucier

@Vincent ^^

Carlos Canto

ok, can you ping me?

Zach Saucier

@CarlosCanto I have been :P

people have to be within the chat within the last two days in order to ping them IIRC

I'm off to bed. See you around Carlos!

Carlos Canto

06:27

I see a number 1 next to my avatar

thanks, me too, it's late here

nice chatting with you

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Scott

07:33

Not a problem at all @Johannes I only knew of it offhand because I was the one who specifically posted it, to address a previous comment from another user.

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BESW

09:33

Avoid the Internet Day brings us the announcement that Adobe is going to abandon Windows and OS X to focus on iOS programs.

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Ryan

13:21

@CarlosCanto feel free to come into Meta and participate in the topics there, especially if you feel too many questions are On-Hold that shouldn't be.

Matt

13:35

user image

Zach Saucier

review section is pretty empty since the nominations started for me :P

Matt

13:55

oh I just realized dom removed his nomination

JohnB

a lot of people are very upset over this egg game

Zach Saucier

@JohnB meta post?

JohnB

yeah

Matt

what is the egg game?

I mean I see it but have no desire to click on it so Im unsure why people are upset

JohnB

65

Q: When something that was supposed to be fun became not fun

StackEgg! What a great invention. Probably the best thing to hit Stack Exchange since the invention of unicoins! Very entertaining game, very fun to play. Many users have probably spent several hours playing this. And April Fool's day is not over yet. However, where there is great inventions t...

discussion fun april-fools stackegg

Matt

13:59

The restart button exists. That tells me that this game was designed with raiding in mind. — Rainbolt 22 hours ago

lol

JohnB

That's what I had thought it was for as well to be honest

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Zach Saucier

15:14

not very active for a Wednesday

Ryan

15:32

@ZachSaucier hey, sorry I'm around just preoccupied with stuff. What's going on?

Zach Saucier

nothing much, obviously :P

Ryan

lol aren't you on Spring Break? Shouldn't you be out hiking or some other lively activity?

Zach Saucier

I had mine a couple weeks back

got the date prototype working that week

Matt

anyone see the new Amazon site

Zach Saucier

do you mean Amazon Dash?

Matt

15:40

no, amazon site

check it out

Zach Saucier

lol

that's commitment

I thought the Dash buttons were for April Fools xD

Ryan

If anyone wants some Bokey Light Textures I can email you a decent set I got earlier today. (This month's free graphic from Envato)

Matt

15:58

looks like the elections will come down to Vincent and Ryan

@Vincent and @Ryan when are you going to start working on your campaign designs? can we vote on them in meta?

Vincent

sorry dudes, vewwy busy today. Two deadlines at at time ain't no fun :)

@Matt can I submit a typeface?

Matt

go ahead... could have some fun with it.. I shall make a meta question

Vincent

oh, you were serious?

then I'm going to ask: what is a campaign design?

Ryan

Is that where I start to slander and mud sling Vincent? @Matt Propaganda for everyone!

Vincent

go ahead. I'm rubber, you are glue :)

Ryan

16:12

@Vincent haha you don't really want me to do that, I'm told I can be blunt

Vincent

...by me, among others. I have a thick skin. Not as thick as @JohnB but I can have a lot, especially if I know whom it comes from :P

ok, I gotta scram. I'll be doing overtime, so I'll be in again tonight

Matt

blasted..

@Ryan sure

Zach Saucier

16:33

@cockypup FYI "portray" is the word you were looking for, not "portrait" :)

cockypup

oops, I can't speak English before 3 cups of cofffe

or type

where did I write that?

Zach Saucier

in other news, I have exactly 3,500 rep right now

@cockypup here

cockypup

thanks!

Zach Saucier

no big deal

cockypup

grrr, freaking ESL... I want my money back

Zach Saucier

16:36

I try to note misuse of words on SE because of the amount of English learners. Since I just checked and you're from Canada it's probably just a mistake, not a misunderstanding/misuse

cockypup

English is not my mother's tongue

Zach Saucier

I see

cockypup

corrected now : )

Zach Saucier

I think it's "mother tongue" fyi xD if you mean it's not your first language learned

cockypup

cool, till sounds spooky... the image that comes to my mind... of my mother showing her tongue

user image

not that Kali is my mother, but she can be as frightening sometimes...

my mother tongue is Spanish

Zach Saucier

16:44

Spain Spanish or from the Americas?

cockypup

BTW, thanks for the answers, @Scott and @ZachSaucier. They were dutifully plus-oned

Spanish from Cuba

Zach Saucier

cool, that's not too far from me :)

how'd you end up in Canada?

cockypup

Well, Canada has a "skilled worked" immigration program. I had the profession they needed (software engineer), the experience (5 years) and there was no future in Cuba for young professionals, so I applied for the program, they accepted me and came here 10 years ago.

Zach Saucier

cool. Have you enjoyed it so far?

cockypup

that is a very short story. leaving Cuba in those years was not an easy task. I had to jump through all sort of hoops, including creating an imaginary girlfriend that lived in Canada with all sorts of drama, just to convince Cuban's bureaucratic lords to let me leave.

I love it here, it is an amazing country

Zach Saucier

16:52

@cockypup weird. I'd like to hear that story sometime. Maybe we'll meet one day :)

cockypup

that would be awesome : )

of you ever come to Toronto, let me know

Zach Saucier

if you're ever in the southern US (or near NYC this summer) let me know!

I hope to make it to Canada one of these years, haha

cockypup

not so far from NYC. I was able to see NY state's lights from my window on a nice day, over the lake

Zach Saucier

Nice! I'll be there for 5 weeks this summer if you want to meetup sometime

going to eat, I'll be back in a bit

cockypup

enjoy!

Scott

17:17

My mother is frightening, much moreso than Kali, and I'm not Spanish :) Glad to help @cockypup

Vincent

17:44

@Scott and does she know you think about her that way? :P

Scott

Absolutely. And I'm sure she thinks about me similarly (long stories) :)

Vincent

oh my

Scott

suffice to say not everyone is cut out to be a parent :) But hey,. that's where personality comes from :)

Vincent

I understand. I think I'm one of those people, so I decided to avoid reproduction :)

Scott

Oh I doubt you're anywhere near what I'm thinking. In fact I'm fairly certain you'd be a good parent ;)

Vincent

17:55

you'd be wrong. For starters, I hate most kids

Scott

okay.. well.. there's that . HA!

Vincent

to follow up, I have very little patience for irrationality

and to finish, I tend to fly off the handle sometimes when I'm tired and impatient

Scott

Sounds like a normal man to me :)

Vincent

oh, and I'd always be insecure about whether I'd do a good parenting job

Scott

meh.. everyone is messed up in some way. You can't really do a bad parenting job unless you aren't there or are very abusive.

Matt

17:59

hey @scott got a sec?

Scott

sort of

Matt

or a way I can do it locally?

Scott

Pagemaker -- no clue. Quark, I'd use the Q2!D plugin from Markzwares to be honest.

Vincent

@Scott I think I'd crack under the stress.

Scott

Unless they are Quark 4 or older.. Indesign should open those

Matt

18:01

dont know yet

Scott

I know ID CS5 and older open QX4 files

Not sure if they killed that in newer versions

If they are QX5+ files the only thing I know is the Q2ID plug in. Or you'd have to find someone to do it for you. Probably cheaper to get the Plug in $200 I think

Matt

ya looking at the plugin now

Scott

It works pretty well. Some slight text reflowing sometimes. I used it a bit a couple years ago, but haven't updated it to run with ID CS6+

Matt

so no conversion people for pagemaker or solution?

Vincent

pagemaker is... soo.... ooold

(I worked with it)

Scott

18:10

I've got a G4Cube in a closet and a couple G3 iBooks.... If I got a pagemaker file, that's what I'd resort to. But I think older versions of ID open Pagemaker as well, to a degree. I don't know anywhere doing PM conversions any longer.

Matt

found this: indesignsecrets.com/open-pagemaker-files-indesign-hang-cs6.php

you still have that new copy of Adobe CS6 for mac?

Scott

The big selling point and ID1-4 was the ability to open files from other apps - mainly QP and PM. So that makes sense... I still use CS5.5 most of the time :)

But yes.. email it to me I'll open and re-save as ID.

Matt

err... thanks but Im talking about several months worth of designs that need to be updated, lol

might be a summer free time project

Scott

oh :) Maybe a kinkos??

Matt

they'll ask me to do it.. so I got to find CS6 somewhere for mac

Scott

18:14

Trying to think if I have a dead older ID license. I'd have to look. It's entirely possible I have a CS3 or CS4 version of Indesign that was never upgraded.

Well I've still got that CS6 Master Suite sealed in an Adobe shipping Box :)

Matt

500 it was right ;)

Scott

well.. the longer I have it the more of a commodity it becomes :)

Matt

can you still get updates for CS6, dont remember

Scott

You can upgrade CS6 to the subscription at a lower price

But then the CS6 license dies and is no longer perpetual. So.... If I ever do go tot eh Subscription.... I may want that extra CS6 master suite

JohnB

Anyone travel a lot? Scratching my head..called a hotel and said they were booked. Went online to the same hotel and made a reservation no problem

Matt

18:18

book a car

there and back to the airport

JohnB

huh?

Scott

Hotels often double-book online John

I'd trust the call.. not the site

JohnB

ahhh.

Zach Saucier

18:40

Heck yeah!

Codrops agreed to let me write a tutorial and create demos for them using the image loader idea I had :D

Vincent

19:07

@Zach oh, that's great, congrats!

Zach Saucier

thanks!

Vincent

@JohnB could it be that they left some rooms open just to have them available online?

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Ryan

20:21

@matt and its been done

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Matt

23:21

@ryan huh?

Anyone know any other good points to ask a printer?

@cockypup you do print design?

Ryan

23:58

@Matt bounty on your question. And two new answers since

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