The Film Buzz

There’s a new Film Blog in town, it’s called The Film Buzz and you can locate them by pointing your address bar towards http://thefilmbuzz.com.

The Film Buzz.com

The Film Buzz offers the latest film trailers, reviews, previews and posters of new and upcoming film titles as well as some old one that they love. check it out now or check them out on Twitter or Facebook.

The Film Buzz is different from other Movie Review sites, they like to keep things short and sweet – simple, all film previews include a trailer with HD options, so check it out now.

Just so we’re clear the web address is: http://thefilmbuzz.com

Facebook Lite Launches

Facebook Lite launched recently, and currently only for those in India and the USA. (however I am based in the UK and had no problems accessing the site).

Aimed at those who have slower internet connections, the site is a slim downed version of the usual Facebook with noticeable differences being the loss of the applications bar and the left side menu. Check out some shots below of the lighter feeling Facebook.

News Feed

Profile Page

If you want to check out Facebook Lite, you can do so by visiting http://lite.facebook.com.

Alice in Wonderland

The trailer for the upcoming film Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton is out next year, I’m not really a fan of the Disney version of the classic tale by Lewis Caroll, but I must say this version looks amazing, a treat for the eyes typical Tim Burton really.

Watch the Alice in Wonderland Trailer

See the Stills

Of course the film stars Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helen Bonham Carter as the Red Queen. As well as a host of other stars, inlcluding Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, and Anne Hathaway. The role of Alice is played by Mia Wasikowska.

Alice in Wonderland Trailer

Imdb Film Details

Adobe Errors

Adobe Error Message: Licensing for this product has stopped working 148:3, for the solution read on.

Recently I have been having performance issues with my Sony Vaio (VGN CR42S), but I won’t go into too much about that now.

Anywho to help with my Sony Vaio issues I turned off some of the start up options in Windows Vista.

Having done this I must have turned off some licensing program that Adobe uses.

I then tried to open up Fireworks in Adobe CS4, but was greeted with an error message instead. See error picture below. I then realized that this error was showing on all of my Adobe products, which are all 100% legit and paid for, so you can assume I was pretty miffed.

The error itself doesn’t give you much detail, all it says is that the error is a licensing problem and tells you do is go to adobe support. I did this but after a while of searching I found no help, I also didn’t really have time to e-mail or call support for help, so I quickly did a search and found a solution to the problem.

Apparently there is some licensing program or whatever that deals with Adobe, so to get rid of that annoying error message, do the following:

• go to the start menu,
• type in msconfig and then press enter (if you get that security pop up just press continue)
  
• the system configuration utility tool will open up,
• click on the tab that says Services.
• click on the manufacturer to get field heading to arrange all the options via manufacturer
• the options should now appear starting with all the manufacturers starting from A.
• click on the option that says: FLEXnet Licensing Service, by the Acresso Software Inc. Manufacturer
• tick the box next to it (as it is probably unchecked) (see picture below)
  
• press OK,
• you will then need to restart your system for the changes to take effect
• hey presto your Adobe Products should be working again

This was such an easy soltution the problem but took me a little while to find so I have posted this blog entry as reference for anyone else having issues with their Adobe Licensing.

twilight-town.co.uk

My site twilight-town.co.uk, is offline until I have time again to update it. It was on hiatus for far too long, so it’s gonna stay offline until I leave university probably. Shame.

Still Free for the next 51 Days: not anymore

For the past 9 days Sitepoint have been giving away a free PDF copy of Build your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications by Patrick Lenz.

You can get it from the Sitepoint website. After clicking on a few links or so, but it’s worth it, check it out: Sitepoint.com.

Great Looking Skins for your iPod

Skinizi offer some great skins for your iPod, check them out at skinizi.com.

They feature rich vibrant designs for the 2nd generation iPod Nano and 5th gen iPod Video.

CS3 Not Compatible with Leopard

It’s been revealed that some Creative Suite 3 Applications from Adobe may not be compatible with the next OS X from Apple, as Adobe have not yet received a final copy of the new OS.

The next Operating from Apple is set for release in October.

Safari 3 Public Beta for Windows

For years now Mac users have been using the Apple Safari browser, as there choice for web surfing and other web related activities for years. I myself have used it when I happen to get the chance to fire up a Mac, which is not as often nowadays, anyway, Apple have released the public Beta of Safari 3 for Windows users.

Here’s a little of what Apple say that will make you lurvvvve safari:

“Blazing Performance, Safari is the fastest web browser on any platform.

Pop-up Blocking, Say goodbye to annoying pop-up ads and pop-under windows.

Elegant User Interface, Safari’s clean look lets you focus on the web — not your browser.

Security, Apple engineers designed Safari to be secure from day one.”

You can download the beta version of the browser, available for Microsoft’s Windows XP and Vista from Apple’s Downloads.

Linkage:

Apple Downloads:  http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

Adobe Live 2007 Review: Very short

Adobe held an event to showcase their new creative suite 3 products this week: Adobe Live. It was held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. I attended today’s session ( Wednesday 6th of June).

This was a good event. The Demonstrations were well demonstrated, the hands on training were well taught. Adobe staff are highly enthusiastic about their company and products. And their enthusiasm for the products they were highlighting was infectious.

The only downside was that there were too many people, it seems the hands on training sessions were the most popular, it was based on a first come first served basis. Which meant if you weren’t among the first 20 or so people in the queue, you wouldn’t have been able to go along with the training session, and would have found yourself either sitting on the floor or watching from the sides. Where really you want to be involved and be following along with a computer.

Things I would say to look out for, and which I noticed were being highlighted a lot was the Apollo Application which enables you to build cross operating desktop applications (currently in Alpha). and also Flex (a nice little app that I was very impressed with, also open source so check it out), you can find these all at the Adobe Labs.

I recommend this event, it was free so great for those of us on a budget. If there is one in your area, definitely check it out!