Tristan Tom is a photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
 Monthly Archives: January 2008I had a cool shoot with Ashley (aka Gypsy) a while back and am finally getting them up on my blog. Check ‘em out!:
 
 Thanks again for shooting with me Ashley! Related Posts:
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. I knew the building mostly from the movie Blade Runner, and had always wanted to visit; it’s a beautiful interior in it’s own right. The exterior looks fairly non-descript:
But the interior is stunning!
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  Aeron Size Chart I bought the B because the C felt too big at the time. The only problem was the B size never felt quite big enough, yet the C size felt too big. I thought about just buying a new Aeron but in researching office chairs recently, I discovered that Herman Miller has a newer chair out that’s like an updated Aeron called The Mirra. It’s not only less money than the Aeron, but it comes in “one size fits all” and provides all the adjustments you need for it to properly fit your body. Unlike the Aeron, the Mirra allows you to tilt just the front lip of the seat down to suit the length of your legs. No more laboring over what size is right for you since one size fits all! I’ve had the Mirra for a few weeks now and really like it. It seems more durable than the Aeron and I’m certain that it will last longer. In fact, it has a much longer warranty than the Aeron – 12 years vs. 5 years with the Aeron. Of note-the warranty goes with the chair, not with the person who bought it. So if you ever sell or give any Herman Miller chair to someone else, as long as it has the sticker on the bottom of it with the manufacture date, it’s under warranty. The Mirra has even more adjustments that are better implemented and easier to adjust. Examples: the armrests not only swivel out but can also slide in and out. The lumbar support is not only height adjustable but also fully adjustable in terms of how much it will go into your back. The Aeron only has 2 levels of adjustment there. The seat back is made of a plastic material that over time, conforms to the shape of your back. The Aeron doesn’t do this. I’m quite happy with my Mirra chair not just because it’s more comfortable than the Aeron, but also becuase it looks cooler, has more adjustability, is less money, seems more durable and includes a much better warranty. I would recommend the Herman Miller Mirra chair over the Aeron any day! UPDATE June 22nd, 2008 – Adam Tow likes his Steelcase Think chair. It seems like another good alternative to the Aeron. Related Posts:
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A while back, I wrote about some serious Adobe Photoshop CS3 installation problems I was having. I said that Adobe’s installer basically sucks. Well, John Nack, an Adobe employee, couldn’t agree with me more. In the comments section of his blog in response to my post, he states: “Our installer sucks beyond belief. I’m sorry for–and quite embarassed by–all the chaos it has called. Unfortunately I don’t know what else to tell you.” Nothing has changed. I recently migrated from one Mac to a newer one and used Apple’s Migration Assistant, which for the most part, works great. Of course, it did not migrate my Adobe Photoshop well. So I went to reinstall it from the original factory disc and was unable to do so. The installer disc asked for a second disc that I didn’t even have and that was not included in the box. Based upon my prior experience, I knew some of the Adobe ‘parts’ needed to be removed in order for the install to work so I used the Photoshop cleanup script to remove all the parts. I recommend this script to anyone having difficulties installing or re-installing Photoshop. Once I ran the script, the installation was able to proceed as normal but that’s not the end of the story. Now, when I launch Adobe Bridge, it just hangs and will not open! Luckily, my Photoshop seems to work fine but I cannot get Bridge to work whatsoever, even after downloading the latest update. Adobe really needs to get their act together, this is beyond ridiculus. If anyone knows of a possible solution for getting Bridge to launch under OS X (on an Intel Mac), please leave a comment! UPDATE 1/1/2008: Since Adobe Bridge will not launch for me, I am using Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software, which is actually faster than Adobe anyway. It’s a fully capable application and I highly recommend it instead of Adobe Bridge if you shoot Canon. ~ I received the following email (see below) from Adobe Tech Support on December 21, 2007. I promptly replied providing my contact information, but to date, have not even received any response!: “Adobe Technical Support – Case # 173052876 – JE Hello, We would like to know if you are still experiencing an issue with Bridge CS3 on Leopard. If that is still the case, may you please confirm that this is the correct e-mail address and/or provide us with a phone number we can reach you at. Looking forward to troubleshoot your case, Johnny Xx-Xxxx Creative Suite Technical Support Consultant, DV/DI Products Americas Customer Care Adobe Systems Incorporated “ UPDATE – February 14th, 2008: It had been a couple of months and I still hadn’t heard anything back from Adobe so I emailed them asking what was up with my issue. Today I received a phone call from another Adobe technical support person who said that they never got back to me because I had copied the prior representative’s full name in my blog post above (I’ve just removed it). The rep. I spoke with today made me promise not to publish her full name on my blog, which I don’t really have a problem with. I do however feel it’s a bit strange-what do they have to hide? If they provide good service, they should not be afraid of their name going on my blog praising them. Maybe they know their support sucks… Anyways, I did finally get Adobe Bridge CS3 to launch! The representative I spoke with today tried to help by walking me through a whole bunch of things such as removing the multi-processor plug-in (something I had already tried, it didn’t help so I put it back), but nothing she suggested solved the problem, and she said she didn’t really know a lot about Bridge because she is new to the Adobe Bridge support team. The one area where she was helpful was in informing me that I could hold down the shift key while launching Adobe Bridge to get it to open in ‘safe’ mode, without any startup scripts or extensions loading. I tried this and lo and behold, Bridge launched! This allowed me to get access to the Bridge preferences where I experimented by clicking off the startup scripts and then clicking them back on one by one. Now Bridge launches fine for me. I’m not really sure which of the startup scripts was causing the problem, but I can tell you that I am not running the Adobe Stock Photos script nor the Start Meeting script and I am no longer having a problem getting Bridge to open. I remain completely unimpressed with Adobe’s technical support. They don’t seem to know very much in terms of how to troubleshoot and their response time was glacier slow. The only reason I was able to receive any help whatsoever (and the rep. I spoke with today confirmed this) was because of my blog posts and comments on John Nack’s blog. If you have anything to add regarding this, please leave a comment. Related Posts:
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