"Style Chicago" Hosts Art of Fashion

Local designers showcase latest looks at Museum of Broadcast Communications . Photo Credit: clipart.com

Xara releases Photo and Graphic Designer MX 8, Designer Pro X 8

Xara unveiled the latest versions of the Designer family, Photo and Graphic Designer MX 8 and Designer Pro X 8. (Which, if the names mean nothing to you, are the packages formerly known as Xara Xtreme and Xara Xtreme Pro.) As usual with these particular applications, Xara aims for maximum versatility. So both programs can handle most photo-editing, illustration, basic Flash animation and web ...

John Hodgman Talks Nick Nolte, His Deranged Mustache, & How Money Buys Happiness

John Hodgman is the common denominator in many of our favorite things: The Daily Show, Bored To Death, hobos, and iconic computer commercials. The former literary agent released his third book, That Is All, last fall, and it neatly bookends his three-part series of Complete World Knowledge in addition to providing a blueprint for the end of the world (hint: Stephen King is somehow still ...