I may be doing more graphics around here, now that a basic version of this software is coming online.

The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.

San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online.

While Photoshop is designed for trained professionals, Adobe says Photoshop Express, which it launched in a "beta" test version, is easier to learn. User comments will be taken into account for future upgrades.

Photoshop Express will be completely Web-based so consumers can use it with any type of computer, operating system and browser. And, once they register, users can get to their accounts from different computers.

This is a great marketing move. It allows consumers to learn about the software and build basic skills -- and many folks will then buy the full software package at the market price, which is of great benefit of the company. At the same time, it allows casual users access to some of the best tools out there. I'm really happy with the outcome.

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Even having been away so much this month, traffic on the site has still been up quite high.

This led to a little bandwidth problem for much of the day -- a problem that has since been corrected.

I apologize for the difficulties you might have experienced earlier, and invite you all to come back and visit as often as you want, since the problem is now fixed.

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Really, I am.

The family situation is in hand, just need a couple of days to get life back to normal.

I've missed blogging, and missed hearing back from folks.

I haven't missed the spam.

Details will be forthcoming -- next week.

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A family crisis has arisen.

Blogging will be "catch as catch can" for the next several days, depending upon events during that time.

I'll offer more of an explanation at a future date -- I'm just not ready to say more at this time.

In the mean time, be welcoming to my guest blogger.

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LetÂ’s see.

Last Thursday, we got serious medical news about my mother-in-law. We quickly arranged a flight to the east coast.

We flew east on Friday, and arrived to find my mother-in-law starting to rally.

Saturday, we celebrated her 82nd birthday, with her looking better than she had in months.

We spent much of Sunday at the hospital with her as well. I pulled a muscle in my back lifting my wifeÂ’s wheelchair out of the trunk.

Monday we flew home, my back aching. I was not a happy traveler. We also ran in to the TSA screener from Hell (more on her in another post).

Tuesday I saw the doctor. Pain pills and muscle relaxants left me pretty giddy after that visit.

Wednesday morning I was still hurting, so I played one more day of hooky from school.

I was really looking forward to school on Thursday – and made it through first period. That’s when I discovered that the back spasm had dislodged a kidney stone, which was taking that moment to work its way through the urinary tract. Back to the doctor. And for the morbidly curious, it passed late in the afternoon.

Finally, yesterday, after a good night's sleep, I went back to school. I have never been so happy to see a room full of kids in my life. After school, I took my darling wife to early vote in the Democrat primary here in Texas -- she couldn't stand in line for over an hour (and I'm not quite ready to lift that wheelchair yet), so needed me to do so in order to have the voting machine brought to her in the car. In the end I found myself so fatigued that I couldn't write.

But I'm back now. Let's see if I can get back into the normal flow of things.

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