Digital Dark Ages

We are still in the digital dark ages, at least as far as media goes. Let’s explore just how ugly it is currently: DRM (Digital Rights Management) DRM is supposed to be about managing the rights of digital assets yet it really has nothing to do with “rights” and everything to do with market lock.

A Distiller Knock-Off

One of the software projects I work on involves printing color-coded, barcoded labels. Yes, exactly, the height of fun. Often I need to validate that a code change I just made hasn’t completely messed up the rendering engine. Because resolution is a huge issue in things like barcodes I need to actually print through a printer driver vs.