You thought Acrobat was simple? Think again. Oh, Adobe Acrobat! Unifier of nations! In apprehension, how like a god! But seriously, folks. I recently installed Acrobat 8 Professional as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 (included in all CS3 versions except Web Standard). And let me tell you, I'm continually impressed at how this application fills niches you don't even realize are there - until they become critical to your work. 
Um, are any of the boxes addressed to me? There were 14 Mac Pros and 18 Apple Cinema Displays (or was it 18 Mac Pros and 14 Displays?). The mailroom guys didn't know who they were for, except that the company IT department ordered them. Well, it was enough to make a fanboy drool. We'll see if I get one on my desk or not - IT wouldn't tell. 
TypeIt4Me provides text-expansion options galore. I'm a writer, so I type an awful lot. Since everyone who is reading this post is using a computer in some way, and thus likely to be typing, I figure it would be nice of me to share some of my best typing tips. Let's start with this one...
A love of bicycling is possibly my father's most valuable gift to me. But it's easy to get into a riding rut, slavishly following the same roads over and over. (My own weakness: the San Francisco-to-San Jose route along the Caltrain tracks.) So lately I've turned to my Mac - and the Internet, of course - for new routes.
I don't have an iPhone. This is not exceptional, I know. Lots of people don't have iPhones. Even people who work for Mac magazines don't universally have them (and in case you're wondering, to my knowledge, no one at Apple has offered us a review unit -- we bought our own). But not only did I not get one on June 29, I recently decided, after much hemming and hawing, that I'm not getting one for the forseeable future. I do think it's a truly amazing device. I'm just not buying it.
Word-processing on the iPhone! May a thousand third-party apps bloom... For all of its glowing reviews and critical accolades, the iPhone has received its share of lumps for not having as many practical business applications as its smartphone contemporaries. The most glaring omission, of course, is a decent word processor with a modest array of tools and templates, and the ability to save files as PDFs or Word documents.
Caffeinated soap - and no, you don't drink it... The Web's best online store for All Things Geek, Think Geek, has started selling caffeinated soap under the product name Shower Shock. Apparently their target market is the übergeeks among us who have time for either coffee or a shower, but not both. Available in bar, travel, and liquid body-wash versions, Think Geek claims the product will deliver 200 milligrams of transdermal pep with every use. Now, I’m not an expert on the human geek condition, but given the stereotype, is caffeine without the pleasure of the beverage really enough to lure the hygienically challenged into the shower? I’m also concerned by Think Geek’s Customer Action Shots feature. There’s already one picture of a guy showering in there... 
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