By now you’ve probably heard about Photoshop Express.  While it might sound nice in concept, being able to use “Photoshop” online for free, for now I’m recommending that everyone steer clear of it.  The problem is not in the features of the tool, but in the Terms of Service.  Right now, they state:

Adobe does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, with respect to Your Content that you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Services, you grant Adobe a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other Materials or works in any format or medium now known or later developed.

So basically, if you upload a photo and share it out to show to friends and family, Adobe could take your photo, use it in advertisements, use it in posters, and sell it to third parties to use for pretty much anything.  Meanwhile, you not only wouldn’t see a penny from this use, but you couldn’t even take the photo offline to revoke their rights to do this.  (Notice that it is a “perpetual, irrevocable” license that you are granting them.)

Adobe has stated that this Terms of Service clause wasn’t meant to imply what people are taking it to mean and they will revise it to be clearer.  When they do that, I might or might not be willing to use the service.  However, until they do so, I don’t plan on letting my images get anywhere near it and I recommend that you don’t either.

For awhile now, I’ve had a chocolate chip cookie craving. I tried some store bought, but they didn’t satisfy my cravings. Since I recently purchased the The Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook and had quite a bit of luck with the recipes, I decided to try their Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. It probably didn’t help my attempts to keep my weight down, but man did they taste good! In fact, 24 cookies came out of the oven yesterday (even though the recipe quotes 18), but only 3 are left! Time for another batch.

Here are some photos:

Slashfood might call some of these photos Food Porn.

In case you want to make these cookies yourself, here’s the recipe. (You definitely should buy the book though.)

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
From The Peanut Butter & Co Cookbook.
1 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. In a large bowl, shift together the flour and baking soda. Set aside.
2. In a second large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla.
3. Add the egg and continue mixing.
4. Mix in the dry ingredients slowly until dough is firm. If the dough is too dry, add a tablespoon or two of water until it is moist.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips.
6. Move the dough to a cutting board and shape into a log 2 1/2 to 3 inches wide.
7. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
9. Cut cookie dough into slices 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick.
10. Place cookies on a cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
11. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.