You may have noticed that Connected Photographer has been offline for the past few days. It’s back, and what happened makes for quite a story.

Tomorrow is tax day, there’s rush hour traffic, your next project deadline, a least favorite co-worker, your teenager’s plans for spring break, Al-Qaida’s plans and your recent investment portfolio. Notice your stress level shifting into high gear? This interesting article by stress management expert Larry Green can help you manage that stress in one simple lesson.

Having all your dreams come true in the middle of a Thursday afternoon is a strange experience. It happened when I reached into my reviews in-box and pulled out Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 Master Collection.

In this all-new book review shootout, we put three books to the test. Read on to learn how 100 Techniques for Professional Wedding Photographers by Bill Hurter, Power Marketing, Selling, and Pricing: A Business Guide for Wedding and Portrait Photographers by Mitche Graf, and Step-by-Step Wedding Photography: Techniques for Professional Photographers by Damon Tucci stand up to our editorial review.

Today has been an interesting day, and it comes on the heals of a week that’s been an interesting week. There was big news in the battle to save White House email, an ongoing discussion about whether President-elect Obama can keep his precious BlackBerry, and more. The boss doesn’t want to brag, so he won’t tell you that he’s been featured on CNN.com four times in the last week, twice today alone. First, I’ll cover the big news, which is the emergency order to preserve White House email issued by federal court in Washington, D.C. David got the news early this morning, and he broke a detailed story on the CNN site by mid-afternoon.

In this all-new book review shootout, we put two books to the test. Read on to learn how Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider King, and Photoshop CS4 Channels Masks One-on-One by Deke McClelland stand up to our editorial review.