@solo said: @unknownuser said: I can imagine boulder could be extreme! I'm looking forward to the cooler weather, it's been over the 100's F (40's C)here for a month, so Boulder will be a welcome relief. wow I have not seen weather like that for a long time!!

I tried it yesterday (one of my friends called me from Gmail without having a Google Voice account), it definitely worked, but was really choppy - I could hear other people on the line. So it seems like its still in beta, which is often the case with new Google offerings

@unknownuser said: that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. Very optimistic!

Beat ya. (by one minute) http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=30365

Solo you are probably best off using ebay. I sell lots of electrical goods there and you get the best prices as you are selling to consumers not a company. It's so easy. Any company is just after profit....even if they "recycle" it.....it will be stripped down and sold. They make the money, you don't. Sorry but the money they offer is crap. They will reduce your payment even more if you have a single scratch on the gadget....ebay is the way forward. Companies like this always put "tempting" prices on their website and screw you when it comes down to it. 90% of the time people don't complain because they have already sent their gadget.

Pete, that's pretty cool. Are the give aways going to be via a drawing?

More ImageMagick tricks: Convert a folder of .png's into an animated gif: $ convert -delay 20 -loop 0 *.png animation.gif Convert a folder of .png's into .jpg's: $ mogrify -format jpg *.png Convert a folder of .jpg's into a .mpg movie: $ convert *.jpg movie.mpg Create a single vertical image "stack" from a group of images: $ montage -tile 1x *.jpg vertical.jpg Create a single horizontal image from a group of images: $ montage -tile x1 *.jpg horizontal.jpg Create a contact sheet from a group of images: $ montage *.png sheet.png

I think they have the wrong Unconference, they want the StretchUp one

@mike lucey said: That's a good idea .... turning eye sores into art This beat me for a competition, the BSA Unbuilt, that I won in 2009 to somewhat less publicity. You can see my unsuccessful 2010 entry here: http://lewiswadsworth.net/lw4/2010/06/19/design/wol/ (It's not modeled in SketchUp.) Thomas Shine overlapped me a year at YSOA. He is possibly one of the few architecture students from the school that who had a worse time there, I suspect, than I did. His final studio project's design (so the story goes) was stolen by a principal of a certain very powerful architecture firm, and used as the basis for the new World Trade Center tower. Shine was courageous enough to sue for copyright violation, despite (this is my memory of student gossip, I want to clarify) the risk that he would find himself blackballed in the profession. The case makes for interesting reading. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/arts/design/28bern.html The certain-very-powerful firm settled. Although I would have preferred to win the BSA Unbuilt again, I am happy to see that Thomas Shine and his firm are prospering after all that.

Had a go at it, since I was in the mood for duck-drawing [image: KS1x_Duck.png]

@unknownuser said: Maybe the individual authors might take a peek and offer the latest date for their creations?? I tend to check that list often now that I found it. Each author can and should edit their own posts if their plugin title needs updated. I don't run the "complete" update as frequently as the "latest" update, but any changes will get picked up within a couple of weeks at the most.

The topic fits. Mandelbox Zoom It's not SU, but I think SU fans will like it.

I agree with you all in a way or another. My aim here was essentially to share with you the funny fact that people out there have started to create entries in the Guinness World Records that relate to augmented reality and the ARplugin. As the project was really simple, I really had no idea they would make an attempt to it. On the other hand, there are at least three interesting facts emerging from the opinions of you all. It is interesting that people have started using AR on the urban scale to visualize projects in real time not only by means of mobile phones (mobile devices like iPhone are very limited with respect to 3d capabilities) they put effort on a project that has a commercial character this opens out the way to a lot of other similar applications in the fields of architectural visualization, advertising etc. @ Gaeius Yes, but people with suitable devices (AR goggles, tablets, portable computers etc) at a given distance could see it from their perspective. Actually, with this project setting they could not see it from the bottom using a single big marker. A different solution based on multi markers or even other sensors would make this possible. @ Chris Thank you for your valuable comments, but most of all thank you for your offer . I will surely give you a call when the market will be ready for you! @ Aerilius I generally tend to agree with you on this, but GPS alone is not a solution as it will not give you the precision you require to locate the 3D model. On the other hand, GPS together with other kinds of sensors will do a great job. There are different ways to approach a good solution indeed. Also an appropriate multimarker solution would give people the benefit of both advertising and visualization from almost any side and distance.

If you don't mow the lawn, someone could see it in street view... Does multiple sign in mean Google doesn't recognize (& doesn't connect those) which accounts are logged in in the same browser? The Google "world" of services gets so confusing the more services add themselves to your account. I can't wait when they allow to remove services (and delete data) that are think you won't need too soon. The only service for which that is available is gmail.

Where and when?

Good find Jim

Thanks guys for the info. I'm keep looking and see what I find...

Thanks, for uploading the information. I have to figure how to give public access to files on a private blog without compromising the blog.

Hey! We'll lose my vacation spot then!

@thinkbuild said: And to Edson - please check your link - it doesnt seem to work? Very curious what it is supposed to link to. Cheers to all and thanks again the link is fine. the forum is acting funny today.