Hi Chris, Thanks so much for the information! The Sony Bloggie looks like a pretty good choice, except for the fact that it has no way to attatch an external microphone (according to the reviewers on Amazon.com). One of them said that the Kodak zi8 has a microphone jack--I was wondering if you knew anything about this camera? Thank you, PinkSkink

Excellent Dale It just about says it all.

Geometry is natural art!

Existing customers can login to their customer gateway to get discounted upgrade pricing. I checked and a v1 to v2 upgrade is $277 (US). It's $172 (US) to upgrade node licenses. I think I'd rather have Thea so I'll upgrade only if Spain wins the whole thing. ::It's still less money to buy Thea with 2 node licenses and sketchup plugin::

Tobobo, The 4th isn't so much a day when reenactments occur in general - though you can find some related to colonial life at historic sites such as the local one linked here http://www.fortroberdeau.org/ The Civil War reenactors are usually pretty fanatical and typically only gather on the specific sites / dates of battles. A popular one is for Picket's Charge @ Gettysburg - which took place on July 3, 1863. The proximity to July 4th is why I made mention of Gettysburg in my original email. I have been there for a reenactment some years back - they have my respect as most all wear historically accurate full uniforms, which were wool. It is usually warm and very humid (High 90's and high humidity this year) then. Gettysburg was pivotal in the war and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which was delivered in November of that same year for the dedication of the "Soldiers National Cemetery" is a big part of American history. It is a good read - one which I wish today's politician's would refer to more often. Some links on Gettysburg you may find interesting are below. http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm http://www.gettysburgfoundation.org/ http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address Bytor

Why not something about my findings for animation in SketchUp. That way I could get both an invite and a paid travel.

Being Welsh (although from Cardiff, so not very Welsh), I would say that the people are different too, particularly in South Wales. More open and friendly, and very quick to start a conversation, particularly in the valley towns. I think you always find that in a people brought up on difficult and dangerous work, such as coal mining and steel making. Most of my father's brothers were coal miners, and many with biblical names (uncle Aaron, for example) I'm glad my thread has brought back many happy memories. Kind regards, Bob

Reminds me of Officer Crabtree on Allo Allo. Check him out on You Tube, very funny character.

Thanks for posting TIG. I enjoyed my visit to La Sagrada Familia and viewing the various models in the crypt

@solo said: Freedom? Nah ... my wife says I have all the freedom I want - as long as she says it's okay! I wish you both the best in your marriage!

Do you think he brought any of his Alien-From-the Future-Clean-Up-the-Oil-Spill Technology to share with us Cro Magnons? Or do you think he just came here to Get free tickets to Toy Story 3...

@olishea said: whatever next.... Oh, what about this one? http://www.blackle.com/ It claims: @unknownuser said: Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002

@xrok1 said: @dale said: Here's a link to a story I read on CBC a few days ago. Apparently there is a problem.http://www.cbc.ca/m/rich/technology/story/2010/06/25/apple-iphone-signal-loss.html => appholes! Jobs: "Just avoid holding it that way.". I guess someone did forgot that one use of the phone is calling! Have to say that it do look great... why just look and admire it. Ridiculous demands - no need for calling.

Sh***t. I was going to post this under the Hungarian subforum - sorry guys. Having been translating some plugins and was just wondering how useful they might be for Hungarians who use (mainly) the English version of SU (for instance) anyway. "tudom" means "I know". (and Pilou: "zömiben" would mean "mainly" although normally you would spell it differently that's why Google translate or whatever you used could not find it I guess) Sigh...

I pride myself on not being an early adopter but in this case all I can say is

Thx for the precisions

Much appreciated! I've been using DoubleCAD for a while now but not really enjoying it, this seems like a great substitute

Interesting site... shows a lot of info on a certain color. HOWEVER, it takes several steps to copy the hex info using that site..

yup, there was a thread for reference pictures and design collections - couldn't find it either... just like the makers of this wonderful collection give the right name: nothing but http://www.stairporn.org/ btw, how would you go about modelling the shower-egg? extrude edges plugin, curvyloft, subdivide and smoothe, ... cheers alex

Thanks guys I have some help on this now!