Saw this one on a licences plate frame. "What if the hokey pokey is what it's all about?"

1'x1' means my camera has to be about 5' away from the code to be able to get it intot he frame to scan it. I think that is just fine. It should also be at about eye level if possible. My phone like to sacn things straight on, so if it up too high, it will be skewed in the image. If its down too low, the user might have to get down on the ground to scan it. Chris

Thanks for that. I could use that for setting a quick scene in a proposed interior design for my clients.

@idahoj said: With this kind of "robbery" how can anything be worse? This is why i have to agree and hope that this attempt will at the least get us started in the right direction. I don't necessarily believe in all that is included - but something has to change. I am a former republican that is so pissed off at the party for playing the kid on the block that is taking his ball and going home since he didn't get his own way. Just what I want my tax dollars to subsidize - countless politicians that aren't going to do any governig from now on, but rather focus on the next election - and then the next election. Makes me so mad I wanna ! As long as there is no serious debate about what is actually broken and how to fix it! Allow me a brief example.....My wife recently went for routine exams, including a mammogram. Pretty routine stuff and thankfully everything is fine, but for a while we were concerned. When she had the first exam - it was mis-read by a shall we say "less experienced" radiological staff reviewing the results. The images presented what was mistakenly identified as "spots" that required a second more thorough exam, and a sonogram as well. This had us on edge for the week till we got back in for the test. When she is there - a much more qualified doctor sees her to let her know everything is fine - they just had to do the additional test because of the flagging that the originally reported "spots" cause when the insurers, etc. see the report. He also explained that the first reading is a common mistake and that it could have been identified at the time for what it is - the result of the level of compression caused when larger breasted women get the exam. He might have recommended additional tests anyways - but he assured it was something that he has seen many times, and that the additional tests confirmed. So - no $11,000 bill, but what is coming through is (for the most part) of course not covered by insurance the second time around since she already had her "covered" exam for the year. That on top of being billed by 4 different entities now (hospital, radiology group, doctor-1, doctor-2) with none of the bills seeming to jive with the other billings.................. It is broken badly and needs to be fixed!!!!

Since I don't see any progress on the RSS front... I can gladly volunteer to help set this up. There are actually some mods that only require copying files and then publishing the link to a rss.php file. I have used one of those before on a forum and it works well. Here it a sample (haven't checked versions): http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=254606 Cheers, Alex

@apricoteds said: Hi Guys If this is not a preferred place to look for skilled sketchup guys for commercial purposes then no worries, sorry for the trouble I will delete post. If it is ok to post this here then I'm looking for one maybe two sketchup pros to help with intermittent architectural sales work. Work is 3D sketch sales graphics and occasional walk arounds. Payment would initially be paid on a fixed rate basis per job until a working relationship is established then you will be involved in pricing work yourself. Generally the work is produced from 2D cad so spatial awareness and understanding of 2D CAD is a bonus. Right now I have two jobs ready to go, small domestic 2/3 bedroom buildings worth $100-$200 for approx 10 sketchy/maybe rendered images and bonus cash for a walkaround. Like I mentioned, there is space to improve on money with time. I am UK based so will communicate in GMT hours. Message me your email and we can chat, I'd need to see some examples and would need your authority to provide your examples to my client as examples of work. I will sign confidentiality agreements and honour your rights of ownership to your original artwork that you send. Hope to hear soon! ApricotEDS hi mate i am a full time student who is quite sufficent with 2D cad and also have been recently using sketchup where upon we have had to design an extension in 2d cad and also a 3D design in google sketchup and i am currently looking for some design work this sounds like a brilliant oppertunity if you are still looking for someone and i am also in UK please get in touch at ooodysez(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk

Good to know, I'll try their alpha version tonight. Thanks.

The lorry driver that chopped the front left quarter of my car off a couple of years ago(I escaped without a scratch) wouldn't have noticed it at all unless the other drivers hadn't started signalling him. Anssi

How about that - I'd nearly forgotten about my own tip.

This was no slow-down - services were simply not available. The only sites I had trouble with were gmail, google reader, and google groups. Everywhere else was working fine.

Beef. Yeah, I have a couple: The death of personal responsibility in the U.S. Somebody drives after having a couple drinks, then gets in a wreck while texting on their phone... So they sue the cell phone carrier and the local bar. Couldn't be their fault. No. Don't even get me started on the crap written in any power tool documentation. I shouldn't stop a saw blade with my hand? Really? And while I'm at it, the way nearly all the news media sensationalizes everything. "The hidden killer that may be lurking in your home" as the lead-in to a story about a house fire caused by a frayed extension cord comes to mind. Give it to me straight. Please. Hmm. Maybe slightly better.

@john.warburton said: @solo said: Ah crap!!! Now I have THE reason to ditch Paintshop and start learning Photoshop. I started using PhotoShop years ago, but still kept my trusty PaintShop X around. There are still things that PaintShop let's me do so much more quickly than PhotoShop. Could you give me some examples?

Actually, I didn't figure out how to make it happen but it has happened to me on several occasions. The scene tabs have even been above the menus in my experience. It happens when reopening the window after it has been minimized. It isn't predictable though. The only way I have found to restore them to their normal position is to close and reopen SU.

Thanks Jan, great find and some gems that I'd never knew existed

Made my day!

Hi folks. SketchUp Viewer ? Just ideas.

While it lasted... it is now raining. We got about 90 min. of big snowflakes but nothing stuck. It did flurry overnight some but again, nothing stuck.

I was an editor in a former life.

@kxi system said: I can try my best to look for model plans by the Manga artist... I'll try to get back as soon as I get results. Awesome Thanks very much!

@unknownuser said: Best in Category - Student Digital/Mixed Kyung Jae Yu HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN STUDENT DIGITAL/MIXED http://www.krobarch.com/images/entryImages/entry1302.jpg the first thing i thought of when seeing that image was skateboarding so it was funny to see a skateboarder show up in the bottom-right area of the picture..