I have been using it on my PC for a while now (love it, beats Facebook by a mile). I'll have to look for an iPhone app then, could be regional, but doubt it as here in Dallas we get everything first.

Easiest is to find some place in Paris, but instead of going to restaurants, you can just as people there where to find a market, and wander around to chose your pieces of food. Anywhere in Paris will have its own place ...

Chris thanks, but I am a retired old fart who is desperate to find something interesting to engage me. Ninety-five percent of the time I am very boring. However the other 5 percent of the time can be interesting. Following me around would either consist of watching me nap or make me very paranoid. Still, thanks for the kind words.

Found something about the tecnique. http://www.tentimesone.com/the-art-of-ultra-long-exposure-photography/

...... he should have stuck to the fish fingers

Evidently from these images the ant's stomach can expand to the walls of the abdomen, compressing everything else?

I've inadvertently stumbled onto the correct identity for this chair and solved the mystery. It was a bit weird really as I was looking for something completely different - I was searching for interesting 70s and 80s gadgets for the latest speed modelling challenge and an image of the chair popped up during a Google images search: [image: Rdh2_ChairF978.jpg] @unknownuser said: Chair F978 Geoffrey Harcourt, 1935, London, United Kingdom Year of design - 1968 Manufacturer - Artifort, Netherlands Materials - Structure polyurethane foam upholstered in Super Bultex, base consists of a painted aluminum disc Dimensions - L70 x A69 x C75 cm The F978 chair was designed by Geoffrey Harcourt em1968. The structure of polyurethane brown and round base in lacquered aluminum in brown are the main features of this model. The chair is upholstered in woven wool-colored orange. Harcourt has won many awards during his career and in 1978 received the title of 'Royal Designer for Industry.'' Source: www.zeppelinvintage.com Best of all, it still appears to be in production: www.artifort.com/en-gb/collection/fauteuils/page_product.aspx?id=1424

@escapeartist said: The tables have turned, eh? I'd say that MS had it's share of greed; charging half the price of a new computer for the retail price of a MS OS was pretty steep, then needing multiple patches and service packs to make the OS work properly added to the irritation. Apple's quality is excellent overall, for me and many of the people that have the same concern about Apple is the tight fisted control over the whole package and thelack of free software options like Windows has. Wicked expensive, too. I'll keep my PC freedoms, thanks That said, I hated my win 6.1 mobile phone and my iPhone is great! Adam, yep, OS X is one flavor and cheap .... worth at least x10 if compared to Win OS prices IMO I also find that there are a lot of Mac apps that are good value for the money also and I notice this more with the recent launch of the App Store.

She was Fry'd.

I'm not very familiar with the pied noir of Algeria, Chris. I was expecting something in Wyoming or Montana.

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Here's another movie about the 'Festo'... this one shows its remote-control unit etc [flash=560,444:x7ydych2]http://www.youtube.com/v/4l0xavWi7kU[/flash:x7ydych2]

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thanks everyone, I'll surely backup my data on an external hardisk then

A friend of mine lives next to a golf course in Thailand. He has dispatched a few cobras with a nine iron. Now he wants me to visit. I don't have any golf clubs.

IMO there's a big difference between a commissioned project (which should be charged per estimated hour) and a "free" image. And also if they want to license it for a single project, or to buy the copyright. And there's also a difference between an image used for a commercial project like a brochure, and one used in a book, magazine etc. I've never charged anything for books, magazines etc, except for one 3D/trueSpace image I made 15 years ago which apparently is still floating around on the net (just found it on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503103054@N01/3607124/in/photostream/ ) It was very small and old, so I charged around US$100 for it for use in a year book/report about a year ago. If it was for an ad or something more commercial I'd probably have charged more. For a larger/newer image I'd probably charge around $300-500? (and keep the copyright of course)

Looks very promising. Watched it on my laptop and was getting an odd flickering, probably a less then compliant graphic card.

You have to be careful what you do in the rollit bed. Anything too strenuous and the rollit could live up to its name and roll right down hill. Perhaps it should be like one of those hexagonal pencils.

I am convinced that until some type of horific event occurs here in the states that we will never get that one person to vote for that could enact any type of meaningful change. The powers that be ($$$$$$$) wouldn't allow for it. As I get older - I fear the only chance for real change to occur is if some entity (with the financial resources and the moral convictions to take on the big money corporations in their own arena) is able to come from outside the "inner circles" of our current political society and last long enough to make a difference. Unfortunately - anyone capable of meeting that criteria will likely have their own baggage (religion) that influences their objectives. Dean

@escapeartist said: ........Perhaps the second question may be more philosophical with regards to an architect's motivations, but if your client handed you a portfolio of North U.K. sod-roofed cottages as references would you present an earth-bermed Frank Lloyd Wright? Thanks for posting the pictures. As for the above question, I suppose it would depend on how hungry I am. If you are not a builder, I suggest that you go to one that has a turn key operation with Architects on staff. While you are the Client, the Architect is additionally responsible to the City and State to provide a viable, legal solution. Are your request doable in your location in terms of building codes, etc.? Will your request require R&D not covered by standard fees? If not are you willing to pay for the R&D? The typical architects is typically ill equipped to pursue R&D, and depend on their association with manufactures to advance the state of the art. I can't speak for others, but my work is more about art, within the parameters of what I know about build-ability. What Box says below is also correct. In addition each Architect has his own area of expertise, are you talking to ones that are knowledgeable about your notions?