Hi folks. I am on the obsessive side since I am always telling myself that sometime I might want to add to an existing model and I would prefer to be assured that everything is nice and precise. Otherwise, I would take the risk of drawing something on an inaccurate position and then propagate the error and have to camouflage even more bad geometries. Just ideas.

You should be able to register using the link in the SketchUpdate from Google. You've got until April 22 (less than a week).

Funny you should bring this up on TAX DAY (for those of us in the (US of A). Benjamin Franklin said, "The only things certain in life are death and taxes." I'm not so sure about that. I think it's pretty certain that you'll get a chuckle out of one or two of the following quotations about Death and Taxes: "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." -- attributed to Albert Einstein "If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation." -- Farmer's Almanac "The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward." -- John Maynard Keynes "Death and taxes may be certain, but we don't have to die every year." -- Unknown "If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the UP button." -- Sam Levenson "Optimist: Someone who sets aside two hours to do his income tax return." -- Unknown "I wouldn't mind paying taxes -- if I knew they were going to a friendly country." -- Dick Gregory "Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today." -- Herman Wouk "Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'" -- Russell Long "The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love." -- Joe E. Lewis "I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day." -- George Axlerod "It used to be that death and taxes alone were inevitable. Now there's shipping and handling." -- Bert Murray "Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead." -- Scottish Proverb "I never see the prettiest thing - A cherry bough gone white with Spring - But what I think, 'How gay 'twould be To hang me from a flowering tree.'" -- Dorothy Parker "Indoors or out, no one relaxes In March, that month of wind and taxes, The wind will presently disappear, The taxes last us all year." -- Ogden Nash "The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has." -- Will Rogers "The report of my death was an exaggeration." -- Mark Twain (after reading his own obituary) "The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." -- Ronald Reagan

my advice for ganeral use of mouse and key board is: keep one hand on the mouse to use for orbiting and tool use, and the other hand on the key board for short cuts and modifyer keys (ie ctrl, alt, shift, ect). i personaly think that having to take your hand off the mouse to press a bunch of keys is slower than just pressing the button on the screen. i dont think the same for often-used tools like the orbit tool. thanks for the idea though! my class today went very soothly! we learned how to make a sphere, advanced select tool uses, and the wonders that are groups and components. some other mantra i have for my students is this: always keep a high vantage point. you shouldnt even be able to see the "sky". this makes modeling much easier. you guys like it?

do you know about hotdoor cad tools? it is AMAZING - take a look: http://hotdoor.com/index.php?content=cadtools&navcontent=cadtools good luck!

..... and you will remain waiting Eric

I like the Zen of this one...a lot!

I really like this, i find it a very appealing style.

Rhubarb is a superior fruit in any baked dish -- and should never be sullied by strawberry in a pie.

This guy has featured in several UK TV programmes over the years.

I have been absent from these forums for a few weeks now. Upon returning today I immediately noticed the simplicity of the Board Index. This is wonderful improvement. Kudos to Coen and all others responsible.

Wheres the interesting link gone? must have been abducted by aliens...

Thanks guys, it seems that all is sorted out, thanks to the contractors from Oklahoma that came down to assist us and get things back up. Juju, my mum was telling me about the power cuts in Joey's, she's pissed at the whole scenario. Yet those monopolies still export power across the border for a heck of a price while their own country has to suffer power restrictions and synchronized looting, your situation is more frustrating as it's a conscious planned and greed based issue.

Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a bit self-righteous. At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total silence. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." A voice with a broad Scottish accent from the front of the crowd pierced the quiet... "Well, stop doin' it then, ya evil bastard!"

Good I didn't know of this earlier this week...I would have overdosed for sure!

Ross, i'll give you good odds

Thanks Jackson. That should certainly get me going. I will have a go with it this week. Thanks for your time

Hi folks. Dont forget that the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) was built to assemble the Saturn V (or Saturn 5 for those who have forgotten roman numerals) of the Apollo project. This is why it is so high. I had the chance to visit this building and I can tell you that you feel real small compared to that. Just ideas.

GREAT job Coen I know you can not satify everyone but it appears that you are doing your best. Well Done.

@toxicvoxel said: Mike, you're not fooling anybody with the age on your clock... or does it show the time that's left? I'd be doing very well if I had that much time left! It's about 30 years, putting me at a check-out age at 87